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Chai-Ge Toxin-Eliminating Powder，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 6.，When the rash is about to erupt, the cheeks turn red, or the patient may experience dizziness and stiffness of the body; once the rash has appeared, it should be treated with cooling agents, but if the toxic heat is extreme and the fever becomes … Read more

Three Yin Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of the liver and spleen, insufficiency of essence and blood, and blood loss due to deficiency of the nutritive qi. For all cases of stroke where blood fails to nourish the tendons, as well as malaria with profuse sweating that disperses the pathogen yet fails … Read more

Warming and Tonifying Decoction，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.，Pain in the lower abdomen that is relieved by pressure.

Schizonepeta and Platycodon Decoction，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 19.，For sores in a child’s throat.

Rhubarb and Left Meridian Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 3.，Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Foot Yangming Meridian, causing numbness and pain in the lower back and legs, difficulty walking, excessive salivation, drowsiness and mental confusion, constipation and difficulty passing urine, abdominal pain and vomiting, or alternating with diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, … Read more

Dirt-Cleansing Decoction，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，Infantile tinea, with symptoms resembling scabies, begins on the hands and feet, then spreads to the abdomen and back, persisting indefinitely.

Stomach-Relieving and Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 183.，For blood stasis with qi deficiency, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, or coughing with shortness of breath, internal pain in the flanks, thick and sticky phlegm, difficulty swallowing, heat accumulation with restlessness, and slow, difficult, or absent bowel movements.

Chai-Chen Wu-Ling Powder，*Huiyue*, Volume 11.，Damp-heat causing jaundice, dark red or black urine, restlessness, thirst, and fever.

Bi Xia Decoction，*Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，For various symptoms of gout, cold-dampness, and sexual weakness.

Supreme Decoction for Clearing Toxins，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Small Intestine Abscess.

Supplemented Niantong Decoction，*The Treatise on the Essentials*, Volume 1.，Rising yang fire, not limited to alcohol-induced injury.

Ma-Fu-Xi-Xin Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Shaoyin-type cold damage: fever, cold limbs, blue fingernails, abdominal pain, and a deep pulse.

Pills for Clearing the Metal, Stopping Cough, and Resolving Phlegm，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For severe heat in the lung and stomach, accompanied by coughing, hoarseness, thick and sticky phlegm, and dryness of the mouth and tongue.

Instant-Effect Decoction for Dysentery，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*.，For all types of severe dysentery—whether the stool is red or white, or a mixture of pus and blood—accompanied by tenesmus, cramping pain in the navel and abdomen, or the passage of stool in five colors, or stool resembling fish brains, occurring day and night without cease, … Read more

Decoction for Reviving the Withered and Restoring Vitality，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology and Andrology: Andrology*, Volume 1.，Symptoms of atrophy: Weakness in both legs, inability to stand, but normal appetite; upon even slight hunger, the head and face become hot, accompanied by persistent coughing.

Pill for Resolving Masses，Formula by Liu Changsu, cited in Volume 21 of *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*.，For epigastric fullness, masses, and abdominal masses.

Eleven-Ingredient Fangfeng Decoction，Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，For stroke characterized by fever without sweating, restlessness in the limbs and joints, abdominal distension and pain, and difficulty with urination and defecation.

Shao Pi San，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).，Weakness of the spleen and stomach; chronic cold accumulation; swelling and pain in the epigastrium; cold phlegm causing regurgitation; stabbing pain in the umbilical region and abdomen; vomiting and nausea; loss of appetite; and in women, blood and qi stagnation causing stabbing … Read more

Shui Sheng San，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 29, citing *Nine Flutes for Health*.，Pediatric rectal prolapse.

Eye-Washing Decoction with Bamboo Leaves，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，Wind-toxin attacking the eyes, causing sudden redness, dryness, and pain.

Astragalus Powder for Lung Abscess，From *Xianchuan Wai Ke Ji Yan Fang* (Collected Effective Formulas of Xianchuan Surgical Medicine), Volume 5.，Lung abscess. Symptoms include chest congestion, coughing up pus and blood, discomfort in the shoulders and back, dark yellow urine, hard and infrequent stools, and loss of appetite.

Head-Nodding Powder，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 9.，For headaches of both unilateral and bilateral origin.

Minor Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Collection of Maternal and Prenatal Medicine*, Volume 2.，Postpartum blood deficiency headache, with pain extending to the crown and nape of the neck, a pulling sensation in the brain and neck, and a sense of impending death. The Jueyin, Shaoyang, and Yangming meridians converge at the crown, branch to the forehead, and penetrate … Read more

Pregnancy-Stabilizing and Blood-Regulating Decoction，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Caused by swelling in the lower abdomen during pregnancy and the inability of the fetal qi to move freely.

Wood Fragrance Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 11.，For all types of qi-related disorders characterized by chest congestion and difficulty swallowing food or drink.