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When the thirst disease (Xiao Ke) has been cured for a long time but is followed by a white and slippery coating on the tongue, slight swelling of the tongue, pain in the throat when swallowing saliva, swelling of the pharynx, frequent thirst with a preference for cold drinks, and white froth in the mouth resembling glue.

Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Xi Xin (Herba Asari) [each 1 fen]; Shu Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata), Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) [each 3 fen]; Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) [5 fen]; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) [6 fen]; Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri) [7 fen].
Huang Bo (Cortex Phellodendri), Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Dang Gui Shen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Tao Ren (Semen Persicae) [stir-fried, skin and tips removed], Jing Jie Sui (Flos Elsholtziae), Fang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) [each 1 qian]; Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) [1.5 qian]; Hong Hua (Flos Carthami) [a small amount]; Xing Ren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum) [six pieces]; Xiao Jiao (Fructus Zanthoxyli) [two pieces].
Crush the above ingredients to the size of hemp seeds. Prepare as one dose. Decoct with two cups of water until one cup remains. Take warm after meals.

To treat Xiao Ke characterized by excessive drinking, voracious appetite yet emaciation, spontaneous sweating, dry and hard stools, and frequent urination.
Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata) [2 fen, washed with decoction], Shu Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Bai Dou Kou Ren (Semen Amomi Rotundus), Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng), Lan Xiang (Herba Litseae), Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae), Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae), Jie Geng (Radix Platycodonis) [each 5 fen]; Sheng Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Fang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) [each 1 qian]; Jiu Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae processed with wine) [1.5 qian]; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) [3 qian].
Pulverize the above into an extremely fine powder. Moisten with decoction, mix evenly with biscuit flour to form a dough, roll into thin slices, sun-dry until half-dry, then crush into particles the size of rice grains. Take 2 qian per dose, administered after meals with light ginger tea.

To treat Xiao Ke characterized by numbness of both upper and lower teeth, stiffness, swelling, and pain at the root of the tongue, difficulty in swallowing food, occasional abdominal distension or diarrhea with yellow, mushy stools termed "Can Xie" (Meal-induced diarrhea), generalized yellowish discoloration of the body, yellowing of the eyes, weakness and flaccidity of the four limbs, ice-cold sensation in the anterior yin region, coldness in the sacrum, buttocks, waist, and back, dark sallow complexion on the face, urgency and pain under the hypochondrium, frequent sneezing, mood swings between anger and joy, and forgetfulness.
Huo Xiang (Herba Agastaches), Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri), Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Mu Xiang (Radix Aucklandiae) [each 3 fen]; Bai Kui Hua (Flos Malvae), Mai Men Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis), Dang Gui Shen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Lan Xiang (Herba Litseae) [each 5 fen]; Bi Cheng Qie (Fructus Chebulae), Sheng Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Shan Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae), Bai Dou Kou Ren (Semen Amomi Rotundus), Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae), Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae), Jiang Huang (Rhizoma Curcumae Longae) [each 1 qian]; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) [1.2 qian]; Quan Xie (Scorpio) [two pieces, toxicity removed], Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Jiu Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae processed with wine), Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae), Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng) [each 2 qian]; Jie Geng (Radix Platycodonis) [3 qian]; Xing Ren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, peeled), Jiu Huang Bo (Cortex Phellodendri processed with wine) [each 1.5 qian].
Pulverize the above into a fine powder. Moisten with decoction, mix evenly with biscuit flour to form a dough, roll into slices, sun-dry until half-dry, then crush into particles the size of yellow millet. Take 2 qian per dose, swallowed with saliva or taken with plain boiled water, administered well after meals.