Gourd Wine

Liu Shen Tong San，From *Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Prefecture*, Volume 1.，For those who contract a cold-induced epidemic around the third month of the lunar calendar, presenting with headache, high fever, aversion to cold, body aches, and thirst; a floating, tight, and forceful pulse; and no sweating; suitable for those in the prime of life.

Beiting Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas with persistent pus and blood that have persisted for many years.

Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Decoction of Five Herbs，*The Golden Chamber* (Jin Gui), Volume 1.，Blood Bi. Both yin and yang are deficient; the pulse at the Cunkou position is faint, and the pulse at the Chikou position is moderately tight; external symptoms include numbness of the body, resembling wind-bi.

Enhanced Diguipi Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 44.，Internal heat during menstruation in women.

Horse-Deceiving Pill，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.，For conditions caused by the combined effects of wind and dampness, resulting in pain in the hands and feet, as well as various injuries and ailments.

Gallbladder-Soothing Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Shāoyáng Spring Heat, caused by catching a cold during the spring months.

Duyou Powder，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 3.，Postpartum metrorrhagia, unstoppable menstrual bleeding, and other types of bleeding.

Paulownia Wine，From *Yao Lan*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xian Nian Ji*.，All types of milk poisoning, whether internal or external.

Mantis Wine，From *Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，For severe rabies-induced dog bites, where the patient experiences abdominal pain and frantic screaming, attempts to bite people upon sight, suffers from constipation and urinary retention, occasionally emits dog-like sounds, and is acutely averse to wind and the sound of metal or drums—hearing such sounds causes sharp abdominal … Read more

Chai-Ge An-Tai Decoction，From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For pregnant women with febrile illnesses and joint pain.

Yuhua Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For cough and wheezing.

Boiled Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For chronic illness with inability to eat or drink, chest and diaphragm filled with phlegm, excessive phlegm and coughing, increased nausea and restlessness, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.

Chaihu-Cangzhu Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Low back pain due to cold and dampness in the Shaoyang channel.

Wansheng Powder，Quoted from *Dafang* in *Yongle Daqu*, Volume 13878.，For all types of wind disorders, pain in the limbs and skin, or wind-damp obstruction caused by anxiety, resulting in paralysis of the limbs, as well as disharmony of the Nuturing and Defensive Qi leading to tightness and pain in the skin.

Spotted-Yellow Dual-Dissolving Decoction，From *Songfeng’s Discourse on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases accompanied by concurrent rashes and jaundice.

Toxicity-Resolving Sea Formula，*The Classic of Spots*, Volume 3.，For women suffering from the “Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries,” where blood stasis forms masses that move about the abdomen, accompanied by strange and unusual symptoms.

Proven-Effective Toad Venom Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.，For unbearable toothache:

Cimicifuga and Fangfeng Decoction，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 4.，Stiffness and pain in the neck and shoulders.

Precious Life-Restoring Pill，From *Compilation of Effective Prescriptions from Practical Experience*.，Vomiting and diarrhea, numbness in the hands and feet, muscle and abdominal pain, phlegm-related conditions.

Intestinal-Relaxing Decoction，From *Qian Jin*, cited in *Yi Bu Quan Lu*, Volume 208.，For anal pain and tightness following the application of drying agents to hemorrhoids.

Enhanced Rhino-Antelope White Tiger Decoction，*Essentials of Infectious Diseases*, Volume 4.，

Cinnabar and Iron Powder Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For children with high fever, sudden convulsions and spasms, excessive saliva causing obstruction, and confusion with loss of consciousness.

Tuan Shen Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，Injuries caused by the Seven Emotions and Six Stagnations, leading to imbalance of the organ qi, coughing up pus and blood, with signs of impending pulmonary atrophy, aversion to cold, fever, emaciation, and exhaustion.

Horse-Mouse Ointment，Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Collection of Immortal Remedies* (Vol. 1).，For edema and abdominal distension.

Liver-Calming and Wind-Subduing Decoction，From *A Synthesis of Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For internal stroke syndrome. The pulse is string-like, long, and forceful, or strong in the upper part and weak in the lower part; the patient experiences dizziness in the head and eyes; or pain and fever in the brain; or distension in the … Read more