Topical Formula

Fluid-Replenishing Decoction，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，For smallpox accompanied by thirst due to deficiency of body fluids.

Eight Correct Ingredients Combined with Four Substances Decoction，From *The Song of Preserving Life: Annotated Verses*, Volume 22.，Blood-stained diarrhea; red, scanty, and painful urination.

Chaihu Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For yin deficiency with external pathogenic factors, internally complicated by fire pathogens, characterized by alternating chills and fever, dryness and thirst in the mouth; for women with heat entering the blood chamber; and for those with yin deficiency following a recent illness, presenting with tidal fever.This formula … Read more

Cimicifuga Stomach-Wind Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For deficiency-wind syndrome characterized by loss of appetite, numbness, clenched jaws, involuntary eye twitching, and facial swelling due to stomach wind.

Spleen-Warming and Intestine-Fortifying Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong)，For spleen and stomach deficiency with chronic diarrhea.

Decoction for Draining Dampness，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For amenorrhea caused by sudden intense anger.

Formula for Washing Syphilitic Sores，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For syphilis sores.

Newly Modified Qianghuo Zuojing Decoction，From *Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 14.，Beriberi. The four pathogenic qi flow into the Foot Jueyin Meridian, causing stiffness and spasms in the hands and feet, hemiplegia, phlegm and drooling, muscle cramps, pain in the lower back and knees, and difficulty with urination and defecation.

Ginseng and Talc Powder，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 18.，Chickenpox.

Beijing Sanling Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 49.，Dispersion for Chronic Accumulated Masses and Stagnant Qi, which causes emaciation and loss of appetite.

Invincible Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 118.，Treats dampness in the middle jiao.

Phlegm-Resolving Powder，From *New Book on Child Care*, Volume 9.，For pediatric conditions such as convulsions, alternating chills and fever, and smallpox, complicated by phlegm leading to other illnesses.

Ginger and Elsholtzia Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 203).，For cholera with a strong urge to drink; drinking immediately causes dry heaving.

Gourd Pill，From *Compilation of Effective Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.，For epidemic diseases, abdominal pain, cholera with muscle cramps, and acute cases of vomiting and diarrhea; or for dry cholera.

Beehive Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 22); name found in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 38).，Fever and extreme fatigue caused by stones.

Cardamom, Poria, and Amomum Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xin Yuan*, Volume 10.，Stagnation and obstruction of the middle qi, with the stomach’s earth element failing to descend. In the early stages of pregnancy, this manifests as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and dry thirst.

Fresh Tissue Ointment，Quoted from *Gui Yi* in Volume 23 of *Wai Tai*.，Fistula.

Formula for Nourishing Life, Rejoicing the Heart, and Enhancing Wisdom，*Qianjin*, Volume 14.，For forgetfulness.

Er Chen Zhi Lian Dan Xing Decoction，*The Great Explanation of Shanghan* (Volume 1).，Headache caused by phlegm-fire rising to the head.

Deer Antler Powder Formula，*Shenghui*, Volume 44.，For lower back pain, frequent urination at night, and chronic cold in the bladder.

Stone Min Hermit’s Sweet Dew Rice，Quoted from *Chuanxin Fang* in Volume 3 of *Zhenglei Bencao*.，

Jujube and Arsenic Pill，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Treats “running horse-tooth” (a type of oral thrush).

Four Raw Herbs Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 29.，For nosebleeds due to cold damage and a sensation of fullness and restlessness in the chest and heart.

Peony, Cinnamon, Poria, and Gelatin Decoction，*Golden Needle of Medicine*, Volume 8.，Eye disorders following a rash.

Xuanhua Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For typhoid fever complicated by shā, where the shā is caused by food stagnation.