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Jinfei Cao San (Golden Whorlwort Powder)
Treats aggravated chills with fever, aversion to wind with spontaneous sweating, floating pulse at the Cun Kou (inch position), chest and diaphragm fullness and stuffiness, Qi rushing upward to the throat causing dyspnea. No headache, no neck stiffness. (Formula see preceding text.)

Banxia Banxia Tang (Pinellia Half-Size Decoction)
Treats cold phlegm in the diaphragm region.
Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed according to method, sliced thinly and dried by baking) Bai Fu Ling (Poria, 1 liang each) Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger, 1 liang each)
Crush into a powder. Add 2.5 zhan of water, decoct until 1 zhan remains, remove dregs, and take warm small sips before sleep. If there is hot phlegm, add 1 fen of Zhi Gan Cao (Honey-fried Licorice Root).

Gua Di San (Melon Seed Powder)
Treats cold phlegm in the chest; emesis should be induced. Contraindicated for patients with blood loss or deficiency constitution.
Gua Di (Momordicae Fructus, fried until yellow) Chi Xiao Dou (Vigna umbellata seeds, 0.5 liang each)
Grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian bi of powder, combine with 1 he of Chi Dou (Black Soybean/Perilla seed paste usually, here refers to fermented soybean preparation), decoct with 7 he of water, remove dregs, mix powder with juice, and take in one dose. Lie down immediately after swallowing; suppress the urge to vomit initially for better effect.

Xi Xian San (Thin Saliva Powder)
Treats saliva/phlegm accumulation in the chest and diaphragm, causing alternating chills and fever, and reduced appetite.
Zhu Ya Zao Jiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina, 1 liang) Yuan Bai Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 1 liang)
Crush into a powder. Each dose: 3 qian, decoct with 1.5 zhan of water until 0.7 zhan remains, remove dregs, take warm. Vomiting of saliva occurs upon ingestion, leading to cure.

Zhi Zhong Tang (Regulate Middle Decoction)
Treats headache with rapid pulse, fever with chills, body painlessness, and peaceful left hand pulse; diagnosed as Food Stagnation. (Formula see preceding text.) Deficient patients may also use Wu Ji San (Five Accumulations Powder) or Renshen Yangwei Tang (Ginseng Stomach-Nourishing Decoction). (Formulas see preceding text.) For severe cases, use Xiang Su San (Aromatic Perilla Powder) 5 qian, decoct with 1.5 zhan of water, remove dregs, and swallow together with 14 pills of Yinggan Wan (Miraculous Response Pill). Repeat if ineffective. (Yinggan Wan formula see Secretion Category.)

Zhuye Shigao Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction)
Treats aversion to cold but no body pain, no headache, non-tight pulse, only irritability and heat; diagnosed as Deficiency Irritability (Xu Fan). When heat is present, harsh purgatives are contraindicated because removing heat may trigger cold; this formula is appropriate. (Formula see following text.)

Ju Pi Tang (Tangerine Peel Decoction)
Treats moving Qi in the lower jiao where sweating is contraindicated. Sweating leads to anhidrosis, extreme mental restlessness, bone joint pain, dizziness, aversion to cold, food aversion after eating, and inability to retain grain. This formula is suitable.
Ju Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 1.5 liang) Zhi Gan Cao (Honey-fried Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 0.5 liang) Ren Shen (Panax Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen) Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam, 0.5 liang)
Crush into a powder. Each dose: 5 qian, decoct with 1.5 zhan of water, 3 slices of Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), 1 date. Take before meals.

Wen Dan Tang (Warm Gallbladder Decoction)
Treats Deficiency Irritability (Xu Fan). (Formula see Miscellaneous Diseases Deficiency Category.)