Gypsum and Li Zhong Decoction

Huanghe Dan，From *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 2.，For external pathogens, internal injuries, blood disorders, qi disorders, phlegm disorders, and fire disorders.

Zhuozhen Dan，From *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Wang Zijing (see *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 89).，For deficiency of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, with internal invasion by dampness and cold transmitted to the pleura, manifesting as fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, and stabbing pain in the flanks.

Fermented Soybean Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，For postpartum lochia that has not yet ceased, with qi and blood agitating the heart and abdomen, causing pain, and heat in the chest.

Runhua Ointment，*Red Furnace Dotting Snow*, Volume 2，For all types of chronic coughs, pulmonary atrophy, and shortness of breath.

Bone-Healing Ointment，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For contusions, injuries, and fractures.

Ginger and Pig Gallbladder Ointment，From *Supplementary Compendium of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 1.，For the initial stage of a wandering abscess, characterized by diffuse swelling without a defined center, and showing neither redness nor pain.

Mu Decoction，*Selected Formulas by Renowned Physicians*.，For conditions arising before or after childbirth, or from wounds or blows—whenever they result from blood-related disorders.

Clear-Lung-Calm Formula，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jinan Edition).，For cough with excessive phlegm.

Moisturizing and Nourishing Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，For dryness and depletion of the spleen and stomach, where extreme dryness gives rise to wind, causing stiffness and restriction in the hands and feet.

Remedy for Tinea，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，For eye ringworm caused by damp-toxin, with pus-filled sores covering the face.

Egg White Cake，From *Essential and Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.，For children aged one year or older but under two years who have had persistent red-and-white dysentery that has not healed; or for children who, in summer or autumn, are suddenly exposed to cold, experience sudden onset of dysentery with abdominal distension, … Read more

Ginseng, Poria, and Amber Powder，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 14.，Painful and scanty urination, with pain radiating from the penis to the lower flanks.

Daqing Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.，Fever affecting the brain, with cerebrospinal fluid leaking out and blocking the ears, leading to deafness.

Pill for Preserving Truth and Protecting Life，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 265.，For those with excessive yin energy, clouded and turbid internal organs, and fatigue after meals—even if not yet middle-aged, premature aging sets in.

Decoction for Unblocking Vessels, Clearing Heat, and Moistening the Lungs，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 20.，When food and drink from the Upper Jiao descend into the Stomach, and the Stomach Qi has not yet stabilized, sweating occurs, and the face, back, and body all feel hot; this is called “Qi Leakage.”

Wind-Dispelling Life-Saving Powder，From *Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 10.，Unbearable pain from thunder-induced headache, accompanied by swelling of the sclera.

Left Gold Decoction with Aged Rice，Formula from *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*; name cited in *Annotated Songs on Categorized Formulas from the Collection of Reflections*.，For lockjaw dysentery, where the patient vomits as soon as the decoction enters the mouth.

Kudzu Root and Pinellia Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For a combined Taiyang and Yangming syndrome where there is no diarrhea but only vomiting.

Mai Nu Pills，*Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 2.，In cases of typhoid fever lasting 5–6 days, with intense heat in the chest and trismus, this is termed “corrupted disease.” For epidemic febrile diseases where no sweat has been induced after 6–7 days, with a洪大 or rapid pulse, a red face and eyes, intense body … Read more

Five-Relief Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 27.，For yang-toxin cold damage with fever and restlessness.

Fire-Dispelling Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Abdominal pain caused by fire is excruciating, and pressing on the abdomen exacerbates the pain. Stomach fire manifests as sweating and thirst, accompanied by a foul odor in the mouth; pain caused by spleen fire moves around without a fixed location;abdominal pain due to large intestine fire presents … Read more

Decoction for Ascending the Pure and Eliminating Toxins，*Compilation of Clinical Experience in Medical Formulas*.，Severe case of “Big Head Plague.” Aversion to cold and fever; swelling and redness of the head and face; discharge of foul-smelling fluid, appearing like a rotten melon.

Dingluan Pills，From *Guidance on Epidemic Diseases*.，For summer-heat-induced cholera and epidemic febrile diseases that manifest promptly; for all types of cholera in the early stages, when one first feels numbness in the hands and feet, fullness and oppression in the chest, dizziness and blurred vision, and a dazed state of mind as if shrouded in clouds … Read more

Yellow Hen Rice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For women suffering from postpartum weakness and emaciation.

Shuangjin Decoction，*Bai Yi*, Volume 19.，For vomiting and diarrhea in children.