Laughing Powder

Enhanced Jade Dew Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines*.，Various types of gastrointestinal heat; summer-heat and dampness-induced vomiting and diarrhea; dizziness and spontaneous sweating; abdominal pain and thirst.

Plantain Herb Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.，Chronic malaria with increasing frequency of attacks, unrelenting chills and high fever, and a strong thirst for water.

Stomach-Poria-Notopterygium-Perilla Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Damp Malaria. Caused by exposure to seasonal pathogens during the winter months, which lie latent within the bones and body, and manifest when the damp-heat energies rise in spring and summer. When this malaria occurs, it begins with fever followed by chills, or may present with fever … Read more

Pill to Revive the Dying and Save Children，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 34.，When a child’s smallpox rash, 5–6 days after onset, turns entirely black or charcoal-gray in color, the crown of the head sinks in and does not rise, and food is vomited immediately upon entering the mouth—this is known as a “deteriorated … Read more

Boil-Resolving Powder，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Effective for all types of wandering carbuncles with yellow discharge.

Ginseng Internal Tonifying and Dispersing Decoction，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and boils accompanied by deficiency of qi and blood.

Melt-in-the-Mouth Pill，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 7.，For yin deficiency with chronic cough.

Enhanced Decoction of Angelica, White Peony, and Raw Rehmannia，From *Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，Fever associated with smallpox.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Cimicifuga Decoction，From *Longmu Lun on Ophthalmology* by Daoist Master Baoguang.，Internal cataract. For cases where both qi and blood are deficient, the nutritive and defensive qi are stagnant, and the pupil is inverted.

Zuo Jin Di Gu Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Syndromes Caused by Sheep’s Wool*.，Internal injury to the Metal and Earth elements by warm pathogenic factors from sheep’s wool, with rebellious Wood energy, persistent flank pain, qi stagnation and distension, difficulty turning over in bed, a string-like and large pulse, or a deep, string-like, and fine pulse; … Read more

Formula for Taking Sophora Fruit，From *Da Qing Jing*, cited in Volume 26 of *Yi Xin Fang*.，

Decoction for Descending Qi and Harmonizing Blood，From *Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 2.，Alcohol injures the diaphragmatic qi, causing shortness of breath, phlegm, and sputum with froth.

Gardenia and Bupleurum Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，For insomnia caused by residual heat in the Shaoyang channel. Symptoms include night sweats during sleep, yellow urine, frequent restlessness at night, a bitter taste in the mouth, a dry tongue, inability to sleep soundly, and a rapid pulse at the left Guan position.

Sea Float Stone and Talc Powder，*Medical Records for the Masses*, Volume 2.，For childhood asthma, all types of wind-dampness and dry-heat conditions, coughing, phlegm, and wheezing. Also effective for adults.

Sunflower Root Decoction (Modified)，*Shenghui*, Volume 72.，For women with difficulty urinating.

Da Jianbu Pills，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For leg atrophy during pregnancy. From the knee to the ankle, the patient finds it difficult to walk, with symptoms resembling paralysis.

Arsenic Trioxide Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.，For dental caries, periodontal disease, and bad breath.

Shuanglian Powder，From *Songya’s Discourse on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For dysentery with fever accompanied by pus and blood.

Dunfu Pills，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For stubborn food stagnation stagnating in the stomach and intestines, causing severe pain and inability to walk.

Tu Gu Pi Decoction，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For abscesses and swellings where toxic pathogens are about to erupt on the surface.

Qianjin Powder for Tonifying Deficiency，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 129), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For bloating and edema caused by witchcraft.

Heart-Soothing Decoction，From *Qianjin*, Volume 14.，For deficiency of heart qi, with pain radiating from the abdomen to the back, making it impossible to bend forward or backward.

Ice-Musk Powder，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.，Thrush; swelling and pain in the throat, gums, and oral mucosa, accompanied by ulcers.

Decoction of Sophora Seeds to Induce Labor，From *Treasure of Childbirth Formulas*.，

Bitter Tansy Pills，*Treatise on Xuanming*, Volume 8.，For all conditions of water and dampness, where the entire body is swollen and distended to an unbearable degree.