Hei Ling San

Five-Flower Alcohol-Clearing Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 3.，For alcohol-induced asthma with phlegm and fluid mixed with cold, pale face with body heat, cold extremities, unrelenting thirst, constipation, and retained urine—indicating pathogenic heat within the body—administer this decoction for regulation after the condition has been somewhat stabilized with the “Supporting Yang and Aiding Yin Decoction.”

Shengjiang Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For liver qi stagnation and spleen deficiency, with distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, and inability to eat or drink.

Rhubarb Decoction Pills，Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，For children suffering from involuntary twitching, or from dry scrofula on the head with yellow, bristly hair that stands apart, or from diarrhea that alternates between episodes of illness and remission.

Ginseng and Agastache Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For weakness of spleen and stomach qi, vomiting and retching, inability to retain food, cold hands and feet, and thick, sticky saliva and phlegm. It also treats symptoms resembling shortness of breath without actual shortness of breath, … Read more

Asparagus Root and Rehmannia Paste，From *Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 14.，For epilepsy caused by mental distress.

Si Xian Dipsacus Pill，*Ben Shi*, Volume 4.，For wind-deficiency and qi-deficiency of the liver and kidneys, inability to plant the feet or knees on the ground, pain in the lower back and spine, wind-toxin flowing into the lower meridians, difficulty walking or standing still, and dribbling urine.

Single Chestnut Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 140.，For thorn injuries.

Staphylia Pills for Oral Dissolution，From *Shenghui*, Volume 18.，Feverish illness characterized by heat stagnation in the spleen and lungs, with swelling and obstruction of the throat and pain extending to the root of the tongue.

Pneumonia Formula No. 1，*Practical Internal Medicine*, Volume 1.，Pneumonia.

Decoction for Clearing Toxins and Cooling the Blood，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 59.，Post-smallpox dental decay. In the early stages, there is bad breath and swollen gums, with bleeding between the teeth and some pain; in severe cases, the teeth turn black and rot, fall out, and the decay penetrates the cheeks and lips, eroding through … Read more

Spleen-Strengthening and Middle-Warming Pills，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For coughs in the elderly during cool weather, or coughs due to qi deficiency from chronic illness, attributed to spleen-stomach deficiency-cold.

Ten-Ingredient Da Jianzhong Decoction，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Ye’s Record of Verified Prescriptions* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 150).，For deficiency and insufficiency of blood and vital energy, resulting in inadequate nourishment of tendons and bones; fatigue and weakness; palpitations and phlegm regurgitation; abdominal pain and weak knees; or, following blood loss, persistent debility and failure … Read more

Salt and Ginger Decoction.，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5.，For dry cholera, where the patient feels the urge to vomit but cannot, or the urge to have a bowel movement but cannot, and is near death.

Enhanced Stomach-Harmonizing and Spasm-Relieving Decoction，Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 1.，Epigastric pain, choking, belching, acid regurgitation, nausea, and vomiting (cardiac spasm) caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm-blood congealing, and disharmony between the liver and stomach.

Phoenix Powder，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，For lower-body sores and swollen, painful ulcers on the glans penis.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Antelope Horn Decoction，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，For eye deviation caused by wind and external ocular disorders.

Crab Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Unbearable swelling and pain between the fingers; if not treated early, the area will become gangrenous.

Jin Diao San，*San Yin*, Volume 15.，For genital sores caused by sexual excess, characterized by oozing pus and foul-smelling, putrid lesions.

Hawthorn Seed Powder，*Classification and Treatment of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，For bloody stools and intestinal itching that do not respond to medication.

Silver Decoction Pills，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 5.，For food-induced epilepsy with convulsions, as well as cases of shock-induced stagnation.

Fragrant Alum Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 28 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For chronic diarrhea that has not healed.

Zhengyuan Powder，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume 2.，For interrupted or shortness of breath; also treats loose stools and frequent urination.

Centipede Oil，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For ringworm of the scalp.

Pancreas-Clearing Formula No. 1，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing an empirical formula from Zunyi Medical University.，Acute pancreatitis of the liver qi stagnation type.

Herbal Wash to Clear Heat and Resolve Dampness，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Hemorrhoids.