Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction

Qianmin Decoction for Expelling Phlegm，*Pulse Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments*, Volume 1.，Wheezing.

Aconite and Five-Flavor Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，Water-and-grain dysentery; dysentery with no regular pattern; undigested food; abdominal pain; symptoms triggered by exposure to cold.

Wu-Bin Pills，Formula from *Ben Shi* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Ben Shi Fang Shi Yi* (Vol. 7).，

Luo-Activating and Wind-Suppressing Pill，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Weak and flaccid tendons, pain in the lower back and spine, and numbness in the hands and feet.

Decoction for Warm Compress with Angelica，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，Injuries caused by being run over by a cart or falling from a horse, resulting in damage to both tendons and meridians, accompanied by unbearable pain.

Ma Pi Bo Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 159.，Chronic cough.

Shen Shu Ping Wei San，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For stomach pain due to external pathogenic factors of a heat nature. Sudden, cramping pain beneath the heart; cold hands and feet; profuse sweating on the forehead; aversion to cold despite the body feeling chilled; dry mouth and tongue; loose stools; yellowish-red urine; and … Read more

Shengyang Yijing Decoction，*The Golden Mirror of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Symptoms associated with night blindness.

Cow Bile and Iron Powder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.，Indicated for wind-phlegm-induced restlessness and headache, chest and epigastric fullness and stagnation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and nausea.

Qi-Stagnation Decoction，*Danxi’s Essentials of Medical Practice*, Volume 3.，In cases of Qi stagnation, there is pain in the chest and flanks, and the pulse is deep and涩 (thready).

Ning Sou Bai Hua Paste，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 3.，When the pores of the skin are not tightly closed, one is prone to catching colds and chills. Cold phlegm lodges in the lung orifices, obstructing the airways; phlegm and saliva accumulate and block the passages, causing unceasing coughing. Over time, this develops into wheezing … Read more

Winter Melon Rind Powder，*Collection of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，Traumatic injuries.

Warm-the-Middle Rhubarb Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，For children with sudden cold-induced diarrhea of food and water, or cold-induced diarrhea of breast milk, with green, hardened masses that do not dissipate; or for cold-induced solid mass causing vomiting and diarrhea, dry retching, and restlessness; as well as for cold stagnation causing red or white vaginal discharge.

Mass-Dissolving Pills，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 2.，For qi stagnation.

Cang Gong’s Angelica Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 8.，For cases of lockjaw caused by pathogenic wind, with opisthotonos and spasms.

Madder and Thistle Decoction，From *The Collection of the Unsettled* (Volume 2), Volume 11.，For stagnant blood causing distension in the chest and back, accompanied by coughing up red sputum resembling rotten pig’s lung.

Lotus Root Porridge，*Lao Lao Heng Yan*, Volume 5.，Heat-induced thirst. For the elderly who are frail, have poor appetite, loose stools, or experience dry mouth and intense thirst following a febrile illness.

Moutan and Xiaoyao Powder，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，In cases of Shanghan where the exterior and interior, as well as yin and yang, are properly distinguished, stagnant heat in the Taiyin Spleen Meridian may still manifest as thirst and restlessness.

Liquor Spring Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For fever due to deficiency-related wasting disease, accompanied by shortness of breath or cough, with a rapid and weak pulse.

Cold Fragrance Decoction，From Volume 7 of *Bai Yi*, citing a formula by Wang Yuanli.，For malaria-induced illness characterized by stabbing pain in the epigastrium, constriction of the chest and diaphragm, and either vomiting or diarrhea.

Arsenic Sulfide Fumigation Formula，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，For all types of scabies.

Kidney-Tonifying and Spleen-Nourishing Pills，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，Various symptoms of consumptive disease.

Safflower and Angelica Powder，From *Wan Jin Fang for Gynecology*.，A woman aged 32–33 who has given birth consecutively for several years has suffered excessive blood loss, resulting in blood deficiency and weakness of the spleen and stomach, compounded by intense heat. This has led to irregular menstrual cycles—occurring every 1 month, 40 days, or 2 months—along … Read more

Enhanced Four Substances Decoction，*Gynecology of the Bamboo Grove*, Volume 3.，For cases occurring more than a month after childbirth, where lochia continues to trickle unceasingly and has already led to prolapse.

Clove, Gelatin, and Mugwort Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Uncontrollable metrorrhagia and menorrhagia. This is caused by deficiency of heart qi resulting from overwork and irregular diet. Shortly after the menstrual period, both the two-chi pulses are taut, tight, and forceful; upon palpation, they lack strength. The patient subjectively feels a sensation of ice … Read more