General Formula for Blackening the Beard

Miraculous Qingzhen Decoction，*Lu Fu’s Prohibited Formulas*, Volume 1.，For epidemic diseases characterized by severe swelling of the head and face, difficulty swallowing, dry tongue and mouth, aversion to cold, and high fever.

Wood Fragrance Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，

Modified Hongmian Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For children with smallpox complicated by wind-cold, presenting with fever and convulsions.

Calm-Mind Ox-Bile Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，For epilepsy caused by wind-pathogen, with frequent episodes and loss of consciousness.

Gui Jing Liang’an Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 11.，In women whose menstrual blood enters the Large Intestine, there is blood in the stool one day before the onset of menstruation.

Enhanced Gui-Zong Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 56.，For cases of smallpox with violent and uncontrollable toxic heat; fever lasting less than three days—lasting half a day or one day—with smallpox lesions erupting in a disorderly manner.

Tiger Bone Medicinal Wine，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, pain in the tendons and bones, numbness in the limbs, and weakness in the lower back and knees.

Stomach-Regulating and Qi-Relieving Decoction with Added Wood Fragrance and Areca Nut，*Pulse Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments*, Volume 1.，Heat-type abdominal pain.

Chuanxiong and Chaihu Decoction，Volume 2 of *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes* quotes from *The Blue Sack Manual*.，Fever following a rash occurs at regular intervals; if left untreated for a long time, it develops into a mass or tumor. When the fever strikes, the patient experiences a burning sensation throughout the body, thirst, … Read more

Artemisia Capillaris, Aconite, and Dried Ginger Decoction，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 23.，Due to an overdose of cooling herbs, the condition transformed into a yin syndrome, presenting with jaundice of the body and eyes, cold skin on the limbs, fullness and hardness beneath the heart, dry and sore eyes reluctant to open, spontaneous diarrhea, … Read more

Heart-Protecting Pill，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox* (Vol. 14).，If the smallpox lesions are dense and the toxin is severe, preventing the eruption from breaking through,

Decoction of Ma Ya Xiao，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 123.，For “dog’s throat” syndrome—characterized by blocked breathing, swelling, pain, and near-fainting.

Fangji Tingli Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For damp-heat in the abdomen, accompanied by slight swelling of the hands and feet, chest fullness, and shortness of breath.

Eucommia Spleen-Strengthening Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Due to disharmony of the spleen qi, the viscera may exhibit either diarrhea or constipation; after food enters the stomach, there is a frequent urge to defecate.

Hot Spring Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Nocturnal enuresis; aversion to cold and preference for warmth; sallow complexion and frail constitution; loose stools; frequent urination. This is caused by kidney deficiency and impaired bladder function.

Qi Snake Ferment，*Secrets of Health Preservation*, Volume 4.，For chronic leprosy that has not healed over many years, characterized by loss of eyebrows, collapse of the nasal bridge, swelling and rupture of the forehead and skull, mental confusion, cracked skin, and ulcerated toes; as well as various forms of rheumatism.

Sulfur and Buckwheat Pills，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 9.，For leukorrhea in women.

Si Shun Cooling Decoction (for Children)，*Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 3.，Condensed-fat corneal opacity syndrome.

Liver-Harmonizing and Dysentery-Clearing Decoction，*Collected Works of Ci Hang*, Volume 2.，For cases occurring between summer and autumn, where the illness begins with abdominal pain, progresses to diarrhea, and then develops into dysentery.

Three-Yellow Pearl Powder，From *One Hundred Prescriptions for Infants and Children*, Volume 10.，For high fever due to malnutrition-induced accumulation, and for the formation of constricting, proliferating sores—commonly known as “liu”—where pus and fluid flow, causing the affected area to become moist,烂, and form sores.

Jinyin Pingnu Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 6.，Pain in the flanks with abscess formation.

Life-Preserving Ointment，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 27), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，For children with persistent vomiting who have not recovered despite excessive administration of hot medicines.

Powder and Sweat Formula，From *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 31.，Night sweats result from the pores being open and loose.

Pingwei Xianglian Pills，From *Collected Works on Surgery*, Volume 8.，For watery diarrhea and dysentery.

Gui Zong Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 56.，Indicated for smallpox with excessively intense toxic fire; the patient is robust in physique and vital energy, with no external pathogenic factors of wind or cold; persistent high fever; blue-purple fingernails and toenails; cold and numb limbs; aversion to heat; sweating on the head; profuse sweating over the … Read more