Single-Ingredient Coptis Powder

Hemorrhage-Stopping Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women who experience nosebleeds due to pathogenic factors affecting the heart and liver.

Bian Que’s Cyanide Pills，Formula attributed to Yin Zhongkan, cited in *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 12).，Chronic cold-induced mass accumulation, retained fluid, and undigested food.

Tu Liu，Formula from *The Jade Balance for Shā and Distension*, Middle Volume; name cited in *The Complete Book of Shā Syndromes*, Lower Volume.，Shā Syndrome, hemiplegia.

Wanji Powder，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 15.，For skin ulcers and sores.

Longnao Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6.，For adults and children with accumulated pathogenic heat, characterized by swollen and painful throat, red eyes, mouth sores, restlessness, nosebleeds, dry throat with excessive thirst, restless sleep, as well as phlegm-heat cough, heatstroke-induced restlessness, and all forms of wind-obstruction. Also effective for residual toxins from cold damage, with … Read more

Three-Expel Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method* (Danxi Xinfǎ), Volume 4; name cited in *Supplement to the Essential Formulas of Guanju* (Guanjufangyao Bu), Volume 4, quoting *The Medical Canon of a Hundred Generations* (*Baidai Yizong*).，For headaches caused by wind, dampness, and heat.

Dried Ginger and Chuanxiong Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For cold-induced cough.

Great Black Tiger Pill，*Shenghui* (Volume 31).，Effective for recurrent and persistent conditions, as well as all types of exhaustion syndromes, regardless of whether they are characterized by cold or heat, or the severity of the condition.

Reed-Glycyrrhiza-Glycyrrhiza Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For lower-body sores.

Tuberculosis-Resolving Powder，From *One Hundred Effective Surgical Treatments*, Volume 2.，For scrofula, phlegm nodules, and wandering abscesses that have not yet ruptured.

Xiangzhong Pill，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Abdominal distension and swelling.

Winter Kidney-Tonifying Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Kidney deficiency.

Green Tangerine and Forsythia Decoction，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Surgery*, Volume 19.，Mastitis.

Cockroach Membrane Powder，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，For sore throat caused by smallpox.

Moth-Dispelling Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，In cases of wind-cold common cold, where yang fire is obstructed in the throat, causing sudden, severe swelling and pain in the throat that rapidly develops into bilateral tonsillar swelling. Symptoms include thick, turbid phlegm, intense thirst with a craving for drinks, unbearable pain, and in severe … Read more

Gallbladder-Strengthening and Calming Pills，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For various conditions of deficiency, mental confusion, mental fogginess, qi deficiency, forgetfulness, and palpitations.

Dai-E-Huang Powder，From *Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Painful damp sores.

Cinnamon Bark Decoction，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.，Qi reversal. Chest tightness; alternating chills and fever; short, labored breathing; aversion to human voices; various forms of restlessness, soreness, and pain; coughing and retching preventing food intake; food failing to build muscle mass; yellow urine with tenesmus and cramping pain; qi surging upward to trigger coughing; heat in the … Read more

Climbing Trumpet Flower Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For women with amenorrhea, hardness and pain below the navel, and unbearable lower back pain.

Pills for Longevity and Fertility，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，For men with deficiency of the lower jiao, long-standing infertility, impotence, or inability to maintain an erection. Also for those with cold kidneys and cold essence, congenital deficiency, or excessive physical exertion in youth.

Ginseng and Astragalus Internal Tonifying and Dispersing Decoction，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 16.，For conditions caused by damage to the Metal and Wood elements, characterized by alternating chills and fever with increasingly severe internal pain, and on the verge of suppuration.

Cardamom “Drawing Sword” Formula，From *Shenghui*, Volume 5.，Weakness of spleen and stomach qi, vomiting and retching, inability to eat or drink.

Rabbit Blood Powder，From *Formulas for Preserving Life and Dispelling Confusion*, Volume 4.，Difficult labor.

Enhanced Sheng Tie Luo Decoction，*Miscellaneous Golden Records of Medicine*.，Most suitable for insomnia with frequent dreaming caused by “deficient fire.”

Pig Fat Pills，The formula is cited from the Yao family’s recipe in the notes to Volume 17 of *Qianjin*, and the name appears in Volume 7 of *Jingui Yi*.，Sudden onset of pain caused by Shi Du toxin that comes and goes. Dry cough. Liver dryness obstructing the lungs; cough without phlegm, pain in the flanks, … Read more