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Sacred Wine，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 18.，For lower back pain during pregnancy so severe it feels as if the back is breaking. Also treats lower back pain in non-pregnant individuals.

Moistening the Intestines Five-Seed Pills，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum blood stasis-induced constipation with a deep,涩, and sluggish pulse.

Mugwort Leaf Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 59.，For bloody dysentery accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain.

Yang-Assisting and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，In cases of severe deficiency of original qi, where a back abscess develops during the summer months, the ulcer does not form a head, the pulse is large yet weak, and there is fever, thirst, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats—if a highly tonifying formula containing ginseng … Read more

Fu Yuan Yi Yin Ointment，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

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.

Pancreas-Clearing and Chest-Relieving Decoction，From *New Interpretations of Formulas and Medicines for Acute Abdominal Conditions*.，Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.

Paulownia Leaf Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Severe leprosy.

Peony and Yellow Earth Decoction，From *Medical Golden Needle*, Volume 8.，Bloody stools in smallpox patients.

Sea Mugwort Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Wind-Dampness. Due to blood deficiency, the skin and hair are deprived of nourishment; wind-heat takes advantage of this vulnerability to invade, causing hair to fall out in patches, the skin to become glossy, and itching as if insects were crawling on it. Alopecia areata.

Ginseng and Bird’s Nest Hundred-Nourishing Pills，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，For physical weakness following illness or smoking cessation; various deficiencies and debility; cough due to overwork; soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees; palpitations and insomnia; dizziness and tinnitus; and erectile dysfunction or leukorrhea.

Recipe for Applying Wild Boar Liver to the Eyes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 16.，After an epidemic, the patient’s eyes were damaged by consuming hot noodles with garlic and mustard greens, resulting in blindness and unbearable pain day and night.

Chen Xiaoyao Water-Wine Powder，*Essentials of Obstetrics from the Family Treasure of Health*, Volume 7.，For all pregnancy-related ailments.

Yixiao Pills，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*.，For toothache caused by wind-insects, where the pain is unbearable.

Zhenwu Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 2.，Postpartum conditions resembling stroke or spasm.

Jade Spoon Opening Powder，*Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Throat inflammation, throat abscess, tonsillitis.

Yangchun Baixue Ointment，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, diarrhea, abdominal distension, swelling, and wheezing.

Three Stones Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For postpartum deficiency-cold with the “Seven Injuries,” characterized by intermittent chills and fever, body pain, and fatigue.

Large Areca Nut Pills，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，For edema in the elderly and children; deficiency-type edema; and edema caused by a severe illness leading to shortness of breath.

Pill Decoction of Pinellia and Ten Herbs，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，Epidemic diseases. If a decoction of eight ingredients, including raw reed root, is administered and the symptoms persist without abating—with the patient gradually losing appetite, the chest and abdomen becoming hard and knotted to the touch, and at times, … Read more

Wind-Dispelling Zhi Ke Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 25.，For those with pre-existing internal heat, or who have been exposed to wind, presenting with fever, cough, flushed face, labored breathing, and severe constipation.

Warming the Meridians and Activating Blood Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For women with dysmenorrhea caused by cold-dampness stagnation, presenting with lower abdominal pain before or during menstruation (relieved by warmth), menstrual blood resembling black bean juice, a moist tongue with a harmonious mouth sensation, and a deep, slow pulse.

Decoction for Expelling Dampness，*The Profound Principles of the Divine Realm*, Volume 9.，Vaginal Discharge. Caused by damp-heat in the Liver Meridian, resulting in itchy sores in the vaginal area; scratching causes breaks in the skin, leading to a dripping discharge.

Eucommia and Ginger Decoction，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 55.，Nine types of chest pain.

Family Secret “Dusheng” Powder，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Dietary indiscretion damages the spleen, leading to prolonged bloody diarrhea.