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It is necessary to use herbs that lift dampness from the lower part, combined flexibly according to Qi and Blood conditions. The prescription includes: Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex) washed with wine, Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) fried with wine, Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma) fried with salt, Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix), Bing Lang (Arecae Semen), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gan Cao Gao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma tip), Xi Jiao Xie (Rhinocerotis Cornu). If there is heat, add Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) and Huang Lian; if there is phlegm, add Zhu Li (Bambusae Sap) and Jiang Zhi (Zingiberis Recens Juice); for severe heat or seasonal summer-heat, add Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum); for dry and difficult stool, add Tao Ren (Persicae Semen); for astringent and difficult urination, add Du Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix). For cases caused by food stagnation flowing into collaterals, use Cang Zhu, Huang Bo, Han Fang Ji (Stephaniae Sinensis Radix), Nan Xing (Arisaematis Rhizoma), Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Xi Jiao, Bing Lang, grind into powder, and make pills. For Blood deficiency, add Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) and Bai Gui Ban (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum dried), made into pills with Qu paste. If swelling is common, the main pathogenesis is Damp-Heat; Master Zhu has another specific formula. For Hong Jiao Jiao (Gout/Feet Swelling Disease) rushing to the heart, it is due to Blood deficiency with Fire qi ascending; Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with fried Huang Bo should be used. Additionally, Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) powder mixed with saliva to the size of a small coin should be applied to Yong Quan (KI1) acupoint and moxa-moxibusted to drain and guide the heat downwards. Muscle spasms (Zhuan Jin) all belong to Blood Heat; Zuo Jin Wan (Left Metal Pill) descends Liver Fire. For Hong Jiao Jiao swelling, use Zhi Shi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix). For painful joints, heavy shoulders and back, chest diaphragm discomfort, and body-wide pain descending to cause swelling and pain in the shins, use Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang (Danggui Analgesic Decoction). For various Damp pathogens lodging in waist and knees causing heaviness and pain, and swollen shins, use Chu Shi Dan (Dampness-Removing Elixir): Ru Xiang (Olibanum), Mo Yao (Myrrha) (each 1 liang, ground), Qian Niu Tou Mo (Semen Pharbitidis head end powder) (0.5 liang), Bing Lang, Wei Ling Xian (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma), Chi Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Ting Li (Semen Lepidii et Descurainiae), Gan Sui (Kansui Radix) (each 2 liang), Da Ji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) (3 liang), Chen Pi (6 liang, white part removed), grind into powder, make pills with paste. Hong Jiao Jiao originates from Dampness and affects the lower part; treatment focuses on resolving Dampness and regulating Qi, using Zi Su (Perillae Folium), fried Bai Bo (Phellodendri Cortex), Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix), Mu Gua (Chaenomelis Fructus), Ze Xie, Mu Tong, Fang Ji, Bing Lang, Cang Zhu, Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus), Gan Cao, Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma), Qiang Huo. Add Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) for more pain; add Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium) for more swelling; add Huang Lian for fever. For weak feet and painful tendons: Niu Xi (2 liang), Bai Shao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) (1.5 liang), Jiu Bai (Wine-fried Phellodendri Cortex), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Gan Cao (fried each 5 qian), make pills with wine paste. For Damp-Phlegm Hong Jiao Jiao with loose stools: Cang Zhu (2 liang), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Bing Lang, Hua Shi (Talcum) (each 1 liang), Xiang Fu (8 qian), Chuan Xiong (6 qian), Tiao Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Mu Tong (each 4 qian), Gan Cao (3 qian), can be made into pills or powder. Jian Bu Wan (Leg-Strengthening Pill): Sheng Di (1.5 liang), Gui Wei (Angelicae Sinensis Radix tail), Chen Pi, Shao Yao, Niu Xi, Cang Zhu, Bai Zhu (each 1 liang), Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus), Tiao Qin (each 5 qian), Da Fu Zi (Arecae Pericarpium) (3 qian), Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (2 qian), grind into powder, make pills, take 100 pills per dose before meals with Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla) decoction. A woman with painful and swollen feet was treated with Sheng Di, fried Huang Bo, Nan Xing, Chuan Xiong, Cang Zhu, Niu Xi, Long Dan Cao (Gentianae Radix), Hong Hua (Carthami Flos) washed with wine. A man had tendon movement in the big toe gradually spreading upwards to the waist area, due to rich diet and alcohol damaging Damp-Heat and Blood, treated with Si Wu Tang plus Huang Qin and Hong Hua. A man near thirty years old, with rich diet and frequent anger, had pain at one point around the hip joint, chills when still, sometimes thirsty sometimes not, diaphragmatic discomfort, wind herbs without blood tonics, symptoms worsened in spring with reduced appetite, emaciation by late spring, knee swelling and stiffness preventing flexion and extension, pulse wiry and large but solid, cun position choppy, other pulses rapid and short, frequent but scanty urination, diagnosed as Food Stagnation in Tai Yin and Yang Ming meridians; detailed treatment is under relevant entries.