Modified Gu Ben Pills

Sulfur-Cinnabar Dan，*Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Indications: Abdominal distension as if a drum; the abdominal pulse is markedly pale-yellow; when tapped with a finger, it sounds hard and hollow; when pressed, it does not indent; the limbs are emaciated; and bowel movements are loose.

Xiaofeng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，Wind-pathogen affects the cheeks, causing the mouth to turn to one side and speech to be slurred.

Miraculous Effect Xiangru Pills，*Compendium of Dysentery and Malaria*, Volume 9.，For dysentery caused by summer heat or complicated by an epidemic. It also treats chills and a preference for cold drinks, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, retching and nausea, regurgitation of sour fluid, abdominal pain and distension, as well as vomiting and diarrhea in children, and … Read more

Milk-Promoting and Edema-Reducing Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For women with mastitis or breast abscesses, characterized by hardened lumps, redness, swelling, pain, and alternating fever and chills, resulting from stagnation of qi and blood.

Gualou Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，For smallpox where extreme heat gives rise to wind, causing convulsions.

Areca Nut and Tangerine Peel Decoction，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 13), citing *Mei Shi’s Formulas*; name found in *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases* (Vol. 17).，Heartburn, epigastric discomfort.

Fennel Decoction，*Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，Cold-damp hernia, with scrotal swelling and one side drooping.

“Moving Mountains and Crossing Seas” Pill，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，For abscesses or boils that develop in life-threatening locations following smallpox.

Twenty-Four Ingredient Feibu Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For deficiency of the Lower Jiao, characterized by soreness, weakness, and pain in the legs and knees, as well as cold, dampness, and wind-induced numbness and loss of sensation, and for injuries from blows or falls that make walking difficult.

Chixiexiang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 60.，Jaundice.

Modified Yi Huang Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 2.，For children with a deficient stomach and weak spleen, presenting with abdominal distension and loose stools.

Chaihu Dao Re Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，In women during the regular menstrual period, when the blood chamber has not yet been cleansed, heat enters the blood chamber, causing sudden alternating chills and fever resembling malaria, and the menstrual flow starts abruptly then stops.

Ephedra Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 52.，For warm malaria with restlessness and agitation.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Nourishing Blood，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 4.，For blood-related disorders.

Formula for Cassia Seeds，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 57.，Heat in the Liver Meridian, wind-induced red eye.

Zhu Po San，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Diseases*.，Hematuria in children.

Gold Leaf and Musk Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 19, citing *The Kong Family Tradition*.，For intermittent fever in children.

Gardenia and Cinnamon Pills，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 76.，For hernias that are not painful upon palpation.

Appetite-Stimulating Pills，From *Simple Formulas*, citing a secret formula by Dr. Cai (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 100).，

Sengga Yingmeng Ginseng Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，For fever and headache due to cold damage, as well as cough with phlegm and hemoptysis caused by wind obstruction.

Cooling the Blood and Clearing Toxins Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 6.，When a woman experiences a fever with smallpox outside her menstrual period and her menstrual blood suddenly begins to flow.

Eye-Brightening and Water-Nourishing Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.，Deficiency of the liver and kidneys, blurred vision, frequent seeing of dark spots, and often accompanied by cold tears.

Liver-Soothing Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for distension and fullness in the flanks, stabbing pain in the epigastrium, vomiting, nausea, and belching with acid regurgitation.

Wind-Subduing Decoction，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，Acute convulsions in children.

Jing-Su Decoction，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 8.，Loss of voice.