Millet Husk Decoction

Two-Vine Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 146.，

Zhishi Decoction，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 130.，Heat-induced distension. Abdominal distension with fever, hard, impacted stools; the pulse is typically洪数 (loud and rapid).

Pork Lard Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 95.，Difficulty passing urine or stool.

Pills for Eliminating Masses and Removing Accumulations，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all types of distension and stagnation, including qi stagnation, alcohol-induced stagnation, and food stagnation.

Ephedra and Four Substances Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 44.，For women with cold-induced injury to the Ying aspect of the Taiyang channel, presenting with fever and absence of sweat.

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

Gardenia Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 56.，Heart pain caused by heat.

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Eliminating Toxins，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，Toxic accumulation in the heart and intestines causes qi and blood to congeal, which then permeates the meridians and manifests on the skin as red threads running through the affected area—or as a single red line—accompanied … Read more

Scutellaria, Atractylodes, and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，From *Guang Si Ji Yao*, Volume 9.，In the ninth month of pregnancy, when the fetus is large and causes heat, resulting in restlessness and discomfort.

Pungent-Cool Decoction for Clearing and Resolving Phlegm，*Treatment of Autumn Fever*.，Taiyin Autumn Fever: chills with a shivering sensation, a smoldering fever, sore throat (or none), a white, greasy tongue coating, and redness at the edges and tip of the tongue.

Yinchen-Bai Zhi Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，Chronic dysentery in a heavy drinker, with no reduction in appetite.

Toad Ash Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.，For acute malnutrition, swollen and painful gums with worms, and decayed, painful tooth roots.

Five-Ingredient Cinnamon Twig Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，For the first 1–2 days of cold damage, with headache and body aches.

Pills to Eliminate Malnutrition and Protect Children，*Shenghui* (Volume 86).，For all types of malnutrition in children, characterized by emaciation, dry skin, brittle and yellow hair, and internal heat with restlessness.

Astragalus Paste，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Qi deficiency and blood deficiency; consumptive disease with night sweats; shortness of breath due to lung deficiency; emaciation. Wounds that have not healed for a long time; genital sores with residual pus and toxins; intractable ulcers of the lower limbs; ichthyosis (snake-skin syndrome).

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.

Zhishi Erchen Decoction，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 1.，For external invasion by wind-cold, impure middle qi, and fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm.

Forsythia, Cimicifuga, and Pueraria Decoction，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 5.，In cases where smallpox toxins in children have not fully erupted.

Medicinal Go Stones，*Ben Shi*, Volume 4.，Pain in the lower back and legs; qi stagnation.

Red Powder Pill，From *The Comprehensive Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 211.，For dysentery with red or white pus.

Medium-Grade Pills，*Explanations on Surgical Medicine*, Volume 5.，For the five types of discharge, as well as “flipping flower” tumors and qi nodules.

Golden Mud Ointment，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 14 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For cases where pathogenic heat from typhoid fever affects the heart, accompanied by convulsions.

Decoction for Eliminating Lochia and Clearing the Heart，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，After childbirth, if lochia has not yet been expelled, and the woman cannot sit for long periods or lies flat too soon, stagnant blood may surge to the heart, causing dizziness, mental confusion, and an inability to speak—a condition of extreme danger.

Proven Effective Astragalus Powder，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，For uncontrollable sweating after childbirth.

Borneol and Yang-Restoring Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For all conditions involving spontaneous sweating, night sweats, uncontrolled sweating, and wind-penetration—where sweating is uncontrollable and cannot be stopped by other medications.