Medicines for Arthralgia

Dali Zhong Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，For spleen deficiency with fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, cramping pain in the heart and abdomen, and loss of appetite.

Divine Mass-Dissolving Ointment，*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 8.，For stagnant masses and qi blockages, accompanied by fever and oral ulcers.

Evil-Warding Pill，*Ji Ming Lu*, Volume 4.，For all diseases caused by malevolent spirits, epidemics, and the delusions of spirits and sorcery.

Sanqing Kuai Ban Red Wax Pills，*Complete Book of Childbirth Rescue*.，For cases where smallpox does not erupt; where it erupts but the pustules are incomplete; where the pustules are complete but lack a dark, thick crust; where the patient experiences restlessness and a sense of fullness; or where there is widespread itching over the entire body, … Read more

Ginseng Lung-Harmonizing Powder，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 6.，Heart fire damages the lungs, leading to lung atrophy, manifested as coughing, wheezing, and vomiting; excessive phlegm and saliva; fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm; and difficulty swallowing. Wheezing occurs due to heat affecting the lungs.

Monkey Date and Egret Saliva Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Whooping cough.

Pig’s Milk Powder，*Direct Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For infantile fetal convulsions. Night crying, startle responses, and convulsive twitching within the first month of life.

Wuli Da Huang Decoction，From *Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，Abscess in the large intestine.

Amber Decoction Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 334.，For women with absent menstruation and cramping pain in the navel and abdomen.

Stomach-Nourishing and Spleen-Strengthening Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For spleen and stomach deficiency, aversion to food, nausea, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, indigestion, loose stools, weakness in the limbs, and a loss of appetite. Also for spleen damage caused by excessive alcohol consumption, or symptoms such as vomiting, acid regurgitation, and a … Read more

Modified Decoction for Tonifying the Middle and Harmonizing Malaria Fluids，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Postpartum malaria with more cold symptoms than heat.

Four Substances Decoction for Resolving Phlegm，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For palpitations due to phlegm-fire, as well as heart and stomach discomfort and dizziness.

Miraculous Formula for Verifying Fetal Vitality Powder，From *Medical Compendium*, Volume 35, citing a formula by Wang Haicang.，If a woman has not menstruated for two or three months and suspects she may be pregnant, or suspects blood stasis, accompanied by restlessness, alternating chills and fever, and a dazed state,

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Nourishing the Stomach，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，For all cases of mania caused by internal heat, or profuse sweating, thirst, a dry tongue, or a sensation of thorns on the tongue.

Pai Lian San，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For all types of vomiting and restlessness with thirst in children.

Wax and Honey Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of the Very Young*.，For various types of diarrhea in infants, including discharge of pus and blood, accompanied by unceasing chills and fever.

Raw Reed Root Porridge，From *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 244, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For children with vomiting and restlessness accompanied by fever.

Taiyi Disinfecting Pills，From *Compilation* (cited in *Xian Nian Ji*, Vol. 4).，All epidemic and seasonal diseases, typhoid fever, and common colds, regardless of whether the disease has entered the meridians or not.

Salted Black Bean Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For diabetes.

Red Arrow Decoction，From *Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，For hemiplegia, uncoordinated limbs, arthralgia and pain, and mental confusion.

Decoction for Warming the Meridians and Relieving Pain，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For cases of cold invasion during menstruation, characterized by cold pain in the lower abdomen (relieved by warmth), scanty menstrual flow of a dark red color, headache, aversion to cold, a white tongue coating, and a floating and tight pulse.

Nanyue Zixu Wei Yuanjun’s Resurrection Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 255).，For those who have died suddenly due to a temporary blockage of the breath.

Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills，*Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin and Lanzhou Formulas).，Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, food stagnation with fluid retention, and red and white dysentery.

Toli Disinfection Powder，From *Chen’s Treatise on Formulas for Smallpox and Measles in Children*.，For cases of smallpox, boils, abscesses, skin ulcers, and epidemic toxins characterized by deficiency of qi and blood, as well as cases of “big-head plague.”

Black Rhinoceros Horn Ointment，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume Middle.，For stroke-induced loss of coordination in the limbs, hemiplegia, paralysis, severe edema in the legs, swelling of the head and face, deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech with phlegm and saliva, mental confusion, and wind-induced constipation.