Sanbi Decoction

Chai-Gui-Di-Huang Decoction，*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.，Yin deficiency with seasonal invasion, characterized by chills and fever resembling malaria, with chills as cold as ice and fever as scorching as a branding iron.

Eight-Treasure Brightening Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Sha Shi Formula).，Wind-heat obstructing the upper part of the body causes conjunctival inflammation, resulting in redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes, as well as hot tears and sensitivity to light.

Three-Ash Ointment，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 6.，To treat toxic sores caused by bayberry.

Rhubarb Life-Saving Pill，*New Book on Child Care*, Volume 11.，For epidemic diseases occurring during seasonal outbreaks.

Modified Xie Huang Powder，*Treasure of Public Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 19.，Pediatric Late Summer Fever with Weakness and Jaundice. The body feels steaming hot; the chest and diaphragm are full and restless; the skin is yellow like a soaked tangerine; the whites of the eyes are also yellow; the tendons and bones are weak and flaccid; … Read more

Pinellia, Licorice, and Cinnamon Decoction，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 2.，Shāoyīn-type cold damage, characterized by sore throat, diarrhea, a deep and fine pulse, a white tongue coating, and no thirst.

Zibu Jiyin Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For cases of disharmony between the heart and kidneys, where water and fire fail to support one another; where heart fluids are depleted and heart fire becomes excessively vigorous; where kidney water is depleted, leading to bone-steaming fever; or where there is a dry cough with red … Read more

Diaphragm-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Phlegm accumulates above the diaphragm, causing severe fullness and obstruction; qi is blocked and cannot rise, and the herbs are too mild to descend.

Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 227), citing *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*.，For women in their 7th or 8th month of pregnancy experiencing leg swelling.

Dysentery-Clearing Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For dysentery, regardless of whether the stool is red or white, or whether the condition is chronic or acute.

Ten-Ingredient Atractylodes Pill，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach with internal phlegm-fire, fullness and oppression beneath the heart, loss of appetite, and deficiency of blood and qi.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood and Clearing Heat，From *Mr. Cheng Songyai’s Ophthalmology*.，For cases where the inner canthus of the eye is pale red or red and painful.

Pain-Relieving Powder，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*.，Swelling and pain in the vulva after childbirth.

Rhinoceros Horn Decoction for Calming Shock，From *Medical Formulas Compiled by Category* (Vol. 254), citing *Secret Essentials for Protecting Children*.，For those with an innocent lump at the back of the head—where two tendons are knotted like a marble and can be felt shifting beneath the skin when pressed—

Formula for Eliminating Tubes，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For fistula.

Formula for Clearing the Eyes, Removing Dampness, and Foot Baths，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Decoction for Dissolving Masses，From *The Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，

Decoction of Pork Fat，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 12; name cited in *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For severe debility and extreme exhaustion.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Overcoming Dampness，*Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 4.，For bodily dampness with abdominal pain, rumbling in the intestines, alternating episodes of pain and diarrhea, and a string-like, rapid pulse.

Euryale Seed Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 120.，For wind-induced canker with oozing, unstoppable bleeding, tooth loss, and bad breath.

Gui Liang Jie Ming Powder，From *Jisheng*, cited in Volume 4 of *Pocket Edition*.，For facial flushing, bitter taste in the mouth, restlessness, and abdominal distension during pregnancy.

Dao Ning Chun Yang Dan，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 12.，Deficiency of the True Yuan leads to instability of the heart and kidneys, dissipation of vital energy, and dampness-induced impairment of the spleen’s earth element, resulting in an inability to transform food. The five flavors consumed fail to transform into essence and instead become phlegm and saliva, which … Read more

Mountain Artemisia Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 88.，When a postpartum mother consumes foods containing heat toxins, it can cause the newborn’s eyes to remain closed at birth.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Yin-Nourishing Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Obstetric Care*, Volume 1.，Pregnancy with fetal bleeding and uncontrolled menstrual flow.

Cocoon Ash Powder，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas of the Thousand Gold*, citing Xu Huixi’s secret formula.，For oral ulcers and white sores.