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Shengxi San (Formula see "Xu Sun" category.)

Zhike Banxia Tang
Treats severe cough, sore throat, and aphonia. (Formula see "Tan Yin" category.)

Wenjin San
Treats Ji Lao (chronic fatigue syndrome due to overwork), cough, panting and chest oppression, and hemoptysis (blood in sputum).
Herbs: Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, remove twigs, each 1 liang), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Tuber, 1 fen, remove heart), Xingren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed, remove skin and tip).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely powder the above herbs. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1 zhan of water and a piece of yellow beeswax the size of a finger, decoct together, and take hot after meals.

Biejia Dihuang Tang
Treats Re Lao (heat-type consumptive disease), vexation and heat in hands and feet, palpitations. In women, treats dry blood in the uterus, emaciation, and inability of food intake to nourish muscles.
Herbs: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix, remove rhizome), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, remove rhizome, soak in wine), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Tuber, remove heart), Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, roast with vinegar), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, remove roots), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, each half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely powder the above herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and a few dried plums, decoct together, and take at any time. This medicine specifically treats Re Lao; its nature is mild.

Ejiao Wan
Treats Lao Sou (consumptive cough) and hemoptysis or spitting of blood.
Herbs: Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini, stir-fried with clam powder), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix, washed), Juanbaiye (Serpylli Herba), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, chopped and stir-fried), Dajigen (Leonuri Radix), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Jisu (Elsholtziae Herba, each 1 liang), Baiziren (Platycladi Semen).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of quail eggs. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with thick decoction of wheat or Maimendong Tang.

Dixian San
Treats Gu Zheng (bone-steaming fever) and muscular heat, all types of Xu Lao (deficiency consumptive disease) with irritability. Generates body fluids.
Herbs: Digupi (Lycii Cortex, 2 liang), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, remove rhizome, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, half liang), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Tuber, 1 liang, remove heart).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely powder the above herbs. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1 zhan of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct together, and take at any time.

Huanglian Yin
Treats heat accumulation between joints, gradually leading to sallow complexion and emaciation.
Herbs: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, chopped, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Soak in 1 sheng of urine from an uncircumcised boy overnight, simmer gently for three to four boils, filter out the dregs, divide into two doses taken after meals, and take another dose after walking approximately five li.

Simai Wan
Generally, Gu Zheng is invariably caused by Lao (consumption); the spine particularly belongs to deficiency of marrow and exhaustion. Mix the formulas from Ju Fang: Huangqi Biejia San, Chenxiang Biejia San, Qinjiao San, and Qinghao Biejia San into a fine powder. Take one whole spine of a male sheep, chop finely, refine the juice, mix with the powder to form pills, and swallow with warm wine.
Treats bone pain and bone heat, gradually evolving into bone-steaming disease; effective after one dose. Its efficacy lies entirely in the spinal bone paste; this reflects the physician's intent!