Zhongming Ointment

Formula for Diabetes，From *Shíbiàn Liángfāng*, cited in Volume 177 of *Pǔjì Fāng*.，For diabetes.

Cangqi Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For all cases of phlegm accumulation causing unbearable chest pain.

Northern Mugwort Decoction，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.，For abscesses and carbuncles where the wound is cold and stagnant, with scant pus and blood, pale flesh, and prolonged failure to heal.

Jade Plate Powder，*Bai Yi*, Volume 9.，For wind-induced pain and headaches.

Gui Chang Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Fire in the large intestine forces the rectum outward; the patient does not pass stool but experiences rectal prolapse accompanied by extreme pain.

Stone Min Hermit’s Sweet Dew Rice，Quoted from *Chuanxin Fang* in Volume 3 of *Zhenglei Bencao*.，

Three-Yellow Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shenghui*, Volume 9.，On the fifth day of a cold-induced fever, with a burning sensation in the mouth, a dry tongue, headache, and aching in the shins.

Enhanced Decoction for Clearing the Nutritive Level，From *Haojing Zhizhi*, Volume 2.，A warm pathogen invades the Stomach, causing heat to rise to the pericardium; the tongue is red and dry, the patient experiences thirst and parched lips, the pulse is rapid, and there may be mental confusion and delirium.

Dou-Gui Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.，For chronic malaria.

Pinellia and Poria Decoction with Cloves，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 41.，For those with latent fluid retention due to deficiency.

Dried Fat Ointment，From *Songfeng on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For epidemic fever with a swollen, painful, and constricted throat.

Herbal Tea Formula to Clear Heat and Resolve Dampness，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Aged Citron Powder，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Stomach pain.

Ginger and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 190.，For hematemesis.

Anlao Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Excessive uterine bleeding.

Chickenpox Decoction，*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Early stage of chickenpox, with fever and mild itching.

Three-Bean Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 63.，For use before the smallpox rash appears.

Angelica and Lily Powder，*Pian Yu Xin Shu*, Volume 5.，After a child has suffered from convulsions, wind travels with the qi, blood is driven by the qi, and toxic qi accumulates in the skin, manifesting as swollen abscesses—often on the cheeks or behind the ears—forming boils or carbuncles; this is called “toxic wind.”

Shi Junzi and Rehmannia Pill，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.，For kidney wasting disease, bone wasting disease, brain wasting disease, and spinal wasting disease—characterized by fever in the brain, emaciation, cold hands and feet, intermittent chills and fever, loose stools with abdominal pain, tooth sores, skin sores, and a gaunt, dark complexion.

Xianlingpi Powder，*New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 18, citing *Tan’s Extraordinary Sacred Treatise*.，For sores or rashes affecting the eyes; food poisoning causing protrusion of the eyeball.

Rhubarb Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 118.，Tight lips.

Sugar Formula，*Zhun Sheng: Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 4.，For ingrown toenails.

Qi-Nourishing and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum deficiency of qi and blood, invaded by wind and cold, which accumulates in the zang-fu organs and causes pathological masses.

Yichun Pills，*Record of Benevolent Insights on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.，Do not administer if the smallpox pustules have sunken and are not filled with fluid.

Lettuce Powder，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 27; name cited in *Collection of Immortal Remedies* (Xian Nian Ji), Volume 3.，For lack of breast milk and injuries from falls or blows.