Small Thistle Root Decoction

Osmanthus Powder，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 6.，Pain caused by stagnation in the spleen.

Heart-Rescuing Cold-Dispelling Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，For yin cold directly affecting the Shao Yin Kidney channel, with cyanosis of the hands and feet.

Black-Red Ointment，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Chronic hypertrophic skin diseases such as amyloidosis (tinea licheniformis), psoriasis (white sores), and neurodermatitis (chronic tinea).

Five Blessings Powder，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，For suppurating scabies sores.

Astringent Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 13.，Frequent and copious urination.

Rhinoceros Horn and Five Yellows Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For a yin-type cold damage syndrome where the patient has been poisoned by Aconite.

Miraculous Pepper Pill，Formula by Master Xu, cited in *Medical Convenience*, Volume 1.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, all forms of deficiency and debility, and various parasitic infestations.

Zi Shi Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Arthralgia; erratic pain radiating from the chest and back to the hands, feet, and lower back, coming and going unpredictably; may progress to a heavy head that cannot be lifted; thick phlegm and saliva; drooling from the corners of the mouth; and a rattling sound in the … Read more

Empirically Modified Shiquan Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 72.，For chronic leukorrhea that does not resolve.

Spots-Resolving Powder，*New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 18, citing *Zhang’s Family Tradition*.，Sores and rashes with inverted rashes, headache, and dizziness. Spots on a child’s skin.

Decoction to Support the Gallbladder and Promote Urination，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Gallbladder qi is obstructed due to fright; essence cannot be discharged, leading to white turbid discharge and pain in the urethra, as if pricked by needles.

Formula for a Yellow Hen，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 191).，Abdominal distension, fluid retention, edema, and cold qi.

Shunfeng Powder，From *Pediatric Essentials* (Youke Zhizhang), Volume 4.，Lung-type stroke, characterized by a protruding chest, phlegm congestion with severe wheezing, and the patient arching backward with difficulty speaking.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Consolidating the Lower Jiao，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases where the external pathogenic fire of a warm disease has subsided, but thirst and diarrhea have not yet fully resolved; or where the administration of purgative or dispersing herbs has damaged the Qi, leading to unceasing loose stools; … Read more

Phlegm-Resolving Jade Vase Pills，*Ju Fang*, Volume 4.，For wind-phlegm-induced vomiting and retching, headache and dizziness, fullness and distress in the chest and diaphragm, inability to swallow food, as well as cough with excessive phlegm and vomiting of saliva and froth. Also for prolonged vomiting in children.

Pig Heart Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Stomach pain due to cold syndrome.

Flaxseed Ear Pillow Formula，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Compendium of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 181).，If a cricket enters the ear:

Bamboo Shavings and Two Chen Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 24.，Heat in the stomach and phlegm above the diaphragm, with unceasing vomiting.

Nan Jing San，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 45), citing *Effective Formulas for Saving the World*.，For unbearable headaches caused by wind-phlegm.

Highly Effective Gongchen Pills，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 4.，For women with deficiency-cold in the Blood Sea, intermittent leukorrhea, and stabbing pain in the navel and abdomen.

Copper Blue Pills，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Vol. 14); the name appears in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 100).，Five Types of Epilepsy.

White Coptis Powder，*Treasury of Public Health*, Volume 10.，For earwax, pus discharge, and spreading sores.

Immediate-Effect Formula for Jaundice，From *The Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Formulas*.，Jaundice. Yellow sclera, reddish urine, and general weakness and fatigue; applicable to those who can chew raw soybeans without feeling nauseous.

Bing Sha Dan，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，A red line appears inside the nose; even the slightest movement causes excruciating pain.

Four Substances Decoction with Additions，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases of “crane-knee wind” with yin deficiency.