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Huayun Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For cases where pathogenic heat is internally retained and stagnant, failing to manifest outwardly; when the heat reaches its peak, it produces rashes, and the body appears as if covered by a red cloud.

Jingju Powder，*Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，Treats heart deficiency with cold, headaches, abnormal temperament and behavior, slurred speech, stiff joints, paralysis of the heart and hands, alternating chills and fever in the bones, tearing eyes, and poor growth of teeth and hair.

Areca Nut Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 18); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 164).，Phlegm-fluid retention in the chest, gurgling sounds in the intestines, undigested food, and vomiting of water.

Guanyin Rescue-from-Suffering Ointment，*The Collection of Divine Remedies*, Volume 4.，Wounds from a cane.

Siwu Liangge Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For amenorrhea with fever, a dry throat and dry lips, a robust constitution with excessive blood, and a strong pulse.

Li Ji Decoction，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Pelvic bi syndrome.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Dispelling Bi，*Secret Treatise on the Throat*, Volume 2.，Treats swollen abscesses and mouth sores, and also alleviates cough and hoarseness.

Decoction for Revitalizing the Weak，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Weakness and paralysis.

Transparent Pills，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 11.，For external eye disorders with heat and swelling, and internal organ heat obstructing the flow of qi.

Gold Foil and Amber Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 5.，For wind-induced heart disorder characterized by confusion, dizziness, palpitations, and incessant speech.

Great Divine Pill，*Complete Book of Madness*.，Leprosy.

Turtle-Expelling Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1, citing a formula by Wang Muzhai.，Blood stagnation, blood stasis.

Cold Water Gypsum，*Shenghui*, Volume 62.，For abscesses and boils on the back, where heat toxins violently attack the muscles, causing unbearable redness, swelling, and pain—whether on the verge of forming pus or already containing pus—as well as wind-heat toxins in the joints that are about to form an abscess.

Zhi-Yi Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，Weakness of the spleen and stomach, fullness and distension in the epigastrium, lethargy in the limbs, obstruction of the nine orifices, pain in the lower back and waist, discomfort and confusion after eating, drowsiness and a desire to lie down,anxiety and melancholy, epigastric fullness and oppression, loss of appetite, failure … Read more

Sugar Cane Porridge，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with cough due to deficiency-heat, dryness of the mouth and tongue, and thick, sticky nasal discharge and saliva; or during the convalescent phase of febrile diseases, for restlessness and thirst caused by insufficient body fluids, dryness of the lungs with cough, and dry, hard stools.

Kidney-Tonifying Rehmannia Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 13.，For diabetes.

Spring-Welcoming Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，

Cooling Diaphragm Sweet Dew Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 124.，For sore throat and excessive phlegm.

Er Sheng Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 39.，For dry cholera characterized by absence of vomiting or diarrhea, accompanied by dizziness, restlessness, shortness of breath, obstruction in both upper and lower parts of the body, and spontaneous cold sweats.

Decoction for Consolidating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，For cases where the color of smallpox lesions turns grayish-white due to diarrhea during the “nourishing serum” stage of the disease.

Decoction for Dissolving Masses and Harmonizing the Stomach，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 25.，After drinking alcohol and experiencing anger, pain occurs under the left flank at the level of the navel. From then on, a small mass gradually forms; it may or may not become prominent. When prominent, it causes pain; when the pain subsides, it … Read more

Xue Shu Dou Kou Powder，From *Formulas Recorded in History*, Volume 1.，For diarrhea due to spleen dampness, characterized by abdominal distension, loose stools, abdominal pain, heaviness of the body, and loss of appetite; in severe cases, it may lead to weakness of the legs, tremors when walking, and pain in the soles of the feet.

Chai-Geng Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，Fullness or pain in the chest and flanks.

Borneol and Sweet Dew Pills，*Classified Materia Medica*, Volume 4, citing *Collected Effective Formulas*.，For wind-heat-induced restlessness, dry mouth, delirium, high fever throughout the body, poisoning, and all wind-heat and typhoid fever conditions.

Five-Ingredient Ophiopogon Decoction，From *Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Hemoptysis.