Vanguard Formula

Decoction for Deficient Heat，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For fever due to blood deficiency after childbirth.

Five-Spirit Powder，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For abdominal pain and pain in the heart and spleen.

Er Miao Si Wu Decoction，*Danxi’s Essentials* and *Formulas of the Taiping Huimin Hujiu Bureau*，Clears heat and drains dampness; regulates qi and harmonizes blood. Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation, scanty and sluggish menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual periods, pale or dull-black menstrual blood with small clots, chronic lower back … Read more

Raw Yin Decoction to Stop Diarrhea，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Used for yin depletion following severe diarrhea.

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

Raw Gold Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Toddlers*, cited in Volume 10 of *The New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，If a child, seven days after birth, suddenly develops a bluish discoloration around the mouth and nose, slight restlessness, a cold sensation in the chest, and a tendency to look upward.

Black Beard Powder，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 24.，Beard and sideburns are yellowish-white, not black.

Kharil Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 73.，Abdominal distension, marked fullness in the chest and epigastrium, and chronic constipation.

Liver-Soothing Black Dragon Pill，From *The Collection of Scales and Claws*.，Liver qi stagnation with impaired flow; fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen; pain in both flanks; vomiting of phlegm and fluid retention; qi rebelling upward; cold extremities; if left untreated for a long time, it may lead to seminal emission and leukorrhea, eventually progressing … Read more

Baozhen Pills，*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，For the “Nine Defects” of the male reproductive system: a weak penis that fails to erect; an erect penis that lacks fullness; a full penis that fails to follow the proper course; a penis that follows the course but lacks substance; a substantial penis that lacks firmness; a firm penis that … Read more

Huangxiang Ointment，*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For abscesses; and all types of toxic boils and severe sores that have persisted for a long time without healing.

Xuanlian Powder，The formula is from *Bai Yi*, Volume 12, citing a formula by Hu Shangshe; the name appears in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 300, citing *Zhi Xuan Fang*.，Foot sores, leg sores.

Ling Sha Gui Ming Dan，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.，For children with accumulated pathogenic heat, characterized by persistent low-grade fever, flushed cheeks, dry mouth, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, difficulty expelling phlegm, restless sleep, or episodes of fright and epilepsy accompanied by drooling and convulsions. Also indicated for cases of undigested food stagnation … Read more

Elixir for Expelling Pathogenic Factors，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Scrotal Abscess. Caused by a young man’s indulgence in alcohol and sexual excess, resulting in an abscess forming beneath the scrotum and in front of the anus.

Ephedra and Pueraria Decoction，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 17.，On the first or second day of shanghan, there is stiffness and pain in the head, neck, lower back, and back, along with general feverishness and aversion to cold. There is severe spasm without sweating.

Immortal Lü Dongbin’s Toxin-Transforming Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，For boils, abscesses, back sores, breast pain, and all types of unexplained swellings and toxic conditions—whether in the early stages, fully developed, or already ulcerated.

Chicken Intestine Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 95.，For incontinence of urine, occurring countless times day and night.

Decoction for Eliminating Dampness，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 13.，For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; dampness-induced abdominal pain, heaviness of the body, weakness in the legs, and loose stools.

Decoction for Strengthening the Stomach, Clearing Warm-Heat, and Regulating Stagnant Qi，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，Diseases of the spleen and stomach.

Chicken Droppings Elixir，*The Plain Questions*, Volume 11.，For all types of swelling in the abdomen and limbs, whether due to water retention, gas accumulation, or dampness.

Golden Thread Ointment，*Wei Family’s Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For red eyes caused by wind-toxin, as well as corneal opacities and red, congested corneas.

Eclipta and Bletilla Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，For scalds and burns.

Spleen Accumulation Pills，From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 8.，For malnutrition syndrome.

Bamboo Leaf, Angelica, and Astragalus Decoction，*Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 21.，For postpartum deficiency-heat in the stomach, characterized by dry mouth, thirst, and aversion to cold foods and drinks.

Warming the Interior and Hugging the Abdomen，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 210), citing *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For women with deficiency, red or white leukorrhea, and infertility. For cold-toxin-induced typhoid fever.