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Therefore, the epitaph of Master Zhu Danxi
Biography of Old Man Danxi

In Yang Chuyu's compilation of *Xinfa* (Heart Method), the sections regarding syndromes such as edema (water swelling), deficiency swelling, gout, joint pain, numbness, and urinary retention in women contain repetitive text. Other discussions were appended among them. Although this supplements omissions, it inevitably causes confusion and difficulty in distinction, obscuring Danxi's main principles for treating diseases. Wang Ji therefore corrected the positive treatises and appendices where formulas were not fully recorded, creating an appendix. For instance, regarding formulas like Chunshugen Wan (Toona Sinensis Root Pill for Spermatorrhea), Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill for Stranguria), and Sanbu Wan (Three-Tonic Pill for Women), instead of recording Danxi's original formulas, he took formulas with the same names from other books but added ingredients that were far removed from the pathology. (Chong) feared that users might not examine this carefully, leading to errors. Now, based on Danxi's original treatises, I have examined and corrected omissions and errors, recording them at the beginning of each syndrome. Next, I have appended Dai Yuanli's differentiation of syndromes, followed by the correct formulas, to show that orthodox methods are not mixed. The appendices are not removed; they are titled "Appendix" to preserve the editor's intent. Furthermore, all formulas in the appendices are fully recorded under the title "Attached Formulas," lest people arbitrarily delete or select them, so that things may be clear. I have also added surgical methods such as Dao Cang (Inverting the Granary), to supplement what was lacking. Readers should examine these in detail.
Recorded by Cheng Chong on the Flower Morning Day of the Gengzi Year of the Chenghua Era

Severe headache, eyes feeling as if they will protrude, pain on both sides of the head, tearing, umbilicus protruding, lower limb swelling, pus and blood in stool, muscle wasting, neck stiff as if being pulled.
Distending pain in the lower abdomen, desire to urinate upon pressure but inability to do so.

Aversion to fire/light, startle response to the sound of wood, mania, climbing up and singing, discarding clothes and running, dark complexion, inability to speak, swollen lips, vomiting, yawning, rapid digestion of food, excessive thirst.
Neck swelling, pain in the chest, breasts, thigh anteriorly, lateral aspect of Futu (ST37), dorsum of foot, pain passing through the breast on the side of the chest, mouth deviation, abdominal distension with edema, borborygmus and abdominal distension, pain along the medial margin of the foot, spleen difficult to move, sinews knotted like a knot, skin cracking.
Swelling and pain of the knee patella, enuresis and flatus incontinence, frequent stretching and yawning, epilepsy, dampness infiltrating the heart causing agitation, closing doors and staying alone, fright, heat in the front of the body, cold behind.

Bitter taste in the mouth, Machdao and Jia Ying (scrofula/lymphadenopathy).
Pain in various joints from the chest, hypochondrium, thigh, lateral knee, to Juegu (GB39) and anterior to the external malleolus, heat in the lateral foot, chills during sleep with aversion to wind, lack of luster in the body, frequent sighing.