Licorice Decoction

Toxicity-Clearing Two Immortals Pill，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For venereal gonorrhea, whether in the early stages or chronic, this formula is effective for all cases presenting with fever.

Moisturizing and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，Dryness Syndrome. Blood deficiency, depletion of body fluids, wrinkled and peeling skin, dry and brittle hair, dry hands and feet, flaking upon scratching, bleeding and pain, thickened and curved fingernails preventing scratching; or cases of dryness caused by the dominance of the Metal element, such as a prolonged … Read more

Ziwan Pills，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 55.，Pain in the liver and heart, extending to both flanks, with an inability to sigh.

Ointment for Reducing Swelling，*Zhunsheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For head injuries—whether from falls, cuts from knives or axes, blows from canes or clubs, or other types of trauma.

Four Stones Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For postpartum stroke, characterized by sudden onset of illness, locked jaw, convulsions, oppression, and loss of consciousness; as well as various acute and chronic wind-toxin arthralgias, bodily spasms and rigidity; and stroke occurring during pregnancy, along with a hundred ailments affecting women.

Binlian Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For cases of long-standing parasitic infestation causing abdominal distension.

Xiao Chun Ointment，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，For gout caused by cold and dampness, and severe wind-induced swelling.

Aristolochia Decoction，Formula from *Bo Ji* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu* (Vol. 65).，For cough.

Ophthalmic Pupil-Preserving Pills，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For deficiency of both the liver and kidneys, resulting in blurred vision.

Xianmei Pill，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5, citing a formula by Sang Shuanggang.，For dysentery accompanied by fever and thirst.

Red Purifying Formula，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，For dry, heat-induced eye infections.

Fragrant Chuanxiong and Erchen Decoction，*Causes, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Accumulation of cold phlegm, chest fullness and distension, deep and slow pulse.

Chuanchun Powder，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 91.，For smallpox lesions that have not yet erupted, are sunken and fail to rise, or are hidden beneath the skin.

Damp-Toxin Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For lower-body sores.

Immortal Formula Ointment，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7, citing *Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For boils and abscesses on the back, all external ailments, as well as for the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” pain in tendons and bones, trauma from falls and blows, and women’s conditions such as masses and leukorrhea.

Pork Stomach Soup，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.，For vomiting.

Formula for Washing Lithospermum，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Liver spots, toxic melanosis, facial hyperpigmentation, nodular erythema of the lower extremities, indurated erythema, and varicose veins of the lower extremities.

Winter Melon “Drawing the Sword”，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，Postpartum blood stasis causing unrelenting thirst day and night.

Ziwei Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.，Swollen lymph nodes on the neck, the size of a jujube or plum pit.

Dew-Covered Peach Blossom Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children with smallpox in the 1st–2nd day stage, presenting with a crimson rash with a purplish-black or scorched-purple hue, accompanied by intense thirst, restlessness, and disturbed sleep.

Honeysuckle Detoxifying Decoction，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，For cases where smallpox scabs have just fallen off, the overall condition is stable, but the scars lack luster and the heat has not fully subsided; or for cases where residual toxins from a febrile illness linger in the muscles and … Read more

Ascending and Descending Powder，From *The Complete Book on Summer Heat Illnesses*, Volume 2.，In cases of warm-heat syndromes or epidemic diseases, where pathogenic heat pervades both the interior and exterior, obstructing the flow of qi, causing the clear yang to fail to rise and the turbid yin to fail to descend, resulting in swelling of the … Read more

Blood-Activating Wine，*An Overview of Experiences in Traditional Chinese Orthopedics*.，Chronic sprains and contusions; cold-dampness-induced lower back and leg pain.

Eye Ointment with Ruiren Seeds，*Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For wind-induced red eyes.

Du Huo Xi Xin Decoction，*Causes, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Headache of the Shao Yin Meridian.