Ginger, Urine, and Decoction Formula

Wuhua Decoction，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，For atrophy syndrome, where the legs and knees are weak and unable to bear weight.

Da Fu Mu Xiang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Cold in the stomach and heat in the intestines, with abdominal distension and loose stools.

Rehmannia and Double Cinnamon Decoction，From Ye’s Proven Formula, cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For aversion to cold, weak pulse, pain around the navel, and difficulty with bowel movements and urination.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing Dryness，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，In cases of warm disease where the exterior syndrome has already resolved, the patient may not experience loose stools, or may present with wheezing or coughing, frequently expectorating phlegm and saliva; there is definite external invasion by excess heat, yet the pulse … Read more

Pimple-Inducing Ointment，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 5.，It quickly resolves newly formed abscesses and boils.

Huanglian Duoxia Pills，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 13, citing *Guanjian Liangfang*.，For bloody dysentery.

Qingshen Huatan Pills，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For phlegm and fluid retention.

Fish Glue Decoction，Recipe from *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24; name cited in *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，Fish Mouth.

Purple Aster Ointment，Formula from *Ben Cao Yan Yi* (Commentary on the Materia Medica), Volume 18; name cited in *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 5.，For chronic cough due to lung heat, with a body feeling as if scorched, emaciation, and signs of impending pulmonary tuberculosis.

Huaqing Lung-Clearing Decoction，*Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*.，In cases of damp-heat disease presenting with white masses on the arms and abdomen, stools that are watery and foul-smelling like whey, and urine that is turbid like talcum powder.

Jinxian Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，For conditions caused by wind, cold, heat, and dampness; disorders involving qi, blood, phlegm, and food stagnation; the six types of stagnation and five types of accumulation; spleen and stomach disorders in the Central Plains; seasonal exogenous pathogens and internal injuries; conditions where the exterior and interior are indistinguishable; and mixed patterns … Read more

Cistanche Paste，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 131.，For back abscesses and boils that have already ruptured but are not forming new tissue.

Gold Leaf and Musk Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 19, citing *The Kong Family Tradition*.，For intermittent fever in children.

Xie Gu Pill，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 32, citing *Ji Cheng*.，For all types of edema and abdominal distension.

Double-Refined Hundred Herbs Ointment，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，Leg ulcers.

Qianghuo-Fangfeng Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，All types of corneal opacities.

Yi Ming Chang Zhi Pills，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 3.，For forgetfulness.

Tugua Root Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For women suffering from anxiety and melancholy, fullness and distension beneath the heart, bloating and abdominal heat, irregular menstruation, upward surging of blood and qi, and heart pain with a desire to vomit.

Bitter Cane Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，After falling from a height, accompanied by profuse drooling and dizziness; or after childbirth, when stagnant blood fails to dissipate or forms a mass.

Boiled and Powdered Amomum Seed，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 45.，Cold qi in the spleen, alternating intestinal rumbling, and loss of appetite.

Magnolia and Pinellia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 26.，For constipation and vomiting in cases of cold damage.

Fire-Clearing and Vitality-Preserving Ointment，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 7.，Cough due to yin deficiency; hemoptysis caused by fire.

Scrophularia and Cold Water Stone Decoction，From *The Song of Preserving Life: Annotations*, Volume 6.，Persistent “big-head” plague.

Qingtian Ointment，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 101.，For sudden redness of the eyes due to wind-heat.

Formula for Inducing the Eruption，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，Effective for all cases of stroke-induced paralysis, facial and ocular deviation, slurred speech, difficulty walking, contracted tendons and veins, and joint pain.