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Lycopodium Pill，*Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，When a woman’s menstrual flow is obstructed, it manifests as edema; fluid accumulates and spreads to the limbs, causing swelling throughout. This condition is termed “blood-division disorder,” and its symptoms resemble those of edema.

Semen-Restricting Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 19.，Symptoms include emaciation due to seminal emission, aching and wasting of the body, shortness of breath, blurred vision, and aversion to the sound of human voices.

Enhanced Decoction of Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Ginger，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, a case of cold damage that has persisted for 10 days, with the Taiyin Spleen Earth meridian affected by pathogenic factors, manifesting as aversion to cold and vomiting.

Licorice Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 83).，For infants under 100 days old suffering from cough and shortness of breath.

Sulfur-Aconite Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 6.，For cold extremities; also treats chronic spleen wind and cold limbs.

Recipe for Simmered Water Buffalo Meat，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For elderly patients with water retention, characterized by swelling and fullness in the limbs and restless shortness of breath.

Empirical Formula for Removing Dampness with Wine，From *Zhi Zhi Fu Yi*, Volume 3.，For those suffering from pain throughout the body, hands, and feet due to the combined effects of wind and dampness.

Seven-Ingredient Iron Filings Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Pain in the hepatic region; enlarged liver.

Flaxseed Soaked in Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For stroke with facial paralysis.

Mild-Natured Ruyi Pill，From *Chuanyaba* (Volume 2).，For cold phlegm, food stagnation, gastric reflux, dysphagia, diarrhea with abdominal pain, and chest pain.

Three Friends Pills，*Essentials of Ophthalmology*, Volume 1.，Due to failure to expel wind-cold from the exterior, pathogenic factors invade the stomach and intestines, causing swollen eyelids, red eyes, fever, headache, absence of sweat, and thirst.

Yu Ji Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 3.，For generalized swelling and distension, skin that is glossy and translucent, difficulty urinating, and cases unresponsive to other treatments.

Kudzu Root and Toxin-Resolving Decoction，*Complete Record of Medicine*, Vol. 490, citing *The Complete Book of Child Care*.，Abdominal pain associated with smallpox.

Five Fresh Herbs Decoction，From *Hongbao of Health*, Volume 4.，For sore throat with a red and dry tongue, and a string-like, rapid, and forceful pulse.

Fragrant Milk Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，For toothache.

Modified Minor Bupleurum Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Path* (Vol. 4).，Postpartum malaria and dysentery occurring concurrently, due to damp-heat from before pregnancy that has not been resolved, causing it to sink into the Spleen Meridian after childbirth, resulting in persistent alternating chills and fever with unrelenting diarrhea.

Qing Shen Hua Du Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 2.，For smallpox lesions that have already formed pus, accompanied by severe heart and liver fire, even to the point of gnashing one’s teeth.

Divine Efficacy Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，A lump in a woman’s breast, initially the size of a coin, causing no pain or itching; after three to five years, the surrounding area becomes red and swollen; when it ulcerates, there is no pus, only clear fluid oozing out, forming a depression resembling a cave.

Great Four-Divine Pill，*Ji Feng*, Volume 28.，For weakness in the middle epigastrium, frequent digestive distress, and stagnation of qi.

Kushen Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，Vitiligo.

Fetal Bone Powder，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，For the first episode of labor pains:

Great Four-Spirit Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Chronic cold.

Plum Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 62.，For women with excessive uterine bleeding.

Five Blessings Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Deficiency of qi and blood in the five zang organs; smallpox lesions that have healed but scabs that do not fall off, accompanied by drowsiness; fetal restlessness. Deficiency of qi and blood in the five zang organs, afternoon tidal fevers, night sweats due to yin deficiency, … Read more

Quick Smallpox Pill，*Insights into Surgical Medicine*, Volume 12.，For slow-erupting smallpox.