Triple Decoction

Snail Mud Ointment，*Yi Tong*, Volume 71.，For heat-induced urinary obstruction.

Zhenxi Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For epidemic diseases in all four seasons, characterized by macules and rashes, sore throat, swelling and pain, delirium and rambling speech, general fatigue, and all symptoms of summer heat.

Kudzu Root Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 3.，Alcohol has damaged the qi and blood, resulting in emaciation, a sallow or dark complexion, excessive sleepiness and fatigue, and distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm.

Five Corpses Pills，Quoted from *Hu Qia’s Formulas* in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，All types of skin ulcers.

Pus-Resolving Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For all types of abscesses and swellings that have not yet discharged pus.

Pinellia and Antelope Horn Powder，From *Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 5.，For phlegm-dampness invading the eyes, causing glaucoma.

Shark Skin Powder，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 28 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of possession by ghosts or gu, and for toxic conditions with unpredictable manifestations.

Shengjin Yuliang Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For heart and stomach pain, sallow complexion and emaciation, leukorrhea and urinary discharge, damp sweats and edema, and irregular bowel and bladder movements.

Miraculous Tuberculosis-Relieving Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Longevity and Life-Preserving Pill，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 102), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For men and women suffering from disharmony of the spleen and stomach, reduced appetite, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, regurgitation and vomiting of food, phlegm, wheezing, and coughing, the five types of dysuria, chest constriction due to typhoid … Read more

Hedgehog-Mugwort Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，For all types of hemorrhoids with bleeding, tenesmus, and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Echo Decoction，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，Loss of voice.

Cow Bile and Amber Pills，From *Outline of Medicine*, Volume 24.，For edema with abdominal distension and life-threatening respiratory distress.

Human Milk Ointment，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Volume 22); the name is found in *Concise Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For abscesses with pus that have been allowed to rupture, or for long-standing breast cancer that has ulcerated but from which pus does not easily drain.

Zi Gui Dan，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Spleen deficiency with cold, inability to tolerate food, and pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Liuwei Anxiao Powder，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Stomach pain, bloating, indigestion, constipation, and dysmenorrhea.

Blood-Nourishing and Intestinal-Regulating Decoction，*Secrets of Gynecology*, Volume 7.，For postpartum blood deficiency with intestinal dryness and constipation.

Great Tonifying Decoction，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.，For the elderly with physical weakness, deficiency of central qi, and severe uterine prolapse.

Powder for Stopping Cold Tears，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，Wind-induced tearing.

Xiao Niuhuang Pills，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 5.，Constipation with abdominal pain upon palpation; acute convulsions; early stages of dysentery. Acute convulsions caused by excessive phlegm.

Qi-Promoting Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For obstruction of the Triple Burner, impaired ascension and descent of qi, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, hard and difficult bowel movements, and dark yellow urine.

Chaihu Jia Xixin Decoction，*Commentary on the Treatise on Malaria*.，Shaoyin Persistent Malaria.

Minor Bupleurum and Dried Ginger Decoction，Formula from *Treatise on Cold Damage*; name cited in *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For patients with shanghan who, on the 5th or 6th day, experience sudden onset of fever, alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and flanks, a sullen … Read more

White Urine Powder，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 65.，For “Galloping Horse” Stomatitis.

Cough-Relieving and Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Chengde Formula).，For phlegm-induced wheezing and cough.