Salt Decoction for Empty Stomach

Great Yin-Nourishing Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 9.，For edema caused by severe deficiency of water and fire in the kidneys, where the Kidney Qi Pill has proven ineffective.

Great Intestinal Consolidation Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 153), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For various deficiency syndromes.

Chixiexiang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 60.，Jaundice.

Eight Winds Life-Sustaining Decoction，From *Qianjin* (Volume 8, Annotations), citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For sudden hemiplegia, with stiffness and rigidity in the hands and feet preventing flexion or extension; a cold body; alternating between lucidity and confusion; a rigid, unresponsive body with inability to speak; a condition teetering between life and death; incoherent, indescribable ramblings; opisthotonos; or symptoms … Read more

Enhanced Xiehuang Powder，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，There is latent fire in the spleen, manifested as a dry mouth and chapped lips, restlessness, thirst, and frequent hunger; the heat is located in the muscles.

Qigong Powder，From *Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 15.，For scrofula, sword-shaped sores, and other stubborn, malignant ulcers.

Water-Fire Elixir，From *Effective and Remarkable Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.，Mountain mist and miasma; various types of malaria.

Jujube and Aconite Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 226), citing *Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*.，Various conditions of deficiency and weakness; disharmony of the zang-fu organs; spleen qi deficiency; cold and slippery large intestine; diarrhea from zang-fu organ dysfunction; failure to digest grains; and shortness of breath after eating.

Bojin Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 217.，Spontaneous emission of semen. Turbid stools. These conditions all stem from an imbalance between the “water” and “fire” of the heart and kidneys, or may result from excessive drinking and sexual indulgence, leading to severe symptoms—a condition known as “earth excess.”

Pus-Cleansing Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.，Lung abscess. Coughing up pus and blood with a foul, putrid odor.

Black Bean and Garlic Soup，Zhang Wenzhong cited a formula by Tao (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 2).，For warm-toxin-induced diarrhea.

Enhanced Six-Bark Decoction，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，For postpartum swelling and fullness, which is more severe from the waist down, accompanied by a dull complexion and scanty urine.

Tongxuan Pills，From *Essentials of Obstetrics from the Treasure of Public Health*, Volume 7.，For postpartum hemorrhage with clots resembling chicken liver, accompanied by chills, fever, and a sense of oppression; or for postpartum swelling of the limbs with chills and fever; or for a decayed fetus retained in the abdomen.

Tu Gua Pills，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 11), citing *Guang Ji Fang*. Name found in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 177).，For deficiency-heat in the spleen and stomach causing excessive thirst, frequent urination, and progressive wasting of flesh and bone.

Wu Chi Ointment，From *The Book of Care for Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For children aged 6–7 years and older with mumps or swollen abscesses, locked jaw, and difficulty eating.

Longevity and Vitality-Strengthening Pill，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Rehmannia，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 318.，For women and young maidens with typhoid fever who have just begun or just ceased menstruation; they are lucid during the day but delirious at night, behaving as if seeing ghosts. It also treats cases where postpartum lochia has just begun but suddenly ceases.

Milk and Ginger Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 15.，Cold hernia rising upward, causing a throbbing pain in the epigastrium.

To Eliminate Superficial Fluid Retention，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 129), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Edema in the limbs, on the verge of developing into water retention.

Sandalwood and Coptis Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 13.，For dysentery with pus and blood, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Rice Husk Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For disharmony of stomach qi following diarrhea or dysentery; also treats “Red Sun Dysentery.”

Yuanmiao Decoction，From *Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，In cases of extreme yang deficiency, with malaria attacks occurring every four days, persisting for months or even years without resolution—characterized by fever without chills, sweating without thirst, and attacks occurring primarily at night.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Nourishing Blood，*Essentials of the Collection of Treatises on Syndromes, Causes, and Formulas*, Volume 4.，Frequent nighttime itching; scratching causes heat to rise beneath the skin, resulting in raised bumps the size of beans.

Sanling-Softshell Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 28.，For consumptive disorders with masses, cold qi in the chest and abdomen, stomach distress and pain, frequent pain below the navel, and qi masses that rise to the chest and heart upon onset, accompanied by cold extremities.

Sophora Fruit and Groundsel Wine，*The Collection of Immortal Remedies*, Volume 4.，For boils on the back and carbuncles.