Qianghuo Da Wan

Ginseng Detoxification Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 4.，For cases where the toxic heat of smallpox sores has not yet dissipated, causing a burning sensation in the stomach and loss of appetite, and where the vital energy is deficient, resulting in a sore throat after the scabs have fallen off.

Five-Flavor Clear-and-Turbid Powder，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Loss of appetite, indigestion, cold pain in the epigastric region, fullness, belching, abdominal distension, and diarrhea.

Three-Stone Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Erectile dysfunction, dampness in the scrotum, or sores in that area, accompanied by weakness and fatigue.

Boiled Pippal Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.，For kidney deficiency with cold, qi rising to the abdomen and flanks, causing pain, distension, and restlessness.

Dragon-Musk Jusheng Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，For external heat affecting the heart and spleen, with toxic qi surging upward, causing swelling and pain in the throat; or resulting in a throat abscess; or forming a hard mass that does not resolve; or recurring after recovery; or persisting for a long time without … Read more

Modified Da Chai Hu Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 5.，For cases of cold-induced fever and warm diseases where exterior symptoms have not yet subsided but the stool is already hard.

Raw Rehmannia Pill，From *Shenghui*, Volume 72.，For women with irregular menstruation—whether it occurs twice in one month, fails to appear for a full month, or varies in volume—accompanied by pain below the navel, a sallow complexion, weakness in the limbs, emaciation, and an inability to eat or drink.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Aconite Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 6.，Pale face and cold nose indicate severe deficiency of yang qi. Spontaneous sweating.

Chai-Shao-Di-Huang Pills，From *Formulas Collected at the Feeding-Cranes Pavilion*.，For blood deficiency with liver dryness and internal heat manifesting as bone-steaming fever.

Iron-Dissolving Ointment，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For abdominal masses.

Zisheng Jianqian Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 84.，For men who are generally healthy but childless.

Juzhen Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，For women who are emaciated and weak after a miscarriage, suffering from pain in all joints, unable to eat or drink, and unresponsive to all other medicines.

Chaihu Dingxiang Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，A woman aged 30 experiences lower back and umbilical pain before her period; in severe cases, abdominal pain also occurs, and her menstrual flow is reduced by 2–3 days.

Gardenia and Fermented Black Bean Chest-Relieving Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，For food stagnation in the middle jiao, complicated by phlegm congestion, resulting in a sense of oppression and listlessness.

Canglong Pills，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，For boils and swellings.

Shenbai Pills，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For children with persistent chest congestion and coughing.

Rose Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 117.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing mouth sores that have persisted for many years.

Secretly Transmitted Enhanced Er Miao Pills，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For diseases caused by dampness, characterized by damp-bi pain in both feet—or a sensation as if scorched by fire—with heat rising from the insteps and gradually spreading to the lower back and hips, accompanied by numbness and weakness.

Zhu Fu Dan，From *Selected Remarkable Formulas by Layman Yu*, cited in Volume 18 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For deficiency of the Heart and Kidney, failure of qi to rise and fall properly, palpitations, and overuse of the mind.

Cinnamon Twig, Moutan Bark, and Peach Kernel Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，Stagnation and obstruction of menstrual blood.

Formula for Washing Syphilitic Sores，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For syphilis sores.

Jujube and Apricot Kernel Pills，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 20), citing *Cui’s Formulas*; name found in *Ji Feng* (Vol. 19).，For severe abdominal distension and edema, characterized by body swelling, shortness of breath, scanty and reddish urine, a deep navel, two prominent pulsating veins on the neck, thick saliva, and insomnia; swelling typically begins in the … Read more

Siwu Decoction with Jingfang，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Postpartum fever caused by external invasion of wind-pathogen.

Black Chicken Fat Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For chronic deafness that has not responded to treatment.

Dried Tangerine Peel and Hibiscus Root Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics*, Part II.，For early-stage intestinal abscess that has not yet perforated, presenting with lower abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, six pulses that are faint and slow, and no alternating chills and fever.