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Treats wind-toxin invading the Stomach and the meridians of the Heart and Kidneys, attacking and flowing into all joints causing pain, deficiency swelling of the head and eyes, difficulty in expectorating phlegm-saliva, downward flow to the waist and legs causing weakness and sores; women's blood-wind disease, men's gan-feng (a disease characterized by damp-heat and itching in the genital area), and rheumatic hong-kang-jiao (podagra/swollen feet), attacking the skin causing itching and urticaria (wind wheals), as well as lateral or frontal headaches.

Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, washed, stir-baked with ash until cracked, peel and tip removed) 4 liang, Caowu (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix, soaked in water for three days, washed and peeled, same amount 4 liang), Jingjie Sui (Perillae Folium, seed heads) 8 liang, Gan Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) 5 liang, Du Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, soaked in water for three days, sun-dried, 1 jin, sliced).

Grind the above ingredients into powder, make pills with vinegar paste, size of wutong seeds. Take 30 pills with clear tea. This formula is similar to the Modified Wu-Jing Pill in the Urticaria section, but differs only by the inclusion of Caowu and different processing methods.

Yangti Gen (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, fresh sliced, 1 liang), Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 1 fen), Fan (Alum, 0.5 qian), Liu Huang (Sulfur, 1 qian), Caowu (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix, 1 piece).

Soak the above ingredients in rice washing water overnight, grind extremely fine, mix with strong vinegar. When bathing, scratch the sores open, apply the paste, after a short while wash off with warm water. Extremely effective.

Treats all kinds of malignant sores, regardless of dryness or dampness, pain or itching, long-standing duration, unresponsive to hundreds of medicines.

Yang Shi (Ovis Aries Excrement, any amount).

Cover the material between two tiles, burn with firewood until smoke ceases, grind into powder, mix with sesame oil for external application. If itching, add a small amount of Qing Fen (Calomel); if painful, add a small amount of She Xiang (Moschus). Divine efficacy. Another method uses Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) and Qing Fen, most effective for killing parasites.

Men's essence and blood are disordered, externally attacked by wind-cold, leading to dampness and itching in the genital area, incessant scratching, flowing down to the legs, generating sores everywhere. This disease is named Gan Feng. The so-called kidney wind recognized by the world is actually a misidentification of Gan Feng as belonging to the Kidney. Gan Feng belongs to the Zong Jin (sinews/genitals), connected to the Liver, nourished by the Stomach Yangming channel. Yangming governs muscles, flows along the meridians into the four limbs, thus causing sores in the limbs. This is precisely what is called Gan Feng, not kidney wind.

Treats Gan Feng attacking upward and flowing downward, causing tinnitus, itchy eyes, red nose, floating teeth sensation; or forming mouth ulcers, flowing downward causing genital dampness, limb itching, body-wide sores; and women's blood-wind disease.

Bai Fu Zi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Sha Yuan Ji Li (Astragali Complanati Semen), Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix) (equal parts).

Grind the above into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with salt and wine. Some people split pig kidneys, insert salt and sprinkle medicine inside, roast and take, which is also good. Gan Feng belongs to the Zong Jin, nourished by the Stomach Yangming channel, hence these symptoms occur.