Roasted Yellow Wheat Flour

Coix Seed Decoction，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23. An alternative name for the “Coix Seed Decoction” cited in *Ji Sheng* and quoted in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 77.，

Musk Deer Bone Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 3.，Postpartum weakness and exhaustion; the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries”; deficiency and insufficiency; and imbalances of cold and heat in the zang-fu organs.

Du Lao Formula，From *Medical Discourses from the Qian Zhai*.，For bone-steaming consumptive fever, emaciation and mental fatigue, soreness and pain in the lower back and spine, weakness and numbness in the limbs, seminal emission and hemoptysis, coughing with phlegm, and all conditions caused by yin deficiency with internal heat.

Rat Droppings and Fermented Soybean Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 2; name cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 2, quoting *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* (Gujin Luyan).，For illnesses arising from seasonal epidemics and various cases of relapse due to exertion. For those who have recently recovered from illness and experience … Read more

Calcined Alum Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 360.，When an infant’s umbilical cord is cut, wind invades from the outside, causing the umbilical sore to fail to heal.

Ma Ming Decoction，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For children with malnutrition and intestinal parasites.

Astragalus, Smilax, and Rhubarb Decoction，From *Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Sores*, Volume 2.，Mold Sores. These appear on the head, face, hands, feet, abdomen, and back, resembling purple-red bayberries; they may or may not have pus-filled blisters, and may be itchy or painful. In patients with a robust constitution, the toxins凝固 into hard, … Read more

Saposhnikovia and Platycodon Decoction，*Etiology, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For cases of lung wind-phlegm with a floating and slow pulse, where wind energy predominates.

Hundred-Tonics Decoction，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For women with hematuria and leukorrhea.

Tissue-Regenerating and Skin-Restoring Powder，*Treatise on Childbirth*.，For perineal lacerations during childbirth.

Sulfur-Cinnabar Dan，*Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Indications: Abdominal distension as if a drum; the abdominal pulse is markedly pale-yellow; when tapped with a finger, it sounds hard and hollow; when pressed, it does not indent; the limbs are emaciated; and bowel movements are loose.

Clamshell Powder，Formula from *Collection of Convenient and Practical Experiences*; name cited in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Vol. 5).，Sores caused by heat and dampness. Damp sores on the breasts of men and women, with pus and blood oozing in patches, red and raw without scabs, accompanied by unrelenting pain and itching.

Nine-Ingredient Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Heat accumulation in the middle jiao causing obstruction; blockage of communication between upper and lower parts; inability to vomit or pass stool; abdominal distension and shortness of breath.

Plum and Peach Pill，The formula is from *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28; the name is found in *Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 7.，For smallpox where the lesions have not yet erupted or have not risen to the surface, remaining hidden beneath the skin; or for measles or maculopapular … Read more

Li’an Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Acute spleen pain.

Double Mandarin Duck Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 198), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For coughs.

Jade Marrow Pill，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For phlegm-fire surging upward, or flowing into the limbs, or accumulating in the chest and back, or causing coughing, or clouding of the mind and vision.

Bu’er Decoction，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For toxic abscesses causing throat ulceration.

Deer Shavings Powder，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 17), citing *Doumen Formulas*; name found in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 64).，Bone stalk.

Coptis and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，Shanghan Hu-Huo Syndrome. Sores on the lips and mouth, hoarseness, heaviness in the limbs, aversion to the smell of food, silent desire to lie down, closed eyes, white tongue coating, and a face with patches of blackness that appear and disappear unpredictably. When parasites erode the lower region, … Read more

Da Qin Jiao Powder，Volume 13 of *De Xiao*.，For stroke caused by excessive wind-phlegm, resulting in heavy and sluggish limbs; or weakness, paralysis, and pain; or stiffness, numbness, tremors, and uncoordinated movements; dry mouth, red eyes, restlessness, and fever; and restless sleep.

Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction，From *Jisheng*, cited in Volume 13 of *Yonglei Qianfang*.，For deficiency-dampness in the stomach and intestines, with borborygmi and diarrhea, or excessive spontaneous sweating.

Decoction of Black Plums，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 102.，For redness of the eyes caused by wind and for fetal redness.

Zhenbu Dan，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 16), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For heart qi exhaustion and insufficient sleep at night.

Navel-Warming Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For abdominal pain due to deficiency-cold, dysentery, diarrhea with vomiting, and cold extremities.