Pork Stomach with Ground Black Pepper

Dragon’s Tooth Courage-Boosting Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Weak and timid gallbladder qi, palpitations, constant restlessness with a pounding heart, and a persistent sensation as if there were unfinished official business or as if someone were about to arrest one.

Gentian and Four Substances Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，Sudden onset of red eyes with corneal opacities and pain.

Borax Decoction Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 245.，For beriberi, weakness and swelling of the legs, red and scanty stools, and red and scanty urine; as well as for men who suddenly experience stiffness in the legs and knees, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, fullness in the epigastrium, and inability to walk;Men who suddenly experience wind-induced … Read more

Stir-Fried Wolf Soup，From *Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 1.，

Ningxin Dan，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 18), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For heart distress caused by overthinking, grief, and worry; palpitations, anxiety, and restlessness; and disturbed sleep.

Golden Shell Powder，*Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For severe leprosy.

Miraculous Immortal Formula: Ten Billion Pills，Formula by Zhang Sanfeng, cited in Volume 16 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，Various childhood illnesses: fever due to external invasion by wind and cold; internal injury from consuming raw or cold foods; chest pain; intestinal pain; cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; dysentery with red or white … Read more

Modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Path* (Volume 4).，Postpartum Distension. Due to retained postpartum blood stasis; erroneous use of purgative or aggressive treatments has instead damaged the stomach qi, further increasing fullness and oppression; qi fails to rise and fall properly; blood does not flow through the channels; pathogenic factors accumulate internally; and severe … Read more

Dongshan Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For toxic masses that have persisted for years without healing.

Modified Sanqi Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 163.，Cough with shortness of breath, phlegm and wheezing, and chest and diaphragm discomfort.

Chaihu Menstrual Regulation Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Indications: Prolonged menstrual bleeding that is bright red, accompanied by stiffness in the neck muscles, headache, and stiffness and pain in the spine.

Guanyin Moxibustion，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，For unbearable headaches caused by invasion by the Six Excesses.

Qi-Tonifying and Spleen-Regulating Zhi-Shu Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For deficiency of lung and spleen qi, failure to transform damp phlegm, poor appetite, fatigue, and loose stools.

Decoction for Lifting, Anchoring, and Consolidating Blood，*Revised Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.，More than a month after childbirth, with unstoppable menstrual bleeding.

Pine Needle Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 41).，For failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow due to blood and qi deficiency or wind-heat.

Rat Gallbladder Formula，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 114).，For sudden deafness or chronic deafness lasting thirty years.

Ban Huang Pills，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，Cough due to heat phlegm. Heat phlegm stagnates internally, causing coughing, a flushed face, chest fullness, and persistent heat in the chest, abdomen, and flanks, though the feet may occasionally feel cold; the pulse is洪滑 (hong-hua).

Mulberry Twig and Sour Jujube Seed Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.，Extreme stiffness of the tendons. The body is rigid and stiff, the limbs ache, and the patient is unable to walk or stand.

Inner Support Supreme Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children aged 5–6 with a naturally weak constitution who experience high fever, intense thirst, and cough, and in whom smallpox erupts shortly after the appearance of a rash, presenting a rather critical condition.

Coptis and Wu Ling Powder，From *Records of Smallpox and Measles by Ren Duan*, Volume 11.，For internal heat, or foul-smelling diarrhea caused by indigestion, with heat in the palms and soles, red and scanty urine, and smallpox lesions that are red, cracked, and inflamed.

Pulse-Regulating Decoction，From *Essentials of Shanghan* (Volume 1).，For cases of shanghan occurring between the Start of Spring and before the Clear and Bright Festival, when yin energy is already strong, the pulse before the Guan position is weak, the pulse after the Guan position is strong, the patient avers wind, and there is no spontaneous sweating.

Motherwort and Rehmannia Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 61.，For abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding resulting from a fall during pregnancy.

Five-Spice Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For nodular phlegm masses, yin-toxin, wandering toxins, and loach-like abscesses. These conditions result from the凝结 of damp-heat in the Liver and Spleen meridians, manifesting on the inner side of the calf as painful, swollen, and hard masses measuring several inches in length, shaped like loaches, and … Read more

Secretly Transmitted Sweet Dew Decoction，From *The Jade Key*, Volume 1.，When true yin is depleted, fire burns the lungs; blood loss due to deficiency leads to internal heat manifesting as throat sores or laryngeal thrush.

Coptis and Akebia Pills，From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 12.，Excess heat in the Heart Meridian, which worsens at the Summer Solstice.