Ten-Ingredient Harmony-Preserving Decoction

Qu-Gui Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 27.，For coughs caused by food poisoning following an attack of cold.

Asparagus Root Porridge，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *Discussions on Diet and Nutrition*.，For patients with tuberculosis presenting symptoms of kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency with internal heat, low body fluids and dry mouth; lung yin deficiency, lung deficiency with heat, dry cough with little or no phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, as well as low-grade fever in the … Read more

Stomach-Harmonizing and Spleen-Regulating Ointment，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension, and qi reversal causing discomfort.

Rat Droppings and Fermented Soybean Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 2; name cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 2, quoting *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* (Gujin Luyan).，For illnesses arising from seasonal epidemics and various cases of relapse due to exertion. For those who have recently recovered from illness and experience … Read more

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation and Descending Phlegm，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For coughs due to stagnant phlegm, distension and oppression in the chest and flanks, and coughs caused by accumulated phlegm.

Herbal Butter，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 12.，

Mu Ru Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For excessive wind-phlegm rising upward, accompanied by continuous coughing and thick, sticky sputum.

Mu Xiang Dao Zhi Pills，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For dysentery—regardless of whether the stool is red or white—where there is damp-heat and food stagnation, and purgation is indicated.

Infusion，*Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 21.，Wind-cold arising from dampness causes facial blisters to erupt, stiffness and numbness throughout the body without pain or itching; the eyes may become wide and lose their luster; the voice may become coarse and heavy; the patient may experience blurred vision and excessive sleepiness; the waist … Read more

Kidney-Tonifying Cistanche Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Chronic kidney deficiency, sallow and sallow complexion, cold feet and tinnitus, emaciated limbs, weakness in the feet and knees, and frequent, thin urine.

Apricot Powder Ointment，From *San Yin*, Volume 16.，For mouth sores that do not heal when treated with cooling agents.

Gui Zhi Jiang Ling Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 8.，For mouth sores caused by damp-cold in the spleen and stomach with upward-rising gallbladder fire.

Jade Complexion Ointment，*Preserving Life and Nourishing the Essence*, Volume 8.，For the initial stage of smallpox.

Blood Dysentery Decoction，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，Hemorrhagic dysentery.

Coral Ointment，*Pocket Edition*, Volume 3.，For those who have long been unable to see clearly, or for any eye ailments where the five eye regions remain undamaged.

Si Xian San，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the Thousand Gold*.，For scrofula and fatty sores.

Deer Antler and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 3.，Cold-dampness; dampness left untreated for a long time, lurking in the Foot Shaoyin channel; white tongue coating, body pain, and swelling of the instep.

Pill for Treating Atrophy，*The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，Deficiency and collapse of the Kidney Meridian leading to bone atrophy, difficulty lifting the lower back and legs, and increasing fatigue day by day.

Double Pills，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 4.，For childhood paralysis, all types of wind-phlegm and typhoid fever, and infantile convulsions.

Night-Glow Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Volume 10).，Red eyes with corneal opacities and blurred vision.

Qingge Pills，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Ye’s Record of Verified Formulas* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 17).，For lung qi stagnation with upward congestion, shortness of breath and chest tightness, facial flushing with thick phlegm, difficulty swallowing, dizziness and vertigo, stiffness in the shoulders and back, and intense itching with redness on the face.

Chaihu-Zhizi Powder，*Zhengzhi Zhunsheng*，Clears heat, soothes the liver, strengthens the spleen, and harmonizes the nutritive blood. Indicated for ear sores resulting from stagnant heat in the liver and gallbladder. Symptoms include itching and sores inside the ear, oozing of pus or serous fluid, pain in the chest and breast area, alternating chills and fever, and a … Read more

Iron Pillar Staff Pills，From the formula of Mr. Zhang of Linqing, cited in *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang* (see *Yifang Leiju*, Vol. 238).，For postpartum blood-wind syndrome in women, with pain in the lower back and legs; for boils on the back; and for headaches.

Ying Shen Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Unbearable pain in the small intestine.

Formulas for Universal Relief，From *Li’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 2.，For a blocked throat with sores, laryngeal obstruction, and tonsillitis.