Three-Stone Water

Liver-Harmonizing Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Anger injures the liver, causing qi to rise in reverse and stir up fire, resulting in restlessness and fever, pain in the flanks, distension and fullness, bleeding, and coughing up blood-tinged sputum.

Centipede Oil Ointment，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Tuberculosis of the lymph nodes.

Tongue-Retraction Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For diabetes.

Perilla Seed Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 244, citing *Wei Sheng Jia Bao Fang*.，Swelling and pain due to beriberi.

Weiru Decoction，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，In cases of post-epidemic fatigue—whether caused by physical labor, slightly excessive eating, excessive talking, or overexertion of the senses—presenting symptoms similar to those of cold damage, first take the Seven-Ingredient Decoction with Scallion Whites. If no improvement is felt, this formula should be prepared … Read more

Ginger Tea Powder，From *Continuation of Simple and Effective Formulas*, Volume 4.，For bloody and white dysentery.

Lotus Flower Decoction，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，When heart fire becomes agitated and causes upper consumption, the upper consumption affects the heart, transferring heat to the lungs; the patient craves tea and water, but drinking it only increases the thirst—this is known as “upper consumption.”

Egg White Cake，From *Essential and Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.，For children aged one year or older but under two years who have had persistent red-and-white dysentery that has not healed; or for children who, in summer or autumn, are suddenly exposed to cold, experience sudden onset of dysentery with abdominal distension, … Read more

Formula for Applying Wild Horse Mane，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.，Ear sores.

Green Aquilaria Powder，From *The Classic of the Cranial Fontanelles*, Volume 2.，The child’s scrotum is swollen, resembling a hernia.

To Disperse Phlegm and Fluids，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Phlegm-qi is circulating. Fullness and distension under the flanks; sneezing accompanied by pain; spitting out phlegm in a soft voice, but unable to cough forcefully.

Boiled Kidney Powder，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 137.，For tinea.

Chicken Egg with Vinegar，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，Postpartum blood stagnation causing confusion and loss of consciousness, with a pale, cold face and lips.

Huoru Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 1.，For headaches due to cold damage, aversion to cold with high fever, or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea caused by exposure to dampness. Regular use dispels mountain mists and miasma, as well as vomiting and diarrhea caused by latent summer heat, and leg cramps.

Shi Jue Ming Decoction，From *A Rhinoceros-Horn Lamp Illuminating the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 26.，Swelling at the back of the head, firm and hard as wood; dry mouth and tongue; nausea; restlessness and thirst; constipation.

Gelatin Wine，From *Wang Yue’s Book on Childbirth*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 229.，In cases of difficult childbirth lasting 6–7 days, with the mother severely exhausted.

Penetrating-the-Muscle Decoction，From *Medical Compendium* (Vol. 37), citing *Effective Remedies*.，Failure of smallpox to erupt.

Secret-Recipe Intestinal Wind Powder，*The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，For intestinal wind and hemorrhoidal fistulas, regardless of how long the condition has persisted.

Jujube and Bean Paste，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Pain in the lower back and flanks.

Decoction of Aconite and Lampwick，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 9.，Cold in the viscera causing a blocked throat, with faint and weak pulses in all six positions; laryngeal obstruction.

Roasted Liver Powder，From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 228.，Excessive consumptive disease, weakness, and loose stools.

Red Bean Juice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 59.，For diabetes insipidus, frequent urination; much of the urine is excreted immediately after drinking.

Double Jujube Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Disharmony of the spleen and stomach, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, stagnation of food and drink, failure of qi to rise and fall, distension and pain in the abdomen and flanks, vomiting, and nausea.

Pork Fat and Honeysuckle Wine，Formula from *Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*; name cited in *Practical Applications of Established Formulas*, Volume 8.，For sores and scabies.

Mugwort Leaf Wash，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema, allergic dermatitis, generalized neurodermatitis.