Summer Heat-Relieving Ten-Ingredient Powder

Apricot Kernel Powder，From *Formulas for Guiding the Way to Complete Life*, Volume 4.，Cough with counterflow of qi, labored breathing with shortness of breath, flared nostrils; the patient is unable to lie flat; a sound like a waterfowl in the throat, coming and going intermittently.

Fermented Soybean Paste Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 52.，For labor-induced malaria with irregular attacks and remissions, accompanied by progressive emaciation. For severe malaria.

Scorpion Tail Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 385.，For wind-heat in children.

Sulfur Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For mouth sores that have not healed for a long time and cause unbearable pain.

Knot-Resolving Pills，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 1.，For pain caused by dysentery and food stagnation, wind-induced constipation, and phlegm accumulation.

Snail Paste，*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 8.，

Eight-Ingredient Eye Remedy，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Tianjin Formula).，For sudden onset of “fire eye,” characterized by swelling and pain in both eyes, cloudiness or opacity obscuring vision, pterygium invading the cornea, photophobia, and redness and erosion around the eyes.

Agarwood Depression-Relieving Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，Indicated for chest and abdominal distension, stomach pain, vomiting of acidic fluid, indigestion, loss of appetite, and feelings of depression and distress.

Mitsuzo Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 46.，For chronic lung-related wheezing and coughing.

Flesh-Nourishing Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases” with jaundice and emaciation, who have long refused to eat properly, with swelling in both hands and feet, and who experience restlessness, thirst, and a desire to drink water.

Blood-Dispelling Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，Redness of the eyes, resembling the color of rouge.

Ginseng Diaphragm-Clearing Decoction，From *Records of the Essentials of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 9.，For smallpox, lung heat with a dry nose, and thick, sticky nasal discharge and saliva.

White Reed Decoction，From *The Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 4.，For sporadic episodes of vomiting fresh blood.

Qianghuo and Qin Jiao Decoction，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 3.，Prolapsed hemorrhoids with fistula, accompanied by unbearable itching.

Revival Sultan，*The Classic of the Middle Cavities: Appendix*.，For joint pain, slurred speech, difficulty walking, and trembling or twitching of the hands and feet.

Xiao Baizhong Decoction，From *Miraculous Formulas of Han Medicine*, Volume 10.，For genital sores and syphilis.

Maidou Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 6.，Traumatic bone injuries.

Ox Horn Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 61), citing *Formulas for Emergency Treatment*.，Throat obstruction. For cases of severe swelling and blockage threatening death.

Pinworm Powder，*Concise Pediatric Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For pinworm infection.

Miraculous Formula for Mild Measles，*Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 7.，

Erlian Pills，Formula from *De Xiao* (Vol. 12); name cited in *Dong Yi Bao Jian: Miscellaneous Diseases* (Vol. 11).，For innocent malnutrition-induced toxicity, characterized by a lump resembling a scrofula at the back of the neck; when pressed, it moves freely, is soft, and painless.

Cinnamon Twig Decoction with Added Angelica，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Chilblains.

Xihuang Powder，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，If the tongue is stiff and coated, and the jaw is locked shut,

Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction，Adapted from Mr. Fan Kaizhou’s empirical formula in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Damp-type cholera. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, scanty urine, a pulse that is mostly string-like and sluggish or deep and slow, and a white, slippery tongue coating. It also … Read more

Xianmao Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Deficiency and cold of vital energy, impotence and weak knees, low back pain with numbness and stiffness, and various deficiency syndromes.