Turnip Seed Porridge

Xiao Dingxin Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 14.，For debility and emaciation, with weak and startled heart qi and frequent nightmares. For heart exhaustion with deficiency-cold, manifesting as palpitations, confusion, and forgetfulness; nightmares and startled awakenings; and mental instability.

Tiannanxing Porridge，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 30.，For uncontrollable vomiting and retching with signs of impending wind-syndrome.

Life-Restoring Emergency Powder，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For children with fever and cough, excessive phlegm, restlessness, thirst, palpitations, and convulsions.

Concentrated Spirit and Impurity-Repelling Pill，*Record of Shared Longevity*, Volume 1.，For colds caused by wind pathogens, or malaria resulting from cold or heat; or for vomiting and diarrhea caused by rising early, sudden changes in temperature, consuming greasy foods, or exposure to foul odors; or for abdominal pain and chest distension due to dietary imbalance and … Read more

Seven-Ingredient Bupleurum Decoction，*Essentials of Shanghan* (Volume 1).，For patients whose pulses in both hands are floating and rapid, or tight, or slow, and whose cun pulse is short and weaker than the guan and chi pulses.

Emergency Pill for Epidemic Diseases，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For heatstroke, cold-induced illness, summer-heat-dampness, cholera, dizziness, fever, abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Ji Yin Bao Yuan Decoction，From *Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 3, citing *The Medical Bell*.，Irregular menstruation in women.

Poria Blood-Regulating Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 16.，Excessive consumption of alcohol and flour, or after sexual exertion, resulting in blood in the urine.

Pickle Juice Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For coughs and injuries caused by excessive alcohol or food.

Rhinoceros Horn and Wild Ginseng Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Spring warm disease pathogen has just entered the营分 (Ying level), presenting with restlessness, insomnia, a rapid pulse, and a red tongue.

San Jie Niu Huang San，Formula by Master Mao, cited in Volume 19 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with excess heat and tidal fever.

Pill for Eliminating Parasites with Dried Lacquer，From *Shenghui*, Volume 92.，In children with angina pectoris caused by roundworm bites, presenting with cold extremities, dry retching without vomiting, and a pale complexion:

Cotton Seed Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，Cold Accumulation. Pain in the abdomen caused by exposure to cold leading to accumulation. The pain is relieved only by pressing firmly with the hand or by applying pressure with an object; the patient may vomit clear fluid.

Rubbing Ointment，*Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，For hives.

Peng Zu’s Pill for Strengthening Yang, Consolidating the Root, Achieving Longevity, and Extending Life，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 1.，Wind, cold, heat, and dampness affecting the bone marrow; the Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries; chronic cough and wheezing; hemoptysis and cold-induced debility; seminal emission and leukorrhea; erectile dysfunction; extreme weakness of the lower jiao; mental disorders; and … Read more

Pain-Relieving Poultice，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，For foot pain—whether on the left or right, or a fixed, unrelenting pain—apply this poultice to the affected area and wrap it tightly; leave it on overnight.

Decoction for Clearing Qi and Consolidating the True，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，Leucorrhea.

Coptis Dampness-Eliminating Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For the initial stage of organ toxicity with the flow of damp-heat, manifested as anal swelling and pain, difficulty urinating, severe constipation, fever, dry mouth, a rapid and forceful pulse, or tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Moistening the Lungs and Harmonizing the Liver Paste，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For imbalance in the liver and lung meridians, resulting in occasional coughing.

Clove Stomach-Harmonizing Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For children with deficiency-cold of the stomach qi, qi rebelling upward, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, uncontrollable vomiting, abdominal distension, shortness of breath, and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the epigastrium.

Lantern Flower Ointment，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 19.，For children who cry at night: symptoms include heat and dryness, red urine, a warm mouth with sweat, and crying while arching the back.

Sandalwood Powder，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 17.，Wind-induced disorders of the head and face. Dizziness and blurred vision; pain in the shoulders and back; swelling and itching of the scalp; stiffness in the head and neck.

Empirical Formula for Removing Dampness with Wine，From *Zhi Zhi Fu Yi*, Volume 3.，For those suffering from pain throughout the body, hands, and feet due to the combined effects of wind and dampness.

Blue Clam Pills，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Weisheng Hongbao* (Vol. 1).，For coughing with phlegm and redness of the face and nose.

Wei-Regulating Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Postpartum chills are all caused by insufficient lactation, leading to an excess of cold.