Xiao Shi San

Decoction of Atractylodes to Eliminate Phlegm，*Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，For retained fluid causing shortness of breath, inability to lie down, bodily swelling and fullness, and difficulty urinating.

Five-Pills Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 62.，Swelling of the gums extending to the throat.

Thirteen Grand Protectors，From *Chuanyaba* (Supplement to the Elegant Collection), Volume 1.，For epilepsy and paralysis, boils and abscesses, back sores, scrofula, and toxic swellings.

Master Lü’s “One Branch of Plum”，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For adults—men and women—and children suffering from acute or chronic illnesses where life and death hang in the balance; for children with acute or chronic convulsions; and for all cases of dysentery in the elderly and young.

Rehmannia Paste Pills，*Yuanrong*, Volume 11.，For men and women experiencing a rushing mass of qi below the navel, lower abdominal pain, testicular pain (similar to testicular retraction), gradually developing swelling, swelling and pain in the genital area, and an unbearable sensation rising to the heart and abdomen.

Chrysanthemum and Coptis Decoction，From *Yicaoting*.，For eye disorders caused by fetal wind in women.

Hemorrhoid Ointment，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 27.，For external hemorrhoids that have prolapsed and are oozing yellow fluid, accompanied by swelling and pain.

Heart-Soothing Decoction，From *Qianjin*, Volume 14.，For deficiency of heart qi, with pain radiating from the abdomen to the back, making it impossible to bend forward or backward.

Ninghuo Dan，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For a springtime common cold with a floating pulse, fever, thirst, dry nose, and nosebleeds.

Dragon Smoke Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，For heavy, dry, and itchy eyes, as well as pain, bleeding, and blurred vision resembling a needle prick.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Head Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 5.，For children with epigastric fullness and hard, painful masses in the lower abdomen or under the ribs.

Gooseberry Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For children with bleeding from tooth decay, foul-smelling and decayed gums; as well as wind-induced toothache, wandering tooth decay, and cavities.

Uncaria and Raw Rehmannia with Bamboo Sap Decoction，From *Collection of Obstetrics and Pregnancy*, Volume 1.，In the 7th–8th month of pregnancy, due to an external invasion of wind-cold during the winter months, the condition became stagnant in the lung collaterals, causing internal wind to rage, phlegm-qi to rise and rebel, resulting in unconsciousness, stiffness and spasms … Read more

Guangze Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，After a serious illness, when kidney essence is depleted and the bladder is parched, resulting in an inability to urinate.

Immortal Purple Mist Cup，*Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，

Soapberry and Eye Formula，*Shenghui* (Volume 53).，For cases of diabetes where, after diuresis, heat toxins have not yet been resolved, manifesting as restlessness and internal heat, as well as itchy skin that has developed into sores.

Disinfecting and Throat-Relieving Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，Acute and chronic laryngeal obstruction, throat constriction, or stiffness at the base of the tongue with sores throughout the mouth.

Iron Courage Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.，The golden cluster arrowhead has entered the abdomen.

Agastache Spleen-Dampness Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng* (Saoye Shanfang edition), Volume 11.，Abdominal distension gradually spreads to the face; swelling of the feet and body. Jaundice.

Liuwei Qing San，From *Wai Tai* (Volume —), citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，For typhoid fever with a red complexion and aversion to cold.

Eye-Protecting Pills，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 1.，For children who suffered heat exposure in the womb and developed cataracts.

Coptis and Dang Gui Powder，From *Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume 2; Coptis added.，Heat in the Heart Meridian or heat transmitted from the Heart to the Small Intestine. Thirst, flushed face, restlessness and heat in the chest, craving for cold drinks, sores on the mouth and tongue; dark, scanty, and painful urination.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Descending Turbidity，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Constipation with obstruction of the large intestine; there are no difficulties with eating or drinking, no signs of heat syndrome, and no sensation of tenesmus; some cases may last up to one month without a bowel movement.

Xunbu Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 7.，For those with chronic spleen-stomach deficiency, accumulated internal cold, emaciation, poor appetite, slow digestion of food and drink, abdominal distension, and fatigue, where other medications have proven ineffective.

Back Ointment，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 70.，Nosebleeds.