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Specialized for treating malaria caused by food stagnation.
Curcuma zedoaria Rhizome (Zhe E Zhu) and Bitter Orange Fruit (Jing San Leng) (boiled in vinegar, two taels each), Pepper (Hu Jiao) (one tael), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi) (stir-fried until fragrant, three taels), Asafoetida (A Wei) (one qian, dissolved in vinegar).
The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Separately, take the powder of aged stored rice and boil it with Asafoetida and vinegar to form a paste as a binder. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, gradually increasing to one hundred pills, swallowed with ginger decoction.

Treats malaria resulting from latent summerheat, characterized by restlessness, severe thirst, slight chills, high fever after chills subside, yellow-red urine, or coldness in the back and greasy complexion. (Refer to the section on Summerheat)

Treats malaria that has persisted for a long time, presenting with distension and fullness under the hypochondrium, emaciation of the patient, abdominal masses, and intermittent chills and fever. This condition is named "Malaria Mother" (Nue Mu).
Soft-shelled Turtle Shell (Bie Jia) ([Processing instructions and dosage missing in original text]), Magnolia Bark (Nou Pu) (processed with ginger juice, [Dosage missing in original text]), in equal proportions. Coarsely crush, take four qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, seven slices of fresh ginger, one jujube, and a few smoked plums. Decoct until reduced to seventy percent, strain, [Administration method missing in original text].

Treats malaria caused by deficiency of Qi in the five Zang organs, where Yin and Yang contend with each other. It applies regardless of whether chills or heat appears first, and whether the attacks are solitary, consecutive, or every other day.
Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi) (one piece, processed until cracked, soaked in salt water and then re-processed, repeating this seven times. If not soaked, remove skin and navel).
Coarsely crush the above, add half a bowl of water, seven slices of fresh ginger, and seven jujubes. Decoct until reduced to eight-tenths of a cup. On the day of the malaria attack, strain and take warm on an empty stomach. Prepared Aconite Lateral Root (Chuan Wu) may also be used.

Treats persistent malaria due to Spleen Cold, characterized by pronounced chills with little heat, bluish-green complexion, anorexia, loose stools, or increased urination.
Areca Seed (Cao Guo Ren) and Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi) (processed, skin and navel removed).
In equal proportions. Coarsely crush, take half a liang per dose, add two cups of water, seven slices of fresh ginger, and one jujube. Decoct until reduced to seventy percent, strain, and take warm. Time of administration is unrestricted.

For persistent malaria regardless of gender, moxibustion of thirty-seven moxa cones at the first intervertebral space of the Dazhui (GV14) acupoint yields immediate effect; alternatively, moxibustion at the third intervertebral space.

The *Su Wen* states: "Wind injury in spring leads to undigested stool diarrhea (Sun Xie) in summer; if pathogenic factors linger, it becomes penetrating diarrhea (Dong Xie)." This arises from insufficiency of Ying and Wei Qi, sparse pores, and wind injury in spring.
[Text missing here, likely referring to dietary indiscretion or fatigue causing severe affliction.] If one does not regulate diet and overconsumes raw and cold foods leading to diarrhea, it is due to the failure of the Middle Jiao to transport and transform, resulting in Spleen and Stomach damage. For stagnant diarrhea, one must wait until the stagnation is eliminated before [using astringents]. If accompanied by shortness of breath, continuous diarrhea from both bowels and anus, and inability to ingest food, death is certain. Those who survive do so because when gruel enters the stomach and diarrheal flux stops, the deficient Qi recovers. Truly, these words hold truth.
Furthermore, it is discussed: Both diarrhea and dysentery arise from prior weakness of the intestines and stomach. Weakness allows the Six Exogenous Pathogens to invade externally and the Seven Emotions to injure internally. Regarding dietary indiscretion and excessive consumption... [Text missing] ...Zhi Zhong Tang can be used to regulate the middle; if Li Zhong Wan is ineffective, only then should astringents be used, such as Ru Dou Wan or Gu Chang Wan. If abdominal pain persists, astringents should not be used prematurely; using them too early will inevitably lead to dysentery. At this stage, one should regulate the middle and resolve accumulation. For mild pain, Zhi Zhong Tang or Su He Xiang Wan is suitable. For more severe abdominal pain, which will inevitably progress to dysentery—as stated in medical classics, severe abdominal pain implies impending dysentery—Ling Sha Dan should be administered to expel accumulation. This pill has been repeatedly verified effective: it stops diarrhea, halts dysentery, relieves pain, resolves internal accumulation without damaging the Zang-Fu organs. Generally, for dysentery pain, if accumulation is not first expelled, temporary relief will lead to future harm. If diarrhea and dysentery result from contending Yin and Yang and imbalanced cold and heat, Xiang Lian Wan should be administered (decoction instructions follow later). Additionally, there is sudden deficiency of Spleen and Kidney, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, indigestion, and diarrhea... [Text missing] ...Xiao... [Text missing]
Wei Feng Tang: Treats insufficiency of the intestines and stomach, where Wind-Cold takes advantage of the deficiency. Symptoms include inability to digest water and grain, profuse diarrhea, abdominal vacuous fullness, dampness affecting the intestines and stomach with discharge resembling bean curd dregs, or passage of stasis blood, occurring day and night without limit. All these conditions are suitable for this formula.
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen), Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Xiong), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Xin) (not exposed to direct fire), Angelica Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui) (radicle removed), White Peony Root (Bai Shao Yao), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Licorice Root (Gan Cao).
In equal proportions. Coarsely crush, take four qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water and over one hundred grains of millet. Decoct until reduced to seventy percent, strain, and take slightly warm on an empty stomach.