Snow-Melting Powder

Cun’an Qu，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Yuxian Formula).，For common colds and flu.

Xuanxi Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，Heat stagnation in the Heart and Spleen, with a swollen, wood-like tongue.

Red Pepper Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 160.，Kidney-related cough with aversion to cold.

Stomach-Regulating and Middle-Jiao-Nourishing Decoction，From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 219.，For women who, due to exposure to cold and heat pathogens, have accumulated pathogenic factors in the zang-fu organs, resulting in bloody or white diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Zhengyuan Powder，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume 2.，For interrupted or shortness of breath; also treats loose stools and frequent urination.

Anlu Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Postpartum lochia that persists, is profuse, red in color, and has a fishy odor, accompanied by occasional abdominal distension, dry mouth, and restlessness; the tongue is pale red with a yellow coating, and the pulse is rapid—indicating blood heat.

Musk and Cotton Ash Powder，From *San Yin*, Volume 11.，For abdominal distension and fullness, with loose stools in the morning and constipation in the evening; conditions that do not respond to other medications; aversion to wind; inability to pass stool; and a throbbing, distended sensation.

Powder for Lower Ulcers，Formula from *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24; name cited in *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Chronic skin ulcers.

Wolf’s-bane Wash，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema.

Pine-Lacquer Pills，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Leprosy, leprosy-like conditions, and purpuric dermatitis.

Enhanced Ginseng and Poria Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Phlegm accumulation in the upper jiao, with erratic crying and laughing.

Eucommia and Angelica Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，Sudden onset of cold qi, with pain in the chest and abdomen as if stabbed by a knife.

Compound Yarrow Powder，*New Chinese Medicine* 1977; 1:38.，Peptic ulcer disease.

Decoction to Stop Vomiting，From *The Book of Caring for Children* (Volume 2).，For vomiting.

Secret Formula: Jingji Powder，From *Simple and Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 272 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For all types of itchy sores.

Turtle Shell and Artemisia Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 52.，Fever in children with malnutrition, often presenting with an excess pattern at onset.

Er Yi Pills，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 6, citing *Liang’s Comprehensive Essentials of Formulas*.，For diarrhea.

Enhanced Zhi-Shu Decoction，From *Insights into Medicine*, Volume 4.，Cereal jaundice, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, belching of putrid odors, and regurgitation of sour substances.

Goat Marrow Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For lower back pain and weakness in the legs and knees.

Rhinitis Relief，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*.，Chronic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps, etc. Symptoms include congestion or dryness and atrophy of the nasal mucosa, nasal congestion, runny nose, and loss of smell.

Sichuan Pepper Powder，From *The Formulas of the Medical Heart*, Volume 15, citing *The Formulas of Master Shen*.，For abscesses that have spontaneously ruptured.

Pork Heart and Borneol Paste，*The Authentic Tradition of Medicine*, Volume 8.，Smallpox. For cases where the patient is unconscious and unresponsive, experiences occasional convulsions, and the lesions are inverted, black, and sunken.

Fragrant Body Pills，*Supplement to the Chuanya*, Volume 3.，Eliminates intense body odors, foul odors, and bad breath.

Soapberry and Asarum Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，Toothache caused by wind-induced decay.

Gui Zhi Wan，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 2.，For various types of qi disorders, heart pain, and abdominal pain; hangovers.