Method for Preparing Licorice

Hongqian Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 397.，For chronic bloody and white dysentery with persistent diarrhea that does not resolve.

Pork Kidney and Angelica Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 82); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 361).，Pediatric epilepsy. Since the age of 50 days, the child has suffered from fetal cold and abdominal pain, accompanied by violent convulsions and startles, gathering saliva, sticking out the tongue, arching the back, crying, and rolling the eyes upward.

Formula for Removing Stagnant Blood，*Selected Formulas by Renowned Physicians*.，For amenorrhea and blood masses.

Hua Mu Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Wood-Kidney Syndrome. Extreme cold obstructs the flow of qi; initially manifested as testicular pain, which later subsides.

The King of Huainan’s Pill from the Pillow，Quoted from *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，For the five types of exhaustion, the six extremes, and the seven injuries; disharmony of stomach qi manifesting in the five viscera; deficiency-related labor with urination that is either difficult or frequent, causing excessive … Read more

Decoction for Calming the Mind and Resolving Phlegm，From *Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 1.，For sudden onset of evil influence, with clenched jaws, unconsciousness, a blue-black complexion on the head and face, and goosebumps on the skin.

Toxicity-Expelling Ointment，*Bo Ji*, Volume 5.，Scrofula.

Wolf’s-bane Wash，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema.

Five-Leaf and Reed-Root Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For rheumatic conditions characterized by headache, fever, slight sweating, aversion to cold, aching joints, heaviness and slight swelling of the body, scanty urination, and a floating and slow pulse—where residual heat remains after the formula has dispelled wind, unblocked the meridians, drained dampness, and cleared heat.

Loquat Leaf and Qianhu Powder，From *Family Treasure*.，For qi depletion and upward-reversing phlegm and saliva; wind obstruction in the Triple Burner; weakness of the five viscera; generalized wind-induced fatigue and oppression; wind-toxin in the hands and feet; and alternating chills and fever with restlessness.

Chui Feng Bai Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For tetanus, characterized by alternating chills and fever with restlessness, resembling the symptoms of typhoid fever.

Cimicifuga Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Scrofula around the neck or extending to the jawline belongs to the Foot Yangming Meridian; if the nodules are deep and sunken, hidden beneath the fleshy folds, they also belong to the Foot Shaoyin Meridian. Both present as swollen, hard lumps of varying sizes.

Precious Pill for Clarifying Vision，*Compilation of Various Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，Red eyes with photophobia, tearing in the wind, eye discharge and blurred vision, and pain in the upper eyelid.

Saliva-Dispersing Decoction，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Ye’s Formulas* (see *Pocket Edition*, Volume 1).，For stagnation of wind-phlegm, shortness of breath and fullness in the epigastrium, nausea, and difficulty in swallowing saliva.

Longche Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Shāoyáng spasm disorder caused by exposure to damp-heat and wind pathogens, presenting with stiffness in the neck and shoulders, one eye turning to the left or right, and twitching of the hands and feet.

Weirui Jin Yin Powder，From *The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 5.，A malignant abscess develops below the inner corner of the eye.

Li Wu Decoction，*Essential Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 1.，Intestinal obstruction. For prolonged, unstoppable rectal bleeding accompanied by a fine, rapid pulse.

Sage Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Heat stagnation in the middle jiao, with red and white discharge.

Decoction of Large Belamcanda，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，Sudden exposure to cold, with internal heat, causing coughing and vomiting.

Pill for Expelling Parasites and Removing Accumulations，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 2.，For heart pain caused by parasitic accumulation.

To Drain Dampness and Eliminate Phlegm-Fluid Retention，*Compendium of Gynecology* (Jiyin Gangmu), Volume 3.，Damp-heat and phlegm accumulation penetrating the bladder, causing persistent leukorrhea.

Guanyin Moxibustion，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，For unbearable headaches caused by invasion by the Six Excesses.

Zhishi Decoction for Resolving Stagnation and Transforming Toxins，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，Excessive dietary indiscretion during measles, resulting in abdominal fullness, distension, and pain.

Eight Immortals’ Jade Elixir，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cases of excessive vomiting of blood or hematemesis due to exogenous pathogens, accompanied by deficiency of yin fluids.

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Moistening the Lungs，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Childbirth Care*, Volume 1.，For severe heat accumulation during pregnancy, manifesting as restlessness and thirst.