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Treating Kidney Deficiency Cold, Yin Impotence (erectile dysfunction), pain in the lower back and spine, heaviness of the body with flaccid weakness of the limbs, inability to bear pressure on the feet and waist, turbid voice, and sudden exhaustion of Yang Qi.
Shu Gan Di Huang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix) (one jin), Cong Rong (Cistanche Herba soaked in wine), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix decentered), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix soaked in wine), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus), Ba Ji (Morinda Officinalis Radix decentered), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma roasted, eight liang each), Fu Shen (Poria with Hostwood removed), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparatum roasted, five liang each), Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex peeled, cut, soaked in ginger juice, stir-fried until fibers break, three liang).
Grind the above into powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with warm wine, taken orally two to three times daily on an empty stomach.

Treating Bladder Deficiency Cold, acute tendons in the legs, abdominal pain radiating to the lower back, inability to bend or stretch, deafness, blurred vision (KT KT refers to visual impairment or blindness), feeling as if falling when sitting, frequent urination with leukorrhea, and a face black as charcoal.
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Bai Fu Ling (Poria, one and a half liang each), Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex peeled, cut, soaked in ginger juice, stir-fried until fibers break, three liang), Ci Shi (Magnetitum calcined), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus, three liang each), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Bai Shi Ying (Quartzum Album crushed, two and a half liang each).
Grind the above into a coarse powder. Take four qian per dose, with one and a half cups of water, decoct to seven-tenths, filter the dregs, and take warm on an empty stomach.

Treating Right Kidney Excess Heat, fever, pulling pain between the spine and hypochondrium, cold feet, yellow-red urine resembling Gardeniae and Phellodendri juice, and pain at the glans penis upon the urge to urinate.
Yu Bai Pi (Ulmus Bark), Dong Kui Zi (Abutili Semen, five liang each), Shi Wei (Pyri Lobeliae Folium de-haired, four liang), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla), Qu Mai (Dianthi Herba, three liang each).
Grind the above into a coarse powder. First, decoct several leaves of Che Qian Ye (Plantaginis Leaf) in two cups of water until reduced to one and a half cups, add four qian of the herbal powder, decoct again to seven-tenths, filter the dregs, and take hot.

Treating San Jiao (Triple Burner) Excess Heat, pulling pain at the eye corners, heat in the lower back and hypochondrium, stuffiness and irritability from the back connecting to the Dan Zhong (chest center), undigested food, sweating on the head and face, Guan Ge obstruction (blockage preventing vomiting and defecation), neither able to vomit nor purge; or rebellious Qi that does not subside, uncontrollable postprandial vomiting (Zou Bu), or diarrhea, dysuria with dribbling.
Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex), Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma washed in boiling water seven times), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix de-radiated), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma, five liang each), Fu Ling (Poria), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix decentered), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma roasted), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, one liang each).
Cut the above into pieces for decoction. Take four qian per dose, with two cups of water, five slices of Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Recens Rhizoma), and a piece of Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam like a finger), decoct to seven-tenths, filter the dregs, and take on an empty stomach.