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Ginseng and Ginger Decoction，*Medical Levels*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of the middle jiao with cold in the stomach; or cold and fever arising from extreme exhaustion; or persistent deficiency malaria.

Fuchun Dan，From *Formulas of the Ruizhutang*, Volume 2.，For pain in the lower back and legs.

Calcium Carbonate Pills，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 5.，Infants are prone to startle easily from birth.

Immortals’ Formula for Prolonging Life and Avoiding Aging with Sophora Fruit，From *Shenghui*, Volume 94.，

Ziling Pill，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For poison from bayberries, as well as gangrene of the throat, lips, or nose where the foul odor grows increasingly severe.

Xuanhuang Fever-Relieving Powder，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For springtime colds characterized by delirium, tidal fevers, and a slippery pulse.

Changshan and Licorice Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.，Phlegm-induced malaria with alternating chills and fever.

Four-Ingredient Anise Powder，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Wind-cold injures the liver, causing throbbing pain in the scrotum and penis—commonly known as “small intestinal qi”—with unbearable pain.

Twenty-Five-Ingredient Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *Renji Liangfang*.，For anal abscesses, chronic boils, and stubborn tinea.

Old Cypress Bark Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For night blindness, where one cannot see anything after dusk.

Dai Zhe Fu Pi Decoction，From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For children with spleen deficiency leading to Tian Diao.

Meiguoguo Lizhong Decoction，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For diarrhea accompanied by a weak and slow pulse.

Liver-Calming and Wind-Subduing Decoction，From *A Synthesis of Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For internal stroke syndrome. The pulse is string-like, long, and forceful, or strong in the upper part and weak in the lower part; the patient experiences dizziness in the head and eyes; or pain and fever in the brain; or distension in the … Read more

Enhanced Yi Xiang Powder，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 32.，For pain under the right ribcage caused by phlegm and food stagnation.

Stalactite and Eupatorium Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 15.，

Modified Decoction for Nourishing the Stomach, Raising Yang, and Draining Dampness，From *Guanjufang*, Volume 1, citing *Chishui Medical Case Records*.，Spleen deficiency with impaired transport and transformation; deep and faint pulse; persistent spleen-related diarrhea, occurring twelve to thirteen times a day and night; sallow-white complexion with a bluish tinge; swelling of both cheeks and the limbs; inability … Read more

Three Whites Decoction，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 3.，For epidemic febrile diseases and seasonal epidemics characterized by extreme fever leading to delirium, or persistent fever that does not subside; for epidemic diseases with severe diarrhea, dryness, and constipation.

Qi-Harmonizing Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，For cold-induced diseases where the exterior and interior syndromes have not yet resolved, with reversal of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, cold extremities, and shortness of breath—indicating a Yin syndrome; for cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, or untimely abdominal distension; for the elderly with deficient Nutritive and Defensive Qi, disharmony of … Read more

Cock’s Comb Blood，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For smallpox lesions that are blue, dry, purplish-black, and sunken, indicating severe blood heat and toxin.

Ginseng and Double Ginger Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage contracted in winter, with diarrhea occurring 4–5 days later, cold hands and feet, and an absent pulse.

Minor Chengqi Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 7.，Severe spasms, chest fullness, locked jaw, inability to lie flat on the bed, stiff and cramped legs, and grinding of the teeth.

Tianxian Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，Chronic kidney deficiency.

Ox Marrow Pills，*Qianjin*, Volume 13.，For all kinds of diseases characterized by debility, emaciation, and exhaustion.

Jingxiao Liying Powder，*The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，Rheumatic foot swelling.

Yin-Nourishing and Diarrhea-Stopping Pill，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，Dysentery caused by damp-heat, with intense thirst and a constant urge to drink; yet drinking does not bring much relief, accompanied by a sense of vexation, scanty urination, and stools that are a mixture of red and white—resembling pus but not pus, resembling blood but not blood.