Pills to Calm the Spirit and Soothe the Heart

Hemp Pills，From *Qianjin Yueling*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 96.，For conditions following a stroke, characterized by wind obstruction and qi stagnation, yin deficiency and fluid depletion, hard and dry stools, emaciation, cold pain in the lower back and knees, weakness in the limbs, and generalized itching due to deficiency. Also for beriberi and all wind-related … Read more

Six-Ingredient Decoction with Ginseng and Ophiopogon Powder，*Discussions on the Treatment of Smallpox*.，For smallpox cases with fever and mild thirst; or when the smallpox rash is accompanied by persistent wheezing and unrelenting thirst.

Aged Rice Malt Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 153.，For women with cold stagnation and blood clots in the abdomen, weakness and bloating, irregular menstruation, emaciation with inability to eat, and a sallow complexion resembling that of a corpse.

Yuping Powder，*The Great Exposition on Cold Damage*, Volume 1.，For those with qi deficiency in the exterior accompanied by aversion to cold.

Yellow Rat Ointment，Formula taken from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 5), citing a formula by the Yao family; the name appears in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 325).，Mastitis.

Apricot-Ginseng Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, shortness of breath and wheezing, inability to lie down or sleep due to labored breathing, and mental confusion.

Fragrant Pill，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，Bad breath.

Nao Yanghua Powder，From *The Complete Collection of the Blue Sack*, Volume 1.，For loss of consciousness, clenched jaws, and a body as cold as ice.

Fire-Relieving and Heart-Nourishing Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum yin deficiency with internal heat, presenting as a state resembling madness but not true madness, is a case of “false madness” caused by blood deficiency and should not be regarded as a pattern of excess.

Jin Huang Bao Long Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Yuxian Formula).，For convulsions and spasms, clenched jaw, wheezing, and coughing; umbilical wind and epilepsy; and fetal toxicity with phlegm-heat.

Pills for Regulating the Stomach and Promoting Appetite，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 2.，Disharmony of spleen and stomach qi, resulting in loss of appetite.

Five-Spirit Pill，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，Snakebites.

San’ao Decoction，*Commentary on Measles*, Volume 1.，External invasion by wind-cold; internal attack by measles toxin.

Qionghua Paste，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Effective for sycamore-berry sores, toxic nodules causing pain in the tendons and bones, all types of lower back and leg pain, and various toxic and malignant sores.

Tongxiang Pills，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 15.，A child is mute and unable to speak.

Atractylodes and Poria Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, dry retching, belching, and acid regurgitation, undigested food, borborygmi and diarrhea, alcohol-induced fluid retention, vomiting of phlegm and foam, and dizziness and blurred vision.

Tissue-Regenerating White Ointment，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 29 of *Wai Tai*.，For gunshot wounds.

Jurchen Powder，*Yi Shuo*, Volume 9, citing *Ming Yi Lu*.，Mental distress and resentment, resulting in a darkened complexion.

Zhishi-Houpo Decoction，From *Formulas for the Family School*.，For abdominal distension or constipation due to dry stools.

Preparation Method for Qingjin Dan，*Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For coughs caused by phlegm-fire.

Pinellia and Poria Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 22.，For mania and delirium with a string-like and slippery pulse.

Shuangju Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，Postpartum lower back pain.

Hemiplegia Powder，From *Collection of Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，For hemicrania.

Toxin-Extracting Decoction，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants*, Volume 2.，For wind-heat toxins rising upward, causing swelling and pain in the head and neck, convulsions, and the appearance of rashes.

Phlegm-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Powder，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，For headaches caused by alcohol consumption, regardless of whether they occur on the left or right side, accompanied by a floating, long, and forceful pulse.