Twelve-Ingredient Decoction

Qiangzhi Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，White turbid discharge due to deficiency.

Warming Kidney Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In cases of cold damage during the winter months, spontaneous sweating occurs within 1–2 days, accompanied by sore throat and alternating vomiting and diarrhea.

Huangling Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For abscesses and boils, accompanied by obstruction of urination and defecation.

Black Chicken Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For acute stroke: stiff back, locked jaw, stiff tongue preventing speech, eyes unable to move, restlessness, fever, and intense thirst; or a sensation of heaviness in the body, or itching.

Jingfang Detoxifying Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For the early stage of damp-heat dysentery, characterized by aversion to cold, headache, fever, an unresolved exterior syndrome, and a floating, rapid pulse.

Zhang Wujing’s Da Ming Pills，From *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 67, citing *Jianyi*.，All types of clouded vision.

Divine Unity Formula，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 182.，For stagnation of qi and blood, deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, difficulty urinating, swelling and distension of the limbs, or hernia causing a surging sensation, with stabbing pain in the limbs, abdomen, and ribs.

Enhanced Eight-Ingredient Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For pale menstrual blood due to blood deficiency.

Imperial Powder，From *The Universal Formulas* (Vol. 276), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For leg sores and foot sores.

Decoction for Consolidating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，For cases where the color of smallpox lesions turns grayish-white due to diarrhea during the “nourishing serum” stage of the disease.

Qianghuo Shengshi Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 43.，Lower back pain caused by severe cold and dampness.

Chongwei Porridge，*Compendium of General Principles of Health*, Volume 12.，For chronic wasting disease with emaciation and white, pus-like diarrhea that has persisted without resolution.

Liver-Nourishing and Wind-Calming Decoction，Formula cited from Hu Zai-zi in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Liver yin deficiency, with internal wind obscuring the mind, accompanied by drooling and foaming at the mouth, leading to mental disorder and mania that has persisted for a long time without resolution.

Miraculous Fangfeng Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 18).，Weakness in the legs; deep and fine pulse.

Perilla and Tangerine Decoction，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.，For qi stagnation leading to weakness and edema.

Semen Retention Pills，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of the lower jiao, with white, turbid discharge resembling rice water or congealed fat.

Deer Antler Powder Decoction，From *Collection of Maternal and Prenatal Medicine*, Volume 2.，For postpartum deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, or cases where labor was not smooth and erroneous methods were improperly applied, damaging the viscera and collaterals, resulting in dribbling urination or urinary incontinence.

White Coptis Powder，*Treasury of Public Health*, Volume 10.，For earwax, pus discharge, and spreading sores.

Rush Decoction，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 7.，For painful urinary tract infections.

Safflower and Dragon’s Blood Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For women with disharmony of the Chong and Ren meridians, deficiency-cold in the Blood Sea, blocked menstrual flow, formation of hard masses, and intermittent abdominal pain.

Chaihu-Huanglian Ointment，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 15).，Night sweats and intermittent hot flashes.

Toxin-Clearing Decoction，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 23.，Swelling and hard lumps caused by anal abscesses.

Essence-Nourishing Paste，From *Medical Formulas Compiled* (Vol. 153), citing *Formulas from the Ruizhu Hall*.，

Water-Fire Mutual Completion Pill，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，

Zijinpi Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 18.，All types of contusions, bruises, injuries from blades or arrowheads, and edema.