Red Ointment

Elixir of Longevity and Treasure，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 153), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For men and women suffering from various forms of deficiency and debility, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” chronic cold in the kidneys, bladder sensitivity to cold, mental confusion, depletion of vital energy, blurred vision and deafness, parched lips … Read more

Ginger and Aconite Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 2.，For cold phlegm and stagnant qi, chest fullness and shortness of breath, vomiting of frothy sputum and headache, and indigestion; also indicated for sudden stroke; for malaria in Lingnan, internal weakness with fever, or alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced vomiting, headache and body aches, or profuse … Read more

Yin-Nourishing and Spirit-Calming Decoction，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Occasional fainting, convulsions, and phlegm congestion.

Blood-Nourishing and Toxin-Expelling Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 20.，For those with a pale complexion, deficiency of heart blood, physical weakness, and mental fatigue.

Frankincense Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 191.，For abscesses and swellings.

Drink Polygonum juice，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 307.，Snake Bites.

Waist-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For lower back pain that is worse during the day and milder at night, accompanied by difficult and scanty urination, but with normal appetite and digestion.

Cinnabar Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For infants who, within one month after their first birthday, suddenly suffer from chronic convulsions or other unexplained symptoms.

Eight Generals Capturing the King Pills，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back, as well as ulcers and hemorrhoids that have developed into fistulas.

Purple Jade Pill，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 1.，Symptoms of the Shao Yin meridian: dryness and thirst.

Divine Life-Saving Pill，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 22.，Smallpox. For cases where wind-pathogen has sunk inward, or where smallpox toxin has penetrated the interior.

Mica Stone Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 141, citing *Wang’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Chronic red-and-white dysentery that has not healed.

Rhinoceros Horn and Five-Flavor Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，Indications: bloody dysentery, with cramping pain in the lower abdomen; irregular bowel movements; uncontrollable watery diarrhea mixed with blood.

Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，

Life-Saving Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 202), citing *Formulas for Protecting Life*.，For severe vomiting and diarrhea, unrelenting cholera, a blue-black complexion, and imminent death.

Huashan Stele Elixir，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For pain and fullness in the chest and flanks due to water retention; bloating and distension caused by qi stagnation and fluid accumulation; masses and abdominal distension; wheezing caused by retained fluid; and damp-toxin-induced beriberi.

Trichosanthes Root Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 4.，Wind-heat syndrome, characterized by shortness of breath, thirst, excessive sleepiness, phlegm-induced shortness of breath, and other symptoms.

Fennel Seed Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 86.，Spleen deficiency. Wasting and emaciation of the skin and flesh; sallow or dark complexion; weakness in the limbs; pain in the feet and knees; irregular bowel movements; or wind-deficiency rising upward, causing dizziness, blurred vision, heaviness in the limbs, mental confusion, and a strong desire to lie down.

Yuguan Pills，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For intestinal wind with blood loss, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with turbid leukorrhea, and cases where other medications prove ineffective, as well as uncontrollable diarrhea, dysentery, or loose stools.

Skin-Tightening Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 386.，For all types of swelling that have already subsided after acupuncture treatment, accompanied by spleen and stomach deficiency.

Li Long Powder，*Complete Book of Experienced Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 9.，For abscesses and boils on the back that are in the intermediate stage between having ruptured and not yet having ruptured.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Hundred-Tonics Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines*.，For diminished libido, deficiency of vital energy, excessive worry and overthinking leading to mental exhaustion, night sweats, and seminal emission; also for women with consumptive disease.

Peach Kernel Decoction for Treating (Hidden Parasites)，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 8.，In cases of “fox-confusion” (a condition where parasites feed on the internal organs), sores appear on the upper lip, and the voice becomes hoarse.

Jinshui Pills，*Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Symptoms of difficulty seeing up close but not far away (hyperopia, presbyopia). Kidney damage due to excessive sexual activity, or lung damage due to excessive weeping, resulting in a complete inability to produce fluids; the patient feels dryness and soreness in the eyes, with relatively mild hyperopia … Read more

Fenxiao Kuanzhong Powder，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Spleen deficiency with abdominal distension.