Western Cleansing Decoction

Method for Preparing Licorice，*Yi Tong*, Volume 81.，For painful, suspended abscesses or fever, regardless of whether the swelling has ruptured or not. For boils and carbuncles.

Decoction for Relieving Stagnation and Eliminating Jaundice，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For children with a sallow complexion, abdominal distension, and inability to swallow food.

Sophora Bark Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 149.，Sores caused by centipede urine.

Paste of Two Gallbladders，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Wind-Dispelling and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，For stroke, hemiplegia, weakness in the limbs, and excessive phlegm; also treats wind and phlegm in the Upper Jiao, where one arm becomes unresponsive and the condition subsequently shifts to the other arm, accompanied by a deep and fine pulse.

Akebia Chopped Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 16).，For children with difficulty passing urine or stool.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Clearing Heat，*Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Toad Plague. The skin all over the body resembles that of a toad; this condition is entirely attributable to wind-heat.

Black-Red Ointment，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Chronic hypertrophic skin diseases such as amyloidosis (tinea licheniformis), psoriasis (white sores), and neurodermatitis (chronic tinea).

Taicang Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 36.，For gastric reflux and diaphragmatic qi obstruction preventing food from passing.

Yiqi Dan，From Hu Xuehai’s formula, cited in *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 22.，For all types of abscesses and carbuncles, including those on the face and back, and unexplained swellings and toxic sores.

Eight-Ingredient Sandalwood Powder，Volume 1 of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.，For coughs caused by lung heat with pus-tinged sputum.

Okra-Lotus Pills，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 21.，For various deficiencies and debility.

Decoction for Tonifying the Middle and Treating Dampness，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine*, Volume 6, citing *Yilin*.，Water-related disorders.

Fangji Huangqi Decoction，*Essentials of the Golden Chamber*，Tonifies qi, dispels wind, strengthens the spleen, and promotes diuresis. Indicated for wind-water or rheumatic conditions resulting from superficial deficiency and instability. Symptoms include sweating, aversion to wind, heaviness of the body with slight swelling, or pain in the joints; difficulty urinating; a pale tongue with a white coating; … Read more

Minor Bath Formula，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 54.，For consumptive diseases characterized by yin deficiency, dampness, itching, and the formation of sores.

Lord Taicang’s Plague-Repelling Pill，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，

Young Bull Horn (Jiao Si) Powder，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 8.，Vaginal Discharge in Women (Five Categories): External excess, internal deficiency. First: Bleeding following a febrile illness; second: Bleeding accompanied by alternating chills and fever; third: Bleeding due to sexual intercourse while menstruation has not yet ceased; fourth: Bleeding caused by lifting heavy objects during menstruation, injuring … Read more

Ginseng Decoction for Tonifying Deficiency，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For consumptive disorders, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs, a tendency to lie down, lack of strength, palpitations, and frequent night sweats.

Safflower and Angelica Pills，*Song Family Gynecology*.，For women with deficiency and depletion of the blood, irregular menstruation, or amenorrhea; stagnant blood forming masses; stabbing pain in the lower back and abdomen; and emaciation of the limbs.

Clamshell Powder，Formula from *Collection of Convenient and Practical Experiences*; name cited in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Vol. 5).，Sores caused by heat and dampness. Damp sores on the breasts of men and women, with pus and blood oozing in patches, red and raw without scabs, accompanied by unrelenting pain and itching.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，Stroke, with the body arched like a bow.

Poria and Amber Decoction，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 17.，Frequent urination with a weak stream; approximately twenty or more voids day and night; distension and fullness in the abdomen and around the navel; heaviness in the lower back and legs; inability to sleep soundly; pulse deep and slow, occasionally with a rapid component.

Millet Revitalizing Ointment，*Ji Ming Lu*.，Deficiency of yang qi, weakness in the lower back and soreness in the legs, cold urine and loose stools, mental exhaustion and physical debility.

American Ginseng and Ophiopogon Decoction，From *Bi Hua Yi Jing*, Volume 2.，For pain caused by deficiency-heat in the Heart Meridian.

Mood-Soothing Wine，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，