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(The modifications of Da Chaihu Tang are mentioned earlier, and the five formulas involving Fuzi and Chaihu are described later; they are recorded in *Baoming Ji*.)

Yijian Rensu Yin (Easy-to-Use Ginseng and Perilla Decoction): Indicated for fever and headache caused by wind-cold invasion, as well as heat arising from the stagnation and accumulation of phlegm-fluids. It is suitable for both conditions. For fever due to wind-cold invasion, administer according to the method for Yangwei Tang (Stomach-Nourishing Decoction), taking several doses consecutively until a slight sweat occurs, which leads to recovery. It effectively treats epigastric fullness and stuffiness, vomiting, regurgitation, nausea, and poor appetite, promoting stomach function and food intake. It is particularly suitable for children and unmarried women.

Ingredients: Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Zisu (Perillae Folium), Gange (Puerariae Radix), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum), Fuling (Poria), Zhiqiao (Aurantii Fructus), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix). Each ingredient weighs 5 qian, except Fuling which adds 3 fen. The herbs are coarsely crushed. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, 7 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and 1 date. Decoct until reduced to 0.6 cup, strain, and take at any time. For patients with chronic phlegm-fluid retention, after the fever subsides, alternate this formula with Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction) or Liujunzi Tang (Six-Gentlemen Decoction). For men or women suffering from deficiency-fever due to consumptive disease, or from excessive hematemesis, epistaxis, or hematochezia leading to deficiency-heat, use 3 liang of this powder combined with 2 liang of Siwu Tang (Four-Agent Decoction), mixed together, named Fuling Buxin Tang (Poria Nourishing Heart Decoction).

If there is fever with aversion to cold, do not depart from Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) and Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix); if there is alternating chills and fever, do not depart from Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) and Qianhu (Peucedani Radix); if there is intense thirst, do not depart from Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), and Menmendong (Ophiopogonis Radix); if there is diarrhea, do not depart from Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), and Jiangtang (Zingiberis Rhizoma); if there is dry constipation, do not depart from Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix); if menstruation has just started or stopped abruptly, do not depart from Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleuri Decoction); for calming the fetus, do not depart from Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix); for inducing sweating, do not depart from Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus), Chidouchi (Sojae Semen Preparatum), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), and Xuanfu (Inulae Flos); for headache, do not depart from Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), and Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus); for headache due to summerheat, do not depart from Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma); for chest fullness and stuffiness, do not depart from Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus) and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium); for restless brain spirit, do not depart from Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Menmendong (Ophiopogonis Radix), and Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma); for dark complexion, do not depart from Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), and Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma).

Wanbing Ziwan Wan (Myriads-Disease Aster Pill): Treats long-standing masses in the umbilical and abdominal regions (such as those the size of a bowl), and various jaundice diseases. When earthy qi rises, causing qi to rush to the heart and severe cramping pain around the navel, it treats all insect bites, ten types of edema diseases, ten types of parasitic diseases, regurgitation and vomiting, nausea, indigestion, epidemic diseases, amenorrhea in women for many years or abdominal distension resembling pregnancy with excess blood that worsens on cloudy days. It also treats twelve types of stubborn wind-bi syndromes characterized by numbness and loss of sensation, restlessness day and night, dreams of sexual intercourse with ghosts, excessive dandruff, or crying/laughing as if possessed by spirits, and abdominal sores with pain. Administration is effective for all these conditions.

Ingredients: Ziwan (Asterae Radix, remove seedlings), Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus, wash seven times in hot water, bake dry), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix, remove roots), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, processed with ginger juice, 1 liang), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, remove rhizome), Fuling (Poria, remove bark), Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus, remove skin and seeds, roast), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, roasted), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, remove rhizomes, 8 qian), Shujiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, remove eyes and opened pods, stir-fry lightly until sweat appears), Badou (Crotonis Fructus, remove skin, process to remove oil, grind), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, remove rhizomes, 1 qian each), Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, remove skin and navel, 3 qian). Add Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), and Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (each 5 qian). Grind into fine powder, mix evenly with Badou powder, and form pills using refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 3 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 5–7 pills, taken after meals with Shengjiang decoction. Not suitable for pregnant women in early stages. The guiding vehicles (decoctions for administration) are as follows:

For hemorrhoids and fistulas with intestinal wind, take with wine; for red-and-white dysentery, take with Gezi Tang; for purulent bloody dysentery, take with rice water; for trauma with blood stasis causing flaccidity of limbs, take with wine; for roundworm biting the heart, take with Binglang Tang (Arecae Semen Decoction); for qi obstruction or melancholic obstruction, take with Heye Tang (Lotus Leaf Decoction); for contusions and injuries, take with wine; for poisoning, take with broom ash and Gancao decoction; for all wind syndromes, take with Shengma Tang; for tapeworms, take with Binglang Tang; for cholera-like disorder, take with Ganjiang Tang; for cough, take with Xingren Tang (Apricot Seed Decoction); for lumbar and kidney pain, take with Doulin Tang (Bean Lin Decoction); for yin toxicity and cold damage, take with warm wine; for vomiting and regurgitation, take with Shengjiang Tang; for food stagnation and qi masses, take with flour water; for seasonal febrile diseases, take with well water; for spleen wind, take with Chenpi Tang; for headache, take with plain water; for heart pain, take with warm wine; for urinary and fecal retention, take with Dengcao Tang (Juncus Decoction); for injury caused by specific substances, take with decoction of that substance; for vomiting water, take with Li Tang; for qi disorders, take with Ganjiang Tang; for infantile convulsions (wind-drawing), take with Fangji Tang (or Fangfeng); for infantile malnutrition dysentery, take with Congbai Tang (Scallion White Decoction); for infantile milk/food injury, take with plain white water; for menstrual obstruction, take with Honghua wine decoction; for abdominal pain in women, take with Chuanxiong Tang; for fetal leakage after six months of pregnancy, take with Ai Ye Tang (Mugwort Decoction); for fetal qi rushing to the heart, take with wine; for postpartum dizziness and pain, take with warm wine; for blood and qi pain, take with Danggui wine; for postpartum heart pain and fullness, take with Doulin Tang; for difficult labor, take with Yizhi Tang; for postpartum bloody dysentery, take with Danggui Tang; for red-and-white leukorrhea, take with wine-decocted Ai Ye Tang; for internal/external injuries with cold, take with porridge drink; for unmarried women’s blood and qi obstruction, take with wine; for dead fetus, take with Caizi Tang (Rapeseed Decoction). It also treats infantile convulsive epilepsy, adult mania, all wind syndromes, and stubborn numbness in non-pregnant women feeling like insects crawling, generalized edema of limbs, and groaning.