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To treat leprosy (Lefeng), characterized by extreme itching of the face and head, and loss of eyebrows. First, apply Bian stone therapy to puncture the affected area until the pathogenic evil qi is exhausted, then administer this prescription:
Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao) and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma) (each 6 fen), Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng) (5 fen), Scutellariae Radix raw (Sheng Huangqin) and Rehmanniae Radix raw (Sheng Dihuang) (each 4 fen), Astragali Radix (Huangqi), Caesalpinia Sappan Lignum (Sumu), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian), Pheretima (Dilong), Scorpio (Quanxie), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (each 3 fen), Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Baidoukou), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) (each 2 fen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (1.5 fen), Colophony (Wutong Lei), Moschus (Shexiang) (a small amount), Persic Semen (Taoren) (3 seeds), Bleeding Leech (Mengchong) (remove wings and feet, stir-fry 3), Leech (Shuizhi) (3, stir-fry until smoke ceases).
Crush the above herbs into pieces the size of hemp seeds. Except for Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao), Colophony (Wutong Lei), and Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Baidoukou) which are separately ground into fine powder, grind Moschus (Shexiang), Bleeding Leech (Mengchong), and Leech (Shuizhi) together into a fine powder. Combine all ingredients as one dose. Add two cups of water and one cup of wine, boil with Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao) until reduced to one cup. Strain, then add the fine powders of Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Baidoukou) and the mixture of Moschus (Shexiang) etc., and boil again until reduced to seven-tenths of a cup. Take warm in the morning after breakfast. Avoid alcohol, dampness-inducing foods, wheat products, cold, raw, and hard foods.

To treat numbness in both hands and fingers, fatigue and lethargy of the four limbs, and hypersomnia, caused by heat damaging Yuan Qi (Original Qi).
Astragali Radix (Huangqi) (8 qian), Raw Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Sheng Gancao) and Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) (each 5 qian), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao) (3 qian), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu) (2.5 qian), Honey-fried Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Zhi Gancao) and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma) (each 2 qian), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) (140 berries).
Cut the above herbs into pieces, divide into four doses. For each dose, add two cups of water, boil until reduced to one cup, strain, and take warm at a time distant from meals.

To treat numbness and heaviness in both legs.
Astragali Radix (Huangqi) (8 qian), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (6 qian), Aurantii Fructus Viridis (Qingpi) (4 qian), Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), Radix Angelicae Sinensis caulis (Danggui Shao), Alismatis Rhizoma (Zexie) (each 2 qian), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Jupi) (1 qian), Carthami Flos (Honghua), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) (120 berries).
Cut the above herbs into pieces, divide into four doses. For each dose, add two large cups of water, boil until reduced to one cup, strain, and take hot before meals.

To treat sallow complexion, excessive sweating, red eyes, heaviness of the four limbs, decreased appetite, frequent abdominal pain, cough, short Cun pulse on both hands, wiry-thin-and-choppy pulse on the right hand, and deficient Guan pulse.
Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (each 2 fen), Massa Medicata Fermentata (Shenqu) (3 fen, stir-fried), Alismatis Rhizoma (Zexie) (4 fen), Hordeum Vulgare (Damai), Massa Medicata Fermentata (Shenqu) (each 5 fen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Cangzhu) (each 5 fen), Astragali Radix (Huangqi) (2.5 qian), Honey-fried Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Zhi Gancao) (8 fen), Carthami Flos (Honghua) (a small amount), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) (20 berries).
Cut the above herbs into pieces, divide into two doses. For each dose, add two cups of water, boil until reduced to one cup, strain, and take at a time distant from meals.