Great Four-Spirit Decoction

Shan Dougen Decoction，*Wan’s Family Collection of Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，Used for residual toxins remaining after a measles infection, causing coughing and mouth sores.

Liver-Nourishing Wine，*Qian Jin*, Volume 11.，It is effective for liver deficiency with cold, or miscellaneous ailments such as excessive tearing.

Qianghuo Zishen Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 30.，Stroke-induced lockjaw and rigidity of the body.

Liver-Soothing, Lung-Regulating, and Pulse-Harmonizing Ointment，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Liver qi stagnation, distending pain in the chest and flanks, and disharmony of the meridians.

Lan Ji Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong Formula).，

Enhanced Xiaoyao Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015*，Soothes the liver and clears heat; strengthens the spleen and nourishes blood. Indicated for liver qi stagnation with blood deficiency, disharmony between the liver and spleen, distending pain in the flanks, dizziness and vertigo, fatigue and poor appetite, irregular menstruation, and distending pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Single-Ingredient Gentian Decoction，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 2.，Manic-depressive disorder.

Fu Yan-nian Wine，From *Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，Effective for wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, severe wind-induced blood leprosy, alternating chills and fever caused by pathogenic factors, lingering pain and dribbling urine following urinary tract infections, nocturnal emissions and seminal emission, women with deficient blood, withered and haggard complexion, metrorrhagia and menorrhagia with red or white discharge, and general qi … Read more

Scorpion Tail Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 385.，For wind-heat in children.

Da Fangfeng Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For wind-pathogen ascending to the head, causing dizziness and blurred vision, nasal congestion, tinnitus, and stiffness in the neck and back.

Zirong Tiao Zhong Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，Pain in the arms and soreness in the lower back, or occasional bouts of pain.

Chaihu Shaoyao Fuling Decoction，From *The Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 8.，Heat, swelling, and pain in the ear.

Chunlai Decoction，Quoted from *Shenshi’s Formulas* in Volume 5 of *Wai Tai*.，Malaria.

Modified Kudzu Root Decoction，From *Compilation of Medical Principles* (Yizong Jiren Bian), Volume 3.，Pediatric fever with signs of impending smallpox: cold ears, cold buttocks, cold feet, eyes appearing watery, and reluctance to speak or smile.

General Nian’s Formula for Relieving Pain，*Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.，For trauma and contusions.

Artemisia and Perilla Leaf Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，Yang-type jaundice. No sweat on the exterior, but with body heat.

Enhanced Heart-Nourishing Decoction，Formula from *Pu Fuzhou’s Medical Experience*; name cited in *A Thousand Family’s Wonderful Formulas*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of heart qi, complicated by spleen dampness, leading to palpitations (atrial fibrillation), dizziness, profuse cold sweats, loose stools, a pulse that is deep and slippery at the right Guan position and deep and weak at the left … Read more

Leiwan-Heshi Powder，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For chest pain that has persisted for thirty years without resolution.

Spleen-Nourishing Cardamom Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.，For rising qi, spleen and stomach deficiency, pain in the chest and abdomen, distension and fullness in the flanks, or occasional loose stools.

Cinnabar and Fingernail Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For tetanus, with uncontrollable trembling of the hands and feet.

Earth Seven，Formula from *The Jade Balance for Shā and Distension*, Middle Volume; name cited in *The Complete Book of Shā Syndromes*, Lower Volume.，Internal injury complicated by shā.

Dingchou Huafeng Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For acute fever, convulsions, excessive phlegm congestion, restlessness, cough, and fever.

Perilla and Fragrant Angelica Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 16, citing *Wang’s Collected Works*.，For coughs in children.

Redness-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Extreme stagnation of stomach fire, with no fever, but red rashes appearing between the chest and ribs, resembling a patch of crimson clouds.

Lithospermum, Licorice, and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 50.，Skin eruptions.