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Plum and Medicinal Herbs，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，A sore throat does not prevent swallowing; swallowing causes only mild pain.

Ephedra Decoction of Ten Herbs Pills，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 9.，Weak lung qi, which, if left untreated for a long time, will lead to lung atrophy; coughing day and night without ceasing; sputum as white as snow, with fine, thick, and sticky foam; shortness of breath with rising breath; alternating chills … Read more

Borneol Calming Pills，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 23.，For confusion and delirium during smallpox.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 32.，Used for undigested food remaining after a cold, causing bloating in the chest and abdomen.

Tian Zhen Dan，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.，For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

Pheasant Liver Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For childhood malnutrition without apparent cause.

Wood Ear Fungus Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* and *Datong Formulas*.，Pain in the lower back and legs due to cold and dampness. Bi syndrome caused by wind, cold, and dampness, manifesting as pain in the lower back and knees, and stiffness of the tendons and meridians.

Snake Skin Decoction，*General Treatise on Cold Damage Diseases*, Volume 5.，For pediatric shanghan (typhoid fever) where wind-heat arises, causing convulsions and loss of consciousness with spasms in the hands and feet.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Soothing the Throat，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，Throat pain caused by deficient fire rising upward, with a sensation of obstruction when swallowing or speaking.

Eye-Washing and Vision-Restoring Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 111.，For corneal opacities, blurred vision and dryness, and swelling and pain caused by wind-toxin.

Bingbai Pills，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 8, citing *Formulas from the Dan Liao Clinic*.，For mouth sores and tongue sores.

Sheep’s Hoof Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 19).，For persistent, intractable tinea in children that has not healed for a long time.

Fanhun Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For acute convulsions in children.

Ginger Decoction Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For heat and dryness in the mouth and tongue.

Dancao Powder，From *The New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 9.，Smallpox eruptions, photophobia, and corneal opacities.

Xiaofeng Shengshi Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 4.，Swelling and pain on the top of the head—located on the crown, along the Governor Vessel, the Taiyang Meridian, or the Shaoyang Meridian—manifesting as a single swollen, painful mass. The pain resembles that of having a hair pulled out and is almost unbearable.

Modified Chaihu Siwu Decoction，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Malaria suffered before pregnancy that has not resolved after childbirth.

Stasis-Resolving Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 5.，For postpartum women with blood deficiency and qi stagnation, where stagnant blood remains congested, causing persistent abdominal pain and preventing the lochia from clearing promptly.

Ginseng and Perilla Decoction，From *Yifang Kao*, Volume 6.，High fever due to wind-cold, heaviness of the body, headache, and profuse phlegm-induced cough. Qi deficiency with external pathogen invasion in patients with smallpox.

White Leprosy Remedy，From *Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*, Volume 1.，Effective for all types of abscesses and boils, toxic sores of varying sizes, and unexplained swellings; also treats wind-heat toothache, headache, sore throat, tonsillitis, and all conditions characterized by excess.

Yin-Nourishing Rehmannia Decoction，From *Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，Toothache due to deficient fire.

Zhengyuan Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.，Small Intestinal Colic.

Gypsum and Cimicifuga Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 64.，Deficiency of the Foot-Yangming Meridian, invaded by wind-heat, which spreads to the teeth and attacks the gums, causing swelling, lumps, and a sense of fullness; in severe cases, it mixes with the fluids between the gums and teeth, transforming into pus.

Oyster Shell and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Powder，*Medical Classifications*, Volume 7.，For pathogenic factors lingering beneath the flanks, or internal accumulation of dampness, as well as fullness and pain in the flanks.

Ginseng Porridge，From *Guide to Throat Disorders*, Volume 4.，For spleen and stomach deficiency with poor appetite.