Smartweed Flower Ointment

Coptis and Scutellaria Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，For Yangming warm disease characterized by dry retching, a bitter taste in the mouth, and thirst, where purgation is not yet indicated.

Radish Seed Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Indicated for bloating caused by gu (magic poison), swelling and edema in the limbs, shortness of breath and wheezing, and constipation or difficulty passing urine.

Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty’s Imperially Enfeoffed Continuation-Fluid Ointment，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，Effective for all eye diseases, both chronic and acute.

Mangosteen in Vinegar，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Neurodermatitis, tinea capitis, tinea pedis, tinea corporis.

Kidney-Nourishing and Passage-Opening Pills，*Lan Shi Mi Cang*，Dries dampness and clears heat.

White Reed Root Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 17.，For febrile illnesses where excessive intake of cooling medications has caused stomach cold and vomiting.

Kidney-Purging Rhubarb Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Excessive heat in the kidneys, distension and fullness in the lower abdomen, heat and pain in the soles of the feet, deafness, separation of the lower back from the upper back, and dreams of being submerged in water.

Shen’an Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 398.，For children with chronic malnutrition and dysentery, restlessness and thirst, and emaciation.

Yiqi Powder，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Postpartum headaches caused by excess yang and deficiency of yin, as well as headaches due to wind-phlegm.

Er Chen Decoction with Gardenia, Coptis, and Ginger，The formula is from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3; the name is found in *A Study of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For vomiting, with heat in the stomach and phlegm above the diaphragm. For a sensation of fullness and discomfort caused by the combination of phlegm and fire in … Read more

Millet Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.，Stroke. Heat in the heart and spleen, slurred speech, mental confusion, paralysis of the limbs, and a twisted mouth and face.

Clear Water Lotus Seed Decoction，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，Excess in the upper burner and deficiency in the lower burner, with heart fire rising; bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, mild fever, red and scanty urine, or a condition on the verge of developing into dysuria.

Decoction for Nourishing the Original Qi and Expelling Epidemic Pathogens，From *Essentials of the Collection of Formulas Based on Causes and Symptoms*, Volume 3.，Epidemic syndromes.

Su Yin Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 4.，For all cases of phlegm-fire and loss of voice due to consumption.

Rhinoceros and Antelope Horn with Three Huang Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Manic episodes. The complexion is bright red, or may appear bluish-red but lack luster; the patient suffers from insomnia day and night; after more than a month, the patient becomes delirious, speaking incoherently, climbing over walls and onto rooftops; menstruation has ceased … Read more

Mercury and Shepherd’s Purse Pills，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 21); the name appears in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 191).，For edema, where the body is thick and fleshy and does not indent upon pressure; in severe cases, the arms are so thick that sleeves do not fit; and for the ten types of severe … Read more

Gardenia and Aconite Pills，*Medical Canon*, Volume 8.，For hernia pain radiating to the chest and flanks, accompanied by uncontrollable vomiting.

Licorice, Anemarrhena, and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，*Commentary on the Treatise on Persistent Malaria*.，Spleen Malaria.

Two-Fragrance Stomach-Nourishing Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, epigastric fullness and distension, loss of appetite, vomiting, phlegm regurgitation, belching and acid regurgitation, bitter taste in the mouth with loss of taste, excessive drowsiness and heaviness of the body, and stabbing pain in the abdomen and flanks.

Jingjin Wutou Pills，From *Treasure of Health* (Vol. 2).，For various diseases of the five viscera, abdominal masses, and long-standing masses—whether as large as a bowl or as small as a cup; or for cold qi causing stabbing pain in the navel and abdomen, accompanied by cramping;the ten types of water-related disorders, gastric reflux and vomiting, the … Read more

Shenbai Pills，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For children with persistent chest congestion and coughing.

Tiao Zhong Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 32.，Persistent indigestion following a cold.

Twelve-Ingredient Variant Powder，From *Chen’s Treatise on Formulas for Smallpox and Rash in Children*.，When smallpox lesions lack luster, do not swell, and the base is not red; the exterior is deficient, itchy, and sunken. When ulcers indicate yin excess and yang deficiency, accompanied by fever and thirst, cold hands and feet, a weak and feeble pulse, … Read more

Zuo Jin Pills，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 1.，Liver fire invading the stomach, causing epigastric discomfort, acid regurgitation, vomiting, flank pain, muscle spasms, abdominal distension and mass, and cholera with muscle cramps.

Decoction for Suppressing Fire, Clearing the Liver, and Removing Cataracts，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Fire stagnation in the Liver Meridian, with damp-heat rising upward, causes white spots to protrude on the black part of the eye, resembling a floating opacity, accompanied by occasional dryness and pain.