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This is Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill) added with Danggui (Angelica sinensis) and Gancao (Licorice), processed into pills the size of millet grains using steamed wheat dumplings, coated with Zhusha (Cinnabar), taken with saliva in doses of 50 pills to treat deficiency heat causing restlessness and insomnia.

This is Sanhuang Tang (Three-Yellow Decoction) added with Ganjie (Gancao and Jiegeng), Chaihu (Bupleurum), Shengma (Cimicifuga), Lianqiao (Forsythia), and Danggui (Angelica sinensis), treating upper jiao heat manifesting as redness, swelling, and pain of the head and eyes, chest and diaphragm oppression, inability to lie down peacefully, with symptoms particularly severe in the lower body and feet, accompanied by slight constipation.

This is Xiexin Tang (Drain the Epigastrium Decoction) added with Maidong (Ophiopogon tuber, 2 liang), hearts removed, ground into powder, formed into honeyed pills, taken after meals with warm water in doses of 30 pills to treat heart meridian heat.

This is Mendong Wan (Ophiopogon Pill) added with Huangbai (Phellodendron bark, 2 liang) and Bingpian (Borneol, 1 qian), ground into powder, formed into honeyed pills, taken before sleep with mint decoction to treat heat conditions.

This is Mendong Wan (Ophiopogon Pill) added with Shuwei Huangqin (Scutellaria root from mouse-tail variety, 3 qian), ground into powder, formed into honeyed pills the size of mung beans, taken with warm water in doses of 20 pills to treat heat in the heart and lungs, and heat during menstruation.

This is Dajinhua Wan (Great Golden Flower Pill) with Huangqin (Scutellaria) and Huangbai (Phellodendron) removed, added with Renshen (Ginseng), Fuling (Poria), and Bingpian (Borneol), formed into honeyed pills the size of guava seeds, coated with Zhusha (Cinnabar), taken after meals with warm water in doses of 5-7 pills, three times daily, to treat deficiency heat, where qi feels like smoke rushing upward through the lungs, wrists, throat, and diaphragm.

This is Sanhuang Tang (Three-Yellow Decoction) with Dahuang (Rhubarb) removed, added with Gegen (Kudzu root) and Gancao (Licorice), treating cases where the Taiyang Guizhi pattern was mistakenly treated with purgatives, resulting in persistent diarrhea, wheezing, and sweating, indicating the exterior pathogen has not been resolved; for those with weak constitution, the bitter cold nature of Huangqin (Scutellaria) and Huanglian (Coptis) is used to strengthen the middle jiao.

This is the ancient formula Sanhuang Tang (Three-Yellow Decoction) added with Shuai Ai (Mugwort leaf), treating hot dysentery occurring four to five days after Shanghan (Cold Damage) due to excessive purging, when other medicines are ineffective.

This is Erhuang Tang (Two-Yellow Decoction) added with Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia), treating children with blood in stool, fever, irritability, abdominal heat pain, thirst, wiry and rapid pulse, or convulsive heat, red and dim eyes, or bleeding.

This is the ancient formula Sanhuang Tang (Three-Yellow Decoction) with Huangqin (Scutellaria) removed, treating jaundice.

This is Jiedu Tang (Detoxification Decoction) with Huanglian (Coptis) and Huangqin (Scutellaria) removed, treating yellowing caused by dry heat. Compound Formula.

This is Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction) combined with Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) added with Xuanshen (Scrophularia). One variation adds Shigao (Gypsum), Mahuang (Ephedra), Douchi (Fermented Soybean), Zhimu (Anemarrhena), and Xuanshen (Scrophularia), treating deep-seated summerheat toxicity manifesting as vexation, thirst, aversion to clothing, constipation, and dark, scanty urination.

This is Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction) combined with Siwu Tang (Four Substance Decoction), treating metrorrhagia (persistent menstrual bleeding).

This is Jiedu Tang (Detoxification Decoction) combined with Shenxiong Daoshui Wan (Shenxiong Water-Guiding Pill), treating various internal and external heat toxins causing carbuncles, sores, ulcers, muscle spasms, teeth grinding, palpitations, and all heat toxin conditions. Shenxiong Daoshui Wan uses equal parts of Dahuang (Rhubarb), Kuqing (Scutellaria), Qianniu (Pharbitis seed), and Huashi (Talc), made into pills with water drops.

This is Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction) added with Yinchen (Artemisia capillaris), Zexie (Alisma), and Fuling (Poria), treating jaundice in adults and children; this medicine restores spleen earth, nourishes kidney water, and descends heart fire.