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Pills for Profuse Diarrhea and Convulsions，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For pediatric umbilical wind, abdominal distension and umbilical swelling, heaviness of the body, limp and straight limbs, excessive crying day and night, inability to suckle, and in severe cases, convulsions; as well as intestinal obstruction causing abdominal cramping and clenched mouth, internal qi-induced pain, and stagnation … Read more

Six-Ingredient Aconite Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 3.，The Four Qi flow into the Foot Taiyin Meridian, causing restless pain in the joints, stiffness in the limbs, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, difficulty urinating, aversion to wind and cold, and intermittent swelling of the head, face, hands, and feet.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman whose menstrual period arrives earlier than usual and experiences extremely heavy flow is often thought to suffer from extreme blood heat. Yet who would have known that this is actually due to an excess of water and fire in the kidneys? When fire is … Read more

Quick-Healing Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，For scabies affecting the entire body.

Pork Kidney Porridge，*Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 21.，For postpartum fever due to exhaustion from childbirth.

Decoction for Tonifying the Spleen and Harmonizing the Liver，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Following dysentery, liver dryness and spleen deficiency result in difficulty digesting food and loose, watery stools.

Golden Lock Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，Consumptive disease with loss of semen in the urine.

Stomach-Strengthening Powder，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Abdominal pain and diarrhea, vomiting and regurgitation, indigestion, loss of appetite, prolonged loose stools, and chronic malnutrition.

Bean and Wheat Porridge，From *Shou Shi Qing Bian*, Volume 2.，For those who cannot stop eating yet still feel hungry easily—a condition resembling “central wasting” (zhongxiao).

Qingyuan Powder，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，Hemorrhoids with bleeding. Excessive alcohol consumption causes heat to accumulate in the rectum without immediate release, leading to the formation of small, persistent hemorrhoids. Over time, the skin ruptures and blood flows out; during bowel movements, a small amount of blood is expelled first, followed by stool.

Licorice and Platycodon Toxin-Resolving Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，In the early stages of smallpox, if proper regulation is neglected, it leads to the accumulation of toxic heat, causing sores to form on the throat and tongue; furthermore, if detoxification is neglected, the sores become dense, causing the patient to choke when drinking water … Read more

Wu Bei San，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 12; the name appears in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 300.，For ingrown nails.

Chuáncháng Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，Constipation lasting 7–8 days, with no relief from other medications.

Xinghuang Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 14.，Heart Wind.

Yirong Decoction，*The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 3.，For rashes that appear all over the body with a white, brocade-like pattern.

Toxic Abscess Ointment，*The Heart Book of Pi Yu*, Volume 5.，Redness and swelling near the ear caused by heat-toxin.

Pregnancy-Preserving and Vitality-Nourishing Decoction，From *The Zheng Family’s Inherited Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 3.，Prenatal Pills.

Nourish Blood and Strengthen the Root Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 3.，For chronic, long-standing illness characterized by emaciation, parched and withered hair and skin, a large, forceful, and taut pulse, persistent abdominal pain, and reduced appetite.

Eight-Ingredient Aster Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Toddlers*, cited in Volume 16 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For children with counterflow qi and wheezing, or chronic cough damaging the lungs.

Deer Antler Powder Formula，*Shenghui*, Volume 44.，For lower back pain, frequent urination at night, and chronic cold in the bladder.

Tea-Wax Pills，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，For various ulcers after they have ruptured.

Imperial Secret Formula: Two-Yellow Ointment，From *Collection of Ointment Formulas*.，For wounds from beatings where the flesh has become rotten and decayed.

White Dragon Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For men with seminal emission and women with erotic dreams, as well as spontaneous sweating and night sweats.

Coal-Red Ointment，*Integrative Chinese and Western Dermatology*.，Psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis.

Regulating and Tonifying Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Severe leprosy.