Throat-Soothing Decoction

Millet Decoction Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Chronic diarrhea that does not resolve, with stools that may be red or white, or contain clots of stagnant blood; accompanied by a sensation of incomplete evacuation and pain, occurring day and night without respite.

Decoction to Rejoice Parents，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For women with deficiency of both the spleen and kidneys, presenting with lower abdominal pain, fetal restlessness, and a sensation of downward pressure.

Peach Blossom Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 11, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，Diarrhea with red, white, pus, and blood.

Enhanced Cooling Decoction，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For sore throat due to cold damage, where the patient has already experienced profuse sweating and the pulse is calm and steady.

American Ginseng Wine，*Compendium of Pills, Powders, Ointments, and Elixirs*.，For cough due to lung deficiency, poor appetite due to stomach dryness, and various conditions resulting from yin deficiency and fluid depletion in the upper and middle jiao.

Precious Pill of the Grasshopper，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，For women with irregular menstruation.

Pu Bai Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For excessive fire in the pericardium, characterized by uncontrollable, unprovoked laughter or laughing to oneself in private—behavior unlike one’s usual disposition.

Chuanxiong-Qianghuo Decoction，*Effective Treatments*, Volume 3.，Due to deficiency of the spleen, the patient drinks excessive amounts of water and fluids daily; the resulting retention of water and fluids—caused by the spleen’s inability to transform and transport them—flows into the meridians, manifesting as arm pain.

Ginseng and Ox Bile Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 3).，For children with fever and convulsions as intense as fire; also treats febrile illnesses.

Decoction of Golden Bamboo Membrane and Ophiopogon，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 23 of the First Collection.，For all cases of consumptive diseases and phlegm-fluid retention characterized by hoarseness and inability to speak, particularly those that are difficult to treat.

Lily and Maogen Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For yang-type edema in cases where methods to disperse qi and induce sweating have already been used, along with measures to promote urination, and the edema has subsided.

Chicken Comb and Black Gold Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 23.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Longevity Fetal Pills，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，To facilitate childbirth.

Weilingxian Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 23.，Wind-heat in the large intestine causing constipation and difficulty in defecation.

Lily Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 6 of *New Book on Infant Care*.，Pectus carinatum in children.

Duliang Powder，Quoted from *Secret Records for Prolonging Life* in Volume 23 of *Wai Tai*.，For profuse sweating, as well as sweating accompanied by epistaxis, hematemesis, or hematuria.

Divine Vermilion Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 8).，For childhood rashes.

Summer-Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.，For summer heat-induced boils and prickly heat.

Sichuan Pepper Pills，Formula by Wang Shuhe, cited in Volume 18 of *Qianjin*.，For shortness of breath and coughing; hard, painful sensation beneath the heart; foul, fishy odor in the throat; fullness and distension in the chest and flanks; obstructed breathing; swelling of the face and eyes; groaning and moaning in the throat; coughing fits with shortness … Read more

Solid-Fat Duck，*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，For kidney deficiency with hemoptysis, cough, and qi deficiency with shortness of breath. For all cases where the body is too weak to tolerate tonics.

Pig Fat and Hair Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，Damp-heat transforming into dryness, obstruction of the viscera’s qi, leading to jaundice and vaginal flatulence. All forms of jaundice. Excessive grain qi, downward leakage of stomach qi, resulting in vaginal flatulence and a sensation of qi rising to the head. Caused by intense physical exertion and … Read more

Anise Seed Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 95.，Difficulty urinating.

Tendon-Stretching Powder，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Trauma Science*.，Sequelae of fractures and arthralgic pain.

Meat Pill，From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 226).，Effective for all deficiency syndromes in the elderly, as well as for weak stomachs and inability to eat.

Orpiment Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 387.，For children with coughs.