Pills for Supporting the Elderly

Ten-Ingredient Tonifying Decoction，From *Ye’s Record of Proven Formulas*, cited in Volume 3 of *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*.，For various conditions of deficiency and weakness.

Gardenia and Artemisia Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 11.，Fever with jaundice, scanty and difficult urination, a full pulse, and thirst.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace and Rhubarb Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 73.，For abdominal masses.

Chicken Dung Liquor Drink，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 5.，For abdominal distension, inability to eat in the evening after eating in the morning, and a sensation of fullness and obstruction.

Angelica and Dragon’s Blood Pills，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 18.，For cases of internal accumulation of liver fire, impaired digestion due to deficient stomach qi, pain and distension in the flanks and abdomen, constipation, and a rapid, forceful pulse.

Zhu’s Xixin Powder，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，Heat in the Heart Meridian, manifested as sores in the mouth and on the tongue, white spots, and similar symptoms.

Xingxia Pills for Drying Dampness and Phlegm，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods*, Volume 2; name cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Treats damp phlegm; also treats leukorrhea caused by phlegm.

Pills for Treating Ascites with Fragrant Citron，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 21.，For abdominal distension accompanied by measles.

Pill for Regulating the Middle and Harmonizing the Stomach，From *Secrets of Health Preservation*, Volume 2.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, and disharmony of the central qi.

Formula for Garlic Poultice，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 182.，For bone-fire sores in children, which initially appear on the arms as reddish-black lesions.

Fei’er Pills，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For bloating due to food stagnation and internal heat accompanied by emaciation.

Secretly Transmitted “Zouma Tongsheng San”，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For the initial stage of a cold-pathogen invasion in typhoid fever, where the patient is robust but suffers from severe chills.

Eight Generals Pill，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Formulas for Ointments, Pills, and Powders for Home Use*.，For all cases of abscesses that fail to erupt, carbuncles that do not break through, and necrotic tissue that does not slough off.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Poria，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For cold-induced difficulty urinating, tidal fever, and abdominal distension.

Spider Dan Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 11).，Painful rectal prolapse in children caused by severe diarrhea. Also effective for adults.

Platycladus and Sanguisorba Decoction，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 3.，Red and white vaginal discharge, resulting in an inability to conceive.

Grand Tutor’s White Ointment，*Qianjin*, Volume 7.，For cold-induced throat discomfort, stiffness and pain in the head and neck, pain in the lower back, spine, and legs; for wind-induced arthralgia, dampness-induced swelling making it difficult to bend or stretch, and inability to walk; for dizziness, nasal congestion, polyps or sores caused by aconite, body rashes accompanied by … Read more

Areca Nut Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For edema with shortness of breath and chest tightness, and constipation.

Crab Juice，Formula from *Shenghui*, Volume 36; name cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 53.，Deafness.

Heart-Nourishing Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology: Postpartum Section*, Volume 2.，Postpartum instability of heart blood and restlessness of the mind.

Eight Winds Pill，From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.，Stroke, hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness in the hands and feet, slurred speech, and deviation of the mouth and eyes.

Rat Seed Detoxifying Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.，For cases of internal heat accumulation where smallpox scabs have not fallen off after a month and the eyes remain closed.

Secret Formula for Clearing Dizziness and Removing Cataracts Pills，From *Essential Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，For eye conditions involving corneal opacities.

Yinchen Xiehuang Decoction，From the *Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases* (Volume 6), citing a formula from Jiezhai.，Epidemic jaundice. Fever caused by an epidemic that has progressed to jaundice.

Divine Formula for Expelling Phlegm，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang* (Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Prefecture), Volume 1.，Phlegm-fire.