Yinchen Shigao Decoction

Powder for Ulcerated Corneal Opacities，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon Wood*, Volume 3.，When an external opacity develops following another illness, at the onset, the eye may immediately become red, ulcerated, and swollen; as the opacity invades the cornea and obscures the pupil, vision is completely lost. If the center of the opacity … Read more

Fangfeng and Red Peony Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum stagnation of blood, unresolved damp-heat descending to cause beriberi, with persistent redness, swelling, and pain in the shins, and a rapid,涩, and large pulse.

Kidney-Draining Decoction，Volume 17 of *Wai Tai* quotes from *Gujin Luyan*.，Insufficiency of kidney qi.

Modified Whole Insect Formula，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.，Generalized neurodermatitis.

Raw Rehmannia Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，Bladder swelling, accompanied by swelling, fullness, discomfort, pain, and weakness.

Lip-Protecting Pills，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，

Harmonizing Qi and Regulating the Middle Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 9.，For the fourth day of shanghan, when the Taiyang channel is initially affected, to be taken after vomiting following administration of Hengshan Powder.

Xiao Sheng San，From *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang*, citing Zhao Yanhe’s formula (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, vol. 141).，For bloody and white cold dysentery with abdominal pain and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Supreme Blue Gold Elixir，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 169.，For abdominal masses.

Yu Yuliang Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，Deafness with pus.

Modified Mu Xiang Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 82.，Edema, shortness of breath with raised shoulders, wheezing, and chest pain.

Three-Yellow Pills for Dissolving in the Mouth，From *Pocket Handbook*, Volume 3.，Indicated for accumulated heat in the Triple Burner, swelling and tightness in the throat, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, red and scanty urine, and severe constipation.

Monkey Date and Egret Saliva Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Whooping cough.

Women’s Blood-Nourishing Pills，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，For women with blood deficiency, irregular menstruation that comes and goes intermittently, scanty and pale menstrual flow, abdominal pain and lower back soreness, mental fatigue, afternoon hot flashes, coughing, and spontaneous sweating.

Decoction for Expelling Parasites，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Swelling caused by parasites, with a flushed face and freckles.

Bu Nei Danggui Pills，From *Comprehensive Collection of Proven Formulas for 100 Internal and Surgical Diseases*, Volume 1.，Missed menstruation, dizziness, blurred vision, lower abdominal pain, and yellowish-white vaginal discharge. A fishy odor in the throat, nausea, and vomiting.

Epicranium Pill，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For mania and agitation, incoherent speech, uncontrollable weeping, violent rage and cursing, singing and dancing uncontrollably, and mental confusion.

Mr. Zhou’s Method for Drying Hemorrhoids，*Zhunsheng: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 6.，Hemorrhoids.

Seaweed Soaked in Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，For edema that moves erratically—sometimes swelling like a clam, sometimes as large as a bowl, sometimes appearing on the abdomen or back, or on the arms or legs.

Disease-Preventing Powder，*Elbow-Back* (Volume 8).，

Child’s Tea Powder，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，For moist, itchy sores on the penis, as well as dry sores.

Cinnabar Saliva-Reducing Pills，From *Ru Men Shi Tiao*, Volume 15.，For the five types of epilepsy.

Recipe for Grilled Fish with Sauce，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 137.，Effective for all types of tinea, whether dry or moist.

Stomach-Nourishing and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，End of Volume, *Precious Guide for the Care of Children with Measles*.，For cases where smallpox lesions appear densely clustered but the pus is not very full, accompanied by loss of appetite and severe fatigue.

Pepper-Flour Dumplings，From *The Book on Nurturing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the elderly suffering from cold-induced chest pain, vomiting, loss of appetite, and restlessness.