Snake Shedding Pill

Clear-Heart and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，From *Haojing Zhizhi*.，Wind-phlegm invades the membranes, rising to affect the pericardium; phlegm obscures the orifices of the heart, causing qi reversal and mental confusion; or it may lead to a dazed state with inability to speak, accompanied by a deviated gaze and convulsions.

Heather Wine，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 3). Name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 317).，A woman who has suffered from wind-related disorders since childhood, experiencing dizziness and eye pain.

Yuanzhi Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，Unbearable headaches caused by cerebral wind.

Ginseng White Tiger Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 11.，For cases where toxic qi is already severe, vital qi is deficient, and the measles do not erupt smoothly.

Great Heart-Nourishing Pill，*San Yin*, Volume 9.，For mania caused by excessive worry and overthinking, leading to mental restlessness and the loss of control over the soul and spirit. When Yang deficiency results in external leakage, symptoms include spontaneous sweating, vomiting, and frequent diarrhea; when the various Yin energies fail to generate, symptoms include repetitive speech, palpitations, … Read more

Decoction for Dispelling Cold and Saving the Fetus，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Cold invasion during pregnancy. In the final month of pregnancy, the patient suddenly experiences Shao Yin wind-pathogen with severe chills, curls up in bed, and has cold hands and feet.

Bi Yun Powder，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For headaches, brain aches, thick and sticky eye discharge, as well as itchy, stuffy nose caused by wind.

Gold-Water Ointment，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For consumptive cough with restlessness and red phlegm due to lung atrophy.

Xuanqi Decoction，*The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，Wind-heat combined with phlegm obstructing the upper body, causing headache, dizziness, and pain along the brow ridges.

Secret Formula for Nourishing Life Pill，From *The Secret Manual of Ningkun*, Volume 1.，Indications: Fetal death in utero; retained placenta; difficult labor; postpartum syncope; restlessness at the wound site; chills and fever resembling malaria; swelling of the limbs; agitation and mania; loss of voice and inability to speak; diarrhea with pus and blood; aching pain in … Read more

Decoction for Suppressing Fire and Regulating the Spleen，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，For middle-burner diabetes.

Sacred Atractylodes Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For occasional food or drink-induced disorders, such as vomiting or diarrhea, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, or pain in the flanks; or for cases where excessive use of purgative or purging herbs has damaged the vital energy of the viscera, presenting symptoms similar to … Read more

Black Bean Oil Ointment，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，

Gold Tooth Powder for Brushing Teeth，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 121.，For toothache and bleeding gums.

Dragon-Subduing Pill，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 7.，Manic disorders. These arise when intense anger stirs the liver wind, or when great fright stirs the heart fire, or when pre-existing phlegm suddenly causes fire to rise—rising without descending—thereby obstructing the heart’s orifices and obscuring the spirit’s clarity, preventing it from flowing freely. The mind loses its … Read more

Enhanced Liu Jun Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 46.，For pregnant women with a constitution of gastric deficiency, phlegm-fluid retention in the middle burner, resulting in morning sickness characterized by frequent vomiting of phlegm and water, restlessness, and dizziness.

Su-Chen Po-Jie Decoction，Formula by Che Shaocan, cited in Volume 6 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For edema.

Yu Ling Paste，From *The Suixi Residence Dietary Compendium*.，For those who are emaciated or frail, provided they do not suffer from phlegm-fire or loose stools; it is particularly effective when taken by women in labor.

Water-Eliminating Divine Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Edema.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Relieving Itching，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Damp-heat in the spleen and stomach accumulates in the eyelids; when further constrained by external cold wind, it causes intense itching within the eyes, with large, flat papules arranged in dense clusters.

Purple Stone and Asparagus Root Pills，*Zhun Sheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，

Surgical Coptis Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shanghai Formula).，Moist sores.

Four-Huang Phlegm-Clearing Pills，The formula is from *Ji Ming Lu*; the name is found in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For chest and diaphragm oppression, counterflow of qi with coughing and choking, and phlegm-obstructed asthma.

Reed Stem Decoction，From *Direct Pointers to Hao Jing*.，For children with a “string of pearls” cough, characterized by frequent, unrelenting choking, vomiting of white phlegm, or epistaxis with red phlegm.

Bai Bai San，*The True Interpretation of Surgery*, Volume 2.，Feizao Dan: For redness and swelling starting at the top of the head.