Winter Melon Drink

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Jianzhong Combined with Erchen Decoction，Formula by He Lianchen, cited in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Cold-type cholera.

Asthma-Relieving Pills，*Research on the Treatment of Common Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For asthma with a predominance of deficiency-cold.

Glutinous Rice Porridge，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，Spotting and restlessness during pregnancy.

Bone-Clearing and Kidney-Nourishing Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For bone-steaming syndrome with nocturnal fever and infertility, accompanied by a burning sensation throughout the body, dry mouth and tongue, and coughing with phlegm.

Wood Fragrance and Gecko Pills，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 9.，For chronic consumption with a dry, persistent cough, accompanied by bone wasting and emaciation.

Gwei-Ling Decoction，From *Direct Pointers to Hao Jing*.，Summer-heat and dampness injure the middle jiao, causing abdominal pain and diarrhea, or a sensation of oppression and fullness in the chest; the tongue is white and slippery; the pulse is fine and sluggish.

Fermented Soybean Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Wind-dampness in the lower jiao, causing pain in the lower back and legs, and weakness when walking.

Achyranthes Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，When the placenta is half-expelled and half-retained, or when the fetus has died in the womb and is lodged against the spine and cannot descend, resulting in failure to deliver for several days and a surge of blood and qi upward.

Great Cinnamon Decoction，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 16.，Weakness and emaciation, fullness in the chest and diaphragm.

Cinnamon, Longan, and Pig Offal Decoction，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang*, Volume 2; name cited in *Yixue Shizhaiyi*, Volume 7.，Pus and blood in the stool, occurring several times a day and night, a chronic condition lasting several years.

Birth-Inducing Oak-Bran Decoction，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 36, citing *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For women experiencing difficult labor. For women with transverse or breech presentations, or with a stillborn fetus in the abdomen that has become swollen and putrid and cannot be expelled.

Magnetite and Goat Kidney Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For deafness.

Ox Tooth Powder，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，Effective for all types of abscesses and toxic sores, large sores in their early stages, dysentery, sores on the head, and cracked feet.

Red Medicinal Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Psoriasis.

Agarwood and Dendrobium Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.，Accumulated cold in the kidneys, with qi rising from the lower abdomen causing pain that radiates upward to the chest and flanks.

Duck Head Pills，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 128.，For edema: flushed face, restlessness, and thirst; swelling of the face, eyes, and limbs; abdominal distension and shortness of breath; scanty and difficult urination.

Aconite Root Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 44.，For wind-toxin affecting the liver and kidneys, causing pain in the lower back and legs; bone marrow pain; inability to bend or stretch; as well as rheumatic arthritis and kidney-related pain in the lower back and legs.

Lung-Clearing and Malaria-Harmonizing Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Malaria affecting the Lung Meridian of the Hand-Taiyin: In the early stages, the patient experiences a chill in the heart; when the chill becomes severe, it turns to fever. The patient is easily startled, as if seeing something, and prefers coolness. Internal heat rises and … Read more

Rat Kidney Pills，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*.，Difficult labor.

Enhanced Siwu Erchen Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 31.，For yin deficiency where heat rises from the lower abdomen and surges upward, causing shortness of breath.

Persimmon Decoction Powder，From *The Book of Caring for Children*, Volume 2.，After smallpox, a membrane forms over the child’s eyes.

Three-Fragrance Pain-Relieving Decoction，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*.，To treat toxic sores.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Phlegm，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-induced convulsions complicated by wind.

Bitter Gourd Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 7; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Divine Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 147.，For gu poison, vomiting blood, or passing blood in the stool—all presenting symptoms similar to liver gangrene.

Ghost-Exterminating Powder，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Chapter on External Conditions*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Li Dongyuan.，Stomach heat causing toothache.