Substitute for Didao Decoction

Pork Liver Powder，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，For childhood abdominal masses.

Cistanche Paste，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 131.，For back abscesses and boils that have already ruptured but are not forming new tissue.

Banxia Xiexin Decoction without Ginseng, Licorice, Dried Ginger, and Jujube, with the addition of Zhi Shi，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，For severe vomiting accompanied by epigastric fullness.

Wujin Stone Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 309.，For bone fractures.

Clove and Melia Fruit Pills，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 1.，For disorders of the kidneys and liver; in men, the seven types of hernias with unbearable pain; in women, masses and leukorrhea.

Angelica and Lily Decoction，From *The Collected Works of Zhou Shenzhai*, Volume 7.，Syndrome of Yin Deficiency.

Cangqing Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 73), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Severe, unbearable toothache.

Xiaoyao Loubei Powder，*Traditional Chinese Medicine: Surgery*.，Mastopathy, scrofula, and early-stage breast cancer.

Wanquan Xiaoyao Powder，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 4.，Blood-wind exhaustion. Restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest; frequent palpitations; a sense of bewilderment and anxiety; heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes; and frequent night sweats.

Pearl Powder for Malnutrition，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For children with malnutrition-induced distension and food stagnation, presenting with a sallow complexion, emaciation, and corneal opacities.

Ointment for Treating Damp Sores and Leg Ulcers，From *Medical Conveniences*, Volume 3.，For all types of damp sores and leg sores.

Iron Essence Pills，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Care* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 7; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 147.，For gu poison ingested through drinks, causing severe abdominal pain, a sallow-blue complexion, frequent urination, emaciation, and unpredictable symptoms.

Blood Dysentery Decoction，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，Hemorrhagic dysentery.

Great Detoxifying Decoction，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For syphilitic sores, joint pain, or festering genital ulcers—regardless of whether the condition is recent or chronic and difficult to cure.

Mole Crickets Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 66.，Crab Fistula.

Scutellaria and Coptis Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 63.，Swallow’s Nest Sores. These appear on the lower jaw, resembling clusters of millet or beans; they are itchy, hot, and painful, and resemble weeping sores that have broken open.

Ginger and Sugar Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For the elderly suffering from shortness of breath, coughing, severe heat, inability to eat or drink, vomiting immediately after eating, and abdominal distension.

Mulberry Wood Ear Fungus Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 60.，Hemorrhoids; itching and pain around the anus.

Poria and Pinellia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 25.，In cases of cold-induced vomiting and retching, with palpitations beneath the heart and stagnant fluid in the chest and diaphragm, dizziness often occurs.

Wild Ramie Soup，From *Continuation of the Easy and Simple* (Xu Yijian), Volume 2.，For unexplained bleeding before childbirth, accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain, or the discharge of yellow fluid resembling lacquer or the juice of small beans.

Old Paper Powder，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 8.，For bedwetting in children.

Vitex Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Eye disorders caused by internal obstruction resulting from overwork and irregular diet.

Chinese Yam Porridge，*Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，For consumptive fever and chronic coldness.

Single-Ingredient Tingli Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 61); name cited in *Dexiao* (Vol. 5).，For lung abscesses accompanied by coughing up pus and blood, shortness of breath, and an inability to sleep.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood, Dispelling Wind, and Moistening Dryness，*Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 15.，For those with a chronic history of wind-heat and constipation.