Wood-Cutting Decoction

Pig Gallbladder with Alum，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For isolated laryngeal tumors, laryngeal tinea, laryngeal abscesses with swelling and pain, and inability to swallow—where the patient’s life hangs by a thread.

Enhanced Bai Shun Pills，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For tangible masses.

Skin Rash Detoxification Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For epidemic diseases where the rash has not yet fully erupted.

Decoction for Mild Wind-Induced Disorders，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，For edema-induced numbness and cramping, wind-toxin invasion, and pain in the lower back and legs.

Bai Xiao Wan，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 112, citing *Essentials for Daily Life*.，Effective for all types of abdominal masses, both chronic and acute, as well as injuries caused by excessive alcohol or food.

Realgar Cake Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 307.，For snake bites where the patient is near death.

Dysentery Fragrant Coptis Powder，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Shenyang Formula).，Headache, fever, thirst, restlessness, abdominal pain with dysentery, tenesmus, abdominal distension with vomiting, dysentery with red and white stools mixed with pus and blood, colicky pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, and food stagnation.

Bu Zhong Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For chronic cold-induced diarrhea with persistent, dull abdominal pain; urine that is not reddish; lips that are not dry; and stools that are clear and white like duck droppings, in cases of severe deficiency-cold in the stomach and intestines.

Enhanced Disinfecting Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 8.，Toxic qi is stagnant, causing high fever and restlessness; rashes have not yet appeared evenly or fully; mouth sores prevent the child from suckling.

Ten-Faced String，From *Chuanyaya Bu*, Volume 2.，For children with a distended abdomen and abdominal distension.

Third Ship’s Sulfur Pills，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 22.，For epidemic dysentery where the severity of the illness has subsided, and the stool is reduced to only a small amount—whether it is clear, resembles duck droppings, tea broth, candle wax, or is merely a small amount of reddish discharge.

Divine Formula for Expelling Phlegm，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang* (Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Prefecture), Volume 1.，Phlegm-fire.

Pinellia and Poria Decoction with Cloves，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 41.，For those with latent fluid retention due to deficiency.

Tianyi Shuishui Pills，From *Convenient Formulas for Remote Villages*.，For yin deficiency with internal heat.

Amber Ruyi Powder，From *Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Swelling and pain in the lower extremities.

Mustard Greens Formula，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Erysipelas.

Puyuan Guben Qipai Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For chronic deficiency of the primordial qi of the spleen, lung, and kidney, where the clear yang fails to nourish the limbs and instead sinks beneath the extreme yin, unable to rise; resulting in frequent, uncontrollable diarrhea at dawn or before noon, which, if prolonged without … Read more

Crucian Carp Poultice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 109.，Pterygium on the eye, causing dryness and pain.

Ginseng and Rhino Horn Powder，*Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume Lower.，For children with cold-induced stagnation during seasonal epidemics, presenting with cough, phlegm-induced wheezing and chest fullness, palpitations and anxiety, and either constipation or diarrhea; as well as for all cases of wind-heat where taking ordinary cooling medications causes diarrhea and reduced appetite.

Egg Drink，From *New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，Indicated for conditions such as intestinal abscess, back abscess, visceral toxicity, and “fish-mouth” sores.

Decayed Drumskin Powder，From *Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 424.，For children afflicted by gu (a type of curse).

Drying Medicated Paste，From *Zhao Bingnan’s Collection of Clinical Experience*.，For sinus tracts and fistulas associated with both yin and yang syndromes, where the wound is clean and approaching healing, and the granulation tissue is healthy or shows mild edema.

Perilla Seed Wine，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 3. This is another name for “Perilla Seed Wine” from *The Holy Benefits*, Volume 95.，For wind-syndrome and phlegm-syndrome conditions.

Phlegm-Resolving Powder，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，For phlegm that has become “old phlegm” due to prolonged accumulation.

Green Onion Juice Ointment，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 36); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 115).，For deafness caused by earwax that is hard and compacted, making it impossible to remove by picking.