Yuxian Decoction

Decoction for Dissolving Masses and Harmonizing the Stomach，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 25.，After drinking alcohol and experiencing anger, pain occurs under the left flank at the level of the navel. From then on, a small mass gradually forms; it may or may not become prominent. When prominent, it causes pain; when the pain subsides, it … Read more

Cinnabar Secret Elixir，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of heart qi.

Li Tou San，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 24); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 292).，For fever and chills with scrofula.

Yellow-White Great Dan，From *Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Volume 4).，For the initial onset of leprosy.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness and Relieving Bi，From Lin Xitong’s empirical formula, as cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Characterized by bi syndrome and numbness without sensation.

Bu’er Decoction，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For toxic abscesses causing throat ulceration.

Rehmannia Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Pain in the bones of the hands and feet.

Zanhua Blood Residue Pill，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，

Shenying Frankincense Pills，*Hong’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，For all types of severe dysentery characterized by cramping and stabbing abdominal pain, with frequent episodes day and night, and a critical condition that does not improve.

Snake and Scorpion Powder，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Leprosy.

Ox Bile Palace-Clearing Pill，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For wind-cold common cold, internal heat from epidemic pathogens, soreness and weakness in the limbs, headache, and fever.

Floating Duckweed and Angelica Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For warm epidemics presenting with Jueyin meridian symptoms and restlessness with a sense of fullness; or for rashes presenting with Jueyin meridian symptoms, restlessness with a sense of fullness, testicular retraction, and the appearance of macules.

Formula for Dispelling Wind, Cold, and Heat，From *The Formulas of Bu Xie*.，Mild common cold.

Dissolving Ginseng Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 20, citing *Shenshi Fang*.，After taking the mineral, the hair falls out, and the patient experiences alternating chills and fever.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Added Ginger, Tangerine Peel, and Bamboo Shavings，From *Zhi Zhi*, cited in Volume 1 of *Pocket Edition*.，Yang-pattern symptoms: coughing and retching with tidal fever.

Lianxiang Pills and Powder，Quoted from *The Biography of Zheng Yu* in Volume 22 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Various disorders causing intestinal obstruction, loss of appetite, and occasional vomiting.

Fetal Vitality and Harmonizing Qi Decoction，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 2.，During the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, when the fetal qi is depleted, causing fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, excessive sleepiness, dizziness, and weakness in the limbs.

Infant Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For children with coughs caused by external invasion of wind-cold, phlegm obstruction, runny nose, and headache.

Seven-Ingredient Cimicifuga Pill，From *Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica*, citing *Wang Fangqing’s Southern Region* (see *Classified Materia Medica*, Volume 6).，After taking milkstone, if one experiences heat in the limbs, difficulty with bowel movements, and measles that remain latent and fail to erupt,

Acacia Ear Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 72.，For women with chronic hemorrhoids accompanied by unceasing discharge of pus and blood.

Poria and Akebia Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 26.，Heat in the lower jiao following a cold, with difficulty urinating.

Du Zhan Fahan Qing San，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 9.，For typhoid fever characterized by a red complexion, aversion to cold, fever, headache, stiff neck, and body aches. Also effective against epidemic diseases.

Liu Gen San，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 280.，Scabies.

Complete Smallpox Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，For smallpox lesions on days 9–10, when the serous fluid is thin and the scabs are thin, and there is deficiency of qi and blood.

Fangji-Ma Huang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，For stroke with stiffness and spasms in the limbs, rigidity and pain, dry mouth and throat, and a white coating on the tongue; also treats cold, wind-dampness, and wind-toxin conditions characterized by spasms and stiffness in the limbs and joints, as well as sudden pain in the chest, flanks, lower … Read more