Liver-Relieving Decoction

Garlic-Red Pills，Formula cited from *Hua Gong Shi Fang* in Volume 2 of *Bai Yi*.，Spleen stagnation. Abdominal distension like a drum, with prominent blue veins, making it impossible to sit or lie down.

Pepper-Wax Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For various conditions caused by kidney cold.

Dampness-Dispelling and Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，*Songs for Preserving Life* (Baoming Gejue), Volume 11.，Diseases caused by stagnant dampness.

Camphor Ointment for Eye Application，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，Liver heat rising to the eyes causes redness, swelling, and severe pain.

Yizhi Hezhong Decoction，*Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For bloody diarrhea, or blood that is purplish-black in color, accompanied by abdominal pain, aversion to cold in the abdomen, a taut pulse at the right guan position that feels weak upon palpation, and a preference for warmth applied to the abdomen.

Xanthium Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Blurred vision and tinnitus. Hemorrhoids in the elderly that frequently bleed, accompanied by high fever and a lack of appetite.

Red-White Pill，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 7.，For children with smallpox lesions that do not respond to cooling ointments and have ulcerated into deep sores.

Miraculous Knot-Dissolving Powder，*Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 24.，Goiter.

Divine Immortal Mass-Dissolving Ointment，Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*, Volume 3.，For abdominal masses and lumps.

Clear-Blue Ointment，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 29.，Headache and vertigo.

Gardenia and Phellodendron Bark Decoction，From *Treatise on Cold and Heat Disorders*, Volume 5.，For cold damage where damp-heat is stagnant in the muscle-skin layer, presenting with fever and jaundice.

Xuanfu-Banxia Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，For phlegm-fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm causing unceasing vomiting and a hard, full sensation beneath the heart.

Kidney-Tonifying Prepared Rehmannia Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 20.，For kidney deficiency with bone bi syndrome, characterized by a sallow, dark complexion, cold feet, tinnitus, emaciation of the limbs, weakness in the feet and knees, and frequent, thin urine.

The Immortal’s Minor Elixir，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Expelling Pathogenic Factors，*Huiyue*, Volume 9.，Yin deficiency with a weak pulse; cough due to external pathogenic factors; or kidney qi deficiency causing fluid accumulation that transforms into phlegm.

The All-Encompassing Secret Formula，From *The Treasure of Childbearing* (Shengyu Baojian), cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Puji Fang), Volume 328.，For women who have long suffered from pain in the uterus, joints, lower back, and legs, weakness in the limbs, and frequent susceptibility to wind and cold, presenting symptoms similar to those of exhaustion.

Blood-Activating and Pain-Relieving Wash，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Lower back pain.

San Si Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Buddhist nuns, widows, unmarried women, and wives or concubines whose husbands have been away for a long time and have not returned—suffering from pent-up longing and emotional distress, yearning for a man but unable to find one—experience a silent rise of internal heat that dries up … Read more

Wind-Dispelling and Blood-Activating Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Blood-wind syndrome.

Jiyin Shouzi Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，

Cimicifuga and Arctium Seed Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Treatise on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 5.，Epidemic toxins.

Leiwan-Heshi Powder，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For chest pain that has persisted for thirty years without resolution.

Aristolochia Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 16 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For cough due to lung congestion and constipation.

Scrophularia and Licorice Decoction，*The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，When mental agitation stirs the fire and the body’s vital fluids are deficient, the patient exhibits erratic, frenzied, and uncontrollable behavior; the use of cold-natured herbs only causes the fire to burn more fiercely.

Decoction for Stopping Diarrhea，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology and Andrology* (Volume 2, *Andrology*).，Diarrhea. Fifty to sixty episodes per day, with the bowels emptying completely; undigested food passes intact; the anus is swollen and painful, with a burning sensation.