Snake Oil Remedy

Li’an Decoction，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，For lower back pain due to kidney deficiency.

Duck Head Pills，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 128.，For edema: flushed face, restlessness, and thirst; swelling of the face, eyes, and limbs; abdominal distension and shortness of breath; scanty and difficult urination.

Chuanxiong-Perilla-Chaihu-Chenpi Decoction，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For the early stages of malaria, characterized by headache, body aches, fever, and profuse sweating.

Life-Preserving Pills，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10.，For children suffering from acute or chronic convulsions, excessive phlegm and saliva, fetal convulsions, excessive crying, restlessness and confusion at night, chronic epilepsy, coughing with fever, or convulsions caused by heatstroke during the summer months.

Enhanced Rhino-Antelope White Tiger Decoction，*Essentials of Infectious Diseases*, Volume 4.，

Two-Ingredient Fried Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，

Semen-Retention Pills，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 1.，For involuntary seminal emission.

Mallow Soup，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with dysuria, difficult and scanty urination, restlessness, heat, dryness, and pain, and chills in the limbs. Extremely effective for treating complete urinary retention.

Yellow-Eliminating Ointment，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Masses and masses.

Secret Formula Pill，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Stomach pain.

Dao Sheng San，Formula from *Yan’s Treatise on Pediatric Formulas*; name cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 365.，Mouth sores in children.

Danmi Ointment，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 34 of *You You Xin Shu*.，Mouth sores in children.

Emergency Relief Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Take a small amount of the fine threads and let them form blisters on the mouth and tongue.

Hezhong Dashun Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Guang Ge. Isolated yang energy erupts, obstructing the passage of food and drink; in severe cases, it causes hiccups.

Ri Ying Dan，*General Essentials of Health* (Volume 6).，For epilepsy that has persisted for years without cure.

Huan Yuan Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Fire from the kidneys surges into the throat but cannot descend to the Gate of Life; as the fire boils, it transforms into phlegm and rises upward. Meanwhile, the fire of the heart overpowers the weakness of the lung’s metal element, further exacerbating the condition. Thus, … Read more

Pus-Draining Decoction，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*.，For sores that have become purulent but have not yet ruptured.

Cold-Decoction Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 5.，For summer heat combined with exposure to cold, resulting in uncontrollable, sudden diarrhea.

Xiangling Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，Postpartum pelvic pain.

Blood-Activating and Harmonizing Powder，From *Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，Wind-cold transforming into bi syndrome, with tightness and constriction of tendons and vessels.

Kidney-Tonifying Dendrobium Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of kidney qi, weakness in the lower back, hips, legs, and knees; sharp pain in the lower abdomen; aching pain in the limbs; cold hands and feet; sallow and dark complexion; general weakness and deficiency.

Shenghe Pills，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 1.，For cases of impaired stomach qi, reduced appetite, and absent menstruation.

Pingxie Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7，Dysregulation of the Zang-Fu organs; the Liver overpowers the Spleen’s Earth, causing dampness to descend, resulting in prolonged, persistent diarrhea.

Gardenia Paste，From *Shenghui*, Volume 91.，For children with burn sores.

Bai Shou Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Beijing Formula).，Indicated for cessation of lactation and anorexia, indigestion, cough with excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and convulsions.