Tonic Decoction for Relaxing Tendons and Regulating Blood Circulation

Chuanwu Tongsheng Powder，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，Leprosy.

One Pinch of Golden Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 123.，For a “corpse throat” or “riding-horse throat” obstruction, or an abscess in the throat.

Three-Qi Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of blood and qi, with the three pathogenic factors—wind, cold, and dampness—invading the body through a state of vulnerability, resulting in extreme pain and stiffness in the tendons, bones, and joints, as well as “crane-knee” pain following dysentery.

Pinellia and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *An Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，Postpartum vomiting.

Cicada Wing and Cinnabar Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 361.，Night crying in children.

Divine Purple Gold Pills，From *Formulas for Childbirth*.，For ten types of water retention, swelling of the feet and knees, shortness of breath and chest fullness, and difficulty urinating.

Modified Wind-Dispelling Decoction，Formula by Chen Baiye, cited in *Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 2.，For stroke-induced facial paralysis and deviation of the mouth and eyes.

Poria, Cinnamon, and Pinellia Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 5.，For dysphagia.

Scutellaria, Atractylodes, and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，From *Guang Si Ji Yao*, Volume 9.，In the ninth month of pregnancy, when the fetus is large and causes heat, resulting in restlessness and discomfort.

Acorus juice，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 1); name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 38).，Sudden death or post-mortem convulsions. Cholera, with acute pain in the heart and abdomen as if struck by a malevolent spirit.

Perilla and Hemp Porridge，From *Shouqin Yanglao* (Caring for the Elderly), Volume 4. This is another name for “Flaxseed and Perilla Seed Porridge” in *Ben Shi* (Stories of Medical Practice), Volume 10.，Regulates qi and moistens the intestines. Suitable for the elderly, postpartum women, and those who are physically weak due to chronic illness suffering from hard, … Read more

Great Calf Bile Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhang Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For children with wind-induced stagnation and phlegm accumulation, presenting with headache, tightness in the eyes, palpitations, nausea, mental confusion, slurred speech, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and numbness in the hands and feet; or with … Read more

Formula for Strengthening the Spleen and Relieving Stagnation，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 7.，For isolated abdominal distension.

White Tiger Life-Sustaining Decoction，From *The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume Middle.，Stroke with no sweating, fever, and no aversion to cold.

Decoction of St. John’s Wort and Achyranthes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind disorders, regardless of severity.

Decoction for Cooling the Heart and Promoting Diuresis，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Extreme heart fire; inability to urinate; not even a drop can be passed; acute distress as if on the verge of death; restlessness and agitation; intense thirst with a craving for drink; drinking only exacerbates the urgency.

Eucommia, Aconite, and Cinnamon Decoction，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 1.，Cold invading the middle burner, liver qi rebelling upward, colicky pain in the flanks and abdomen, loose stools, cold and numb hands and feet, and blue discoloration of the fingers and nails.

Sea Cucumber Porridge，From *Lao Lao Heng Yan*, Volume 5.，Impotence. Deficiency of essence and blood, physical weakness, diminished sexual function, nocturnal emission, and frequent urination due to kidney deficiency.

Leiwan Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 24.，For leprosy.

Daqingdan，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 373, citing *Yi Fang Miao Xuan*.，For children suffering from recurrent convulsions that persist without remission.

Xiaoxiangru Decoction，From Ye’s formula, cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Summer heatstroke. If the patient has yin deficiency with excessive fire, and the summer-heat pathogen lodges within the fire, even if it manifests as wind-cold, it is still a syndrome of “exogenous cold generating fire.”

Infant Spleen-Strengthening Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Xi’an Formula).，For infants and children with weak digestive function, abdominal distension, and undigested food stagnation.

Scorpion and Aconite Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 9.，For chronic weakness in the lower back and legs, pain in the tendons and bones, and difficulty bending or stretching.

Perilla Porridge，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*. An alternative name for “Perilla Juice and Water Porridge” cited in *The Medical Formulas Compendium*, Volume 133, which references *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For the five types of dysuria, where urination is obstructed and difficult.

Enhanced Six-Depression Decoction，From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 6.，For conditions caused by sudden anger or emotional depression, manifesting as fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and stagnation of the middle qi.