Knot-Breaking Pill

Warming and Dispersing Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For hernia that surges upward, as if something were pressing on the heart, causing a near-fatal sensation and cold, numb hands and feet.

No. 2 Ringworm Solution，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Tinea corporis, pityriasis versicolor, and pityriasis simplex (peach blossom tinea).

Tonifying and Activating the Meridians Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For trauma and contusions, deficiency of qi and blood, aching of tendons and bones, and difficulty moving.

Bamboo Joint Frost，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24, citing *One Hundred Effective Remedies*.，When the glans penis develops a pustule due to heat-toxin or is chafed by coarse clothing,

Three Frost Pills，From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Zhang Family Tradition*.，For children with bloody or white diarrhea, or multicolored dysentery.

Nine-Chamber Powder，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 21.，For frequent urination or urinary incontinence.

Appetite-Stimulating Ginseng Pills，From “Simple Formulas,” citing a formula by Doctor Shi (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 100).，

Hua Sha Bao Hua Pills，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Caused by summer-dampness invading the body, stagnation of cold and heat, accumulation of food and water, obstruction by toxic heat, and mental confusion.

Intranasal Administration of Tribulus Juice，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Shenghui* (Vol. 37).，Nasal congestion; inability to smell odors for many years; unceasing discharge of clear fluid.

Guan-Eliminating Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For childhood convulsions and wasting disease, palpitations and anxiety, sallow complexion and emaciation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and frequent drowsiness with dry, sore eyes.

Plaster for Relieving Masses，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，Effective for all Qi-related disorders, masses, masses with blood clots, and abdominal distension and pain caused by stagnation.

Ginseng and Perilla Decoction for Warming the Lungs，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 22.，For shortness of breath due to lung deficiency with cold stagnation, accompanied by a tight and fine pulse.

Decoction of Borneol, White Cardamom, and Peppermint, made into pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，

Chu Gen Bai Pi Pills，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 8.，Damp-heat injures the spleen, causing prolonged, unceasing seminal emission.

Miraculous Formula for Rat Venom，From *Selected Formulas for Emergency Treatment*, Volume 2.，For rat-bite poisoning. Symptoms may include prolonged alternating chills and fever with a persistent, labor-like urinary discharge; purplish-red rashes over the entire body; or pain in the joints and mental lethargy. Also effective for cat-bite poisoning.

Chuoyao Powder，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.，Diphtheria. The patient is normally robust but has contracted wind-heat; the throat presents with white ulcers or red swelling, accompanied by unbearable pain; the gums are decayed; there is halitosis; the tongue is scorched; the face is flushed; the lips are chapped; there is a high fever; thirst … Read more

Great Divine Treasure Pill，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Volume 24), citing *Yu Yi Cuo Yao*.，All types of wind disorders.

Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For a weak spleen and stomach prone to digestive disturbances; symptoms include difficulty swallowing, fullness and distension, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, belching of putrid odors and sour regurgitation, vomiting, nausea, as well as phlegm-induced vomiting due to deficiency during pregnancy and slow digestion of food and drink.

Rubus Fruit Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For deficiency-related wasting disease with depletion of vital essence and qi, and emaciation of the limbs.

Divine Response Ointment for Nocturnal Emissions，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，Caused by excessive labor and mental strain, endless worry, unfulfilled aspirations, and unrestrained sexual desire, which injure the spirit and disturb the vital energy; when the spirit and vital energy are not properly maintained, the essence lacks control, leading to erotic dreams with involuntary … Read more

Women’s Zi Jin Dan，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For women with qi stagnation, blood stasis, and cold obstruction resulting in blocked menstruation, irregular or painful menstruation, inability to conceive, or pain caused by blood clots in the liver.

Decoction of Cinnamomum Twig with Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For men with seminal emission, women with erotic dreams, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and enuresis. A taut and tight sensation in the lower abdomen, coldness in the genitalia, dizziness (or, according to one version, pain around the eyes), hair … Read more

Red Glutinous Rice Cakes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For all types of hemorrhoids and bloody stools.

Seven-Ingredient Motherwort Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，Postpartum fever.

Clove and Black Plum Pills，From *San Yin*, Volume 12.，For qi stagnation obstructing the diaphragm, external invasion of wind-cold, cough with white, frothy phlegm, pain in the chest and back, inability to bend forward or backward, and dryness of the mouth and throat.