Medicine for a Weak Throat

Hairline Powder，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For folliculitis, impetigo, or infected eczema.

Gourd Decoction，From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.，For diabetes.

Decoction of Agarwood to Harmonize the Middle，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3.，For sudden pain in the heart and abdomen, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, shortness of breath and restlessness, phlegm rising and nausea, loss of appetite, and general fatigue.

Banlong Pills，From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，For all cases of internal heat and fever in children, including mental confusion and restlessness, cough with phlegm, and convulsions or spasms.

The Number One Formula in the World，From *The Complete Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 9.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Rehmannia and Red Medicine Seed Ointment，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Allergic dermatitis with ulceration and infection.

Decoction for Nourishing Water and Strengthening the Original Qi，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，For symptoms of kidney yin deficiency caused by excessive sexual activity.

Pig Gallbladder and Vinegar，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 8.，For children with severe internal eruptions.

Spleen-Tonifying and Leucorrhea-Stopping Decoction，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Spleen Deficiency with Leucorrhea.

Du Huo Jie Jin Ointment，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in *Wài Tái*, Volume 22.，For cold in the small intestine, retraction of the tongue root, locked jaw, and blue lips.

Cimicifuga Decoction for Clearing Heat，From *Shuanfan Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，Sores and cracks on the tongue; peeling, red lips.

Qianjin Shegan Decoction，*A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 6.，For a child’s cough accompanied by wheezing like the call of a water rail.

Qi-Soothing Powder，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Men’s and Women’s Diseases*.，A woman in labor whose fetus had not been delivered after several days.

Xiexin Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Accumulated heat causing throat constriction, swollen tongue, and mouth sores.

Pancreas-Supporting Decoction，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 6.，The syphilitic sores have been present for a long time; blood and qi are already deficient, yet the toxin has not yet subsided. The sores appear bluish, and the patient is weak and deficient in qi; therefore, inducing sweating or purgation is contraindicated.

Formula for Clearing the Fetus，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，

Ophthalmic Pupil-Preserving Pills，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For deficiency of both the liver and kidneys, resulting in blurred vision.

Xianlingpi Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，

Throat-Soothing Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 60.，Various throat ailments.

Muscle-Astringent Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For chronic, festering sores.

Nourishing and Qi-Enhancing Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For postpartum metrorrhagia occurring half a month after childbirth.

Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Pinellia Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 8.，Acute malaria: cold pathogen invades the Yangming channel, causing coldness in the feet starting at the hour of Mao, fever beginning at the hour of You, and subsiding by the beginning of the hour of Yin; the patient is only lucid for one hour during … Read more

Sour Jujube, Poria, and Polygala Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，For deficiency and timidity of the gallbladder qi, manifested as headache, dizziness, anxiety, and a tendency to be easily startled by events.

Monkey-Date Toxin-Neutralizing Pill，From *A Collection of Insights on Surgical Treatments: Formulas for Ointments, Pills, and Powders for Home Use*.，For infants suffering from pervasive congenital heat and toxins, with red, raw buttocks, hoarseness, nasal congestion, or erythematous erysipelas.

Noon Tea，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Nanjing Formula).，Indicated for external invasion by wind, cold, heat, or dampness; internal injury due to food stagnation; chills and fever; dizziness and fatigue; chest tightness and abdominal distension.