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Treatment for hematemesis (vomiting blood).
Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Sumu (Lignum Sappan), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) (each 5 fen); Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Chinensis) (each 1 qian); Danggui Shao (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, caudex part), Shudihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Baishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Huangqi (Radix Astragali), Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (each 2 qian).
Crush the above herbs into coarse powder. Combine as one dose. Add two large liang of water, decoct until one liang remains. Strain and remove dregs. Take warm before meals.

Renshen (Tonifies deficiency of Yuan Qi in the Upper Jiao and consolidates the exterior); Maidong (Fructus Ophiopogonis) (Protects Lung Qi, each 3 fen); Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) - specifically Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) (Supplements deficiency of the exterior); Danggui Shen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, body part) (Harmonizes and nourishes Blood, each 5 fen); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) (Tonifies deficiency of Spleen and Stomach); Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae) (remove roots and joints); Huangqi (Radix Astragali) (Consolidates the exterior and benefits Wei Qi); Baishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) (each 1 qian); Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae) (five fruits to calm the pulse qi).
Add three liang of water. First decoct Mahuang alone until boiling. Remove foam. Decoct until two liang remain. Add remaining herbs. Decoct together until one liang remains. Strain and remove dregs. Take hot. Take only one dose at bedtime; cure achieved immediately, no further doses needed.

Treatment for severe epistaxis (nosebleed) with excessive bleeding, sallow complexion, dry eyes with excessive discharge, and numbness of hands and feet.
Gegen (Radix Puerariae), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii) (each 5 qian); Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) (1 liang); Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (2 liang); Baishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Huangqi (Radix Astragali) (each 3 liang).
Cut the herbs into small pieces. Each dose is 5 qian. Add two liang of water, decoct until one liang remains. Take after meals.
The six pulses are wiry, fine, and choppy; pressing them feels empty. The complexion is white and lacks luster. This is a syndrome of blood loss (Tuo Xue). This is a severe cold syndrome. Treat with acrid-warm herbs to tonify and benefit Blood, assisted by sweet-warm, sweet-hot, and slippery/moistening agents. This will lead to recovery. Such loss of Blood also damages Essence and Qi.

For chronic epistaxis that does not stop, where there is inherent heat and sudden onset, and other medicines have failed: Use this divine method. Take one sheet of large paper, fold it eight or ten times. Wet it in water. Place it on the top center of the head. Iron it with a hot iron until the paper dries. The bleeding will stop immediately.

In the winter of Dingwei year, Cao Tongfu came from Henan. A runner named Xiao Zhai slept exposed in a cold and damp place, resulting in lower back pain unable to turn or lie sideways, and spasmodic pain in both hypochondria. This had persisted for over a month without healing.
The "Treatise on Lower Back Pain" states that lower back pain is mostly due to coagulated blood in the collaterals of the Foot-Taiyang and Foot-Shaoyin meridians causing pain. A few cases belong to diseases of the external collateral vessels of the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. All are cured by removing the coagulated blood in the collaterals. The "Inner Canon" states: "During the three months of winter, acupuncture is prohibited; only medicine should be used to unblock the meridians and break down the stale blood in the collaterals." Use this prescription as the main treatment.
Jiu Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, wine-processed), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) (each 3 fen); Chao Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Duhuo (Radix et Rhizoma Notopterygii) (each 5 fen); Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Danggui Shao (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, caudex part), Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Chinensis) (each 1 qian); Taoren (Semen Persicae) (five seeds, remove skin and tips); Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii) (1 qian 5 fen).
Cut the herbs into small pieces. Combine as one dose. Add three large liang of good wine. Decoct until one liang remains. Strain and remove dregs. Take slightly hot, far from mealtime.