Pork and Poria Soup

Five-Beast Decoction，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 1.，Spleen malaria.

Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Jujube Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In cases of cold damage during the winter months, if—after 4 or 5 days—the hands and feet become cold and numb, the patient experiences aversion to cold and hunching of the body, and the pulse is absent, and if restlessness and agitation persist, … Read more

Platycladus Pill，*Shenghui*, Volume 79.，Postpartum hemorrhage, prolonged unstoppable bleeding—either red or black—with pain below the navel.

Dried Kudzu and Gypsum Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Excessive fire in the Yangming channel causes the lungs to be scorched; lung heat leads to body swelling, resulting in shortness of breath, coughing, restlessness, and a sense of fullness. The patient cannot lie on their back, breathes heavily while leaning on their shoulder, … Read more

Chuanxiong Shengong Powder，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 3.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing unilateral or bilateral headaches—regardless of severity, duration, or whether acute or chronic—accompanied by dizziness in the head and face.

Gansui Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 63.，For retained fluid syndrome with a hidden pulse, where the patient feels the urge to have a bowel movement and experiences relief only after defecation, yet continues to feel fullness and distension in the epigastric region even after defecation—this indicates that the retained fluid has not been fully eliminated.

Heat-Clearing Papaya Decoction，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 3.，When beriberi flares up, causing全身 pain, heaviness in the feet and knees, fever, and nausea—symptoms resembling typhoid fever.

Modified Decoction for Treating Malaria，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Malaria due to liver yin deficiency. Malaria attacks occur every other day; at dusk, chills are mild and fever is severe. Attacks occurring during the Shen and You hours are followed by a slight sweat and resolution of fever around the Yin and Mao hours. … Read more

Xi Mu Pills，From *Chengne’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 11 of *Zhenglei Bencao*.，Stroke.

Bladder-Consolidating Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，For cold in the bladder and frequent urination.

Nagu Powder，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，For smallpox where the patient is not restless, the fever is not intense, the pustules are not dry, and the patient has no appetite.

Decoction for Dissolving Masses and Harmonizing the Stomach，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 25.，After drinking alcohol and experiencing anger, pain occurs under the left flank at the level of the navel. From then on, a small mass gradually forms; it may or may not become prominent. When prominent, it causes pain; when the pain subsides, it … Read more

Poria and Cinnabar Ointment，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 7.，For a rapid pulse in typhoid fever with heat entering the stomach causing vomiting; also treats fever, restlessness and thirst with a desire to drink water, vomiting immediately after drinking, or difficulty urinating; and jaundice caused by internal stasis-heat.

Miraculous Decoction for Treating Tuberculosis，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 8.，For consumptive wasting disease: the patient is frequently startled while sleeping at night or experiences excessive fear; the heart feels constantly anxious and unsettled; breathing is labored as if the breath were about to run out; erotic dreams occur from time to time; night sweats increase … Read more

Yang-Rescuing Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Deficiency of spleen essence with cold.

Decoction for Treating Both Exterior and Interior，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In cases of winter cold damage presenting with delirium and paroxysmal fever, if treatment with Chengqi Decoction fails to produce a response and the pulse is instead faint and涩 (thready), this indicates a pattern of internal deficiency with excessive external pathogenic factors.

Dan-Cao Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，For sores on the penis that are foul-smelling and festering.

Ten-Power Great Tonifying Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 115.，Effective for various wind-induced disorders, facial paralysis, swelling and pain in the hands and feet, generalized stiffness or paralysis, hemiplegia, headaches and edema, and deficiency-cold in the lower jiao causing weakness.

Essence-Enhancing and Kidney-Nourishing Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Indicated for deficiency syndromes such as kidney deficiency-induced impotence, nocturnal emissions, seminal leakage, dizziness, lower back pain, weakness in the tendons and bones, and fatigue in the limbs.

Pine-Meat and Green Onion White Ointment，From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.，For bruises and swelling from falls or blows, whether the skin is broken or not.

Shenghua Tongjing Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Irregular menstrual cycles, classified as a pattern of blood stasis with excess, accompanied by scanty, yellow urine and a deep, taut, and forceful pulse.

Detoxifying Wulong Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For severe swelling, burning pain, and persistent red discoloration caused by various toxins.

Huanji Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，In cases of severe wind-induced collapse of the ear and nasal bridge.

Tongue-Rotation Pills，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，For stroke-induced tremors and spasms, with a twisted tongue and inability to speak.

Scabies and Tinea Ointment，From *Miraculous Formulas of Han Medicine*, citing *Secret Records of Surgical Treatments*.，For severe outbreaks of scabies and tinea where the affected area is red and inflamed, accompanied by intense pain; or for cases during hot summer nights when itching is so severe that it prevents restful sleep.