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Immortal Toxin-Expelling Elixir，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 8.，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back, unexplained swellings and toxins, red or purple tumors, and symptoms of laryngeal paralysis.

Duhuang and Ginger Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For phlegm-induced syncope with loss of consciousness and inability to speak.

Menstrual Stabilizing Powder，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For women with excessive uterine bleeding.

Five-Grind Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 4.，Qi-related masses.

Qingning Pills，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，All types of febrile diseases; food stagnation; distension of the abdomen and flanks; dizziness and dry mouth; and severe constipation.

Decoction for Harmonizing the Fetus and Regulating Qi，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，In the eighth month of pregnancy, when the fetus is restless and there is qi reversal and shortness of breath, regardless of whether there is an external pathogen involved.

Guaranteed-Effect Decoction，From *Doumen Fang*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xian Nian Ji*.，For dysentery characterized by incessant discharge of pus and blood day and night, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, as well as lockjaw dysentery that has not responded to any other treatments.

Chong Sui Decoction，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，A person who habitually indulges in sexual activity, compounded by exhaustion from epidemic diseases and overwork, which damages the bones and stirs internal heat, and who further engages in vigorous sexual activity, will eventually experience weakness in both legs, trembling in the legs when standing, knee pain … Read more

Purple Gold Bandage，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For swollen, toxic sores and malignant ulcers.

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.

Angelica Dahurica Ointment，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 5.，For abscesses and carbuncles that have already ruptured.

White Milk Powder，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 36 of *You You Xin Shu*.，Boil-related toxicity.

Decongestant Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 2.，Sword-wound ulcers. All types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, as well as boils, abscesses, and scrofula on the back.

Danggui Erhuang Decoction，Formula from *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 19; name cited in *Compendium of Gynecology*, Volume 13.，For unceasing postpartum sweating due to deficiency.

Ginger Juice and Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，A fetus has died in the womb; qi and blood have congealed and become cold, making expulsion difficult.

Enhanced Zhi-Shu Pills，*Zhun Sheng: Shanghan* (Treatise on the Standard Rules: Cold Damage), Volume 7.，Weak stomach following illness, with poor appetite.

Poultice for Wandering Boils，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 6.，For a newly developed stye.

Musk Navel Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Medical Bureau*, Volume 7.，For loose teeth, pain from wind-induced tooth decay, exposed gums, and foul-smelling bloody saliva.

Gardenia, Coptis, Trifoliate Orange, and Platycodon Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Pain in the chest and flanks due to internal heat, obstruction of the respiratory tract, alternating chills and fever, cough with counterflow of qi, sweating, and a deep, rapid pulse.

Angelica Sinensis Stagnation-Resolving Powder，From *Medical Discoveries*, Volume 3.，For injuries from falling from a horse or a cart, contusions and bruises with blood stasis, constipation, redness, swelling, and dark discoloration; pain and drowsiness; and life-threatening internal blood stasis.

Qingtu Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in winter, presenting with fever, thirst, delirium, and occasional syncope.

Nine-Worm Pills，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 7, citing Chengzu’s formula.，For a hundred worms.

Lung-Nourishing and Qi-Boosting Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2，Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs; resolves phlegm and relieves cough. Indicated for pulmonary consumption. Severe deficiency of lung qi, manifested as fever, shortness of breath, dry mouth and throat, and in severe cases, coughing up blood.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For women with qi deficiency who, during the 7th or 8th month of pregnancy, suddenly hear the fetus crying in the womb and experience a dull, aching pain in the abdomen.

Red Ointment，*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 11.，For chronic dysentery with both red and white stools that has not healed over a long period.