Ginger and Lotus Root Decoction

Chaihu Lianqiao Decoction，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 3.，For severe fever in typhoid fever, accompanied by delirium, moaning, and an inability to lie down and sleep.

Scutellaria, Atractylodes, Peony, and Hibiscus Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For phlegm accumulation and leukorrhea.

Ba Zhen Pills，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For wandering abscesses and boils, as well as back boils and carbuncles.

Epidemic Plague-Clearing Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Beijing and Chengde Formulas).，Indicated for stagnation-type common cold with fever, headache, sore throat, and thirst.

Cough-Relieving Ointment，From *Yijianzhi Yi* (Knowing Medicine at a Glance), Volume 3.，For kidney deficiency with internal heat, manifested as hemoptysis, spitting blood, or the spontaneous expectoration of blood clots, blood flakes, or blood streaks without prior coughing.

Anti-inflammatory Ointment，From *A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*.，Hemorrhoids.

Magnolia and Tangerine Peel Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For cold-induced loose stools, abdominal fullness and distension (resembling a inverted wicker basket), wheezing and rapid, labored breathing, flaring nostrils and open mouth, cold energy rising and falling without proper release, and when the patient cannot tolerate purgatives.

Qi-Regulating and Blood-Nourishing Powder，From Qian Yi’s formula, cited in Volume 11 of *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*.，Umbilical wind, trismus, and clenched jaw.

Family-Transmitted Paste for Stabilizing the Fetus and Protecting the Lungs，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For cases of physical weakness during pregnancy leading to invasion by pathogenic factors; failure to disperse the pathogen at the exterior; the pathogen invading the lung system, causing dry cough, hoarseness, shortness of breath making it impossible to lie … Read more

Soft Red Ointment，From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 374 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For children with convulsions and excessive drooling. For sudden convulsions with excessive drooling.

Pine Charcoal Powder，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For blood-wind sores, as well as wounds from knives, axes, or dog bites.

Black Nightshade Root Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，For a boil on the back.

Qianyuan Pill，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For children with stagnation of milk or food, fever, cough, fright, palpitations, and convulsions.

Motherwort Decoction for Children，*General Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases*, Volume 6.，For febrile illnesses during pregnancy and fetal death in utero.

Ox-Bile Decoction for Draining the Heart，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 7.，For intense heat in the Heart Meridian, manifesting as delirium, rambling speech, epilepsy, or mania with constipation following typhoid fever.

Cannabis Ointment，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Vol. 179), citing *Yan Xia Sheng Xiao Fang*.，Boils.

Enhanced Bu Zhong An Tai Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，When a pregnant woman is emaciated and suffers from unstoppable vaginal bleeding, or experiences intermittent spotting at the time of her menstrual cycle, this is called “fetal leakage.”

Dragon Pearl Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 6.，In cases of severe fever where the tongue protrudes and cannot be retracted.

Yin-Yang Harmony Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Severe deficiency of yang qi causing abdominal pain: the condition begins with coldness in the right fingers, gradually ascending to the head as if doused with cold water; as the cold descends, the abdomen becomes severely painful. This is followed by intense fever throughout the body; … Read more

Realgar Sacred Pills，From *Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，For all conditions caused by excessive consumption of alcohol and food, resulting in fullness and discomfort in the chest and abdomen.

Two-Ingredient Disinfecting Powder，*Compendium of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 1.，For sores and ulcers caused by wind-damp-heat toxins, eczema, redness, swelling, itching, and pain, as well as venomous insect bites; hot boils, heat rash, acne, scabies, rashes, and itchy sores caused by wind-damp; throat inflammation caused by a snake coiling around the throat; and damp-heat toxins. Also for … Read more

Golden Thread Ointment，*Wei Family’s Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For red eyes caused by wind-toxin, as well as corneal opacities and red, congested corneas.

Qingjian Formula，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 1 of the Lower Series.，For wind-induced chronic cough with yellow, blood-tinged sputum and qi stagnation.

Ginseng, Poria, and Amber Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 17).，Painful urination, unbearable pain in the penis, and radiating pain extending to the flanks.

Qi-Guiding Decoction，*Pocket Formulas*, Volume 2, citing *Ren Cun’s Formulas*.，Cold-damp beriberi, characterized by swelling, redness, and pain; distension of the chest and abdomen; edema of the head, face, hands, and feet; and pain in the body, waist, and back.