Siwu Decoction

Soapberry Thorn and Rhubarb Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 55.，For children with blood in the stool due to the initial onset of visceral toxicity, accompanied by anal swelling and pain; or for children with excessive accumulated heat causing anal swelling, difficult bowel movements, and anal prolapse that cannot be reduced despite straining.

Astragalus Ten-Ingredient Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 26 of *Wai Tai*.，For hemorrhoids where a decoction of raw Sophora japonica seeds has proven ineffective.

Mulberry Branch Decoction Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 74).，Stroke during pregnancy. Weakness and flaccidity of the hands and feet; deviation of the mouth and eyes; slurred speech; pain in the joints.

Large Snake Skin Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For vitiligo on the face, neck, and body.

Lingbao Plague-Repelling Pill，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 4, citing the *Daozang*.，

Decoction of Hundred-Spirit Vine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For all types of wind disorders.

Bai Jin San，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 404.，For children with black, inverted rashes.

Tui Chen San，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For various conditions of qi stagnation due to shock following childbirth or blood loss; it regulates and expels stagnant blood, relieving pain and expelling retained products from the uterus; also for diseases caused by stagnant blood, such as distension or pain, chest and diaphragm distension and oppression, chills and … Read more

Great Warming Pills，From *Tan Huo Dian Xue*, Volume 2.，For sores in the mouth and on the tongue that do not respond to cooling medications.

Artemisia and Evodia Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 14, Part 2.，Yellow urine; cold and numb limbs.

Difuzi Decoction，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.，For children with difficulty urinating.

Psoralea Compress Formula，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 145.，For bruises and contusions.

Enhanced Atractylodes and Cinnamon Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，When Yang fails to ascend, and cold pathogens in the Kidney meridian are excessively severe—manifesting as false heat above and true cold below—this leads to sudden obstruction at the Guān point, with both urination and defecation blocked and obstructed. The patient craves and drinks cold … Read more

Zhu Jiang Wan，*Zhunsheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For smallpox lesions on the 7th–8th day where the serous fluid is thin and has not yet appeared.

Zhizhong Pills，*Formulas for Childbirth*，Cold and dampness in the spleen and stomach, undigested food, heartburn, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Lychee and Tangerine Seed Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 11.，(Hernia).

Mountain Artemisia Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 88.，When a postpartum mother consumes foods containing heat toxins, it can cause the newborn’s eyes to remain closed at birth.

Ginger Juice Paste，From *Li Ye*.，For cold stagnation in the Jueyin channel affecting the bladder, with fullness and pain in the lower abdomen.

Anti-Allergy Ointment，*Beijing Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*, Volume 2.，For rheumatic nodules caused by the accumulation of wind-heat combined with spleen dampness and wind-toxin, which appear and subside intermittently; accompanied by generalized itching, aversion to cold, fever, and aching joints; as well as allergic skin diseases and urticaria.

Wind-Calming Decoction，From *Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，For wind-heat toothache with a preference for cold and aversion to heat.

Mountain Malaria Wine，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 3; name cited in *Formulas from the Outer Pavilion* (Wai Tai), Volume 5, quoting *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Qian Jin).，For malaria that has persisted for a long time without resolution, with deficiency of both yin and yang. For chronic malaria that has not ceased for … Read more

Great Calming Heart Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 14.，For men and women suffering from deficiency syndromes, with nightmares, palpitations upon waking, or loss of mental clarity; for women with red or white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, or possession by wind-evil or malevolent spirits; for alternating chills and fever, abdominal masses, and various ailments caused by anxiety and … Read more

Wild Ramie Soup，From *Continuation of the Easy and Simple* (Xu Yijian), Volume 2.，For unexplained bleeding before childbirth, accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain, or the discharge of yellow fluid resembling lacquer or the juice of small beans.

Castor Seed Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，Severe wind-induced disorders.

Sweat-Stopping Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，In cases of excessive stomach qi, profuse sweating occurs from the head and neck down to the face and between the neck and forehead during meals.