Powdered Poria and Oyster Shell Decoction

Decoction to Eliminate Dampness，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-fluid retention.

Water-Eliminating Powder，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，For sudden death from chest pain caused by extreme cold.

Xia Pian Xiang Lian Pills，*The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 1.，For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other treatments.

Nine-Ingredient Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Heat accumulation in the middle jiao causing obstruction; blockage of communication between upper and lower parts; inability to vomit or pass stool; abdominal distension and shortness of breath.

Falcon’s Beak Soup，From *The Compendium of Medical Syndromes* (Vol. 14), citing *The Heart Mirror of Dietary Medicine*.，Cold Qi in the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to digest food, weakness, and fatigue.

Wan’an Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 9), citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For chronic convulsions and chronic spleen wind.

Jisheng Powder，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 1.，For measles that are about to erupt but have not yet done so, leading to complicated symptoms.

Decoction for Clearing Fire，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，Fire is stagnant within the viscera; it seeks to escape but cannot. The skin and orifices of the entire body feel as if being pierced by needles, and there is pain both inside and outside the joints, which is slightly relieved by patting with cold water.

Gardenia and Scutellaria Decoction，*Collected Effective Formulas for Back Abscesses*.，After a back abscess has ruptured, if the patient experiences persistent fever due to dietary indiscretion or improper care,

Hongniang Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Tooth Decay.

Silver Pills，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 11.，For wind-induced malnutrition with visual impairment, itchy nose, nail-biting, and sleeping on the ground.

Snail Ash Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 86.，For acute malnutrition sores in children that have not responded to repeated medical treatment.

Three-Flower Pill，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 27.，For smallpox lesions about to erupt.

Appendicitis Compound，*Selected Materials on the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Acute Abdominal Conditions*.，Acute appendicitis, in the stages of blood stasis, latent heat, or toxic heat, presenting with high fever, abdominal pain, marked tenderness in the right lower quadrant, constipation, a red tongue with a yellow coating, a洪大滑数 pulse, and elevated white blood … Read more

Pills for Eliminating Jaundice，From *Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For a dull, yellow complexion—a yellowish hue that is dim and smoky—without symptoms of restlessness, thirst, or fever.

Angelica and Gelatin-Mugwort Decoction，From *Convenient Formulas for Remote Villages*.，For exhaustion and damage to the Chong and Ren meridians, fetal disturbance, lower back and abdominal pain, and irregular menstrual bleeding.

Phlegm-Resolving and Qi-Regulating Decoction，*The Treatise on Minor Ailments*, Volume 3.，When the Five Elements are disrupted or the Four Seasons’ energies are disturbed, resulting in sleeplessness day and night, shortness of breath, coughing, and foamy phlegm.

Perilla Seed Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 244, citing *Wei Sheng Jia Bao Fang*.，Swelling and pain due to beriberi.

Pangolin Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 144.，For injuries involving fractures or sprains.

White Chrysanthemum Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 404.，For children with smallpox or impetigo affecting the eyes, or the formation of corneal opacities.

Detoxifying Cimicifuga Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For cases of Shanghan where the heat toxin has not been resolved and is about to manifest as rashes.

Coarse Mu Xiang Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 16).，For constipation.

Secret-Transmitted Decoction for Relieving Epidemic Fever and Eliminating Toxins，From Volume 2 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，For epidemic plague characterized by thirst, a swollen throat, and fever without sweating.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Egg Yolk Decoction，Formula cited from Shen Yue-ting in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Acute epidemic diseases.

Zilu Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 4.，For pediatric “bamboo-clad” sores (疒乖)—characterized by the absence of skin, oozing pus and blood—as well as residual toxins from the womb, erythematous peeling sores, and syphilitic ulcers; also for women who have contracted syphilis from their husbands, resulting in accumulated toxic qi that gradually causes the vulva to … Read more