Pills for Various Coughs

Shengma Fabao Decoction，From *Six Treatises on Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，For a true case of shanghan occurring in the winter months, presenting with headache, fever, aversion to cold, stiffness of the spine, a floating and tight pulse, absence of sweat, a headache as if split by an axe, and the body feeling as if ablaze.

Xianmao Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Deficiency and cold of vital energy, impotence and weak knees, low back pain with numbness and stiffness, and various deficiency syndromes.

Chicken Lung Powder，From *The Precious Manual of Medical Examination*, Volume 4.，For eye conditions caused by malnutrition, characterized by the formation of a white membrane or white opacity.

Perilla and Cyperus Decoction，From *Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 12.，Damp-heat beriberi.

Pepper and Angelica Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Vaginal Itching During Pregnancy. After a woman becomes pregnant, if she engages in excessive sexual activity without restraint, the accumulation of yang essence may cause itching.

Qi-Regulating Xiaoyao Powder，*Collected Works on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Mammary fullness.

Women’s Black Hair Pill，From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Reducing Fever，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，For sudden redness of the eye meridians, pathogenic heat attacking the eyelids, swelling and stasis in the conjunctiva forming sores, ulceration of the canthus, and symptoms that fluctuate between improvement and relapse.

Fumai Decoction，*Essentials for the Medical Profession*, Middle Volume.，

Cinnamon Twig, Ginger, Poria, and Oyster Shell Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，Excessive uterine bleeding.

Pai Guan San，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，For children who cannot speak after a seizure has subsided.

Ginseng, Licorice, Cinnamon, Aconite, Safflower, and Indigo Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，For smallpox or carbuncles that are hard as stone.

Su Xin Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 4.，There is a person suffering from a form of mental stupor who spends the entire day shut indoors, muttering to himself, often in an incomprehensible manner. He sews his own clothes tightly shut with needle and thread. When given food and drink, he sometimes eats and sometimes does … Read more

Xingfu Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，For abdominal masses and intermittent pain in the elderly and children.

Ginger, Poria, Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction，*Explanation of the Classic of Warm-Heat Diseases*.，For cold-damp diarrhea with pure white stools.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction without Pinellia, with Added Ginseng and Trichosanthes Decoction，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For fever accompanied by thirst.

Er Lian Decoction，From *New Book on Treating Illnesses at Home*.，For infantile “fetal toxin” sores and boils, as well as all types of skin ulcers.

Huanglian Jiedu Combined with Xijiao Dihuang Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Warm-Heat and Summer-Heat Epidemics*, Volume 1.，For warm-toxin-induced rashes with a purplish hue.

Xianglian Duoxia Pills，From *Yonglei Lingfang*, Volume 21, citing *Guanjian Daquan Liangfang*.，For bloody and white dysentery.

Modified Yinyu Wine，From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 3, citing *Formulas for Resolving Confusion*.，For women suffering from “thief wind” (a type of wind-induced disorder), hemiplegia, paralysis of one side of the body, dry muscles, gradual wasting away, or occasional aching pain.

Erba Tongxuan Dan，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 30, citing a formula by Master Mei Dong.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Formula for Dispelling Wind and Activating the Meridians via Compress，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Facial paralysis.

Chengqi Shenghua Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，Postpartum gastric dryness leading to loss of body fluids and constipation.

Pungent-Cool Dual-Dissolving Decoction，*Treatment of Autumn Fever*.，For Taiyin Autumn Heat, after taking a pungent-cool formula to clear and resolve fluid retention, the external pathogen has diminished and latent heat has been expelled outward; however, there is heat but no chills, accompanied by coughing and wheezing with thick, greasy phlegm, mild throat pain, red eyes with excessive … Read more

Artemisia and Perilla Leaf Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，Yang-type jaundice. No sweat on the exterior, but with body heat.