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Treats Gan dryness (Gan syndrome characterized by dryness). The body is emaciated and haggard, lacking blood essence; the tongue is dry; the eyeballs do not move freely; there is dry crying without tears; the body feels hot while the hands and feet are cold; the skin is dry and rough; the stool is dry and constipated; the eyes appear dull and turbid; there is dry mouth and intense thirst.
Coptidis Rhizoma (remove the rootlets), White Eel Head, Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma (remove the rhizome base), Aurantii Fructus Viridis (remove the pith), Myrobalanus Chebulae Fructus, Bufo Caput, Phodori Stercoris (stir-fried), Ailanthi Radicis Cortex.
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix evenly, and bind with rice paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. For a one-year-old infant, administer one pill per dose. Take at any time, washed down with rice water, three times a day for optimal effect.

This formula is also known as Qingning San. It treats Gan thirst, characterized by irritability, excessive drinking, inability to take in milk or food, and severe thirst at night. If complicated by Gan diarrhea, marked by stagnation, failure of water and grain to consolidate, and frequent defecation unresponsive to standard treatment, add Terminalia chebulae Retzii Fructus and aged rice. (See formula mentioned previously.)

Treats Gan dysentery, caused by disharmony of cold and heat, with stools containing mixed colors, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of heaviness outside the anus.
Coptidis Rhizoma (cleaned, 3 qian), Aucklandiae Radix, Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (remove the rough bark, stir-fried with ginger juice), Amomi Fructus Rotundus, Phodori Stercoris (stir-fried between papers, each 2 qian), Terminalia chebulae Retzii Fructus.
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, bind with steamed rice flour to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Administer 15 pills per dose, taken warm before meals, washed down with a decoction of dried Artemisia argyi Folium and fresh Zingiberis Rhizoma.

Treats Gan edema/swelling. Caused by deficiency with underlying accumulation, leading to a tight and distended abdomen, and puffy swelling of the head and face.
Brassicae Napae Semen (1 liang, stir-fried), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Aurantii Fructus Viridis, Arecae Semen (high quality), Tribuli Fructus (take the kernel, half raw and half stir-fried), Trogopterori Faeces, Poria Cocos with Red Bark.
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, bind with sifted fine wheat flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Administer 15 pills per dose, taken with a decoction of Perillae Folium and Mori Cortex.

Treats Gan consumption/labor. Characterized by irregular coughing and wheezing, spontaneous sweating, bone-steaming fever, thirst followed by recurrent diarrhea, and slow intake of milk and food.
Astragali Membranacei Radix (honey-fried), Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Paeoniae Radix Alba, Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (raw and dried), Bufo (remove feet, roast until charred), Testudinis et Chelydrae Carapax et Plastrum (vinegar-roasted until charred, each 3 qian).
Cut the above ingredients into fragments. Administer 2 qian per dose, decocted with one cup of water, two slices of fresh Zingiberis Rhizoma, and one Jujubae Fructus. Take before meals.