Wan’an Decoction

Astragalus and Five-Flavor Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，Dysentery. A mixture of pus and blood in the stool that is not very watery; each episode involves the simultaneous passage of pus, blood, and food, accompanied by mild abdominal pain.

Shi Mei Dan，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.，For sores around the eyebrows.

Eight Immortals Life-Nourishing Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，

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

Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.，For yin deficiency and blood deficiency, where an external invasion of wind-pathogen transmits inward and transforms into heat, leading to wind-consumptive disease, bone-steaming fever and tidal fevers, emaciation of muscles and flesh, red lips and flushed cheeks, coarse breathing, mental fatigue and weakness, and night sweats. … Read more

Er Zhi Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，

Great Tonifying Meridian Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 6.，For women with deficiency of qi and blood, coldness in the Blood Sea (Xuehai), irregular menstruation, occasional pain in the heart and abdomen, white vaginal discharge resembling fish brain marrow or the color of rice water—irregular and indistinguishable—with persistent trickling bleeding at the expected menstrual time each month, a … Read more

Blue Alum Powder，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，For damp-heat jaundice, characterized by yellowing of the face, body, and fingernails, fatigue, a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, and bloating immediately after eating.

Ginseng and Cypress Leaf Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，Weakness of the uterus and unstoppable vaginal bleeding.

Harmonizing Qi and Unblocking the Meridians Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，A condition in women where symptoms resemble pregnancy but there is no actual fetus.It may be caused by blood pooling in the lower jiao, coagulating and failing to disperse; or by cold qi invading the uterine orifice, causing blood stagnation and obstruction, … Read more

Mass-Dissolving Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For chest pain, abdominal pain due to food stagnation, and pain from heat-induced masses caused by excessive fluid intake; conditions characterized by real heat.

Modified Ganlu Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a formula based on the clinical experience of Cai Fuyang.，Recurrent canker sores (oral ulcers), with multiple ulcers inside the lips and mouth; the patient experiences a sensation of heat and pain; the tongue coating is yellow and greasy; the pulse is string-like and thin.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness and Clearing Fire，*Supplementary Meanings of Medical Purity*, Volume 2.，Accumulated dampness transforms into heat; dampness and fire combine, causing thirst, excessive fluid intake, and a white tongue.

Two Treasures Powder，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Formulas for Nourishing Life* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 224).，In cases of an unstable pregnancy, with restlessness whether sitting or lying down.

Regulating and Descending Decoction，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 5.，Severe qi stagnation.

Raw Rehmannia Juice Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 19.，Stroke with aphasia and stiffness at the root of the tongue.

Immediate Relief for Boils Pill，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For initial stages of a carbuncle that have been neglected or mismanaged, resulting in uncontrolled spread of the toxin and progression to the dangerous “yellow” syndrome—where the head is not prominently raised and the base is not contained; or where the toxin has spread inward, causing … Read more

Pinellia and Shenqu Decoction，*Yi Bian*, Volume 2.，Excessive consumption of cold, hard foods and raw fruits and vegetables can damage the Taiyin and Jueyin channels, leading to vomiting, epigastric fullness and distension, intestinal masses, or abdominal pain with aversion to food.

Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire，*Shenghui* (Volume 95).，For all cold-related ailments, various forms of malaria, and dysentery.

Gypsum and Zhimu Decoction，*The Great Explanation of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，Feverish illness with a rash; red eyes and delirium; sore throat and restlessness; a rash resembling brocade patterns; aversion to heat rather than cold; persistent fever; deep and rapid pulse.

Medicinal Powder，*Supplementary Essentials of Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.，For phlegm-related conditions where the wound fails to heal after ulceration.

Red-Cloth Powder，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For women suffering from post-exhaustion syndrome complicated by Yin-Yang inversion.

Seven-Ingredient Iron Filings Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Pain in the hepatic region; enlarged liver.

Formula 7，This formula is from *The Jade Balance of Sha and Distension*, Volume 1; its name appears in *The Complete Book of Sha Syndromes*, Volume 2.，A shā syndrome resembling typhoid fever. Headache, aversion to cold and fever, restlessness and oppression in the chest, thirst and dry throat, profuse sweating on the head, phlegm-induced wheezing and … Read more

Enhanced Jingjie Powder，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Postpartum blood-induced syncope resulting from blood stasis complicated by wind-pathogen invasion, presenting with dizziness and headache, occasional drowsiness and confusion, mild chills and fever, absence of sweat, abdominal pain resistant to pressure, hardness and pain in the lower abdomen, fullness and tightness epigastrically, mental confusion with clenched jaw, a … Read more