Wu Xiang San

Heavenly Life Moisture-Generating Decoction，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For diabetes.

Miaoshen Powder，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 36 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with scrofula that does not resolve.

Inflammation-Resolving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，The muscles are extremely hot; the body feels as if mice were running over it; the lips and mouth are cracked and split; over time, they shrink inward; and the skin and hair all turn red and black. This is extreme heat giving rise to wind; it … Read more

Siwu Decoction with Shenqu，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.，For patients with spleen-stomach deficiency-heat who are unable to eat following recovery from measles.

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Relieving Thirst，*Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.，Smallpox: when the Metal element is scorched by Fire, resulting in a dry throat and thirst.

Ginseng Essence-Nourishing Wine，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，

Moisturizing Qi Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 163.，For postpartum shortness of breath and difficulty swallowing.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Regulating Qi，From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 94), citing *Secret Formulas from the Haidai Residence*.，Hemiplegia, stiffness of tendons and meridians, soreness in the shins, fatigue of the limbs, deviation of the mouth and eyes, and slurred speech; as well as damp-bi syndrome manifesting as generalized bone pain or numbness … Read more

Red Peach Pill，From *Thirteen Formulas for Surgical Treatment*, citing *The Book of the Single-Pot Heaven*.，For unruptured scrofula nodules.

Scutellaria and Coptis Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 63.，Swallow’s Nest Sores. These appear on the lower jaw, resembling clusters of millet or beans; they are itchy, hot, and painful, and resemble weeping sores that have broken open.

Cardamom Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，

Five-Spice Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all cases of food stagnation and qi stagnation, disharmony of the five viscera, obstruction of the nine orifices, constipation, chest fullness and distension, and pain in the heart and stomach caused by qi.

Xiao Huan Dan，*Effective Formulas of Su and Shen*, Volume 9.，For back sores, boils, and abscesses—all types of suppurative swellings.

Golden Lock Semen-Consolidating Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For kidney deficiency with qi deficiency, nocturnal emissions, mental fatigue, and night sweats due to yin deficiency.

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

Decoction for Clearing Heat, Eliminating Toxins, and Reducing Swelling，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name found in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Boil in the nasal vestibule.

Lump-Dissolving Ointment，From *Xu Ping’s Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 5.，Scrofula, breast nodules, and various types of tubercles.

Ginseng and Astragalus Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *The Standard Rules: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3).，For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.

Cinnamon and Fish Bone Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，For deafness accompanied by pus.

Decoction for Removing Obstructions and Restoring Vision，*Huiyue*, Volume 6.，Blindness due to internal eye disorders.

Five-Grain Revitalizing Pill，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，In children with excessive toxic heat, where hives have not yet appeared, accompanied by fever, cough, restlessness, and thirst.

Eleven-Ingredient Fangfeng Decoction，Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，For stroke characterized by fever without sweating, restlessness in the limbs and joints, abdominal distension and pain, and difficulty with urination and defecation.

Digu Bai Pi Wuwei Decoction，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Formulas by Xu Renze*.，For patients who, after recovering from an epidemic disease, are physically weak and emaciated, frequently experience headaches, dry lips and mouth, and alternating chills and fever that occur at specific times; or for those who, though able to move about, exhibit the … Read more

Oak Leaf Decoction，From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For abscesses.

Ginseng and Ginger Decoction，*Medical Levels*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of the middle jiao with cold in the stomach; or cold and fever arising from extreme exhaustion; or persistent deficiency malaria.