Smallpox-Preventing Decoction

Twelve-Ingredient Ginseng Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 975.，For childhood convulsions, with trembling of the hands and feet, and a bluish discoloration of the entire body and face, occurring intermittently.

Head Ointment to Clear Heat and Restore Clarity，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 66.，

Yuhong Powder，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，All types of hemorrhoids.

Human Milk Ointment，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Volume 22); the name is found in *Concise Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For abscesses with pus that have been allowed to rupture, or for long-standing breast cancer that has ulcerated but from which pus does not easily drain.

Zhengyang Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao.

Follow with mutton soup，*Huiyue*, Volume 2.，For all cases of physical weakness, mental confusion, loss of appetite, and fatigue and weakness.

Shenghong Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 169.，For acute convulsions in children, with uncontrollable tremors and spasms.

Decoction to Induce Labor and Regulate Qi，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 4.，When a woman in labor suddenly experiences the fetus rising upward and pressing against the heart, this is caused by qi stagnation, or by the amniotic fluid drying up prematurely, causing the birth canal to become dry and constricted, making it … Read more

Enhanced Kanli Pills，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.，Excessive indulgence in alcohol, mental strain, and physical exertion lead to depletion of essence and decline of the spirit. With insufficient heart blood, fire cannot descend; with deficient kidney qi, water cannot rise; and the spleen earth receives no nourishment. This gradually results … Read more

Water-Eliminating Decoction，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，For severe dryness syndrome, with a small and narrow small intestine, inability to pass stool, and extreme bloating so severe as to feel as if one is about to die.

Zhui Feng Ying Tong Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，All wind-related disorders, including left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eyes, locked jaw, slurred speech, tight and spasmodic tendons and vessels, pain in all joints, symptoms that rise to the head … Read more

Tongluo Tablets，*Clinical Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.，For joint aches and numbness in the limbs.

Zengye Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Yangming warm disease, deficiency of body fluids, severe constipation, thirst, dry and red tongue, pulse fine and slightly rapid or deep and weak.

Musk and White Ivory Powder，From *De Sheng Tang*, cited in Volume 65 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For toothache, gum recession, and bad breath.

Eight-Ingredient Heart-Clearing Agarwood Powder，Volume 1 of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.，Excessive fire in the heart and lungs, chest tightness and discomfort, dull pain in the chest and flanks, palpitations, and shortness of breath.

Kidney-Unblocking Powder，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 11.，Qi stagnation and obstruction, resulting in deafness.

Second Formula: True Yellow Wind Decoction，From *Thirteen Essays on Medicine*, Volume 1.，For the initial stage of genuine stroke, after taking the First Genuine Huangfeng Decoction; when the exterior symptoms of the Six Meridians have resolved but the interior symptoms persist—manifesting as obstruction or discoloration of urination and defecation, confusion, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth … Read more

Persimmon Elixir，From *Essentials for Treating Miscellaneous Diseases*, citing *Elixir of Longevity*.，Effective against ten types of bloating caused by poisonous insects.

Bai Lao San，The formula originates from a prescription introduced by Jia, the Deputy Magistrate, citing Kang, the Junior Magistrate (see *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9); the name appears in *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 23.，Chronic cough with spontaneous sweating.

Xianju Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 8.，For severe pain from traumatic wounds.

Instant-Effect Pills，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 64.，Effective for all types of toothaches caused by wind or toothworms, where the pain is unbearable.

Detoxifying Powder，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 12.，Boils caused by smallpox toxin.

Voice-Restoring Powder，From *The Mysterious Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3, citing *The Three Causes*.，For sore throat and restlessness, with pain upon swallowing; not suitable for cases where cold or cooling herbs would cause excessive drainage.

Decoction of Yellow Cow Gallbladder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For dry, painful eyes.

Three-Fragrance Wine，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 10.，For testicular torsion and early-stage hernia with swelling and pain.