Su Jie Decoction

Fire-Nourishing and Light-Generating Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Heart deficiency with blurred vision. Caused by excessive worry damaging the heart and spleen, or by a decline in the fire of the Gate of Life, resulting in the inability of the spirit’s radiance to manifest. This manifests as eyes that are neither painful … Read more

Da Gui Zhi Pills，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.，Cold invades the Sanjiao; when cold affects the Middle Jiao, it causes fullness, belching, and acid regurgitation; or difficulty swallowing, food remaining undigested despite having eaten, pain radiating upward to the heart, and frequent loose stools.

Five Spicy Herbs to Relieve Diaphragmatic Stagnation Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Chronic cold accumulation, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, distension and fullness in the flanks, vomiting and nausea, belching with a sour taste and regurgitation of acid, fatigue, and loss of appetite.

Diyu Decoction in Silk Cloth，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For wounds caused by a blade that have damaged the large intestine and both flanks; for abdominal lacerations where feces exit through the wound; and for postpartum injuries where the small intestine and bladder are ruptured, causing uncontrolled urination.

Clove Stomach-Soothing Pills，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For children with stomach deficiency, qi reversal causing vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness and thirst with a desire to drink, and mental lethargy.

Miraculous Cassia Seed Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，Long-standing blindness that has progressed to complete blindness.

Liver-Nourishing Powder，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，For liver-deficiency-induced night blindness with internal cataracts, where the patient cannot see objects at dusk (the Hour of You) but can see again when the lights are lit, and is able to look upward.

Bitter Gourd Pills，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 21); the name appears in *Zengbu Neijing Shiyi* (Vol. 3).，Generalized edema. “Stone water” (edema with excessive urination), characterized by swelling confined to the lower abdomen.

Yufeng Siwu Decoction，From *The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Postpartum Headache.

Fish Moth Ointment，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 5).，For childhood tetany, characterized by the eyes rolling upward and twitching of the hands, feet, and lips:

Boiled Aconite Pill，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Indicated for spleen deficiency with organ cold, stagnation of heat and cold, qi stagnation in the intestines, deficiency-type distension and epigastric fullness, and tenesmus with loose stools.

Moutan Leaf Juice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 70.，For chronic nosebleeds lasting for years, or bleeding while sleeping at night—often amounting to several sheng—that have not responded to other treatments.

Vinegar-Processed Aconite Formula，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 58.，Deafness and ear pain.

Family Secret Pain-Relieving Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 6.，For various types of heart and chest pain, stagnation of qi, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, pain extending to the chest and flanks, small intestine hernia, and stabbing pain due to blood and qi disorders in women.

Wind-Dispelling and Congestion-Resolving Decoction，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 3.，Whether caused by exposure to wind or heat, or—in severe cases—by extreme heat giving rise to wind, symptoms manifest externally as headache, brain distension, nasal congestion, and runny nose; internally as a dry throat, sore throat, thick phlegm, and a restless cough.

Chaihu and Mulberry Bark Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For coughing, shortness of breath, restlessness, alternating chills and fever, and aching pain in the limbs, with symptoms worsening at night.

Angelica Blood-Harmonizing Powder，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 8.，For diarrhea.

Commander of the Wall Guards，From *De Xiao*, Volume 19.，For cases where the sores have already ruptured, particularly in elderly patients with deficient qi and blood.

Chrysanthemum Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Boils and malignant sores; difficulty urinating.

Wind-Dispelling and Skin-Moisturizing Powder，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Facial paralysis.

Pancreas-Supporting Decoction，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 6.，The syphilitic sores have been present for a long time; blood and qi are already deficient, yet the toxin has not yet subsided. The sores appear bluish, and the patient is weak and deficient in qi; therefore, inducing sweating or purgation is contraindicated.

Cooling Pills，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，For childhood rashes affecting the eyes.

Herbal Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，All types of abscesses and toxic sores, various painful wounds and injuries, necrotic tissue and swelling, or conditions caused by stagnation of wind, cold, and dampness—such as wandering pain and edema.

Shenying Xiaofeng Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 24), citing *Immortal Formulas for Emergency Treatment*.，Severe skin eruptions.

Stone Bile Alum Pills，From *The Formulary for Universal Relief*, Volume 391, citing *The Formulary for Infant Care*.，For children with a sallow complexion, emaciation, a distended abdomen, and hard masses caused by stagnation, as well as for adults with stagnation-induced masses.