Shengyu Decoction

Formula for Nourishing Yin and Facilitating Childbirth，*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 29.，In cases of prolonged labor lasting several days, with a faint and rapid pulse.

Gypsum Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 17.，For febrile illnesses lasting one day, with headache and high fever.

Mu-Bie Pills，From *Verified Prescriptions*, cited in *Supplement to the Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For chronic, persistent diarrhea and dysentery.

Ephedra Penetrating the Muscles Decoction，From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For delayed smallpox.

Decoction of Two Beans，From *Effective Prescriptions Based on Experience*.，

Xiao Qinglong Decoction (without Ephedra, with Poria Added)，Formula from *Treatise on Cold Damage*; name cited in *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For cold damage where the exterior syndrome has not resolved, with fluid retention beneath the heart, dry retching, fever accompanied by cough, scanty urination, and fullness in the … Read more

Ox-Bile Detoxification Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Dizziness, red eyes, dry throat, cough, wind-fire toothache, and severe constipation.

Toxicity-Resolving and Muscle-Astringent Powder，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，Ulcers caused by alcohol toxicity. Alcohol causes qi stagnation and congestion; tumors, ulcers, and joints have already ulcerated, and the pus and fluid do not dry up.

Tianxiang Ointment，From *Conggui Tang Formulas*, cited in Volume 2 of *Health and Longevity Treasures*.，Scrofula

Jin Kui Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 215.，Stone-induced dysuria.

Toxic Abscess Ointment，*The Heart Book of Pi Yu*, Volume 5.，Redness and swelling near the ear caused by heat-toxin.

Goose Feather Tube Eye Medicine，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For red eyes caused by wind-fire, with orbital ulceration, swelling, and pain; a membrane obscuring the pupil; photophobia; and excessive eye discharge.

White Tiger Decoction with Floating Duckweed and Rehmannia，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 4.，For cases of warm-epidemic heat pathogens that have transmitted to the Fu organs, where exterior symptoms have not yet resolved.

Eight Sages Powder，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，For “big-head plague,” characterized by a swollen forehead and neck.

Pregnancy Preservation and Vitality-Nourishing Pills，*Guang Biji*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, accumulation of damp-heat, as well as pediatric conditions such as malnutrition with abdominal distension, sallow complexion and emaciation, and chronic diarrhea or dysentery—all symptoms resulting from insufficiency of the spleen and stomach.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood and Moistening the Skin，From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For dryness syndrome.

Flower-Leaf Wash，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Moist, erosive skin diseases.

Five Ginseng Powder，*Shenghui* (Volume 6).，For wind-toxin in the lungs causing skin sores resembling leprosy.

Shenxi Powder，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.，If the smallpox lesions resemble silkworm eggs and black spots appear, the condition is critical.

Secretly Transmitted Qi-Descending Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (New Formulas Added in the Baoqing Era).，This formula treats conditions in both men and women characterized by heat above and deficiency below. These conditions arise from excessive eating and drinking, which injure the spleen and stomach; unrestrained indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, which deplete … Read more

Astragalus Fourteen-Ingredient Pills，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 27 of *Wai Tai*.，For diabetes. Frequent urination, copious urine output accompanied by thirst; gradually increased food and drink intake; gradual loss of muscle mass; lack of energy; and pale complexion.

Decoction of Good-Quality Locust Tree Branches，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 74.，Red, blurry, and painful eyes with tearing and a sensation of oppression.

Women’s Black Hair Pill，From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，

Great Brightness Restoring Powder，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.，Redness of the eyes with discharge, swelling of the conjunctiva, photophobia with tearing, and blurred vision.

Garlic Paste，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Neurodermatitis.