Zici Decoction

Substitute for Diding Pills，*Treatise on Cold and Heat Disorders*, Volume 4.，The Taiyang exterior syndrome persists, accompanied by phlegm-heat within the meridians; the pulse is faint and deep, yet there is no chest constriction. The patient exhibits mania due to heat in the lower jiao; the lower abdomen should be hard and distended, and urination is … Read more

Changchun Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 72), citing *Essentials for Daily Life*.，

White Tiger Decoction to Relieve Stagnation，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Pathogenic fire obstructs the orifices through which the spirit enters and exits, causing unconsciousness and inability to recognize people, delirium and mania, severe fever and restlessness, intense thirst and profuse sweating, dry and hard stools, and red, scanty, and painful urination.

Milk-Inducing Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，Blocked lactation.

Sweat-Suppressing Pills，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，Excess kidney fire and deficiency of kidney yin cause sweating on the crown of the head; using only sweat-stopping herbs may lead to blurred vision and ear pain.

Soul-Clearing Powder，*Essentials of Danxi’s Therapeutic Methods*, Volume 7.，Postpartum blood-induced fainting.

Naozi Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 9.，For children with a persistent cough due to a cold, accompanied by difficulty swallowing.

Decoction to Disperse Heat and Eliminate Mania，From *Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，In women with “flower-induced epilepsy,” sudden epileptic episodes occur; upon seeing a man, they cling to him and refuse to let go. This stems from an unfulfilled longing for a man. The illness strikes suddenly like a violent storm or torrential … Read more

Scorpion and Aconite Decoction，From Volume 10 of *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, citing a formula by Tang.，Convulsions. Twitching of the hands and feet, with excessive saliva rising and accumulating.

Dampness-Eliminating Pill，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 7.，For various forms of dampness invading the body, causing heaviness and pain in the lower back and knees, swelling of the lower legs, tightness of tendons and vessels, stagnation of body fluids, difficulty with bowel movements and urination, red hives, boils and abscesses on the back, scabies and tinea spreading rapidly, … Read more

Western Ten Treasures Powder，From *The Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Formulas: Newly Added Secret Formulas from Ma’s Clinical Trials*.，Traumatic injuries and lacerations.

Water Hernia Decoction，From *Yidi*, Volume 6.，Hydrocele. Swelling and pain in the scrotum, with occasional sweating in the genital area; the scrotum may be swollen and clear as crystal, or it may itch and ooze yellow fluid; pressing on the lower abdomen may produce a gurgling sound; one testicle may gradually enlarge, or one may gradually … Read more

Miraculous Efficacy Washing Powder，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and boils that have ulcerated and emit a foul odor.

Peony Powder，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 30 of *You You Xin Shu*.，For children whose urination and defecation remain obstructed despite medication.

Pills for Sucking，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For mouth sores that have not healed for a long time, as well as swelling and pain in the mouth and tongue.

Flour Ointment，*Qian Jin*, Volume 6.，

Formula for Boiling Cinnabar，*The Authentic Transmission of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 7.，For smallpox with fever or red spots.

Huanglian Xingren Decoction，*A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 10.，When children are afflicted by pathogenic heat, leading to measles or smallpox, the rash gradually appears, accompanied by coughing, restlessness, hiccups with clear fluid, red eyes, sores in the throat, mouth, and tongue, and diarrhea. For measles where the rash turns black.

Decoction for Dispelling Heat，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Edematous leg syndrome caused by heat stagnating within the muscles.

Ginseng Qi-Regulating Powder，*Jufang* (Official Formulary), Volume 2 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).，Wind-deficiency and qi weakness; disharmony of the nutritive and defensive qi; pain in the limbs and joints; heaviness of the body; dizziness and vertigo; stiffness in the shoulders and back; coldness and numbness in the hands and feet; hemiplegia; deviation of the mouth and … Read more

Heat-Clearing Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Indicated for excessive heat in the stomach, headache, inability to sweat, and dry mouth.

Drying Medicated Paste，From *Zhao Bingnan’s Collection of Clinical Experience*.，For sinus tracts and fistulas associated with both yin and yang syndromes, where the wound is clean and approaching healing, and the granulation tissue is healthy or shows mild edema.

Chaihu Qinggan Powder，*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 21.，For liver fire injuring the nutritive blood, accompanied by epistaxis and tinnitus, with a string-like and rapid pulse.

Decoction for Tonifying Qi and Clearing Dysentery，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，For qi deficiency with sinking, chronic dysentery that does not resolve, mild abdominal pain, prolapse of the anus, aversion to cold due to deficiency-cold, loss of central qi, and a appearance of impending collapse.

Heavy Formula for Eliminating Jaundice Decoction，Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Hepatitis.