Snake and Scorpion Life-Sustaining Decoction

Perilla, Gypsum, and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For cold-induced epidemic diseases where Taiyang meridian symptoms persist and blood rises, causing epistaxis.

Raw Rehmannia and Salvia Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，For patients who have just recovered from acute convulsions.

Chenqi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，Effective against: possession by spirits, flying spirits, qi stagnation, masses and accumulated qi, shortness of breath, edema, beriberi, ghost-induced poison and witchcraft, undigested food, a sensation of a double-layered cup in the abdomen, or the “nine worms”; in women, red or white vaginal discharge; skin ulcers; abdominal distension with emaciation; and … Read more

Phellodendron Bark Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 40.，Cholera. Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, characterized by profuse diarrhea and spontaneous urination.

Yi Yin Yang Rong Ointment，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 4.，Pediatric Consumption. Initial symptoms include fever and cough, yin deficiency with night sweats, loss of appetite, nocturnal emissions, and hemoptysis.

Highly Effective Achyranthes Pill，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 242.，For all types of dry and wet wind-toxin-induced beriberi, whether chronic or acute, with unpredictable flare-ups, inability to walk, and swelling accompanied by pain.

Modified Scutellaria Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 179.，For children with profuse diarrhea and dysentery, accompanied by high fever and thirst.

Shuang Shen Decoction，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 11.，Deficiency of blood and qi, with persistent, stabbing chest pain.

Four Sages’ Chao Yuan Pill，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 64.，For various conditions of deficiency and weakness, depletion of the lower jiao, weakness in the legs and feet, spleen and stomach deficiency, dizziness and blurred vision, and fatigue in the limbs.

Musk and Perilla Paste，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For all types of large abscesses.

Zi Zhong Zi Qi Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，Fetal swelling and fetal distress.

Dog Gallbladder Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 72.，For women whose menstrual flow has ceased for a long time, who are gradually wasting away and developing blood-consumption, as well as for pain caused by stagnation of blood and qi.

Banlong Pills，From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，For all cases of internal heat and fever in children, including mental confusion and restlessness, cough with phlegm, and convulsions or spasms.

Zhuge’s Dry Rations，*Formulas of the Huizhi Hall*, Volume 4 (with Appended Emergency Formulas).，

Cinnamon Twig and Atractylodes Decoction，*Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 1.，For rheumatic pain throughout the body, accompanied by sweating, shortness of breath, aversion to wind, and reluctance to remove clothing, with a deep, fine, slow, and weak pulse.

Decoction for Relieving Body Pain by Expelling Stagnant Blood，From *Corrections to Medical Literature*, Volume 2.，For bi syndrome accompanied by blood stasis.

Wind-Repelling Ointment，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 19); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 92).，A lopsided mouth and eyes result from a stroke spreading to the Yangming Meridian. It also treats difficult childbirth.

Decoction for Clearing the Metal and Resolving Toxins，From *Records of Smallpox and Rash* (Dou Zhen Ren Duan Lu), Volume 16.，Cough following the rash.

Blood-Expelling and Heart-Nourishing Decoction，*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Loss of voice and inability to speak after childbirth. After childbirth, the heart and lung orifices are invaded by blood, and the patient also contracts a common cold.

Schizonepeta and Platycodon Decoction，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 19.，For sores in a child’s throat.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Cooling the Blood，*Annotated Collection of Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 24.，For women suffering from wind-heat and blood-heat dryness, erysipelas, and other conditions accompanied by severe constipation.

Suozhu Guijing Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Jinan Edition).，For nocturnal emissions and seminal leakage, accompanied by soreness and pain in the lower back and knees.

Sure-Effect Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，All types of hemorrhoids and fistulas, regardless of severity.

Ginseng Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For heat-induced depletion of original qi, numbness in both hands, fatigue in the limbs, lethargy, and a strong desire to lie down.

Yu Ming Powder for Eye Washing，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 106.，For excessive tearing and stinging pain in the eyes.