Iron Sand and Three Huang Decoction

Qingli Zikan Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 4.，This formula is indicated for symptoms of yin deficiency with internal heat and consumptive disease resulting from excessive sexual activity. Symptoms include fever, cough, sputum production, shortness of breath, night sweats, heat in the palms and soles, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hoarseness, nocturnal emissions, tinnitus, and blurred vision; the … Read more

Decoction for Treating Intractable Conditions，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Chronic, festering sores—whether on the hands, feet, head, or face—that persist for years without healing, emitting an unbearable foul odor.

Red Alum Powder，*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the *Thousand Gold**.，For eye sores and tinea of the eye.

Eight-Ingredient Miraculous Powder，*Compendium of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 4.，Purple and vitiligo.

Epilepsy-Suppressing Pill，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，For yin-type epilepsy, to be taken during the recovery phase after the illness has subsided.

Exotic Fragrance Powder，From *Ji Ming Lu*, Volume 1.，Crane’s Knee.

Ox-Bile Upper-Clear Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Lanzhou and Tianjin Formulas).，Dizziness and confusion; sudden onset of conjunctivitis; sores on the mouth and tongue; swelling and pain in the throat; toothache; sores on the head and face; dry, hard stools; fever and thirst.

Salt Ointment for the Eyes，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 109).，For polyps in the eye.

Coptis and Tangerine Peel Decoction，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，Winter heat has not yet manifested as illness; by spring, the body is overcome by accumulated cold, preventing the disease from breaking out. By summer, when heat arrives, the spring cold dissipates, and the winter heat toxin begins to emerge from the … Read more

Qianghuo Daozhi Decoction，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 8.，For bi syndrome and cold-induced paralysis.

Chuanxiong-Shu Decoction，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox on the third day, when the pustules have flattened and are no longer raised to the touch.

Toxicity-Resolving Pill，From *Selected Proven Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For poisoning by Xinshi.

Decoction for Relieving Jaundice，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，Damp-heat in the Conception Vessel causes yellow vaginal discharge, resembling the concentrated liquid of yellow tea, with a fishy odor.

Spleen-Clearing Decoction (Modified)，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Chronic deficiency of spleen qi leads to qi stagnation in the epigastrium and diaphragm, disharmony of the Triple Burner, inability to eat, and internal dryness of body fluids. This results in impure spleen qi, heaviness and pain in the head and eyes, heat in the palms and soles, … Read more

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Paste，*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 20.，In children with a cough accompanied by nasal congestion and a stuffy nose, excessive phlegm and saliva, or shortness of breath—who startle and jump at the sound of a noise—this indicates insufficiency of the liver and lungs and restlessness of the soul … Read more

Toxicity-Clearing Pills，From *Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 10.，For children with residual toxins from measles or smallpox, manifesting as sores all over the body.

Herbal Tea Formula to Clear Heat and Resolve Dampness，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Compound Ten-Ash Powder，Formula from *Pu Fuzhou’s Medical Experience*; name cited in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*, Volume 2.，Weakness of the Chong and Ren Vessels, resulting in metrorrhagia and menorrhagia.

Miraculous White Lead Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6.，For cases of gastrointestinal weakness and loose stools, uncontrolled diarrhea with a mixture of red and white discharges, pain in the navel and abdomen, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, loss of appetite and emaciation, or conditions that have persisted for a long time without … Read more

Muxiang-Baizhu Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For dysentery with foul-smelling stools.

Spleen-Consolidating Pills，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，In the autumn, the viscera of the elderly become deficient and cold, leading to erratic, loose stools.

Green Duck Soup，*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.，For ten types of water-related ailments that do not heal.

Qi-Tonifying and Dysuria-Relieving Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Several months into pregnancy, frequent and painful urination; urine output remains unchanged; urine is white or occasionally pale yellow; difficulty urinating; distension in the lower back; pale tongue with normal coating; slow and weak pulse.

Four Sages’ Golden Pill，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 3.，For left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, crooked mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, slurred speech, stroke-induced near-collapse, and inability to recognize people.

Salt and Turmeric Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 361.，For a newborn who refuses to nurse, has unceasing vomiting, a vacant gaze, a pale face, and is unable to cry.