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Book: Yan Shi Ji Sheng Fang (Yan's Formulas for Relief)
Author: Yan Yonghe
Dynasty: Song Dynasty, Baoyuan Era
Chapter: Yi Qi San / ... / Treatise on Carbuncles and Ulcers (5 sections in total)
Category: Formula

Treatment for women with excessive Qi and deficient Blood, resulting in infertility. For common symptoms such as dizziness and chest fullness, the prescribed medicines should not be avoided under the pretext that they deplete Qi.
Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma, stir-fried, pounded to remove impurities, 4 liang)
Fushen (Poria Cocos with Hostwood, roots removed)
Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 1 liang each)
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with boiling water before meals. Concurrently take Zhiyanshi Wan (Purple Quartz Pill).

Treatment for women with weak Blood, where cold and wind stagnate in the uterus, leading to difficulty conceiving.
Zhiyanshi (Selenitum, calcined, quenched in vinegar seven times)
Yuyuliang (Haematitum, calcined, quenched in vinegar seven times; both 2 liang)
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata)
Ziwei (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos or Campsis grandiflora, depending on context, here likely Campsis)
Xinyiren (Magnoliae Flos)
Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex, avoid direct fire)
Juanbaiye (Selaginellae Herba, vinegar-fried)
Mumeng (likely a variant or specific preparation)
Chuanxuduan (Dipsaci Radix, soaked in wine)
Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, roots removed)
Baiziren (Platycladi Semen, stir-fried, separately ground)
Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, processed, skin removed)
Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, rhizome removed, soaked in wine)
Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex, woody parts removed)
Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried; all above 1 liang)
Sangshang... (Text unclear, possibly Sangjisheng or related)
Shizhuyu (Cornus Officinalis Fruit, stir-fried)
Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, washed to remove soil and leaves)
Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed)
Renshen (Ginseng Radix)
Nanpu (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, prepared with ginger juice, stir-fried, 0.5 liang each)
Tianmendong (Asparagi Radix, washed, heart removed, 1.5 liang)
Grind the above into a fine powder. Form pills with refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 70 pills per dose, increasing to 100 if necessary. Take on an empty stomach before meals, with warm rice broth.

Treatment for men with insufficient essence and Jing, unable to reproduce, resulting in infertility.
Yangqishi (Actinolithum, calcined until red, ground extremely fine)
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, steamed in wine, dried, separately ground into fine powder)
Tianxiong (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata, processed, skin removed)
Roucongrong (Cynomorii Herba, soaked in wine...)
(... roots removed)
Sangjisheng (Taxilli Herba)
Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, separately ground)
Yuancan'e (Bombyx Batryticatus, vinegar-fried)
Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus, ...)
Grind the above into a fine powder. Use wine-boiled glutinous rice paste to form pills, sized like sesame seeds. Take 70 pills per dose on an empty stomach, with salt water or salted wine.

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Regarding Back Carbuncles and Ulcers, various texts have recorded them extensively. Carbuncles and Ulcers originate from the same pathological basis, yet the site of disease and external manifestations differ significantly. Generally, Carbuncles are superficial... Five Zang organs govern the interior, their Qi is deep, therefore Ulcers present with thick skin and hard swelling.
[Text missing/garbled] Warming beds and thick quilts, excessive sexual activity, or external contraction of Wind-Heat... generate Carbuncles. Yin stagnating in Yang generates Ulcers. Regarding these two types of toxicity... chills and aversion to cold (Shaxi Ehan), if there is a painful area, it is a Carbuncle. Pulse... Yin... Treat quickly. The method of quick treatment: at the first sign, moxibustion is suitable. If painful, moxa until it feels itchy; if itchy, moxa until... If not treated early, back pain spreads, forming Carbuncles and Ulcers. One must then examine deficiency and excess, differentiate cold and heat... Drain the excess, guide with needles and stones, burn with moxa cones. With appropriate treatment, recovery is assured. ... Must be distinguished. What the ancients called "Five Good Signs and Seven Bad Signs" refers to this. Restlessness with cough, abdominal pain with severe thirst, or... is one bad sign; profuse discharge of pus and blood, worsening swelling and pain, foul-smelling敗 pus, pain intolerable to touch, is the second bad sign; panting... eyes looking abnormally, black pupil constricted, white sclera blue, upper part of pupil green, is the fourth bad sign; shoulder and neck... inability to eat below, vomiting after taking medicine, loss of taste, is the sixth bad sign; hoarse voice, sallow complexion, cyanotic lips and nose... calm, able to taste food and drink, is the first good sign; regular bowel movements and urination, is the second good sign; pus drained, pain subsided, color... clear voice, is the fourth good sign; balanced body Qi, is the fifth good sign. If three of the five good signs appear, recovery occurs. ... Then goodness cannot be added further... When straight... body has... Pulse micro and choppy indicates easy recovery... Tested repeatedly with efficacy...
Ji's Discussion on Treatment Methods
Ji said: During the Dading era of the Jin Dynasty, someone met a strange person who passed down the Goubao Wan (Dog Treasure Pill). Those who obtained it presented it to the pseudo-emperor. Later, Ji served the pseudo-dynasty... using Dog... toxic potential... swelling... sores... to... assist... should... breast... in...
Ji said: The syndrome of Ulcer is very malignant, often sinking through bone. Taking Goubao Wan causes the edges of the sore to rise. Follow the previous methods using Wulong Gao (Black Dragon Ointment) and Jiedu San (Detoxification Powder)... complete... remove dead... remove... medicine... then...