Rubia Decoction

Formula for Harmonizing the Middle and Transforming Phlegm-Heat，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Reduced appetite, chest fullness with excessive phlegm, acid regurgitation and vomiting, deficiency-cold stomach pain; heat in the lung and stomach, swelling and pain in the throat.

Powder for Inducing Vomiting of Breast Milk，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For children with stagnation in the spleen and stomach: vomiting after consuming milk or food; vomiting due to exposure to cold; vomiting due to exposure to dampness; vomiting due to exposure to heat.

Kexin Tinea Ointment，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Psoriasis.

Fire-Clearing Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Male Disorders*, Volume 1.，Fire-syndrome conditions.

Milk-Dissolving Pill，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 20.，Breast Cancer.

Black-Bone Chicken Liver Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Liver wind-deficiency, blurred vision.

Red Mallow Powder，Formula from *Yixin Fang* (Vol. 25), citing *Zhengyao Fang*; name found in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 180).，Mouth sores in children.

Dermatitis Ointment，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，Subacute dermatitis, eczema.

Pain-Relieving Thunder-Fire Needle，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，When cold and dampness flow into the meridians and joints, they cause pain and numbness. The pain may be localized or wander unpredictably. It may also result from deficiency of qi and blood, leading to cold and an inability to circulate; when compounded by external invasion of … Read more

Chong Sui Decoction，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，A person who habitually indulges in sexual activity, compounded by exhaustion from epidemic diseases and overwork, which damages the bones and stirs internal heat, and who further engages in vigorous sexual activity, will eventually experience weakness in both legs, trembling in the legs when standing, knee pain … Read more

Incomparably Miraculous Powder，From *Secret Treasures Passed Down Through Generations*, Volume 2.，For severe cases of smallpox in children where the lesions do not erupt smoothly, as well as black lesions and all other severe symptoms.

White Lion Pill，From *A Handbook of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For conditions affecting the throat, mouth, and tongue.

Lime and Chinese Chive Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 302.，Wounds.

Divine Formula for Bone Setting，From *Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.，Traumatic injuries.

Spleen-Tonifying Paste，From *Li Ye*.，

Zhike Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 4.，Beriberi.

Red Kesi Pills，*Wai Tai*, Volume 28 (Annotation), citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，For diarrhea caused by the “Five Gu” toxins; removes fat and blood.

Bean Wine，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Formulas from the Outer Pavilion* (Vol. 20), quoting *Formulas by Fan and Wang*.，For wind-induced edema, as well as women who have recently given birth and been exposed to wind, resulting in shortness of breath and coughing. Sudden swelling and distension of the body … Read more

Tiger-Rhinoceros Pill，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For disorders caused by emotional distress, extreme mental confusion, palpitations, anxiety, and epilepsy.

Four Ling and Five Bark Decoction，From *Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 6, citing *Bianyi*.，Edema.

Suoyang Pill，From *San Yin*, Volume 13.，Semen leakage and incontinence.

White Clematis Compress，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 24 of *Wài Tái*.，For abscesses and swellings.

Crucian Carp Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.，Effective for all types of sores and ringworm, whether dry or wet, accompanied by unbearable pain and itching.

Shen’s Lotus Leaf Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases* (Shanghai Science and Technology Edition), Volume 25.，Thunderhead Wind: Headache originating from the Three Yang channels, accompanied by the formation of a hard mass; swelling and pain in the head and face; aversion to cold and high fever; symptoms resembling typhoid fever.

Corrosive Pills，From *Remaining Treatises on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For all types of abscesses and carbuncles in the early stage of rupture where necrotic tissue has not yet sloughed off.