Medicinal Cinnabar Pills

Jade Ball，Formula by Zhou Houfeng, cited in *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15.，For scabies.

Five Blessings Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Deficiency of qi and blood in the five zang organs; smallpox lesions that have healed but scabs that do not fall off, accompanied by drowsiness; fetal restlessness. Deficiency of qi and blood in the five zang organs, afternoon tidal fevers, night sweats due to yin deficiency, … Read more

Decoction for Nourishing Earth and Yin，From *The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 10 of the First Collection.，For consumptive disorders characterized by poor appetite, excessive phlegm, and yin deficiency, presenting with spontaneous sweating, night sweats, and seminal emission; for patients who cannot tolerate herbs such as prepared Rehmannia and Cornus officinalis.

Si Sheng Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 403.，For fever as intense as fire, headache with red cheeks, flushed face accompanied by yawning, nasal sores, and during the stage when rashes have either already appeared or are about to appear.

Chaihu with Mangxiao Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，In cases of cold damage lasting 13 days without resolution, with fullness in the chest and flanks accompanied by vomiting, and a tidal fever occurring in the late afternoon followed by mild diarrhea—this is fundamentally a Bupleurum syndrome. Purgation failed to induce bowel movement; the physician then administered a … Read more

Angelica Sinensis Paste，*Operational Procedures for Single-Ingredient Preparations of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Various pre- and postpartum disorders in women; boils, abscesses, and skin ulcers; pain caused by blood stasis; constipation due to blood deficiency and intestinal dryness.

Guide-Source Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 191.，For various types of water retention.

Sea Mugwort Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Wind-Dampness. Due to blood deficiency, the skin and hair are deprived of nourishment; wind-heat takes advantage of this vulnerability to invade, causing hair to fall out in patches, the skin to become glossy, and itching as if insects were crawling on it. Alopecia areata.

Bamboo Six，Formula from *Yu Heng on Shā and Distension*, Middle Volume; name found in *Complete Book of Shā Syndromes*, Lower Volume.，Purple-blistered shā, where the toxic qi of shā remains in the muscles and skin.

Shenjie Ointment，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15, citing a formula by Zheng Zhongshan.，For all types of intractable sores, as well as internal and external gangrenous sores that have persisted for many years without healing.

Forsythia and Cimicifuga Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 286 of *Puji Fang*.，Heat accumulates in the epigastrium, stagnating and forming an abscess.

Pill for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Men with extreme yang deficiency who struggle to conceive suffer from an excessive and intense “ministerial fire” that scorches the true yin, leading to extreme yang—which becomes hyperactive; or they may be excessively rigid, causing an imbalance between victory and defeat, resulting in childlessness.

Two-Yellow Alum and Frankincense Powder，From *Essentials of Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 10 of *The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*.，For women with sores on the toenails accompanied by protruding necrotic tissue that has not healed for a long time.

Xiang Sha Ping Wei Pills，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 21.，For food stagnation with diarrhea, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, foul-smelling stools, and sour-smelling dampness: first use purgative methods to eliminate accumulated stagnation; once the sour and foul odors have completely subsided, treat with this formula.

Fragrant Ginseng Powder，From *Supplement to the Essentials of Formulas for Observing and Gathering*, Volume 2, citing *The Great Return to Diagnosis and Treatment*.，For chronic dysentery where accumulated waste has been fully expelled, the abdomen is pain-free, or there is only mild pain without a sensation of urgency, but loose stools continue unceasingly.

Diuretic and Qi-Boosting Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Following an episode of eye pain, kidney pathogenic factors invade the heart; the outer corners of both eyes turn completely black; there is no pain or discomfort, and vision remains unaffected; hair stands straight as iron rods; the patient appears dazed as if intoxicated, and remains … Read more

Di Yu Jiang Xue Yin Zi，From *Essential Guidelines for Obstetrics from the Family Treasure of Health Preservation*, Volume 4.，At full term and on the verge of labor, if bleeding persists for three days without the fetus being delivered, the hands and feet remain limp, the patient is dazed as if intoxicated, and unconscious.

Modified Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction，*Outline of the Treatment of Throat Rash Syndrome*.，Following a cold-induced numbness, symptoms include sweating, persistent fever, dry mouth with a desire to drink, or sore throat with a sensation of a lump in the throat, as well as coughing with excessive phlegm.

Powder to Stop Spotting，*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Spotting During Pregnancy.

Huanjin Dan，*The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，Effective for all types of abdominal distension.

Yang-Strengthening Elixir，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，For erectile dysfunction.

Hu Mu Xing Yin Zi，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Smallpox*, Volume 13.，For smallpox lesions where the toxin has fully manifested externally, and blood blisters are about to form pus-filled sores; as well as for black, sunken smallpox lesions.

Shark Skin Powder，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 28 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of possession by ghosts or gu, and for toxic conditions with unpredictable manifestations.

Three-Flower Pill，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 27.，For smallpox lesions about to erupt.

Decoction of Coptis and Huanglian，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For eye conditions characterized by redness, pain, and ulceration, with sensitivity to wind and sunlight, and unbearable throbbing pain.