Substitute Moxibustion Ointment for the Navel

Watermelon Frost，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For sore and swollen throat, and laryngeal obstruction in infants.

Decoction for Descending Qi and Harmonizing the Collaterals，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For those who have traveled long distances while carrying heavy loads, or who have suffered from exertion or blood loss, resulting in qi rebelling upward, causing oppression and pain in the chest and flanks; in severe cases, even breathing is painful, and … Read more

Xiong Ling Powder，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 5.，For those bitten by a venomous snake who are in a stupor and near death.

Brightness-Dispelling-Cloud Ingot，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 12.，Effective for all eye diseases, both chronic and acute.

Bai Shan’s Formula，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 308.，Sores caused by centipede urine.

Fennel Herb Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 135.，When wind-toxin affects the genital area—either affecting both sides or one side—causing pain, cramping, and a pulling sensation radiating to the lower abdomen, accompanied by a sense of oppression and confusion that is unbearable.

Essence-Consolidating and Navel-Warming Plaster，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For men with congenital deficiency, deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, fatigue-induced atrophy and numbness, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, cold semen and impotence, and leukorrhea or seminal emission; for women with irregular menstruation, sandy urine and leukorrhea, uterine deficiency-cold, difficulty conceiving, or … Read more

Angelica and Bupleurum Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of the nutritive qi preventing sweating; and for cases of true yin deficiency where external cold pathogens are difficult to resolve.

Cui Xian Dan，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For kidney cold and cold essence, deficiency of qi and blood, lower back pain and leg soreness, and nocturnal emissions and night sweats.

Apricot and Gelatin Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 198), citing *Wu’s Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For coughs.

Seven Sages Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 92.，For consumptive disorders, deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, cloudy white urine, and involuntary seminal emission.

Qi-Guiding Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For cases where phlegm-qi fails to descend, heart deficiency generates heat, the spirit is timid and unfocused, and the patient is bewildered and easily startled.

Fenshui Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For facial swelling and edema.

Radish Tea，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 2.，For lung heat complicated by wind-cold, presenting with sore throat and dry cough.

Modified Angelica and Peony Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，All cases of hemorrhoids, fistulas, swelling, and pain—whether accompanied by blood in the stool, resulting from excessive alcohol or sexual activity, or from overwork—are attributed to deficiency of the spleen and lung.

Yanling Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For various wind-related disorders.

Wuji Zijing Pills，From *De Xiao*, Volume 3.，Jīhuáng: Food stagnation in the spleen and stomach forming lumps; lethargy in the limbs; yellowing of the body and face; abdominal distension; commonly known as “yellow-fat disease.”

Gu Gen Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Loss of primordial yang in youth, compounded by premature sexual activity; failure to observe sexual abstinence, resulting in damage to the outer canthus; the canthal orifice fails to close, allowing wind and cold to penetrate; internal qi becomes deficient, making it difficult to ward off external … Read more

First Bamboo Sap Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，Beriberi. Weakness and numbness in both legs, or muscle cramps; loss of sensation in the skin and flesh; abdominal distension resembling swelling that does not indent upon palpation; aversion to food and drink; or sensitivity to cold.

Restorative Decoction，*Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For wall-mud wind and blood-bi or blood-wind conditions.

Pinellia and Atractylodes Decoction，Quoted from the Dongshan Gynecological Formulas in Volume 16 of *Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*.，For women whose menstrual flow resembles yellow whey, accompanied by mental agitation, due to spleen dampness.

Miraculous Needle for a Hundred Cures，*Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 2.，For unilateral or bilateral headaches, shoulder pain, “crane’s knee” (knee deformity), cold-dampness syndrome, hemiplegia, paralysis of the hands and feet, masses, low back pain, small intestine hernia; boils and abscesses on the back, and pharyngeal nodules (tang he), provided they are in … Read more

Egg and Coptis Paste，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For sudden redness and pain in the eyes caused by heat, where the heat is superficial and easily resolved.

Atractylodes and Fangfeng Decoction，*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 4.，Dysentery.

Purslane and Bamboo Leaf Soup，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 184, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For hemorrhoids with bleeding.