Safflower Four-Ingredient Decoction

Commonly Used Chonghan Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by exposure to cold, or for cases without diarrhea but with poor appetite and a weak stomach that cannot tolerate greasy or rich foods.

Xiongnu Open-Air Sleeping Pills，From *Qianjin*, Volume 16.，Cold-induced stagnation.

Astragalus, Ginger, and Poria Decoction，From *Medical Golden Needle*, Volume 2.，For stroke due to blood deficiency resulting in right-sided hemiplegia.

Modified Rhinoceros Horn, Rehmannia, and Reed Flower Decoction，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 3.，For children with measles whose rash has already appeared, accompanied by epistaxis or blood loss.

Burdock Root Powder，*Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，In cases of cold damage where sweating does not occur, this is due to inadequate coverage during sweating, resulting in twitching of the lower back, hands, and feet.

Forsythia, Cimicifuga, and Pueraria Decoction，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 5.，In cases where smallpox toxins in children have not fully erupted.

Milk-Promoting Decoction，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，Nasal sores. Sores form inside the nose, causing unbearable itching; speech becomes slurred, and the voice is muffled.

Hemorrhoid-Expelling Powder，*Collection of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，Hemorrhoids.

Miraculous Labor-Inducing Powder，From *Hu’s Effective Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 10 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，

Cinnamon Twig and Nourishing the Blood Decoction，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Compilation of Formulas*, Middle Volume.，For cases of cold stagnation and dampness retention with deficiency of qi and blood.

Whole Duck Pills，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 1 of the Lower Series.，For unresolved external pathogens, internal injuries with blood stasis, cough, feverish heat, and blood loss.

Gai Ling He Zhong Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen* (Volume 8).，For smallpox rashes, after the initial eruption, where internal heat or dietary indiscretion causes sudden diarrhea, and the stool is scorched-yellow in color with a sour, foul odor.

Enhanced Gu Ben Jiao，*Mirror of Treating Deficiency* (Volume 2).，Consumptive disease.

Muscle-Relaxing Decoction，*The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Middle Volume.，Symptoms include eyes swollen and painful as if on fire; pain in the bones and tendons of both feet and the peroneal region; weakness in the knees; heaviness of the body and lower back pain; aversion to cold at night; phlegm-related cough; stiffness and pain in … Read more

Pain-Relieving Taiyi Ointment，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 3.，For all types of ulcerated sores that have not healed for a long time, as well as moxibustion burns that have not healed over time.

Li Long Pearl，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For stroke.

Five-Juice Soothing Decoction，From *Newly Added Verses on Decoction Formulas*, citing a formula by Zhang Renhou.，For regurgitation and dysphagia caused by excessive internal heat leading to blood deficiency, or by stagnant blood, cold phlegm, or other obstructions affecting the stomach.

Yunlin Moisturizing Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，For physical weakness, low energy, and a lack of appetite.

Anti-inflammatory Compound，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Stomatitis.

Goat Lung Decoction，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 9, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，Coughing ceaselessly day and night, with breathing so labored it feels as if one might suffocate, and lung damage causing hemoptysis.

Decoction for Clearing the Diaphragm and Relieving Stagnation，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，For redness, pain, dryness, and swelling of the eyes.

Jade Toad Tissue-Regenerating Powder，*New Book on Child Care*, Volume 11.，For cases where the toxic infection has been eliminated but the decayed tissue has not yet regenerated.

Decoction for Clearing Internal Heat and Eliminating Toxins，From *Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For pediatric sores and abscesses characterized by swelling, hardness, deep pain, and difficult bowel movements, with a deep and full pulse, indicating an internal syndrome.

Toad Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，For all types of sores, swellings, boils, carbuncles, and scrofula that have persisted for months without healing and are on the verge of developing into cold fistulas:

Dao Chi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Stagnation in the heart and kidneys, heat in the bladder, and difficulty urinating; wind and heat combining to cause a dribbling, obstructed flow; or excessive intake of tonic herbs leading to a constricted urinary passage, scant and frequent … Read more