Marching Powder

Purging Decoction，From *Simple Formulas for Difficult and Urgent Conditions*, Volume 1.，Eye disorders characterized by wind-heat causing redness and swelling, severe itching making it difficult to open the eyes, and tinea of the eye with ulceration.

Sanhe Dan，*Essential Formulas for Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For individuals with inherently deficient middle qi, where phlegm-qi rises in reverse, obstructing the diaphragm and preventing the proper ascent and descent of qi, or resulting in defecation due to deficiency; also for all cases of yin-cold where other medications have proven ineffective.

Seven-Ingredient Coptis Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 9.，In the summer months, when a cold-heat syndrome strikes, causing alternating chills and fever, pain and restlessness in the limbs, and fever, the patient feels restless, experiences vomiting, and has a sensation of fullness in the chest, as if afflicted by a malevolent spirit.

Pilling for Descending Cataracts，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 1.，Floating opacities and internal opacities; no itching or pain; lack of vitality when looking at light; opacities appear silvery; the pupil is red; appears slightly larger when viewed in dim light and slightly smaller when viewed in bright light.

Red Adzuki Bean Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，For abdominal distension.

Dysentery-Treating Powder，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formulas).，For seasonal colds, abdominal pain due to food stagnation, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, nausea, loss of appetite, tenesmus, internal injury caused by cold and raw foods, and indigestion.

Scrofula and Phlegm-Nodule Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Scrofula, phlegm nodules.

Prepared Gold Powder，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 18.，For women with uncontrollable uterine bleeding.

Reed Stem Pus-Draining Decoction，From *New Interpretations of Medical Formulas*.，Lung abscess, suppurative pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, pediatric pneumonia, acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, or bronchiectasis with infection, etc.Pulmonary abscess. Cough with sputum, fever, chest pain or tightness, yellow tongue coating, taut and rapid or deficient and rapid pulse, as well as epidemic conjunctivitis, sores with white nodules, white … Read more

Wu-Gui Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 42.，For hernias caused by external cold penetrating the abdomen.

Double Immortals Toxin-Resolving Ointment，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，If a child develops a toxic sore on the third day after birth—fine as needle-pricks, red as a crimson cloud—which merges into a single patch after three days, causing the skin to peel off at the slightest touch and the entire … Read more

Three People and Nine Children Pills，*Qianjin*, Volume 19.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries.

Scutellaria-Coptis Four-Ingredient Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Irregular menstruation caused by blood deficiency and liver hyperactivity, resulting in uncontrolled movement of Wood and Fire.

Double-Yu Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For cold-damp beriberi.

Three-Yellow and Zhi Shi Decoction，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 2.，Resembling a stroke, with intense phlegm-fire, restlessness, thirst, and constipation; pulse rapid and forceful.

Qi-Strengthening and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，For retained placenta after childbirth, or when affected by wind and cold, resulting in stagnation of blood and qi; or in cases of physical exhaustion and inability to move, with the placenta remaining in the uterus.

Decoction for Clearing Heat, Eliminating Toxins, and Reducing Swelling，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name found in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Boil in the nasal vestibule.

Lung-Consolidating Decoction，From *Cheng Fang Bian Du*, Volume 4.，Chronic cough caused solely by deficiency, with no pathogenic factors present.

Ji Gan San，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，Constant tearing.

Family Secret Wu-Ji Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For abdominal pain due to blood deficiency complicated by qi stagnation.

Golden Hairpin Decoction，From the formula of Master Tanfeng Xiao, cited in Volume 2 of *Effective Prescriptions for Women*.，For chronic uterine cold, frequent illness, and infertility, as well as various pre- and postpartum disorders.

Miraculous Golden Band Powder，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Surgery*, Volume 19.，For various toxic abscesses and boils.

Atractylodes and Aconite Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children with intermittent vomiting and diarrhea, heavy breathing, restlessness and thirst, sluggish eyes and lethargy, abdominal pain and refusal to eat, and cold breath—where other medications are too potent to be used.

Three-Yellow Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shenghui*, Volume 9.，On the fifth day of a cold-induced fever, with a burning sensation in the mouth, a dry tongue, headache, and aching in the shins.

Decoction for Lifting Yin, Raising Yang, and Expelling Pathogenic Factors，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，For malaria caused by yang deficiency that persists for months or even years without resolution, characterized by fever without chills, sweating without thirst, and episodes that occur primarily at night.