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Formula for Hemoptysis，*Danxi’s Essentials of Medical Practice*, Volume 2.，For hemoptysis. Indicated for cough due to lung heat, with blood-streaked sputum, difficulty expectorating, restlessness, thirst, flushed cheeks, constipation, a yellow tongue coating, and a string-like, rapid pulse.

Erba Dan，From *Zhunsheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，Corneal Opacity.

Ginseng and Cimicifuga Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 28.，For feverish diseases caused by cold damage, accompanied by pea-like sores and blisters, restlessness, and confusion.

Toxicity-Dispelling Pill，*Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 496.，To treat residual toxicity from smallpox.

Qi-Regulating Xin-Ti Powder，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 7.，Nasal hemorrhoids.

Pepper Pills，The formula is from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 1); the name is found in *The Classic of Medical Practices for the Yuanhe Era*.，For sudden onset of chest pain. For chronic, persistent pain that prevents eating or drinking, accompanied by severe headache. For cold-induced stagnation and obstruction, where even thick clothing fails to provide … Read more

Longevity Cake，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For the elderly with qi deficiency who are unable to expel phlegm, leading to stagnation of phlegm and qi, chest fullness and oppression, and pain under the ribs—all cases of qi deficiency with excessive phlegm; also effective for treating hernias.

Decongestant and Nourishing Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 16; name cited in *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，Swelling following a syphilitic lesion.

Fangfeng Ruxin Powder，*Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 8.，For wind-heat and qi stagnation causing bleeding after a bowel movement.

Pepper Pods，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 39.，Beriberi; all types of malaria, seasonal epidemics, and pathogenic wind-cold.

Eight-Ingredient Dispersing Formula，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For headaches and fever due to cold damage, accompanied by generalized stiffness and pain in the limbs.

Black Jujube and Clove Powder，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 3).，Treats vomiting due to stomach cold and also cold malaria.

Soapberry 6:1 Pills，From *The Pocket Formulary*, Volume 1, citing *Formulas from the Danliao Clinic*.，For various wind-related disorders and cases where the muscles lack firmness.

Chaihu Qingre Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 59.，The rash has subsided, but residual heat remains in the muscle layer.

Cooling Sweet Dew Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Swollen Lips. Caused by a diet rich in fatty and starchy foods and aggravated by sudden anger, this condition manifests as raised, hard swellings that may rupture and bleed, or lead to phlegm due to deficient heat, or prolonged thirst.

Mugwort and Ginger Pills，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 14.，For damp-cold dysentery with pus and blood, abdominal pain; uterine bleeding in women; and white dysentery.

Rat-Tubercle and Trichosanthes Pill，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，For scrofula that has already ulcerated or has not yet ulcerated.

Liver-Nourishing Pills，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 25.，Tendon injury.

Pomegranate Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 141.，Hemorrhoids; a lump resembling a mouse’s teat appears near the anus.

Chuanxiong-Danggui Harmonizing Decoction，From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Postpartum fever, headache, aversion to cold, and body aches.

Pain-Relieving Five-Spice Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，Qi stagnation and blood stasis; cold-dampness retention; distension and fullness in the chest and flanks; various types of liver and stomach qi pain.

Xianglian Zhizhong Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for cases where liver yang descends forcefully and spleen yang is also deficient, presenting with loose stools, intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, a desire to defecate that cannot be fully satisfied, and even when defecation occurs, it is accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of sinking … Read more

The Drunken Potion，Formula from *History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Qian Yi*, Volume 462; name cited in *Yicaoting*.，For those with stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, whose eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Sugar Water，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，Dizziness due to heatstroke.

Cow Bile and Pig’s Blood Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 378.，For pediatric convulsions and epilepsy with uncontrollable spasms.