Pills for Longevity and Health

Liver-Regulating, Tendon-Relaxing, and Hardness-Softening Pills，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Indicated for deficiency of kidney yin, stagnation of liver qi, concurrent damage to the spleen and stomach, lower back pain with loose stools, shooting pain in both flanks, hiccups and belching, and fullness and distension epigastrically.

Cough-Relieving and Asthma-Calming Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases of cold damage or warm diseases where the intense heat of the Yangming channel has subsided, and the patient is either inherently deficient, elderly, or physically frail; or presents with shortness of breath, cough, or excessive phlegm, with breathing appearing severely inadequate.

Five-Pills Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 62.，Swelling of the gums extending to the throat.

Stomach-Clearing Gypsum Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Rashes*, Volume 5.，In children, following measles, with black and gangrenous tooth sores.

Qili Ding，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 1.，For abdominal pain associated with measles, regurgitation, dysphagia, nausea, and vomiting.

Ginseng and Astragalus Spleen-Tonifying Decoction，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Lung abscess with spleen qi deficiency, characterized by prolonged coughing with purulent sputum, or epigastric fullness and loss of appetite. Lung abscess.

Medicine for Watery Eyes，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*.，Various eye ailments.

Mulberry, Orange, and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Yi Ji*, Volume 7.，Pathogenic factors invade the Lung Meridian; stagnant heat transforms into fire, or Wood and Fire overcome Metal, resulting in blood in the phlegm.

Astragalus and White Jujube Seed Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，Palpitations; damage to the waist and kidneys in men.

Restoring Yang and Regenerating Tissue Powder，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For chronic cold sores that refuse to heal.

Five-Bark Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For spleen dampness and weak stomach, epigastric fullness and abdominal distension, edema of the limbs, and difficulty urinating.

Mulberry Root Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 158.，For cases following a miscarriage during pregnancy, characterized by unstoppable bleeding, fullness and pain in the chest, flanks, heart, and abdomen, and severe, intermittent chills and fever.

Enhanced Safflower Powder，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For postpartum blood fainting due to blood stasis with a predominance of heat pathogen: flushed face; mental confusion and clenched jaw, possibly leading to loss of consciousness; chest fullness and restlessness; hardness and tenderness in the lower abdomen that resists pressure; retained lochia; constipation; red tongue with a thin … Read more

Menstrual Regulation and Edema-Relieving Decoction，From *Direct Pointers to Hao Jing*.，For women who have first experienced cessation of menstruation, followed by swelling.

Pine Resin Formula，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Deafness.

Anal-Tightening Powder，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For heat-induced diarrhea with rectal prolapse and hemorrhoids.

Decoction for Hemorrhoids，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 8.，For hemorrhoids that have become black, hard, and fissured after the application of drying agents.

Cinnamon Heart Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 152.，Irregular menstruation that has developed into leukorrhea.

Fangfeng Tongsheng San，*Compendium of Miasma Disorders*, Volume 4.，In cases of measles where the exterior, interior, and triple burner are all excess, presenting with drowsiness, high fever, red eyes, a dry tongue, and sore throat.

Three-God Oil，Formula from *Guang Bi Ji*, Volume 3; name cited in *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Sores from sitting on hard surfaces, and all types of malignant sores.

Male Black Soybean Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 68.，For pain from traumatic wounds with uncontrolled bleeding.

Yizhi Hezhong Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，For dietary indiscretion and fatigue.

Ginseng and Coptis Decoction for Opening a Locked Jaw，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 42.，For lockjaw dysentery where purgation is contraindicated.

Bone-Penetrating Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For bone-adhering ulcers, also known as “contracted-foot ulcers,” where the skin color remains unchanged but the area is swollen, hard, and painful.

Coptis Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 67.，After an umbilical abscess has ruptured, with long-standing damp-heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, the navel area is neither painful nor swollen but is intensely itchy, with occasional discharge of yellow fluid.