Proven Formula: Danhuai Pill

Formula from *A Hundred Questions*，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For typhoid fever characterized by a cold body, a faint pulse, and cold, restless hands and feet.

Fire-Directing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Yin E. Fire from the Shao Yin Kidney rises upward, causing swelling and pain in the throat that is milder during the day and worse at night. A swelling also forms in the throat, resembling a Yang syndrome, but the pain is not severe. The patient feels … Read more

Shengyang Jujing Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，If menstrual bleeding persists uncontrollably, and the right cun pulse feels hollow upon palpation, this indicates a deficiency of both qi and blood—a syndrome of severe cold; if the pulse is rapid and forceful when palpated lightly, or taut, tight, or涩 (thready) when the finger is lifted, … Read more

White Snow Cake，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.，Abdominal distension.

Formula for Dispelling Masses，Formula from *Wai Tai*, Volume 12, citing *Ji Yan Fang*; name found in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 173.，For chronic abdominal masses and sudden-onset abdominal masses. For long-standing, intractable masses and tumors that have gradually led to emaciation and weakness.

Spleen-Strengthening and Dampness-Draining Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 26.，For women with spleen-stomach disharmony, loss of appetite, sallow and haggard complexion, and emaciation.

E Zhu Pills，*Zhunsheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 8.，For indigestion in children.

Shā Qi Dan，From *Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*, citing *Collection of Methods for Saving the World and Nourishing Life*.，For abdominal pain, cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea, and locked jaw caused by excessive consumption of cold beverages or improper diet during the summer months, accompanied by cold extremities.

Method for Nourishing the Lungs，*Continuation of Stories of Medical Practice*, Volume 5.，For wheezing and coughing.

Miraculous Frankincense Ointment，*Appendix to the Classic of the Middle Treasury*.，Effective for all types of sores and swellings.

Xiangdou Powder，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 27).，For childhood cholera with restlessness and thirst.

Stone-Carved Formula，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 77, citing *Yi Jian Zhi*.，Poison from witchcraft.

Fire-Clearing and Disinfecting Decoction，*A Sharp Insight into the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 2.，Once the rash has subsided, pathogenic toxins may still remain stagnant within the muscles and tissues, causing fever day and night. This may gradually lead to parched skin, emaciation as thin as a stick, and the development of bone-consuming consumption; … Read more

Decoction of Green Onion Whites，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Red and white turbid discharge.

Polygala Wine，*San Yin*, Volume 14.，For all types of abscesses and boils on the back, carbuncles, and malignant sores that are rapidly enlarging.

Like Holy Water，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，For red, swollen, and painful eyes with sores.

Sage Pills，Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Universal Relief Prescriptions* (Vol. 194).，For acute abdominal distension with ascites.

Bailao Pills，Dr. Chen cited a formula by Zhang Zhongjing (see *Outline of Medicine*, Volume 5).，For all cases of consumptive diseases and stagnation of food, where the condition is intractable to medication and has reached a critical stage.

Decoction for Relieving Cold-Induced Distension and Abdominal Fullness，*Jin Jian*, Volume 41.，For distension due to qi deficiency, characterized by deficiency of both form and qi with a cold pattern.

Wheat Bran Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 15.，Used for undigested food remaining after an epidemic, accompanied by a lack of appetite.

Fourteen-Ingredient Great Tonifying Decoction，From *Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 21.，A hanging abscess that has ruptured but has not healed.

Enhanced Scutellaria and Coptis Four-Ingredient Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 48.，Postpartum rectal bleeding.

Cooling the Head Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 70), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For red, painful, and swollen eyes, or when a foreign body causes a corneal opacity.

Decoction to Strengthen Fire and Nourish Earth，*Direct Pointers from Haojing*.，Chronic diarrhea due to deficiency of Spleen and Kidney Yang; Earth element deficiency fails to overcome dampness; dampness obstruction causes swelling; sallow-yellow complexion; fine and weak pulse.

Carp Skin Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 351.，Retained lochia after childbirth causing abdominal pain due to blood stagnation.