Warm Diaphragm Decoction

Cao Lingbao Pill，*Yang Family’s Private Collection of Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For stroke, the “Eight Winds” and “Five Bi” syndromes, paralysis and dragging of the limbs, deviation of the mouth and eyes, pulling at the corners of the eyebrows, stiffness in the neck and back, clenched jaws, palpitations and chest oppression, a dazed expression as if intoxicated, … Read more

Dijin Pill，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 18.，Hernia. Severe swelling of the external testicles, possibly accompanied by sores oozing yellow fluid; pain radiating around the abdomen; alternating chills and fever.

Scrophularia and Licorice Decoction，*The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，When mental agitation stirs the fire and the body’s vital fluids are deficient, the patient exhibits erratic, frenzied, and uncontrollable behavior; the use of cold-natured herbs only causes the fire to burn more fiercely.

Soaking and Compressing Decoction with Tiger Bone，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，After a fracture, if the feet, knees, lower back, or hips are exposed to cold winds, causing pain that prevents walking.

Bu Yuan Decoction，*Prescriptions for Prolonging Life and Preserving Vitality*, Volume 3.，Qi deficiency with diarrhea; food cannot be retained in the stomach; undigested food is passed.

Mo Zhang Ling Guang Ointment，From *Yuan Ji Qi Wei*, Volume 2.，For eye disorders. When the Yang Qiao meridian is affected by pathogenic factors, fine red veins appear at the inner canthus, with stagnant blood forming at their roots. This stagnant blood produces a yellowish-red ointment that spreads across the cornea, gradually eroding the aqueous humor; … Read more

Spring Bamboo Shoot Pill，*Record of Compassionate Treatments for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.，At the onset of smallpox.

Xiangru-Atractylodes Pills，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，For exposure to water and wind, water retention, and edema; or for fluid accumulation in sores causing generalized swelling.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Stroke. The patient’s vital energy is not yet depleted; suddenly struck by wind-pathogen, they collapse abruptly, spew phlegm and saliva, become delirious and scream, sit and stand on their own, walk unaided, fail to recognize people, develop spots on the body, which turn into sores and boils after … Read more

Huanglian Jin-Tui Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 2.，Guang Ge.

Hornworm and Cimicifuga Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 172.，For children with exposed tooth sores and unceasing discharge of pus and blood.

Cow Bile Phlegm-Resolving Powder，*Records of Compassionate Insights on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 9.，

Scorpion and Blister Beetle Ointment，Formula from *Outline of Medical Science*, Volume 20; name cited in *Treasury of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，Psoriasis.

Nasal Hemorrhoid Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For nasal hemorrhoids.

Black Gold Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 314.，For boils, abscesses, and swollen, toxic sores.

Enhanced Tie Luo Decoction，From *The Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, citing a formula by Hu Zai-zi.，Manic disorder. For cases where pent-up anger and sudden rage rise upward, causing mania, restlessness, laughter, and crying, with a pale and lustrous complexion and regular bowel movements.

Amber and Cinnabar Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For vaginal discharge in unmarried women. For women with irregular menstruation, difficult childbirth, postpartum hemorrhage, or menstrual irregularities caused by the combined effects of qi and wind, cold, heat, or dampness, or for stabbing pain due to blood stasis.

Enhanced Decoction for Clearing Heat and Draining Dampness，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Pregnancy-related damp-heat syndrome, with dampness in the Taiyin channel that has already transformed into heat; symptoms include aversion to cold with internal heat, heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes, aching pain in the limbs and joints, and fullness and oppression in the … Read more

Smallpox-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，In cases where the smallpox eruption has fully resolved, the smallpox toxin has completely dissipated, and the patient has fully recovered after scabbing—if the patient then lets their guard down, indulges in excessive desires, or overindulges in food and drink, and this is compounded by wind-heat—it may … Read more

Areca Nut Qi-Boosting Decoction，*Six Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 8.，Guangge caused by qi deficiency and impaired circulation following physical exertion.

Amber and Pearl Powder，*Jin Jian*, Volume 40.，For cases of blood in the urine where other medications have proven ineffective, the blood in the urine forms clots, the urinary passage is obstructed and difficult to pass, and there is severe pain in the penis that feels life-threatening.

Five-Dose Pill，From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.，Erectile dysfunction.

Sanchuan Shenying Decoction，*Resolving the Source of the Origin*, Volume 4.，For infectious sores.

Decoction for Nourishing Both Metal and Water，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Excessive indulgence in sexual activity, unchecked lust, exposure to external pathogenic factors, resulting in a common cold with cough, and restless sleep.

Cinnamon-Scented Powder，From *Yi Ji*, Volume 9.，For women with deficiency and stagnation in the meridians, resulting in pain caused by masses and qi stagnation.