Xu Medicine

Formula for Leg Ulcers，*Formulas from the Ruizhutang*, Volume 5.，For foot sores.

Clarifying Decoction，From *De Xiao* (Effective Treatments), Volume 11.，For persistent cough due to phlegm obstruction; also treats children with prolonged, unrelenting cough caused by milk-induced qi reversal affecting the lung meridian.

Yellow Emperor’s Life-Protecting Thousand-Gold Pills，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 13, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For chronic emaciation, chest fullness with rashes, vomiting after eating, undigested food remaining in the stomach, and wasting diseases caused by stroke or evil spirits.

Kushen Wash Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，Scalp sores in children.

Taiqing Four-Fan Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 200.，Effective against all types of noxious qi and malaria; also treats pain in women caused by blood and qi surging to the heart.

Coptis and Pinellia Detoxifying Decoction，From *Medical Origins*, Middle Volume.，For abdominal distension, vomiting, and impending diarrhea.

Cnidium Monnieri Wash，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Acute eczema.

Chen Gan Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Sudden vomiting of blood.

Yang-Consolidating Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Used for postpartum mania caused by invasion of Yangming pathogenic factors.

Ginseng and Melon Seed Pod Powder，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，For cases where phlegm-qi is extremely abundant in the upper jiao, while the lower jiao is deficient.

Harmonizing the Middle and Nourishing the Stomach Decoction，From *The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 2.，Abdominal pain in the Taiyin and Yangming channels; frequent loose stools; if not loose, then constipation with difficulty passing stools; later progressing to damp-heat toxin, with the passage of bright red blood, mild abdominal pain, tightness and contraction under … Read more

Zilong Pills，*Effective and Simple Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For pulling and stabbing pains in the neck, chest, flanks, back, and waist, with the pain shifting unpredictably; cold, numb hands and feet; blocked qi and meridians; and phlegm accumulating above the diaphragm.A sensation of a lump in the throat resembling a plum pit, appearing and disappearing intermittently; a … Read more

Ba Bai Pills，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 9.，Effective for all types of dark and white spots, as well as various sores and rashes.

Great Uncaria Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，For pediatric epilepsy accompanied by high fever.

Deer Antler Ointment，From *Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 12.，For all types of abscesses and boils in their early stages.

Decoction for Expelling Impurities and Relieving Distension，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Parasitic Ascites, Hematic Ascites. Parasites are entangled within the blood; the complexion is pale yellow with red spots or red streaks; there is isolated abdominal distension and fullness; abdominal pain occurs before eating but subsides after eating; there is no swelling in … Read more

Yang-Elevating and Toxin-Resolving Decoction，*The Essential Methods of Traditional Physicians on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 12.，When smallpox sores become ulcerated, the face is affected first.

Secretly Transmitted Qi-Descending Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (New Formulas Added in the Baoqing Era).，This formula treats conditions in both men and women characterized by heat above and deficiency below. These conditions arise from excessive eating and drinking, which injure the spleen and stomach; unrestrained indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, which deplete … Read more

Decoction for Treating Masses，*Huiyue*, Volume 13.，For all types of hernia pain that radiates upward to the heart, accompanied by reddish urine.

Jade Snail Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，For heat accumulation in the Upper Burner, restlessness of the heart, tremors, and delirium.

Longnao Qingjin Powder，*The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 1.，Thrush, “Running Horse” Stomatitis, and “Locked Mouth” Stomatitis.

Decoction for Nourishing Both the Lung and Kidney，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Due to deficiency in both the Lung and Kidney meridians, fire takes advantage of the opening to escape outward, causing bleeding from the skin and hair—sometimes oozing out like a fine thread, sometimes seeping out like one qian, sometimes emerging from … Read more

Cinnabar Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For toothache.

Yuanquan Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 2.，For blood deficiency with consumptive fever and bone-steaming fever, heat in the palms and soles, dry stools, and yellow, scanty, and painful urination.

Decoction for Clearing Inflammation and Relieving Pain，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，Earache.