Liuhe Decoction

Toxic-Expelling and Life-Preserving Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 8.，Gangrene results from deep-seated cold and chronic chill, with yin toxins attacking the joints of the toes. If the toe cannot be extended when flexed, the disease lies in the tendons; if it cannot be flexed when extended, the disease lies in the bones. It … Read more

Ginseng and Schizonepeta Powder，From *Jiegu Jiazhen*.，For children with fever, phlegm-induced cough, and chest and diaphragm congestion.

Xiao Niuxi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，For kidney deficiency with cold and wind-related symptoms.

Liver-Calming and Wind-Subduing Decoction，*Ophthalmic Decoction Formulas in Verse*，Nourishes yin and subdues yang; calms the liver and extinguishes wind. Indicated for “Five Winds” internal opacities caused by excessive liver wind, sudden blindness due to meridian obstruction, dizziness and vertigo, unsteady gait, and blurred vision.

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Clearing Decoction，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Wind-Red Sores and Ulcers (Trachoma-like Eczema). Initial symptoms include redness and pain, excessive eye discharge and tearing, a sensation of grit in the eyes and photophobia, swollen and itchy eyelids; in severe cases, sores may form on the inner surface of the eyelids.

Huangming Ointment，From *New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，Effective for abscesses at the mouth and back, anal fistulas, and all types of boils, carbuncles, and swollen infections. It dissipates abscesses before they fully form and, once formed, draws out pus and promotes tissue regeneration.

Eucommia and Areca Nut Decoction，Formula taken from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 18), citing *Cui’s Formulas*; name found in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 244).，For cold-toxin-induced beriberi characterized by oppression, hardness beneath the heart, pain in the back and shoulders, and shortness of breath so severe as to threaten death.

Dragon-Tiger Toxin-Resolving Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，For bites from rabid dogs or venomous snakes, as well as typhoid fever, stroke, skin ulcers, convulsions, and various critical febrile conditions.

Wenfeng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For damp-heat typhoid fever characterized by a cool body, short pulse, gradually developing sweating, deficiency in the lower burner with pathogenic factors rising to the upper burner, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.

Duanxia Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Chronic and acute bloody dysentery, occurring day and night without pattern. Pain in the navel and abdomen.

Pills for the Three Types of Malaria，From *The Collection of Compassionate Navigation*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Su Dongpo.，If chills precede fever, it is called “cold malaria”; if there are only chills without fever and the complexion is dark, it is called “collapsed malaria”; if chills predominate over fever, with a sallow complexion and … Read more

Formula for Drying Hemorrhoids and Widening the Intestines，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 95.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Hair Ash Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，Pea-sized skin lesions.

Su Sha Decoction，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Datong Formula).，For dizziness and vertigo, epidemic outbreaks, and abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhea.

Divine Immortal Secret Formula Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 192.，For edema caused by water retention and jaundice.

Yulong Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，Stomach heat with retained fluid, causing distension of the stomach and abdomen.

Stomach-Warming and Spleen-Strengthening Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，For spleen deficiency with cold in the flanks, poor appetite, and fatigue.

Heart-Nourishing Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Dark depletion of heart yin, deficient fire rising upward, swelling of the outer canthus, pale red veins, accompanied by palpitations, insomnia, red tongue, and a fine, rapid pulse.

Poria, Cinnamon, and Pinellia Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 5.，For dysphagia.

Small Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，General weakness and distension as if slightly swollen; fullness and oppression in the chest and heart with gas; high fever; heaviness in the lower abdomen; weakness in both legs.

Golden Jujube Pill，From *Formulas Following a Viper Bite*.，For all types of open wounds in surgery and cold-induced abscesses.

Nourishing Yin and Soothing the Mind Pills，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 7.，For consumptive cough, phlegm-heat, thirst, and sweating.

Three-Yellow Chengqi Pills，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 3.，For the early stages of dysentery, characterized by abdominal pain, furrowed brows and crying, tenesmus, and restlessness.

Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction for Consolidating the Exterior，From *Essentials for the Care of Infants* (Vol. 5).，For smallpox with external deficiency presenting with itching.

Decoction for Expelling Blood and Breaking Up Stagnation，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Deep-seated embolic phlebitis (blood bi), abdominal blood stasis (blood mass), abdominal masses (masses).