Phlegm-Clearing Pills

Decoction for Nourishing Dryness and Nourishing the Nutritive Qi，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 16.，Blood dryness, chapped and peeling skin, muscle spasms, and withered nails.

Chuanxiong-Danggui Pain-Relieving Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，Abdominal pain with a mass in women.

He-De Pills，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 81.，

Fire-Directing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Yin E. Fire from the Shao Yin Kidney rises upward, causing swelling and pain in the throat that is milder during the day and worse at night. A swelling also forms in the throat, resembling a Yang syndrome, but the pain is not severe. The patient feels … Read more

Enhanced Bamboo Sap Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 1.，Stroke; with intense wind-fire, gastric fluids unable to ascend, phlegm obstructing the orifices of the mind, leading to unconsciousness; this syndrome pertains to the viscera.

Wind-Dispelling Ointment，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For nodules forming in the throat and neck, as well as scrofula.

Emergency Wind Ointment，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 9 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，

Atractylodes Pill，From *Yi Bian*, Volume 1.，Deficiencies of qi and blood; various forms of debility and exhaustion; phlegm congestion and qi stagnation throughout the body; rheumatic paralysis; blurred vision; lower back pain and dizziness; stiffness in the hands and feet; difficulty walking; seminal emission; turbid and difficult urination; and, in women, vaginal discharge (red or white) … Read more

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Calming the Spirit，*Classification and Treatment of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，For epilepsy with fainting due to yin deficiency. Deficiency of both blood and qi, with occasional palpitations and dizziness.

Chaihu Qianghuo Decoction，From *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，Shào Yáng syndrome of epidemic fever.

Throat-Irrigating Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Throat Eczema. It occurs between the pharynx and larynx, causing throat pain. The condition invariably begins with itching, accompanied by a flushed face and hot ears that are unbearable. Subsequently, when swallowing saliva, one frequently feels dryness and must swallow repeatedly to find relief. Over time, a … Read more

Peach Twig Pills，From *Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Chest constriction.

Spotted Dragon Eight Generals Pill，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For paralysis and swelling caused by crickets and toads.

Shi Dan Decoction，From *Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 10.，Shoulder abscesses extending to the back often occur in people who engage in heavy physical labor and carrying loads, causing the qi and blood in the shoulders and back to become stagnant. When further exposed to cold, heat, wind, and dampness, blood stasis and heat combine to form a … Read more

Great Spleen-Warming Decoction，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 16 of *Wai Tai*.，Cold in the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to eat; undigested food in the stomach; rumbling, distension, and fullness in the abdomen; and occasional bouts of diarrhea.

Decoction for Leprosy Wind，*Essentials from the Crimson Sack*.，Epidemic Wind.

Frankincense Heart-Protecting Powder，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods: Supplementary Notes*, Volume 16.，

Four-Yellow Life-Saving Pill，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，During pregnancy, latent fire in the Heart and Spleen meridians rises upward, causing a swollen and painful tongue, or a “wooden tongue,” a “double tongue,” lips as if coated with cinnabar, a tongue with a soot-black halo, a tongue protruding beyond the teeth and lips … Read more

Dingli Dan，From *Selected Marvelous Ancient Formulas*, cited in Volume 396 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For children with chronic diarrhea that has not healed.

Star-Perilla Powder，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Various types of convulsions in children, with the mouth clenched shut and inability to speak.

Gardenia Seed Decoction，From *Gujin Yiche* (Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 3.，For heart pain that has persisted for some time, where cold stagnation has transformed into heat, manifesting as restlessness, sour vomiting, a flushed face, and a rapid pulse.

Bai Zhong Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 24), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，For vomiting alcohol after drinking or eating, retching and nausea, regurgitation of sour fluid, excessive phlegm and saliva, and phlegm obstruction causing shortness of breath.

Clove Cakes，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 18.，For spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, phlegm-reversal with vomiting, reduced appetite, five types of dysphagia, and gastric reflux with nausea.

Red Furnace Snow，From *New Book on Child Care*, Volume 6.，For smallpox lesions 6–7 days after the appearance of spots, in cases accompanied by phlegm.

Secretly Transmitted Divine Immortal Mass-Dissolving Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10 (Supplementary Collection of Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，In children, an imbalance between cold and heat, irregular breastfeeding, or consumption of raw and cold foods, fruits, or sticky foods can lead to a weak spleen and stomach that cannot digest properly. This impairs the … Read more