Ten Great Remedies

Sauce and Honey Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 137.，Pain radiating to the fingers.

Eucommia Bath Decoction，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, pain in the navel and abdomen, leukorrhea of five colors, heavy menstrual bleeding or metrorrhagia, and persistent, dripping urinary discharge.

Fuzi-Ginger-Angelica-Cinnamon Decoction，*Lü Fa*, Volume 2.，For sudden and severe cold invasion in individuals with inherently deficient skin pores, presenting with profuse spontaneous sweating, a cold body, and cold extremities, or outward signs of false heat and restlessness.

Miraculous Formula for Fetal Movement，From *Formulas of Zhang Wenzhong*, citing *Effective Formulas of Prince Xu* (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 33).，For pregnancy complications such as fetal distress, unstable fetal movement, abdominal pain with bleeding, or fetal death in utero; as well as postpartum blood deficiency, persistent lochia, and metrorrhagia; excessive blood loss from gunshot wounds, falls, … Read more

Cinnamon and Beeswax Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 140.，For thorns embedded in the flesh.

Jieyu Decoction，*Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Postpartum wind invades the heart and spleen, causing a stiff tongue and inability to speak.

Secret Essence Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 13.，For seminal emission caused by mental strain and fatigue. For chronic seminal emission without signs of heat, where there is no pain but the emission is watery.

Decoction for Reducing Fever and Calming the Mind，*Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，Fever and mental confusion, with insomnia day and night.

Bone-Setting Anesthetic，From *Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.，

Barley Decoction Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 14), citing *Mr. Mao’s Prescriptions*.，For pediatric typhoid fever complicated by convulsions.

Camphor Powder，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Scrofula.

Oil and Honey Decoction，From *Essentials for Easy Childbirth*, cited in Volume 342 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For cases of difficult labor due to dryness and constriction caused by blood loss.

Qi-Tonifying and Summer-Heat-Dispelling Pill，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，In the winter months, upon opening a chest to retrieve a cotton garment, one suddenly feels a wave of hot air assaulting the nose; shortly thereafter, restlessness, thirst, and vomiting occur, accompanied by chills and a sensation of internal heat; the patient dislikes food but craves … Read more

Poultice for Wandering Boils，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 6.，For a newly developed stye.

Anise and Ginger Decoction，From *De Xiao*, Volume 4.，For all cases of abdominal distension and pain due to qi stagnation in both men and women.

Cinnabar and Stiff Silkworm Powder，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.，For children with clenched jaws, umbilical wind, or abdominal cramping.

Cinnabar Calming Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Heart disorders. For men and women with long-standing deficiency of heart blood and disharmony between yin and yang, manifesting as anxiety and worry, restless sleep, mental confusion, heat in the palms and soles, aching joints, a flushed face, dizziness and blurred vision, ringing in the ears, wandering qi … Read more

Pine Flower Paste，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.，For chronic cough due to overwork, and all conditions involving phlegm, lung congestion, and wheezing.

Dry Diarrhea Powder，From *Zhuang’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 28 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For spleen-related abdominal masses in children.

Taiyi White Pills，From *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 19.，Eight types of abdominal distension; masses in the flanks resembling a basin; chest pain radiating to the back; a state of near-death with deep, aching pain;with tenesmus and bloating, belching, and extreme stiffness and pain in the neck; deafness, diabetes with diarrhea and … Read more

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Anthelmintic Pill，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 11 of the First Series.，For consumptive wasting disease.

Coptis Decoction for Eliminating Roundworms，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 6.，Expulsion of roundworms after smallpox.

Cough-Relieving Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For fifteen types of cough, shortness of breath, and an itchy throat.

Rongzhu Dan，From *Pocket Formulas*, Volume 2, citing *Dan Liao*.，

He Che Pills，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，For deficiency-related wasting diseases and consumptive fever, which are invariably accompanied by emaciation, a red tongue, and red cheeks.