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Soul-Reviving Pill，Formula by Danxi, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，For all types of malignant sores; syphilitic sores and impetigo that have ulcerated; perforated throat and nasal bleeding; and profuse discharge of pus and blood.

Nourishing Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 13, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, with shortness of breath after eating.

Sanbi Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 2.，Wind, cold, and dampness have accumulated in the pericardium, leading to aversion to cold and pain beneath the heart, constant anxiety and startle responses, and a lack of appetite; when pressed with the hand, a gurgling sound like water can be heard.

Fish Glue Powder，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Difficult labor.

Longevity Wine，From *Preserving Life and Nourishing the Essence* (Volume 10).，

Decoction for Dispersing Blood Stasis and Dissolving Nodules，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 5.，Ma (疒其).

Semen Retention Pills，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of the lower jiao, with white, turbid discharge resembling rice water or congealed fat.

Formula for Applying Rice Wine Lees，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 144.，For fractures where stagnant blood has not dissipated, accompanied by pain.

Cold Ice Powder，*Baoying Yizhilu*, Volume 2.，For a child with a “wooden tongue”: the tip of the tongue is swollen, fills the mouth, is hard, and cannot be moved.

White Angelica Powder for Brushing Teeth，*Shengji Zonglu* (Renwei Edition), Volume 121.，

Imperial Medicinal Wine，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Leprosy.

Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 14.，For blood deficiency with scanty menstrual flow.

Chaihu-Huanglian Ointment，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 15).，Night sweats and intermittent hot flashes.

Purple Antler Ointment，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 10.，For eyebrow eczema, infantile eczema caused by fetal toxins, sores on both eyebrows—which may spread to the entire body with intense itching or oozing pus and fluid—and conditions that have persisted for years without healing.

Crane-Louse Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 56.，For heart pain caused by roundworm bites.

Formula for Topical Application of Dried Silkworm Larvae and Whole Scorpions，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For facial muscle spasms and facial paralysis.

Modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Chronic malaria with attacks occurring every 1–3 days; not suitable for the “interruption method” in cases of constitutional weakness.

Cancer-Resolving Cake，*Yi Bian*, Volume 4.，For various types of malnutrition in children.

Tui Xian Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 238), citing *Formulas for Preserving Life*.，For all types of wandering pain.

Ophiopogon Decoction，From *The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Middle Volume.，For persistent hemoptysis that has not healed.

Wenxiang Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 272.，For all types of sores.

Divine Acupuncture-Substitute Powder，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 13.，For those with heart palpitations bordering on death; small intestine spasms causing the body to arch like a bow; a swollen and hard bladder; all types of qi-related stabbing pains and deficiency-related pains; as well as women suffering from blood-induced confusion, blood-induced fainting, blood-induced stabbing pain, blood surging to the … Read more

Huisheng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 100.，In cases of demonic possession presenting as “Zhong’e” (sudden illness), with shortness of breath and the abdomen distended and full like a drum.

Myrrh Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For young women with irregular menstruation, accompanied by qi attacking the chest and abdomen; menstruation that is intermittent or continuous, with blood that is either red or white; a sallow complexion; and a lack of appetite.

Shenying Dan，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，All types of epilepsy.