Xiangfu Decoction

Moistening Dryness and Purging the Lungs Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，When lung fire arises from the lung meridian itself, it is due to the oppression of dryness, which prevents the clear and descending energy from flowing downward. Consequently, lung qi becomes scorched and full, leading to mild wheezing and coughing, restlessness and thirst with a … Read more

Smartweed Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 16.，For cholera accompanied by unrelenting muscle cramps.

Cinnamon Twig, Peony, and Anemarrhena Decoction，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，Pain in the limbs and joints; emaciation; swelling of the feet as if they were about to fall off; dizziness and shortness of breath; a sensation of warmth and a desire to vomit. Swelling and pain due to wind-toxin; aversion to cold and high … Read more

Powder Substitute Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 22.，For qi reversal with phlegm congestion, epilepsy with a string-like pulse.

Three-Ingredient Xuanhu Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Cold-induced heart pain.

Cinnamon, Ligusticum, and Angelica Decoction，*Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 11.，For a postpartum mother with deficient vital energy and retained placenta.

Heat-Clearing and Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Essentials of Oral and Dental Medicine*.，Deficiency-heat in the middle jiao, with the mouth and tongue appearing as if stripped of skin, or accompanied by fever and thirst.

Imperial Palace Plague-Relieving Pill，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，

Black Pepper Red Pills，From *Ru Yi Fang*, cited in Volume 196 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For jaundice caused by overeating on an empty stomach, which damages the stomach, leading to accumulated heat and blood stasis, abdominal distension, and emotional distress with palpitations.

Oil-Sinking Powder，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For fever, cholera with vomiting, and muscle cramps.

Red Ocher Noodles，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.，Persistent cold dysentery.

Jade Dew Lung-Nourishing Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For lung qi deficiency with heat, manifested as coughing, phlegm, and wheezing; symptoms flare up in spring and autumn; and a persistent cough that will not subside.

Three-Yellow Pills to Dissolve in the Mouth，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，For sore throat.

Cinnamon and Medicinal Herbs Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 353, citing *Treasured Formulas for Health Preservation*.，Postpartum symptoms resembling typhoid fever: irregular fever and chills, palpitations, dizziness, general weakness, limp limbs, and complete loss of appetite.

Cock’s Comb Blood，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For smallpox lesions that are blue, dry, purplish-black, and sunken, indicating severe blood heat and toxin.

Cimicifuga and Scutellaria Decoction，*Records on the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，When smallpox first appears but fails to break out properly.

Malaria-Curing Powder，From *Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，Pediatric Malaria.

Cotton Hemostatic Pill，*Secret Formulas from the Blue Sack for Immediate Relief*, Volume 2.，For uncontrollable bleeding.

Imperial Toli Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 285.，For boils, abscesses, and various sores characterized by deficiency of qi and blood, coldness in the muscles, thin and clear pus, persistent toxic qi, sores that fail to heal for a long time, or swellings that are not red, hard and firm without pus, and with … Read more

Tongue-Contracting Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，For protrusion of the tongue after childbirth, or protrusion of the tongue that cannot be retracted after sexual intercourse.

Asafoetida and Realgar Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.，For persistent “ghost malaria” that has not healed.

Wan Ying Pill for Reducing Abdominal Distension，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for jaundice progressing to ascites; shortness of breath and chest tightness; epigastric pain with gastric reflux; malnutrition-induced distension with heat accumulation; jaundice and swelling due to physical exhaustion; and lockjaw dysentery.

Indigo Juice Drink，Formula from *General Essentials of Health Preservation* (Vol. 11); name cited in *Essential Methods of Traumatology*.，For cold in the viscera causing diarrhea, pure white stools, cramping abdominal pain, bloating due to deficiency, and cold extremities.

Cinnamon Twig, Dried Ginger, and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，Cold and dampness injure yang, causing stiffness in the meridians; aversion to cold without thirst; slow pulse; pale tongue or white, slippery coating.

Lung-Tonifying Ginseng Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 6.，Qi deficiency of the lungs, cough with shortness of breath, hoarseness, significantly reduced appetite, and progressive emaciation.