Thirst-Relieving Four-Ingredient Decoction

Pork Stomach Congee，*Nourishing the Elderly to Prolong Life*, Volume 2.，For women suffering from pain caused by blood stasis in the abdomen and flanks, with qi surging to the head and face (fire-like heat), vomiting of sour fluid, heat in the limbs, and abdominal distension.

Life-Sustaining Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，For wind-induced spasms, locked jaw, stiffness of the back, and symptoms resembling epilepsy; or for stroke resulting in hemiplegia.

Dan-Cao Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，For sores on the penis that are foul-smelling and festering.

Red Medicinal Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Psoriasis.

Scorpion Tail and Pinellia Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For wind-obstruction and phlegm-congestion, characterized by coughing, nasal congestion, dizziness, headache, numbness in the hands and feet, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and restricted movement of tendons and meridians.

Eight-Ingredient Cardamom Seed Powder，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of intestinal dysentery, where stools are either watery or thick, resembling pus, and each bowel movement is extremely slippery, with the condition persisting for a long time.

Millet Husk Decoction，*Essential Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 2.，Dysentery.

Lotion for Neurodermatitis，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，Chronic tinea, hyperkeratotic tinea (neurodermatitis), and various types of tinea infections.

Eleven-Ingredient Wood Fragrance Powder，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，On the 8th–9th day of smallpox, with a grayish-white rash indicating superficial deficiency, internal deficiency with diarrhea, and abdominal distension.

Study Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 50.，For forgetfulness.

Jade Maiden’s Elixir of Eternal Youth，Formula by Danxi, cited in Volume 4 of *Compendium of Medicine*.，

Five-Spice Pain-Relieving Pills，*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women suffering from pain in the chest and abdomen, or accompanied by lower abdominal pain.

Toxicity-Resolving and Heat-Clearing Decoction，From *Zhao Bingnan’s Collection of Clinical Experience*.，For carbuncles, boils, abscesses, the early stages of acute erysipelas, and all initial stages of superficial infections.

Cold-Descending Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Hemoptysis or epistaxis, with a pulse that is洪滑而长 (vigorous, slippery, and long), or extending upward to the fish-interval; this is due to heat causing the stomach qi to fail to descend.

Scutellaria and Ginseng Decoction，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of typhoid fever following vomiting or purgation, with internal and external heat, restlessness, thirst, and agitation.

Cockle Leaf Soup，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 184), citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，Bleeding from the five types of hemorrhoids.

Formula for Chronic Hernia，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4.，Hernia pain.

Lithospermum Decoction，*The Authentic Transmission of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 7.，For cases where smallpox has persisted for seven or eight days, the vital energy is already deficient, the toxin has not yet been resolved, and the fever has not subsided.

Gardenia and Ginger Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Pain caused by stomach heat.

Soaking and Compressing Decoction with Tiger Bone，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，After a fracture, if the feet, knees, lower back, or hips are exposed to cold winds, causing pain that prevents walking.

Modified Bu Zhong Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 9.，Constantly engaging in lively conversation throughout the day and late into the night leads to internal injury to qi and blood, resulting in a dry mouth and thirst, mental and physical fatigue, and susceptibility to wind-cold invasion, manifesting as headache, nasal congestion, shortness of breath, and wheezing.

Medicinal Wine，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 3.，For hemorrhoids with persistent oozing of pus and blood.

Dogspine Decoction，From *Yi Jian Fang Bian*, Volume 3.，Deficiency of both qi and blood, numbness in the hands and feet, susceptibility to wind-dampness, and inability to move.

Papaya Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 241), citing *Formulas from the Sea*.，Beriberi.

Scorpion and Musk Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 18.，Pain in the bladder and small intestine.