Jin Cao Herbal Formulas

Ephedra and Lithospermum Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，Ulcers that have not erupted.

Shengge Buzhong Decoction，*Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，Swelling, pain, and sores in the throat, mouth, and tongue due to deficient fire.

Qi-Regulating and Labor-Assisting Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Postpartum infection with Taiyang wind-pathogen, causing severe vomiting and retching.

Tooth-Strengthening White Jade Ointment，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，For all types of toothache, as well as loose teeth that are not firmly anchored.

Golden Pellet，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，Effective for various wind-induced disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, numbness and stiffness of the hands and feet, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eyes, pain in the tendons and bones due to cold and dampness, and unilateral hernias.

Fangji Dihuang Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).，For mania and delirium, and bi syndrome.

Pill for Expelling Pathogenic Factors，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 52); the name appears in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 200).，For malaria, with alternating chills and fever that come and go at irregular intervals.

Mouthwash Formula，From *Formulas After a Viper Bite*.，For cough.

Cock’s Comb Blood，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For smallpox lesions that are blue, dry, purplish-black, and sunken, indicating severe blood heat and toxin.

Agastache Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，Formula by Li Dongyuan, cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Internal injury caused by diet, obstructing the Taiyin channel, resulting in unceasing vomiting.

Zai Su Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 169.，When a child comes into contact with a sore and toxic energy penetrates inward, causing the sore to turn black, the condition becomes life-threatening in the blink of an eye.

Cimicifuga Stomach-Clearing Decoction，*The Great Exposition on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.，Heat in the blood division of the Yangming channel, presenting with thirst, epistaxis, and macules; however, the thirst persists despite fluid intake; or heat accumulation from a diet rich in fatty and starchy foods, manifesting as bad breath, parched lips, and decaying teeth.

Wind-Dispelling and Obstruction-Relieving Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 2.，When wind attacks the muscles and meridians, symptoms initially manifest as numbness and loss of sensation, eventually progressing to stiffness and restricted movement in the limbs and joints.

White Atractylodes Decoction for Relieving Dizziness，*Comprehensive Reference for Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 6.，For dizziness and vertigo caused by exposure to cold and dampness.

Decoction for Urinary Discharge with Coptis，From *Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For abscesses and boils on the back that have been open for a long time, are gangrenous, emit a foul odor so strong that one cannot approach them, have exposed bone and tendons, still harbor residual toxins, and cause unbearable stabbing pain.

Inner Gold and Deer Antler Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For postpartum exhaustion resulting in deficiency of blood and qi, with the uterine vessels exposed to cold, manifesting as cloudy, white urine with no regular pattern day or night, pain in the navel and abdomen, and weakness in the lower back and knees.

Toxic-Clearing Decoction with Scutellaria，From *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，Epidemic diseases characterized by thirst but no aversion to wind or cold.

Frankincense Poultice Formula，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 131.，For a boil on the back.

Lung-Dispelling and Mass-Resolving Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Gold Scabies. One or more small, raised, grayish-white blisters appear on the sclera, surrounded by red threads; often recurrent.

Newly Formulated Decoction for Black-Heat Disease with Purulent Diarrhea，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black-Heat Disease. Red eyes resembling those of a dove, blackness around the four corners of the eyes, abdominal pain as if the limbs were being torn apart, spontaneous diarrhea with the passage of foul-smelling blood, alternating chills and fever … Read more

Bone-Setting Anesthetic，From *Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.，

Great Blood-Activating Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 188), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For contusions and injuries, falls from horses or carts, blood stasis, constipation, redness, swelling, and dark bruising; pain and drowsiness; and life-threatening internal blood congestion.

Fresh Water Powder，Formula from *Bai Yi*, Volume 13; name cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 277.，For burns and scalds.

Mystery Pill，*Medical Compendium*, Volume 80.，For scrofula that has persisted for many years without healing.

(Fish Emperor) Fish Pill，*Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For children suffering from the five types of malnutrition, fetal toxicity, parasitic cough, and night blindness.