Gypsum Decoction with Honey

Huiyuan Decoction，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 1.，Chronic headaches, dizziness throughout the day, various forms of deficiency and debility, dry cough due to internal heat, and tidal fevers.

Physalis Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 95.，Difficulty urinating, with a sensation of fullness and oppression.

Gardenia and Cimicifuga Decoction，*Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 3.，For jaundice, where the face and eyes are entirely yellow like gold, and the urine is concentrated and scant, and other treatments have proven ineffective.

Black Chicken Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For acute stroke: stiff back, locked jaw, stiff tongue preventing speech, eyes unable to move, restlessness, fever, and intense thirst; or a sensation of heaviness in the body, or itching.

Rusheng Weidu Ointment，From *Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For external redness, swelling, and burning pain of the throat; wind-toxin causing mumps; warm-toxin, epidemic inflammation, and various toxins; also treats erysipelas.

Zhi Ru Wine，*Qian Jin*, Volume 8.，For sudden or chronic stroke, facial paralysis, and eye spasms.

Minor Chest-Relieving Decoction with Added Zhi Shi，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 2.，Yangming summer-heat syndrome with fluid retention in the chest; a洪滑 pulse; flushed face, body heat, and dizziness; no aversion to cold but aversion to heat; a yellow, slippery coating on the tongue; thirst with a desire for cool drinks, but drinking … Read more

Chicken Alum Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 44); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 301).，Genital erosive sores.

Fritillary Bulb Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 50.，Heat in the lungs, dryness of the throat and mouth, coughing, shortness of breath, and phlegm congestion.

Cistanche and Lamb Porridge，Formula taken from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 7), citing *Treatise on the Nature of Medicinal Substances*; name found in *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*.，Exhaustion and sallow complexion; overwork and injury. Impotence, nocturnal emission, and premature ejaculation caused by kidney yang deficiency; female infertility; cold pain in the lower back and knees; frequent urination; nocturia … Read more

Black Cloud Ointment，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，

Yinchen-Ma Huang Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For epidemic headaches with high fever, or when summer heat toxin is latent in the heart, presenting symptoms similar to malaria.

Tongguan Decoction，Formula from Dongyuan, cited in Volume 5 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，For throat obstruction with swelling and pain, rendering the patient unable to speak.

Shi Jue Ming Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 110.，Night blindness: clear vision during the day, but dim or blurred vision at dusk and at night.

Spleen-Nourishing Decoction，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Dampness-induced distension and pain in the spleen. The spleen is inherently damp earth; when cold pathogens invade it, cold and dampness congeal, forming a “heavy yin” condition, resulting in distension and pain from below the epigastrium to the navel.

Half-Dose Ephedra Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For elderly patients with typhoid fever presenting with chills and fever.

Ziling Powder，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Formulas for Ointments, Pills, and Powders for Home Use*.，All forms of scabies, ringworm, and unbearable itching.

Pine Soot Paste，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 1.，For stagnation of qi and blood stasis causing obstruction; chronic or intermittent dysentery in adults and children; men and women who have long failed to acclimate to the local climate; and severe dysentery developing during the summer months, where rice-water-like stools are not digested, five types … Read more

Shangqing Bo Yun Pills，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，For wind-heat causing blurred vision, tearing in the wind, and photophobia.

Hernia-Relieving Lu Ba Pills，From *The Collection of Scales and Claws*, Volume 2.，Indicated for small intestine qi stagnation,奔豚, masses, and hernias; hardened testicles; a palpable mass in the lower abdomen; pain radiating up and down; or stabbing pain around the navel; vomiting and qi stagnation.

Daqing Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 106.，Severe heat in the liver and lungs rising upward, causing the whites of the eyes to cover the pupils.

Mysterious Decoction，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 4.，If the patient must not lie down—and experiences shortness of breath when lying down—it is because water qi has risen upward and overwhelmed the lungs; the lungs, filled with water, become buoyant, obstructing the free flow of qi, and the pulse is deep and large.

Li Ge Decoction，From *Compendium of Measles Disorders*, Volume 4.，For paralytic conditions caused by heat in the spleen and lungs combined with wind-pathogen.

Eel-Worm Droppings Decoction，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，(Indicated for) Uncontrollable lactation.

Ear-Protecting and Detoxifying Decoction，*The Profound Essentials of the Divine Realm*, Volume 5.，Yin and Yang abscesses and boils behind the left and right ears.