Life-Saving Powder

Swelling Pills，From *Treatise on the Four Major Syndromes of Wind-Induced Consumption and Abdominal Distension*.，For swelling.

Great Toxin-Eliminating Ointment，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers that are hard and refuse to resolve; “fish-mouth” and “toilet” toxins; syphilis and scabies; nodular prurigo of the skin, etc.

Amber Powder，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 8.，Hematuria.

Liver-Calming Pills，*Compendium of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Liver heat due to overwork, internal opacities, and frequent seeing of dark spots before the eyes.

Nasal-Blowing Brain-Clearing Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 87.，All types of malnutrition in children, hair standing on end in tufts, a film over the eyes, and sores on the tip of the nose.

Coptis and Peony Formula，From *The Collection of Marvelous Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 7.，Constipation due to dryness and stagnation in the internal organs.

Rhinoceros Horn and Fermented Soybean Decoction，From *Yi Sha Cao*.，At the onset of epidemic measles, when the epidemic fire rages like a wildfire with a tendency to turn inward, the throat is ulcerated and the measles rash is concealed; the pulse is taut, the patient is restless and agitated; heat is intense with scant sweating; the … Read more

Gaoban-Xixin Powder，From *Jifeng*, Volume 15.，In women, following childbirth, blood deficiency allows wind-pathogens to invade the skin; scratching the affected area with the hands causes hidden rashes to appear.

Pu Huang He Shen San，From *The Later Collection of the Continuation of the Treatise on Simple and Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，For women with postpartum blood deficiency, or a stillbirth, accompanied by cold limbs, foaming at the mouth, blue-black fingernails, or retained placenta, blood fainting, dry mouth, fullness and oppression, alternating chills and fever, and swelling … Read more

Wind-Dispelling and Safety Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For stroke-induced left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; all conditions caused by the invasion of wind pathogens; stagnation of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi; pain in tendons and bones; stiffness and contracture of the hands and feet; deviation of the mouth and eyes; and partial paralysis of the … Read more

Formula for Replenishing Fluids，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 1.，For bloody diarrhea flowing like a torrent, as well as abdominal pain at the onset of dysentery, with stools resembling cinnabar or the color of pork liver.

Gold-Dust Cinnabar Ointment，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.，For children with pathogenic heat in the Heart Meridian, presenting with flushed cheeks, excessive thirst, restless sleep, delirium and mania, difficulty swallowing phlegm, and mental confusion; for adults with accumulated phlegm-heat, restlessness in the heart and diaphragm, swollen and sore throat, and sores on the mouth and … Read more

White Chariot Seeds，*Compendium of General Principles of Health*, Volume 12.，For children suffering from malnutrition and emaciation, accompanied by diarrhea with white pus that has persisted for a long time without healing and is severe.

Huangding Pills，*New Book on Mould*，For poisoning from bayberries and pain in the tendons and bones.

Iron Filings Powder，*Wai Tai*, Volume 24, citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，Boils, back abscesses.

Kidney-Tonifying Diamond Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，For kidney deficiency with depletion of essence, weakness of tendons and bones, heaviness in the lower back and knees, unbearable pain, weakness in the limbs, and difficulty walking.

Qianghuo and Danggui Powder，From *Essentials of the Treatment of Infectious Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For wind-toxin and blood-heat manifesting as sores on the head and face—which may present as redness and swelling, lumps, or itchy hives with oozing pus and fluid.

Dried Ginger and Ginseng Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 203).，For dry retching associated with cholera.

Xuanhuang Fever-Relieving Powder，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For springtime colds characterized by delirium, tidal fevers, and a slippery pulse.

Self-Compiled Prescription，From *Essentials of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，For all throat conditions, regardless of swelling or ulceration.

Western Medicinal Wine，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 14.，Effective for food stagnation, gastric reflux, and all types of dysentery and watery diarrhea.

Miaoling Pills，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 4.，For red or white leukorrhea and seminal emission.

Family-Transmitted Enhanced Wei-Ling Pills，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 5.，

Xiyan Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，A habit of consuming rich and fatty foods, a long-standing fondness for alcohol, and excessive mental strain lead to excessive heart fire, which transfers heat to the lungs, causing a foul-smelling sore throat.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Dispelling Fire，*Jin Jian*, Volume 63.，For cheek abscesses that have been treated with cold medications, resulting in coldness and stagnation of the muscles, causing the abscess to become hard, difficult to resolve, and slow to ulcerate.