Secret Formula: Zhi Ke Decoction

Supporting the Critically Ill Powder，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，For a bite from a rabid dog.

Modified Wu Bi Decoction，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For bi syndrome.

Bai Shang Decoction，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants*, Volume 2.，For wind-cold pathogens causing common cold, regardless of whether symptoms manifest as cold or heat.

Ginger and Honey Drink，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Excessive heat in the stomach, accompanied by vomiting, restlessness, and inability to eat or drink.

Rapid-Relief Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，Caused by the clash of cold and heat, resulting in cholera with muscle cramps, restlessness, thirst, and confusion.

Five-Ash Decoction，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 29 of *Wai Tai*.，Black moles, warts.

Secret-Transmitted Zifu Qingjin Pills，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For conditions involving deficiency and excess, phlegm, and fire.

Coriander Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 184.，Heat and stagnation caused by Rushi, recurring over the years.

Mulberry and Chrysanthemum Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 1).，For Taiyin wind-heat syndrome characterized by cough alone, without significant fever, and mild thirst.

Decoction for Nourishing Water and Tonifying the Liver，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，Yin deficiency of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian manifests as “fire eye,” with sudden swelling; or along the inner side of the instep from the big toe, one cun from the inner ankle, extending into the abdomen near the navel … Read more

Shu Jie San，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Liver qi stagnation, complicated by an external pathogen; feeling oppressed and drowsy; suddenly contracting wind-cold, with fever, cough, and incessant expectoration.

Intestinal Cleansing Pills，*Ji Ming Lu*.，For abscesses of the small and large intestines accompanied by pus in the urine and feces; also treats various internal abscesses of the lungs, liver, and stomach.

Qilin Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，For women suffering from blood-wind and qi deficiency, manifested as body heat and a sallow complexion, blood stasis and blood clots, weakness in the limbs, general fatigue, and loss of appetite.

Tiger Bone and Papaya Wine，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For disharmony of qi and blood, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint aches and pains, and stiffness in the hands and feet.

Ginseng and Angelica Powder，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，If smallpox lesions fail to erupt, it is due to a chronic deficiency of qi and blood, or physical weakness from overwork.

Beeswax Ointment，Formula by Ye Xinyang, cited in *Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 374.，For chronic toxic ulcers, syphilitic abscesses, internal and external gangrenous sores, and festering lesions on the body.

Red Glutinous Rice Cakes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For all types of hemorrhoids and bloody stools.

Great Cinnabar Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 170.，For palpitations in children.

Imperial Toli Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 285.，For boils, abscesses, and various sores characterized by deficiency of qi and blood, coldness in the muscles, thin and clear pus, persistent toxic qi, sores that fail to heal for a long time, or swellings that are not red, hard and firm without pus, and with … Read more

Cangfu Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 3.，For various types of hernia pain.

Qinglong Dan，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*.，For blocked, swollen, and painful throat, and both or either tonsil.

Yu’s Decoction for Clearing Dryness and Rescuing the Lungs，Volume 4 of *The Medical Canon*.，For all conditions of stagnant qi, weakness, shortness of breath, and vomiting.

Perilla Seed and Apricot Kernel Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Phlegm obstructing the lung orifices, making it impossible to lie down.

Tangerine Peel Decoction，*Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，For uncontrollable vomiting and retching, as well as vomiting and retching associated with typhoid fever.

Green-Dissolving Decoction，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 300 of *Puji Fang*.，Nail abscess. This may result from cutting the nails and injuring the skin, or from overgrown nails invading the flesh, leading to a swollen, painful sore. Later, due to friction from official boots, the area around the nail swells and reddens, with yellow pus oozing out; … Read more