Nourishing Vitality and Strengthening the Kidneys Decoction

Si Wu Decoction with Rhubarb，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，For cases where a woman has not had a bowel movement for several days after childbirth and experiences lower abdominal pain.

Sea Dragon Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，For scrofula.

Gushen Pill，*The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，For the elderly with deficient stomach qi who are unable to eat or drink.

Baoyuan Pills，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For children with wind invading the spinal cord, resulting in kyphosis.

Chaihu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.，For consumptive fever with tidal chills, aching and soreness in the limbs and joints, dry skin and hair, a flushed face, and a dry throat. For children with bone-deep fever, night sweats, emaciation, and loss of appetite.

Ganzi Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 388.，Constipation in children.

Grass Ash Powder，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 5.，For smallpox lesions that have become ulcerated.

Qi Ben Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 6).，For postpartum shortness of breath and women’s “ben-tun” syndrome; chronic exhaustion; deficiency of organ qi; restlessness in the chest; and a sensation below the Guanyuan acupoint as if carrying five thousand coins.

Divine Power Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome invading the meridians, causing stiffness and contracture of the limbs, as well as paralysis, flaccidity, dragging gait, weakness in the feet and knees, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Sweat-Constricting Pills，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，If sweat pours from the head like rain at every meal, this indicates excessive stomach fire, not residual kidney fire.

Ginger Intestinal-Clearing Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 18.，For excessive heat in the large intestine, abdominal distension with constipation, mouth sores, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, heavy pain in the lower back, and shortness of breath with a sensation of fullness.

Danggui-Bai Shao-Chaihu Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Blood deficiency in the Liver Meridian with fever.

Chaihu Duhuo Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For wind-dampness-induced low back pain in the Shaoyang meridian, characterized by pain as if being pierced by an awl beneath the skin.

Decoction for Moderately Tonifying Deficiency，*Huiyue*, Volume 2.，For those with deficiency of both qi and blood, deficiency of both spleen and kidney, and symptoms of physical fatigue and mental dizziness.

Decoction for Dispelling Pathogenic Factors and Promoting Metal Function，From *Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 7.，Aversion to wind with fever, nasal congestion and sneezing, clear nasal discharge, cough with phlegm, or headache.

Cuiyun Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For bacterial infections of the eyelids, gangrenous conjunctivitis, or sudden redness, swelling, and pain. Effective for all types of bacterial and toxic abscesses and boils.

Zhike Chopped Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 17.，For heat-related syndromes with distension and fullness.

Goat Kidney Wine，*Comprehensive Collection of Proven Formulas for 100 Internal and Surgical Diseases*.，Weakness in the legs and feet, making it difficult to walk even a single step; difficulty conceiving.

Fragrant Toad Pills，From *General Essentials of Health*, Volume 12.，For various forms of wasting disease in children.

Bugu San，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，For contusions, crush injuries, and injuries to tendons and bones.

Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle and Warming the Exterior，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 8.，For cases where, as smallpox lesions are subsiding, the body feels chilly and the feet are cold, and the deficient yang fails to consolidate the lesions, resulting in a failure to resolve when they should.

Decoction of Egg Whites，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 6, citing *Shanfan Fang*.，For bone-related conditions with bitterness, restlessness, and fever.

Decoction for Warming the Exterior and Regulating the Middle，End of *The Precious Treasure for the Treatment of Smallpox in Children*.，For cases of smallpox occurring within ninety days, where vital energy is deficient, preventing timely resolution of fluid retention, resulting in failure to develop the characteristic rash, a cool body, and cold hands and feet.

Diarrhea-Stopping and Middle-Jiao-Warming Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong Formula).，Diarrhea caused by indigestion and exposure to cold.

Gui Zhang Di Huang Pills，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，For internal eye disorders causing blurred vision, dilated or constricted pupils; blindness due to cataracts; opacities obscuring the eyes; and cases of blood deficiency and Yin deficiency accompanied by mild fever.