Peony and Coptis Decoction

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Dried Ginger and Oyster Shell，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For epigastric fullness and distension in the chest and flanks.

Hemorrhoid-Eliminating Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Zhui Chuang San，*Collection of Inherited Surgical Techniques*.，For all types of sores, wounds, scabies, and ringworm.

Harmonizing the Middle and Tonifying Qi Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，Wheezing, cough, and swelling.

Danggui Qingying Decoction，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases*, Middle Volume.，For wind-heat and blood-heat dryness in the Liver and Gallbladder meridians, causing muscle spasms and nodules, breast pain and fullness, as well as all symptoms of liver fire affecting the ears and neck.

Zhengqi Ginseng Paste，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 395.，For children with spleen-stomach qi deficiency, abdominal pain due to cold in the middle burner, diarrhea, vomiting, inability to tolerate breast milk or food, nighttime crying, frequent startling during sleep, vomiting and passing roundworms, and restlessness and mental confusion due to deficiency.

Jade Stone Stomach-Clearing Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，The stomach is affected by dry heat, causing body fluids to become depleted; the patient experiences intense thirst and gulps down fluids.

Three-Root Decoction，*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For chronic dysentery that has not healed for a long time.

Decoction for Restoring Qi and Reviving Yang，*Guide to Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 7.，For postpartum shortness of breath without pain caused by blood clots.

Pomegranate Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 78.，For chronic diarrhea leading to wasting syndrome, with white stools and failure of food to nourish the flesh and skin.

Seven Sages Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in winter, where pathogenic factors cause stagnation of liver qi that fails to disperse; whenever the pathogen is lodged between the half-exterior and half-interior stages, presenting with cold extremities, a pale face, and cold hands, while the feet are hot.

Great Warming White Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For anger, resentment, and pent-up emotions leading to stagnation of the Triple Burner Qi, with a sensation of blockage in the throat and esophagus, distension of the flanks, pain in the chest and abdomen, shortness of breath and wheezing, regurgitation and vomiting, and loss of appetite; as well … Read more

Zhanlu Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Fever at night; initially with scattered beads of sweat, which gradually increase; over time, profuse sweating occurs every night, ceasing at the fifth watch.

Danggui Hua Decoction，*Compendium of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，In cases of internal cataracts caused by shock or tremors—whether from being struck by another person, suffering a blow, or falling from a height to a lower level—resulting in blurred vision lasting 2–3 years: the cataract may appear larger when viewed in dim light and smaller in bright light, … Read more

Lime Formula，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 14.，Chronic cold accumulation in the large intestine, resulting in long-standing rectal prolapse.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Draining Dampness，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 27.，For obese women with dampness-obstruction-induced infertility and a string-like and slow pulse.

Orange Peel Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Direct Pointers* (Vol. 5).，Sudden loss of voice; voice choked and unable to speak. Various types of stabbing pain, as well as initial symptoms resulting from exposure to wind, cold, heat, or dampness. Also effective for conditions caused by excessive alcohol or food, … Read more

Black Bean and Licorice Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 3.，A form of “big-head plague” caused by an underlying injury from damp-heat and the stagnation of toxic qi rising to attack the head and neck. Symptoms include aversion to cold and high fever, stiffness of the neck and heaviness of the body, swelling … Read more

Tiao Yuan San，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For children with “bianzheng” syndrome, spleen deficiency preventing breastfeeding, frequent regurgitation of milk and excessive crying, with signs of impending “slow convulsions.”

Ham and Red Yeast Rice Powder，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 7).，Spleen-related diarrhea.

Five-Flower Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 17.，Generalized bleeding.

Qianghuo Dampness-Removing Decoction，From *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，Wind and dampness combine, causing pain throughout the entire body.

Xianghuai Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 42.，Intestinal wind.

Cooling and Fire-Dispelling Decoction，*Collected Essays on Medical Exploration*, Volume 6.，For sudden-onset conjunctivitis characterized by redness, swelling, and pain.

Gardenia and Honeysuckle Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，For severe heat in the lung and stomach, characterized by sores in the mouth and on the tongue, swollen and painful gums, red eyes and dizziness, swollen and painful throat, hemoptysis and epistaxis, and severe constipation.