Pleuralitis Decoction No. 1

Ginseng and Fritillary Powder，From *The Complete Book of Measles*, Volume 3.，Measles occurring after smallpox.

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Nourishing the Blood，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 7.，Manic-depressive disorder.

Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Decoction，*Medical Case Records of Ma Peizhi*.，Rising anger, aversion to cold and heat, and sores and ulcers caused by wind-heat in the liver and gallbladder.

Cinnamon Twig and Astragalus Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，In cases of yellow sweat, the lower legs feel cold. If the body feels heavy but the heaviness subsides immediately after sweating, the patient will eventually experience body twitching; once twitching occurs, chest pain follows, and sweating will occur from the waist up but not below. … Read more

Method for Preparing Lingwu Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For infantile fetal wind, various forms of epilepsy, strabismus, excessive salivation with choking, inability to swallow, pulling of the mouth and eyes, and rigidity of the body.

Epilepsy Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For epilepsy caused by excessive phlegm and saliva, characterized by clenched jaws, unconsciousness, eyes rolling upward, and opisthotonos.

Golden-Coated Precious Ingot，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For children suffering from indigestion or milk-induced distress, food or fluid retention, vomiting, constipation or difficulty urinating, and poor digestion.

Dried Pork Liver，*Secrets of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Cataracts.

Modified Chaihu Siwu Decoction，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Malaria suffered before pregnancy that has not resolved after childbirth.

Enhanced Decoction for Clearing Heat and Draining Dampness，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Pregnancy-related damp-heat syndrome, with dampness in the Taiyin channel that has already transformed into heat; symptoms include aversion to cold with internal heat, heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes, aching pain in the limbs and joints, and fullness and oppression in the … Read more

Fennel and Wuyao Decoction，*Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 13.，For hernias arising from an initial invasion of cold pathogenic factors or a combined invasion of cold and dampness, where the condition has not yet developed into heat.

Phlegm-Expelling Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Phlegm obstructs the upper jiao and fails to circulate.

Dragon Bone Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 26.，For various types of purulent ear infections in children.

Fu-Xiong Powder，From *Resolving the Root of Illness*, Volume 4.，Leprosy, numbness of the skin and flesh on the fingers and toes, patchy lesions, and lumps.

He Che Pills，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，For deficiency-related wasting diseases and consumptive fever, which are invariably accompanied by emaciation, a red tongue, and red cheeks.

Su Yin Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 4.，For all cases of phlegm-fire and loss of voice due to consumption.

Epimedium and Goji Berry Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 33.，For smallpox lesions that have not formed pus.

Quanqi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.，For generalized swelling and shortness of breath.

Taiyuan Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For cases of deficiency of both qi and blood with fetal instability, characterized by faint and weak pulses in all six positions, mental confusion, fatigue, and all signs of deficiency.

Fangji Huangqi Decoction，*Essentials of the Golden Chamber*，Tonifies qi, dispels wind, strengthens the spleen, and promotes diuresis. Indicated for wind-water or rheumatic conditions resulting from superficial deficiency and instability. Symptoms include sweating, aversion to wind, heaviness of the body with slight swelling, or pain in the joints; difficulty urinating; a pale tongue with a white coating; … Read more

Shuyu Pills，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 4.，For all cases of qi stagnation.

Disinfecting Powder and Blood-Clearing Decoction，From *The Precious Treasure for the Treatment of Smallpox in Children*, Volume 4.，Sudden abdominal pain during the “dian” stage of smallpox. This is caused by stagnation of heat-toxin and pain resulting from blood stasis; the pain is localized in the middle of the abdomen.

Method for Decocting Aconite Root，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Wang Jiyuan.，

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Liu Junzi Decoction，From *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For women who are overweight with qi deficiency and phlegm obstructing the meridians, resulting in delayed menstruation that is scanty and difficult to pass.

Three-Cause Mysterious Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Pulmonary distension. Shortness of breath preventing lying down; shallow breathing while leaning on the shoulder; lifting the body and drawing in the abdomen; pain in the shoulders and back radiating to the Qubin area; the pulse at the cun position is markedly large, or may present as … Read more