“Ice at the Bottom of the Water”

Wood Fragrance Kidney-Tonifying Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Testicular torsion, also known as “wooden kidney,” is a condition that causes neither pain nor itching but gradually enlarges; it is a particularly stubborn ailment that impedes movement and often leads to disability. It is also indicated for various types of hernias that do not frequently recur, … Read more

Licorice and Dried Ginger Decoction，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 26.，For various cases of blood loss due to deficiency in both men and women, where cold in the stomach prevents qi from returning to its source, leaving the blood uncontrolled.

Musk and Deer Antler Pills，*Bai Yi*, Volume 4.，For various conditions of deficiency and weakness.

Coptis and Phellodendron Decoction，From *Wang’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, cited in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 183.，For bloody stools, occurring 70–80 times a day and night.

Grasshopper Treasure Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 6.，For women with irregular menstruation, cold pain in the navel and abdomen, red or white vaginal discharge, all deficiency-cold disorders, and prolonged infertility.

Linggui Powder，From *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Vol. 13879, citing *The Great Formulas*.，For blood-wind偏注 and pain in the tendons and bones.

Zhongru Baize Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，All diseases of deficiency and exhaustion. Various conditions of deficiency in men, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” insufficiency of true qi, instability of the primordial organs, depletion of mental and spiritual vitality, sudden decline in physical strength, … Read more

Pill for Reviving the Dying and Rescuing the Moribund，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，When smallpox lesions appear grayish-white, with cold qi rising upward, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, vomiting, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, and cold hands and feet.

Ginseng and Platycodon Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 65.，Cough originating from the heart; swelling and pain in the throat.

Digestive Paste Wine，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，For spleen deficiency with cold and exhaustion, bloating, belching, difficulty swallowing, and belching.

Mulberry and Apricot Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 27.，

Stewed Stone Powder，From *Bo Ji*, cited in Volume 32 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，Wind in the kidneys. It rises upward and descends downward, causing swelling and pain in the feet and knees.

Xingjian Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Spleen Exhaustion.

Pulse-Regulating Decoction，From *Essentials of Shanghan* (Volume 1).，For cases of shanghan occurring between the Start of Spring and before the Clear and Bright Festival, when yin energy is already strong, the pulse before the Guan position is weak, the pulse after the Guan position is strong, the patient avers wind, and there is no spontaneous sweating.

Angelica and Dragon’s Blood Pills，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 7.，Postpartum blood stasis forming a mass in the abdomen.

Goose Fat Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 38.，For heat caused by stone formation, swelling beneath the heart, chest fullness and obstruction, and unceasing vomiting and retching.

Hand-Pinch Powder，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 4.，Pain in the chest, abdomen, lower back, and flanks, as well as stagnation of blood stasis.

Heart-Nourishing Decoction，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，Hemoptysis with fever, cough, chest pain, and dizziness.

Wanshou Medicinal Wine，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，

Seven-Ingredient Powder for Genital Ulcers，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For syphilis sores.

Angelica Blood-Harmonizing Powder，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 8.，For diarrhea.

Su Fang Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，For postpartum abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, accompanied by shortness of breath and a sense of impending death.

Eye-Washing Silkworm Cocoon Decoction，*Unified Formulary of Traditional Prescriptions of Tianjin Municipality*.，For acute conjunctivitis, characterized by redness and erosion around the eyes, swollen and painful eyelids, bleeding when exposed to wind, photophobia, blurred vision, and itchy, dry corners of the eyes.

Sugar and Fritillary Bulb Decoction，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Chronic cough.

Peony Liver-Clearing Powder，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，Excessive, foul-smelling eye discharge; tightness, dryness, and photophobia; red veins running through the eyes; and constipation in the internal organs.