Life-Saving Pill

Heart-Suppressing and Lung-Clearing Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 7.，For consumptive diseases, lung heat with hemoptysis and cough; also treats bloody dysentery.

Divinely Inspired Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For all postpartum illnesses, regardless of severity, including life-threatening conditions.

Five-Star Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 376.，For hidden epilepsy, where the patient collapses and loses consciousness.

Ginseng and Lacquer Pills，From *Collection of Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，Hemoptysis. Sudden onset of blood loss, accompanied by vomiting or regurgitation, in quantities of a bowl or a cup, which is difficult to stop immediately.

Nasal-Plugging Melon Seed Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 37); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 36).，For nasal abscesses causing obstruction of the nasal passages.

Melon Seed Pills，From *Formulas of the Ruizhutang*, Volume 2.，Rheumatic pain in the lower back and legs caused by the combined effects of wind and dampness.

Qi-Boosting Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，For stagnant qi and mass formations that persist for a long time without resolving, causing pulling sensations in the abdomen and flanks, dull, persistent pain, and difficulty digesting food. For various types of diaphragmatic qi disorders, obstruction of the Triple Burner, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, radiating pain … Read more

Powder for Regulating Qi in a Underweight Fetus，*Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions: Ten Thousand Gold Formulas*, Volume 2.，In the eighth month of pregnancy, with restlessness and anxiety, inability to eat, disharmony of the spleen and stomach, symptoms resembling but not quite diarrhea, and frequent fetal movements.

Xiexin Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 90); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 365).，For children with a “swallow’s beak” mouth and sores inside the mouth. In cases of prolonged dysentery with food stagnation, where the child is emaciated, physically weak, and in a critical condition.

Shibei Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1, citing a formula from Wan Mi Zhai.，For men and women suffering from chronic asthma.

Enhanced Toxin-Resolving Decoction，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For lower-body sores that have become gangrenous and sunken, forming a depression; or for the foreskin swollen like a chicken gizzard; or for skin manifestations resembling spots or rashes, indicating an impending outbreak of sores.

Wood Apple Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen.

Eleven-Ingredient Nengxiao Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Used for amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, difficult labor, retained placenta, and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.

Enhanced Sanhuang Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For cases of epigastric distress caused by stagnant fire.

Modified Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For diarrhea with bloody stools.

Ziguang Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 61.，For hemoptysis and hematemesis originating from the stomach.

Red Frost Powder，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume 4.，Treats “running horse’s teeth” (a type of stomatitis), swelling extending to the cheeks, and life-threatening conditions.

Cardamom-Fragrant Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 207), citing *Family-Treasure Formulas of Proven Experience*.，For children with abdominal pain, cold in the viscera, green stools, hollow rumbling in the abdomen that is frequent and unrelenting, as well as fever and chills with diarrhea, convulsions affecting the spleen, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, refusal to take breast … Read more

Phlegm-Nodule Wine，From *Classified Diagnoses and Treatments*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-Nodules.

Crab Claw Powder，Formula from *Wai Tai*, Volume 33, citing *Xiaopin Fang*; name found in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 343.，For emaciated individuals seeking to terminate a pregnancy.

Hui Ji San，Quoted from *Yi Jian* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 11620.，For the elderly with long-standing weakness of the spleen and stomach who are completely unable to eat.

Gelatin and Mugwort Fetal Stabilizing Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Pregnancy with fetal restlessness leading to blood deficiency in the Chong and Ren meridians, resulting in an unstable fetal position; or due to excessive alcohol consumption or frequent sexual intercourse; or from climbing heights or using the toilet, allowing wind to enter … Read more

Azurite Ointment，From *Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 6.，A yellow membrane on the eye that extends to the outer cornea. Caused by wind-cold in the kidneys and extreme heat in the stomach, this condition presents with intermittent pain at the onset, followed by redness, dryness, and tearing. Gradually, a … Read more

Xunluxiang Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，For spleen and stomach deficiency, undigested food, distension and fullness in the flanks, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, pulling pain in the heart and abdomen, and loss of appetite.

Pangtu Decoction，From *Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，In cases of typhoid fever with rash, body heat, a burning sensation in the chest, thirst with a craving for water, shortness of breath, a dry tongue, and the patient flailing their arms and throwing themselves about; or in cases of heatstroke, with extreme thirst leading … Read more