Labor-Inducing Decoction

Yinmei Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，For deficiency of liver blood with internal heat, resulting in restlessness of the spirit; when lying down, the mind wanders in dreams; upon hearing sounds, the patient startles awake and cannot fall back asleep; unable to close one’s eyes all night long.

Modified Xiao Jianzhong Decoction，Formula from *Clinical Guidelines for Medical Case Studies*, Volume 1. Name cited in *Medical Records Compiled from Various Sources*, Volume 1.，Weakness of Stomach Yang, with the Defensive Qi failing to provide protection; slight chill in the back; slightly cold limbs; excessive phlegm with mild retching; reduced appetite and aversion to sweet tastes; … Read more

Stone Heather Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.，When the condition is severe, the body feels as if mice are running over it; or there may be wind-induced numbness, chapped lips and mouth, and discoloration of the skin.

Iron-Dissolving Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 170.，For abdominal masses.

Pills for Tonifying, Draining, and Preventing Exhaustion，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For dry and damp foot Qi, edema, pain in the tendons and meridians, inability to walk, Qi surging to the chest and abdomen, loss of appetite, and cases where vital energy is too weak to tolerate purgatives.

Wood Turtle Paste Recipe，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 145.，For contusions and injuries, with pain caused by stagnant blood that fails to dissipate.

Equisetum Decoction for Dispelling Obstruction，*Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Dispels dampness and clears heat. Indicated for pediatric damp-heat and fever.

Divine Toxin-Transforming Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Smallpox*, Volume 13.，Lower back and abdominal pain associated with smallpox.

Radish Powder，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Shenyang Formula).，For elderly patients with phlegm-induced wheezing that flares up in winter, or those with qi stagnation causing vomiting and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; or for young patients with cough accompanied by a pattern of excess in gastric disorders.

Lung-Clearing Powder，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 28.，Thirst with difficulty urinating; urine may be yellow or scanty.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Nourishing the Lungs，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Spring fever. Tides of fever occur in the late afternoon, with no aversion to cold; the patient speaks to oneself as if seeing ghosts.

Agarwood and Cinnamon Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，For men with deficiency and depletion of the primordial organ’s qi; for women with deficiency and cold in the Blood Sea, resulting in irregular or excessive menstruation, the five types of leukorrhea, pain in the navel and abdomen, and all cases of deficiency-wind and cold qi attacking the body.

Five Elders’ Rejuvenation Pill，From *Huichun*, Volume 5.，

Shi Mei Dan，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.，For sores around the eyebrows.

Neem Fruit Ointment，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery*.，For scalp ringworm characterized by intense itching, with blood clots or pus-filled scabs.

Bai Ji and Realgar Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 10.，For infants suffering from weeping skin sores due to the mother’s excessive consumption of pungent and heating foods during pregnancy.

Family-Secret Qianghuo Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Pain and stiffness caused by the three pathogenic factors of wind, cold, and dampness.

Duhuo and Safflower Decoction，From *Yu Heng on Rash and Distension*, Volume 2.，Fever and distension result from blood stasis.

Magnetic Phoenix Pills，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 3.，For stagnation of qi and blood, characterized by hard, severe pain in the flanks, abdomen, or below the navel that shifts unpredictably.

Seven-Juice Decoction，From *Classification of Syndromes and Treatment Methods*, Volume 2.，Epistaxis.

Anxiety-Relieving Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, and phlegm-induced syncope.

Toxicity-Eliminating Powder，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，

Gui Xin An Zi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For women with irregular menstrual cycles, amenorrhea, pain below the navel, a sallow and emaciated complexion, and loss of appetite.

Ginseng and Angelica Tonifying Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 20.，For smallpox with deficiency of both qi and blood, where pus does not fully fill the pustules, and symptoms such as white or gray sunken pustules.

Jiyin Huichun Decoction，From *Ci Hang Ji*, Volume 4.，In cases of dysentery where incorrect medication has damaged Yin, leaving the patient bedridden; with a tongue coating that is charred black in the center and red at the edges; and uncontrolled diarrhea day and night.