Ginseng Liuhe Decoction

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing Dysentery，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Dysentery.

Zhiren Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Following a sudden attack, pain flows through the hands and feet; over time, this leads to numbness and loss of sensation, making it difficult to flex or extend the limbs.

Stone Sulfur Ointment，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic, non-healing sores on the lips.

Four Jin Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，Deficiency of the Kidney Meridian manifesting as pain radiating down to the lower back, legs, and feet; swelling and itching of the legs and knees; inability to bend or straighten the limbs; weakness and lack of strength in the feet, making it difficult to … Read more

Qianyang Huoxue Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，“Cloud and Mist Obscuring the Eyes” Syndrome. Yin deficiency with excessive fire; blood fails to follow the meridians; faint red phantoms; dizziness and vertigo; redness of the cheekbones and tongue; insomnia and night sweats; fine and rapid pulse.

Xie Rong Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 2.，A skin disease covering the face and extending to the neck, causing extreme, unbearable itching and eyebrow loss.

Asthma-Relieving Formula，From *Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Cough with sputum, yellow and thick sputum, chest tightness and shortness of breath, inability to lie flat, yellow tongue coating, and a floating, slippery, and slightly rapid pulse.

Asafoetida Ointment，*Records on Smallpox and Measles* (Dou Zhen Chuan Xin Lu), Volume 17.，For abdominal masses in children.

Yin Liu Xian Powder，*Secret Formulas of Miraculous Medicines*, Volume 1.，For cases of yin toxicity without pain.

Master Lü’s Purple Gold Life-Saving Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For all chronic, non-healing malignant sores with accumulated toxins, scrofula, cold tumors, masses, and fractures where the bone has been severed into two pieces.

Tinea Treatment Decoction，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，Effective for all types of tinea and itchy, scaly skin lesions.

Five-Spice Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.，For consumptive debility, stabbing pain in the body, progressive emaciation, fullness of qi beneath the heart, and loss of appetite.

Disinfecting Cimicifuga Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 11.，For smallpox lesions caused by exposure to wind and cold that have erupted but then receded.

Atractylodes and Fermented Soybean Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For epidemic diseases during an outbreak, within 2–3 days, when the patient has not yet sweated or had a purgative episode.

Meshizi Ointment，From *The New Book for Young Children*, Volume 14, citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For children suffering from convulsions complicated by typhoid fever.

Mouse Meat Broth Porridge，*Comprehensive Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 14.，Various childhood ailments.

Scutellaria, Ma Huang, Rehmannia, and Ophiopogon Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 9.，Excessive fire in the Lung Meridian transfers heat to the Large Intestine, causing constipation, persistent coughing, foaming at the mouth, a dry throat, and cold feet.

Pepper-Tea Cake，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 5.，For gastroptosis.

Jujing Pills，*Zhun Sheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，For deficiency and decline of kidney qi, failure to properly store and retain essence, uncontrolled leakage of essence, a涩 pulse, and cases unable to tolerate greasy tonics.

Pepper, Aconite, and White Ginger Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Cold and dampness in the Foot Taiyin meridian; white and slippery tongue coating, turning gray in severe cases; slow pulse; loss of appetite; insomnia; constipation; accumulation of turbid yin; abdominal pain due to injury to yang; in severe cases, cold extremities.

Dayan Honey Decoction，From *Qianjin* Volume 8 (with small-character annotations), citing *Xiaopin Fang*.，For pathogenic wind causing colicky abdominal pain; also for “flying corpse” and “escaping and rushing” syndromes, which occur unpredictably and, upon onset, cause a sense of pressure and fullness in the heart, with the area under the ribs feeling as if pierced by an … Read more

Stomach-Clearing and Shegan Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 67.，Stomach abscess. Caused by toxins from food and drink or emotional disturbances leading to heat accumulation in the stomach, resulting in an abscess. Dull pain and slight swelling at the Zhongwan acupoint; intermittent chills and fever resembling malaria; skin with a scaly, rough texture; no cough; expectoration of pus … Read more

Kushen and Licorice Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 15); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 213).，Persistent diarrhea in children with malnutrition.

Pain-Relieving Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 73), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For toothache caused by wind-induced decay.

Pilling for Descending Cataracts，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 1.，Floating opacities and internal opacities; no itching or pain; lack of vitality when looking at light; opacities appear silvery; the pupil is red; appears slightly larger when viewed in dim light and slightly smaller when viewed in bright light.