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Treats deficiency of the Liver and Kidney, invaded by Wind-Cold-Damp-Toxic pathogens, which flow and accumulate in the legs and knees, causing joint pain that feels like being pierced by awls and knives, a suffering indescribable in words.

Da Wutou (Ten pieces, those with regular shape, crushed, placed in a paper bag, covered and supported by one dou of black soybeans, steamed for one day, then taken out, discard the beans, remove skin and tip) Niuxi (Two liang, remove rhizome and pith, dry).

The above two herbs must not come into contact with copper, iron utensils, fire, or sunlight. Crush Niuxi in a wooden mortar, place together in a stone mill to grind into powder. Form pills with wine paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take forty pills per dose. Use one bottle of pure wine (without dregs), one medium-sized papaya, sliced, placed in the bottle, simmered until the papaya is soft and rotten. Take this wine to swallow the pills, at any time. However, Liver Qi dislikes iron; avoiding it is reasonable; but avoiding fire and sun is an arbitrary taboo by busybodies. For instance, when harvesting Wutou and Niuxi, are they always dried in the shade?

Treats Hongjiao (Gout/Lower limb swelling and pain) attacking upwards, connecting Heart and Kidney, with dull pain in the soles of the feet, insensitivity in the lower abdomen, irritability and thirst, urination either obstructed or free, joint spasms, bi-syndrome pain. The effect is miraculous and cannot be fully described.

Congrong (Soaked in wine) Shihu (Soaked in wine) Gouji (Fire-deprived of hair) Bixie Fuling Niuxi (Soaked in wine) Dixianszi Yuanzhi (Remove heart, stir-fried, each one liang) Shudihuang (Three liang) Duzhong (Remove bark, cut and stir-fried, three liang).

Grind the above into powder, form pills with honey, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, with warm wine or salt water as desired.

Treats body weakness invaded by Wind-Damp-Cold, where the four qi (pathogens) clash, leading to hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness of hands and feet, vexing pain in bone joints, edema of calves, aversion to cold and fever, gradually developing into Hongjiao, insufficiency of Liver and Kidney, spasms and tightness of four limbs, pathogenic factors attacking throughout the body; or sprains and falls causing internal injury to sinews and bones; and internal clashing of Wind pathogens; male hernia; female irregular menstruation. Regular consumption invigorates blood, stops pain, tonifies deficiency, and strengthens sinews and bones.

Weilingxian (Remove rhizome, wash) Wuyao (Remove woody core) Huixiang (Stir-fried) Chuanlianzi (Cut and stir-fried) Qianniuzi (Stir-fried) Jupi (Remove white pith) Bixie Fangfeng (Each two liang) Wulingzhi Ruxiang (Each half liang) Caowu (Boil with one yi of black soybeans, cut with a bamboo knife until black penetrates through, remove skin, bake and weigh, half liang).

Grind the above into powder, form pills with wine paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, with salt wine or salt water as desired; for females, take with vinegar decoction, before meals.