Lung Abscess Decoction

Shenqu Wine，From *De Xiao*, Volume 3.，For sudden, sharp lower back pain; lower back pain caused by food stagnation.

Herbal Tea Formula to Clear Heat and Resolve Dampness，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Astragalus and Angelica Decoction，From *The Book of Nurturing Children*, Volume 2.，For children with a constitutionally weak constitution whose smallpox eruptions are sluggish; and for those with liver deficiency causing blurred vision.

Double Jujube Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For malaria due to spleen deficiency.

Catfish Formula，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with the “Five Hemorrhoids”—characterized by persistent bleeding, anal swelling and pain, and progressive weight loss.

Almond Ointment for the Eyes，*Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For redness and itching of the eyes caused by the toxicity of cinnabar and mineral pigments, as well as the formation of a floating membrane. For pterygium, which may be itchy or painful, with the growth gradually expanding to cover the pupil.

Decoction for Draining the Spleen and Clearing Heat，From *Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 1.，Pterygium invading the cornea.

Male Duck Wine，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，For swelling.

Platycodon and Xuanhuo Decoction，From *Bi Hua Yi Jing*, Volume 2.，For lung qi obstruction with oppressive cough.

Jigangzi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For children suffering from innocent malnutrition, characterized by a sallow complexion, straight hair, frequent high fevers, and failure to gain weight despite eating.

Dried Lacquer Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 383.，For children suffering from innocent malnutrition.

Modified Atractylodes Powder，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 12.，Cholera during pregnancy, where the interplay of clear and turbid Yin and Yang may, in severe cases, harm the fetus.

Modified Xuanfu Dazhe Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Liver qi rebelling: mild cases present with belching and chest fullness; severe cases present with hiccups and abdominal distension.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Due to the depletion of kidney yin, which fails to nourish the heart, phlegm invades the heart, causing sudden confusion and a stroke. This results in convulsions of the hands and feet and a crooked mouth and eyes; however, the patient’s mental clarity remains intact, … Read more

White Glutinous Rice Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 33, citing *Effective Formulas Based on Experience*.，For the elderly with thick, turbid, and stagnant urine, sudden death, or dizziness.

Sacred Divine Powder，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For a broken toe.

Puyuan Guben Qipai Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For chronic deficiency of the primordial qi of the spleen, lung, and kidney, where the clear yang fails to nourish the limbs and instead sinks beneath the extreme yin, unable to rise; resulting in frequent, uncontrollable diarrhea at dawn or before noon, which, if prolonged without … Read more

Ginseng, Atractylodes, Bupleurum, and Poria Decoction，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat in the Liver Meridian, with the Spleen’s earth element being overpowered; symptoms include a tendency to anger, convulsions during sleep, itching all over the body, and a lack of appetite; or, in cases of sores and ulcers accompanied by Spleen Qi deficiency and … Read more

Angelica Root and Stems Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 29.，Numbness and pain in the leg bones; pathogenic factors retained in the yin; pain in the right leg, penetrating deep into the tendons and bones; no swelling of the muscles; severe restlessness at midnight.

Shi Zhen’s Zhengrong Powder，*Jin Jian*, Volume 63.，For freckles.

Black Nightshade Root Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，For a boil on the back.

Mysterious Universal Remedy，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For all kinds of pre- and postpartum ailments in women, the thirty-six types of cold-blood wind disorders, the eighty-two types of wind-hernia diseases, breast wind, hematuria, unstable pregnancy, retained dead fetus, retained placenta, postpartum abdominal cramping, and stabbing pain below the navel;pre- and postpartum red and white … Read more

Kudzu Flower Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For paralysis caused by alcohol-induced dampness.

Decoction for Expelling Residual Pathogenic Factors，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，A person infected with corpse-dwelling worms, which subsequently developed into corpse-transmitted consumption.

White Flower Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Indicated for stagnation of stomach qi, with phlegm overflowing into the limbs; inability to sweat accompanied by a heavy sensation in the body; and incessant expectoration of phlegm.