Platycodon and Scrophularia Decoction

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing the Lungs，*The Jade Key*, Volume 1.，A white, rotten-looking coating forms in the throat—known as “white coating on the throat.” At onset, there may or may not be fever; the nose is dry and the lips are parched; there may or may not be a cough; a clear nasal passage … Read more

Xanthium Pill，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 3.，For rheumatic pain in the hands and feet.

Seven Treasures Pills，From *Bo Ji*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 33.，White leukorrhea.

Golden Thread Bone-Setting Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 309.，Fractures.

Bolecai Porridge，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，

Zi Xia Dan for Treating Toxins，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Hangzhou Formula).，For boils and abscesses on the back, unexplained swellings and toxic sores, hard lumps and nodules—whether already formed without swelling or diffuse swelling that has not ruptured—as well as injuries from falls or blows.

The Huainan King’s Secret Formula for Abstaining from Grain and Attaining Immortality，*Shenghui*, Volume 94.，

Thousand-Li Water-Carrying Reed，*Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 1.，For heatstroke.

Amber Ointment for Treating Masses，From *The Song of Preserving Life: Summary*, Volume 27.，For abdominal masses.

Lychee and Tangerine Seed Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 11.，(Hernia).

Kidney Qi Pills，*The Golden Cabinet* (Jin Gui), Volume Lower.，Deficiency of kidney yang, manifested as low back pain and weak legs; a constant sensation of cold in the lower body; tightness and cramping in the lower abdomen; difficulty urinating or, conversely, excessive urination; a pale, swollen tongue; a weak pulse that is deep and fine at … Read more

Tian Gen Yue Ku Ointment，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 5.，For those with damage to both Yin and Yang in the Lower Jiao and impairment of the Eight Extra Meridians, where recovery is not immediate but the stomach qi remains robust and there are no signs of damp-heat; for men suffering from … Read more

Yin-Nourishing Pills，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Liver heat causing atrophy and weakness; dry and tight tendons and fascia.

Dry Lotus and Plantain Seed Decoction，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 2).，Blood in the urine.

Anzhong Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 23.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, resulting in reduced intake of milk and food.

Enhanced Eucommia Internal Dissolution Pills，From *The Song of Preserving Life: Summary*, Volume 16.，When kidney deficiency is invaded by pathogenic factors, causing latent pain, the left side of the groin may become enlarged, or damp sores may develop, oozing pus and fluid.

Harmonizing Qi Pills，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For unmarried girls aged 13–14 with blood stasis, where menstruation has begun but suddenly ceases, accompanied by fever, pain, restlessness, a bitter taste in the mouth, a flushed face, fluctuating chills and fever, and dizziness or blurred vision.

Purple Clay Powder，From *Effective Emergency Remedies*.，For all types of sore throat, tonsillitis (whether one or both tonsils affected), and toothache.

Menstrual-Regulating and Motherwort Pills，From *The Collection of Treading on Frost*, Volume 2.，For cases of masses accompanied by amenorrhea.

Lead丹 Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 182.，For malignant sores in children.

Cholagogue and Jaundice-Relieving Decoction，Formula by Xiong Liaosheng, cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Yang-type jaundice.

Tuoli Chonghe Decoction，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 15.，Ulcers and sores fall into the category of being half-yin and half-yang—seeming to ulcerate but not yet ulcerated, seeming to swell but not yet swollen—resulting from deficiency of original qi and a failure to provide adequate tonification and support.

Five-Spice Atractylodes Powder，*De Xiao*, Volume 19.，Lung abscess.

Radish Tea，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 2.，For lung heat complicated by wind-cold, presenting with sore throat and dry cough.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 41.，Excessive heat in the liver, with redness, dryness, and pain in both eyes; heaviness in the head and restlessness; and stagnation in the upper burner.