Reed Decoction

Recipe for the “Zizao Zhibao Dan”，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Leprosy.

Formula for Blackening Beards，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，For sperm deficiency leading to infertility; or kidney yin deficiency causing gradual graying of hair and beard.

Wu Ba Jiang Dan，From *Compendium of Effective Formulas*.，For abscesses and boils where necrotic tissue fails to resolve.

Yiyuan Qibao Dan，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，

Kidney-Tonifying Prepared Rehmannia Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Kidney deficiency with low vital energy, abdominal distension and lower back pain, sharp pain in the lower abdomen, cold hands and feet, reduced appetite, sallow and dark complexion, aching in all joints, and progressive weakness.

Liver-Suppressing and Red-Discharge-Guiding Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 15.，For children with phlegm following recovery from acute convulsions.

Star Aconite Powder，*Ben Shi*, Volume 1.，For stroke affecting the viscera, where the patient can speak and the mouth is not crooked, but the hands and feet are limp and dragging, and the pulse is weak, floating, and rapid.

Modified Wei Rui Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For individuals with yin deficiency who have contracted a wind-heat common cold or suffer from winter-heat cough with phlegm accumulation in the throat.

San Huang Ju Sheng Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Shanghan*, Volume 2.，For shanghan with accumulated internal heat, manifested by fever, profuse sweating, red and obstructed urination and defecation, red eyes and parched lips, delirium, thirst with a desire to drink, and toxic rashes.

Ginseng Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Wheezing results from heart fire overpowering lung metal, thereby failing to generate kidney water.

Polygonatum and Euryale Decoction，Formula by Leng Baizhi, cited in *Clinical Treatment of Internal Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Indicated for middle-consumption syndrome due to spleen yin deficiency.

Xianmao Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.，For weakness and spasms in the back, shoulders, hands, feet, head, and eyes, as well as in the tendons and meridians; all wind-related conditions; and unbearable pain.

Pill for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Men with extreme yang deficiency who struggle to conceive suffer from an excessive and intense “ministerial fire” that scorches the true yin, leading to extreme yang—which becomes hyperactive; or they may be excessively rigid, causing an imbalance between victory and defeat, resulting in childlessness.

Imperial Favor Pills，*Formulas for Reliable and Practical Use*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of nutritive and defensive qi, where wind-pathogen invades the viscera; when the stomach and intestines are weak and undigested residues are not properly retained, resulting in stools that are red or white, or containing pus and blood; accompanied by pain in the navel and … Read more

Rash-Relieving Decoction，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Urticaria.

Stalactite Lung-Nourishing Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For lung deficiency with persistent cough leading to progressive emaciation.

Dai Zhe Shi Ai Pi Pills，*Secrets of Infant Care*.，For abdominal masses accompanied by alternating chills and fever, or pain.

Puhuang and Deer Antler Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 21.，For hematuria due to overwork, accompanied by fever, internal heat, or alternating chills and fever, with dry mouth and thirst.

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

Wind-Dispelling and Urine-Promoting Powder，*Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Red and Ulcerated Eyelid Margins (Blepharitis). Characterized by ulceration of the eyelid margins and surrounding skin at both inner and outer canthi; this often spreads to the inner canthi, causing redness of the blood vessels, accompanied by itching and mild pain.

Ruan Family Peach Blossom Decoction，Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，Following an episode of cold damage, there is an unceasing discharge of red and white mucus.

Bamboo Shavings Paste，*Ji Sheng*, Volume 8.，For yellow, oozing, hot sores.

Han’s Toxin-Expelling Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For abscesses, malignant sores, genital ulcers, syphilis, hemorrhoids, scabies, carbuncles, red wounds, burns, lacerations, as well as fetal toxins, wind-fire toxins in children, and other skin erosions.

Decoction of Scallion Whites，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 77); name cited in *Huoren Shu* (Vol. 19).，For restlessness during pregnancy, febrile illnesses, fetal restlessness with vaginal bleeding, or heat-induced dysuria.

Cinnabar Tooth-Brushing Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.，