Mantis Tincture

Wood Fragrance and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.，For consumptive disorders with alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, fatigue in the limbs, restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest, and dull, lackluster skin.

Powder for Reducing Swelling，*Shenghui*, Volume 90.，For swellings in children caused by sores, characterized by toxic heat, redness, and pain.

Enhanced Dan-Zhi Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Excessive liver and gallbladder fire, causing flank pain, deafness, a bitter taste in the mouth, muscle atrophy, genital pain, or turbid urine with blood.

Fugui Bawei Pills，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 6.，Deafness due to kidney deficiency.

Wind-Calming Wine，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，Gout and various symptoms of weakness and fatigue caused by cold and dampness.

Hemorrhage-Stopping Powder，*San Yin*, Volume 9.，For nosebleeds due to qi deficiency.

Confucius’ Pillow Pill，Formula from Volume 14 of *Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergency Treatment*，Tonifies the kidneys and calms the heart; enhances intelligence and soothes the spirit. Indicated for palpitations and insomnia due to deficiency of the heart and kidneys, restlessness of the mind, a bright red tongue with little coating, and a deep, … Read more

Lotus Root Juice and Poria Drink，From *Jin Gui Yi*, Volume 2.，For individuals with deficiency who suffer from blood stasis, vomiting blood, or epistaxis, but for whom purgation is not yet indicated.

Gu Xia Pills，*Huiyue*, Volume 14.，For women with a deficient and loose menstrual channel, resulting in irregular spotting.

Toxicity-Dispelling Decoction，*Compendium of Measles Disorders*, Volume 3.，White measles indicate heat in the blood.

Yang-Rescuing Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Yang is deficient and Yin prevails; wind and cold invade, causing a sudden decline in true qi. Symptoms include aversion to cold, a knotted pulse, mental confusion, phlegm accumulation in the chest, vomiting of clear saliva, dizziness and loss of awareness, fatigue and a desire to lie down, unceasing spontaneous … Read more

Four Teeth Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For smallpox where the lesions are not red, do not erupt, are grayish-white in color, or are black, sunken, and charred.

Decoction for Relieving Distension，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 6.，For bloating caused by parasitic infestation or isolated abdominal distension.

Cinnamon Twig, Ginger, and Bitter Orange Decoction，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For epigastric fullness, various types of counterflow, and heart-suspending pain; epigastric fullness and oppression, counterflow of qi rising to cause pain, vomiting, nausea, belching, aversion to cold, and preference for warmth.

Decoction for Warming the Meridians and Relieving Pain，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For cases of cold invasion during menstruation, characterized by cold pain in the lower abdomen (relieved by warmth), scanty menstrual flow of a dark red color, headache, aversion to cold, a white tongue coating, and a floating and tight pulse.

Perilla Seed Decoction for Relieving Wheezing，From *Compendium of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 5.，For wheezing.

Snake，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Shingles.

Ginseng and Xianhu Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，Phlegm-qi lodged in the Upper Jiao, causing vomiting, chest fullness and oppression, loss of appetite, and dizziness and blurred vision.

Cnidium Seed Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 92.，Sudden scrotal swelling and itching in children.

Peony Bark Powder，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 4.，For women suffering from blood and qi stagnation, manifested as pain in the head and eyes, generalized discomfort and pain, a bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, fatigue and weakness, or alternating chills and fever resembling typhoid fever.

Fragrant Honey Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，Persistent breast lumps in children, with distension and hardness in the chest and abdomen.

Male Mouse Droppings Decoction，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 18.，For post-exhaustion syndrome.

Erlong Dacuan，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 2.，For edema and abdominal distension with pain in children.

Sancai Pills，From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 333, citing *Comprehensive Examination of the Body’s Meridians*.，

Peach and Plum Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 149).，Treats water toxicity.