Warming the Middle and Draining Dampness Decoction

Longevity and Vitality-Preserving Pills，*Essentials for Childbirth and Lactation*.，A woman suffers from deficiency of the blood organ and excessive menstrual flow; during menstruation, she experiences uncontrollable, sudden heavy bleeding, leading to metrorrhagia that persists for days on end. This depletes the five viscera, causing her to lose her complexion, become sallow and emaciated. Although the metrorrhagia … Read more

Western Calamus Pills，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For mastitis, scrofula, phlegm-nodules with wandering abscesses, lung abscess, and small intestine abscesses.

Tuoyue Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For chest and diaphragm obstruction, fullness, oppression, and chest constriction; postpartum vomiting and regurgitation due to imbalance of yin and yang; men’s abdominal pain and various forms of vomiting; also treats cases where injury has led to depletion of vital energy, as well as heatstroke.

Chuanxiong-Wu Yao Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum qi stagnation headaches with a deep and涩 pulse.

Suqian Decoction，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For croup and all throat disorders.

Modified Stomach-Clearing Powder，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 1.，In children, excess fire in the spleen and stomach causes thirst, sores on the mouth and tongue, or swelling and pain of the lips and mouth, ulceration of the gums, inflammation extending to the head and face, or chills and fever, or a thickened tongue with “horse teeth,” … Read more

Si Miao Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For seminal leakage.

Si Bai Shao Gan Powder，From *Yi Lin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 141.，For chronic debility with inability to eat and persistent diarrhea or dysentery.

Carp and Poria Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 3; name cited in *Comprehensive Formulas for Universal Relief* (Puji Fang), Volume 193.，Swelling extending into the abdomen, causing a sensation of fullness and distension, and interfering with eating and drinking. Stone Water.

Xuanshuang Snow Pear Paste，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 7.，Indicated for lung dryness with fluid depletion, cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, as well as mental exhaustion leading to internal heat, chronic cough that has not healed, dry mouth, normal appetite, and a洪数 pulse; also for hematemesis with sputum, pulmonary atrophy with dry cough, constipation with … Read more

Ginseng and Aconite Qi-Restoring Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 3.，Imbalance between yin and yang, weakness of the zang-fu organs, dizziness and blurred vision, stabbing pain in the abdomen and flanks, vomiting and nausea. Inability to eat or drink, qi deficiency with night sweats, coughing and shortness of breath, cold extremities, aching … Read more

Yellow Medicinal Powder，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Neurodermatitis (psoriasis), chronic eczema (stubborn moist sores).

Jade Lip Balm，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15, citing a formula by Wang Zhongcheng.，For goose-foot-shaped tinea lesions that have not healed even after sycosis has resolved.

Stalactite and Raw Aconite Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Lung deficiency with cold, accompanied by cough and phlegm congestion.

Bee Alum Powder，From *Collection of Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，For tinea and hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Mung Bean and Frankincense Tuoli Powder，From *Emergency Moxibustion Methods*.，

Nasal Stimulation Formula，From *De Xiao*, Volume 17.，Toothache.

Twelve-Ingredient Ginseng Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 975.，For childhood convulsions, with trembling of the hands and feet, and a bluish discoloration of the entire body and face, occurring intermittently.

Wind-Dispelling and Blood-Activating Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 111.，Severe leprosy with loss of eyebrows and a sunken nose.

Enhanced Liu Yi Powder，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，For pruritus.

Evil-Dispelling Decoction，From *The Heart Book for Saving Infants*, Volume 2.，For childhood malaria, regardless of how long ago the illness began. It is particularly effective for treating summer malaria.

Red Cotton Pill，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by spasms of the hands and feet, a fixed gaze, abnormal saliva, high fever, and labored breathing, as well as for prenatal epilepsy and stroke.

Jade Dew Ointment，*Lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery*.，All conditions involving “yang toxicity,” including sores, boils, swollen abscesses, and carbuncles before they have ruptured, as well as erysipelas and shingles.

Rat-Ulcer Horse-Sword Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，For scrofula.

Fermented Black Bean Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 306.，During the spring and summer months, there is a type of multicolored caterpillar found among trees and on walls that is extremely poisonous. If a person comes into contact with it, the caterpillar releases tiny hairs onto the hands and feet; these penetrate from the skin to … Read more