Otter Ash Formula

Jian Dan Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，For deficiency and timidity of gallbladder qi, palpitations, and a restless, pounding sensation in the heart, as if someone were about to seize one.

Kidney-Tonifying Diamond Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).，For kidney deficiency with depletion of essence, weakness of tendons and bones, heaviness in the lower back and knees, unbearable pain, weakness in the limbs, and difficulty walking.

Tong Sheng Shuang Xing Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 14.，For injuries caused by wind, cold, heat, or dampness—whether manifesting as constriction or dispersion—that cause stagnation and congealing of qi and blood, leading to tissue decay and pus formation, and the accumulation of stagnation into boils and abscesses that may occur anywhere.

Angelica Decoction Pills，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 73.，Frequent urination at night.

Decoction for Dispersing Ulcers，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 90.，For tuberculous nodules in children.

Decoction of Cinnamon and Ephedra with Adjustments (Equal Parts)，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For headaches caused by concurrent invasion of wind and cold, accompanied by fever, aversion to cold, pain in all the limbs and joints, or stiffness and pain in the lower back and spine, with the six pulses floating, full, and rapid.

Four Substances Decoction for Inducing Labor，*The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For transverse or breech presentation.

Six-Grind Decoction，From *Essential Formulas for Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 2, citing *Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*.，For emotional stagnation, epigastric fullness and obstruction, shortness of breath, and dysuria.

Heart-Nourishing Pill，From *Huoren Xintong*, Volume 2.，Deficiency of heart blood; loss of mental clarity; restlessness; confusion; palpitations; forgetfulness.

Ginseng and Sichuan Pepper Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 36.，Gastric malaria with abdominal distension.

Rescue-the-Essence Decoction，From *Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 1.，Vomiting more than one dou of blood, with both fresh and stagnant blood expelled.

Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Resolving Toxins，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox with damp-heat, where the lesions have turned grayish-white and emit a foul odor.

Malnutrition Accumulation Cake，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.，For children suffering from the five types of malnutrition and various forms of indigestion, characterized by a distended abdomen with visible blue veins, a sallow complexion, emaciation, poor appetite, and symptoms such as diarrhea, dysentery, or abdominal pain.

Lung-Tonifying Tussilago Powder，From *Shenqiao Wanquan Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Yifang Leiju*.，Qi deficiency of the lungs causing weakness, trembling of the hands and feet, and reduced appetite.

Dragon Bone Rescue Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 11.，In cases of typhoid fever with a floating pulse, if the physician employs excessive heat therapy, excessive sweating will inevitably lead to yang depletion, causing delirium and restlessness, with the patient unable to lie down or get up in peace.

Yihong Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, particularly prolonged and unstoppable uterine bleeding.

Pain-Relieving and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Lin Rugao’s Experience in Bone Setting*.，For recent injuries with qi stagnation and blood stasis.

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.

Frankincense and Papaya Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，Effective for all types of pain caused by beriberi, weakness and limpness in the legs and knees, difficulty walking, and inability to bend or straighten the limbs.

Stomach-Regulating Pill，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 28, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，For children with diarrhea, dysentery, or abdominal pain caused by intestinal parasites.

Pojie Pills，*The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women experiencing amenorrhea due to excessive consumption of raw, cold, sour, or astringent foods.

Qi-Nourishing and Vitality-Strengthening Decoction，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 1.，Indicated for symptoms such as nocturnal emission with leukorrhea, sandy urine, itching and pain in the penis, and soreness in the lower back and knees.

Kidney-Tonifying and Chong Vessel-Strengthening Pills，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a formula by Luo Yuankai.，For threatened miscarriage and habitual miscarriage with warning symptoms.

Luo Shen San，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，Pain in the lower back and waist, cramping in the lower abdomen, difficulty urinating, spontaneous sweating, deafness, impotence, and cold feet.

Yijingjin Powder，From *Yang’s Family-Treasure Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For hemorrhoids with toxic discharge oozing pus that persists for a long time, or those that have hardened into red, swollen lumps causing unbearable pain.