Hong’s Great Red Pills

Moisturizing Qi Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 163.，For postpartum shortness of breath and difficulty swallowing.

Toxin-Extracting Pill，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，Effective for all types of boils.

Modified Turmeric Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 76.，For dysentery with red or white stools, whether hot or cold, and bloody diarrhea.

Elixir of Immortality Pills，From *Shouqin Yanglao* (Caring for the Elderly), Volume 4.，

Enhanced Wind-Dispelling Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 21.，Ear disorders.

Eggplant Stem Ash Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 38), citing *Formulas for Emergency Treatment*.，Intestinal bleeding that persists for a long time; hemorrhoids with bleeding.

Vinegar Formula，From *Secret Manual of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，For yin-toxin throat wind characterized by spontaneous sweating and sore throat, with a deep and fine pulse, corresponding to the Shaoyin syndrome.

Water Safflower Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.，For scrofula with swollen, hard, and persistent nodules, as well as cases where pus has spread to adjacent areas and the condition has not healed for a long time.

Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 11.，For yang-toxin cold damage characterized by sweating on the nape and back, stiffness, and aversion to wind.

Modified Liu Jun Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Kidney deficiency with invasion by pathogenic factors; the pathogenic factors do not immediately enter the kidneys but lodge in the lungs.

Manbai Decoction，Formula from *Essentials of Clinical Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine*; name cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Chronic leukemia. Symptoms include dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, shortness of breath, poor appetite, sallow complexion, edema, soreness and pain in the lower back, fatigue and weakness, hot flashes, abdominal distension, alternating constipation and loose stools, a pale or … Read more

Gardenia, Leek, and Fermented Soybean Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，For sores, smallpox, or rashes; bloody or yellowish diarrhea; or pus and blood in the stool, accompanied by fever throughout the body.

Amber Powder，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 8.，Hematuria.

Zijin Dan for Holding in the Mouth and Dissolving，*The Jade Case*, Volume 4.，For lung heat with hemoptysis and persistent, exhausting cough.

Fire Dragon Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 185.，For bi syndrome.

Asparagus Root Formula，From *Qianjin*, Volume 27.，For consumptive debility, severe physical trauma, senile decline, emaciation, hemiplegia, rheumatic numbness, cold-induced arthralgia, abdominal masses, malignant sores, boils, abscesses, swellings, and leprosy; in severe cases, suppuration throughout the body, gangrene of the nasal bridge, impotence, deafness, and dim vision.

Danggui-Shaoyao-Da Huang Decoction，*Etiology, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Dizziness, rapid pulse in the left hand, and blood damage caused by dry heat.

Qi-Boosting and Lactation-Promoting Decoction，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Qi deficiency causing spontaneous leakage of breast milk.

Decoction of Cinnamon Twig (without cassia bark), Poria, and Atractylodes，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For Taiyang syndrome patients who have taken Guizhi Decoction or undergone purgation, yet still experience stiffness and pain in the head and neck, a smoldering fever, no sweating, fullness and mild pain in the epigastrium, and difficulty urinating.

Acorus Paste，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，Chronic otitis. Itching with unceasing pus discharge.

Qiangju Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 109.，Kidney-toxin wind attacks the Chong Vessel, causing black spots in the eyes and unceasing tearing due to wind.

Chenqi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，Effective against: possession by spirits, flying spirits, qi stagnation, masses and accumulated qi, shortness of breath, edema, beriberi, ghost-induced poison and witchcraft, undigested food, a sensation of a double-layered cup in the abdomen, or the “nine worms”; in women, red or white vaginal discharge; skin ulcers; abdominal distension with emaciation; and … Read more

Moistening the Organs Decoction，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，Constipation lasting 6–7 days, with dry feces in the abdomen, alternating chills and fever, restlessness and urgency, shortness of breath, sweating, and abdominal distension; also treats obstruction of both urination and defecation.

Great Toxin-Eliminating Ointment，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers that are hard and refuse to resolve; “fish-mouth” and “toilet” toxins; syphilis and scabies; nodular prurigo of the skin, etc.

Dengcang Pills，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For summer heat-induced vomiting and nausea, headache and eye pain, cold and numb limbs, and persistent restlessness.