Rice-Substitute Pills

Seven Treasures Ointment，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For blood-wind sores that are extremely itchy and cause bleeding when scratched; also treats all types of malignant sores and abscesses.

Pharbitis and Carp Soup，*Shenghui*, Volume 69.，For women with water retention, characterized by swelling of the head, face, and limbs, shortness of breath, and difficulty urinating.

Carp Paste，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For edema affecting the heart, causing restlessness and agitation.

Qi Lao Dan，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Vol. 177), citing *Yan Xia Sheng Xiao Fang*.，Effective for back abscesses, brain abscesses, and all types of malignant sores.

Yang-Nourishing Powder，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 3.，For retained placenta.

Decoction for Dispelling Exterior Pathogens，*Essentials for Treating Sha*.，For shā caused by external obstruction by cold pathogens.

Decoction for Clarifying Vision and Harmonizing the Blood，*Elucidation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Wind-fire is concealed within the meridians; blood deficiency prevents the expulsion of pathogenic factors, resulting in a cloudy opacity obscuring the pupil.

Pill for Transcending the World，*Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，For paralysis and pain, prolonged bedrest, or serious illnesses causing restlessness in the limbs, difficulty walking, poor appetite, insomnia, or pain extending to the tendons and bones.

Si Xiao Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Yu Ju’s Formula).，

Cinnabar-Amber Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For wind-phlegm epilepsy, pediatric lockjaw, phlegm-induced cough with upper respiratory obstruction, severe shortness of breath, as well as sudden convulsions, fetal epilepsy, and umbilical wind.

Touluo Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For sudden stroke, characterized by sudden collapse, confusion, slurred speech, and phlegm obstruction; or for childhood epilepsy, characterized by fever, convulsions, and rigidity with opisthotonos.

Nine Jaundice Qin Wang Powder，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，Stomach-type jaundice, heart-type jaundice, kidney-type jaundice, spleen-type jaundice, lung-type jaundice, tongue-type jaundice, flesh-type jaundice, marrow-type jaundice, liver-type jaundice.

Houpo Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，White, turbid discharge.

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Regulating the Diaphragm，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 61.，Swelling of the throat; excessive phlegm and saliva.

Nine-Treasure Decoction for Nourishing Yin，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Indicated for suspended abscesses caused by a diet rich in greasy and starchy foods, leading to internal heat, swelling, scanty and difficult urination, severe constipation, internal heat with a dry mouth, restlessness and thirst with a craving for cold drinks, and six pulses that are deep, … Read more

Tortoiseshell Decoction，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，For epidemic pea-like sores and red rashes: for those that have not yet erupted, this formula promotes internal resolution; for those that have already erupted, it neutralizes and dispels toxic qi, preventing the condition from becoming too severe.

Ginseng Detoxification Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 4.，For cases where the toxic heat of smallpox sores has not yet dissipated, causing a burning sensation in the stomach and loss of appetite, and where the vital energy is deficient, resulting in a sore throat after the scabs have fallen off.

Realgar Detoxifying Pills，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For cases where a child’s skin ulcer has penetrated the abdomen, causing abdominal distension and obstruction of urination and defecation, accompanied by wheezing or convulsions.

Tangerine Sweet Decoction，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Phlegm-related cough.

Miraculous Four Immortals Decoction，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，For severe shortness of breath with imminent danger of death.

Formula for Fumigating the Navel to Prolong Life and Promote Fertility，From *The Authentic Seal of Medicine*, Volume 1.，For men with deficiency of the Lower Jiao, characterized by seminal emission, weak lower back, erectile dysfunction, and childlessness in middle age; and for women with irregular menstruation, red or white vaginal discharge, a cold uterus, and prolonged … Read more

Tortoise and Deer Two Immortals Ointment，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Deafness due to essence depletion.

Black Crane Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 120.，For toothache with swelling and pain, accompanied by bleeding when the tooth is exposed.

Centipede Powder，*Selected Essays on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 5.，For tetanus.

Ginseng and Gastrodia Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，Excessive use of cooling medications following a rash leads to deficiency of spleen qi and decline of central qi, resulting in chronic convulsions. Symptoms include clenched jaws, copious phlegm, eyes staring upward, twitching of the hands and feet, and unceasing seizures; this formula is … Read more