Kidney-Dissolving Pills

Enhanced Ginseng, Astragalus, Atractylodes, and Aconite Decoction，*Ming Yi Za Zhu* (Miscellaneous Writings of a Ming Physician), Volume 6.，For smallpox with deficiency in both the exterior and interior, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, and cold extremities.

Taiyi Zijing Tablets，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，Effective for cholera-induced abdominal distension, mountain miasma, heatstroke-induced syncope, traveler’s illness, toxic throat inflammation, stroke and various types of epilepsy, infantile convulsions, as well as summer-heat and dampness epidemics, exposure to foul and turbid fumes, and critical conditions involving mental confusion.

Asparagus Root Porridge，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *Discussions on Diet and Nutrition*.，For patients with tuberculosis presenting symptoms of kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency with internal heat, low body fluids and dry mouth; lung yin deficiency, lung deficiency with heat, dry cough with little or no phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, as well as low-grade fever in the … Read more

Shengjun Decoction，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For cases where smallpox lesions are faint and fail to rise, with patches of redness on the face and scaly crusts at the base of the lesions.

Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 8.，For acute and chronic convulsions in infants and children, fever with drowsiness, cough with phlegm and saliva, incessant crying, or a face appearing pale, yellow, black, or white; stiffness in the hands and feet; eyes staring upward with the whites showing; and conditions that have persisted … Read more

Xiafan Pills，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，When a growth appears in a woman’s vagina—resembling a snake or an eggplant—it is called “vaginal prolapse,” causing unbearable pain and itching.

Prepared Pork Kidneys，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，Effective for kidney deficiency and various debilities.

Qianhu-Xixin Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For pregnancy-related disorders characterized by mental confusion and oppression, restlessness, nausea, and vomiting; aversion to the smell of food; dizziness and heaviness in the head and eyes; pain and discomfort in the limbs and joints; a tendency to lie down frequently and rise infrequently; aversion to cold accompanied by sweating; … Read more

Dew Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 109.，For seeing black spots before the eyes, redness, pain, and blurred vision.

Saliva-Inducing Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，Occasional convulsions that develop into epilepsy.

Da Hu Lian Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For consumptive fever with facial flushing and cough.

Toxicity-Resolving and Vessel-Unblocking Decoction，From *Liu Fengwu’s Gynecological Experience*.，Acute postpartum thrombophlebitis caused by cold-dampness obstructing the collaterals, retained lochia, toxic pathogens invading the meridians, stagnation of qi and blood, blockage of the blood vessels, and prolonged stagnation transforming into heat. Symptoms include fever, swelling of the limbs, and excruciating pain.

Bupleurum and Scutellaria Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 26.，For persistent alternating chills and fever, aversion to cold, headache, high fever, and constipation lasting 4–5 days.

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.

Five-Branch Wash，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Acute eczema.

Chuanxiong-Ge Decoction，*Ben Shi*, Volume 7.，Unbearable pain under the ribs; also treats weakness in the legs.

Pepper and Plum Pills，*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the *Qian Jin**.，

Stone Gall Water，*Treasury of Ophthalmology*, Volume 4.，For eye inflammation and eyes with pus.

Lip Balm，Formula by Master Mao, cited in Volume 7 of *The New Book on Infant Care*.，For night crying in children.

Qinjiao Topical Application Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，Chronic boils and carbuncles.

Ergan Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 24 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Persistent, unexplained malnutrition-related dysentery.

Crow-Spear Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 3.，”Crow’s Fork”: For toxic inflammation and swelling at the junction of the five fingers.

Mountain Dragon Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 9.，Hemiplegia, with one side of the body emaciated and withered, and limbs thin and painful.

Goose Tube Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，After recovery from illness, engaging in sexual intercourse causes the foreskin to rupture, resulting in swelling and pain.

Decoction for Regulating the Middle and Calming Roundworms，From *Shanghan Quansheng Ji*, Volume 4.，Ascaris-induced cold extremities, with cold hands and feet and vomiting of ascaris.