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Treats rheumatism and wind-dampness pathogenic factors clashing with each other, causing severe body pain, pulling pain, inability to flex or extend the joints, or slight swelling of the body accompanied by numbness.

Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, remove the rhizome base), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, prepared, remove skin and umbilical scar), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried).

Take equal parts of the above herbs, coarsely crush them. For each dose, take 4 qian, add 1.5 sheng of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct until 0.7 sheng remains, filter out the dregs, and take warm. It can be taken at any time without restriction.

The balanced interaction of one Yin and one Yang is called the "Dao" (Way); when Yin or Yang is excessively biased, it is called "Ji" (disease/disorder). The human body essentially consists only of the free circulation of Yin-Yang, Qi, and Blood. If Yin and Yang are in equilibrium, diseases do not arise; if there is an excess of either Yin or Yang, it leads to the afflictions of Gu Leng (stubborn cold syndrome) and Ji Re (accumulated heat syndrome). What is referred to as Gu Leng is the deep-seated stagnation of Yin pathogens that cannot be resolved; Ji Re is the accumulation of Yang pathogens that cannot be dispersed. Therefore, an excess of Yin transforms into stubborn cold, while an excess of Yang transforms into accumulated heat. Ancient sages said: Excess leads to specific harm, and specific harm leads to extreme depletion; this must be carefully examined. Generally speaking, when True Yang is weak and Stomach Qi is not warm, consuming raw, cold foods or ice further increases internal cold. Yin cold freezes internally, and Yang cannot overcome it, resulting in vomiting of saliva and froth, aversion to cold, cold extremities, indigestion, profuse diarrhea from the large intestine, and frequent urination. These are all signs of Gu Leng caused by Yin excess. Alternatively, if Yin blood is depleted and the San Jiao (Triple Burner) is dry, consuming alcohol, roasted meats, or mineral drugs (Dan Shi) further aids internal heat. Yang blazes internally, and Yin cannot control it, resulting in bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, thick saliva and dry eyes, heat in the chest diaphragm and oral ulcers, irritability with a preference for cold drinks, constipation, and red, scanty, painful urination. These are all signs of Ji Re caused by Yang excess. The therapeutic principles are: treat cold with heat, treat heat with cold, resolve stubborn accumulations, and disperse stagnant masses.

Treats conditions where Yang deficiency and Yin excess cause cold extremities, sudden vomiting with severe diarrhea, fine pulse, emaciation, and Yin syndromes of Shang Han (Cold Damage); all these are treated effectively.

Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, prepared, remove skin and umbilical scar), Zhongru Fen (Gypsum Fibrosum powder, 2 liang each), Tianxiong (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix, prepared, remove skin, 3 liang), Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, prepared, remove skin, 4 liang), Yangqishi (Yangqi Stone/Ferri Oxidum Rubrum, calcined).

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Use wine-boiled Shenqu (Medicated Leaven) paste to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, on an empty stomach, washed down with warm wine or salted water as desired.