Gelengten Decoction

Ginseng and Bear Bile Pills，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 3.，Postpartum blood-induced fainting.

Purple Anti-Swelling Powder，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Chronic erysipelas with swelling (unknown swollen abscess), erythematous and nodular conditions (gua teng chan).

Guanzhong Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 57.，When roundworms attack the heart, causing vomiting that resembles vinegar-water and unrelenting pain.

Six-Year-Old Ink，*A Study of Thirteen Formulas in Surgery*.，For abscesses and swollen sores, facial paralysis, and locked jaw; as well as poisoning from mountain mists and miasma, dead cattle or horses, river water, arsenic, and swelling and pain in the throat.

Qu Powder with Wine，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 212.，For chronic cold dysentery where the stool is not pure white—caused by prolonged exposure to cold environments, leading to a long-standing condition that has caused both the spleen and stomach to become cold—with 50–60 bowel movements day and night and unbearable pain in the upper and lower … Read more

Evil-Warding Pill，*Ji Ming Lu*, Volume 4.，For all diseases caused by malevolent spirits, epidemics, and the delusions of spirits and sorcery.

Four-Processed Scutellaria Pill，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Red nose, facial rosacea, and acne.

Juan Shu Powder，From *A Brief Treatise on Inducing Smallpox*.，For broken smallpox lesions with unceasing pus discharge.

Zhongxing Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Rheumatic toxins that have lodged in the meridians, causing wandering pain.

Liver-Clearing Qianghuo Decoction，*Complete Book on Smallpox and Measles*.，For smallpox lesions on the hands and feet with numerous blisters, indicating intense external toxin; often accompanied by restlessness and agitation, such as flailing the arms and kicking the legs, a desire to remove clothing and bedding, or the appearance of a bluish tinge on the face.

Pain-Relieving and Bone-Healing Purple Gold Pill，*Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 20.，For injuries caused by falls or blows.

Formula for Applying Carp Brain to the Eyes，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For cataracts.

Ginseng, Aconite, and Poria Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cases in the depths of winter where internal cold causes alternating vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by fever.

Blood-Cooling Pills，*The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with blood heat, premature menstruation, and heat in the lower back and abdomen.

Sacred Cake for Wind Disorders，From *Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 10.，For hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness in the limbs, deviation of the mouth and eyes, excessive phlegm and saliva, and all types of wind disorders unresponsive to other medications; for infantile convulsions, headaches in adults, and blood-wind disorders in women.

Thunder-Dispelling Formula，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Abdominal distension. Parasites lodged in the blood, presenting as distension but not actually distension—isolated abdominal fullness without swelling of the limbs or hands and feet, persisting for several years without causing death.

Cinnamon Bark Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 48.，Wheezing and shortness of breath in the lungs, congestion in the chest and diaphragm, and constipation.

Dew-on-Cheeks Ointment，From *Wen’s Effective and Time-Tested Formulas*.，For childhood rashes where the eruption has not appeared on both cheekbones.

Zhi Ba Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Hemorroids resulting from damage caused by excessive alcohol or food; when an episode occurs, there is blood in the stool.

Mountain Spirit Longevity Pills，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For men of robust age with insufficient True Yang who are unable to father children, or young women who have never conceived, or those who conceive but suffer miscarriages, or those who give birth to daughters instead of sons, or those whose children are stillborn, or … Read more

Ni Xiang Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (No. 299), citing *Formulas from the Inn*.，For sores on the mouth, tongue, lips, and nose.

Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.，For men and women with excessive phlegm and shortness of breath; stroke-induced aphasia; facial asymmetry; left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; and locked jaw; as well as for children with acute convulsions, hand and foot spasms, loss of consciousness, and excessive phlegm with shortness of breath.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman whose menstrual period arrives earlier than usual and experiences extremely heavy flow is often thought to suffer from extreme blood heat. Yet who would have known that this is actually due to an excess of water and fire in the kidneys? When fire is … Read more

Warming the Channels and Nourishing Vitality Decoction，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Wind-Bi. Blood fails to nourish the tendons; wind invades the joints and collaterals.

Taro Porridge，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *Food Materia Medica*.，Childhood scrofula, pain due to deficiency, chronic lymphadenitis, lymph node tuberculosis, and lymphadenopathy.