Zhimu Mangxiao Decoction

Realgar and Oyster Shell Powder，From *The Golden Mirror of Medical Orthodoxy*, Volume 68.，Venom from a sky snake. Initial symptoms include diffuse swelling without a defined center, a reddish color, and pain as if being scorched by fire.

Qi-Regulating Fragrant Perilla Decoction，*Wind-Consumption and Ascites*，In cases of edema caused by Qi stagnation, the pulse is deep and hidden, or there may be abdominal distension and shortness of breath.

Rabbit Head Powder，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 133.，Lunar eclipse, lower abdominal dampness (hidden parasites).

Raw Rhino Horn and Perilla Leaf Pills，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 16.，For wind-obstruction, headache, and dizziness.

Decoction for Eliminating Lochia and Clearing the Heart，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，After childbirth, if lochia has not yet been expelled, and the woman cannot sit for long periods or lies flat too soon, stagnant blood may surge to the heart, causing dizziness, mental confusion, and an inability to speak—a condition of extreme danger.

Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Dispelling Summer-Heat，*Guide to Autumn Malaria*, Volume 1.，Wind-malaria complicated by summer-heat malaria. Alternating chills and fever, headache, thirst, dark urine, scorched-yellow tongue coating, and in severe cases, delirium; pulse is floating, slippery, and rapid.

Decoction for Transforming Sweat into Fluids，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，In cases of extreme heat in the small intestine, where sweat pours from the upper chest like rain, yet there is no sweating in the limbs or elsewhere.

Gui Rong Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For depletion of essence and blood, a sallow-black complexion, deafness and dim vision, dry mouth and excessive thirst, lower back pain and weak legs, cloudy white urine, dryness above and cold below, and inability to tolerate potent tonics.

Lip Balm，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 175.，For infants under 100 days old with a cough.

Wuyun Ointment，*Jin Jian*, Volume 64.，For rat sores, horse-sword sores, and scrofula that have already ulcerated.

Kidney-Warming Decoction，Formula cited from Huang Jinfang in *Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Symptoms, Causes, and Formulas*, Volume 3.，Spring fever, with a burning sensation throughout the body and a thirst for cold drinks, caused by summer heat disturbing the internal qi.

Shangqing Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Pathogenic heat in the Qi aspect of the Upper Jiao, manifesting as thirst and scanty, difficult urination.

Depressing-Qi-Relieving Paulownia Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Stagnant Fire. When desires go unfulfilled, extreme stagnation gives rise to fire, leading to restlessness, mental agitation, body heat, and irritability.

Clear Wind Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，Due to wind-heat and blood-dryness in the Liver Meridian, a sore develops on the inner thigh, constricting to the size of a bean, with a piece of flesh protruding outward, resembling a mushroom.

Yi’er Pills，From *Ji’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 25 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For all cases of wasting disease, excessive night sweats, and feverishness.

Great Eight-Treasure Pill，*Collected Works on Surgery*, Volume 1.，Apply after the necrotic tissue in the ulcer has been completely removed.

Zelanzi Decoction，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.，Symptoms include abdominal pain with cramping, spasmodic pain in both flanks, chronic cough, alternating chills and fever in the limbs, reddish-yellow urine, drowsiness after drinking alcohol, chronic diarrhea with dilated blood vessels, numbness due to blood stasis, nocturnal emissions upon waking, dry lips and mouth, and sudden shortness of breath.

Poria and Zhengqi Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 70), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For headaches.

White Chicken Soup，Formula from *Elbow-Back Formulas* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 188).，For severe ascites.

Four-Fold Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，

Soap Alum Pills，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For all types of five-colored carbuncles: in the early stages, when a small white head has formed, accompanied by itching or numbness, aversion to cold, and fever; or when the carbuncle’s toxicity spreads, causing yellow discoloration, blackening, sunken skin, confusion, and vomiting.

Red Satin Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，For men with cold semen, impotence, leukorrhea, and nocturnal emissions; for women with a cold and deficient uterus and red or white vaginal discharge. Also treats cold-induced diarrhea.

Xing-Shu Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，Tea-induced stagnation. Caused by a compulsive habit of drinking tea or a fondness for eating dried tea leaves, resulting in stagnation; characterized by a sallow complexion and a chest that alternates between feeling empty and distended.

Bi Xiang Dan，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 10.，For children who, after vomiting and diarrhea, experience unrelenting thirst and inability to sleep; in severe cases, this may develop into malnutrition.

Zhihe Decoction，From *Treatise on Cholera*, Volume 4.，Used when body fluids have not been replenished after cholera, presenting with a dry throat and tongue, scanty urine, and loose stools.