Strophanthus Decoction

Single-Ingredient Rhubarb Powder，Formula from *Danxi’s Essentials of Treatment* (Vol. 3); name cited in *The Practical Essentials of Medicine* (Vol. 5).，Dizziness.

Erqi San，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，Cold stagnation in the Kidney Meridian, with qi stagnation and weakness.

Secret-Transmitted Calming Pills，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，

Summer Deadgrass Powder，From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 6.，Phlegm-nodules in the neck and nape.

Hua Guang Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 146.，Excessive intake of this formula may harm the body’s vital energy, leading to pathogenic factors invading the heart; it may cause parasitic worms to transform into poisonous insects; it may result in sudden illness due to a weakened constitution; it may lead to the five types of dysuria; it may … Read more

Centipede Powder，*Selected Essays on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 5.，For tetanus.

Tian Gen Yue Ku Ointment，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 5.，For those with damage to both Yin and Yang in the Lower Jiao and impairment of the Eight Extra Meridians, where recovery is not immediate but the stomach qi remains robust and there are no signs of damp-heat; for men suffering from … Read more

Scutellaria, Coptis, Pinellia, and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Morning sickness with phlegm-stagnation and a tendency toward heat, characterized by a dry and bitter mouth, restlessness, heat, and oppression; restless sleep at night; dry stools; yellowish-red urine; a yellow, greasy tongue coating; and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Fu-Gui Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For deficiency-cold leukorrhea with foul-smelling white discharge, frequent feelings of sadness and melancholy, and severe chills; also treats turbid and excessive discharge.

Decoction of Melon Rinds，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 2.，Diarrhea caused by heat injury.

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.

Miraculous Meridian-Activating Pills，Formula adapted from the *Manual of Chinese Medicinal Preparations*, citing the Guangzhou Chen Li Ji Pharmaceutical Factory.，Indicated for sudden stroke caused by wind-phlegm invading the collaterals, phlegm-induced syncope, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, numbness of the limbs, as well as flaccid weakness, arthralgic pain, and contractures of the hands and feet.

San Tai Pills，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 10, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，For cold or heat accumulation in the five viscera, characterized by distension, a distended abdomen with hollow rumbling sounds and belching; food fails to nourish the flesh and skin; in severe cases, coughing and retching may occur.

Zhongru Jianspleen Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6.，For men and women suffering from deficiency and emaciation, a heavy sensation in the body, cold and weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, abdominal distension with rumbling sounds, and persistent diarrhea; it also treats intestinal deficiency with cold accumulation, diarrhea containing undigested food, or pure white stools, abdominal … Read more

Heart-Calming Pill，From *Danxi’s Heart Method with Appendices*, Volume 10.，For all types of epilepsy.

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

Amber Thorough Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a family recipe passed down by Shi Chuan’en.，For tetanus.

Miraculous Wind-Dispelling Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 46.，For one-sided or bilateral headaches.

White Rabbit Pill for Summoning Corpse-Eating Worms，*Medical Compendium*, Volume 78, citing *The Blue Sack*.，Corpse-eating worms.

Yi Yin Quan Xiao San，From *The Record of the Cock’s Crow*.，All types of swollen abscesses.

Decoction for Stopping Semen Leakage，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Nocturnal emissions, lower back soreness and pain, fine and rapid pulse, red tongue.

Hui Chun Ointment for Diarrhea and Dysentery，From *Li Ye*.，For diarrhea and dysentery.

Jianlan Leaf Paste，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For coughing with choking and sticky phlegm; whooping cough in children.

Decoction for Assisting Yang and Activating Blood Circulation，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*，Assists yang and promotes blood circulation. Weak eyelids that frequently droop and close, accompanied by visual disturbances, leading to heat congestion in the sclera, redness of the sclera, excessive eye discharge and tearing, with no pain but a sensation of dryness and difficulty opening the eyes.

Decoction for Strengthening Qi and Tightening the Intestines，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 6.，For prolapsed hemorrhoids with the intestine protruding and failing to retract.