Orifice-Opening Decoction

Guanyin Universal Relief Pill，Formula by Wang Maiyuan, cited in Volume 5 of *The Great Treasure of Public Health*.，Difficult labor, failure of the pelvic bones to open, transverse or breech presentation, retained placenta, prolapse of the fetal intestines, and fetal death in utero; postpartum stroke, blood-induced fainting, menorrhagia, epistaxis, blood stasis, and abdominal pain; irregular menstruation … Read more

Jieli Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For summer heatstroke with persistent dampness, spontaneous sweating, cold feet extending up to below the knees, abdominal distension and fullness, and loss of consciousness.

Jianzhong Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 25.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach resulting in inability to eat or drink.

Ephedra Body-Wiping Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For children with convulsions and epilepsy who experience repeated episodes without regaining consciousness, exhibit emaciation and opisthotonos, and are unable to tolerate medication.

Yuanhong Powder，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 3).，For persistent hiccups.

Ginseng and Magnolia Bark Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，For gastric reflux caused by deficient stomach qi and stagnant fluid interacting to produce deficiency-type distension, with qi rising in reverse, causing food to be regurgitated after eating.

Green Alum Pills，From *Collected Proven Formulas*, cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 6.，For jaundice with swelling.

Miraculous Pain-Relieving Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Male Disorders*.，Fire stagnation in the large and small intestines causes unbearable abdominal pain; pressing on the area intensifies the pain. The patient experiences thirst; drinking cool water temporarily alleviates the pain, but after a short while, the severe pain returns. If not treated urgently, the patient may die within … Read more

Decoction for the Eight Winds and Nine Regions，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，For men and women who, due to exposure to cold and failure to protect themselves—such as undressing in the wind, sweating while lying on a cold, damp surface—suffer from hemiplegia, extreme cold in the hands and feet, paralysis, difficulty … Read more

Dunchi Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，For both new and chronic scrofula, tuberculous edema, and painful hard lumps—regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not.

Xuanji Shenhua Powder，From *Compilation of Wu’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，For abscesses and boils occurring in dangerous locations that have not yet ruptured.

Five Hemorrhoids Powder，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 23.，For all types of hemorrhoids and fistula-hemorrhoids.

Formula for Applying to the Earth Pine，Formula from *Wai Tai*, Volume 29, citing *Bi Xiao Fang*; name found in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu*, Volume 134.，Lacquer-induced skin sores.

Linghua Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 9, citing *Dan Liao*.，For women with absent menstruation, fever, and abdominal distension. For women with abdominal fullness, body pain, emaciation, poor appetite, fever, and spontaneous sweating.

Hair Ash Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，Pea-sized skin lesions.

Cistanche Pills，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 11 of *Wai Tai*.，For those with diabetes who, after taking Lead丹 Pills, find their urine salty and bitter as usual, but subsequently fear developing weakness and exhaustion.

Ke Xiao San，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 3).，For children with wind-heat fever characterized by restlessness during sleep, coughing, and wheezing.

Liver-Regulating and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，Formula adapted from Leng Baizhi’s work, as cited in *Clinical Treatment of Internal Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Indicated for the pattern of phlegm-heat and liver fire, characterized by abundant, viscous, yellow phlegm—which may form lumps—chest and epigastric fullness and oppression, intermittent nausea, dry mouth and bitter taste, dizziness and vertigo, costal pain … Read more

Ear Plug Formula，From *A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 9, citing a formula by Lan Gao of the Song Dynasty.，Toothache.

Fermented Black Bean Paste，*Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，For burns, scalds, and conditions caused by foul odors resulting in swelling and pain.

Shunrong Decoction，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with blood stasis, blood clots, or masses (jiazheng), characterized by a distended abdomen with a palpable mass and throbbing pain, without alternating chills and fever over a prolonged period.

Xiangfu Decoction，From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 91), citing *The Family Treasure of Health Preservation*.，Sudden stroke.

Queen Mother’s Peach，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，

Two Winter Decoction Paste，*A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Whooping cough.

Liver-Soothing, Lung-Regulating, and Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For coughs.