Secret-Recipe Forsythia Decoction

Moistening Dryness Lung Meridian Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 3.，Wasting of the muscles, excessive thirst, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, with fever that comes and goes.

Fangfeng-Tianma Pills，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 5.，For leprosy and skin diseases caused by pathogenic wind.

Phoenix Powder，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，For lower-body sores and swollen, painful ulcers on the glans penis.

Stone Crab Powder，From *The Comprehensive Record of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 156.，For urinary frequency and pain during pregnancy, occurring frequently day and night.

Pills for Intractable Tinea，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For stubborn tinea.

Ermu Cough-Relief Tablets，*Tianjin Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，Chronic cough due to deficiency syndrome, exacerbated in spring and autumn; cough with phlegm and wheezing; bone-consuming fever and tidal fever; hoarseness and a heavy voice; dry mouth and tongue; and excessive phlegm and saliva.

Bamboo Leaf Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Various wind-heat disorders.

Pinxia Pingwei Powder，From *Pujifang*, Volume 23, citing *Baosheng Huiche Lun*.，For stomach deficiency, various illnesses characterized by alternating chills and fever, spleen cold with excessive phlegm, and loss of appetite.

Chuan Da Huang Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 27.，For consumptive disease with bone fever, restlessness of the mind, difficulty with urination and defecation, and pain in the limbs.

Huangxiao Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 61.，Yellowish discharge from the lungs; restlessness and thirst with a strong desire to drink water; and constipation.

Toxin-Absorbing Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses.

General’s Powder，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For knife wounds.

Mysterious Decoction，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 4.，If the patient must not lie down—and experiences shortness of breath when lying down—it is because water qi has risen upward and overwhelmed the lungs; the lungs, filled with water, become buoyant, obstructing the free flow of qi, and the pulse is deep and large.

Lusuxuan Pills，From *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 4.，For abdominal masses and all cold-related ailments.

Three-Ingredient Black Snake Powder，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 137.，All types of dry and wet tinea.

Bamboo Leaf, Angelica, and Astragalus Decoction，*Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 21.，For postpartum deficiency-heat in the stomach, characterized by dry mouth, thirst, and aversion to cold foods and drinks.

Formula for Releasing the Exterior and Dispersing Pathogenic Factors，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，For cold-induced fever and common cold, with headache, fever, dry mouth, and runny nose; also for epidemics prevalent throughout the four seasons.

Mountain Kudzu Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For red rashes on a child’s body.

Blood-Nourishing and Fluid-Generating Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，For headaches.

Python Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Various wind-induced pains and numbness, leprosy, scabies, and malignant sores.

Golden Jade Ointment，”Treatise on the Principles of Treating Boils on the Back and Mouth.”，For abscesses on the back or in the groin where the necrotic tissue has been cleared but the wound has not healed for a long time.

Yang-Tonifying and Malaria-Eliminating Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，For cases of malaria that suddenly develop into diarrhea, where inducing sweating would deplete the body’s yin, and where expelling the pathogen would result in the passage of turbid stools.

Decoction of Sour Jujube Seeds，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind-related disorders.

Decoction for Promoting Yang and Suppressing Yin，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，In cases of heart bi (chest constriction), the meridians are obstructed; restlessness causes the epigastrium to throb; sudden shortness of breath and wheezing occur; the throat is dry and the patient frequently belches; when cold qi rises, fear sets in.

Four-Effect Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xiu Zhen*.，For hemorrhoids and fistulas.