Jiuhua Ointment

Bitter Shepherd’s Purse Decoction，From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，For typhoid fever on the 7th–8th day, with intense fever that does not subside.

Cinnamon, Poria, and Licorice Powder，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 6.，For cold damage and heatstroke, with severe internal damp-heat, headache, dry mouth and intense thirst, red and scanty urine, urgent and painful bowel movements, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal distension, pain, and oppression, as well as vomiting and diarrhea in children and febrile convulsions. For heatstroke with … Read more

Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Blurred and hazy vision, with the spirit’s radiance sinking inward, accompanied by palpitations, restlessness, forgetfulness, insomnia, and a fine, weak pulse.

Jingjie Dan，Formula cited from Ding Shifa in Volume 9 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For all types of acute and chronic convulsions in children, and for those who cry frequently while sleeping at night.

Black Ginseng Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 65.，Excessive fire in the Heart Meridian, manifested by a deep red color in the inner canthus and occasional pain.

Modified Kidney Qi Tonifying Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 2.，For postpartum deficiency of qi and blood, where the Governor Vessel fails to communicate with the brain, the Sea of Marrow is depleted, and wind-cold invades, leading to headache and aversion to wind; over time, this results in a yellow nasal discharge … Read more

Xinyi Qingfei Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Nasal polyps caused by lung heat; initially the size of a pomegranate seed, they gradually enlarge over time, obstructing the nasal passages and impeding the free flow of qi.

Formula for Promoting the Flow of Qi and Relieving Stagnation，Quoted from *Records of Verified Cases Through the Ages* in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，Phlegm-fluid accumulation in the chest and diaphragm: after eating for several days, everything is vomited up; food is not digested at all and is expelled as it was originally ingested; if one … Read more

Asparagus Root Calming Pills，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Deficiency of heart blood; deficiency heat.

Internal Tonifying Astragalus Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 60.，Persistent rectal bleeding, sallow complexion, and severe weakness.

Purple Clay Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jinan Formula).，For cold pain in the stomach that comes and goes intermittently.

Alum and Frankincense Powder，From *General Essentials of Health*, Volume 18.，For children with sores inside the ear caused by otitis, or with pus discharge.

Ma Pi Bo Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 159.，Chronic cough.

Xingpi Decoction (Variant)，*Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 12, citing *Bo Ji*.，For pregnancy-related obstruction, vomiting, inability to eat; in severe cases, abdominal distension, loss of taste, or alternating chills and fever.

Water Horse Powder，*Dongyi Baojian: Chapter on External Conditions*, Volume 4.，For all types of hemorrhoids.

Black Ointment Decoction，From *Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 26.，For nosebleeds caused by a febrile illness, with a floating and rapid pulse.

Three-Ingredient Emergency Pills，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 2).，For cold-induced stagnation and accumulation, sudden distension and pain in the chest and abdomen, a distended and protruding epigastrium, obstruction of urination and defecation; in severe cases, pain like being pierced by an awl, a cyanotic face with shortness of breath, or lockjaw with sudden syncope, a white … Read more

Fried Eel，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 100.，For possession by evil spirits, transmission of disease, the Five Labors, the Seven Injuries, and the Six Extremes.

Chen Ai Decoction，From *De Xiao*, Volume 8.，For night sweats that originate solely from the chest.

Wuyao Wine，From *Effective Remedies*, Volume 9.，Onset of beriberi.

Donkey Head Soup，From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.，For stroke-induced dizziness, weakness in the hands and feet, aching joints and bones, and slurred speech.

Eggplant and Hua Powder，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, qi reversal leading to phlegm production, inability to eat or drink, and five types of dysphagia and five types of diaphragmatic obstruction.

Zhengye Dan，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For chronic convulsions in children, as well as tonic convulsions, heat-induced malnutrition, and palpitations in the chest.

Enhanced Liu Shen Decoction for Resolving Phlegm，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For postpartum mental confusion, opisthotonos, or locked jaw with inability to speak, epigastric fullness and distension, wheezing and counterflow of qi, fever, severe constipation, a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a string-like, slippery, and rapid pulse.

Yinchen Pingwei Powder，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Grain-induced jaundice.