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Water Qi (Edema)
After a major illness has resolved, if there is water qi (edema) below the waist, Muli Zexie San (Oyster Shell and Alisma Powder) should be used. (Cheng Wuji notes: After a major illness resolves, the Spleen-Stomach Qi is deficient and cannot control Kidney Water, causing it to overflow into the Lower Jiao, resulting in edema below the waist. The *Jin Gui Yao Lue* states: "For edema below the waist, promote urination." Muli Zexie San promotes urination to dissipate water qi.)

Formula for Muli Zexie San (Oyster Shell and Alisma Powder)
Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined) Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) Gualougen (Trichosanthes Root) Shuqi (Patrinia Herb, washed to remove sediment) Tinglizi (Descurainia Seed, calcined) Shanglugen (Phytolacca Root, calcined) Haizao (Sargassum Thallus, washed to remove saltiness; all ingredients in equal parts)
The above seven herbs are separately pounded and sifted into a powder, then further ground in a mortar. Take one cubic inch (fangcun bi) of the powder mixed with white rice decoction. Stop subsequent doses once urination becomes smooth and edema subsides. Take three times daily. (Note: Salty flavors induce vomiting and purging. The salty nature of Muli, Zexie, and Haizao drains water qi. The *Nei Jing* states: "When dampness abounds internally, treat with neutral flavors, assist with sour and pungent flavors, and drain dampness with bitter flavors." The sour, pungent, and bitter properties of Shuqi, Tinglizi, Gualougen, and Shanglugen guide out swelling and dampness.)

Excessive Saliva
After a major illness resolves, if there is excessive salivation that persists for a long time without resolving, it indicates Cold in the Stomach. Pill medicine should be used to warm it; Lizhong Wan (Regulate the Middle Pill) is suitable. (Cheng Wuji notes: After sweating, Yang Qi is insufficient, leading to deficiency-Cold in the Stomach which fails to transform fluids, causing persistent salivation. Lizhong Warms the Stomach; adding Yizhiren is even better.)
The *Qianjin Fang* records: For post-illness dry mouth, excessive salivation, or sore throat, use ten large dates and three dark plums, pound finely, mix with refined honey, and form pills the size of a date pit. Hold in the mouth and swallow slowly. If the sore throat persists, soak Dougen (Toosendan Fruit) in cool water, hold in the mouth, and swallow the bitter juice; this is also effective.

Desire to Vomit
After Shaoyang disease resolves, if the patient is emaciated, short of breath, and experiences rebellious Qi with a desire to vomit, Zhuye Shigao Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction) should be used. (Cheng Wuji notes: After Shaoyang disease resolves, fluid deficiency leads to emaciation, and residual heat remains. Heat injures Qi, causing shortness of breath; rebellious Qi causes the desire to vomit. Zhuye Shigao Tang regulates the Stomach and clears heat.)

Formula for Zhuye Shigao Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction)
Zhuye (Bamboo Leaves, two handfuls) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, one jin) Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, half a jin, washed) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, three liang) Gancao (Licorice Root, two liang) Jingsmi (Rice, half sheng) Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, one sheng, heart removed)
The above seven herbs are boiled in ten dou of water until six sheng remain. Strain, add Jingsmi, and boil until the rice is cooked and the soup is ready. Remove the rice. Take one sheng warm each time, three times daily. (Note: Pungent and sweet flavors disperse and clear heat. The sweet and pungent nature of Zhuye, Shigao, and Gancao disperses residual heat; sweet flavors soothe the Spleen and tonify Qi. The sweet nature of Maimendong, Renshen, and Jingsmi supplements deficiencies. Pungent flavors disperse; Banxia's pungency disperses rebellious Qi.)

Slight Irritation at Dusk
If the patient's pulse has normalized but they feel slight irritation at dusk, it is because the illness has just resolved, and forced eating overwhelms the still-weak Spleen-Stomach Qi, which cannot digest the food, causing slight irritation. Reducing food intake will lead to recovery. (The Yangming channel governs the Shen, You, and Xu hours. Food stagnation in the Stomach causes slight irritation at dusk. Mild purgation should be used to reduce stagnant food, but here only Zhizi Chi Tang (Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction) is used; if epigastric fullness and hardness occur, add Zhishi.) The above are all from Zhang Zhongjing's works; the following are additions.

Supplementary Records

Palpitations and Fright
Fushen San (Poria and Spirit Calming Powder): Treats post-Shaoyang weakness, deficient Heart Qi, palpitations, and forgetfulness.
Fushen (Poria with Hostwood) Huangqi (Astragalus Root) Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome) [each one liang] Baishao (White Peony Root) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) [each half liang] Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, woody core removed, seven qian half)
Chop the herbs. Take five qian per dose, add one zhong of water and three dates, decoct until six fen remain, strain, and take warm.

Longchi Wan (Dragon Tooth Pill): Treats latent heat in the Heart after Shaoyang disease, causing Heart deficiency, palpitations, and fright.
Longchi (Dragon Tooth) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root) Fushen (Poria with Hostwood) [each one liang] Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, woody core removed) Tiefen (Iron Powder) [half liang each, finely ground] Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, mustache removed) Mayaxiao (Mirabilite) [finely ground] Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) [each seven qian half] Shexiang (Musk) [five fen, finely ground] Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, heart removed, dried, one liang half)
Pound into fine powder, mix evenly, bind with refined honey, and form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take twenty pills each time, washed down with Zhuye Yinjin Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Silver Flower Decoction), at any time.

Wendan Tang (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction): Treats conditioning after Shaoyang resolution.
Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, soaked in hot water) Fuling (Poria, peeled) Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel, pith removed) Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange, stir-fried) [each two qian] Zhuru (Bamboo Shavings) [one qian] Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) [half qian]
Take as one dose, add two zhongs of water and three slices of fresh ginger, decoct until one zhong remains, take at any time.

Modified Wendan Tang: Treats post-resolution Heart and Gallbladder deficiency-cowardice, easily frightened by events, restless sleep, Qi stagnation generating phlegm-fluids, which clash with Qi to produce various syndromes. Symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, edema of limbs, loss of taste, Heart deficiency with irritability, restlessness.
Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange, bran-fried) Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, soaked in hot water) Bai Fuling (Poria, peeled) Juhong (Red Tangerine Peel) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) [each one qian half] Zhuru (Bamboo Shavings) Xiangfu (Cyperus Rhizome) Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, heart removed) Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) [each one qian] Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) [half qian]
Take as one dose, add two zhongs of water, three slices of fresh ginger, and two red dates, decoct until one zhong remains, take at any time.

Irritating Heat
Chaihu Tang (Bupleurum Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang exhaustion syndrome with five-palm heat, pain in the back and shoulders, weakness in hands and feet, and anorexia.
Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) Chi Fuling (Red Poria) Biejia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, skirt removed, vinegar-soaked and roasted) Huangqi (Astragalus Root) Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root) Digupi (Lycium Bark) Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, black heart removed) Zhike (Immature Bitter Orange, pulp removed, bran-fried) Gegen (Pueraria Root) [each half liang] Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) [each seven qian half]
Chop the herbs. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half zhongs of water, decoct until seven fen remain, take warm at any time.

Deficient Sweating
Biejia San (Turtle Shell Powder): Treats post-Shaoyang weakness, continuous night sweats, limb weakness, and worsening chills in the evening.
Biejia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis, skirt removed, vinegar-roasted until yellow) Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, processed, cracked, peel and navel removed) Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) Roucongrong (Cynomorium Herba, wine-soaked, peeled, roasted and dried) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Huangqi (Astragalus Root) Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) Taoren (Peach Kernel, peel and tip removed, twin-kernel bran-fried) Zhike (Immature Bitter Orange, pulp removed, bran-fried) Duzhong (Eucommia Bark, roasted until yellow) Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry) Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) [each seven qian half] Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined powder) Cangzhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, fried) [each one liang]
Chop the herbs. Take five qian per dose, add one large zhong of water, half a qian of fresh ginger, and three dates, decoct until five fen remain, take warm at any time.

Treats post-Shaoyang weakness with day and night continuous sweating, internal dryness, dry mouth, and throat discomfort.
Yellow Hen (one whole, intestines and viscera cleaned) Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined powder) Mahuanggen (Ephedra Root) [each two liang] Roucongrong (Cynomorium Herba, one liang, wine-soaked overnight, scales scraped off, sliced)
First, boil the hen and Mahuanggen in seven large zhongs of water until three large zhongs of liquid remain. Remove the hen and Mahuanggen. Add Roucongrong and Muli, decoct until one and a half zhongs remain. Strain and divide into three doses. Take on an empty stomach, before noon, and before bed.

Treats excessive deficient sweating after a major illness resolves.
Longgu (Fossilized Bone) Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined powder) Mahuangjie (Ephedra Joint) [equal parts]
Pound into powder and apply to the body.

Wheezing and Cough
Ziwan San (Asther Sinensis Powder): Treats post-Shaoyang Lung萎 (Flaccidity), chronic cough, expectoration of bloody pus with foul odor, continuous expectoration, and gradual emaciation.
Ziwan (Asther Sinensis Root, washed to remove stems and soil) Tianmendong (Asparagus Tuber) Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb, baked until slightly yellow) [each one liang] Sheng Dihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) [each one liang half] Baihe (Lily Bulb) Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) [each seven qian half]
Chop the herbs. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half zhongs of water, decoct until six fen remain, strain, and take warm at any time.

Nocturnal Emission
Muli San (Oyster Shell Powder): Treats post-Shaoyang deficiency, frequent palpitations, and nocturnal seminal emission.
Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined powder) Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) Lurong (Deer Antler, roasted with butter) Baishao (White Peony Root) Longgu (Fossilized Bone) [each one qian] Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, half liang)
Chop the herbs. Take five qian per dose, add one large zhong of water, one qian of fresh ginger, and three dates, decoct until five fen remain, strain, and take warm before meals.

Lingyangjiao Wan (Antelope Horn Pill): Treats post-Shaoyang nocturnal seminal emission with involuntary leakage, dry and emaciated body, and skeletal appearance.
Lingyangjiaoxie (Antelope Horn Shavings) Xijiaoxie (Rhino Horn Shavings) Shilongru (Verbenaceae Herb) Jiuzi (Allii Tuberosi Semen, fried) Longgu (Fossilized Bone) Zhusha (Cinnabar, finely ground and levigated) Lurong (Deer Antler, wine-soaked and roasted) Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) [each one liang half] Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) [each one liang]
Pound into fine powder, bind with refined honey, and pound 500-700 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take thirty pills each time before meals, washed down with warm wine.

Loss of Voice
Erli Tang (Two Sap Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang aphonia.
Zhuli (Bamboo Sap) Jingli (Schizonepeta Sap) Lizhi (Pear Juice) [each three he]
Mix evenly, filter through cotton cloth, divide into four warm doses. Take one dose on an empty stomach and one in the evening.

Vomiting and Hiccups
Renshen Tang (Ginseng Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang weakness, lack of strength, vomiting, hiccups, and rebellious Qi.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Bai Fuling (Poria, peeled) Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, washed seven times in hot water and fried) Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel, pith removed) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) [each half liang] Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, heart removed and dried) Huangqi (Astragalus Root) [each one liang] Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, two qian half)
Chop the herbs. Take five qian per dose, add one and a half zhongs of salt water, three slices of fresh ginger, and two broken dates, decoct until eight fen remain, strain, and take warm before meals.

Diarrhea
Helile Wan (Terminalia Pill): Treats post-Shaoyang dysentery with pus and blood, and lower body pain.
Helile (Terminalia Chebula Fruit, pitted and processed) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) [each one liang] Bai Fuling (Poria, peeled) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, baked) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) [each seven qian half] Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex, half liang)
Pound and sieve into powder, bind with refined honey, and pound 300-500 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take thirty pills each time before meals, washed down with rice drink, twice daily.

Huanglian Wan (Coptis Pill): Treats post-Shaoyang febrile disease diarrhea with pus and blood due to heat toxicity.
Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, fried, seven qian half) Wumeirou (Dark Plum Flesh, fried, two liang)
Pound into fine powder, bind with refined honey and a little beeswax, and pound 500-600 times. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take twenty pills initially, up to thirty pills, on an empty stomach washed down with rice drink.

Helile Yin (Terminalia Drink): Treats post-Shaoyang Qi disharmony with uncontrolled diarrhea.
Helile (Terminalia Chebula Fruit, four fruits, two raw and two roasted, pitted) Caodoukou (Cardamom Fructus, four fruits, two raw and two roasted, peeled)
Chop the herbs. Take two qian bi per dose, add one zhong of Jiangshui (fermented grain water), decoct until six fen remain, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach.

Zaochang Wan (Dry Intestine Pill): Treats post-Shaoyang sweating and purgation leading to spontaneous defecation and urination, abdominal pain.
Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, one processed) Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, one liang) Longgu (Fossilized Bone) Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit) Helile (Terminalia Chebula Fruit, pitted) Yumiqiao (Papaver Pericarpium) [each half liang]
Pound into fine powder, bind with wine paste to form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take thirty pills each time washed down with warm water. Stop taking when diarrhea ceases.

Lower Back Pain
Post-Shaoyang sweating, vomiting, and purgation leading to body weakness, accumulation of cold Qi in the Yuan Zang (Primary Viscera), stabbing lower back pain, and difficulty turning.
Yuancan'e (Silkworm Moth) Nuomi (Glutinous Rice) [half jin and half sheng respectively]
Stir-fry the two together until the rice turns scorched, then pound and sieve into powder. Use half a liang each time, mix with rice vinegar to a thin paste, boil in a pot until thick, spread hot on wax paper, apply to the painful area, wrap with cloth, and change when cool.

Duzhong Wine: Treats post-Shaoyang body weakness, Wind-Cold in the Yuan Zang, lower back and knee pain, inability to walk.
Duzhong (Eucommia Bark, coarse peel removed, roasted, two liang) Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root) Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, processed, cracked, peel and navel removed) Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) [each one liang] Xianlingpi (Epimedium Herba, seven qian half)
Finely chop, place in a raw silk bag, soak in five sheng of wine, seal tightly. After seven days, take two to three he of warm wine intermittently, three times daily. Repeat soaking if not cured.

Insomnia
Zhizi Wumei Tang (Gardenia and Dark Plum Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang insomnia.
Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit) Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) [each two qian] Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, three qian) Gancao (Licorice Root, one qian) Wumei (Dark Plum, three fruits, pitted)
Take as one dose, add two zhongs of water, three slices of fresh ginger, fourteen bamboo leaves, and thirty fermented soybeans, decoct until one zhong remains, take at any time.

Smallpox (Pea Pox)
The *Qianjin Fang* treats smallpox: Boil Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) alone in wine and water for oral administration. Externally, pound Xiaochidou (Adzuki Bean) into powder, mix with real Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), and apply with egg white to the sores; the effect is miraculous.

Residual Toxins
If Shaoyang sweating is incomplete, and pathogenic heat accumulates one cun two fen three li behind the ear or causes swelling and hardness under the ear, it is called Fayi (Parotitis). This is caused by residual heat becoming toxic. It should be dissipated quickly; if delayed, it will suppurate and cause further harm.

Lianqiao Baidu San (Forsythia Detoxifying Powder): Treats initial swelling of Fayi; take this to dissipate it.
Qianghuo (Notopterygium Root) Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root) [medium grade] Lianqiao (Forsythia Fruit, upper grade) Jingjie (Schizonepeta Spike) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root) Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) [medium grade] Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome, lower grade) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) [medium grade] Gancao (Licorice Root, lower grade) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) [medium grade] Niubangzi (Arctium Seed, fried on new tile and crushed) Dangguiwei (Angelica Sinensis Root Tail, wine-washed, medium grade) Honghua (Carthamus Flower, wine-washed, lower grade) Sumu (Sappan Wood, lower grade) Tianhuafen (Trichosanthes Root) [medium grade]
Add one zhong of water and one zhong of good wine, decoct until one zhong remains, strain, and take warm slowly. If not dissipated, add Chanshunjia Hemafen (Pangolin Scale and Clam Shell Powder, fried, one qian). If swelling extends to the face, add XiangBaizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root, one qian) and Loulu (Euphorbia Root, five fen). If stool is dry and solid, add Jiuhuanglian (Wine-soaked Rhubarb, one qian half); double the dose for robust patients. If there is internal heat or alternating chills and fever, double Chaihu, add Jiuhuangqin (Wine-washed Scutellaria Root, one qian) and Jiuhuanglian (Wine-fried Coptis Rhizome, one qian).

Xiaodu Jiuku San (Detoxification and Salvation Powder): Reduces swelling and dissipates toxins. Mix with rice vinegar and apply around the swelling, leaving the head open. Reapply if dry.
Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, three qian) Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark) Furongye (Hibiscus Leaf) Dajigen (Great Thistle Root) Baiji (Bletilla Rhizome) Bailian (Pardanthopsis Rhizome) Tiannanxing (Arisaema Rhizome) Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) Honghua (Carthamus Flower) Tanhua (Prunus Flower) Dangguiwei (Angelica Sinensis Root Tail) Xiaochidou (Adzuki Bean) Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) [each one qian half] Puxiao (Mirabilite) Xionghuang (Realgar, separately ground, one qian each)
Another formula uses Jianshaocao (Herba Solani Lycopersici), raw Baiji, raw Bailian, Tudahuang (Polygonum Multiflorum Root), raw Dajigen, and Ye Zhuma Gen (Boehmeria Root), pound into a cake, add one qian Puxiao, mix evenly, apply to swelling leaving the head open, change if dry. Adding raw Cigu (Colocasia Corm) and Jinxi Chonglou (Paris Polyphylla Rhizome) is especially excellent.

Neituo Xiaodu San (Internal Support and Detoxification Powder): Treats Fayi with suppuration that cannot be dissipated; take whether ruptured or not.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, medium grade) Huangqi (Astragalus Root, upper grade) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, medium grade) Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root, medium grade) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome, medium grade) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, medium grade) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root, medium grade) Lianqiao (Forsythia Fruit, medium grade) Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome, medium grade) Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, medium grade) Jinyinhua (Lonicera Flower, medium grade) Gancaojie (Licorice Joint, medium grade)
Add one zhong of water and one zhong of good wine, decoct until one zhong remains, strain, and take warm slowly. For ruptured sores, apply Yuanwu Gao (Black Tortoise Ointment). If surrounding redness and swelling persist, apply the previous medicine externally and simultaneously take Lafan Wan (Beeswax and Alum Pill), which is best.

Dizziness and Confusion
After Shaoyang sweating resolves, if the patient gradually feels dizzy and unconscious, as if possessed, or speaks incorrectly and groans, this is due to incomplete sweating and pathogenic heat lurking in the Xinbao (Pericardium). The *Liuren Shu* uses Zhima Tang (Anemarrhena and Ephedra Decoction) to induce sweating, but considering the post-illness deficiency of Blood and Qi, sweating is contraindicated. If the pulse is weak and the person is deficient, only Shiwei Wendan Tang (Ten-Ingredient Warm the Gallbladder Decoction) added with Huanglian is appropriate. If there is alternating chills and fever, or afternoon tidal fever, Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) modified according to symptoms is appropriate.

Treatment Examples for Post-Shaoyang Weakness
Danggui Liuhuang Tang (Angelica and Six Huang Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang new resolution with deficiency-heat and continuous night sweats.
Dangguishen (Angelica Sinensis Root Body, wine-washed, one qian five fen) Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, fried) Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, fried) [each seven fen] Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, fried, five fen) Huangqi (Astragalus Root, salt-water roasted, two qian) Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root, wine-washed) Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root, wine-steamed) [each one qian]
Take as one dose, add two zhongs of water, decoct until eight fen remain, take warm far from meals.

Modified Huangqi Jianzhong Tang (Astragalus and Middle-Building Decoction): Treats Yang deficiency without heat, aversion to cold, night sweats, weakness, and lower deficiency.
Huangqi (Astragalus Root) Baishao (White Peony Root) [each two qian] Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, one qian half) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizoma) Mahuanggen (Ephedra Root) Muli Fen (Oyster Shell Powder) [each one qian] Guanzi (Cinnamon Twig, five fen) Yitang (Maltose, one spoon) Dazao (Jujube, two fruits)
Decoction method same as above.

Ziyin Bushen Wan (Nourish Yin and Tonify Kidney Pill): Treats post-illness Yin deficiency with insufficient Essence and Blood, limb weakness, restless mind, nocturnal emission, deficiency-heat night sweats, poor appetite, failure to build muscle, emaciation, and sallow complexion without luster. This pill nourishes Kidney Water and controls deficiency-fire, providing great benefit.
Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root, wine-steamed) Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root, wine-soaked) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) [each two liang] Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, heart removed) Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, wine-soaked) Baishao (White Peony Root, wine-fried) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) Huangqi (Astragalus Root, salt-water roasted) Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizome) Haf Fen (Clam Shell Powder, separately ground extremely fine) Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, wood removed) Sharen (Amomum Fruit) [each one liang] Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome, fried, one liang half) Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, fried, two liang)
Pound the sixteen herbs into fine powder, bind with refined honey, pound over a thousand times in a stone mortar, form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take fifty pills each time on an empty stomach washed down with light salt water.

Modified Buyin Wan (Tonify Yin Pill): Treats the same syndromes as above.
Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, salt-wine stir-fried, four liang) Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome, salt-wine stir-fried) Baiguiban (Tortoise Carapace, vinegar-roasted) [each two liang] Hu Jinggu (Tiger Tibia Bone) Suoyang (Cynomorium Herba, vinegar-roasted) Baishao (White Peony Root, wine-fried) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, wine-soaked) Chuan Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentata Root, wine-washed) Duzhong (Eucommia Bark, vinegar-roasted, fibers removed) Sharen (Amomum Fruit) [each one liang]
If winter weather is cold, add Pao Ganjiang (Processed Dried Ginger, five qian). Pound into fine powder, bind with refined honey and five pig spinal cords, pound over a thousand times in a stone mortar, form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take five large pills each time on an empty stomach washed down with light salt wine or salt water.

Zhusha Anshen Wan (Cinnabar Calming Mind Pill): Treats post-illness Heart-mind unrest, restless sleep, chaotic dreams, and insomnia.
Zhusha (Cinnabar, separately ground and levigated, two qian, use half as coating) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, fried) Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root, wine-washed and dried) [each one qian half] Dangguishen (Angelica Sinensis Root Body, wine-soaked, one qian) Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, half qian)
Pound into fine powder, make pills the size of mung beans using steamed bread paste soaked in decoction, coat with Zhusha, dry in shade. Take thirty pills each time, swallowed with saliva or washed down with Centipeda Decoction.

Modified Zhizhu Wan (Immature Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill): Treats post-illness weak Stomach and poor appetite; takes this to advance diet and strengthen Stomach Qi.
Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange, fried) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, fried) Damai (Barley, fried) Tangqiuzi (Crataegus Fruit) Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel) [each one liang] Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) [each two liang]
Pound into powder, bind with lotus leaf-baked rice into pills the size of sophora seeds. Take seventy to eighty pills each time washed down with plain water. If summer heat exists, add Jiangchao Huanglian (Ginger-fried Coptis Rhizome, seven qian). If winter cold exists, add Sharen (Amomum Fruit, one liang). If Qi stagnation causes discomfort, add Xiangfu (Cyperus Rhizome, one liang). If phlegm is abundant, add Juhong (Red Tangerine Peel, one liang), remove Chenpi, and add Banxia Qu (Pinellia Medicated Leaven, one liang).

Liujunzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang sweating and purgation approaching recovery; take this to condition, assist the Spleen, promote eating, and expel pathogenic Qi. Excellent.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizoma) Huangqi (Astragalus Root) Bai Fuling (Poria) Shanyao (Dioscorea Rhizoma) Gancao (Licorice Root) [equal parts]
Chop the herbs. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half zhongs of water, three slices of fresh ginger, and one jujube, decoct until seven fen remain, strain, and take warm.

Yangpi Tang (Spleen-Nourishing Decoction): Treats post-Shaoyang Spleen-Stomach weakness and anorexia.
Fuling (Poria) Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed) [each one liang] Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, two liang) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Gancao (Licorice Root) [each half liang]
Mix and pound/sieve according to standard method. Take three qian per dose, add one zhong of water, decoct until six fen remain, take warm, three times daily, at any time.

Jianpi San (Spleen-Strengthening Powder): Treats post-Shaoyang Spleen-Stomach weakness, lack of appetite, and inability to digest food even if eaten.
Helilepi (Terminalia Chebula Fruit Peel) Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizoma) Mai (Barley, fried until slightly yellow) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) [each one liang] Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed, seven qian half) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, fried) Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) Zhike (Immature Bitter Orange, bran-fried) Dafupi (Arecae Pericarpium) [each half liang]
Chop the herbs. Take four qian per dose, add one zhong of water and half a qian of fresh ginger, decoct until six fen remain, strain, and take slightly warm at any time.