Poria Decoction for Drying Dampness

Liver-Calming and Wind-Quelling Decoction，*Ophthalmic Decoction Formulas in Verse*，Nourishes yin and subdues yang; calms the liver and extinguishes wind. Indicated for “Five Winds” internal opacities caused by excessive liver wind, sudden blindness due to meridian obstruction, dizziness and vertigo, unsteady gait, and blurred vision.

Ginseng, Poria, and Amber Powder，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 14.，Painful and scanty urination, with pain radiating from the penis to the lower flanks.

Atractylodes and Pork Stomach Congee，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For women with blood stasis and qi pain in the abdomen and flanks, a burning sensation radiating to the head and face, vomiting of sour fluid, heat in the limbs, and abdominal distension; weak spleen and stomach qi, indigestion, loss of appetite, fatigue and shortness of breath, abdominal … Read more

Sweet and Cold Qi-Tonifying Decoction，*Lü Fa*, Volume 2.，For cases of internal cold where, after taking medication, all symptoms have resolved but there remains a slight obstruction in the meridians, and where the administration of pungent-warm herbs fails to provide relief.

Agarwood and Gastrodia Decoction，*Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 9.，For childhood convulsions and epilepsy.

Three Yin Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of the liver and spleen, insufficiency of essence and blood, and blood loss due to deficiency of the nutritive qi. For all cases of stroke where blood fails to nourish the tendons, as well as malaria with profuse sweating that disperses the pathogen yet fails … Read more

Zhui Feng Pills，*Collected Effective Formulas for Surgery Transmitted by Immortals*.，For men and women suffering from cold-induced bi syndrome with blood and qi deficiency, numbness and stiffness in the hands and feet, and symptoms spreading along the meridians, leading to “drum-spine wind.”

Eight-Ingredient Dispersing Formula，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For headaches and fever due to cold damage, accompanied by generalized stiffness and pain in the limbs.

Eight Winds and Twelve Bi Powder，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 16.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, where wind invades the five viscera, causing heaviness in the hands, feet, and body; or occasional oppression as if from pathogenic factors, accompanied by sweating. Additionally, it is prone to infection from flying corpses and wandering pathogens; or may present … Read more

Perilla, Cinnamon, and Ginger Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For individuals with Yang deficiency in Taiyang meridian disorders, where water-qi stagnates and causes stasis; or for those who experience thirst and dryness without actual fluid retention, yet accumulate cold liquids that fail to be metabolized; where water-qi obstructs the lung and stomach, causing it … Read more

Smallpox-Resolving Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，When smallpox lesions have already appeared and another layer of red macules emerges, this is smallpox complicated by a rash; or when the lesions resemble macules but are not macules, or when they appear scattered and disorganized, these are all symptoms of smallpox complicated by a rash.

Four Seasons Spleen-Regulating and Child-Nourishing Pills，From *Convenient Formulas for Remote Villages*.，

Powder for Purulent Discharge from Otitis Media，From *Jiyuan Liangfang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，For persistent pus discharge from the ear.

Dragon’s Liver Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 357.，When a fetus dies in the womb and the mother is on the verge of death.

Raw Phytolacca Juice Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 147.，Poison from witchcraft.

Red Pepper Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.，Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, and frequent, scanty urination.

Siamese Clearing and Dispersing Decoction，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For internal heat-induced cough, flushed face and red eyes, fever and mental confusion, macules and urticaria, and various types of toxic sores.

Tiger Bone and Papaya Slices，From *Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*, citing *Tianjin Standards for Proprietary Chinese Medicines*.，Weakness in the muscles and bones, numbness in the limbs, disharmony of qi and blood, and pain in the lower back and spine.

Four-Walled Cabinet Cinnabar，*Shenghui*, Volume 95.，

Dried Raw Rehmannia Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 83.，For women with unstoppable hematuria.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Cooling the Diaphragm，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，Indicated for accumulated heat causing restlessness, sores on the mouth and tongue, swelling and pain in the throat, and dry stools.

Throat-Wrapping Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For throat inflammation.

Cistanche Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，For deficiency of the lower jiao, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

Musk, Cinnabar, and Dan，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 375), citing *Formulas for the Care of Infants*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in infants, characterized by bulging eyes, drooling, and intermittent spasms.

Egg and Coptis Paste，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For sudden redness and pain in the eyes caused by heat, where the heat is superficial and easily resolved.