Half-Gua Pills

Cow Dung Powder，From *Suijin*, cited in Volume 4 of *Xiannian Ji*.，For all types of abscesses, boils, toxic swellings, and sores caused by damp-heat; for toxic discharge that persists and refuses to heal; and for children’s smallpox lesions that have become ulcerated and unresponsive to all other treatments.

Qianghuo-Ma Huang Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Taiyang-type headache, fever, stiffness of the spine, and aversion to wind and cold.

Rhubarb Decoction for Draining the Liver，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 108.，For wind-heat eye disorders complicated by erythema and swelling, presenting with redness and pain in the eyes.

Huangyao Wine，Formula taken from *Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica*, citing *Thousand Gold Monthly Orders* (see *Classified Materia Medica*, Volume 14); the name appears in *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，For those who have suddenly developed a goiter within the past 1–2 years.

Enhanced Lithospermum Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，When smallpox has erupted but has not fully broken through.

Bi Pi Pills，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For a slippery spleen and weak stomach, uncontrollable diarrhea, indigestion, and rumbling, cramping pain.

Huang Shen Dan Formula，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，Jaundice.

Pill for Astringent Treatment and Strengthening the Essence，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，Repressed anger injures the liver; overwork and fatigue deplete the spleen’s qi. Vaginal discharge may be red or white, or a mixture of red and white, or yellow in color; it may be persistent and incomplete, foul-smelling, turbid, and unceasing day and … Read more

Miraculous Postpartum Elixir，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Xi’an Formula).，For women after childbirth who experience weakened metabolic function and impaired blood circulation, resulting in retained lochia or incomplete expulsion, accompanied by distension and oppression in the chest and abdomen, stabbing pain in the flanks, and dizziness; as well as for those with postpartum … Read more

Yi Yang Powder，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 10.，For red, swollen lesions caused by yang toxicity in smallpox.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Zao Ren Decoction，From *Essentials of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 2.，Postpartum absence of sweating, stiffness and spasms of the tendons and meridians, resembling tetany.

Angelica Sinensis Powder for Inducing Labor，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 157.，Pregnancy has lasted several days without delivery.

Clove and Poria Decoction，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 167.，Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, with stagnation of old phlegm, leading to vomiting of saliva and froth, or sour fluid, and loss of appetite.

Blood-Stabilizing Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.，For all types of knife wounds with unstoppable bleeding.

Enhanced Danggui Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 4.，For cases following the expulsion of the placenta, where blood loss causes fainting, the eyes are closed but the mouth is open, and the hands and feet are cold and numb.

Ginseng Calming the Spirit Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 11.，For diabetes, chest fullness, restlessness, and listlessness.

Fulonggan Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 65.，For sudden-onset cough.

Plum Blossom Tongue-Dotting Pill，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，For external sores and toxic swellings, boils and carbuncles on the back, malignant carbuncles, and the initial stages of redness, swelling, and pain; for mountain mist obstructing the qi; and for epidemic rashes and distension.

Niu Lang Powder，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 2.，Effective against all types of intestinal parasites.

Nine-Ingredient Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Heat accumulation in the middle jiao causing obstruction; blockage of communication between upper and lower parts; inability to vomit or pass stool; abdominal distension and shortness of breath.

Pain-Relieving Formula，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For contusions, injuries, fractures, dislocations, and lacerations.

Five-Note Pill，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For redness, swelling, and malignant sores.

Xiaofeng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，Wind-pathogen affects the cheeks, causing the mouth to turn to one side and speech to be slurred.

Toxicity-Clearing Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 403.，Used when smallpox eruptions are obstructed by a clash of blood and qi, causing slow eruption.

Tongli Decoction，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 3.，Chronic cough with simultaneous dysfunction of the Three Jiao. Cough accompanied by abdominal distension, loss of appetite, profuse nasal discharge and vomiting, facial swelling, and counterflow of qi.