Mallow Porridge

Four Jin Pills，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 4.，For beriberi.

Worm-Expelling Decoction，*Formulary Science*.，Tapeworm infection.

Hunyuan Fetal Pill，*Hong’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 1.，For those who have long been childless.

Cold-Dispelling Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Abdominal pain persists throughout the day; pressing on the abdomen brings relief, but drinking cold liquids intensifies the pain.

Pig Stomach and Coptis Pills，*Wai Tai*, Volume 11, citing *Zhou Hou Fang*.，Frequent urination; heat-induced skin eruptions with widespread ulceration; or low-grade fever with abdominal distension; or thirst.

Qi-Dispersing and Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 3.，Breasts hard as stone.

Modified San’ao Decoction，From Volume 5 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, citing a formula by Liang Guo-zuo.，For common cold-induced cough.

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

Kudzu Root Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For children with wind-heat syndrome presenting with vomiting, headache, and fitful crying.

Pig’s Milk Powder，*Direct Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For infantile fetal convulsions. Night crying, startle responses, and convulsive twitching within the first month of life.

Da’an Fetal Stabilizer (similar to Sheng Decoction)，*Essentials of Great Vitality*, Volume 2.，For women in their sixth month of pregnancy experiencing abdominal pain, bloating and fullness, or fetal restlessness.

Secret-Recipe Baolong Pills，*Compilation of Hua’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For infantile convulsions with clenched jaw, phlegm-induced wheezing, and cough.

Spider Dan Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 11).，Painful rectal prolapse in children caused by severe diarrhea. Also effective for adults.

Empirical Formula for Dissolving Masses: Thousand-Pound Pound Ointment，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For children and adults with internal masses, fever, and bad breath.

Modified Melon Seed Pod Powder，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 5).，Epilepsy. Patients who appear dazed and bewildered, with emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure—that are inappropriate to the situation; who may forget past events or lose track of the present; who may speak incoherently; who may experience sudden, unprovoked outbursts of joy or anger; or who may burst … Read more

Fangfeng Xiegan Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，Pain in the “crab’s eye” (cornea).

Lize Tongqi Powder，From *Collected Works on Pediatric Medicine*, Volume 4.，For nasal congestion, runny nose, and nasal abscesses in children.

Hezhong Dashun Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Guang Ge. Isolated yang energy erupts, obstructing the passage of food and drink; in severe cases, it causes hiccups.

Divine Formula for Dissolving Scrofula Internally，From *Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.，Scrofula.

Yi-Gui Pills，*Medical Case Records of Wu Shaohuai*.，For patients in the recovery phase of viral hepatitis, or those with spleen-kidney deficiency following the resolution of ascites due to cirrhosis.

Cinnamon Twig and Safflower Decoction，*The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 19.，For women with cold-induced fever, chills, stiffness in the limbs, dry mouth and tongue, and stagnation in the meridians preventing the free flow of qi and blood. Also indicated for heat entering the blood chamber and chest constriction.

Cinnabar Decoction for Eye Application，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For cases where the eye has been pierced by a needle and has since suffered from persistent heat, dryness, and pain, as well as blurred vision.

Soapberry and Fermented Soybean Decoction，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 14), citing a formula by Master Sun; the name appears in *Comprehensive Essentials of Health Preservation* (Vol. 14).，For cough.

Pharbitis Ear-Plugging Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，For ear swelling.

Eighteen-Ingredient Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For disharmony of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, heat in the palms and soles resembling labor-induced malaria, a bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, loss of appetite, and all forms of deficiency.