Sanqi Powder

Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea，From *Gujin Yijian* (Vol. 16), citing a formula by Huang Binjiang.，For cases of extremely severe beatings.

Trichosanthes, Leek White, and Pinellia Decoction，*The Golden Chamber* (Jin Gui), Volume 1.，For chest obstruction preventing sleep and heart pain radiating to the back.

Ginseng and Ophiopogon Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Qi deficiency with wheezing and shortness of breath, deficiency heat; pulse is floating and large, hollow upon palpation, or may appear soft and spongy, scattered, large, and lacking vitality.

Stomach-Purging Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Excessive heat in the stomach, dry and cracked lips and mouth, constipation with intense thirst, and drooling during sleep.

Yueyin Pill，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For women with heat in the Blood Sea (Xuehai), resulting in early or excessive menstruation; or accompanied by kidney fire causing persistent turbid leukorrhea; for men and women with blood heat in the large intestine manifesting as red stools; and for alcohol toxicity or damp-heat causing rectal bleeding.

Eclipta Decoction Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For wind-induced weakness in the legs and knees, inability to walk, and pain in the joints.

Otter Liver Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 1); the name appears in the supplementary formulas of *The Golden Cabinet* (Vol. 1).，Corpse-induced abscess, ghost-induced abscess. Cold-induced debility.

Decoction for Warming the Qi，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，Spleen deficiency, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, weakness in the limbs, and loss of appetite.

Eye Compress Paste，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For eye swelling with corneal opacities, drooping eyelids, and pain making it difficult to open the eyes.

Cough-Relieving Jade Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 3.，For chronic cough.

Xianfu Powder，*Record of Compassionate Insights on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.，For sunken smallpox lesions.

Four Bupleurum Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For those with deficient original qi, or who have contracted wind-cold due to enduring hunger or fatigue, or whose six pulses are tight, rapid, faint, or fine—indicating that the body’s vital energy cannot overcome the pathogen.

Heat-Clearing Decoction，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Scrotal Prolapse. Toxic infection causing ulceration and rupture of the scrotum, resulting in the testicles falling out.

Divine Spirit Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For sudden stroke with excessive salivation.

Dongxu Pill，*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Jie Wei Yuan Sou), Volume 3.，Aversion to wind, numbness, wandering pain, and spasmodic pain.

Rusheng Qingjin Dan，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).，For all types of wind-induced epilepsy and convulsions in children, as well as fever and chills, abdominal pain, various parasitic infections, the “Five Wasting Diseases” and “Eight Types of Diarrhea,” a distended abdomen with thin legs, uncontrollable diarrhea, fetal startle syndrome, latent wind-induced epilepsy, and heat-induced wasting … Read more

Ginseng and Schisandra Decoction，From *Collected Works on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 3).，Chronic cough due to spleen deficiency, with weak central qi, pale complexion, and pale lips.

Method for Applying Rouge，From *New Book on Caring for Children*, Volume 6.，For smallpox sores that have ulcerated. The center is sunken with no exudate, still consisting of dead tissue, and is shaped like a coin.

Zhenren Huanbai Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.，Deficiency of qi and blood leading to graying of beard and hair; also treats wind-related disorders.

Tobacco Gum and Mercury Oxide Solution，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Goose-Paw Eczema.

Zhi-Bai Tian-Di Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Cough due to Kidney Meridian deficiency, with a slippery and rapid pulse at the left cun position; deficiency of Yin essence, with shortness of breath and counterflow, and a thin and rapid pulse at both cun positions; deficiency of Kidney Yin, with difficulty urinating, and a … Read more

Marrow Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 95.，

Rhinoceros Horn and Musk Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 55.，For heart pain, abdominal pain, external pathogenic factors, and poison from witchcraft or ghostly afflictions.

Earth Dog Powder，Formula from *Essential Readings on Medicine* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Collection of Immortal Prescriptions* (Vol. 1).，Edema. For the 10 types of water-related disorders, swelling and distension, shortness of breath preventing lying down, and urinary retention.

Wu Pills，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Promoting Bone Healing*.，For contusions, injuries, fractures, and torn tendons where blood stasis fails to dissipate; as well as all wind-related disorders, including atrophy of the tendons, weakness, left-sided paralysis, right-sided paralysis, and flaccidity of the hands and feet; various wind-induced injuries; and gynecological blood disorders, such as postpartum … Read more