Huanglian Shangqing Pills

Astragalus Ten-Ingredient Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 26 of *Wai Tai*.，For hemorrhoids where a decoction of raw Sophora japonica seeds has proven ineffective.

Divine Dragon Embracing the Pearl Elixir，From *Collection of Ointment Formulas*, citing *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*.，Effective for wind, cold, heat, and dampness; malignant sores and severe toxins; falls, blows, sprains, and strains; the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries”; and aching pain in the back, chest, shoulders, arms, waist, and knees.

Medicinal Wash for Rectal Prolapse，*Hui Chun*, Volume 7.，Rectal prolapse.

Li Zhong Ginseng Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, cold extremities, or a sensation of fullness in the chest and abdomen with inability to eat or drink.

Five Corpses Pills，Quoted from *Hu Qia’s Formulas* in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，All types of skin ulcers.

Kuahe Pill，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，Chicken-Claw Wind.

Enhanced Coptis Detoxification Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Syndromes Caused by Sheep’s Wool*.，Toxic pathogens from sheep’s wool, manifesting as fever and restlessness, weakness and fatigue, a tongue with purple spots, chest tightness and poor appetite, yellowish-red urine, and a deep, rapid, and large pulse.

Yeming Sand Ointment，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses.

Ginseng Spleen-Strengthening Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For those who are thin and frail, suffer from insomnia and forgetfulness, have a poor appetite, and experience frequent diarrhea.

Enhanced Ginseng and Oat Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Excessive blood loss after childbirth, resulting in deficiency of heart blood; a shriveled, curled, and shortened tongue; slurred, indistinct, and halting speech; and palpitations.

Musk and Gastrodia Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.，Wind-phlegm-induced qi collapse, headache, dizziness, vertigo with a sensation of fainting, fatigue in the limbs, mental lethargy, frequent yawning and stretching, and restless sleep.

Artemisia Worm Pills，From *New Book on Caring for Children*, Volume 7.，For infantile convulsions.

Four Fragrances and Three Grains Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 383.，For children with malnutrition-related injuries, severe diarrhea with fecal incontinence, and stools with a rancid, sour odor, with a foul smell detectable up to 2–3 chi away.

Peach Blossom Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 8.，For diarrhea.

Modified Tuoli Decoction，From *The New Book on Child Care*, Volume 5.，For cases of smallpox characterized by excessive heat; when taking cold or cooling herbs causes the disease to become suppressed, leading to vomiting and diarrhea; or when the skin is thin with clear serous fluid; or when the lesions are sunken and lack vitality, with … Read more

Citron Pills，From *Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，For all cases of qi reversal, inability to retain food, or immediate vomiting.

Wu Shao Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 9).，For tetanus and “wash-head wind” (a type of neurological disorder).

Decoction for Spontaneous Sweating，From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For spontaneous sweating caused by yang deficiency.

Mantis Tincture，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Neurodermatitis.

Wax-Plum Pill，From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 117.，Relieves thirst and promotes the production of body fluids.

Plasma-Inducing Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，For smallpox occurring on an empty stomach, where lesions appear externally but no pus or exudate is present internally.

Decoction for Saving the Stomach by Nourishing the Yin，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Spasms of the Yangming channel.

Rat Droppings, Gardenia, and Fermented Soybean Decoction，Quoted from *Records of Verified Cases Through the Ages* in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For typhoid fever with undigested food and a full pulse due to overexertion.

Shenghong Pills，*Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 113, citing *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For pain in the chest and abdomen, and a sensation of fullness and distension that does not subside, resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol or food.

Ganju Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Indicated for severe wind-phlegm obstruction, characterized by dizziness and pain in the head and eyes, stiffness and fatigue in the limbs, nasal congestion, tinnitus, and itchy, swollen scalp.