Powder for Inducing Labor

Zhi Cong Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Palpitations. Deficiency of both the heart and liver; the heart is weak and unable to control the lungs. Upon encountering something that offends one’s feelings or hearing unpleasant words, one feels the heart’s qi surging upward, with a sense of being unable to control oneself—it resembles … Read more

Decoction to Stop Nasal Discharge，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，When kidney yin is depleted, causing pain in the ears as if pricked by a needle, there is no discharge of fluid, only a bubbling sound.

Anjing Decoction，From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7.，For menstruation that arrives earlier than expected.

Lize Tongqi Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Inability to perceive odors.

Achyranthes Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，When the placenta is half-expelled and half-retained, or when the fetus has died in the womb and is lodged against the spine and cannot descend, resulting in failure to deliver for several days and a surge of blood and qi upward.

Yue-Tao Decoction，From Zhuang’s Formula, cited in Volume 19 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Various diseases caused by accumulated heat in children.

Cinnabar and Gold Foil Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.，For children with pathogenic heat in the heart and diaphragm, manifesting as restlessness, startle responses, irritability, thirst, confusion, palpitations, disturbed sleep, delirium, mania, and memory loss; sores on the gums; swollen and painful throat; sores on the mouth and tongue; as well as cough with … Read more

Autumn Frost Pill，From *De Xiao*, Volume 15.，For red and white vaginal discharge.

Raw and Roasted Detoxifying Pills，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For fetal toxins in children manifesting as boils, carbuncles, rashes, scabies, tinea, and all types of malignant sores.

Modified Whole Insect Formula，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.，Generalized neurodermatitis.

Phoenix Marrow Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 44.，For coughs.

Throat-Blowing Pill，*The New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 4.，When smallpox lesions in the throat have ulcerated and formed pits.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness and Resolving Abnormalities，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Dampness in the Spleen Meridian has coalesced into a mass; a large fleshy lump suddenly appears on the calf—neither a tumor nor flesh, yet not to be pressed by hand, for pressing it causes excruciating pain.

Di Po Decoction，*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 8.，In cases of blood loss where the Yin meridians are injured, the patient experiences a state of confusion and restlessness.

Da Fu Pi Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 13.，Following an episode of cold damage, when stomach qi is disharmonious and there is a lack of appetite.

Decoction of Minor Pinellia with Poria, Further Augmented with Magnolia Bark and Apricot Kernels，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，For summer-heat conditions affecting both Taiyin channels, presenting with cough, a heavy and hoarse voice, copious phlegm, mild thirst, and a reluctance to drink even when thirsty.

Raw Incense Ointment，*San Yin*, Volume 16.，For hot, foul-smelling breath.

Wind-Dispelling Precious Pill，*The Essentials of Medicine* (Yixue Shizaiyi), Volume 5.，For wind affecting the meridians and internal organs, as well as all critical conditions.

Redness-Relieving Powder，*Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 3.，This condition arises when heat invades the lung, causing the lung qi to become impure; blood, heated and uncontrolled, fails to follow the meridians, resulting in a patch or spot of red blood on the sclera—resembling rouge—appearing at the top, bottom, left, or right.

Pepper and Angelica Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Vaginal Itching During Pregnancy. After a woman becomes pregnant, if she engages in excessive sexual activity without restraint, the accumulation of yang essence may cause itching.

Plum Flesh Pills，*New Treatise on Fungal and Infectious Diseases*.，For all types of malignant ulcer toxins, canker sores, and other intractable sores of unknown origin.

Taiyi Powder，*The Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 978, citing *Complete Formulas for Infants*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, with irregular spasms, as well as fetal epilepsy.

Spasm-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Epilepsy and convulsions caused by external invasion of wind, dampness, and heat. Symptoms include curling of the body and bending of the legs, with an inability to bend forward or backward.

Daochi Chengqi Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 3)，Attacks and purges heat-induced stagnation; clears and drains the small intestine. Indicated for Yangming fu-stage excess with intense heat in the small intestine, manifested as fever, constipation, scanty and difficult urination, pain during urination, reddish-red urine, and severe, intermittent thirst.

Four-Stone Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 79.，Ten Types of Dampness Disorders.