Mangcao Pills

Sophora Fruit and Groundsel Wine，*The Collection of Immortal Remedies*, Volume 4.，For boils on the back and carbuncles.

Indigo Powder and Fermented Black Soybean Decoction，*Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Fever during pregnancy that scorches the fetus, causing restlessness and agitation; the appearance of dark spots; blood in the urine; and fetal restlessness.

Fangji-Ma Huang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，For stroke with stiffness and spasms in the limbs, rigidity and pain, dry mouth and throat, and a white coating on the tongue; also treats cold, wind-dampness, and wind-toxin conditions characterized by spasms and stiffness in the limbs and joints, as well as sudden pain in the chest, flanks, lower … Read more

Wind-Dispelling and Pain-Relieving Powder，From *Comprehensive Collection of Proven Formulas for 100 Internal and Surgical Diseases*.，Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, compounded by wind-pathogen; menstrual flow resembles fish brains; foot pain prevents walking or wearing shoes.

The “Three-Yellow Powder” from the “Forty-Eight Signs”，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 369.，For pediatric typhoid fever.

Ginseng, Oat, and Coptis Decoction，From *Insights into Epidemic Rashes*, Volume 2.，For cases where pathogenic heat from an epidemic rash has not been fully eliminated and remains latent in the pericardial collaterals, causing the patient to remain drowsy and unconscious all day, or to speak incoherently and moan.

Rehmannia and Deer Antler Pills，Volume 18 of *Ji Feng*.，For urinary incontinence due to deficiency.

Digestive-Clearing and Stagnation-Relieving Decoction，From *Huichun*, Volume 3.，A sensation of rumbling and fullness in the epigastrium, nausea, fever, and headache.

Pill for Protecting Infants from Scattered Measles，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 2.，Take this before the smallpox spots appear.

Gansui Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 54); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 193).，For water retention, distension of the chest and abdomen, and shortness of breath.

Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life，From Volume 2 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, hemiplegia, or deficiency-cold in the lower body, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the feet and knees, erectile dysfunction, women’s red or white leukorrhea, … Read more

Toxicity-Dispelling Realgar Pills，Volume 8 of *Six Essentials of Medicine: Compendium of Treatment Methods*.，For laryngeal spasm and acute laryngeal obstruction, where the patient suddenly collapses, the jaw clenches tightly, and the patient loses consciousness.

Holly Syrup，*Journal of New Medicine* (1972; 1: 39).，Influenza, upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis.

Formula for Astringent Dressings，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 290.，For wounds that will not heal.

Hui Gan Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Ulcerated sores extending into the nostrils.

Cormorant Droppings Ointment，From *Ghost Remnants*, Volume 5.，For skin sores.

Pinellia Decoction for Lung Atrophy，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 10 of *Wài Tái*.，For deficiency-cold with wheezing and excessive thirst, accompanied by counterflow qi and vomiting.

Rongshun Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 143.，Intestinal bleeding with unbearable pain.

Qi-Nourishing, Stomach-Harmonizing, and Spleen-Strengthening Decoction，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Qi-Regulating and，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations*.，For bloating, fullness, and distension; qi reversal and stagnation; vomiting of sour fluid; stabbing pain in both flanks; and mass formation in the epigastric region.

Qianghuo and Bai Zhi Decoction，*The Handy Guide*, Volume 1.，Headaches caused by headaches, common colds, or exposure to wind; all types of headaches.

Qianjin Summer-Heat-Relieving Pills，*The Great Treasure of Public Health*, Volume 1.，For heatstroke with unconsciousness and drowsiness, as well as latent summer heat causing indigestion, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Zisheng Decoction，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 12.，Difficult labor and childbirth.

Wind-Relieving Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 13.，For stroke with alternating chills and fever, dizziness and blurred vision, pain in the limbs, numbness in the hands and feet, and stagnation in the upper diaphragm.

Aniseed Sparrow Wine，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 18.，Hernia due to cold in the kidneys, with severe, sharp pain and one testicle drooping to one side.