Medicinal Go Stones

Tonifying Dried Lacquer Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For cold and painful knees due to deficiency-related debility, and exhaustion of the lower jiao.

Five Dragons Softening Gold Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 228.，For various deficiencies and debilities in both men and women, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the lower back, legs, and knees, and leukorrhea in women.

Cinnabar Cooling Diaphragm Pills，From *Discrimination of Internal and External Injuries*, Middle Volume.，For deficiency-heat in the Upper Burner, with a sensation of rising qi in the chest, throat, and diaphragm, as if smoke were rushing upward.

Formula for Washing Hemorrhoids，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 95.，For mild hemorrhoids.

Cangfanggange Decoction，*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Treatise on Cold Damage), Volume 4.，Diarrhea; wind-dampness affecting the Yangming channel, with pain in the forehead and eyes, stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, fever with profuse sweating, and six pulses that are long and forceful.

Danggui Guizhi Decoction，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants and Young Children*, Volume 6.，For post-smallpox blood deficiency with stiffness and contracture of the hands and feet, resulting in inability to move.

Garlic-Stomach Pills，From *Wind-Induced Fatigue and Abdominal Distension*.，For isolated abdominal distension and intestinal distension.

Realgar and Scutellaria Powder，*Qianjin*, Volume 23.，Drinking water contaminated with bee venom leads to “bee abscess.” It first manifests on the neck, with three or four interconnected scrofulous nodules that eventually ulcerate; the root cause lies in the spleen.

Tiao Yuan Sheng Mai San，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 11.，For cases of inherent deficiency of primordial qi; after the smallpox rash has subsided, the six pulses are deep and fine, and the hands and feet are cold and numb.

Miraculous Oak Acorn Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 59.，For watery and grainy dysentery, regardless of age, with over 100 bowel movements per day and night.

Zhu Fu Dan，From *Selected Remarkable Formulas by Layman Yu*, cited in Volume 18 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For deficiency of the Heart and Kidney, failure of qi to rise and fall properly, palpitations, and overuse of the mind.

Quanhuo Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 10.，After recovery from typhoid fever, sores develop on both feet, oozing fluid and pus.

Pig’s Head Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 12.，For a soft boil that has healed but has recurred.

Flower and Leaf Powder，*Essentials of the Crimson Sack*.，Fire Dan.

Bulan Dan，From *Supplement to the Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For gangrenous legs.

Enhanced Sanhuang Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For cases of epigastric distress caused by stagnant fire.

Qianghuo Decoction for Relieving Summer Heat，From *Guide to Autumn Malaria*.，For malaria.

Liver-Calming and Brain-Clearing Decoction，Formula from *Essentials of Clinical Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine*; name cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Postpartum convulsions: Immediately after childbirth, sudden convulsions occur, accompanied by loss of consciousness, twitching of the mouth and eyes, clenched jaws, tightly clenched fists, a thin or thick greasy tongue coating, and a fine and … Read more

Earth and Metal Dual Nourishment Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，Morning sickness during pregnancy.

Formula from the West，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.，Abdominal masses causing distension and pain, with difficulty in urination and defecation.

Pinellia and Coptis Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for the “pi” syndrome in typhoid fever, where there is a constitutional deficiency of stomach qi; or where vomiting or purgation has damaged the body’s vital energy, leading to disharmony in the stomach and intestines, disorder of the ascending and descending functions, fullness and distension beneath the heart … Read more

Decoction for Deficiency Hernia，From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For individuals with deficiency constitution, the elderly with chronic weakness, and children with qi deficiency that has developed into a hernia over time.

Muscle-Relieving and Dry-Kudzu Five-Ingredient Decoction，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，For yin-yang cold damage, with symptoms present for 1–2 days, characterized by high fever, headache, aching of bones and muscles, stiffness of the spine, dryness of the mouth and nose, slightly cold hands and feet, and yellowish-red urine.

Women’s Blood-Nourishing Pills，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，For women with blood deficiency, irregular menstruation that comes and goes intermittently, scanty and pale menstrual flow, abdominal pain and lower back soreness, mental fatigue, afternoon hot flashes, coughing, and spontaneous sweating.

Astragalus and Magnolia Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Care* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 4; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Sacred Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 60.，Alcoholic jaundice. Characterized by heart distress and pain, swelling of the lower legs, yellow urine, and the appearance of red, yellow, or black spots after drinking alcohol—caused by severe intoxication followed … Read more