Liver-Soothing Pills

Mountain Yam and Castor Oil Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For lumps at the back of the neck, regardless of how long they have been present.

Qing Niu San，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For children with “running horse teeth” (dental thrush) and ulcerated gums.

Saliva-Inducing Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，Occasional convulsions that develop into epilepsy.

Ophiopogon and Five-Barrier Qi-Descending Pills，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 16 of *Wài Tái*.，In cases of lung consumption heat, the lungs are damaged and worms—resembling silkworms—form within them, causing illness. This leads to coughing, retching, and shortness of breath, or may manifest as anxiety-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, qi-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, anger-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, cold-induced diaphragmatic … Read more

Mood-Soothing Wine，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，

Sea Cucumber Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For lower back pain and nocturnal emissions.

Si Liu Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For leprosy resulting from exposure to an infectious disease, with external symptoms of red, spotty skin; complete loss of facial hair; widespread tissue decay; an unbearable stench; and people refusing to come near the patient.

Ten Precious Xiangfu Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For women with blood deficiency, disharmony of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, Qi reversal and stagnation, and irregular menstruation.

Spleen Yin Pills，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，Abdominal distension and chest tightness; loss of appetite; scanty, reddish urine; shortness of breath and difficulty sleeping.

Internal Tonifying Astragalus Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 60.，Persistent rectal bleeding, sallow complexion, and severe weakness.

Heat-Clearing and Fire-Reducing Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*, citing a formula by Liu Hejian.，Liver heat rising, tinnitus or deafness, dizziness, red eyes, severe constipation, and dark yellow urine.

Qinjiao Bu Lou Decoction，From *Surgical Insights* (Volume 12).，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Yixiao Pills，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*.，For toothache caused by wind-insects, where the pain is unbearable.

Azalea Wind-Relieving Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 25).，For wind-induced conditions characterized by pain in the limbs and joints, stiffness and numbness of the muscles, or widespread skin sores and eczema, or hidden rashes and itching.

Immortal Longevity Wine，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，For the elderly suffering from deficiency of both qi and blood, with weakness in the lower body, poor appetite, and resulting consumption disease.

Acanthopanax Bark Wine，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 16 of *Wài Tái*.，For tendon-joint numbness (jin bi), accompanied by a tendency toward sadness and melancholy, a pale complexion, a buzzing sensation in the limbs, stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet, sudden and violent movements when extending or retracting, and shifting abdominal pain.

Blood-Thinning Decoction，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*.，The amniotic sac has ruptured but the fetus has not yet been delivered.

Silver Decoction Pills，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 5.，For food-induced epilepsy with convulsions, as well as cases of shock-induced stagnation.

Boil-Resolving Pills，*Outline of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，For highly toxic carbuncles with a fiercely spreading inflammation and constipation.

Five-Layer Ointment，*New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 2.，For consumptive debility.

Warming and Dispersing Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For hernia that surges upward, as if something were pressing on the heart, causing a near-fatal sensation and cold, numb hands and feet.

Loquat Paste，*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For exhaustion and debility due to overwork, hemoptysis, cough, fever, emaciation, aching and weak limbs, mental fatigue, lower back and lumbar pain, loss of appetite, and all conditions of deficiency and weakness.

Bitter Coix Seed Decoction，*Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.，For severe pain caused by external eye disorders.

Bugu Siwu Decoction，From *The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Postpartum leg pain.

Huoxiang Zhengqi Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For severe cases of cholera.