Hero’s Pills

Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Resolving Phlegm，*Treatise on Wind-Induced Consumption and Abdominal Distension*.，Heat invades the lungs, causing a dry and sore throat, hot breath exhaled from the nose, coughing and wheezing with upper chest congestion; in severe cases, hoarseness and hemoptysis may occur, with phlegm that is difficult to cough up, yellow in color, … Read more

Pill to Ward Off Epidemics and Exorcise Evil Spirits，*Qianjin*, Volume 9.，

Trichosanthes and Indigo Pill，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2; name cited in *A Rhinoceros-Horn Lamp Illuminating the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，For a cough caused by alcohol.

Xingyang Pill，Formula taken from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 11), citing *The Physician’s Heart Mirror*; the name appears in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 219).，

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm，From *Essentials of Oral and Dental Medicine*.，Phlegm-heat causing sore throat, swelling and pain in the mouth and tongue, toothache, thirst, and a slippery pulse.

Beiting Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas with persistent pus and blood that have persisted for many years.

Decoction for Tonifying Yang and Nourishing Yin，*Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，For cases of “dwindling vital fluids” due to yin deficiency.

Lung-Nourishing and Weakness-Relieving Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Lung Atrophy. Following a prolonged cough, the lungs are damaged, resulting in a sallow complexion and emaciation; hoarseness; spontaneous and night sweats; insomnia; the expulsion of thick phlegm with a foul, fishy odor; and a withered, haggard appearance.when coughing, the patient must hold their breath for … Read more

Jin Xian Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，Sores and swellings.

Stone-Lithiasis Powder，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians: Continuation*.，For sand-and-stone urinary calculi.

Pain-Relieving Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，Nine Types of Chest Pain.

Shiquan Baolong Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For all types of convulsions and intermittent fever in children, restlessness, coughing, phlegm, and wheezing.

Decoction to Lure the Pathogen Out of the Camp，*Throat Medicine for Bestowing Blessings*, Volume 4.，For cases of throat collapse characterized by the entire body being ice-cold, feet stiff as a wooden horse, absence of all six pulses, eyes staring wide with the sclera exposed, and the jaw clenched shut.

Eight Generals Pill，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Formulas for Ointments, Pills, and Powders for Home Use*.，For all cases of abscesses that fail to erupt, carbuncles that do not break through, and necrotic tissue that does not slough off.

Astragalus, Peony, Cinnamon Twig, and Vinegar Decoction，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Middle Volume.，Yellow sweat, body swelling, fever, sweating accompanied by thirst, symptoms resembling water-wind syndrome; sweat soaks the clothes, the color is pure yellow like cypress sap, and the pulse is naturally deep. In cases of cold damage with a deep pulse, there is sore … Read more

Da Tong San，From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.，For cases of typhoid fever with heat in the stomach, or when too many heat-inducing medications have been taken, resulting in delirium, discarding clothes and running about, or climbing heights to sing; or for cases of abdominal pain with bloody stools, provided the condition is … Read more

Enhanced Cinnamon-Poria-Licorice Dew Decoction，From *The Complete Book on Summer Heat Illness*, Volume 2.，For latent summer heat with thirst and excessive fluid intake, abdominal distension, and diarrhea.

Four-Huang Ointment，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For all types of swollen abscesses.

Ointment for Damp Sores，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 8.，For those who, in recent years, have suffered from damp-toxin conditions in the knees, soles of the feet, and tops of the feet—causing unbearable pain and difficulty walking—

Elm Bark Eye Wash Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 105.，For bleeding and red veins.

Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Qi stagnation in the liver, with phlegm-qi circulating; fullness and distension under the ribs; sneezing accompanied by pain; spitting out phlegm in a soft voice, but unable to cough it up forcefully.

Cinnamon Twig, Peony, and Yellow Earth Decoction，*Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，For smallpox cases accompanied by bloody stools due to dampness in the Earth element and stagnation of the Wood element.

Aconite Qi-Nourishing Decoction，From Ye’s formula cited in *Simple Formulas* (see *Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3).，For men with qi deficiency in the Yuan Zang organ and dissipation of true yang, presenting with constant ringing in both ears, cold pain in the navel and abdomen, dizziness and blurred vision, fatigue in the limbs, frequent and thin … Read more

Life-Saving Light Bone Ointment，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (classical edition), Volume 13, citing *Reliable and Effective Formulas for Preserving Life*.，For stroke-induced paralysis, uncoordinated limbs, wind-induced arthralgia, and infantile convulsions.

Scabies and Tinea Ointment，From *Miraculous Formulas of Han Medicine*, citing *Secret Records of Surgical Treatments*.，For severe outbreaks of scabies and tinea where the affected area is red and inflamed, accompanied by intense pain; or for cases during hot summer nights when itching is so severe that it prevents restful sleep.