Seven-Leaf Powder

Qing Shang Hua Tan Pills，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 14, citing *Simple and Convenient Formulas*.，For wind-heat syndrome.

Decoction of Two Roots，*Insights into Surgical Medicine*, Volume 12.，Hemorrhoids.

Stewed Ginger Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，For a cold stomach.

Ban Ding Pills，*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 19.，For infants and young children with wind-phlegm lodged in the diaphragm, presenting with profuse phlegm, coughing, fever, restlessness, agitation, and disturbed sleep; they may be able to eat or show an appetite, but vomit immediately after eating.

Xiaoshi Decoction，From *Selected Medical Case Records of Zheng Qiao*.，Liver qi stagnation, epigastric pain, bloating, poor appetite, indigestion, costal pain, white tongue coating, and a string-like, slippery, and weak pulse or a string-like, thin, and weak pulse.

Leech and Toad Pill，From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 2.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Pomegranate Ash Powder，*Medical Classifications*, Volume 8.，For blood leakage and slippery orifices, such as epistaxis or hematochezia.

Qimi Qixiao Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 5.，Epilepsy caused by phlegm obscuring the heart fire, persisting for many years without cure.

Gold Powder Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 68.，For hemoptysis.

He’an Powder，From *Direct Pointers to Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children with an imbalance between cold and heat, characterized by excess in the upper burner and diarrhea.

Cnidium Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.，Malignant sores.

Bailao Pig Stomach Pills，*The Collection of the Unattached*, Lower Series, Volume 1.，For all types of deficiency and debility, as well as wind-induced consumption.

Hehuan Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，For a lung abscess with a wound that has not healed for a long time.

Fumigation and Wash Decoction，*Elucidation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，In cases of advanced age and long-standing weakness of qi and blood, where a membrane obscures the eye and the pupil appears dim.

Perilla Ointment，From *The Secret Records of Mothers and Children*, cited in Volume 23 of *Prescriptions from the Heart of Medicine*.，In cases of difficult labor—where delivery has lasted 3–5 days without success, with the fetus positioned transversely or vertically, or with one hand or one foot protruding—and despite trying every possible method, the delivery remains unsuccessful.

Xiao Hong Sheng，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For all types of sores, ulcers, carbuncles, and boils—especially when they are in the early stages and beginning to discharge pus.

Talc and White Fish Powder，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，For diabetes insipidus, difficulty urinating, and lower abdominal distension and pain with blood stasis.

Ginger-Cinnamon-Poria-Ginseng Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，

Five-Spirit Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.，For contusions and injuries.

Bunu Decoction，*Annotated Collection of Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 23.，Ruptured uterus, with dribbling urination.

Plantain Seed and Four Substances Decoction，*Yu’an*, Volume 5.，When amniotic fluid has dried up and the fetus cannot be delivered.

Wan Jin San，*Principles of Surgical Treatment: Supplementary Formulas*，For boils, abscesses, malignant nodules with swelling and pain, and back sores, regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not.

Duck Decoction，Formula from *Xu Ben Shi* (Continuation of Stories of Medical Practice), Volume 6; name cited in *Dong Yi Bao Jian* (Treasury of Eastern Medicine), Volume 10, “Miscellaneous Diseases.”，For women suffering from red or white dysentery before or after childbirth.

Qi-Nourishing Pills，From Ye’s formula cited in *Simple Formulas* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 88).，For all types of qi-related disorders.

Xuanfu Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Wai Tai*.，For beriberi. Symptoms include stubborn numbness and loss of sensation, weakness and limpness in both legs, swelling and lack of strength in the legs; in severe cases, distension in the lower abdomen, fullness and obstruction in the chest, vomiting upon seeing food, or paralysis of … Read more