Glycyrrhiza, Platycodon, and Arctium Decoction

Chaihu Liuhe Decoction，*Yuanrong*.，For cold-induced fever during pregnancy, with fullness and pain in the chest and flanks, restlessness, blood stasis, and hematemesis; for women experiencing fever during menstruation; and for postpartum women with dizziness and a stiff neck, accompanied by a string-like or rapid pulse. Shaoyang pattern. Flank pain.

Jieyun Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 86.，All types of eye diseases.

Life-Saving One-Character Powder，From Volume 9 of *The New Book on Infant Care*, citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, spasms, excessive drooling, and a fixed, staring gaze.

Enhanced Fritillary Bulb and Trichosanthes Powder，From *Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.，For dry phlegm that is sticky and difficult to expel;

Phoenix Oil，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，All types of heat toxicity.

Dampness-Removing and Fire-Clearing Decoction，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Yin-Yang Leak Syndrome (dacryocystitis), characterized by swelling, redness, and itching, with a constant flow of clear, yellow fluid from the outer canthus.

Pain-Relieving Qianghuo Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat attacking the area, causing swelling and pain at the tooth root.

Modified Zi Jin Dan，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 89.，For chronic sternal trauma resulting in a protruding sternum, emaciation, internal pathogenic heat and blood stasis, distension and fullness in the epigastrium, pale eyes and fatigue, accompanied by phlegm, wheezing, and coughing.

Deer Antler and Cinnabar Pill，From *Ji Sheng Xu Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 150.，For heart deficiency with blood deficiency, restlessness of the mind, palpitations and confusion, frequent strange dreams at night, and restless sleep.

Reversing-Fire Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in the winter months, characterized by profuse sweating, unrelenting shortness of breath, a face as red as a pearl, inability to speak, and a desire to drink water to save oneself—yet being able to take only a single sip without wanting to drink more—this … Read more

Skin Moisture Ointment No. 2，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema.

Immortal Crane Grass Ointment，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Hemoptysis, hemoptysis. Epistaxis.

Cimicifuga Pain-Relieving Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 2.，Alcohol injures the blood, preventing it from circulating through the meridians; qi fails to flow through the collaterals, leading to paralysis and loss of function in the hands and feet, as well as numbness and loss of sensation.

Regulating the Nutritive Fluids Decoction，*Zhengzhi Zhunsheng*，Promotes blood circulation and resolves blood stasis; regulates qi and promotes diuresis. Particularly effective for treating liver cirrhosis and hepatosplenic blood stasis associated with hepatic ascites. Indicated for a distended, hard, and full abdomen; distended and prominent vessels; stabbing pain in the flanks and abdomen; a dark complexion; blood nevi … Read more

Plague Decoction，From *The Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，Epidemic fever.

Yinchen Congee，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *The Porridge Manual*.，Jaundice, with difficulty urinating and urine as yellow as strong tea.

Spirit-Calming and Essence-Retaining Pill，*Essentials for Expanding the Lineage*, Volume 2.，When the spirit is not centered, one acts on impulse; daytime experiences lead to corresponding nighttime dreams; the heart fails to control the mind, and the kidneys fail to retain essence. If this persists over time, it eventually leads to deficiency and debility.

Eight-Treasure Powder，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.，A carbuncle appearing as a light white blister, with a yellow-black base and a purple root; accompanied by distending pain, headache, chills and fever, restlessness and vomiting, cold fingers, mania, chest fullness, and a life-threatening, near-fatal condition.

Decoction for Warming the Spleen and Eliminating Malaria，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，During a malaria attack, chills precede fever; the chills originate in the abdomen; the patient is prone to vomiting; the chills subside after vomiting; and the attack ends after sweating following the fever.

Toxin-Extracting Pill，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，Effective for all types of boils.

Wind-Calming Wine，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，Gout and various symptoms of weakness and fatigue caused by cold and dampness.

Snake-Bite Ointment，From *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 8.，For abscesses and swellings, stagnant blood from traumatic injuries, postpartum blood stasis, various disorders of the ears and eyes, and “ox-jaw” and “saddle” sores.

Three-Fragrance Internal Support Powder，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Three strings of mole crickets.

Dragon Seed Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 172.，For children with chronic, festering sores caused by worm infestation with open sores.

Butter Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 76.，For difficult labor, or when childbirth proceeds abnormally, and no amount of remedies has brought relief.