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Seaweed and Jade Vase Decoction，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For goiters in the early stages—whether swollen or hard, red or not red—but not yet ruptured. Caused by disharmony between the liver and spleen, leading to qi stagnation and phlegm condensation. A “stone goiter” is hard as stone, does not move when pressed, and shows … Read more

Qianjin Baosheng Pills，From *Meng Shen’s Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 336).，For women who are childless.

Nourish the Kidney and Preserve the Original Qi Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Stork’s-beak Ulcer. Deficiency of original qi, with profuse discharge of pus and serous fluid that persists without healing.

Ten Immortals Cake，From *Records on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 17.，For children with weak spleen and stomach.

Liver-Clearing and Blood-Activating Decoction，*Integrative Chinese and Western Dermatology*.，Liver heat with blood stasis; chronic dermatitis of the scrotum or vulva, or exudative erosive dermatitis with recurrent episodes; bitter taste in the mouth; taut pulse; yellow tongue coating with a bitter taste.

Formula for Low Milk Supply with Wine Decoction，*Collected Effective Prescriptions from the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，For low milk production.

Two-Ingredient Achyranthes Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，For extreme cold in the feet caused by beriberi, where even wearing thick cotton clothing and covering oneself fails to provide warmth.

Bone-Setting Silence Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 309.，Fractures.

Decoction for Relieving Arthralgia and Preventing Paralysis，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 8.，Bi Syndrome. Wind-dampness lingers in the tendons and bones, leading to prolonged numbness and loss of sensation without pain, resulting in paralysis of the hands and feet.

Blood-Nourishing Angelica and Rehmannia Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Middle Volume.，Tetanus: Prolonged illness leading to gradual deficiency of qi and blood, with pathogenic factors invading the stomach; stroke: blood deficiency causing hemiplegia, with stiffness and pain in the tendons and meridians.

Ginger Gel，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For pain in the limbs caused by exposure to cold, or numbness and loss of sensation due to cold stagnation obstructing the blood vessels.

Yu Lin Gu Ben Ointment，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For kidney deficiency and physical weakness, nocturnal emissions and seminal leakage, testicular torsion and hernias, lower back pain and weak legs, as well as women’s dysmenorrhea and leukorrhea.

Wax-Plum Pill，From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 117.，Relieves thirst and promotes the production of body fluids.

Coptis and Pueraria Decoction，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 3.，For diarrhea and bloody, purulent stools following opium use.

Grape-Based Dispersing Powder，*Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，For swollen and painful gums that are on the verge of forming an abscess.

Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction，*The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).，Cough accompanied by shortness of breath, with a croaking sound in the throat.

Decoction for Dispersing Masses and Relieving Pain，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For women experiencing lower abdominal pain after childbirth due to blood stasis; in severe cases, a mass may form, and pressing on it causes increased pain.

White Tiger and Kudzu Root Decoction，*Shanghan Dabai* (Compendium of Shanghan), Volume 1.，For Yangming internal heat with headache, sweating, fever, a洪而数 pulse, and restlessness with a strong desire for water.

Sulfur-Capped，From *Chuanya Neibian*, Volume 3.，Lower back pain.

Qingjian Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 6.，For phlegm and fluid retention.

Complete Smallpox Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，For smallpox lesions on days 9–10, when the serous fluid is thin and the scabs are thin, and there is deficiency of qi and blood.

Bin-Gui Decoction，*Complete Record of Medical Works*, Volume 183.，Chest pain.

Decoction to Induce Sweating and Promote Qi Circulation，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Caused by wind invading a weakened constitution, combined with damp-heat, leading to the flow of pathogenic toxins. Initially, one or two lesions appear, gradually increasing in number until there are twenty-three or twenty-five; eventually, they spread … Read more

Edema with Intermittent Pain，*Supplement to the Chuan Ya*, Volume 2.，For edema.

Newly Formulated Decoction for Epistaxis Due to Blood Toxin in Black Fever，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black Fever*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark; the neck is long and thin with a pulsating neck vein; frequent epistaxis occurs with bright … Read more