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Treats various diseases of the heart and abdomen, as well as sudden onset of numerous acute conditions. Use Rhizoma et Radix Notoginseng (Dahuang), Semen Crotonis (Badou), and Rhizoma Zingiberis Preparatum (Ganjiang), each 1 liang. Pound and sieve them, then mix with honey to form pills, sized like small beans. Take 3 pills per dose. For cases where pathogenic factors invade causing nausea, abdominal distension and pain like knife twisting, shortness of breath, locked jaw, and sudden collapse, administer with warm water or wine, or force-feed. If not cured, take another 3 pills; natural rumbling in the abdomen will occur, and recovery follows vomiting. If the jaw is locked, force-feeding still works.

(This formula is also known as Yili Jin Dan, or Zhuo Hu Dan.)
Specially treats Hong Kong Foot (podagra/foot swelling and pain) caused by wind-cold, summer-heat, and dampness, regardless of whether it is a chronic old ailment or a recent onset, covering all migratory pains that are unbearable. Take one pill on an empty stomach when the attack begins; if redness and swelling spread to the dorsum of the foot and do not subside, take another pill; if the pain moves to the sole of the foot and black sweat is excreted, the root cause is eliminated. If the pain is located upwards, take with wine after meals or before lying down. Even if the jaw is locked, grind one pill, mix with wine, and force-feed; this is also effective. Ingredients: Resina Elemmi (Baijiaoxiang, ground), Rhizoma Aconiti Kusnezoffii (Caowu, peeled and navel removed), Resina Trogopterori (Wulingzhi), Draco (Tulong, cleaned of soil), Fructus Momordicae (Mubiezi, oil removed), each 1.5 liang; Resina Olibani (Ruxiang), Resina Myrrhae (Moyao), and Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), each 0.75 liang; Moschus (Shexiang) 0.22 liang; Jingmo (soaked in strong liquor) 0.15 liang. Grind all into powder, mix evenly, and bind with glutinous rice flour to form pills sized like Euphorbia seeds. Dissolve one pill in warm wine and take; the effect is miraculous.

Expels miasma and brightens the eyes. Use Radix Cimicifugae (Shengma), Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xijiao), Cortex Scutellariae (Huangqin), Natrii Sulfas (Puxiao), Flos Gardeniae (Zhizi), and Rhizoma et Radix Rhei (Dahuang), each 2 liang; Folium Sojae Preparatum (Chi) 2 sheng. Lightly roast and pound together into powder, bind with honey to form pills sized like Sophora seeds. When feeling intense heat in the four limbs and constipation, take 30 pills immediately, aiming for mild diarrhea as the limit; for mild heat in the four limbs, take 30 pills after meals. This not only expels miasma but also greatly benefits vision.

Formulated by Han Feixia. Promotes the free flow of water passages.
Note: The formula requires Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen). If unavailable, Korean Ginseng (Gaolishen) can be used as a substitute, or authentic Dangshen from Lu (Ludangshen) is also acceptable. Radix Junci (Dengxin), 1 jin (dyed with rice flour paste, dried, ground into powder, suspended in water to clarify and remove starch, take the floating part, dry it, use 2.5 qian); Radix Poria Cum Ligno (Chibai Fuling, peeled), 5 liang; Talcum (Huashi, water-floated), 5 liang; Polyporus (Zhu Ling), 2 liang; Radix Alismatis (Zexie), 3 liang; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), 1 jin (sliced and decocted into paste). Mix medicines and form pills sized like longan seeds, coated with Cinnabar (Zhusha). Take one pill per dose, adjusted with guiding herbs according to symptoms. This formula embodies the wonder of "Heaven generates One Water," thus treating diseases by promoting the free flow of water passages as a rapid method; it also treats difficult labor where the fetus does not descend.