Plum Porridge

Changshan Seven-Treasure Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.，For malaria in robust individuals.

Soul-Retaining Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，Extreme spleen exhaustion.

Qingjin Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jilin Formula).，Indicated for lung heat with wheezing and cough, expectoration of phlegm or blood, and external wind-cold invasion.

White Snake Wine，From *Useful Formulas*, cited in *The Great Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 13879.，For wind-induced paralysis, pain in the bone marrow, lower back, and legs, and slight difficulty walking; accompanied by wandering wind-toxin causing uncontrollable itching and pain of the skin.

Kudzu and Fermented Soybean Porridge，*Shenghui* (Volume 17).，For a febrile illness lasting one day, characterized by high fever, headache, aching muscles and bones, stiffness in the back, slight chill in the mouth, nose, hands, and feet, and reddish-yellow urine.

Cinnabar and Agarwood Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 9.，For chronic, latent cold and stagnation, as well as distension caused by inhaling cold air, sudden pain in the chest and abdomen, stabbing pain in the flanks, and menstrual pain in women.

Large and Small Anise Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For heat-induced hernias.

Gardenia and Five Ling Powder，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 88.，Umbilical Protrusion in Children.

Seven-Qi Decoction，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.，For chronic, long-standing damage that has penetrated the meridians, where medication has proven ineffective; characterized by stiffness and tightness in the lower back and spine, coughing with phlegm, episodes of wind-induced fatigue, progressive emaciation, and recurrence of the condition every autumn.

Lung-Clearing, Fire-Suppressing, and Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For cough with yellow phlegm, sore throat, dry mouth and tongue, constipation, and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, as well as toothache.

Siwu Pills，From *Fan Wang’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 12 of *Wai Tai*.，Mass accumulation in the chest and abdomen, difficulty digesting bitter foods, fullness in the chest and flanks.

Qi-Regulating Four-Reversal Powder，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，When the pathogenic factors of Shanghan transmit to the Shaoyin channel, fire is restrained by water, causing yang qi to become internally stagnant and unable to manifest externally. Water qi surges upward and drains downward, leading to cold extremities, dry cough, palpitations, loose stools, scanty urination, abdominal … Read more

Nasal Passage-Opening Pills，From *Pian Yu Xin Shu*, Volume 5.，For sudden deafness due to qi obstruction.

Beauty-Enhancing Ointment，From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 4.，For alopecia in children and leprosy sores.

Peony, Licorice, and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cases of typhoid fever where, after sweating, both yin and yang are deficient, resulting in a return of aversion to cold; or for cases of skin ulcers where sweating has caused spasms; or for cases where the disease has not resolved after sweating, with clear urine, normal … Read more

Schizonepeta Porridge，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with stroke presenting with facial asymmetry, constipation and difficulty passing urine, and restlessness with fever.

Modified Wubi Decoction，*Songs on Preserving Life* (Baoming Gejue), Volume 15.，For bi syndrome caused by the combined effects of wind, cold, and dampness, resulting in numbness and loss of sensation in the limbs.

Chongwei Bath Decoction，From *The Secret Records of Longevity*, cited in Volume 15 of *The External Pavilion*.，For itchy skin and hives, or the onset of urticaria.

Enhanced Gu Ben Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For men and women with hoarseness.

Si Mo Dan，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For paralysis, epilepsy, wind-induced disorders, and general weakness and exhaustion.

Gardenia and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 3.，For typhoid fever with intense fever and pain, heat manifesting both internally and externally, the appearance of macules, delirium, and mania.

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

Sulfur-Poria Pill，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For heat above and cold below, with nocturnal emissions.

Thin White Cudrania，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses.

Infant Protection Pill，*Yi Tong*, Volume 91.，