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Yinchen San (Celandine Powder)
Treats jaundice. Hunger immediately after eating, the body, face and eyes, nails, teeth, and urine are all yellow, accompanied by alternating chills and fever, or the body color is predominantly red or cyanotic.
This condition arises from excessive consumption of alcohol and food, where wind-dampness pathogens bind with the body, causing heat qi to stagnate and steam.
Herbs: Yinchen (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, stir-fried), Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried). Dosages: Yinchen, Mutong, Zhizi Ren (1 liang each); Dahuang (stir-fried); Gualou (one fruit); Shigao (2 liang); Gancao (0.5 liang).
Preparation: Crush into a powder. For each dose, use 1.5 cups of water, 5 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 stalk of scallion white. Decoct until reduced to 0.8 cup, strain, and take warm. Take at any time without restriction.

Obstruction of Urination and Defecation
Xiao Banxia Tang (Minor Pinellia Decoction)
Treats jaundice where the urine color is not abnormal, there is an urge for spontaneous diarrhea, abdominal fullness, and wheezing. Heat-clearing methods should not be used; if heat is cleared, hiccups will inevitably occur.
Herb: Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma).
Preparation: Crush into a powder. For each dose, use 3 qian, 1 cup of water, and 10 slices of fresh ginger. Decoct until reduced to 0.7 cup. Take at any time without restriction.

Single Formula
Treats jaundice where the whole body and sclera are yellow like gold. During preparation and administration, women, chickens, and dogs must not see it.
Herb: Dongyin Taogen (Root of Peach Tree Growing Eastward, cut finely like chopsticks; if thick like hairpin shafts, take one handful).
Preparation: Use 1 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 1 xiao sheng. When temperature is suitable, take on an empty stomach in one dose. After three days, the yellow pigment will peel off in flakes, dispersing like thin clouds, after which recovery occurs. Maintain health regimen for 100 days.

Kushen Wan (Sophora Pill)
Treats yu-reth (stagnant heat) caused by exposure to summer-heat, turbid qi, and indigestion of food. Obstruction of urination and defecation, abdominal distension and fullness, inability to eat, and the Duyang pulse is tight and rapid. Also treats yellowing due to heat stagnation.
Herbs: Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, 3 liang), Longdancao (Gentianae Radix, 1 liang), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, peeled and stir-fried, 0.5 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 3 fen).
Preparation: Grind into powder. Mix with pig bile and a little hot refined honey to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 50 pills with barley water, three times daily. If ineffective... [text cuts off].

Longnao Wan (Borneol Pill)
Treats stagnant heat in the chest, lung-heat causing wheezing and cough, bad breath, fishy odor in the throat, or sweet taste in the mouth. Treats hematemesis in men and metrorrhagia in women.
Herbs: Longnao Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba with Borneolum Syntheticum, 5 liang, clean leaves), Zhen Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 1 liang), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, dehearted, 2 liang), Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang), Hu [likely missing character, e.g., Huangqi or similar] (0.5 liang).
Preparation: Grind into powder. Form pills with refined honey the size of wutong seeds. Take 20 pills per dose. For upper jiao diseases, swallow with warm water after meals; chewing slightly before swallowing is better. For lower jiao diseases, take on an empty stomach... [text cuts off].

Hong Wanzi (Red Pill)
Treats grain jaundice (Gu Dan) with abdominal fullness, dizziness, irritability, and palpitations. Generally applicable to wine jaundice (Jiu Dan). Administer with decoction of Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction) plus Suosha (Amomi Fructus Rotundus). [Formula see Malaria Category].