Three Pathogenic Factors Decoction

Chen Sha Li Ge Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，Indications: Fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm; phlegm-fluid retention and qi stagnation; obstruction of the upper burner; impaired lung qi; coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness; vomiting of phlegm and saliva; difficulty swallowing; combined wind and heat causing dizziness, headache, and pain; and … Read more

Four Treasures Ointment，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，After suffering from malaria, with alternating chills and fever causing severe wasting, the muscles gradually waste away; or, upon sudden recovery, smallpox may break out; or, while still suffering from malaria, smallpox may develop.

Mystery Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，Scrofula.

Castor-Chrysanthemum-Er Chen Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cases where external wind, accompanied by phlegm, disturbs the crown of the head, causing the room to spin when the head is raised, frequent dark spots before the eyes, objects appearing to move, and sudden fainting.

Five Toad Pills，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.，For the five types of malnutrition in children.

Detoxifying Shixuan Decoction，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，To treat wandering toxins. This abscess arises when the Nutritive and Defensive Qi are affected by heat in the muscles, resulting in redness, swelling, and an unpredictable course of the infection.

Pills for Nourishing Fluids and Calming the Spirit，From *Essentials of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Deficiency of kidney yin leads to the upward surge of ministerial fire, causing the spirit’s light to manifest spontaneously like lightning—or, in severe cases, like flames—resulting in restlessness of the mind. Over time, this leads to a hazy, unfocused gaze and diminished vision.

Zelkova Leaf Decoction，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，For abscesses, swellings, and all types of malignant sores.

Eucommia Internal Elimination Pills，From *Collected Works on the Care of Infants* (Youyou Jicheng), Volume 4.，For pain caused by an invasion of cold and dampness that has lingered and become latent, or for a hernia with one side sagging.

Jianbi Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 158.，For retained blood after a miscarriage, accompanied by pain in the chest and abdomen.

Tiger Bone and Papaya Wine，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For disharmony of qi and blood, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint aches and pains, and stiffness in the hands and feet.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Stroke without fever. Sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, and rattling sounds of phlegm in the mouth.

Beetle Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 88.，For children with bone fever, jaundice, emaciation, loss of appetite, and excessive drowsiness.

Gardenia, Acorus, and Poria Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，In cases of smallpox in children, where heat-toxin gives rise to wind, resulting in a hoarse voice and inability to speak.

Mandarin Orange and Mustard Decoction，From *The Treasury of Formulas for Childbirth*.，After childbirth, when the lactation meridians are active, accompanied by chills, fever, and headache.

Qianghuo, Huangqin, Cangzhu, and Licorice Decoction，From *Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 50, citing the Yi Lao Formula.，High fever, heaviness in the body, thirst, or diarrhea.

Xingxiang Erchen Decoction，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，Phlegm-induced syncope syndrome.

Decoction for Restoring Yang and Returning to the Original State，*Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Prefecture*, Volume 1.，For cases where extreme yin deficiency manifests as dryness, accompanied by mild thirst and a flushed face, with a desire to sit or lie in muddy or watery wells; the pulse is deep, slow, and weak, or hidden.

Cardamom Intestinal-Consolidating Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 7.，Weakness of the spleen and stomach, frequent loose stools, loss of appetite, and abdominal rumbling and pain.

Unchangeable Gold-Rubbing Pouch，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For wind-toxin-induced dry itching all over the body so severe that one cannot stop scratching, as well as heat-induced scrofula, hives, or small sores on the scalp—conditions for which no other medication provides immediate relief.

Pinellia “Thousand-Li-Flowing-Water” Decoction，From *Qian Jin* (Vol. 12).，Excessive heat in the gallbladder, mental restlessness, abdominal distension, inability to retain food, dry throat, heavy head, shivering chills, and distending pain in both flanks.

A Remedy That Wipes Out Scabies，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For dry scabies, scabies with severe blisters, and wet scabies, accompanied by unbearable itching.

Da Gui Decoction，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，For all cases of fire-toxin in the early stages or where the lesion has already ruptured: back abscesses, oral abscesses, boils, carbuncles, and toxic sores; snake venom, insect venom, and dog bite toxins.

Tonghua Decoction，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*, citing a formula by Gao Lezhong.，For post-traumatic brain injury syndrome, where the pattern is diagnosed as liver qi stagnation with wind agitation, intense heart fire, and disturbance by wind, fire, and phlegm.

Enhanced Liu Yi Shun Qi Decoction，*Treatise on Cold and Heat Disorders*, Volume 4.，For diseases of the Shao Yin and Jue Yin channels characterized by dry mouth and throat, aversion to heat and excessive thirst, delirium and mental confusion, hard and dry stools, fullness and hardness in the chest and abdomen, or heat accumulation spreading laterally … Read more