Shi Zhi Decoction

Carp Scale Decoction，Quoted from *Xiaopin Fang* in Volume 5 of *Wai Tai*.，Mountain Malaria. Caused by toxic miasma in the mountain ranges and stream sources of the south; fever and chills occur unpredictably, accompanied by pallor, jaundice, swelling, and fullness, as well as numbness and weakness in the limbs.

Weng Tou Spring Wine，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，For women with a cold uterus or leukorrhea.

Poria Decoction for Clearing the Diaphragm，From *Pujifang*, Volume 147, citing *Baosheng Huiche Lun*.，For typhoid fever.

Diantu Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，One feels hungry and thirsty and craves food and drink; but as soon as food or drink enters the lower abdomen, one feels full and bloated, and relief comes only after a severe bout of diarrhea—whether in the morning or evening, occurring several times a day and night as … Read more

Ephedra Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 52.，For warm malaria with restlessness and agitation.

Vine Flower Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 177), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For boils and abscesses.

Ruyi Labor-Inducing Pill，From *The Complete Book of Childbirth Rescue*.，For cases where, after the amniotic sac has ruptured, the lower back and abdomen ache with intense, intermittent contractions.

Ginseng Shenghua Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum shortness of breath.

Zengsun Si Jin Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For wind, cold, and dampness invading the meridians, manifesting as pain or numbness; and for various types of leg pain caused by edema.

Bian Que’s “Sinking into Ice” Pill，From *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 8.，For abdominal distension, possession by malevolent spirits, wandering “flying corpses,” hard and compacted masses, as well as gu poisoning, possession by malevolent spirits, the hundred poisons of snakes and bees, stream poison, and arrow poison.

Sanling-Softshell Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 28.，For consumptive disorders with masses, cold qi in the chest and abdomen, stomach distress and pain, frequent pain below the navel, and qi masses that rise to the chest and heart upon onset, accompanied by cold extremities.

Seventh Harmonizing Decoction，*Treatise on Childbirth*.，Postpartum paralysis and weakness.

Modified Huangqin-Zhimu Decoction，*Complete Book of Skin Diseases*.，Lung sores resulting from prolonged coughing.

Zelkova Leaf Decoction，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For abscesses, swellings, and all types of malignant sores.

Tiao Rong San，From *Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 9.，Swelling due to blood stasis, or isolated abdominal distension, with no aversion to food, red urine, and black stools.

Wan Jin Pills for Traumatic Injuries，*Wen’s Experienced and Effective Prescriptions*.，For trauma-induced injuries, torn tendons, and fractures accompanied by unrelenting pain, where the skin remains intact.

Yin-Nourishing and Water-Strengthening Ointment，From *Li Yue*.，For men with yin deficiency and excessive fire, presenting with afternoon fever, coughing up phlegm mixed with blood, or blood from the nose or mouth due to stagnant heat, or blood in saliva, or restlessness, dry mouth, palpitations, shortness of breath, blurred vision, tinnitus, redness of the cheekbones, sores on … Read more

Cinnamon Twig, Dried Ginger, and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，Cold and dampness injure yang, causing stiffness in the meridians; aversion to cold without thirst; slow pulse; pale tongue or white, slippery coating.

Xian Tian Da Zao Pills，*Xu Ping’s Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 7.，When wind, cold, and dampness toxins invade the meridians, the initial presentation may show no change in skin color, with diffuse swelling without a defined center; or when yin deficiency allows external cold to penetrate, the initial presentation may involve pain in the tendons … Read more

Black Bean Immortality Formula，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 3.，

Tianma Pills，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*.，For postpartum stroke characterized by confusion, slurred speech, and impaired movement of the limbs.

Xiongnu Open-Air Sleeping Pills，From *Qianjin*, Volume 16.，Cold-induced stagnation.

Clear Dew Decoction，*The Jade Key*, Volume 1.，For a sore, blocked throat with a weak and large pulse.

Qi-Nourishing and Hemostatic Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Qi Deficiency with Spotting During Pregnancy: Intermittent bleeding in relatively large amounts; mental fatigue; mental exhaustion and shortness of breath; loss of appetite; distension in the lower back without abdominal pain; pale-red tongue with a thin coating; slippery and slow pulse.

Lycopodium Pill，*Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，When a woman’s menstrual flow is obstructed, it manifests as edema; fluid accumulates and spreads to the limbs, causing swelling throughout. This condition is termed “blood-division disorder,” and its symptoms resemble those of edema.