Root-Extracting Pills

Gui Ling Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For syphilitic sores, regardless of whether they are recent or chronic, but only in patients with deficient vital energy.

Emergency Remedy for Epidemic Diseases，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，At the onset of epidemic fever with swelling, accompanied by chills and shivering; a lump resembling a boil inside the lips; pain behind the ears; diarrhea; shortness of breath and vomiting; pain and numbness in the muscles and bones; or faint and fine pulses … Read more

Decoction for Nourishing Water and Tonifying the Liver，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，Yin deficiency of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian manifests as “fire eye,” with sudden swelling; or along the inner side of the instep from the big toe, one cun from the inner ankle, extending into the abdomen near the navel … Read more

Life-Saving Throat Pill，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the Thousand Gold*.，For critical throat conditions.

Sichuan Pepper and Aconite Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Deficiency of the Lower Jiao with internal accumulation of cold; a taut and tight sensation in the abdomen and navel; pain radiating to the lower back; fatigue in the limbs; a sallow, dark complexion; dry lips and … Read more

Bingpeng Powder (Golden Key Formula)，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Various throat conditions, including single or double tonsillar swellings.

Chuanxiong-Qi Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For wind-cold affecting the reproductive organs, pain in the lower back and abdomen, chronic infertility, or miscarriage.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Head Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 5.，For children with epigastric fullness and hard, painful masses in the lower abdomen or under the ribs.

Decoction for Reducing Protein in Urine，Formula attributed to Deng Tietao, cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Chronic nephritis (nephrotic syndrome). Deficiency of both the spleen and kidney; pale complexion with a waxy sheen; pale lips; slightly swollen eyelids; fatigue and poor appetite; occasional loose stools; tender tongue with a white coating; fine and weak pulse at … Read more

Lian-Gui Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For pain associated with various sores.

Siwu-Guateng Powder，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Postpartum deficiency of qi and blood, with wind-cold invading the skin and entering the meridians, leading to stubborn numbness and loss of sensation; in severe cases, stiffness and spasm, with the tendons and joints unable to move freely.

Cloth Plaster，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For men suffering from infertility or nocturnal emissions; for women experiencing incomplete abortion, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, or injuries from falls and blows; for pain in the tendons and bones throughout the body, soreness in the lower back and legs, weakness in the feet and knees, paralysis on the … Read more

Luoshi-Shegan Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 122.，Swelling and pain in the throat, with difficulty swallowing.

Salt and Dried Plum Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 301.，Dampness and itching in the scrotum with peeling skin.

Da’an Fetal Stabilizer (similar to Sheng Decoction)，*Essentials of Great Vitality*, Volume 2.，For women in their sixth month of pregnancy experiencing abdominal pain, bloating and fullness, or fetal restlessness.

Five-Yellow Pills，From *Jiegu Jiazhen*.，For unstoppable nosebleeds accompanied by dry, hard stools.

Hemostatic Secret Red Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Indications: Hemoptysis due to liver qi rebellion or stomach qi rebellion; blood-streaked sputum; flank pain with hemoptysis; massive coughing up of blood; coughing up blood-streaked sputum; purplish-black blood; nosebleeds with spurting blood; hemoptysis due to physical exertion; palpitations and shortness of breath; metrorrhagia … Read more

Mercury and Leech Oil，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，

Kidney-Warming and Fire-Assisting Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For all conditions of excessive sexual activity leading to deficiency-cold in the Kidney Meridian and retraction of the yang.

Putao Juice，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the five types of linyin in the elderly—characterized by secretion and scanty flow, painful and urgent urination, and a sensation of fullness and obstruction in the diaphragm—

Nasal-Blowing Brain-Clearing Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 87.，All types of malnutrition in children, hair standing on end in tufts, a film over the eyes, and sores on the tip of the nose.

Baohé Pingwei Powder，From *Shanghan Dabai*, Volume 2.，Vomiting accompanied by food stagnation.

Tiankai Dan，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，For corneal opacities.

Cinnabar and Red Lead Powder，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox where toxic qi attacks internally, causing mental confusion, fever, delirium, hallucinations of ghosts or spirits, muttering in sleep, or frantic running about, searching for clothes, or groping the bed.

Pregnancy-Stabilizing Powder，*Songyai Yijing*, Volume 2.，For spotting and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.