Talc Decoction

Divine Elder’s Earth Immortal Pill，*The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For wind-induced paralysis and beriberi.

Compound Rhino Horn and Rehmannia Decoction，Formula from *Medical Case Records of Zhang Boyu*; name found in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*.，Polycythemia; heat-toxin stagnating in the blood, combined with dampness obstructing the channels; symptoms include dizziness, a sensation of heat in the mouth, fatigue and weakness; white tongue coating with central fissures; string-like and thin pulse.

Earthworm Paste，From *Records of Easy-to-Understand Infant Care*, Volume 2.，For fetal convulsions in infants.

Huo’er Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，For children who, following vomiting and diarrhea, have a clenched jaw and are unable to speak, with stiff and twitching limbs—a condition resulting from spasm due to deficiency-cold in the spleen and stomach.

Poyin Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (Newly Added Formulas of the Chunyou Era).，For all cases of stagnant fluid that fails to dissipate, accompanied by intermittent vomiting of phlegm and foam, dizziness with a sensation of fainting, and discomfort in the epigastrium.

Zijin Pill，*Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 4.，For all life-threatening cases of smallpox in children.

Harmonizing the Middle and Opening the Passages Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，This formula is indicated for cases where the fire of the Jueyang channel is excessively vigorous, unable to nourish the yin; it becomes suppressed within the pericardium, causing the heart fluid to be lost externally and the internal organs to be … Read more

Rouguo Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 6.，Dysentery with red and white stools.

Bat Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Epilepsy.

Modified Fu Mai Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，In cases of warm disease where the pathogenic factor has been lingering in the Yangming channel for a long time—whether a purgative has already been administered or not—manifesting as fever, a flushed face, dry mouth and tongue, and in severe cases, blackened teeth … Read more

Cinnamon Twig, Moutan Bark, and Peach Kernel Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，Stagnation and obstruction of menstrual blood.

Ginseng Lung-Tonifying Decoction，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For lung disorders characterized by coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath; or for deficiency of kidney yin leading to ascending deficient fire, profuse phlegm, or spitting of pus and blood; accompanied by fever, thirst, and scanty, difficult urination.

Cang Gong’s Angelica Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 8.，For cases of lockjaw caused by pathogenic wind, with opisthotonos and spasms.

Xiaoshi Decoction，From *Selected Medical Case Records of Zheng Qiao*.，Liver qi stagnation, epigastric pain, bloating, poor appetite, indigestion, costal pain, white tongue coating, and a string-like, slippery, and weak pulse or a string-like, thin, and weak pulse.

New Emergency Pills，From Jin Rushou’s empirical formula, as cited in *Famous Prescriptions of Ancient and Modern Times*.，All types of appendicitis, especially acute simple appendicitis (stagnation type) and acute cellulitic appendicitis (internal heat type).

Neem Root Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu* (Renwei Edition), Volume 190.，Chest pain caused by roundworms.

Lung-Clearing and Liver-Nourishing Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Sunken corneal opacity. Characterized by lung excess and liver deficiency, where lung fire overpowers the liver, resulting in redness of the sclera, photophobia, tearing, crust formation on the cornea, and a sunken margin.

Silver Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children with unrelenting fever and thirst.

Powder for Ulcerated Corneal Opacities，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon Wood*, Volume 3.，When an external opacity develops following another illness, at the onset, the eye may immediately become red, ulcerated, and swollen; as the opacity invades the cornea and obscures the pupil, vision is completely lost. If the center of the opacity … Read more

Prepare the Boil Powder，From *Collected Verified Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，Boils.

Musk and Apricot Kernel Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 11.，For vaginal sores in women.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Strengthening Yang，*Huiyue*, Volume 9.，Weak pulse in the right cun position indicates deficiency of the true yang of the Gate of Life, resulting in the kidneys’ inability to transform qi, with upward surging energy resembling shortness of breath.

Silkworm Sand and Phellodendron Decoction，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yixue Shizhaiyi* (Vol. 7).，For seminal emission and leukorrhea accompanied by damp-heat.

Drink to Relieve Acute Pain，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 6.，For all types of carbuncles.

Moistening the Lungs and Harmonizing the Liver Paste，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For imbalance in the liver and lung meridians, resulting in occasional coughing.