Trichosanthes Formula

Ointment for Dispersing Boils，From *Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，Effective for all types of carbuncles, red-thread carbuncles, snake-head carbuncles, and various ulcerative toxins.

Tianma Dampness-Removing Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Dampness retained in the limbs and joints, causing restlessness and pain in the body, swelling and pain in the hands and feet, or occasional numbness.

Convulsions-Relieving Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 24.，Wind-induced convulsions.

Secret Essence Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，In cases of inherent deficiency of kidney water and true yin, with excessive heart fire and uncontrolled yang, the heart’s desires are swiftly aroused; this affects the kidneys, leading to rapid discharge.

Enhanced Liu Shen Decoction for Resolving Phlegm，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For postpartum mental confusion, opisthotonos, or locked jaw with inability to speak, epigastric fullness and distension, wheezing and counterflow of qi, fever, severe constipation, a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a string-like, slippery, and rapid pulse.

Wu-Ji Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Spleen heat, resulting in an inability to distinguish between clear and turbid substances; fluid leaks into the large intestine, causing unceasing diarrhea with undigested food and water in the stool. There may be gurgling sounds in the abdomen, with or without pain; no urine is passed; and swelling … Read more

Modified Decoction for Clearing Toxins and Removing Cataracts，*Definitive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，For cases where, following a smallpox eruption, the patient develops corneal opacity, redness and swelling of the eyes, and ulceration of the eyelids.

Perilla Seed Stomach-Relieving Decoction，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，Food stagnation, abdominal pain that does not subside, and difficulty urinating.

Pill for Nourishing Heaven and Fostering Offspring，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，

Poria and Five-Flavor Pills，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.，Chronic vomiting and retching; accumulated heat in the stomach; vomiting and retching with inability to retain food.

Five-Guan Stomach-Clearing Pills，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For malnutrition with accumulation. Symptoms include sores all over the body, diarrhea and dysentery, accompanied by a craving for soil, mud, raw rice husks, charcoal, and tea leaves.

Organ-Harmonizing Pills，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Ulcerative fistulas.

Hedgehog Liver Paste，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 127.，For various fistulas, scrofula, and swollen, hard lumps in the genital area, or when an ulcer has ruptured and pus and blood flow continuously.

Coptis and Ginseng Paste，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 60.，Red, itchy, and painful eyes.

Paste for Phlegm Nodules and Phlegm Swellings，From *Easy and Convenient Remedies*, Volume 4.，Scrofula.

Zhi Jin Dan，From *De Xiao* (Effective Formulas), cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Comprehensive Formulas for Universal Relief), Volume 247.，For hernia in men and deficiency of the small intestine.

Secretly Transmitted Miraculous Ointment，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Xiangge Powder，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 21.，For pediatric typhoid fever complicated by indigestion or fright, as well as seasonal epidemics.

Tongguan Yunqi Tuoli Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 15), citing *The Forty-Eight Signs*.，Shanghan (typhoid fever) complicating into sores and rashes.

Pills to be Taken After Meals，From *Essentials of the Treatment of Beriberi*, Volume 2.，When common beriberi is about to flare up, symptoms begin with difficult and dry bowel movements, abdominal distension, discomfort and tightness in the flanks, loss of appetite, reddish-yellow urine, frequent muscle twitching, difficulty in expectorating phlegm, and restlessness, fever, and weakness.

Modified Yi Huang Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 2.，For children with a deficient stomach and weak spleen, presenting with abdominal distension and loose stools.

Processed Aconite Root Pills，From *De Xiao*, Volume 4.，For heat in the epigastrium and cold in the stomach, with unceasing vomiting.

Spider Paste Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For stroke-induced facial paralysis.

Heart-Nourishing Pill，From *Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 4.，Excessive mental strain leading to deficiency of heart blood.

Divine Revitalizing Ointment，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 183), citing *The Classic of Alchemy and Carpentry*.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.