Vinegar Formula

Moistening the Lungs Powder，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 50.，In children with persistent phlegmy cough, shortness of breath, and intense thirst.

Xie Tu Decoction，*Essentials of Ophthalmology*.，Eye disorders attributable to the spleen and stomach.

Sanxiao Cuscuta Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious People*, Volume 2.，For the “Three Consumption” syndrome.

Toseng Ointment，*The Golden Mirror of Medical Orthodoxy*, Volume 62.，For rat-bite sores that have ulcerated and are oozing pus. For all types of surgical swellings and ulcers—whether already ulcerated or not yet ulcerated—as well as open wounds bleeding profusely and accompanied by extreme pain.

Wu-Bin Pills，Formula from *Ben Shi* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Ben Shi Fang Shi Yi* (Vol. 7).，

Formula for a Pale, Gaunt, and Withered Complexion，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For children with qi deficiency and a weak constitution, severe spleen cold, where fire fails to generate earth, and insufficiency of the spleen and lungs, presenting a pale complexion with a bluish tint, or with chronic convulsions.

Areca Nut Pills，Quoted from *Secret Records for Prolonging Life* in Volume 12 of *Wai Tai*.，For abdominal masses and bloating, pain in the chest and back, inability to eat, progressive emaciation, weakness in the limbs, and frequent palpitations.

Ox Bile Heart-Clearing and Diaphragm-Cooling Pills，From *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 259), citing *Huoyou Kouyi*.，For infants and young children exhibiting any of the “Four Symptoms and Eight Signs”—such as sudden restlessness in the meridians or body, phlegm and saliva, a tendency to seek warmth by drawing cotton toward a fire, or internal and external heat—

Lithospermum and Four Saints Powder，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 17.，For delayed eruption of smallpox lesions with inverted rashes, or for red, scanty, and painful urination accompanied by fever.

Life-Saving Calamus Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.，For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases” and emaciation.

Red-Cang Powder，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*. Also known as “Chi-Cang Decoction” in Volume 7 of *Zhunsheng: Pediatrics*.，

Houpo-Tiannanxing Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For spleen deficiency with retained fluid and malaria.

Perilla and Platycodon Large Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，During the summer months, excessive consumption of raw and cold foods leads to the accumulation of dampness internally.

Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 105.，For wind-heat affecting the eyes, causing red veins, pterygium, blurred vision, pain, and dryness.

Water-Nourishing Decoction，*The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，For various conditions of excessive blood loss and deficiency of primordial yang.

Modified Huangbai Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 179.，For severe febrile dysentery in children accompanied by thirst.

Taiyue Blood-Activating Pill，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 8.，For men and women suffering from external injuries or internal damage, dog bites or insect stings, being knocked down by a donkey or falling from a horse, fractures of the hands or feet, all types of pain, stagnant blood in the abdomen causing stabbing pain in the … Read more

Jiaoteng Pills，From *The Classic of the Middle Storehouse*, Volume 2.，

Black Wood Ear and Tofu Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Accumulated heat from rich and starchy foods, weak stomach qi, and dampness caused by alcohol and dairy products leading to organ toxicity and bloody stools; the blood appears like soot, dark, turbid, and stagnant; loose stools that are not fully evacuated; and fatigue in … Read more

Plantain and Eight Treasures Powder，From *The Secret Manual of Ningkun*, Volume 1.，Difficulty urinating during pregnancy.

Decoction for Calming Palpitations，From *Supplement to the Essentials of the Guanjù Formulas*, Volume 5.，Ben Tun.

Baolong Pills，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children suffering from fright that has injured the Heart and Liver meridians, presenting with blue lips and trembling limbs.

Pork Liver Soup，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 238, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For women who, after childbirth, experience a lack of breast milk, accompanied by a sensation of blockage, oppression, and pain.

Oil-Wax Ointment，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 19, citing a formula passed down through the Wa family.，For all types of toxic ulcers and sores—including those that have penetrated tendons and ruptured meridians, caused flesh to rot and bone to be damaged, broken through joints, and are oozing pus and blood, or have been festering for … Read more

Modified Huopu-Xia-Ling Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Postpartum Damp-Heat. Caused by dampness latent in the middle jiao prior to childbirth, leading to a protracted postpartum condition resembling fever due to yin deficiency.