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Four Gentlemen Decoction，*Formulas of the Taiping Huimin Hujiu Bureau*，Tonifies qi and strengthens the spleen. Indicated for spleen-stomach qi deficiency syndrome: sallow complexion, weak voice, shortness of breath and fatigue, poor appetite with loose stools, pale tongue with white coating, and a weak pulse.

Lead丹 Powder，Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 6).，Black stools.

Miraculous Decoction for Lung Abscess，*Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 6.，Lung Abscess. Caused by overwork damaging qi and blood, with internal accumulated heat and external exposure to wind-cold; symptoms include chest fullness and tightness, dull pain, dry throat and mouth, occasional discharge of turbid, foul-smelling sputum, and vomiting pus resembling rice porridge—in such cases, the prognosis … Read more

Deer Antler Porridge，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，

Enhanced Sophora Pod Pills，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 14.，Swelling and pain in hemorrhoids, or bleeding from hemorrhoids.

Raw Rehmannia and Moutan Bark Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 2.，For a rapid pulse with internal heat, accompanied by coughing up phlegm mixed with blood.

Tongxuan Qianjin Pill，From *Baotong Miyao*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 266.，For infantile convulsions, malnutrition-related accumulation, and malnutrition-related dysentery.

Five-Powder Cake，From *Medical Correct Impressions*, Volume 1.，For intestinal bleeding, a sallow and haggard complexion, lower back pain and aching legs, weakness in the limbs, erectile dysfunction, inability to achieve an erection for several years, and infertility.

Blood-Excess Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 134.，For Shaoyin syndrome with qi-induced syncope and epistaxis.

Harmonizing Qi and Detoxifying Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 4.，For chronic illness causing depletion of qi and blood, manifested by a rapid pulse and fever; the pulse may also be floating, rapid, and rootless.

Miraculous Formula for Hemoptysis，From *Collection of Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For men and women vomiting blood.

Enhanced Wind-Dispelling Powder，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，Pearl Wind. In the early stages, the lesions resemble small go stones, with bumps covering the entire body; if left untreated for a long time, the entire body becomes itchy.

Ice Vase Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 34.，For thirst and restlessness.

Liu Cheng Decoction，*Treatise on Epidemic Fevers*, Volume 1.，For patients who have recovered from a warm epidemic, presenting with deficiency of the Three Yin channels, dryness and weakness of the large intestine, and constipation lasting several days, with no other symptoms.

Coptis Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 69, citing *Wang’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Stagnant blood and necrotic tissue invading the eyeball.

White Aconite and Fragrant Coptis Pills，From *Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of qi in the stomach and intestines; sudden injury from breastfeeding; mixed cold and heat symptoms; diarrhea and dysentery with red or white stools; tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation; abdominal pain and cramping; frequent episodes day and … Read more

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Stroke. The patient’s vital energy is not yet depleted; suddenly struck by wind-pathogen, they collapse abruptly, spew phlegm and saliva, become delirious and scream, sit and stand on their own, walk unaided, fail to recognize people, develop spots on the body, which turn into sores and boils after … Read more

Schizonepeta Spike Decoction，From *New Book on Child Care*, Volume 1.，For children with fetal qi complicated by wind-pathogen entering the navel, resulting in clenched mouth, rapid and labored breathing, inability to cry, or visible blue veins on the abdomen, with pain caused by internal qi pulling in a hernia.

Woodpecker Ointment，From *Classified Diagnoses and Treatments*, Volume 3.，For dysphagia and regurgitation.

Si-Qi Qi-Enhancing Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，For postpartum abdominal fullness and distension, also effective for treating edema.

Modified Chaihu Siwu Decoction，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Malaria suffered before pregnancy that has not resolved after childbirth.

Infant Protection Five-Wan Ointment，From *Preserving Life and Nourishing the Vital Source*, Volume 8.，For children with the “Five Wasting Diseases” presenting with intermittent fever, sallow complexion, emaciation, restlessness and thirst, distended abdomen with visible blue veins, hands and feet as thin as sticks, and lethargy.

Chisel Stone Pills，Adapted from an empirical formula of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Urinary tract stones.

Pancreas-Clearing Pills，*New Acute Abdominal Disorders*.，Acute pancreatitis.

Tonic Agarwood Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，Indicated for deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, characterized by frequent, scanty urination, loss of appetite, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, or occasional pain.