Xiatian Qu

Binlian Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For cases of long-standing parasitic infestation causing abdominal distension.

Scutellaria and Five Ingredients Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For watery diarrhea. Severe pain in the chest and abdomen; eating does not cause discomfort, but diarrhea occurs immediately after eating. Food is completely digested but is expelled as water and undigested matter without regularity; the more one eats, the more … Read more

Rubus Fruit Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For deficiency-related wasting disease with depletion of vital essence and qi, and emaciation of the limbs.

Amomum Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 15.，For large intestine deficiency, rectal prolapse, accompanied by heat, redness, and swelling.

Miaohong Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For qi stagnation in the diaphragm with phlegm accumulation, accompanied by retching and regurgitation of food.

Great Golden Tooth Wine，*Qianjin*, Volume 7.，For those afflicted by miasmatic toxins, wind-cold-damp paralysis, distorted facial features, hemiplegia, stiffness and contractures of the hands and feet, swollen and painful joints—and in severe cases, numbness in the lower abdomen—a condition known as “beriberi.” Anyone suffering from wind-deficiency or experiencing even slight sensations of wind-induced ailments in the … Read more

Decoction of Artemisia, Gardenia, and Coptis (Three-Ingredient Decoction)，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage and Essential Guidelines for Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Bowel movements are spontaneous and the stool is yellow.

Cui Xian Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For deficiency of true essence, weakness of kidney qi, and decline of the Gate of Life fire, manifesting as blurred vision, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, and seminal emission.

Drain pus and disperse internal abscesses，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses on the back.

Decoction to Stop Sweating，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Night Sweats.

Nianjin Powder，*Ben Shi*, Volume 10.，For children with measles or smallpox on the verge of eruption, accompanied by high fever throughout the body, low spirits, and loss of appetite.

Fragrant Black Bean Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 35), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，For children with white sores accompanied by pain and swelling so severe it appears as if the body has been inflated.

Decoction for Tonifying the Middle and Treating Dampness，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine*, Volume 6, citing *Yilin*.，Water-related disorders.

Life-Saving Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 35), citing *Formulas for the Care of Infants*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children where other medications have proven ineffective, as well as for confusion, severe symptoms, and headaches or brain pain.

Sliced Black Hen Soup，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Five types of dysphagia: inability to swallow food or drink; chest congestion; emaciation and weakness.

Gelatin and Honey Decoction，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 15.，For the elderly and those with deficiency constitutions suffering from hard, difficult-to-pass stools.

Tissue-Regenerating Qilin Jie Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 64.，Painful sores on the feet caused by wind-toxin, with unceasing discharge of pus and fluid.

Liver-Relieving and Stomach-Clearing Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Navigation*, Volume 2.，For use during outbreaks of lock-throat plague, characterized by chest distension and oppression, generalized body aches, aversion to cold, and sudden throat obstruction so severe that not even a drop of water can be swallowed.

Depression-Relieving and Liver-Harmonizing Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for liver qi stagnation, counterflow of qi with chest fullness, distension of the flanks, and stomach pain with nausea.

Cinnabar Calming Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For restlessness and vexation, mental agitation and palpitations, heat in the upper body with disordered chest qi, fullness and oppression beneath the heart, and regurgitation of food.

Raw Rehmannia Lung-Clearing Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathway*, Volume 5.，Lung malnutrition, nasal sores, mouth sores, hemoptysis, hoarseness.

Decoction for Boosting Qi and Relieving Numbness，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Qi deficiency fails to transport blood, resulting in numbness in both hands and the face.

Seven Saints Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，For bone-steaming accumulation and masses, ghost-qi obstruction; for men and women suffering from deficiency-syndrome, with burning pain in the hands and feet, soreness and heaviness in the back and shoulders, symptoms worsening at night, emaciated limbs, a sallow complexion, cold and painful knees, rumbling in the abdomen, frequent diarrhea, loss … Read more

Enhanced Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 6.，

Pill of Ten Ingredients Including Aster，From *Formulas of Xu Renze*, cited in Volume 9 of *Wai Tai*.，For feverish cough.