Proven and Effective Formulas

Taiyi Seed Pills，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，Impotence with inability to achieve erection; low sperm count and infertility.

Two-Fritillary Powder，From *Shou Zhen*, Volume 4, citing *Sheng Hui*.，For postpartum lochia rising upward and stagnating in the Lung Meridian, causing a cough resembling a common cold with phlegm, where conventional cold remedies are ineffective.

Mass-Dissolving Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 391), citing *Formulas for Infant Care*.，For children with hard, stubborn masses under the flanks, a sallow and haggard complexion, restlessness and fever, dry mouth and throat, emaciation, refusal to take milk or food, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, and difficulty breathing.

Tooth-Rub for Strengthening Teeth Powder，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For toothaches caused by stomach fire, bleeding from between the teeth, and foul-smelling breath.

Huo’er Dan，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，For childhood convulsions, malnutrition, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Hun Jin Dan，From *Huiyan Guanzheng*, cited in Volume 16 of *Youyou Xinshu*.，For coughs in adults and children.

Black Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 4.，For stagnant food in the epigastrium, acid regurgitation, nausea, vomiting of clear fluid, belching of putrid odors, or pain in the chest and abdomen; as well as for central deficiency with mass accumulation, loose stools, and dysentery with red or white discharge; or for a weak spleen and stomach where … Read more

Ning Shui Shi Powder，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Jaundice with edema. Scant fluid intake; profuse urination, the color of white rice water.

Pills for Restoring Youth，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 221), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，

Xieqing Powder，*Pian Yu Dou Zhen* (Treatise on Smallpox), Volume 3.，For smallpox lesions where fire in the Heart and Liver meridians is severe, and where convulsions persist even after taking the Cinnabar and Daoqi Decoction.

Tou Guan San，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 112), citing *The Holy Beneficence*.，Rheumatic arthritis, with stiffness and spasms in the limbs, excruciating pain, shortness of breath, and sweating.

Decoction of Rhinoceros Horn and Beech Bark，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 36, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For bloody dysentery in children.

Enhanced Agastache Powder，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Qi-toxin scrofula: Externally affected by wind-pathogen, internally injured by qi stagnation, leading to swelling of the neck and nape, stiffness and pain in the shoulders and arms, discomfort in the limbs, chills and fever resembling malaria, and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Tongbi Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For stroke, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness of the limbs, slurred speech, and all wind-related disorders.

Amber, Ginseng, and Poria Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For men with stabbing pain in the penis; for women with swelling and pain in the genital area; for dribbling and difficult urination; for flank pain and qi reversal; and for various types of hernia pain and dysuria.

Yin-Nourishing Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，For thin individuals with excess fire and insufficient yin.

Peony and Astragalus Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Postpartum pain in the chest and abdomen.

Stomach-Relieving Eight-Treasure Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.，For chest and abdominal distension and fullness caused by emotional distress and worry.

Anzhong Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 2.，For women who have previously suffered a miscarriage during the fifth month of pregnancy.

Chuanxiong Xin Dao Tan Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 24.，For phlegm-induced syncope with headache, caused by wind-phlegm resulting in pain along the brow ridge extending to the eyes, making it impossible to open them, with symptoms being mild during the day and severe at night.

Drunken Immortal Decoction，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，After middle age, when qi and blood gradually decline, if one contracts an epidemic eye disease and is treated with excessive cold and cooling herbs, after the eye disease has healed, the brightness of the eyes will gradually diminish, and vision will become blurred.

Xiezi Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Excessive Yangming Stomach Fire; delirium due to febrile illness; abdominal distension preventing sleep; flushed face and internal heat; delusional visions and speech, as if seeing ghosts.

Yanhu Pills，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 8.，For abdominal masses.

Gold Tooth Powder for Brushing Teeth，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 121.，For toothache and bleeding gums.

Dried Persimmons，*Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 7.，Regurgitation and dysphagia.