Lung-Opening and Toxin-Clearing Decoction

Ascending and Descending Powder，From *The Complete Book on Summer Heat Illnesses*, Volume 2.，In cases of warm-heat syndromes or epidemic diseases, where pathogenic heat pervades both the interior and exterior, obstructing the flow of qi, causing the clear yang to fail to rise and the turbid yin to fail to descend, resulting in swelling of the … Read more

Shen’s Lotus Leaf Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases* (Shanghai Science and Technology Edition), Volume 25.，Thunderhead Wind: Headache originating from the Three Yang channels, accompanied by the formation of a hard mass; swelling and pain in the head and face; aversion to cold and high fever; symptoms resembling typhoid fever.

Needle-Replacement Ointment，From *Yingyan Fang*, cited in Volume 278 of *Puji Fang*.，For sores and swellings.

Enhanced Calming the Mind Pills，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For weakness and exhaustion, mental confusion, mental fogginess, qi deficiency, forgetfulness, and palpitations.

Chuanjin Powder，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 4.，For all types of stubborn tinea.

Purple Jade Hairpin Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 27.，Corn.

Tuoli Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，For boils and carbuncles; internal ulceration of back sores; and various malignant toxins affecting the heart. Vomiting and unbearable pain.

Shang Tong Guang Ming Decoction，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，Ingrown eyelashes.

Xanthium Seed Powder，*Jisheng Fang*，Dispels wind and relieves pain; clears and opens the nasal passages. Indicated for nasal discharge with persistent turbid mucus. The original formula is used for nasal discharge caused by ascending wind-pathogen. Clinically, this formula may be modified to treat acute and chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis—provided the condition is attributed to … Read more

Yigong Kuai Ban Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 1.，For smallpox with persistent vomiting and diarrhea, where the lesions are ash-white with flat tops.

Pu Bai Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For excessive fire in the pericardium, characterized by uncontrollable, unprovoked laughter or laughing to oneself in private—behavior unlike one’s usual disposition.

Moistening Metal Decoction，From *Compendium of Miasma Disorders*, Volume 4.，Fire-heat in the lung and stomach, thirst, and sore throat.

Amber and Cinnabar Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For vaginal discharge in unmarried women. For women with irregular menstruation, difficult childbirth, postpartum hemorrhage, or menstrual irregularities caused by the combined effects of qi and wind, cold, heat, or dampness, or for stabbing pain due to blood stasis.

Achyranthes and Black Plum Four-Ingredient Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，For women with excessive uterine bleeding (bengzhong) caused by damage to the yang collaterals, resulting in blood rising to the upper body and manifesting as vomiting or nosebleeds.

Huoxiang-Huangjing Infusion，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，Tinea of the hands and feet, and onychomycosis.

Black Feather Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 13.，For accidental penetration of the skin by a needle or piece of iron.

Five Tigers Toxin-Seeking Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，Syphilitic skin ulcers.

Cun’an Qu，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Yuxian Formula).，For common colds and flu.

Decoction for Clearing Dizziness and Resolving Phlegm，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Dizziness.

Immortality Formula for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny，*Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8.，For kidney deficiency with blurred vision, characterized by excess in the upper part and deficiency in the lower part.

Skin-Cooling Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 3).，For children with fever or summer heatstroke (fuhuo) manifesting as red heat rash all over the body.

Wind-Dispelling, Bone-Transforming, Life-Saving Pill，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 6, citing *Effective Formulas*.，Severe leprosy, purple cloud wind, vitiligo, goose-foot wind;all conditions caused by cold and dampness, stiffness and cramping of the hands and feet, aching and pain in the joints throughout the body, numbness and loss of sensation, and wandering, stabbing pain; tetanus; various … Read more

Scutellaria and Coptis with Er Chen Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，Internal heat due to indigestion or consumption of heat-inducing foods.

Pai Jing Powder，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women aged 38–39 who have ceased menstruating and experience abdominal masses accompanied by pain, dizziness, blurred vision, and loss of appetite—indicating deficiency of both qi and blood, with stagnant blood failing to dissipate.

Divinely Revealed Prescription for External Injuries with Bleeding，*Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Formulas: Traumatology*.，For traumatic injuries accompanied by bleeding.