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Treats edema.
Xuan Mugua Gan (Dried Fruit of Chaenomeles Speciosa, four liang; if damp, use one fresh fruit sliced, boiled in child's urine and prepared wine, each one sheng, until soft, then strained for juice) Renshen (Ginseng Radix, one liang) Dadou (Soybean, boiled, peeled, dried, ten liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix, half liang) Yinzhu (Realgar, two qian)
The above are ground into fine powder, mixed thoroughly with Yinzhu, and formed into pills using the Xuan Mugua paste, sized like wutong seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, washed down with rice soup.

Treats edema accompanied by asthma and chest fullness, with difficult urination.
Huashi (Talcum) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Heiqianniu (Pharbitidis Semen, stir-fried) Tongtuomu (Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba) Fuling (Poria) Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, woody parts removed) Banxia (Pinelliae Tuber, scalded to remove slipperiness) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, each one fen) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, half fen) Qumai Sui (Dianthi Herba) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos, each half qian)
The above are ground into powder. Formed into pills using wine paste, sized like wutong seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, taken warm with a decoction of Dengxincao (Junci Medullae) and Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix).

Treats water qi causing edema, wheezing and calling, inability to sleep, irritability and fever, thirst and dryness, and difficulty in both urination and defecation.
Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, steamed with honey) Shanzhi (Gardeniae Fructus, stir-fried) Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) Gange (Puerariae Radix) Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, nodes removed and scalded) Mayaxiao (Natrii Sulfas) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma, equal parts)
The above are ground into extremely fine powder. Mix with honey water and take two qian per dose.

Treats water qi causing edema; suitable for all regardless of duration or age, provided salt is strictly forbidden, it will be effective.
Zaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen) Chi Fuling (Red Poria) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex, equal parts)
The above are ground into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with rice drink.

Treats the ten types of swelling and water qi. For any case of swollen feet and knees, upper body asthma and fullness, or difficult urination, this formula treats all conditions caused by water qi.
Shehuang (Calamine, three liang for large pieces: place in a new iron pot, heat in charcoal fire until the calamine and pot are equally red-hot, remove pot with tongs, pour calamine into two sheng of strong vinegar, cool, remove, and grind until extremely fine and silent—this is called "Han Shi") Yuyuliang (Haematitum, three liang: mix with five liang of Zhenzhensha, wash clean with water and drain, stir-fry in a pot until dry, add Yuyuliang, boil together in two sheng of rice vinegar until dry, then place pot and medicine in charcoal fire until red-hot, pour onto clean brick ground, cool, and grind until no sound is produced)
These three substances form the main ingredients. Subsequently, add the following herbs according to the patient's deficiency or excess. Treating water qi usually involves purgative methods, but these three main ingredients in this formula are not comparable to Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix), Gansui (Kansui Radix), or Yuanhua (Genkwa Flos); furthermore, the following herbs support healthy qi, making it safe for frail elderly patients.
Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, baked) Fuling (Poria) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma) Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, soaked in wine) Baidoukou (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, processed) Tuhuixiang (Foeniculi Fructus, stir-fried) Pengzhu (Curcumae Rhizoma, processed) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed) Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, pith removed) Jingsanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, processed) Baijili (Tribuli Fructus) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix) Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, soaked in wine overnight, each half liang; frail/elderly use full half liang, robust persons reduce dosage)
Grind the above into fine powder, mix thoroughly. Use a steamed dough cake soaked in hot water, wrung out to remove moisture, to bind the powder. Pound again until extremely uniform, and form into pills sized like wutong seeds. Take thirty to fifty pills before meals, washed down with warm wine or plain water. Salt must be strictly forbidden, even a trace amount cannot enter the mouth; if flavor is lacking, after the water disease subsides, a little vinegar can be used for seasoning. If one cannot abstain from salt, do not take this; if one truly wishes to cure the disease, strict salt abstinence is essential. Upon taking the medicine, water dampness will quickly exit through urination without damaging the zang-fu organs. After the illness resolves, take three times daily, assisted by mild herbs that tonify qi and blood. This is truly a miraculous formula.