Water-Fire Elixir

Yangzheng Dan，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For hiccups and regurgitation, phlegm congestion with dizziness, lower back pain and abdominal pain, and cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.

Wind-Dispelling and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，Sudden onset of wind-pathogen, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, mental confusion, and hemiplegia with loss of sensation.

Tangerine and Ginger Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 40.，After cholera, restlessness and inability to lie still. In children, post-dysentery debility with heat in the palms and soles, even if the dysentery has not yet ceased.

Miogong Pills，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 18.，For conditions such as localized swelling or abscesses, scabies, sores, and tinea; wind-induced paralysis, atrophy, and syncope; as well as jaundice, edema, and water retention; and for poisoning by witchcraft or toxic substances causing distension.

Chaihu-Schisandra Decoction，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 18.，For children with measles accompanied by wheezing and cough.

Scatter-Epidemic Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 10.，Epidemic fever. Symptoms include headache and dizziness, distension of the chest and diaphragm, expectoration of yellow phlegm, discharge of turbid fluid from the nose, or the appearance of red macules on the body; or skin turning charred black; or vomiting saliva resembling red blood; or the abdomen swollen as … Read more

Decoction for Resolving Phlegm and Harmonizing the Stomach，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 5.，Spring-type fever. Catching a cold in the spring months, accompanied by delirium, tidal fever, and a slippery pulse.

Sugar and Fritillary Bulb Decoction，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Chronic cough.

Wind-Dispelling and Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases*.，For the early stages of facial nerve paralysis.

Cow Bile and Bamboo Sap Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 167.，For children with fetal wind-heat, clenched jaws and trismus, or heart heat causing convulsions.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Subduing Fire，*The Golden Mirror of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Liver deficiency and fluid depletion, with ascending fire, causing hot tears to flow when exposed to the wind.

Seven Sages Powder for Brushing Teeth，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 3.，

White Plum Powder，Formula from *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 8; name cited in *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Diseases*.，Mouth sores in children.

Decoction for Improving Vision and Removing Corneal Opacities，*Elucidation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，For chronic eye conditions characterized by red threads in the vision, floating opacities, or a hazy veil.

Pregnancy Preservation Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Tianjin Formula).，For pregnant women suffering from deficiency of both qi and blood, who have experienced repeated miscarriages, fetal restlessness, lower back soreness and abdominal pain, weakness and lethargy in the limbs, palpitations and shortness of breath, coughing and dizziness, vomiting and nausea, and a lack of … Read more

Houpo-Huang Decoction，From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 5.，Water-and-grain dysentery, characterized by loose stools that are thin and unformed, undigested food and water in the stool, abdominal cramping, and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Che’ao Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，Breast abscesses and all types of swollen, toxic sores.

Liver-Soothing and Toxin-Eliminating Powder，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，For cases of convulsions caused by fright or a fall prior to the onset of smallpox.

Grass-Knot Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 253.，

Modified Rhinoceros Horn, Rehmannia, and Reed Flower Decoction，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 3.，For children with measles whose rash has already appeared, accompanied by epistaxis or blood loss.

Warming the Middle with Ginger Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 8.，Lung deficiency with cold, emaciation, weakness, trembling, gasping for breath, chest fullness, and lung atrophy.

Xiangtao Powder，From *Ji Ming Lu*.，Malaria-induced epigastric fullness.

Spleen-Regulating Powder with Poria，From Volume 19 of *Compilation of Medical Records*, citing a formula by the Nie family.，Smallpox rash accompanied by spleen deficiency and diarrhea.

Poria, Cinnamon, Ginseng, Licorice, Angelica, and Aconite Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，Persistent cold extremities and vomiting or diarrhea.

Uterine Cleansing Decoction，From *Six Treatises on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 27.，For long-standing infertility with a full pulse.