Plum Porridge

Blood Stasis Dispersal and Recovery Decoction，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Primary dysmenorrhea and infertility caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis obstructing the uterus.

Modified Ginseng and White Tiger Decoction，*Ma Ke Huo Ren* (Volume 2).，For cases of measles syndrome characterized by excessive internal heart fire, scorched lungs, and parched stomach, resulting in the drying up of body fluids.

Enhanced Heaven-and-Earth Powder，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 14.，Swelling of the Lower Back and Legs During Pregnancy.

Gentian Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 122.，For swelling and pain in the throat, as well as “wrapping throat wind” (a condition where swallowing porridge or liquids is difficult).

Experienced Gypsum Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3.，For real heat in the stomach, toothache, or swelling and pain in the upper teeth.

Ru Sheng Huangqi Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 90.，For consumptive disease with concurrent damage to the heart and lungs, accompanied by coughing up pus and blood.

He Rong Decoction，*The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，Pain in the upper thighs extending to the lower back and hips.

Swallow Mud Powder，*Comprehensive Collection of Proven Formulas for 100 Internal and Surgical Diseases*.，For all types of heat-induced sores, malignant swellings and pain, and fetal toxins in infants.

Wind-Resolving and Phlegm-Transforming Pills，*Zhi Zhi: Supplementary Notes*, Volume 4.，Arthralgia.

Mu Xiang Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 241.，For beriberi, wandering wind-pathogen, wind-cold-dampness, and fine yellow blisters on the feet. For all types of damp sores.

Xiangsu Zhengwei Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For children with colds or heatstroke, headache and fever, as well as symptoms of milk withdrawal or indigestion, such as vomiting and diarrhea.

Bingpeng Powder (Golden Key Formula)，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Various throat conditions, including single or double tonsillar swellings.

Ge Ba，*Complete Book of Sha Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Postpartum Sha Syndrome.

Xiangru-Atractylodes Pills，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，For exposure to water and wind, water retention, and edema; or for fluid accumulation in sores causing generalized swelling.

Huaqi Siwu Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，Qi rebelling upward and causing pain in the chest and flanks.

Pig Manure Powder，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 4.，Sores on the feet that are swollen, painful, and itchy; when scratched open, they ooze fluid incessantly. Genital sores caused by intense, deficient fire in the kidneys; sores spreading throughout the body with profuse pus and fluid, particularly severe on the legs; fatigue and unbearable itching; … Read more

Ba Ji Tian Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 50.，For forgetfulness.

Scutellaria and Five Ingredients Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For watery diarrhea. Severe pain in the chest and abdomen; eating does not cause discomfort, but diarrhea occurs immediately after eating. Food is completely digested but is expelled as water and undigested matter without regularity; the more one eats, the more … Read more

Astragalus, Five Herbs, and Cinnamon Twig Decoction，*Essentials of the Golden Chamber*，Nourishes qi, warms the meridians, harmonizes the blood, and relieves bi syndrome. Indicated for blood-bi syndrome. Numbness and loss of sensation in the skin and muscles; pulse faint,涩 (thready), and tight.

Ginseng, Deer Antler, and Tiger Bone Wine，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).，Pain in the tendons and bones, numbness and loss of sensation, hemiplegia, cold distension of the stomach and abdomen, soreness in the lower back and legs, convulsions and spasms, paralysis and atrophy, and all diseases caused by wind, … Read more

White Horse Hoof Powder，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 2.，Treats blood stasis in the abdomen caused by trauma; also treats gynecological bleeding disorders.

Imperially Bestowed Formula: Five-Spice Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Accumulated cold attacking the Chong Vessel, causing pain in the abdomen and flanks.

Xiao Hong Sheng，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For all types of sores, ulcers, carbuncles, and boils—especially when they are in the early stages and beginning to discharge pus.

Bu Zheng Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 48.，For lung deficiency with uncontrollable sweating throughout the body.

Yellow-Water Sore Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Jinan and Chengde Formulas).，For weeping sores.