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Zhike Banxia Decoction (Bitter Orange and Pinellia Decoction)
Treats heat in the Upper Jiao (Upper Burner), cough with yellow sputum, chest and epigastric fullness and obstruction of food intake. Add Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix), Tiantingli (Descurainiae Semen Lepidii Semis), Madouling (Aristolochiae Manshuriensis Fructus), and Boheye (Menthae Haplocalycis Folium), each half liang. For each dose, decoct with three slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and three cun of Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex). (See this formula under the category of Phlegm-Fluid Retention.)

Beimu San (Fritillaria Powder)
Treats heat-type cough; symptoms occur at Chen hour (07:00–09:00) and resolve by You hour (17:00–19:00). Also treats phlegm-wheezing.
Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (roasted on a new tile) Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus) (stir-fried with seven grains of Badou (Crotonis Fructus) until slightly hot, then remove Badou and use only Beimu, each one liang)
Crush into coarse powder, decoct together with a piece of Yitang (Saccharum officinarum Maltose) and take orally. Another method: grind Ermu (Zhimu and Beimu) into powder, add a small amount of Badoushuang (Crotonis Fructus Frost), and before going to bed, dip two slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) into the powder and hold it in the mouth.

Ziwan Gao (Asterae Paste)
Treats the same conditions as above.
Pipaye (Eriobotryae Folium) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Kuandonghua (Farfarae Flos) Ziwan (Asterae Radix et Rhizoma) Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) (equal parts) Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (half dosage)
Process according to usual methods into powder, form honey pills the size of a cherry. Hold in the mouth to dissolve after meals and before sleep.

Yuzhi Wan (Jade Pill)
Treats wind-phlegm excess syndrome, dizziness and vertigo of head and eyes, heavy cough sound, and difficulty in throat passage.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (remove rhizome) Ganbohe (Dry Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) Baifuling (Poria) (remove bark) Baijian (Alumen) (calcined) Tiannanxing (Arisaematis Cum Bile Radix) (soaked in rice wash water, roasted. Each three liang) Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma)
Grind into fine powder, make pills the size of a soybean using ginger juice and wheat paste for binding. Take thirty pills per dose after meals, washed down with ginger soup. If phlegm is abundant with dryness-heat, wash down with mint soup.

Jinfei Cao San (Golden Fern Herb Powder)
Treats the same conditions as above. Take three qian per dose, decoct with Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), and Wumei (Mume Fructus), and swallow Banxia Wan (Pinellia Pill) with the decoction. (See this formula under Cold Damage Yang Syndrome and Huanglian Ejiao Wan.)

Huanglian Ejiao Wan (Coptis and Donkey-hide Gelatin Pill)
Treats hemoptysis due to lung heat, and also treats heat-type diarrhea.
Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (cleaned, three liang) Chifuling (Red Poria) (two liang) Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla) (fried, one liang)
Grind Huanglian and Fuling into powder, mix with Ejiao adjusted with water, and form pills the size of a soybean. Take thirty pills per dose after meals, washed down with rice drink. Huanglian and Fuling can suppress... (text cuts off here)

Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction)
Treats lingering cough after recovery, where the body has vexatious heat that is temporarily relieved by drinking cold water. Add Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), Beiwuzi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), and Zaozi (Jujubae Fructus) to decoct, take at any time. If vexatious heat is prominent, add Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix). If there is lethargy and reduced appetite, add Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) to decoct. (See this formula under Cold Damage Yang Syndrome category.)

Xixin San (Heart-Washing Powder)
Treats heart-heat flaring upward affecting the Lung Meridian, fullness and pain in the chest and diaphragm, dry throat and parched mouth, and severe cough. (See this formula under Accumulated Heat category.)