Three Invitations to Zhuge

Pig Gallbladder and Southern Star Powder，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，A child who has lost the ability to speak following an epileptic seizure.

Putao Juice，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the five types of linyin in the elderly—characterized by secretion and scanty flow, painful and urgent urination, and a sensation of fullness and obstruction in the diaphragm—

Sichuan Pepper Powder，From *The Formulas of the Medical Heart*, Volume 15, citing *The Formulas of Master Shen*.，For abscesses that have spontaneously ruptured.

Atractylodes and Pinellia Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 60, citing *Yi Xue Ji Cheng*.，For hernia pain caused by damp-heat.

Enhanced Ze Lan Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For hypomenorrhea due solely to blood stasis, characterized by a purplish menstrual flow, intermittent lower abdominal pain, a hard and lumpy sensation in the lower abdomen that is extremely tender to the touch, a thin yellow tongue coating, and a deep and涩 pulse at both shao positions.

Cinnabar Powder，*True Explanation of Surgery*, Volume 1.，Nasal Ulcer.

Bath Formula for Skin Infections，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Leprosy-related wind.

Back Ointment，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 70.，Nosebleeds.

Qingjing Ointment，From *Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，Heat in the Heart Meridian surges upward to the brain, causing the eyes and temples to swell and ache as if pricked by needles.

Angelica and Evodia Decoction，*Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Internal hook injury in children.

Rhubarb and Astragalus Pills，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 12.，For all diseases caused by deficiency and debility.

Plum Blossom Five-Qi Pill，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For brain abscesses, back boils, and various types of carbuncles—in the early stages when alternating chills and fever occur, accompanied by pain in the tendons and bones, resembling a common cold, with nausea and vomiting—but before pus has formed.

Cicada Shedding Decoction，Quoted from *The Treasure of Health* in Volume 980 of the *Yongle Dadian*.，For children who, following vomiting and diarrhea, suffer from organ deficiency leading to slow-onset convulsions, characterized by intermittent twitching of the hands and feet, excessive sleepiness, upward rolling of the eyes, and refusal to take breast milk or food.

Eye-Clarifying and Cooling Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，For all types of eye inflammation characterized by pain, tearing, and sensitivity to light.

Sea Clam Jade Powder Decoction，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.，Hemorrhagic dysentery.

Stomach-Warming and Dampness-Eliminating Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For cases where cold and dampness have accumulated in the stomach, causing persistent vomiting, a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, acid regurgitation accompanied by pain, and pain in both feet.

Fu-Zi Powder，The formula is from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 33), citing a recipe by Li; the name appears in *Essentials of Gynecology* (Vol. 2).，For women with excessive uterine bleeding.

Decoction for Warming the Spleen and Stopping Diarrhea，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For children with spleen deficiency and cold, presenting with abdominal pain, distension, and persistent diarrhea.

Diaphragmatic Dysphagia Ointment，Formula by Miao Zhongchun, cited in *Classification and Treatment of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Dysphagia.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Gubai Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Vol. 4.，For women who, after childbirth, experience body pain due to an external pathogen, accompanied by nasal congestion and aversion to cold.

Ten Treasures Ointment，*Secrets of Health Preservation*, Volume 4.，

Yuanhua Root Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 46.，Chronic cough with hoarseness.

Sedge Root Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 55.，Chest pain.

Dry Eye Remedy，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For red, blurry eyes with photophobia and tearing.

Ginseng Yang-Tonifying Decoction，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，When residual pathogenic factors from a cold-induced fever fail to dissipate and ascend to the orifices, the symptoms include itching, dryness, redness, and distension; the formation of corneal opacities with photophobia; and headaches and bone pain.