Pain-Relieving and Labor-Assisting Decoction

Quansheng Zhibao Pill，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For men with kidney deficiency and seminal emission, accompanied by lower back and leg pain; and for women with postpartum deficiency of blood and qi, accompanied by mental weakness.

Pufferfish Soup，From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.，

Yiyuan Qibao Dan，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，

Ju Gong Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 15.，

Clove Qi-Harmonizing Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For qi stagnation in the diaphragm with phlegm accumulation, vomiting, and loss of appetite; as well as for stagnant masses and abdominal distension.

Pill Decoction of Pinellia and Ten Herbs，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，Epidemic diseases. If a decoction of eight ingredients, including raw reed root, is administered and the symptoms persist without abating—with the patient gradually losing appetite, the chest and abdomen becoming hard and knotted to the touch, and at times, … Read more

Pearl and Cowhage Throat Powder，Volume 1 of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.，Swelling, pain, and erosion of the throat, mouth, and tongue.

Deer Antler Porridge，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，

Pill for Warming Qi, Dispelling Cold, and Tonifying the Lower Jiao，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 341.，For scanty urination during pregnancy.

Enhanced Bu Zhong Decoction，*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，In cases of extreme debility in children, or when diarrhea leads to chronic convulsions with cold extremities.

Processed Eggs，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，

Tong Shen San，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 37); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 70).，For nosebleeds that persist day and night, pallor of the face, and drowsiness and confusion.

Sea Leek Powder，*Experienced Effective Formulas*.，For edema due to deficiency syndrome.

Yang-Tonifying and Qi-Nourishing Pills，From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，

Green Bamboo and Soybean Oil，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 71.，For itchy skin sores.

Malaria-Curing Wine，*Essential Techniques for the Common People*, Volume 7.，For all types of malaria.

Pill for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Men with extreme yang deficiency who struggle to conceive suffer from an excessive and intense “ministerial fire” that scorches the true yin, leading to extreme yang—which becomes hyperactive; or they may be excessively rigid, causing an imbalance between victory and defeat, resulting in childlessness.

Divine Formula for Dysphagia，*Compendium of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 5.，For dysphagia.

The Extraordinary Six-God Pill，From *Essential Prescriptions for the Preservation of Children’s Health*, cited in Volume 978 of the *Yongle Dadian*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, accompanied by excessive salivation and stagnant qi.

Modified Xiao Chengqi Decoction，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，When the heat-toxin of cold damage has spread to the interior, causing excessive internal heat and obstruction in the central region, with no aversion to cold externally, but only red eyes, a red tongue coating, and a洪大 pulse that is not very forceful—particularly in patients with … Read more

Chai-Qin Qing-Ge Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.，Shāoyáng exterior pathogen, internally stagnant in the diaphragm region; burning sensation above the diaphragm; chills and fever resembling malaria; restlessness and irritability; constipation.

Decoction for Clearing Obstructions and Transforming Turbidity，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Distension of the small intestine. Distension in the lower abdomen, radiating to the lower back with pain.

Wu Ointment，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 30 of *Wai Tai*.，For all types of sores.

Zhenxi Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For epidemic diseases in all four seasons, characterized by macules and rashes, sore throat, swelling and pain, delirium and rambling speech, general fatigue, and all symptoms of summer heat.

Yangdan Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For stroke and cold-induced fever, with a floating pulse, intermittent fever, sweating, aversion to wind, stiffness in the neck, nasal congestion, and dry retching.