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Divine Gold Ointment，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 131.，For boils on the back.

Yuanzhi Decoction for Children，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 1.，For deficiency-cold due to mental exhaustion, characterized by palpitations, confusion, forgetfulness, restlessness, and nightmares.

Decoction of Two Poria, Sophora, and Ointment，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，Yangming Spasm Syndrome. Caused by exposure to damp-heat, followed by wind-pathogen invasion; characterized by pulling sensations in the hands and feet, muscle twitching, chest distension, head tilted downward with gaze fixed downward, and elbows and knees pressed together.

Decoction for Descending the Uterus，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For retained placenta.

Tonifying Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 219), citing *Formulas from the Hall of Auspicious Bamboo*.，For pain in the lower back and knees.

Lizhong-Wu Zhu Yu Decoction，*Comprehensive Guide to Medical Principles*, Volume 1.，Taiyin syndrome with spontaneous diarrhea and no thirst, accompanied by copious phlegm and vomiting, or cold extremities and chest fullness with restlessness.

Jianjiao Decoction，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，For women suffering from paralysis and weakness after childbirth.

Fangfeng Pingwei Powder，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Rheumatic abdominal distension, fever, heaviness of the body, inability to turn over, pain throughout the body, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen extending to the head and face, and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest.

Black Dog Skull Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For contusions, bruises, and sores that have not healed for a long time.

Changshan and Cardamom Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Malaria caused by food-induced phlegm.

Gu Xian Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, tearing eyes due to eye inflammation, a ringing in the ears like a cicada’s song, dry mouth, frequent vomiting after eating, occasional diarrhea, rumbling in the abdomen, damp itching in the genital area, inability to stand for long periods, and aching pain in the limbs.

Decoction for Regulating the Spleen, Harmonizing the Liver, and Transforming Dampness，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Spleen-Fortifying and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 3.，For cases where the smallpox rash has subsided and scabs have fallen off for 3 days, but residual toxins remain in the Spleen Meridian.

Intestinal-Clearing Pills，*Six Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 5.，For regurgitation and dysphagia.

Three Yin Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of the liver and spleen, insufficiency of essence and blood, and blood loss due to deficiency of the nutritive qi. For all cases of stroke where blood fails to nourish the tendons, as well as malaria with profuse sweating that disperses the pathogen yet fails … Read more

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Rehmannia Pills，*Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Nourishes the liver and kidneys; tonifies qi and nourishes yin.

Lung-Regulating Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jilin Formulas)，For common cold with cough, phlegm retention with wheezing and coughing, which recur in winter, making it difficult to breathe and lie down.

Ophiopogon Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For gastric reflux during pregnancy, with vomiting and inability to retain food.

Heat-Clearing Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Indicated for excessive heat in the stomach, headache, inability to sweat, and dry mouth.

Qianhu Xiegan Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 108.，For toxicity from cinnabar and mineral pigments rising upward, causing red eyes, restlessness, heat sensations, and a vague sensation of fullness in the chest.

Miraculous and Highly Effective Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, as well as severe ulcers and malignant abscesses, whether already ruptured or not.

Atractylodes, Aconite, and Saposhnikovia Decoction，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 98), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Pain and heaviness in the limbs and joints, inability to turn over in bed; pain and numbness due to beriberi; spontaneous sweating with a desire to wear warm clothing; or slight swelling of the body.

Great Aster Pills，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 9, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For shortness of breath and coughing with counterflow.

Ginseng and Frankincense Pills，From *Essentials of the Crimson Sack*.，Red and white dysentery.

Self-Formulated Lotus Root Node and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing *Selected Medical Case Records of Zheng Qiao*.，Nosebleeds due to heat injuring the yang collaterals.