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Treats cold cough with extreme efficacy (Formula see Spring Category).
Treats male epigastric masses and female blood stasis masses; this formula is extremely effective. The nature of this medicine is not fierce, but its efficacy is rapid.
Artemisiae Argyi Folium (Ai Ye) [Note: Text says Awei, likely Arisaema or Ferula, but strictly translating text: A Wei / Ferula resin] (1 liang), Auricularia auricula-judae (Mu Er) (4 liang, ground into powder), Raw lacquer (Sheng Qi) (filtered to remove dregs, 4 liang pure liquid), Honey (Mi) (6 liang).
Place the above medicines in a tin jar, seal tightly, place in a pot, boil with water for the time it takes to burn three incense sticks. Remove and let cool until solidified. Take two tea spoons each time, delivered with distilled liquor (Baijiu). Take three times daily. Avoid greasy food and fish as triggering foods.

To treat blood stasis masses, Zhu Danxi said this formula is extremely effective in resolving blood stasis.
Wa Long Zi (Shell of Arcuatocardium tenebrosum/Clam shell) is the shell of the flower clam. Burn the shells, quench them in vinegar three times, grind into powder, make pills using vinegar paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 70 pills each time, delivered with wine. It can resolve all kinds of blood and qi masses (Jia Ji), and also resolves phlegm-fluid retention.

Decoct the root of Malva verticillata (Shu Kui Gen) in water, filter out the dregs. Add equal parts of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Bai Zhu), Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Aged Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi), Licorice Root tip (Gan Cao Shao), and Achyranthes Bidentata Root (Niu Xi). Decoct into a soup. Add a small amount of finely ground Mirabilite (Xuan Ming Fen). Drink while hot. After taking two doses, the mass should descend. If the disease is severe, one must first tonify and support, then modify and use this formula. Attacking and tonifying simultaneously has profound logic.
Tong Xuan Er Ba Dan: A miraculous medicine for treating accumulated food stagnation and masses in the abdomen, and stopping dysentery/diarrhea. For treating masses, take with ginger decoction in the morning; slight diarrhea of two or three movements will eliminate the pathogen, then replenish with warm porridge. For treating dysentery/diarrhea, take with clear tea after meals to stop it. It can both purge and astringe; truly a celestial prescription.
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian) (8 liang, cleaned), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Bai Shao Yao) (5 qian, cleaned), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Dang Gui) (5 qian, cleaned), Mume Fructus (Wu Mei) (pitted, 5 qian, cleaned), Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Sheng Di Huang) (5 qian, cleaned).
Grind the above into powder. Take one male pig stomach, stuff the medicine inside, sew shut with thread. Place 2 jin of Chinese Chives (Jiu Cai) at the bottom of a steamer, place in a pot, and steam. When the water runs dry, add more water and continue steaming for one day, until the medicine is cooked. Pound the pig stomach and medicine together in a stone mortar, make pills size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 70 pills each time, delivered as previously described.

Expel parasites and remove accumulation; has miraculous effects for both adults and children.
Pharbitidis Semen Nigrum (Hei Qian Niu) (4.5 liang, half raw, half stir-fried), Areca Seed (Bing Lang) (2 liang).
Grind the above two ingredients into powder. Each dose: adults 3 qian, children 1.5 qian. Mix with boiling water and take on an empty stomach at the third watch (early morning). When taking this medicine, it must be taken during the first half of the lunar month when parasite heads face upward to be effective; if taken in the second half of the month, when parasite heads face downward, it will be ineffective.
Treat long-standing癖结 (Pi Jie - fixed masses) that have formed like turtles or turtles/shells; used repeatedly with extreme efficacy.
Use Lao Jun Xu (Old Soldier's Need - likely a local herb name, possibly referring to a specific vine/root) alone. In spring and summer, use stems and leaves; in autumn and winter, use roots. Amount unspecified. Use good raw liquor in a jar. Add one crucian carp to the jar with the medicine. Boil after sunset until the fish is cooked. Let the patient eat the fish first, then drink the wine. By the next morning, passing the object via urination or defecation indicates efficacy. If no response, continue taking for 3-5 times to chase the object until it disappears. The divine effect is indescribable. Only benevolent gentlemen should transmit this; do not lightly pass it on. According to Bencao, Lao Jun Xu is green year-round, standing out among grasses as supreme. Stems and vines are green; leaves resemble HT leaves but are smaller and pointed; roots are white and fibrous like taro roots, trailing vines. Commonly known as She Gong Kou Xu. It also treats swelling and toxins. Pick the roots, pound with raw liquor to drink, apply the dregs to the affected area.