Xia Chen’s Six Gentlemen Decoction

Fucan Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For various forms of malnutrition in children, diarrhea, dysentery, convulsions, and other ailments that have not healed for a long time, as well as emaciation and weakness following weaning, where the child grows increasingly frail and the condition is untreatable.

Clear the Kidney and Cure Wind Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Leprosy.

Pepper, Aconite, Fragrant Magnolia, and Poria Pill，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For spleen and stomach disorders.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Spleen-Strengthening Pills，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 5.，Edema, abdominal distension.

Miraculous Formula for Washing Hemorrhoids and Fistulas，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Spleen-Tonifying and Dampness-Draining Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 3.，To be used after the jaundice and swelling caused by alcohol intoxication have subsided, regardless of whether the patient has a fever or feels chilly.

Cough-Relieving Ointment，From *Yijianzhi Yi* (Knowing Medicine at a Glance), Volume 3.，For kidney deficiency with internal heat, manifested as hemoptysis, spitting blood, or the spontaneous expectoration of blood clots, blood flakes, or blood streaks without prior coughing.

Yasheng Ointment，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 62.，Effective for all types of open sores and syphilitic lesions.

Cicada Shedding Cake，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.，For cold-induced tearing of the eyes.

Pregnancy-Preserving Atractylodes Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 155.，For abdominal pain during pregnancy (??).

Qi-Tonifying and Spleen-Regulating Zhi-Shu Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For deficiency of lung and spleen qi, failure to transform damp phlegm, poor appetite, fatigue, and loose stools.

Six-Ingredient Xiangru Decoction，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For heatstroke with excessive dampness, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea.

Secretly Transmitted Enhanced Zhi-Shu Pills，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For phlegm, food stagnation, alcohol stagnation, tea stagnation, and meat stagnation in the epigastric region, manifesting as pain in the center of the chest, as well as fullness, nausea, rumbling in the stomach, and vomiting.

Chrysanthemum Decoction to Clear Dryness，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 68.，Pomegranate-shaped abscess, with intense swelling.

Purple Cinnamon Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 46.，For spleen deficiency with cold qi, pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, abdominal distension, and borborygmi.

Decoction for the Eight Winds and Nine Regions，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，For men and women who, due to exposure to cold and failure to protect themselves—such as undressing in the wind, sweating while lying on a cold, damp surface—suffer from hemiplegia, extreme cold in the hands and feet, paralysis, difficulty … Read more

Jurchen Powder，*Yi Shuo*, Volume 9, citing *Ming Yi Lu*.，Mental distress and resentment, resulting in a darkened complexion.

Princess Yonghe’s Medicinal Bath Beans，*Shenghui*, Volume 40.，The mixture may appear black and impure.

Nanyue Zixu Wei Yuanjun’s Resurrection Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 255).，For those who have died suddenly due to a temporary blockage of the breath.

Ganlu Tea，*Easy and Convenient Medical Book*, Volume 1.，Headaches and fever; chest fullness and oppression; stagnation of qi; disharmony of the spleen and stomach; food stagnation; cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; as well as pathogenic factors of the four seasons; malaria; red and white dysentery; and summer heat-induced indigestion.

Digestive Cake，*Preserving Life and Nourishing the Essence*, Volume 8.，Children often suffer from indigestion, appearing sallow and emaciated with a distended abdomen.

Soothe-the-Feet Decoction，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 8.，Ulcers caused by stagnant bone toxins.

Scutellaria, Atractylodes, and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，From *Guang Si Ji Yao*, Volume 9.，In the ninth month of pregnancy, when the fetus is large and causes heat, resulting in restlessness and discomfort.

Decoction for Promoting Digestion and Elimination，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For internal heat in the bladder.

Shengqi Yiyin Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*.，Vaginal discharge following childbirth.