The Tripod Formula

Sha-Xiong Powder，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For epigastric pain where the condition has become deeply rooted due to prior use of aromatic, drying, and heating medications.

Upper and Lower Two-Dispersing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Damp-heat obstructing the upper and lower teeth, causing severe pain; the pain temporarily subsides when cool air is drawn into the mouth but recurs when the mouth is closed.

Dung Beetle Powder，From *The Collection of Immortal Remedies*, Volume 1.，For dysphagia.

Rushing Qi Decoction，Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 17).，Ben-tun syndrome arises from sudden fright, terror, or persistent worry; the qi surges downward in fits and starts, rushing between the heart, chest, and navel, with periodic, throbbing pulsations. If left untreated, it is fatal. When the qi surges upward … Read more

Tonifying and Harmonizing Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 156.，For treating women who have suffered a miscarriage at 3–4 months of gestation.

Decoction for Calming Palpitations，From *Supplement to the Essentials of the Guanjù Formulas*, Volume 5.，Ben Tun.

Saposhnikovia Root Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 26.，Shoulder and arm pain extending to the arm, gradually descending to the Huantiao acupoint, the thigh, and the knee, caused by deficiency of the collaterals.

Amber Pain-Relieving Pills，From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.，For various sores and swellings accompanied by unrelenting pain.

Pearl Powder for Whitening Teeth，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，Exposed gums; yellow or black teeth that lack whiteness.

Xiang Sha Si Wu Decoction，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For spontaneous vaginal bleeding during pregnancy due to blood deficiency with heat.

Ziyuan Pill，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 5.，Effective for all types of genital ulcers, genital abscesses on the back, atrophic ulcers, breast cancer, malignant nodules, stone ulcers, bone-adhering ulcers, wandering abscesses, tortoise-shell ulcers, and phlegm nodules. In the early stages, the skin color appears normal; there may be slight pain, or the area … Read more

Yellow Chicken Noodles，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For elderly patients suffering from dysphagia, inability to swallow food, and chest fullness.

Ten-Juice Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 4.，Hemoptysis.

Lianru Jiangfu Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For chronic liver disease that has invaded the collaterals, resulting in stagnant blood that fails to flow smoothly; this stagnation transforms into fire, causing stiffness and spasms of the tendons and vessels, shooting pain in the chest and flanks, and a string-like and涩 pulse.

Goat Fat Ointment，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Vol. 25); the name appears in *Pujifang* (Vol. 308).，For sand louse poisoning.

Decoction to Extinguish Fire and Secure the Fetus，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For pregnant women with intense stomach fire that scorches the fluids of the fetus, causing them to dry up and depriving the fetus of nourishment, resulting in thirst, sweating, excessive consumption of cold water, restlessness and delirium, pain in the lower back and … Read more

Method for Preparing Lingwu Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For infantile fetal wind, various forms of epilepsy, strabismus, excessive salivation with choking, inability to swallow, pulling of the mouth and eyes, and rigidity of the body.

Seaweed Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 125.，Early-stage Qi Goiter.

Gelatin Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，For all types of abscesses, carbuncles, and boils.

Like the “Sacred Relief from Suffering Powder”，From *Yanxia Shengxiao*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 191.，Effective for all types of malignant sores, as well as red and white diarrhea and dysentery, and coughing up pus and blood.

Great Golden Elixir for Dispelling Wind, Tonifying the Kidneys, and Treating the Ten Leaks，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 95.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Cistanche Decoction，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of kidney yin, weak pulse at both cun positions, and constipation.

Decoction to Quench Fire and Secure the Fetus，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For pregnant women with intense stomach fire that depletes the fluids of the uterus, causing thirst, sweating, excessive consumption of cold water, restlessness, mania, abdominal pain, and lower back pain, leading to fetal restlessness and the threat of miscarriage.

Sanxian San Fire Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Excess fire in the Kidney Meridian, combined with excess fire in the Pericardium rising upward, manifesting as black-colored hematemesis, severe cough with phlegm, and thirst with a desire to drink.

Formula for Plugging the Ears with Aconite，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，Deafness accompanied by locked jaw.