Recipe for the “Zizao Zhibao Dan”

Purslane Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 60.，Hemorrhoids; swollen sores with bleeding.

Cock’s Crow Powder，From *Formulas for Traumatology*.，For blood stasis from trauma attacking the heart, with a pulse that has ceased and the patient on the verge of death.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 171.，For pediatric wind-induced epilepsy characterized by foaming at the mouth, convulsions, and loss of consciousness.

Bi Pi Pills，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For a slippery spleen and weak stomach, uncontrollable diarrhea, indigestion, and rumbling, cramping pain.

Stagnation-Resolving Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Chengde Formula).，

Clove and Persimmon Leaf Decoction，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 1.，For cases of coughing, hiccups, choking, and night sweats indicative of a yin syndrome.

Belamcanda and Burdock Decoction，From *Records of Smallpox and Measles by Ren Duan*, Volume 10.，Hoarseness following smallpox.

Baosheng Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，For smallpox cases characterized by deficiency of both qi and blood, with grayish-white lesions that do not fill with pus or discharge serous fluid.

Decoction for Dispelling Blood Stasis and Relieving Pain，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Injuries sustained while riding a horse, such as a fall resulting in spinal fracture, cause stagnant blood to accumulate beneath the ribs. The pain is excruciating, preventing the patient from turning over and interfering with eating and drinking.

Red Eye-Soothing Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 77.，For eye conditions such as floating blood, red veins, red sores, and sudden eye inflammation.

Kudzu and Peony Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics*, Volume 1.，Dysentery in Pregnant Women. Accumulated pathogenic factors and heat congregate in the stomach and intestines, causing qi stagnation and obstruction; undigested food remains undischarged, leading to dysentery characterized by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, with red and white, thick, sticky, and foul-smelling stools—applicable to cases in … Read more

Houpo Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，For regurgitation, distension and fullness in the flanks, and undigested food.

Heizi Pills，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 22.，For abdominal pain caused by dysentery.

Goat Stomach Soup，From *Zhang Wenzhong’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic illness causing emaciation, failure to gain muscle mass, fluid retention under the ribs, inability to eat, and heat in the limbs.

Rabbit Bone Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 176, citing *Formulas for Benevolent Preservation*.，For diabetes with emaciation and uncontrolled urination.

Cold Water Golden Elixir，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For swollen abscesses, malignant sores, phlegm-induced fullness, chronic phlegm, gastric reflux with dysphagia, and typhoid fever.

Two-Seed Decoction for Clearing Obstructions，The formula is from *Clinical Guidelines for Medical Case Studies*; the name is found in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，A full pulse; a chronic condition with stasis-heat in the blood; chest discomfort; a sensation of heaviness in the lower abdomen; normal appetite but no thirst; scanty and difficult urination and … Read more

Chaihu and Oyster Shell Decoction，From *Selected Essentials of Medicine*.，For pain in the heart and abdomen, with pain localized in the chest and a predominance of heat.

Gardenia Decoction，*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 6.，Hernia due to deficiency with concomitant heat.

Internal Tonifying Decoction of Bamboo Leaves and Astragalus，From *Gui Yi*, Volume 4.，Boils.

Vinegar-Decocted Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For women suffering from blood and qi disorders with unbearable stabbing pain in the abdomen and flanks; and for postpartum retained lochia with stabbing pain in the perineum.

First Harmonizing Decoction，*Treatise on Childbirth*.，For pregnant women suffering from a sense of pressure in the epigastric region.

Lung-Nourishing and Spleen-Strengthening Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，Children may develop lung wasting due to injury to the Lung Meridian or following a prolonged cough; they often appear pale and sallow, may experience diarrhea and abdominal pain, or exhibit morning chills and evening fever; or they may have depleted the Spleen and Lung due … Read more

Great Paulownia and Lyu Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，Effective for all types of wind-induced toothaches and loose, painful teeth.

Decoction for Worm-Induced Abdominal Pain，From *The Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，Pain caused by intestinal parasites.