Rose Decoction

Jade Toad Powder，*A Medical Compendium Through the Ages*, Volume 14.，In children with “running horse teeth” (a type of thrush), the gums are foul-smelling and gangrenous, the condition spreads to the lips and nose, and fat sores appear on the body.

Eight-Ingredient Paste，From *Li Ye*.，For liver deficiency that fails to restrain kidney water, causing water to overflow and transform into phlegm, resulting in vomiting but no cough.

Wind-Dispelling and Blood-Cooling Decoction，From *Secrets of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For wind-heat pharyngitis with initial symptoms of locked jaw, swelling on one side of the head and face, difficulty swallowing saliva, aversion to cold, and high fever.

Licorice Powder and Honey Decoction，From *The Golden Cabinet* (Volume Middle).，Ascaris infection causes excessive salivation, heart pain, and recurrent episodes that cannot be stopped by toxic medications.

Heart-Nourishing Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，Excessive worry leads to heart deficiency and a lack of blood to nourish the heart, resulting in sweating in the epigastric region but no sweating on the rest of the body or the hands and feet.

Hu-Lian Pills，*Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 4.，Night sweats in children.

Poria, Licorice, Gardenia, and Artemisia Decoction，*Medical Golden Needle*, Volume 2.，Dampness syndrome, difficult bowel movements, and abdominal distension.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Liver qi stagnation and discomfort, feeling restless as if something were missing; unable to recall current events, much like the forgetfulness of the elderly. Also treats various forms of stagnation; particularly suitable for cases of yin deficiency complicated by stagnation.

Jade-Green Throat Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，Accumulated heat in the heart and lungs rising upward, causing swelling, pain, and obstruction of the throat, with an inability to swallow even water or broth; or the development of a throat abscess, double tongue, or swelling of the tongue. Single or double tonsillar abscesses.

Dinggui Powder，From *Collection of Inherited Surgical Techniques*.，For headaches caused by intangible cold and dampness, or by pathogenic factors that have penetrated the bones and are spreading.

Harmonizing the Middle and Strengthening the Spleen Pills，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For stomach deficiency with loss of appetite despite hunger.

Membrane-Contracting Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，In cases where a woman has been excessively exhausted by labor before childbirth and has also experienced emotional distress or anger, leading to the liver’s failure to store blood and excessive blood loss, a mass may protrude from the vaginal opening after childbirth. This mass resembles a handkerchief, may … Read more

Stasis-Clearing Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Abdominal pain that remains fixed in one location indicates stagnant blood.

Formula for Four Reversals Decoction with Added Ginger，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 25.，For vomiting and retching in cases of Shaoyin syndrome in Shanghan.

Cool Blood and Disperse Fire Decoction，From *Mr. Cheng Songya’s Ophthalmology*.，Excessive heat causing the sclera to turn entirely red, accompanied by swelling, pain, eye discharge, tearing, and photophobia.

Shanying White Ointment，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of swollen, toxic, and malignant sores, joint pain, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and various injuries from blows or falls.

Aconite and Glutinous Rice Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).，Cold qi in the abdomen, rumbling and sharp pain, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, and vomiting.

Wind-Dispelling and Pain-Relieving Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For cold pain in the lower back and legs, pain in the limbs, numbness due to wind and cold, and weakness in the lower back and legs.

Entry into Sainthood Powder，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.，Throat inflammation.

Ginseng and Cypress Leaf Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，Weakness of the uterus and unstoppable vaginal bleeding.

Silkworm Droppings Steaming Formula，This formula is from *Ben Cao Yan Yi* (Commentary on the Materia Medica), Volume 17; the name appears in *Chuan Ya Wai Bian* (Supplementary Notes to Chuan Ya), Volume 2.，For those suffering from wind-cold obstruction or those who have recently contracted paralytic stroke.

Peace Cake，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Prescriptions* (Vol. 4).，When the root of a toxic abscess or ulcer protrudes.

Muxiang Tongqi Pills，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen caused by qi stagnation.

Climbing Bindweed Flower Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For women and young maidens with blocked meridians, heat in the palms and soles, and pain in the limbs.

Mugwort Leaf Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Chanyun Ji* (Vol. 1).，For pregnancies from the 2nd–3rd month to the 8th–9th month, characterized by restless fetal movements, lower back pain, and signs of labor having already begun.