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Individuals suffering from yellow edema (Huangzhong) should not be misdiagnosed with jaundice. Jaundice is characterized by the entire body turning yellow like gold, with both eyes and sclera becoming yellow, yet without any swelling of the face. The etiology of jaundice stems from steaming and staining caused by damp-heat; whereas the pathology of yellow edema involves damp-heat that is not severe, but is primarily caused by the harm of parasite accumulation or food stagnation. Occasionally, swallowing excessive amounts of hard food obstructs the pathways of the Spleen and Stomach, failing to digest over time. This leads to the loss of the Spleen and Stomach's transformative power, causing turbid Qi to ascend, resulting in a yellow and puffy face. If parasites are present, there may be vomiting of yellow fluid, erect hair, lusterless skin, and cravings for raw rice or tea leaves. If edema extends to the four limbs, it is difficult to treat; if swelling is confined to the abdomen, it is incurable; if dietary intake decreases, it is also incurable, due to the exhaustion of Stomach Qi.

Da Wen Zhong Wan (Great Warming Middle Pill): Specifically treats yellow puffy disease (yellow edema).
Ingredients: Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu, 香附) (one jin, soaked in urine of a young boy), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) (two liang), Magnetitum (Zhensha, 针砂) (one jin, stir-fried until red and quenched in vinegar three times), Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (Kushen, 苦参) (two liang in spring and summer, one liang in autumn and winter), Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Houpo, 厚朴) (soaked in ginger juice), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, 白术), and Poria (Fuling, 茯苓) (each three liang).
All ingredients are ground into powder, mixed with vinegar paste to form pills the size of sophora seeds. For those with dark complexion, prominent bones and sinews, and excess constitution, take sixty pills with rice water. For those with puffy white complexion and deficient, emaciated constitution, take forty pills with Baizhu decoction.

Tiao Pi Tang (Spleen-Regulating Decoction): Prescribed for a sixty-year-old woman presenting with yellow complexion, extreme fatigue, soreness in the feet, bitter taste in the mouth, and a scattered and large pulse, indicating injury by dampness.
Ingredients: Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, 白术), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 陈皮), Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, 苍术), and Akebiae Caulis (Mutong, 木通) (each one qian), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin, 黄芩), Amomi Fructus (Sharen, 砂仁), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, 人参), Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong, 川芎) (each one qian two fen), Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai, 黄柏), and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) (each eight fen).
Decoct in water and take before meals.

Shen Xiao Wan (Miraculously Effective Pill): Treats various yellow diseases in men, women, adults, and children.
Ingredients: Alumen Rubrum (Zaofan, 皂矾) (eight liang, mixed with one jin of flour to make a cake, roasted in fire until charred), Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, 苍术) (soaked in rice wash water), Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Houpo, 厚朴) (stir-fried with ginger juice), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 陈皮), and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) (each six liang), Zanthoxyli Fructus (Chuanjiao, 川椒) (ten liang, removing those with eyes and closed mouths).
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take three jin of red dates, cook until soft, remove skins and pits, and three jin of walnuts, remove shells. Pound them together into a paste, mix with the medicine powder, and form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take seventy to eighty pills per dose with wine. Initially, the patient may find the medicine sweet and pleasant; as the disease nears cure, the medicine will smell foul.