Three Marvelous Formulas

Dìkōng Dan，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 34.，For toxic syphilis, intractable skin ulcers, and scrofula.

Mutton Liver Congee，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For liver deficiency in the elderly.

Wuxian Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 144.，For injuries to tendons and bones.

Bi Xue，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，For fire in the heart and spleen, all forms of heat stagnation, tongue sores, stiffness at the root of the tongue, swelling and pain in the cheeks, and swelling of the throat; as well as all forms of accumulated heat, throat obstruction, mouth sores, fever, and restlessness.

Chaihu-Shen-Gui Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，Early stage of malaria in a debilitated patient.

Liu Yi Pill，*Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 2.，For hot tears.

Cold- and Dampness-Dispelling Pill，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，For abdominal abscesses occurring above, below, to the left, or to the right of the navel.

Jingfang-Baiju Powder，From *The Complete Collection of Qingnang*, Volume 1.，Traumatic injuries to the eyes.

Three-Character Formula，*Journal of Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Promotes digestion and regulates qi. Indicated for children with poor appetite, anorexia, and picky eating.

Enhanced Baoyuan Decoction，*Commentary on the Compilation of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 3.，For cases where the smallpox lesions gradually turn black upon eruption, have already spread over the entire body, but have not yet become dry, shriveled, or sunken.

Xiangdou Powder，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 27).，For childhood cholera with restlessness and thirst.

Rabbit Meat Paste，*Discourse on the Treatment of Smallpox*.，Smallpox lesions.

Modified Zuo Gui Decoction，*Complete Book of Skin Diseases*.，Scrofula arising from prolonged cough due to internal injury is called “lung-injury scrofula.”

Scrofula Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，Scrofula.

Asafoetida Qi-Regulating Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Effective for five types of dysphagia, nine types of chest pain, abdominal masses and lumps, piercing cold pain, abdominal pain and intestinal rumbling, vomiting of sour fluid, hernias in men, and blood and qi disorders in women.

Qianghuo-Ma Huang Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Taiyang-type headache, fever, stiffness of the spine, and aversion to wind and cold.

Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Consolidating Yin，From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.，In the early stages of summer heat illness in children, symptoms include diarrhea, thirst, fever—with the forehead, chest, and abdomen being particularly hot—and intermittent fever that subsides only to return shortly thereafter. The child is restless and agitated, unable to sit or lie still comfortably; … Read more

Enhanced Qi-Descending Decoction，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 8.，Laryngeal obstruction with loss of voice.

Mulberry Leaf Ear-Covering Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.，A centipede has entered the ear.

Decoction for Turbid Stools，*Yidi*, Volume 7.，Damp-heat in the stomach flows downward, injuring the Qi level, and causes greasy dysuria.

White Quartz Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，Inducing Lactation.

Rongwei Fanhun Decoction，From *Xianchuan Wai Ke Ji Yan Fang* (Collected Effective Formulas for Surgical Medicine from the Immortals’ Traditions).，For wandering abscesses, boils, back abscesses, and fractures.

Ginger Juice and Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 38.，After taking milkstone, one may experience a slight loss of appetite.

White Cloud Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For phlegm-induced fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm with belching and regurgitation, as well as dizziness, fatigue, and swelling and pain in the head and eyes.

Pills to Calm the Spirit and Soothe the Heart，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 6.，For palpitations.