Laozi’s Milk Pill

Sanren Paste，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 27.，For smallpox with hard, compact stools where purgation is contraindicated.

Red Alum Powder，*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the *Thousand Gold**.，For eye sores and tinea of the eye.

Green Glutinous Rice Porridge，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 133), citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，Painful and scanty urination, with pain radiating along the penis during urination.

Small Pepper Pills，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 9 of *Wai Tai*.，For cold-induced coughing and retching, with a sensation of cold in the chest and a feeling as if something is stuck in the throat that cannot be coughed up.

Jade Linked Rings，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，For all types of sores and swellings.

Shenba Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Throat obstruction.

Pinellia and Magnolia Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，Symptoms include fullness and distension in the middle burner, with an internal mass as hard as stone and shaped like a plate, preventing the patient from sitting or lying down; difficulty with urination and defecation; shortness of breath; a sallow complexion; and generalized … Read more

Raw Rehmannia Decoction for Blood-Activating Pills，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 34 of *Wài Tái*.，For women with cold in the internal organs, where the uterine orifice remains closed, causing blood to accumulate in the abdomen and form a fleshy mass—a palpable lump—known as “Zheng Qi.”

Pepper Seed Paste，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 20.，For those who hear sounds like wind and rain or the ringing of a bell in the ear, as well as those with sudden deafness.

Decoction for Clearing the Organs and Supporting the Body，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.，Toxic heat in the viscera.

Resolves Phlegm and Fluid Retention，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，Phlegm in the Upper Jiao, with severe phlegm obstruction causing pain.

Wanfu Xuming Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，For wounds where the vital energy has not yet been severed; or where the skin is broken and blood flows profusely; or where the flesh is torn and the intestines have prolapsed; or where an arrowhead has penetrated the skin; or where a knife has severed a finger … Read more

Poria, Cinnamon, and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 5.，Water retention.

Cangyu Qianlong Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，In cases of yin deficiency with excessive yang, where the “dragon and thunder” fire violently assaults the Stomach Meridian, causing bleeding from between the teeth without the teeth themselves being affected; in severe cases, blood may fill a cup, occurring more than ten times a day and night, accompanied … Read more

Single-Ingredient Coptis Decoction for Draining the Heart，*This Matter Is Difficult to Know*.，Symptoms of the Shao Yin channel: dry mouth and tongue with thirst; internal heat but a pulse that is conversely fine and small.

Golden Snail Powder，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24.，For lower-body sores.

Stone-Carved Formula，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 77, citing *Yi Jian Zhi*.，Poison from witchcraft.

Wax Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, No. 154.，Pregnancy with fetal movement, abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding.

Three-Ingredient Gourd-Stalk Powder，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，In cases of acute jaundice, if the patient has already taken a decoction of two ingredients—Coptis and cow’s milk—and the illness shows no signs of abating after ingestion, with the condition gradually worsening to the point of extreme severity, resembling the most severe … Read more

Cinnabar Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jinan Formula).，For sores and ulcers that are swollen and painful, or that have been ulcerated for a long time without healing.

Wuyao Shunfeng Powder，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，For leprosy lesions that appear cherry-sized at onset.

Ding Sheng Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For acute convulsions in children, characterized by high fever throughout the body, disharmony of tendons and meridians, convulsive twitching of the hands and feet, clenched jaw and cyanotic face, congestion of phlegm and saliva, as well as emaciation caused by malnutrition.

Three-Yellow and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Exogenous warm-heat combined with internal anger; anger causes qi to rise in reverse, causing blood to overflow upward and result in severe vomiting, accompanied by heat and pain in the chest and flanks, dry mouth and restlessness, red and hot urine and stools, and restlessness … Read more

“Golden Unparalleled” Plaster，*Science of Traumatology in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For contusions and sprains, stagnation of qi and blood, and pain in tendons and bones.

Qingyan Ointment，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 16.，Burns from hot liquids or fire.