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Yellow Butter Pill，*Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 1.，For Taiyin warm disease on the fourth day, characterized by abdominal distension, a dry throat, and sudden onset of thirst.

Goiter-Piercing Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 294.，For hard, nodular goiters.

Toxicity-Absorbing and External-Eliminating Ointment，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses.

Xianggui Zhitong San，*Lushuang Ji*, Volume 2.，Pain in the chest and abdomen in pregnant women.

Horsefly Powder，From *Collected Essays on Surgery*, Volume 8.，For trauma and contusions with internal stagnation of blood.

Three-Yellow Decoction，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 8, citing a formula by Zhang Zhongjing.，Stroke, with stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet; pain and discomfort in all joints; restlessness, fever, and mental agitation; aversion to cold lasting for days; loss of appetite; sudden onset of wind-induced paralysis affecting one side of the body, resulting in hemiplegia; … Read more

Tian Zhen Dan，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.，For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

Yi Yin Quan Xiao San，From *The Record of the Cock’s Crow*.，All types of swollen abscesses.

Xiao Dingzhi Pills，From *San Yin*, Volume 9.，For restlessness of the heart qi and deficiency of the five viscera; in severe cases, this manifests as persistent worry and melancholy, sudden forgetfulness, improvement in the morning followed by worsening in the evening, recovery in the evening followed by recurrence in the morning; or as a result of … Read more

Pure Oil Ointment，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For poison from bayberry berries.

Wei’ai Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For abscesses, boils, and ulcers accompanied by spleen and stomach deficiency, aversion to all flavors of food, and cases where previous treatments to stimulate appetite and promote eating have been ineffective.

Modified Kidney Qi Tonifying Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 2.，For postpartum deficiency of qi and blood, where the Governor Vessel fails to communicate with the brain, the Sea of Marrow is depleted, and wind-cold invades, leading to headache and aversion to wind; over time, this results in a yellow nasal discharge … Read more

Snake and Scorpion Life-Sustaining Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For acute stroke with sudden onset of wind syndrome, locked jaws, mental confusion, deviation of the mouth and eyes, loss of consciousness, difficulty in expectorating phlegm, and rattling sounds in the throat.

Goral Antler Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 82.，For beriberi: oppression and fullness in the chest and abdomen, hollow distension in both flanks, loss of appetite, a gradual sensation of fullness in the chest, and obstruction of the diaphragm.

Paste for Nourishing Original Qi，From the formula of Master Shao, cited in Volume 64 of *The Complete Works of Jingyue*.，Effective for pain in the lower back and knees, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” various deficiencies and debilities, hemiplegia, bladder hernia, leukorrhea, turbid discharge, and dysuria, as well as impotence and erectile dysfunction.

Qi-Regulating and Spleen-Nourishing Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Excessive worry damages the spleen, leading to stagnation of spleen qi, which gives rise to a fleshy mass—soft as cotton and swollen like a steamed bun. Due to spleen qi deficiency, the mass gradually enlarges over time and may cause mild pain or be painless.

Enhanced Qianghuo Shengshi Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 100.，For sore throat, swollen cheeks, facial flushing, and a洪大 pulse.

Male Black Soybean Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 68.，For pain from traumatic wounds with uncontrolled bleeding.

Empirical Qianghuo-Taoren Decoction，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 13.，Injuries from falls, contusions, or sprains resulting in stagnation of qi and blood, manifesting as piercing lower back pain.

Decoction for Promoting Blood Circulation and Dispelling Stagnation，*Yidi*, Volume 1.，For injuries from falls, blows, or fractures that cause blood stasis, accompanied by swelling, pain, and fever.

Great Tonifying Original Qi Pill，*Ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fu Yi*, Volume 4.，Arthralgia.

General’s Powder，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For knife wounds.

Huohu Dan，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Chronic convulsions and epilepsy; mania and madness.

Bone-Healing Ointment，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For contusions, injuries, and fractures.

Zengsun Si Jin Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For wind, cold, and dampness invading the meridians, manifesting as pain or numbness; and for various types of leg pain caused by edema.