Immortal’s Porridge

Heat-Inducing Ointment，*Pharmaceutical Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Burns from water or fire.

Ginseng, Lotus Seed, Mugwort, and Aconite Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Qi-deficient leukorrhea with prolonged, unceasing discharge; pale complexion; cold limbs; palpitations and shortness of breath; frequent urination; white, mottled tongue coating; deep and faint pulse.

Secret-Recipe Modified Xiangru Decoction，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For heatstroke characterized by a weak pulse, body heat, spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold in the back, piloerection, and dry teeth.

Siwu Xiaoyao Powder，*Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 1.，For women suffering from chapped lips due to deficiency of blood in the genital area.

Tiger’s Tooth Pills，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 9.，For consumptive wasting and emaciation, coughing, wheezing, hoarseness, and bone atrophy.

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，Accumulated heat in the lung and stomach; excessive fire in the liver meridian; coughing up blood; epistaxis; restlessness and palpitations.

Poultice，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, as cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 34.，Cold in the lower abdomen, with itching and constriction of the vaginal opening.

Realgar Fumigation Formula，*Essentials of the Golden Cabinet*, Volume 1.，For anal erosion caused by the “fox-deception” condition.

Chaihu-Yujin Decoction，Proven Formula，Regulates the liver and harmonizes the stomach. Indicated for belching caused by liver injury due to anger or depression, liver qi invading the stomach, and upward rebellion of stomach qi. For frequent epigastric distension, omit Chai Hu and add Dai Zhe Shi; for a bitter taste in the mouth and epigastric discomfort, add … Read more

Yinchen Wuling Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 11.，For jaundice characterized by hunger immediately after eating, a yellow complexion, and alternating chills and fever.

Yin-Yang Harmonizing Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，Heatstroke: Qi fails to rise and fall; yin and yang are disrupted; symptoms include cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea, opisthotonos, alternating chills and fever, and restlessness in the chest and heart.

Er Ding San，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 22), citing a formula by Wang Dui.，For various types of abdominal masses that do not resolve, abdominal pain, alternating chills and fever, irregular diarrhea, excessive thirst, jaundice and emaciation, or dysentery, with a mass in the abdomen or flanks the size of a palm, … Read more

Silkworm Box Powder，The formula is from Volume 11 of *Qianjin*, and the name appears in *The Medical Collection of Ma Peizhi*.，People in the mountains and countryside are bitten by lice, which grow in the abdomen and form a “lice mass.”

Tao’s Chai-Ge Jie-Ji Decoction，From *Six Treatises on Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，For combined disorders of the Three Yang channels, presenting with headache, fever, restlessness, insomnia, aversion to cold without sweating, dry throat, deafness, pain in the eye sockets, epistaxis, and a pulse that is floating, full, and tight. Currently used for exogenous febrile diseases, Salmonella infections, … Read more

Dried Ginger and Four Substances Decoction，From *Six Books on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 30.，For postpartum body pain with a weak and fine pulse.

Fangfeng and Red Peony Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum stagnation of blood, unresolved damp-heat descending to cause beriberi, with persistent redness, swelling, and pain in the shins, and a rapid,涩, and large pulse.

Magnolia Bark Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 133.，For heat-induced sores.

Atractylodes and Gypsum Decoction，*Collection for Preserving Life*, Middle Volume.，For damp-heat syndrome, characterized by a slightly chilly sensation throughout the body, slight spontaneous sweating, and heaviness in the limbs.

Zhang Zouma’s Secret True Elixir，*San Yin*, Volume 13.，For those who have engaged in excessive sexual activity, or who experience spontaneous ejaculation due to mental preoccupation, resulting in soreness and weakness in the lower back, inability to bend or stretch, failure to gain weight despite eating, and pain in both legs (??) that prevents walking.

Male and Female “Thunderbolt Fire”，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For gangrene and all types of back abscesses in the early stages that are not yet painful.

Peach Kernel Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.

Three Whites Decoction for Promoting Vitality，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，For deficiency-syndrome consumptive diseases characterized by white phlegm, gastric distension with loss of appetite, undigested food, foul-smelling stools, and emaciation.

Chaihu Shaoyao Fuling Decoction，From *The Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 8.，Heat, swelling, and pain in the ear.

Ointment for Chapped Hands，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For cracked and painful backs of the hands in winter.

Miraculous Decoction for Reducing Ascites，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，For abdominal distension caused by qi stagnation, blood stasis, food accumulation, or parasitic infestation—cases that have persisted for years without resulting in death.