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Five-Spice String，From *Chuanyaya Neibian*, Volume 3.，For abdominal and epigastric distension, fullness and mass in the flanks, and all types of pain.

Stone Lotus Powder，Formula from *Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 18; name cited in *Six Books on Medicine*, Volume 30.，For postpartum qi deficiency complicated by heat, manifested by silence and a deep, soft, and rapid pulse.

Hua Tuo’s Formula for Rescuing Yang Deficiency，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 58.，Cold invading the Three Yang channels, manifesting as locked jaw and loss of voice; stiffness and rigidity of the limbs; spasms, cramps, and pain; symptoms resembling stroke or cold-induced collapse; blue lips and retracted scrotum; absence of pulse or sudden collapse; and … Read more

Cock’s Comb Blood，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For smallpox lesions that are blue, dry, purplish-black, and sunken, indicating severe blood heat and toxin.

Three-Purity Toxin-Resolving Beeswax Pills，*Complete Book of Childbirth Rescue*.，

Fragrant Ginseng Paste，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 27 of *You You Xin Shu*.，For cases where diarrhea has ceased but vomiting persists.

Kombu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Chapter 61: Nourishment.，For chest and epigastric fullness, oppression, and difficulty swallowing food.

Qianjin Appetite-Promoting Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, delayed digestion of food and drink, cold in the middle burner with weak qi, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, phlegm, spitting, and vomiting, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, a tendency to lie down with … Read more

White Tiger Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 93.，For stroke-induced hemiplegia.

Forsythia and Red Adzuki Bean Decoction，From *Direct Medical Formulas of Haojing*.，Heat-toxin invading the lung, manifesting as lung abscess with coughing up purulent sputum, dull pain in the right flank, and a rapid, forceful pulse in the right cun position.

Facial Correction Powder，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 30; name cited in *The Golden Mirror* (Jin Jian), Volume 63.，Freckles (dark and dry).

Chuanxiong and Green Onion White Decoction，Formula from *Jingxiao Chuanbao* (Vol. 1); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 342).，Used for fetal restlessness.

Elixir for Hidden Internal Heat，*Shenghui*, Volume 95.，For men and women suffering from long-standing cold qi, intestinal wind, dysentery, pain in the navel and abdomen, a sallow complexion, and loss of appetite.

Fangfeng Biaotang，*Essentials for the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For fever at the onset of a rash, when no external symptoms have appeared within 2–3 or 4–5 days, or for milk rash or rubella.

Raw and Cooked Decoction，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 12.，Malaria caused by spleen cold, characterized by more cold than heat.

Yuzhu Powder，Formula attributed to Dai Ren, cited in Volume 49 of *Yuji Weiyi*.，Amenorrhea; retained lochia; intestinal toxicity; body pain due to blood stasis from trauma; menstrual obstruction with abdominal distension or pain; painful scabies; stomach heat with excessive thirst, accompanied by a strong appetite yet progressive weight loss.

New Sanmiao Powder，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Acute eczema, infantile eczema, allergic dermatitis, and pustular dermatitis.

Enhanced Shengma Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Middle Volume.，For measles that are difficult to erupt.

Amber Calming Wisdom Pills，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 8, citing a formula by Minister Liu.，For conditions characterized by tremors, weakness, and shortness of breath.

Rui Xiao Pills，From Guo’s Formula, cited in Volume 15 of *Yuji Weiyi*.，For intestinal abscesses, gastric abscesses, internal accumulations, and symptoms of mass accumulation in both men and women.

Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Stopping Epistaxis，From *Liu Fengwu’s Gynecological Experience*.，Epistaxis and retrograde menstruation caused by liver heat rising upward in women, with blood rising along with the qi.

Astragalus Balancing Decoction，From *Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，For the five types of exhaustion and a hundred forms of debility; heaviness and sluggishness in the limbs; aching of bones and muscles; inability to move as before following a serious illness; shortness of breath, labored breathing, and low vital energy; tightness in the lower abdomen; stiffness and pain in … Read more

Dufu Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children with vomiting, diarrhea, and loss of vital energy, cold limbs, abdominal pain, and sluggish eyes.

Toxicity-Expelling Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 143.，In Taiyin syndrome, with bloody and white diarrhea, pain, and a sensation of heaviness during defecation—this is caused by cold counteracting heat, or by cold or heat from food and drink.

Ji Kun Da Zao Pills，Formula by Danxi, cited in *Essentials of Obstetrics*.，For those with an inherent deficiency of qi and blood, unable to retain the essence and achieve conception; or those at risk of miscarriage, or whose children do not live long; or, after conception, those experiencing deficiency-heat with spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, and excessive … Read more