Pain-Relieving Decoction

Bai Feng Decoction，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Limpness in the limbs; pain in the joints.

Half-Side Powder，From *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 41), citing *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，Water Retention.

Sweat-Inducing Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 19; name cited in *A Rhinoceros-Horn Lamp Illuminating the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 7.，Qi deficiency and insufficiency, with depletion of body fluids; the patient frequently experiences spontaneous sweating that persists day and night, leading to progressive emaciation. Deficiency of the exterior, with profuse … Read more

Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life，From Volume 2 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, hemiplegia, or deficiency-cold in the lower body, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the feet and knees, erectile dysfunction, women’s red or white leukorrhea, … Read more

Qi-Regulating and Vitality-Restoring Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Phlegm-fluid retention, stagnation of blood and qi, food stagnation, impaired ascension and descent of qi, and distending pain from masses.

Xiaohou Pills，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Asthma.

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.

Green Duck Soup，*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.，For ten types of water-related ailments that do not heal.

Compassionate Rescue Pill，From *Dianyao Fang*, cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 375.，For acute and chronic convulsions.

Rhinoceros Horn Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 12 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For childhood convulsions, epilepsy, and mental confusion.

Family Secret Li Zhong Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 10.，For vomiting due to cold invading the middle burner, where yin prevails and repels yang, preventing the absorption of medicine.

Musk and Toad Venom Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 283.，Effective for all types of boils and abscesses on the back, as well as internal toxins in carbuncles.

Mutton Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Indications: Depletion of true yang, exhaustion of the lower jiao, withered and dry ear lobes, sallow and dark complexion, heaviness in the lower back and weakness in the legs, and waning vital energy.

Pancreas-Clearing Formula No. 1，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing an empirical formula from Zunyi Medical University.，Acute pancreatitis of the liver qi stagnation type.

Suspended Hoof Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Rat-bite sores.

Nian Zhu Pills，From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8, citing *Zhang’s Essential and Effective Formulas*.，For a unilateral hernia with swelling and unbearable pain in the scrotum.

Triple Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For epidemic malaria characterized by more dampness than wind, severe chills with slight fever, and complete loss of appetite.

Ginseng, Angelica, and Cimicifuga Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For individuals with deficiency syndrome presenting with difficulty urinating.

Rehmannia and Ophiopogon Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 5). Name found in *Yibu Quanlu* (Vol. 422).，For children with alternating chills and fever, coughing and retching, masses in the diaphragm, regurgitation of milk, and loss of appetite.

Hua Tuo’s Formula for Rescuing Yang Deficiency，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 58.，Cold invading the Three Yang channels, manifesting as locked jaw and loss of voice; stiffness and rigidity of the limbs; spasms, cramps, and pain; symptoms resembling stroke or cold-induced collapse; blue lips and retracted scrotum; absence of pulse or sudden collapse; and … Read more

Oyster Shell and Fried Ginger Powder，*Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 2.，Cold-induced constipation, with obstruction of both urination and defecation, accompanied by distension.

Five Ginseng Powder，*Shenghui* (Volume 6).，For wind-toxin in the lungs causing skin sores resembling leprosy.

Spleen-Nourishing Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，When kidney water is depleted, stomach earth is deficient, and spleen fire rages, it leads to unstoppable spitting of blood; however, if only a mouthful is spat and not much more, the condition appears mild but is actually severe.

Emergency-Relief Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，For a boil on the back.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Rehmannia，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 318.，For women and young maidens with typhoid fever who have just begun or just ceased menstruation; they are lucid during the day but delirious at night, behaving as if seeing ghosts. It also treats cases where postpartum lochia has just begun but suddenly ceases.