Six-Ingredient Decoction

Black Clam and Fish Decoction，*Guang Biji*, Volume 2.，For abdominal distension and fullness during pregnancy.

Yin-Calming Rehmannia Decoction，*Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，For throat obstruction due to yin fire.

Tonifying and Laxative Dendrobium Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，Beriberi.

Yuyi Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Excessive fire in the lungs and kidneys, with bleeding from the skin and hair.

Decoction for Expelling Pathogenic Factors and Killing Snakes，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，In cases of extreme damp-heat in the large intestine, a fleshy growth forms between the rectum and the anus, protruding from the anal opening—resembling a snake but not actually a snake—which moves in and out at will, extending and … Read more

Chongde Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 146.，For acute pain in the large intestine caused by cold pathogens invading internally; cold qi in the chest; blood-related parasitic disorders; cholera; chest distension and shortness of breath; emaciation; persistent abdominal pain; deficiency-induced bloating with seminal emission; edema; or sudden onset of malignant symptoms.

Liver-Kidney Pills，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Yin deficiency with difficulty urinating.

Xichuan Stone-Engraved Kidney-Nourishing Pills，From *Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 19, citing *Jufang*.，Indicated for deficiency and exhaustion of vital energy, weakness and laxity in the legs and knees, nocturnal emissions, and frequent, clear, and watery urination.

Medicinal Plums，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Dysentery.

Cnidium and Stemona Tincture，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Itching of the skin, neurodermatitis.

Double Sand Decoction，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume 4.，Bone stuck in the throat.

Dahuang Zhongyin，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Indicated for conditions such as food stagnation and mass accumulation.

Fu-Xiong Powder，From *Resolving the Root of Illness*, Volume 4.，Leprosy, numbness of the skin and flesh on the fingers and toes, patchy lesions, and lumps.

Decoction for Clearing the Interior and Relieving Stagnation，From *The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 10 of the First Series.，For external pathogenic factors causing smoldering fever, restlessness, oppression, shortness of breath, and thirst—symptoms resembling those of yang deficiency with internal heat.

Seaweed and Jade Vase Decoction，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For goiters in the early stages—whether swollen or hard, red or not red—but not yet ruptured. Caused by disharmony between the liver and spleen, leading to qi stagnation and phlegm condensation. A “stone goiter” is hard as stone, does not move when pressed, and shows … Read more

Miraculous Formula for Fetal Movement，From *Formulas of Zhang Wenzhong*, citing *Effective Formulas of Prince Xu* (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 33).，For pregnancy complications such as fetal distress, unstable fetal movement, abdominal pain with bleeding, or fetal death in utero; as well as postpartum blood deficiency, persistent lochia, and metrorrhagia; excessive blood loss from gunshot wounds, falls, … Read more

Wood Five，*Complete Book of Sha Syndrome*, Volume 2.，Boils and carbuncles caused by heat toxins following a sha syndrome, with unrelenting pain.

Fish Glue Decoction，Recipe from *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24; name cited in *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，Fish Mouth.

San Shun Pills，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 87.，Wind-induced debility. Symptoms include sudden attacks of wind-related symptoms, constipation with hard stools, pain in the lower abdomen, and stiffness in the spine.

Yellow Snow，From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.，For wind-heat and epidemic miasma.

Fuyuan Huoxue Decoction，From *Medical Inventions*, Volume 3.，For injuries from falls or blows, where stagnant blood accumulates beneath the flanks causing unbearable pain, possibly accompanied by fever and constipation; also for treating consumptive diseases with accumulated blood stasis and cough with copious phlegm. For epigastric fullness and pain at the onset of dysentery. For cases of … Read more

Zi Zhen Luo Hong Pill，From *Throat Medicine for Bestowing Blessings*.，For pregnant women with sore throat, fetal movement accompanied by vaginal bleeding, and symptoms of fever, chills, headache, and stiff neck.

Flaxseed Porridge，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with beriberi, restlessness or vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness and numbness, and cold sensations in the abdomen.

Tiger Bone and Papaya Slices，From *Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*, citing *Tianjin Standards for Proprietary Chinese Medicines*.，Weakness in the muscles and bones, numbness in the limbs, disharmony of qi and blood, and pain in the lower back and spine.

General’s Pill，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 2.，For consumptive wasting disease.