Zongzu Decoction

Huangchui Powder，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For swelling, pain, and ulceration of the throat; mouth sores; and a cracked tongue.

Eye-Brightening Decoction，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For children with internal heat in the heart and spleen, and the liver affected by wind-pathogen, resulting in photophobia that persists for a long time without healing.

Rat-Tubercle and Trichosanthes Pill，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，For scrofula that has already ulcerated or has not yet ulcerated.

First Diuretic Pill，Volume 14 of *The Three Causes*.，For edema.

Effective Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Mucosal erosion in the mouth.

Scutellaria and Ginseng Decoction，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of typhoid fever following vomiting or purgation, with internal and external heat, restlessness, thirst, and agitation.

Juejing Decoction，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，A woman aged 23–24 experienced postmenstrual hot flashes; after mistakenly consuming raw and cold foods, phlegm and fluid accumulated, causing distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen. Qi rose to the diaphragm, resulting in loss of appetite and the formation of a mass with a membrane in the abdomen.

Bone-Healing Paste，Quoted from *Secret Formulas Based on Experience* in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 194.，For cold-induced dampness, contusions and injuries, and pain in tendons and bones.

Qi-Nourishing and Spleen-Tonifying Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.，Alcohol toxicity has damaged the lungs, causing bloody stools from the large intestine; appetite has decreased, and the patient has gradually become emaciated; the lower abdomen is red and swollen, with hard lumps.

Ginger and Coptis Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 340.，Diarrhea occurring before childbirth.

Heat-Clearing and Yin-Nourishing Herbal Tea，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Deer Soup，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，The meat from the head treats restlessness and frequent dreaming; the hooves treat soreness in the feet and knees; and the blood treats pulmonary atrophy with hemoptysis, as well as metrorrhagia and leukorrhea.

Zhongge Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.，Abdominal distension caused by water-based witchcraft.

Great Gan Sui Pills，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic dysentery with retained fluid and dysentery-associated thirst.

Vinegar-Treat-Soft-Shell-Turtle Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For masses and lumps.

Zouma Duoming Powder，*The Yongle Dadian*, Volume 978, citing *Zhang’s Family Tradition*.，For acute and chronic convulsions and tetanus in children, and for adults suffering from stroke with loss of speech.

Pine Resin-Infused Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For severe leprosy with intense skin itching; when scratched, the skin flakes off like bran, and the eyebrows and beard fall out.

Chicken Heart and Sour Jujube Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 37 of *Wai Tai*.，Take this decoction when there is excessive yang after stone removal, fever due to kidney deficiency, prolonged fasting, empty heat in the stomach, uncontrollable appetite, qi entering the hundred vessels, or severe heart deficiency causing mental instability.

Apricot and Perilla Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 53.，For children with a common cold presenting fever, aversion to cold, headache with sweating, sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, hoarseness, occasional coughing, and a floating and slow pulse.

Single-Ingredient Tingli Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 61); name cited in *Dexiao* (Vol. 5).，For lung abscesses accompanied by coughing up pus and blood, shortness of breath, and an inability to sleep.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Indicated for cases where wind symptoms predominate over heat—characterized by mild pain and severe itching, with swelling more pronounced than redness—and accompanied by alternating chills and fever, headache, and a floating, rapid pulse.

Yehui Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 8.，For carbuncle toxicity.

Nasal-Inhalation Cinnamon and Asarum Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，Headaches caused by cerebral wind.

Rhinoceros Horn Detoxification Pills，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，For all residual toxic-heat syndromes following a rash.

Doctor’s Wine，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，Pain in the lower back and legs so severe that one cannot bear weight on the ground; stroke-induced facial paralysis; and gout affecting the joints.