Pill for Chronic and Persistent Illnesses

Turnip Seed Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，

Ginseng and Tangerine Peel Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 82); name cited in *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy* (Vol. 11).，For infants vomiting milk.

Wusheng Pills，From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 15.，Thins the fetus, promotes smooth labor, and facilitates delivery.

Shengxi Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Facial heat alone.

Decoction for Transforming Sweat into Fluids，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，In cases of extreme heat in the small intestine, where sweat pours from the upper chest like rain, yet there is no sweating in the limbs or elsewhere.

Scabies Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Fushun Formula).，For dry sores, purulent scabies, syphilitic scabies, damp scabies, broken skin, painful and itchy pustules, and oozing lesions.

Zi Tong Sang Bai Pi Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 10.，For the three types of thirst-related diseases: excessive thirst with scant urination, or spontaneous urination without thirst; emaciated skin and flesh; and fatigue in the limbs.

Gypsum Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 78.，Persistent thirst following dysentery.

Intestinal-Moistening and Heat-Clearing Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.，Following the resolution of alcohol-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, the patient experiences constipation, distension upon urination, and, despite a slight increase in food intake, persists with phlegm, dry mouth, and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Apple Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Medical Bureau*, Volume 2.，For typhoid fever and epidemic plagues, presenting with headache, stiff neck, high fever with chills, stiffness and pain in the lower back and limbs, flushed face, dry throat, vomiting, restlessness, and thirst.

Rhinoceros Horn Ointment，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2.，Effective for five types of skin eruptions, malignant sores, tubercles, scrofula, malnutrition-induced fistulas, and abscesses and hemorrhoids.

Licorice, Platycodon, and Gardenia Decoction，*Complete Record of Medical Works*, Volume 493.，Restlessness and insomnia due to smallpox.

Ganlu Ointment，Quoted from *Experienced Universal Relief Formulas with Modifications* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Vol. 11412.，Effective for all eye diseases, including blurred vision, corneal opacities, redness, swelling, itching, and pain.

Miraculous Corneal Opacity-Removing Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 78.，White opacities, red opacities.

White Calcite Decoction，*Ghost Remnants*, Volume 3.，For a back abscess that has already ruptured but continues to discharge.

Yingyan Da Lao Dan，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 223.，

Muscle-Relaxing Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, cited in Volume 154 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，Pain throughout the body and stiffness in the limbs caused by wind invading the blood.

Zhishi Decoction for Resolving Stagnation and Transforming Toxins，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，Excessive dietary indiscretion during measles, resulting in abdominal fullness, distension, and pain.

Five Trichosanthes Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，Regardless of whether menstruation is regular or irregular, taking this for 1–2 months will result in pregnancy.

Great Tonifying Rehmannia Pills，*Zhunsheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of essence and blood, with dry heat.

Gold Foil and Amber Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 5.，For wind-induced heart disorder characterized by confusion, dizziness, palpitations, and incessant speech.

Enhanced Si Ling Decoction，From *Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 26.，For women with diffuse swelling of the vulva and a string-like pulse.

Great Purple Gold Pill，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, with inability to sit or stand; for typhoid fever where sweating does not occur, accompanied by twitching of the lower back and legs; for postpartum flaccid paralysis in women, with weakness in the feet and knees; for injuries from falls or … Read more

Qinjiao-Shengma Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 8).，Stroke affecting the Yangming meridians of the hands and feet, characterized by deviation of the mouth and eyes, aversion to wind and cold, and stiffness of the limbs.

Modified Qianjin Sishi Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For spleen and stomach disorders.