Tortoiseshell Decoction

Secret Formula: Tea-Adjusted Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing dizziness and pain in the head and eyes, as well as unbearable heat-induced headaches.

Chuanwu Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 3.，For men and women experiencing heaviness and stiffness in the lower back and legs.

Huanlong Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Epistaxis.

Thistle Decoction，*Shenghui* (Volume 18).，For febrile diseases characterized by headache, high fever, nosebleeds, hemoptysis, a tight and hard sensation in the chest, pain throughout the body, and restlessness in the limbs.

Qi-Soothing Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For lung-related cough with phlegm and saliva, shortness of breath, fullness in the chest, and edema.

Formula for Inducing Vomiting and Expelling Pathogens，*Shenghui*, Volume 17.，Headache due to febrile illness, with restlessness and pain in the limbs.

Liver-Soothing and Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，Indications: Distension and fullness in the flanks, chest oppression, vomiting and nausea, qi reversal and disharmony, a sensation of fullness and rumbling in the stomach, indigestion, and dry, hard stools.

Decoction for Clearing Internal Heat and Eliminating Toxins，From *Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For pediatric sores and abscesses characterized by swelling, hardness, deep pain, and difficult bowel movements, with a deep and full pulse, indicating an internal syndrome.

Wondering Stone Divine Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Stone-induced dysuria. Stones of five colors are passed in the urine; severe pain occurs before urination, and slight relief is felt afterward.

Platycodon and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，*De Xiao*, Volume 11.，Heat-induced fullness and distension, with tenderness upon palpation in the chest, diaphragm, and both flanks.

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.

Toad Powder，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 20.，For children with “Galloping Malnutrition.” Parasites damage the internal organs, erode the mouth and nose, and cause the teeth to become red and rotten.

Dui Jin Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，For vomiting, diarrhea, and indigestion.

Disinfecting Cimicifuga Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 11.，For smallpox lesions caused by exposure to wind and cold that have erupted but then receded.

Fish and Vinegar Paste，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); the name appears in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 114).，For deafness accompanied by persistent pus that does not subside, indicating the presence of worms.

Honey-Scented Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For wind-induced inflammation in the lower viscera, sores on the lower legs that persistently ooze and ulcerate, with the wound failing to heal and no new tissue forming.

Qianghuo-Chaihu Decoction，*The Great Exposition on Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Diseases of the Shaoyang and Taiyang channels, characterized by alternating chills and fever, vomiting of bitter substances, deafness, pain in the flanks accompanied by hiccups, aversion to cold, and headache.

Formula for Dispelling Wind and Resolving Dampness，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 1.，Stroke complicated by dampness.

Five-Seed Pills，*Revised Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Dry constipation following a febrile illness.

Moistening the Vessels Decoction，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women aged 27–28 who experience physical fatigue, poor appetite, irregular menstruation that drips incessantly—sometimes in patches, sometimes as a discharge of red, white, or yellow fluid—a sallow-yellow complexion, dizziness, blurred vision, and aching limbs, indicating an impending condition of metrorrhagia or menorrhagia.

Divine Immortal Preservation Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Indicated for deficiency of True Yuan, weakness of organ qi, exposure to cold, obstruction of the Lower Jiao, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, spontaneous sweating and cold extremities, as well as pain caused by the “Rushing Pig” syndrome, accompanied by gurgling sounds in the upper and … Read more

Ox Kidney Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For the Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries, characterized by impotence and fatigue.

Toli Yiqu Decoction，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 4.，Insufficient smallpox fluid in children.

Chicken Bone Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children who have been exposed to dew while breastfeeding, resulting in heat in the hands and feet, emaciation, and failure to gain weight.

Large and Small Anise Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For heat-induced hernias.