Gu Zhang Dan

Powder to Stop Malnutrition，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，For children with heart heat and excessive spleen fire, where damp-heat rises upward, causing oral malnutrition and excessive drooling.

Decoction for Generating Body Fluids and Nourishing Bodily Fluids，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology: Postpartum Section*, Volume 2.，Postpartum women with low blood volume, excessive sweating, internal restlessness, inability to generate body fluids, weakness, thirst, and shortness of breath.

Powder for Promoting Tissue Regeneration in Suppurating Ulcers，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and carbuncles where the pus and toxins have been completely drained but new tissue has not regenerated.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For women with qi deficiency who, during the 7th or 8th month of pregnancy, suddenly hear the fetus crying in the womb and experience a dull, aching pain in the abdomen.

Liver-Soothing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For chronic, protracted hepatitis with persistently elevated transaminase levels, classified as the “Liver-Stomach Disharmony” pattern. Symptoms include nausea and the urge to vomit, hiccups and belching, epigastric distension and fullness after meals, occasional epigastric pain, shooting pain in … Read more

Lithospermum Root and Hair Oil，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Diseases characterized by red macules and nodules in the lower limbs (such as “gua teng chan”), early-stage parotitis and submandibular lymphadenitis, and purplish-red skin patches.

Gypsum and Du Huo Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For stroke and cold-induced fever, characterized by headache, body pain, fever, and aversion to cold.

Peach-Red Four-Ingredient Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*, citing Zhang Xiangnan.，For premature menstruation caused by blood stasis complicated by heat, characterized by purple menstrual blood that is thick and sticky with clots, abdominal pain that worsens with pressure, a pale red or slightly purplish tongue with a yellow and dry coating, and a deep, rapid, or … Read more

Pork Lung Soup，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 17 of the First Series.，For dry phlegm in the Lung Meridian.

Modified Guizhi Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Exogenous wind-cold with phlegm accumulation. Fever, mental confusion, voice sounding like snoring, shortness of breath and restlessness, slurred speech, and a floating and tight pulse.

Ramie Root Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，Difficult labor.

Chai-Chen Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，Phlegm-qi obstruction in the chest and flanks, and phlegm-malaria.

Dú Bái Powder，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，For bone and joint injuries from falls or blows, damage to internal organs, and stagnant blood.

Rhubarb Decoction，*Shenghui* (Volume 74).，For febrile illnesses during pregnancy lasting 6–7 days, with heat descending into the abdomen, causing constipation and difficulty passing both urine and stool, accompanied by restlessness and fever.

Zhike Hemorrhoid-Relieving Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 296.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Wu Xu Wine，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 50, citing *Formulas for Nourishing the Elderly*.，Yang deficiency.

Modified Qingmuxiang Pills，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Wu Yi (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 18).，Effective for all types of beriberi; when symptoms arise, they manifest as a sensation of rising pressure, constipation, and a sense of discomfort. It also treats sudden chest pain and coldness in the lower back and kidney region.

Rotating Yin-Yang Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Cold-Induced Collapse. Collapse occurring during the day and again at night, with a body heat as intense as fire and audible phlegm.

Shengwei Jinhua Pills，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 1.，Accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach leading to the formation of a yellow membrane.

Shenjian Decoction，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women suffering from alternating chills and fever due to an imbalance of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi.

Shengshi Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，External dampness.

Two-Huang-Three-Bai Pills，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 9.，For leukorrhea caused by emotional disturbances, accompanied by a rapid pulse.

One-Night Black，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，Yellowish-white hair and beard.

Wind-Dispelling and Meridian-Activating Wash，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Facial paralysis.

Eucommia, Alisma, Aconite, and Cinnamon Twig Decoction，*Golden Needle of Medicine*, Volume 4.，For masses and hernias. For cold hernias presenting with abdominal pain, a sensation of coldness rising from the lower abdomen, and numbness in the hands and feet.