Silkworm Ash Powder

Skin-Gold Ointment，*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，Bruises and abrasions; injuries to the soles of the feet caused by shoe or boot insoles; lacerations that are raw, red, and swollen, with exposed, moist skin; boils or abscesses nearing healing where the new tissue is prone to tearing; or frostbite that is swollen and ulcerated. Pain … Read more

Eighteen Ingredients for Frontier Officials，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 5.，For trauma and contusions.

Gold and Silver Tonifying Decoction，*The Profound Principles of the Divine Realm*, Volume 14.，For skin ulcers and sores; deficiency of vital energy with fatigue; dry mouth and fever.

Throat Decoction Formula，From *Secret Transmission of Experienced Throat Remedies*.，All throat ailments.

Huoxiang Zhengqi Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For severe cases of cholera.

Enhanced Pinellia and Poria Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 8.，Cough with excessive phlegm.

Five-Flavor Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 63.，Mouth and tongue sores.

Spirit-Preserving Pills，From *A Plate of Pearls*, Volume 2.，For distending pain under the ribs and constipation.

Dissolving Phlegm Powder，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，A person who has always been healthy in eating and drinking suddenly develops diabetes, drinking several dou of water daily, eating twice as much as usual, and urinating frequently; taking medications for diabetes only worsens the condition—this indicates deficiency-heat in the spleen.

Peppermint and Schizonepeta Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 13.，For heat-induced skin lesions. In extremely cold weather, warming one’s hands by a fire may cause skin burns, resulting in lesions that develop into painful spasms.

Worm-Expelling Pills，*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 17.，For ascariasis in children.

19-to-1 Gold Pill，*Scrutinizing the Yaohan*, Volume 6.，For sudden onset of red eye and recent corneal opacities.

Lan Gen Powder，From *Yan’s Treatise on Pediatric Formulas*.，For slow-erupting rashes and inverted rashes.

Decoction of Tangerine Peel for Pills，*Bo Ji*, Volume 1.，For cold-induced wasting disease, dim vision, stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet, emaciation, indigestion, abdominal distension preventing food intake, loss of appetite, sallow complexion and weakness, chronic intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, abdominal masses and stagnant qi, and all types of wasting diseases; in women, blood masses … Read more

Tinea Versicolor Ointment，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For women with amenorrhea and severe abdominal and flank distension and pain so severe as to threaten death.

Decoction for Clarifying Vision and Promoting Qi Circulation，From *Essential Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，For chronic eye disorders, such as ingrown eyelashes with redness and ulceration, or sudden, epidemic redness of the eyes.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing the Blood，*Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Protrusion of the Red Membrane (Trachoma-induced Vascular Opacity). Symptoms include headache, red threads filling the eyes, unceasing hot tears, a patch of red membrane arising from the upper edge of the sclera and extending downward to the pupil, and blurred, sore, and painful vision.

Mulberry Snail Paste，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 14.，Rectal prolapse.

Poria and Licorice Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Fluid retention beneath the heart, palpitations, sweating without thirst, and difficulty urinating; coughing accompanied by involuntary urination; and “ben tun” syndrome. For cases of cold damage with sweating but no thirst; for cases of cold damage with cold extremities and palpitations beneath the heart. For cases of cold damage … Read more

Qi-Regulating and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Formulas from the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Qi deficiency with phlegm accumulation in the middle jiao; unexplained fainting; muscle twitching and palpitations; inability to speak; inability to move the legs; phlegm sounds like thunder.

Cinnamon Bark Porridge，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients suffering from dysphagia, chest pain and tightness, qi stagnation in the diaphragm, and inability to swallow food.

Internal Tonifying Angelica Pills，From *The New Book on Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 3.，Delayed menstruation. Menstrual flow is scant and intermittent like water dripping from a leaky roof; dizziness and vertigo; lower abdominal pain; accompanied by leukorrhea; a fishy odor in the throat; nausea and vomiting.

Zuo Jin Di Gu Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Syndromes Caused by Sheep’s Wool*.，Internal injury to the Metal and Earth elements by warm pathogenic factors from sheep’s wool, with rebellious Wood energy, persistent flank pain, qi stagnation and distension, difficulty turning over in bed, a string-like and large pulse, or a deep, string-like, and fine pulse; … Read more

Zhuangan Pills，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，Fever following a rash that has developed into malnutrition.

Zhai Zhong Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，For mental exhaustion.