Ginger-Regulating-the-Middle Decoction

Cimicifuga and Coptis Decoction，From *The Treasury of Health* (cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 81).，Facial heat.

Great Tonifying and Spot-Clearing Decoction，From *Collected Works on Pediatric Medicine*, Volume 5.，For the onset of smallpox, when the skin is tender and prone to breaking. Prevents itching and blisters from collapsing.

Hemorrhoid-Healing Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For internal and external hemorrhoids. Symptoms include pain, discharge, persistent nodules that do not resolve, ulceration with pus formation, the development of fistulas over time, and anal swelling and pain.

Decoction of Gold and Minerals to Clear the Heart，*Supplementary Explanations to Chen Su’an’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Women with deficiency of both qi and blood are prone to anger, which stirs liver fire. When excessive blood is lost during menstruation, wind-heat takes advantage of this vulnerability; external heat and internal fire clash, causing mental confusion and drowsiness. … Read more

Zexi Decoction，*Essentials of the Golden Cabinet* (Volume 1)，Dispels lung stagnation and clears phlegm. Indicated for internal retention of fluid and phlegm, accompanied by cough and a deep pulse.

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Resolving Powder，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 21.，For itchiness when smallpox lesions have become suppurative. Internal deficiency of the smallpox lesions, with itchiness, sunken, blackened, and depressed lesions, accompanied by fever.

Bi Pi Pills，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For a slippery spleen and weak stomach, uncontrollable diarrhea, indigestion, and rumbling, cramping pain.

Ganku San，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 16 of *You You Xin Shu*.，Nasal congestion in children.

Bone-Penetrating Wind-Subduing Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Qingdao Formula).，Wind-phlegm, numbness of tendons and bones, muscle cramps and spasms.

Yin Dan Decoction，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 9.，For pain in the limbs and joints due to cold damage, with internal cold and external heat, and restlessness from deficiency; or for winter fever with cold in the middle jiao complicated by food stagnation.

Miraculous East Wind Powder，From *Formulas from the Universal Gate of Medicine*, cited in Volume 8 of *Compiled Medical Manuscripts*.，For the early stages of dysentery, characterized by a mixture of red and white stools, abdominal pain, and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Nourishing Essence Paste，From *Formulas Collected at the Feeding-Cranes Pavilion*.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, various deficiencies and debilities, pain in the lower back and knees, hemiplegia, bladder hernia, turbid leukorrhea with dribbling urination, and impotence.

Lapis Lazuli and Frankincense Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For vomiting, progressive emaciation, and rapid, labored breathing—these symptoms result from a blockage between yin and yang preventing the descent of qi, with insufficient internal yang to warm the body, causing fluids from food and drink to be expelled. The pulse is present when felt superficially but … Read more

Deer Paste，From *Formulas for Acute Malnutrition*.，For fetal toxin-induced head sores, where the head is covered with pus and blood, emitting a foul odor, with a profuse, watery discharge that spreads to the limbs, accompanied by pain or itching.

Chonghe Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For cases where a goiter develops on the 7th or 8th day of the smallpox eruption.

Liver-Nourishing, Tendon-Relaxing, and Liver-Tonifying Decoction，*Six Essentials of Medicine: Compendium of Treatment Methods*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of liver blood, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia, scanty menstruation, as well as failure of blood to nourish the tendons, resulting in numbness of the limbs and calf cramps.

Black Lead Pill，*Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，

Shen’an Pills，*Comprehensive Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 11.，For children with restful dysentery: passing five-colored pus and blood resembling rotten fish intestines, with no feces, and cramping pain in the intestines.

Xiao Xuming Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 23), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For men and women suffering from rheumatism and beriberi, whether chronic or acute.

Golden Lock Zhengyang Pill，From *Continuation of Stories of Medical Practice*, Volume 1.，Effective for small intestine colic, intestinal prolapse, epigastric pain, abdominal masses, amenorrhea in women, various postpartum disorders, and excessive cold tears from the eyes.

Viper Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Malignant sores, various fistulas, severe wind-induced stubborn arthralgia, and epilepsy. Leprosy, muscle paralysis and numbness, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and dry, itchy, or ulcerated skin.

Xiao Wuxiang Decoction，From *The Collection of Sores and Ulcers*, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，Boils and abscesses.

Clove Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 63).，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back that cause unbearable pain.

Miraculous Six-Ingredient Pill，From *Hong’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 1.，

Decoction for Expelling Dampness and Preventing Collapse，Formula from *Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4; name cited in *Collected Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，The condition begins at the toes and gradually spreads upward to the knees, where the skin turns black and becomes sunken; the pain is unbearable, and the affected areas detach joint by … Read more