Water-Reflecting Pill

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

Huangzhong Pills，*Formulas for the Family School*.，For constipation accompanied by restlessness, palpitations, and epigastric fullness.

Huashan Stele Inscription Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*，For food stagnation with masses, constricted chest and abdominal distension, mild edema and phlegm retention, and stomach pain caused by parasites or poisonous insects.

Dogspine Decoction，From *Yi Jian Fang Bian*, Volume 3.，Deficiency of both qi and blood, numbness in the hands and feet, susceptibility to wind-dampness, and inability to move.

Trauma Powder，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，For swelling and pain in the early stages of fractures and tendon injuries.

Zexia Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Excessive dry heat in the spleen causes physical fatigue, hard stools, and a loss of appetite.

Four-Ingredient Malaria-Suppressing Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，All types of malaria.

Decoction for Consolidating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，For cases where the color of smallpox lesions turns grayish-white due to diarrhea during the “nourishing serum” stage of the disease.

Anzhen Decoction，*Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Spleen Bi.

Cough-Relieving Green Fruit Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Jinan Edition).，For coughing, phlegm, and wheezing due to lung heat.

Golden Lock Elixir of Immortality，From *Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For men suffering from excessive physical exertion and low vitality.

Erzi Powder，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，Hemorrhoids; heat and swelling of the large intestine.

Huo Xie Decoction，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，Pain in the flanks caused by stagnant blood.

Zhenjin Powder，From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Infantile “Fetal Redness” of the Eyes. If a newborn’s eyes are not washed thoroughly, impure fluid may accumulate in the corners of the eyes, causing the eyelids to become red and ulcerated, a condition that persists into adulthood.

Musk and Tea Bud Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 44.，For persistent headaches unresponsive to other medications.

Five-Spice Pain-Relieving Pills，*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women suffering from pain in the chest and abdomen, or accompanied by lower abdominal pain.

Fennel and Melia Five-Ingredient Powder，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 42.，For bladder hydrocele with difficulty urinating.

Formula for Preserving Yang，From *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 2.，For conditions such as deficiency of heart blood, palpitations, and forgetfulness.

Enhanced Qiong Yu Paste，*Medical Convenience*, Volume 1.，For deficiency syndromes.

Decoction to Promote Healing and Detoxify，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Appears 4–5 days after the onset of smallpox, during the period of rapid growth.

Muscle-Relaxing Tablets，*Tianjin Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，Numbness in the limbs, pain in the tendons and bones, and difficulty walking caused by wind, cold, and dampness.

Eye-Clarifying Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Liver jaundice; stagnation of liver qi; damp-heat congealed and unable to disperse; both eyes are completely yellow; the body and limbs also appear yellow, though not as severe as the yellowing of the eyes; qi reversal; cold hands and feet; profuse sweating above the waist; no sweating below … Read more

Atractylodes, Scutellaria, and Coptis Decoction，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，Damp-heat from miasma.

Eight Immortals’ Jade Elixir，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cases of excessive vomiting of blood or hematemesis due to exogenous pathogens, accompanied by deficiency of yin fluids.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman whose menstrual period arrives earlier than usual and experiences extremely heavy flow is often thought to suffer from extreme blood heat. Yet who would have known that this is actually due to an excess of water and fire in the kidneys? When fire is … Read more