治真阴素被损虚，多服金石等药，或嗜炙爆
桂府 滑石（六两） 甘草（一两，生用）
上为细末。每服三钱，温水调下。或大渴欲饮冷者，新汲水尤妙。
治消渴、消中。
猪肚（一枚） 黄连（五两） 栝蒌（四两） 麦门冬（四两，去心） 知母（四两，如无，以茯苓代之）
上四味为末，纳猪肚中，线缝，安置甑中，
蒸极烂熟，就热于木臼中捣可丸，如硬，少加蜜，丸如桐子大。每服三十丸，渐加至四、五
十丸，渴则服之。如无木臼，于沙盆中用木杵研亦可，以烂为妙矣。
治消渴，消肾。
葛根（三两） 栝蒌（三两） 铅丹（二两） 附子（一两者，炮，去皮脐用）
上四味，捣罗为细末，炼蜜为丸，如梧桐子大。每服十丸，日进三服。治日饮硕水者。春夏去附子。
治大渴，百方疗不瘥者，亦治消肾。
铅丹 胡粉（各半两） 栝蒌（一两半） 甘草（二两半，炙） 泽泻 石膏
上八味为细末。水服方寸匕，日二服。壮者一匕半。一年病，一日愈；二年病，
二日愈。渴甚者二服；腹痛者减之。如丸服亦妙，每服十丸，多则腹痛也。
主治男子妇人，五劳七伤，消渴，不生肌肉，妇人带下，手足发寒热者。
春三月∶黄芩（四两） 大黄（二两） 黄连（四两）
夏三月∶黄芩（六两） 大黄（一两） 黄连（一两）
秋三月∶黄芩（六两） 大黄（二两） 黄连（三两）
冬三月∶黄芩（三两） 大黄（五两） 黄连（二两）
上三味，随时加减，捣为细末，炼蜜和丸，如大豆大。每服五丸，日三服。不去
者加七丸。服一月病愈，尝试有验矣。
Treats conditions where the True Yin (Zhen Yin, 真阴) has been chronically deficient and damaged, often due to excessive consumption of mineral drugs (Jinshi, 金石) or a preference for roasted and fried foods.
Guifu Shitai (Calcined Gypsum from Guifu region, 桂府滑石) (6 liang) Gancao (Licorice Root, 甘草) (1 liang, used raw)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with warm water. For those with intense thirst desiring cold drinks, fresh well water is especially beneficial.
Treats Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst Syndrome, 消渴) and Xiao Zhong (Middle Jiao Wasting-Thirst, 消中).
Zhudu (Pig Stomach, 猪肚) (1 unit) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 黄连) (5 liang) Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit, 栝蒌) (4 liang) Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, 麦门冬) (4 liang, heart removed) Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome, 知母) (4 liang; if unavailable, substitute with Fuling, Poria, 茯苓)
Grind the aforementioned four herbs into powder, place them inside the pig stomach, sew it shut with thread, and arrange it in a steamer.
Steam until extremely soft and cooked. While still hot, pound in a wooden mortar to form pills. If too hard, add a small amount of honey. Shape into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 40–50 pills, taken when thirsty. If a wooden mortar is unavailable, grinding in a stone basin with a wooden pestle is also acceptable; the softer the better.
Treats Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst Syndrome, 消渴) and Xiao Shen (Kidney Wasting-Thirst, 消肾).
Gegen (Kudzu Root, 葛根) (3 liang) Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit, 栝蒌) (3 liang) Qiandan (Lead Carbonate, 铅丹) (2 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root, 附子) (1 liang, processed, skin and umbilical scar removed)
Grind the aforementioned four herbs into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 10 pills per dose, three times daily. Used for patients who drink large quantities of water daily. Remove Fuzi during spring and summer seasons.
Treats extreme thirst unresponsive to various treatments, and also treats Xiao Shen (Kidney Wasting-Thirst, 消肾).
Qiandan (Lead Carbonate, 铅丹) Hufen (Cerussa/White Lead, 胡粉) (each 0.5 liang) Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit, 栝蒌) (1.5 liang) Gancao (Licorice Root, 甘草) (2.5 liang, honey-fried) Zexie (Alisma Rhizome, 泽泻) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 石膏)
Grind the aforementioned eight herbs into a fine powder. Administer one cunbi (a measure roughly equivalent to a teaspoon) with water, twice daily. Stronger constitutions may take 1.5 cunbi. A disease lasting one year resolves in one day; a disease lasting two years resolves in two days. For severe thirst, take two doses; reduce the dose if abdominal pain occurs. Forming pills is also effective: take 10 pills per dose, but excessive amounts may cause abdominal pain.
Primarily treats men and women suffering from Wu Lao Qi Shang (Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries, 五劳七伤), Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst Syndrome, 消渴), failure to gain muscle mass, leukorrhea in women, and alternating chills and fever in the hands and feet.
Spring months: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, 黄芩) (4 liang) Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 大黄) (2 liang) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 黄连) (4 liang)
Summer months: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, 黄芩) (6 liang) Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 大黄) (1 liang) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 黄连) (1 liang)
Autumn months: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, 黄芩) (6 liang) Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 大黄) (2 liang) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 黄连) (3 liang)
Winter months: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, 黄芩) (3 liang) Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 大黄) (5 liang) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 黄连) (2 liang)
Adjust the aforementioned three herbs according to the season, grind into a fine powder, and mix with refined honey to form pills the size of soybeans. Take 5 pills per dose, three times daily. If the pathogen persists, increase to 7 pills. The disease resolves after one month of administration; this has been tested and verified as effective.