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Treats deficiency-cold of the right kidney (Right Kidney), frequent urination, pulling pain in the waist and hypochondrium, shortness of breath with cough and rebellious qi, vexatious pain in the four limbs, tinnitus, black complexion, heat between the bones, nocturnal emission with white turbidity, dizziness, and general exhaustion due to various deficiencies.
Lu Rong (Deer Antler Velvet) [prepared with butter, roasted until hair is removed] Bajitian (Morinda officinalis Root) [heart removed] Shu Dihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) [soaked in wine] Gouqizi (Goji Berry) Congrong (Cistanche Stem) [soaked in wine] Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) [soaked in wine] Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root) [roasted, skin and umbilicus removed] Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Bark) [not baked] Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit) Baishao (White Peony Root) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) [forks removed] Gancao (Licorice Root) [roasted, equal parts of each].
Crush into a powder. Take four qian per dose, with one and a half bowls of water, five slices of ginger, and a little salt. Decoct to seven-tenths volume, strain, and take before meals.

Treats deficiency-cold of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner), shortness of breath that cannot be sustained, abdominal discomfort preventing eating, followed immediately by diarrhea, red and turbid urine, involuntary seminal emission, soreness and pain in the calves, and fullness and distension in the lower abdomen.
Shu Dihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) Bajitian (Morinda officinalis Root) [heart removed] Longgu (Fossilized Bones) [each two liang and half] Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) [heart removed, stir-fried] Fuling (Poria) [each three liang] Tianxiong (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root) [roasted, skin and umbilicus removed] Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit) Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome) [each three liang and half] Congrong (Cistanche Stem) [soaked in wine] Xuduan (Dipsacus Root) [each four liang] Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit) [lightly stir-fried] Tusizi (Cuscuta Seed) [soaked in wine, each four liang and half].
Grind into a fine powder. Take two qianbi per dose, mixed with warm wine. The Sanjiao (Triple Burner) belongs to the Jing Fu (Essence Bowel), storing essence to nourish the body, and is connected to the Heart, Spleen, and Kidney meridians. People often contract this illness by engaging in sexual intercourse when the Heart is deficient after overeating or drinking; thus, caution is the proper approach.

The ancients stated that the left kidney is the Kidney organ, with its paired fu organ being the Bladder; the right kidney is the Mingmen (Gate of Life), with its paired fu organ being the Sanjiao (Triple Burner). The Sanjiao has a fatty membrane roughly the size of a hand, directly opposite the Bladder, with two white vessels emerging from the center, flanking the spine and penetrating upwards to the brain. Therefore, the Classics state: "Men store essence, women connect to the uterus." Reasoning from principles, the Sanjiao should be as described above, having form and being visible. Bian Que, however, claimed: "The Sanjiao has position but no form." His intent was that the Upper and Middle Jiao are like fermentation and mist, while the Lower Jiao is like a ditch, which cannot be fully seen, hence "position without form." Wang Shuhe and others misunderstood this intent, hastily stating it has no shape and is merely an empty name, causing later generations to perpetuate this error. Moreover, names designate realities; without reality, what is there to name? If it were truly formless, how could it store essence and connect to the uterus? So, what is this so-called Sanjiao? The Upper Jiao is at Danzhong (Conception Vessel 17), internally corresponding to the Heart; the Middle Jiao is at Zhongwan (Conception Vessel 12), internally corresponding to the Spleen; the Lower Jiao is below the navel, i.e., the moving qi between the kidneys, distributed throughout the body, differing in upper, middle, and lower aspects. When a person is tranquil and desires do not arise, essence and qi scatter within the Sanjiao, flourishing the hundred vessels; once thoughts arise and desire-fire blazes, the essence and qi of the Sanjiao are gathered and overflow, flowing out through the Mingmen, hence this fu organ is called the Sanjiao. Scholars who fail to comprehend this deserve deep sighs.