Kidney-Tonifying and Liver-Warming Decoction

Agarwood and Notopterygium Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 245.，For beriberi, constipation (both severe and mild), or when symptoms ascend to the abdomen and affect the heart, causing pain, swelling, and distension.

Paste for Stopping Profuse Sweating，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 6.，For edema and abdominal distension; urinary retention and dysuria.

Toxicity-Removing and Tissue-Regenerating Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Wuhan Formula).，For boils, carbuncles, sores, and abscesses that have ulcerated and remain unhealed for a long time.

Formula for Dispelling Wind and Activating the Meridians via Compress，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Facial paralysis.

Zhu Jiang Wan，*Zhunsheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For smallpox lesions on the 7th–8th day where the serous fluid is thin and has not yet appeared.

Tuiche Powder，The formula is from *Continuation of True Stories* (Xu Ben Shi), Volume 6; the name appears in *Effective Remedies* (De Xiao), Volume 6.，For severe constipation—both bowel and urinary—that has persisted for months and is life-threatening.

Four-Spice Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.，For qi-induced abscesses and unruptured tubercles.

Tianzhong Herbal Tea，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 4.，For colds in men, women, and children, as well as all seasonal ailments.

Baoyuan Dihuang Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，Pediatric kidney malnutrition results from an imbalance of the liver and spleen, compounded by a congenital deficiency of kidney yin. Patients are often thin and weak, with blurred vision and lethargy; they may experience alternating chills and fever, or frequent colds.

Decoction of Two Atractylodes and Two Chen，*Yi Tong*, Volume 24.，Impaired spleen function leading to failure to transform phlegm-dampness; vomiting of clear fluid; headache. Spleen deficiency with failure to transport phlegm and food. Headache due to damp phlegm; pulse is string-like and fine.

Perilla Pills，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*.，For women who frequently cough during their menstrual period.

Miraculous Meridian-Activating Pill，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For various forms of rheumatic arthralgia, pain in the tendons and bones of the shoulders, arms, lower back, and knees; facial paralysis; hemiplegia; difficulty walking; and stiffness of the tendons and meridians.

Wood Fragrance Decoction for Resolving Stagnation，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 4.，For all conditions involving qi stagnation.

Five Stones Life-Preserving Powder，*Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 22.，For all diseases of deficiency and debility, emaciation, coughing and shortness of breath, heat in the bones, restlessness and pain in the limbs, or intestinal rumbling, abdominal colic, difficulty with urination and defecation, reddish-yellow urine, persistent sharp pain around the navel, dizziness and … Read more

Aconite and Asarum Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 243.，For beriberi that prevents walking.

Three-Ingredient Artemisia Decocion，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，For jaundice, where the body and eyes are yellow and fine scales appear on the skin.

Blowing Powder，From *Chuanya Neibian*, Volume 2.，For all types of swollen abscesses.

Chuanlian-Anise Powder，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 2.，Pain due to small intestine hernia.

Tu Bi Qi Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，For syphilitic sores, scrofula, malignant sores of the throat, abscesses with suppuration and ulceration, and pain due to stiffness of the tendons and bones.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation and Nourishing the Spleen，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women who have long been unable to conceive due to liver qi stagnation.

Danggui Niantong Powder，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，For conditions caused by damp-heat, characterized by restless and painful joints, heaviness in the shoulders and back, pain radiating down the shins to the point of being unbearable, dry mouth and high fever, and painful, itchy sores caused by damp-toxin on both feet.

Inner Palace Toad Venom Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses on the back, as well as toxic carbuncles and malignant sores.

Fire-Avoiding Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Jinan Formula).，For burns and scalds.

Wu Mo Decoction with Additions，*Medical Convenience*, Volume 3.，Qi stagnation caused by emotional distress, manifesting as distension and pain, or as wandering, surging, or piercing pain. Sudden death resulting from intense rage is termed “Qi Jue.”

Pills for Menstrual Cramps in Women，*Beijing Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*, Volume 2.，Stagnation of qi and blood, lower abdominal distension and pain, and menstrual cramps.