Xiaoyao Decoction

Iron Shoe Powder，From *Bao’s Family Treasure on Throat Disorders*.，For recurrent thrush.

Great Calming Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 14.，For palpitations due to deficiency of heart qi, mental confusion and forgetfulness, or nightmares and night terrors, with a deficiency of willpower.

Decoction for Feverish Shivering and Gnashing of Teeth，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，For cases where, during the eruption of smallpox, the patient experiences feverish chills, clenched teeth, thirst, and constipation.

Ointment for Damp-Toxic Sores，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Chronic eczema, fissured eczema.

Jujube Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.，Generalized edema, abdominal distension with shortness of breath, inability to lie down, and difficulty with urination and defecation.Taiyang-type wind-stroke, characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, shortness of breath, absence of aversion to cold, hot sweats, episodic attacks, headache, fullness and hardness beneath the heart radiating to the flanks, and pain in the flanks. … Read more

Formula for Releasing the Exterior and Dispersing Pathogenic Factors，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，For cold-induced fever and common cold, with headache, fever, dry mouth, and runny nose; also for epidemics prevalent throughout the four seasons.

Purple Gold Life-Saving Pill，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For women suffering from pain due to blocked meridians, blood masses, and similar conditions.

Empirically Modified Detoxifying and Blood-Activating Decoction，From *A Concise Compendium on the Plague*.，Plague.

Soul-Restoring Powder，*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 6.，Following recovery from epileptic convulsions, patients often experience vomiting, abdominal distension, shortness of breath, and loss of appetite; this formula is also used for all deficiency symptoms after the convulsions have subsided.

Kombu Decoction Method，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For various types of abdominal distension and fullness.

Decoction to Relieve Agitation and Nourish the Heart，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，In cases of an imbalance between yin and yang, where fire is in excess and water is deficient, and the patient tends to speak excessively and feels restless when faced with situations, there is often a sensation of turmoil and clamor within … Read more

Detoxifying Daqing Decoction，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For a carbuncle where improper moxibustion has forced the toxin inward, causing restlessness and incoherent delirium.

Xiao Banxia Decoction，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 1.，For phlegm and cough.

Poe Ai Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 3.，For wind-cold common cold where yang fire is obstructed in the throat, causing sudden, severe swelling and pain in the throat that rapidly progresses to double swelling of the throat. Symptoms include thick, turbid phlegm, thirst with a strong desire to drink, unbearable pain, and in severe cases, … Read more

Zhengben Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 94), citing *Proven Effective Formulas*.，When heart qi flows erratically and enters the kidney meridian, it causes pain in the lower back and knees; when it enters the meridians, it causes pain in the limbs or an inability to move.

Jingfang Qingbiao Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathway*, Volume 5.，Pediatric smallpox cases caused by wind obstruction, heat stagnation, and pathogenic turbidity, resulting in a fever lasting more than 3 days, where the expected rash has not appeared, and the patient is afebrile and averse to wind.

Ginseng and Cimicifuga Decoction，From Dongyuan’s formula, cited in *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 23.，Bowel movements 3–4 times a day, loose but not excessive; occasional diarrhea with abdominal rumbling; yellow urine.

Tong Shen Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 63.，Effective for all types of boils, abscesses on the back, malignant sores, and atrophic ulcers.

Qi-Regulating and Blood-Activating Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Path* (Vol. 4).，For pregnant women experiencing threatened miscarriage due to falls, blows, or sudden jolts.

Beech Bark Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with dysentery and unrelenting thirst.

Lotus Node Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 188, citing *Effective Formulas Based on Experience*.，Hemoptysis and coughing up blood.

Iron Essence Pills，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Care* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 7; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 147.，For gu poison ingested through drinks, causing severe abdominal pain, a sallow-blue complexion, frequent urination, emaciation, and unpredictable symptoms.

Southern Indian Grass Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 70.，Uncontrolled bleeding from all nine orifices.

Decoction for Dispelling Epidemic and Neutralizing Toxins，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.，Wind-heat type diphtheria.

Oyster Powder，Volume 12 of *De Xiao*.，Enlarged external genitalia; the penis is translucent.