Method for Boiling Castor Beans

Rehmannia Ointment，From *Essentials for Childbirth and Lactation*.，Women who suffer from a deficiency of vital energy and blood, irregular menstruation, restlessness and fever due to deficiency, emaciation, physical weakness and exhaustion, loss of appetite, and are at risk of developing a chronic wasting disease.

Fu-Gui-Er-Chen Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，Cold malaria, characterized by more chills than fever, coldness in the lower back and legs, or chills alone.

Decoction for Relieving Stagnation and Eliminating Jaundice，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For children with a sallow complexion, abdominal distension, and inability to swallow food.

Vanguard Formula，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 19.，Swelling and abscesses.

Guiqi Jiuchan Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，After childbirth, women suffer from deficiency of both the liver and kidneys; yin cannot enter yang, leading to swelling of the limbs, alternating chills and fever, shortness of breath and coughing, constriction of the chest and diaphragm, regurgitation of sour fluid, and pain in both flanks.

Enhanced Hundred Flowers Pills，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For persistent wheezing and coughing, or coughing up blood-tinged sputum; particularly suitable for those with deficiency constitutions; caused by emotional distress, excessive indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, ascending deficiency-heat, resulting in coughing, wheezing, dry mouth, hoarseness, blood-tinged sputum, yin deficiency with lung injury, and afternoon tidal fevers.

Dong’s Formula for Treating Paralysis，Master Dong Demao，Warmly tonifies the spleen and stomach; astringes the intestines to stop diarrhea; strengthens the spleen and aids digestion; fortifies tendons and bones.

Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 7.，Weakness of the zang-fu organs, disharmony of qi and blood; or, when combined with external pathogens, resulting in the formation of masses and pain that radiates up and down.

Lu Zu’s Formula for Boils on the Back，From *Formulas of the Huizhiting*, Volume 3.，For boils and abscesses on the back.

Gujing Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 31 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For various conditions involving the expulsion of worms—whether thread-like, hair-like, or horse-tail-like—which, in severe cases, may lead to premature death.

Soap and Sugar Paste，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，“Cedar-leg syndrome,” where the leg swells from the knee to the top of the foot like a hanging bucket.

Mongoose Meat Soup，From *Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，Edema, bloating, and scanty urination.

Daochi Wuling Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 105.，Heat transmitted from the bladder to the small intestine causes intestinal obstruction, which manifests as oral ulcers.

Atractylodes and Scutellaria Decoction，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 3.，Unstable pregnancy.

Secret Formula for Steaming the Navel，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，Effective for chronic cough and wheezing, hemoptysis, cold-induced debility, nocturnal emissions, leukorrhea, erectile dysfunction, cold and weakness in the lower jiao, prolonged infertility, as well as red and white vaginal discharge in women, and for treating phlegm-fire disorders.

Sanhe Powder，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 27, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，Vomiting and diarrhea, with dryness and deficiency of body fluids.

Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Nourishing the Nutritive Qi，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For blood deficiency and blood heat in smallpox, with red spots, fever, and thirst, or dry spots that fail to rise; as well as for excess yang and deficiency of yin, with constipation and dark urine. For smallpox where … Read more

Ginseng Pills for Improving Vision，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For cataracts, post-surgical vision, or blurred vision due to liver deficiency.

Ginseng Warming the Middle Pills，From *Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 19.，For infants and young children experiencing convulsive vomiting or fever-induced vomiting, mental agitation, epigastric discomfort, progressively worsening anxiety and palpitations, and a dazed, unfocused state.

Clear Vaginal Discharge Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For hematuria and red or white vaginal discharge.

Chuanxiong Xin Dao Tan Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 24.，For phlegm-induced syncope with headache, caused by wind-phlegm resulting in pain along the brow ridge extending to the eyes, making it impossible to open them, with symptoms being mild during the day and severe at night.

Instant Cough-Relief Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Jinan Formula).，For chronic cough with phlegm and wheezing.

Formula for Internally Dissolving Scrofula Caused by Phlegm-Toxins，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 2.，Scrofula, phlegm nodules, and phlegm chains.

Chai Pu Decoction，From *Zhunsheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 1.，For malaria characterized by intense fever and a deficient spleen. Malaria caused by summer-heat-dampness or food stagnation.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnant Blood，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Menstrual discharge with a foul odor resembling rotten meat.