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Cantharides Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.，For scrofula caused by heat-toxin.

Cinnamon and Plantain Seed Decoction，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 8.，Fire in the bladder causes obstruction, resulting in cloudy, white urine resembling rice-washing water or leaking roof water; pain may feel like a knife cut or a prick of a needle; urine output is scant and intermittent; and there is urgency after a bowel movement.

Moisturizing Muscle Ointment，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 19.，Pain in the skin. Wind and cold qi stagnate in the skin and hair, causing blood to fail to nourish the surface of the muscles; the skin then becomes dry and painful, and the hands and feet appear as if they have no skin.

Tussilago Flower Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4.，Alternating chills and fever; impaired lung qi; coughing, wheezing, and chest fullness; distress and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; excessive phlegm and saliva; gurgling sounds in the throat; nasal congestion with clear discharge; headache and dizziness; fatigue and pain in the limbs; and swelling and pain … Read more

Proven Formula: Danhuai Pill，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 7.，For hemorrhoids, whether chronic or recent.

Astragalus, Ginseng, and Oyster Shell Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 9.，Boils and abscesses. For cases where the wound has ulcerated after pus discharge and fails to heal.

Dai Zhen Ointment，*Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Liver-Clearing and Cloud-Dispelling Powder，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 6.，Blurred vision, redness and opacities in the sclera, and impaired visual acuity.

Baoyuan Miraculous Ointment，From *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，Women who have a long history of habitual miscarriage—conceiving in the third or fourth month, or even the fifth month, only to miscarry at term—suffer from this condition due to deficiency of the original qi and a slippery, prolapsed uterus.

Peach Seed Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children suffering from “zhong’e” (sudden illness), presenting with hardness and tightness in the chest and abdomen accompanied by pain, a bluish-black complexion, and constipation.

Decoction of Young Deer Bone，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 12.，For all cases of debility and emaciation.

Velvet Flower Powder，From *Huichun*, Volume 2.，For left-sided paralysis and central paralysis.

Decoction for Nourishing the Blood in Traumatic Injuries，From *Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*, citing *Lin Rugao’s Experience in Bone Setting*.，Middle and late stages of fractures.

Worm-Expelling Decoction，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，All types of parasites.

Modified Chaiwu Decoction，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Malaria with stagnation in the Three Yin channels.

Tangerine and Apricot Decoction，*Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 9.，Floating pulse, constipation.

Curcuma Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 43.，Pounding, tight, and distressing pain in the chest.

Gynecological Blood Stasis-Resolving Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For persistent lochia after childbirth, stagnation of blood stasis, masses and abdominal distension, irregular menstrual cycles, amenorrhea, and blood deficiency due to chronic exhaustion.

Ophiopogon Pill，*Shenghui* (Volume 42).，Indicated for rising qi with coughing and retching, restlessness and oppression in the chest, and difficulty urinating.

Jiwu Pill，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For snake bites and dog bites.

Water-Eliminating Divine Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Edema.

Black Eight-Treasure Pill，*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the *Thousand Gold**.，All throat ailments.

Saliva-Adjusted Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 15.，If blisters appear in the anus, accompanied by itching and pain, this is a symptom of wind-toxin spreading.

Xuanshen Huadu Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，The toxin from epidemic macules has already fully erupted.

Ginseng and Tussilago Paste，From *The Treasure of Health* (Ba Cui edition).，For deficiency-cold in the lung and stomach, chronic, unrelenting cough, fullness and oppression in the throat and diaphragm, cough with phlegm, vomiting and nausea, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, fatigue and pain in the lower back, or consumptive cold cough, as well … Read more