Immediate Throat-Opening Drink

Falcon’s Beak Soup，From *The Compendium of Medical Syndromes* (Vol. 14), citing *The Heart Mirror of Dietary Medicine*.，Cold Qi in the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to digest food, weakness, and fatigue.

Warm-the-Middle Magnolia Decoction，From *The Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 17.，For chronic wind invading the stomach and intestines, causing abdominal distension and loose stools.

Jian Tian Pill，From *Secretary of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，For all types of corneal opacities—whether internal or external, in men or women, young or old—and 72 varieties of eye diseases.

Modified Chengqi Pills，Quoted from *Secret Records for Prolonging Life* in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.，Indicated for fullness and distension in the chest and flanks; pain in the upper back triggered by intermittent waves of heat; abdominal distension with frequent belching; and regurgitation of stomach gas when swallowing vinegar.

Black Lead Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 99.，Recurrent infections with pinworms that cannot be completely eradicated will, over time, cause the face to turn sallow and a constant feeling of hunger in the heart.

Nourishing and Stagnation-Resolving Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For postpartum deficiency of central qi, stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, where the stomach accepts food but has difficulty digesting and transforming it, resulting in bloating.

“Pus-Draining and Tissue-Regenerating Formula”，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，All types of boils and abscesses, swollen toxins, hemorrhoids and fistulas, malignant sores, fecal toxins, leg ulcers, damp toxins, lower-body sores, scrofula, pus-filled sores, blood-stained tinea, fatty sores, and accumulated toxins.

Ginger Juice Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For excessive lung qi, resulting in shortness of breath, chest fullness, coughing, vomiting of food and drink, and difficulty with bowel movements and urination.

Four Substances Decoction with Cyperus and Coptis，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For menstrual blood that is purple in color and attributed to heat.

Xiao Taohua Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 11).，For children with bloody or white diarrhea.

Jingmo Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 231.，Internal damage causing hemoptysis.

Pomegranate Ash Powder，*Medical Classifications*, Volume 8.，For blood leakage and slippery orifices, such as epistaxis or hematochezia.

Plantain Seed Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For women with irregular menstruation, dizziness, eye pain, nausea, and loss of appetite.

Yellow Steamed Decoction，The formula is from *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 18); the name appears in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 4).，For epidemic jaundice with accumulated heat, characterized by yellowing of the face, limbs, and eyes; dry retching; constipation; urine that is reddish-yellow like cypress sap; abdominal pain; and restlessness.

Decoction of Golden Bamboo Membrane and Ophiopogon，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 23 of the First Collection.，For all cases of consumptive diseases and phlegm-fluid retention characterized by hoarseness and inability to speak, particularly those that are difficult to treat.

Dry Eye Remedy，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For red, blurry eyes with photophobia and tearing.

Gui-Ling Powder，*Secret Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Sudden chest pain during labor.

Spleen-Fortifying and Intestine-Stabilizing Pills，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 8.，For prolonged, unrelenting diarrhea, as well as uncontrolled spleen-related diarrhea.

Blood-Cooling and Muscle-Protecting Ointment，*Trusted and Practical Formulas*, Volume 3.，Boils, abscesses, sores, and carbuncles; back abscesses.

Full Sky Autumn，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，Smallpox. For cases presenting with heat symptoms from the onset of fever through the stage of swelling.

Detoxifying and Relief Decoction，From *Collected Explanations on Measles and Smallpox*, Volume 6.，Smallpox lesions.

Pain-Relieving and Meridian-Activating Pill，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 2.，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome causing pain in both feet, with deficiency of both qi and blood.

Enhanced Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 89), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For men and women suffering from irregular qi and blood flow, attacks of deficiency wind, stagnation of phlegm, dizziness and blurred vision, loss of muscle tone, and weakness and limpness in the hands and feet, as well as palpitations, shortness of … Read more

Ginseng and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，A pregnant woman’s persistent cough, known as “pregnancy cough,” may agitate her qi and lead to miscarriage.

Xingfu Dingyun Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，When wind-pathogen and phlegm-fluid are latent in the Three Yang meridians, whenever one fails to rest properly, catches a cold, or has an irregular diet, symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest, and even vertigo with violent retching—as if the room were spinning and … Read more