Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills

Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills,For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

Formulas Name : Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills

Chinese Name : 吕祖师如意丸

Drug Formulation

12 jin of Ren Zhong Bai (first soak in 1 jin of licorice juice for 7 days; then calcine over a fire until the substance turns red; remove when the fire dies out on its own; crush and grind into a fine powder; rinse with water for 49 days, changing the water once daily), 6 jin of Shen Qu,12 liang of amber, 12 liang of Sichuan magnolia bark (stir-fried with ginger juice), 14 liang of soft Bupleurum, 12 liang of Indian curcuma, 15 liang of white angelica, 12 liang of four-processed cyperus, 14 liang of stir-fried Atractylodes,homegrown Perilla 12 liang, Gentiana 1 jin, soaked and processed Pinellia 12 liang, stir-fried small green peel 12 liang, Guang sandalwood 12 liang, Peppermint 12 liang, Guang frankincense 12 liang, Akebia 1 jin, Guang tangerine peel 12 liang, Fangfeng 12 liang, Sichuan Ligusticum 12 liang,Poria (Bai Fuling) 12 liang, Cleaned Plantain Seed (Cheqian) 12 liang, Sichuan Notopterygium (Qianghuo) 10 liang, Trifoliate Orange Peel (Zhi Ke) 12 liang, Guanghuoxiang 10 liang, Areca Nut (Binlang) 12 liang, Wuyao (soaked in wine) 10 liang, Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha) 14 liang, Wine-fried Scutellaria (Huang Qin) 10 liang,Golden Rosehip (with pith and hairs removed) 12 liang, Cardamom pulp 10 liang, Roasted barley malt 12 liang, Western Fragrant Mushroom 10 liang, Superior Agarwood 8 liang, Ground talc 10 liang, Sichuan Fritillary Bulb (with core removed) 5 liang, Roasted Pollen 9 liang, Safflower 5 liang, White Aconite Root 9 liang, Mongolian Flower 3 liang, Sichuan Curcuma 8 liang, Raw Licorice 8 liang, Hydrated Alum 9 liang.

Source

From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder. Mix with water to form pills the size of a longan. First, coat the pills with 1 jin of realgar, thoroughly washed with water; then coat them with 30 liang of cinnabar, also thoroughly washed with water. Sun-dry for 7 days, then store.

Benefits

For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose; the elderly, children, and the frail should take half a pill, dissolved in hot water.

Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.,For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

More Herbs Formulas

Eye-Dotting White Alum Powder

Eye-Dotting White Alum Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 109.,For eye heat, polyps protruding onto the conjunctiva, and red or white films on the cornea.

Worm-Expelling Pills

Worm-Expelling Pills,From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.,For children with abdominal pain caused by worm activity, accompanied by crying and vomiting of frothy saliva.

Wind-Dispelling Angelica Dahurica Powder

Wind-Dispelling Angelica Dahurica Powder,*Zhunsheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 3.,Wind-induced tinea on the face.

Sanxian San Fire Decoction

Sanxian San Fire Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Excess fire in the Kidney Meridian, combined with excess fire in the Pericardium rising upward, manifesting as black-colored hematemesis, severe cough with phlegm, and thirst with a desire to drink.

Intestinal Consolidation Decoction

Intestinal Consolidation Decoction,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.,For stomach deficiency, where rumbling sounds occur in the abdomen after eating, and these sounds subside somewhat when the abdomen is pressed.

Cinnamon Twig, Dragon Bone, Oyster Shell, and Licorice Decoction

Cinnamon Twig, Dragon Bone, Oyster Shell, and Licorice Decoction,*Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For cases of fire-reversal requiring purgation, accompanied by restlessness due to moxibustion. Also for palpitations, insomnia, nocturnal emissions, and impotence.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Subduing Fire

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Subduing Fire,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Insufficient kidney fire; while there is no pain in the ears when not engaging in sexual intercourse, upon sexual intercourse with a woman, the ears become painful, or experience unrelenting itching, or discharge foul-smelling fluid; applying cool substances brings significant relief.

Junmen Dan

Junmen Dan,*Hongbao of Public Health*, Volume 6.,For knife wounds.

Great Salvation Pills

Great Salvation Pills,*Qian Jin*, Volume 17.,For masses and accumulations, latent pathogens, chronic illnesses with alternating chills and fever, qi stagnation circulating beneath the skin, long-standing illnesses with deep-seated pathogenic factors, wasting of muscles, heat in the limbs, vomiting and inability to eat, typhoid fever, seasonal epidemics, and malignant stagnation; for sweating, locked jaw, and chest … Read more

Cimicifuga Qi-Harmonizing Decoction

Cimicifuga Qi-Harmonizing Decoction,From *New Book on Treating Illnesses at Home*, citing *Essential Formulas for Daily Medical Practice*.,Rheumatic pathogens invade the blood vessels, causing sores and scabies with unrelenting itching.

Two Atractylodes and Four Divine Herbs Pill

Two Atractylodes and Four Divine Herbs Pill,From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.,For postpartum deficiency of blood and qi, resulting in impaired digestion and absorption, or exposure to wind and cold leading to diarrhea, and in severe cases, abdominal pain.

Emergency Huichun Powder

Emergency Huichun Powder,From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 4.,For chronic convulsions and chronic spleen wind in children.

Water Safflower Ointment

Water Safflower Ointment,Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 16, citing *Liu Songshi’s Baoshou Hall*; name found in *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.,Abdominal masses.

Tea-Bark Powder

Tea-Bark Powder,*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.,For various throat ailments.

Almond Ointment for the Eyes

Almond Ointment for the Eyes,*Shenghui*, Volume 32.,For redness and itching of the eyes caused by the toxicity of cinnabar and mineral pigments, as well as the formation of a floating membrane. For pterygium, which may be itchy or painful, with the growth gradually expanding to cover the pupil.

Complete Raw Tiger Bone Powder

Complete Raw Tiger Bone Powder,From *The Pocket Guide*, Volume 1, citing *Simple and Effective Formulas*.,Hemiplegia with emaciated muscles.

Muxiang-Zhike Pills

Muxiang-Zhike Pills,From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 1.,Qi stagnation in the middle jiao, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, slow digestion of food, fatigue in the limbs, vomiting, and nausea.

Xinding Formula for Restoring Sight

Xinding Formula for Restoring Sight,*Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 4.,For eye disorders in women.

Stone-Diaphragm Powder

Stone-Diaphragm Powder,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.,For fullness and distension in the epigastric region, accompanied by foamy saliva and poor appetite.

Jujube-Half Decoction

Jujube-Half Decoction,From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 6.,For consumptive fever and insomnia.

Ma Lin Zi Powder

Ma Lin Zi Powder,Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.,For bloody and white dysentery with abdominal pain; also for chronic watery and grainy dysentery with stools as white as rice water sediment.

Pus-Expelling, Pain-Relieving, and Urination-Promoting Powder

Pus-Expelling, Pain-Relieving, and Urination-Promoting Powder,*Wai Tai*, Volume 37.,Boils and abscesses on the back.

Secretly Transmitted Flying Step Pills

Secretly Transmitted Flying Step Pills,From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).,For all types of rheumatism, paralysis, and gout.

Mengxian’s Prepared Elixir

Mengxian’s Prepared Elixir,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 20, citing *Simple and Effective Formulas*.,Sudden stroke, paralysis, deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech, loss of consciousness, and all wind-related conditions.

Ophiopogon and Bamboo Leaf Decoction

Ophiopogon and Bamboo Leaf Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 92.,Extreme qi deficiency leading to heat, manifested as shortness of breath with hemoptysis, lack of appetite, and dryness of the mouth and throat.