Xiao Xiang Jiao San

Indigo Root Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，A boil on the back as large as the base of a (metal) bowl or as wide as a palm-leaf fan, with unrelenting pain.

Minor Qi-Regulating Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 6.，For individuals with constitutional weakness whose lungs are injured by worry or anger, leading to dry, hard stools. Or for those with constipation due to excessive use of purgative herbs.

Ginseng and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Powder，From Hu’s Formula, cited in *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 21.，For women who, less than one hundred days after childbirth, suffer from physical debility and weakness of blood and qi, and who, due to improper postpartum care or overexertion, develop postpartum exhaustion. Symptoms include emaciation, alternating between sitting up and … Read more

Astragalus Four Substances Decoction，*Compendium of Gynecology*, Volume 13.，Postpartum Deficiency of Qi and Blood.

Blood-Nourishing Angelica and Rehmannia Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Middle Volume.，Tetanus: Prolonged illness leading to gradual deficiency of qi and blood, with pathogenic factors invading the stomach; stroke: blood deficiency causing hemiplegia, with stiffness and pain in the tendons and meridians.

Deficiency Accumulation Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 77.，For chronic diarrhea that does not heal and is about to develop into malnutrition (caused by parasitic infestation).

Decoction for Nourishing Yang and Harmonizing Yin，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases of warm disease where heat has entered the Blood Chamber; the physician has administered treatments to clear both Qi and Blood, eliminating half the pathogenic factor; the pulse is rapid; and the remaining pathogenic factor has not been … Read more

Zheng’s Worm-Expelling Powder，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.，For children suffering from unbearable chest pain caused by insect bites.

Astragalus Five Liang Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，Yellow sweat.

Goral Antispasmodic Decoction，From *Preliminary Discussions on Warm Diseases*.，Persistent high fever, with extreme heat inducing wind-like symptoms, resulting in stiffness of the neck and nape, and spasms and convulsions in the limbs.

Asparagus Root Paste，From *Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，Treats masses, wind-phlegm, leprosy, intestinal parasites, latent pathogenic factors, and epidemic diseases; also addresses blood deficiency with lung dryness, cracked skin, and pulmonary atrophy with coughing up pus and blood.

Peppermint and Apricot Decoction，From *Direct Pointers from Hao Jing*, Volume 2.，Wind-heat cough, nasal congestion with a hoarse voice, fever, headache, and a floating and rapid pulse.

Pills for Eliminating Malnutrition and Aiding Digestion，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For childhood malnutrition.

Ivory Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 124.，A bone is lodged in the throat and cannot be dislodged.

Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 59.，Chronic dysentery with red and white stools.

Zhike Huazhi Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，For distension of the large intestine; intestinal rumbling and pain, with a gurgling sound.

Kidney-Nourishing Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Salty taste in the mouth.

Yuhua Dan，From *Yicaoting*.，For external eye disorders characterized by redness, swelling, soreness, and blurred vision with a hazy film over the cornea.

Atractylodes Pill，From *Yi Bian*, Volume 1.，Deficiencies of qi and blood; various forms of debility and exhaustion; phlegm congestion and qi stagnation throughout the body; rheumatic paralysis; blurred vision; lower back pain and dizziness; stiffness in the hands and feet; difficulty walking; seminal emission; turbid and difficult urination; and, in women, vaginal discharge (red or white) … Read more

Tissue-Regenerating Snake-Bite Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 68.，For wounds caused by sharp objects, regardless of size.

Modified Xiangling Pills，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Indicated for qi stagnation in the liver and kidneys, pain on both sides of the lower abdomen that is tender to pressure, with a soft mass that can be moved upon palpation; distending pain in the chest and flanks; fullness and distension with loss of appetite; occasional pain in … Read more

Toxicity-Attacking Decoction，*Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，If the smallpox fails to erupt.

Lung-Warming Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，For all symptoms of cough and wheezing caused by lung cold.

Qianghuo Shen Su Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Shanghan* (Volume 2).，Taiyang wind-dampness, with fever and dizziness.

Qi-Dispersing and Stomach-Relieving Powder，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Childbirth Care*, Volume 1.，For cases where, due to excessive anger during pregnancy, the chest and diaphragm feel full and oppressed, or where the use of qi-regulating or qi-depleting medications has been excessive, leading to a further increase in fullness and oppression.