Zhuge’s Dry Rations

Cheek-Relaxing Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For stroke-induced lockjaw, stroke in women occurring while washing their hair resulting in clenched jaws, and acute or chronic convulsions in children.

Modified Hei Xi Dan，From *De Xiao*, Volume 3.，For deficiency of the lower jiao, failure of yin and yang to rise and fall properly, heat above and cold below, dizziness and blurred vision, with the condition having reached a critical stage; or for cases where taking warming medications has caused the symptoms to worsen.

Lung-Spleen Dual-Resolving Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，When the qi of the Lung and Spleen is deficient, a person may suffer from persistent coughing, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Ginseng and Schizonepeta Decoction，*Bo Ji*, Volume 4.，For women suffering from blood-wind and fatigue-induced qi deficiency, characterized by stabbing pain, weakness in the limbs, loss of appetite, frequent fatigue, jaundice, and emaciation, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, irregular menstruation, and frequent palpitations; and for men with wind-fatigue disorders.

Seven Whites Powder，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 2.，Face (dark and dry) (dark and rough), sores on the face.

Palm Seed Powder，*Secret Manual of Gynecology by the Song Family*.，

Milk-Inducing Yongquan Ointment，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For women experiencing insufficient lactation after childbirth, deficiency of qi and blood, and blocked meridians.

Tissue-Regenerating Taiyi Ointment，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，This formula neutralizes the toxicity of open sores.

Cimicifuga and Gardenia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，For excessive heat in the stomach.

Purslane Powder for Removing Corneal Opacities，*Compendium of Ophthalmology*, Volume 5.，External eye disorders caused by dust entering the eye.

Yimu Pill，From *Guan Jian Liang Fang*, cited in Volume 224 of *Yi Fang Lei Ju*.，For pain during pregnancy before full term, as if about to give birth; difficult labor; and fetal restlessness. For fetal restlessness during pregnancy, and unbearable pain in the lower abdomen after childbirth.

Agarwood Ruyi Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 222.，Pain in the navel and abdomen, frequent urination, and erectile dysfunction.

Black-and-White Formula，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 108.，

White Poplar Bark Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 6; name cited in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Qianjin), Volume 6.，Darkening of the face, hands, and feet.

Wei Tie Pills，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.，For bloating.

Nourishing and Tonifying Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For all types of scrofula caused by emotional distress, deficiency of qi and blood, emaciation, tidal fevers, coughing, and hard, swollen, painful lumps—regardless of whether the condition is acute or chronic—provided the lesions have not yet ruptured.

Fritillaria and Angelica Decoction for Internal Dispersion，From *Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 8.，Mastitis.

Chenfu Ointment，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For men with depleted vital energy, emaciated physique, and weakened constitution, who are gradually developing consumption and are near death.

Great Jade Beauty Pill，From *Chuanyaya Waibian*, Volume 3.，For freckles and scrofula.

Gua Shuang Powder，From *Essentials for the Rapid Treatment of Epidemic Diphtheria*.，For diphtheria, pharyngitis, and all forms of throat inflammation, as well as redness and swelling of the throat. For dental abscesses, tooth boils, toothaches caused by wind-heat, and swelling and pain at the tooth roots. For various conditions involving tongue pain.

Modified Xiao Qinglong Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For chronic cold-induced asthma, wheezing, and cough.

Eight-Ingredient Eye Remedy，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Tianjin Formula).，For sudden onset of “fire eye,” characterized by swelling and pain in both eyes, cloudiness or opacity obscuring vision, pterygium invading the cornea, photophobia, and redness and erosion around the eyes.

Qi Ai Decoction，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Thunderhead Wind, cataracts.

Clove and Aconite Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach with unceasing vomiting.

Internal Tonifying and Calming Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Various swellings and toxic sores; mental confusion; inability to sleep soundly.