Pre-Meal Pills

Stemona and Aster Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 157.，For coughs.

Cow Bile Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，For children with phlegm in the epigastric region, manifesting as epileptic seizures and convulsions.

Secret-Transmitted Male Mouse Bone Powder，From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 6.，Tooth loss.

Decoction for Regulating the Middle and Relieving Pain，*Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For cases of stagnation of qi, with a mass in the abdomen causing intermittent pain and alternating chills and fever.

Single-Ingredient Deer Antler Wine，*The Essentials of Medicine* (Vol. 5).，Dizziness.

Decoction of Tangled Hair，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.，Cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by restlessness.

Saliva-Resolving Pinellia and Cinnabar Pills，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume 2.，

Danggui Liu Huang Decoction，*Compendium of Measles Disorders*, Volume 3.，For cases where heat forces out sweat and there is blood deficiency.

Rabbit Droppings Powder，Formula from *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10; the name is found in *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，For children with smallpox or measles who develop a corneal opacity.

Snowflake Eye Drops，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，For wind-toxin-induced red eyes, blurred vision, dryness, itching, pain, and corneal opacities or blood stasis.

Chuan Da Huang Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 27.，For consumptive disease with bone fever, restlessness of the mind, difficulty with urination and defecation, and pain in the limbs.

Shengling Powder，From the *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 348), citing a formula by Mr. Wei.，Postpartum blood deficiency with loose pores; due to profuse sweating and exposure to wind, the patient experiences a locked jaw that cannot be opened, a stiff and straightened back resembling an epileptic seizure, head shaking accompanied by a ringing sound, and … Read more

Rehmannia and Ginger Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，For weakness and emaciation of the limbs following diabetes, accompanied by qi deficiency and fatigue.

Antelope Horn and Spot-Resolving Decoction，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Grape-like Rash. In children, external invasion by pathogenic qi of the four seasons that is out of season becomes stagnant in the skin without erupting; when it does erupt, it forms blue-purple spots of varying sizes, resembling grapes in color, which may appear … Read more

Xunluxiang Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，For spleen and stomach deficiency, undigested food, distension and fullness in the flanks, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, pulling pain in the heart and abdomen, and loss of appetite.

Liu Bai San，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 57); the name appears in *Pujifang* (Vol. 308).，For sores caused by spider bites that have not healed for a long time.

Scutellaria and Notopterygium Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 6.，Pain in the brow ridge, with external invasion by wind-cold and internal accumulation of stagnant heat, sometimes accompanied by phlegm-dampness.

Five Spirits Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 150.，For women suffering from pain caused by wandering blood wind.

Four-Ingredient Powder for Calming Pills，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 9, citing *The Zhuang Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For acute and chronic convulsions.

Chai-Ge Er-Miao Decoction，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Beriberi, swelling and pain in the legs and feet.

Eye-Brightening Great Tonifying Decoction，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.，For deficiency of both qi and blood, blurred vision, and lack of mental clarity; as well as for those who have suffered from eye conditions for a long time and have taken excessive amounts of cooling medications, resulting in stagnation of qi and blood, … Read more

Anemarrhena and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，Quoted from *Secret Records for Prolonging Life* in Volume 5 of *Wai Tai*.，For warm malaria with high fever and inability to eat.

Liver-Regulating, Tendon-Relaxing, and Hardness-Softening Pills，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Indicated for deficiency of kidney yin, stagnation of liver qi, concurrent damage to the spleen and stomach, lower back pain with loose stools, shooting pain in both flanks, hiccups and belching, and fullness and distension epigastrically.

Cinnamon and Pepper Pills，From *The Complete Collection of Holy Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 55.，Chronic heart pain.

Aconite Root Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 44.，For wind-toxin affecting the liver and kidneys, causing pain in the lower back and legs; bone marrow pain; inability to bend or stretch; as well as rheumatic arthritis and kidney-related pain in the lower back and legs.