Rhinoceros Horn Detoxifying Decoction

Qianjin Longdan Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，For infants with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea; sores on the tongue; dull, lackluster hair; umbilical wind; and convulsions; or for infants born with a protruding abdomen, full and taut blood vessels, severe alternating chills and fever, convulsive twitching of the limbs, fever, and profuse vomiting (visible from the … Read more

Alum Embryo Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 55, citing *Hai Shang Fang*.，Pus discharge from the ear.

Ginseng and Aconite Li Zhong Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For those with a constitution of chronic spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, who have a reduced appetite or difficulty digesting food, and who are suddenly struck by an external invasion of excessive cold or injured by internal accumulation of tangible cold, resulting in sudden coldness of the … Read more

Spleen-Regulating Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 22, citing *Xu Yi Jian Fang*.，For mild disharmony of the spleen and stomach.

Perilla and Alum Wash，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Acute eczema.

Self-Formulated Hypotensive Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing *Selected Medical Case Records of Zheng Qiao*.，Dizziness and headache due to liver yang rising, hypertension.

Narcissus Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, accompanied by loss of consciousness.

Xiao Zhi San，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Two fingers suddenly sprout from the sole of the foot, causing unbearable pain.

Eight Winds Life-Sustaining Decoction，From *Qianjin* (Volume 8, Annotations), citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For sudden hemiplegia, with stiffness and rigidity in the hands and feet preventing flexion or extension; a cold body; alternating between lucidity and confusion; a rigid, unresponsive body with inability to speak; a condition teetering between life and death; incoherent, indescribable ramblings; opisthotonos; or symptoms … Read more

Toxin-Extracting Ointment，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.，For bayberry sores.

Dried Persimmons，*Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 7.，Regurgitation and dysphagia.

Disheng Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，

Wind-Dispelling and Muscle-Relieving Ointment，*Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 375.，Melasma.

Xiaoxiangru Decoction，From Ye’s formula, cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Summer heatstroke. If the patient has yin deficiency with excessive fire, and the summer-heat pathogen lodges within the fire, even if it manifests as wind-cold, it is still a syndrome of “exogenous cold generating fire.”

Yirong Decoction，*The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 3.，For rashes that appear all over the body with a white, brocade-like pattern.

Bian Que Oil Formula，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 403.，

Shunliu Dan，From *Random Notes from Chongqing Hall*, Volume 1.，Life-threatening complications of smallpox.

Grilled Mutton Heart，*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.，For palpitations and anxiety caused by stagnation of heart qi, resulting in depression and unhappiness.

Great Musk Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children who are emaciated, with a distended abdomen showing blue veins and a protruding navel. For various types of malnutrition and abdominal masses, characterized by a heavy head, thin neck, abdominal masses, dry, brittle hair, and shortness … Read more

Shijunzi Cake，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 399.，Caused by consuming coarse meat; fatty and sweet foods generate heat; resulting in emaciation and physical weakness, with clear saliva flowing from the mouth, a purplish hue between the lips, abdominal colic, and black worms emerging from the mouth and nose—a condition that is otherwise untreatable.

Gypsum Tea，From *Shenghui*, Volume 17.，Feverish illness, headache, high fever, restlessness, and intense thirst.

Pinellia Compress Formula，From *Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，For children with a protruding fontanelle that fails to close, who are emaciated with a sallow complexion, and who are unable to walk by the age of 4–5.

Lao Jun San，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，For boils and abscesses on the back, malignant carbuncles, and all types of unexplained swollen and toxic sores that are hot and inflamed but have not yet ruptured.

Chuanxiong-Danggui Liver-Draining Decoction，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Postpartum blood stasis flowing into the Liver Meridian, causing distension and pain under the ribs that cannot be pressed.

Medicine for Burns and Scalds，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For scalds and burns resulting in redness, swelling, and blisters.