Red Elixir

Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.

Borneol and Perilla Pills，From *Yuanrong*, Volume 5.，Effective for coughing up blood due to lung heat; palpitations due to heart heat; a sweet taste in the mouth and vomiting of blood due to spleen-stomach heat; a bitter taste in the mouth due to liver-gallbladder heat; mental instability due to kidney heat; as well as, in the … Read more

Shengyang Yigwei Powder，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，Deficiency of central qi, stagnation of spleen dampness, and failure of yang qi to rise. Symptoms include heaviness of the body, pain in the limbs and joints, dry mouth and tongue, loss of appetite, irregular stools, scanty and涩urine, lack of desire to eat, indigestion, chills, and tidal fevers.

Aristolochia Root Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 147.，Five types of gu poison.

Great Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 7.，For cases where toxin from beriberi ascends to the heart and transforms into fluid, causing generalized swelling and such severe distress that the patient feels on the verge of death. Symptoms include pain and numbness in the legs along the Spleen and Kidney meridians, persistent numbness in the lower abdomen, … Read more

Ophiopogon and Chinese Yam Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For heart deficiency with palpitations, tremors due to deficiency wind, wind with heat, dizziness and vertigo, and various wind-related disorders.

Rhubarb and Myrrh Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For women after childbirth experiencing retained lochia, intermittent chills and fever, restlessness, agitation, confusion, delirium, thirst, and a flushed face.

Liver-Nourishing Bai Zi Ren Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 3.，Deficiency-cold of liver qi, distension and fullness in both flanks, stiffness and tightness of tendons and vessels, pain in the lower back, knees, and lower abdomen, pale complexion, and locked jaw.

Five Shedding Powder，From *Li Ye*.，Effective for long-standing corneal opacities and cataracts.

Integrated White Jade Pill，*Compendium of Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For scrofula sores that have become ulcerated and have remained unhealed for many years, spreading to the chest and armpits.

Peach Kernel and Softshell Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 10.，For postpartum blood stasis accumulation with wood-element stagnation and abdominal pain.

Heart-Calming Angelica Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.，For stroke-induced pathogenic factors, palpitations due to deficiency, mental confusion, sadness, or restless sleep.

Two Immortals Cake，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 12.，

Tonifying and Nourishing Decoction，From *Jilüe*, cited in Volume 4 of *Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*.，For deficiency-syndrome with concurrent depletion of both qi and blood, as well as the “Five Labor” and “Seven Injuries.”

Enhanced Decoction for Clearing the Throat and Relieving Diaphragmatic Obstruction，From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Pharyngeal obstruction.

Enhanced Ginger Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，For Taiyin spleen malaria, characterized by a string-like yet slow pulse, chills, and in severe cases, vomiting, belching, abdominal rumbling, and loose stools.

Divine Elixir to Counteract Alcohol Poisoning，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，

Yiyuan Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Indicated for deficiency of blood and qi, phlegm accumulation, leukorrhea, and yin-fire-induced gout.

Infusion，*Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 21.，Wind-cold arising from dampness causes facial blisters to erupt, stiffness and numbness throughout the body without pain or itching; the eyes may become wide and lose their luster; the voice may become coarse and heavy; the patient may experience blurred vision and excessive sleepiness; the waist … Read more

Geng-Character Mold-Transforming Pills，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For fungal skin ulcers presenting with symptoms characteristic of the Lung Meridian—both internal and external, front and back.

Dysentery-Relieving Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 207.，For uncontrollable diarrhea and all types of dysentery, accompanied by difficulty urinating.

Pain-Relieving Formula，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For contusions, injuries, fractures, dislocations, and lacerations.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 63.，For accumulated heat in the spleen and lungs, stagnation in the viscera, swelling and pain in the throat, and phlegm-induced cough with difficulty breathing.

Cinnabar and Scorpion Tail Ointment，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 19.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Decoction for Eliminating Malaria，From *The Zheng Family’s Inherited Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 5.，Malaria in Pregnant Women.