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Treating rheumatism and wind-dampness interacting with each other, causing severe body pain and pulling pain, inability to flex or extend limbs, sweating with shortness of breath, difficulty in urination, aversion to wind with reluctance to remove clothes, or slight swelling of the body.

Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) ingredients: Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus, peeled, 4 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, peeled, and navel removed, 3 liang each), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 3 liang).
The above herbs are cut into pieces for decoction. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, five slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and two Zao (Jujubae Fructus). Decoct until three-tenths remain, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach. If constipation occurs, remove Guizhi; if there is difficulty in urination and palpitations, add Fuling (Poria, 3 liang); if bi-syndrome (obstruction syndrome) is present, add Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 4 liang); if abdominal pain occurs, add Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 4 liang).

When the patient sweats and feels heavy, has aversion to wind, asthma and chest fullness, internal disharmony in the abdomen, qi rushing upward from below, coldness and numbness extending from the umbilicus to the feet, inability to flex or extend independently, severe bone joint pain that intensifies upon touch, and sensations like insects crawling under the skin, this is caused by exposure to wind, dampness, and cold mixed together.

Treating injury from wind, dampness, and cold, with a floating, tight, and fine pulse, heaviness of the body, sweating, and aversion to wind. Also treats Fengshui (wind-water edema) with a floating pulse, heaviness of the body, and no thirst.
Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 4 liang), Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 5 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 2 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 3 liang).
The above herbs are cut into pieces for decoction. Take five qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, five slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and two Zao (Jujubae Fructus). Decoct until three-tenths remain, strain, and take on an empty stomach. For asthma, add Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba); for stomach disharmony, add Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba); for qi rushing upward, add Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus); for chronic cold below, add Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma). After taking the medicine, one should feel as if insects are crawling under the skin, with fluid sensation below the waist. Then sit on a quilt, wrap another quilt around the waist to warm the lower part, and allow slight sweating for recovery.

When the patient is irritable and thirsty, desiring to drink, suffers from cold pain and restlessness in the heart and abdomen, dry mouth, dirty complexion, aversion to cold and wind, hunger but inability to eat, dizziness, vomiting, and hiccups, this is caused by latent summerheat complicated by wind-dampness. Treatment varies according to specific methods.

Treating latent summerheat complicated by wind-dampness, presenting with irritability, thirst, desire to drink, heart and abdominal pain, restlessness, dry mouth, dirty complexion, shivering aversion to cold, chilly aversion to wind, slight sweating, hunger but inability to eat.
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Gange (Puerariae Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried), Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Wumei (Mume Fructus), Jingchi (Sojae Semen Praeparatum).
The above herbs are divided equally and ground into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with warm water.