五硬 仰头取气动摇难，气壅疼连胸腹间，脚手心如冰冷硬，头仰为风命不还。吃食如何不长肌，
肉少皮宽软自离，莫教泻痢当时作，灵药难医命必危。五岁孩儿不肯行，脚软气羸命不亨，细小不妨荣
卫气，长大须应肉自生。宜用参 等药，钱氏地黄丸治之。
上五硬即 之属，经所谓暴强直，皆属于风是也。
五软即痿之属，治见疳杂方条。
至宝丹 疗卒中急风不语，中恶气绝，中诸物毒暗风，中热客毒，阴阳二毒，山岚瘴气毒，蛊毒水
毒，产后血
晕，口鼻血出，恶血攻心，烦躁气喘，吐逆，难产闷绝，死胎不下。以上诸疾，并用童子小便一合，生姜自
然汁三五滴，入于小便内，温过，化下三丸至五丸，神效。又疗心肺积热，伏热呕吐，邪气攻心，大肠风秘，
神魂恍惚，头目昏眩，眠睡不安，唇口干燥，伤寒狂语，并皆疗之。
乌犀角（研，生） 朱砂（研，飞） 雄黄（研） 玳瑁屑（研，生） 琥珀（研。各一两） 麝香（研）
龙脑（研。各一分） 金箔（五十片，半入药，半为衣） 银箔（五十片） 牛黄（五钱） 安息香（一两半，
研，以无灰酒搅，澄，飞过，滤去沙土，慢火熬成膏）
上将生犀、玳瑁为细末，入余药研匀。将安息香膏重汤煮，凝成后，入诸药中和搜成剂，盛不津
器中，并旋丸如桐子大，用人参汤化下三丸至五丸。又疗小儿诸痫，急惊心热，卒中客忤，不得眠睡，烦
躁，风涎搐搦。每二岁儿服二丸，人参汤化下。
桂苓甘露饮
官桂 人参（去芦） 藿香（各半两） 茯苓（去皮） 白术 甘草（炙） 葛根 泽泻 石膏
寒水石（各一两） 滑石（二两） 木香（一分）
上为细末，每服一钱，白汤下，新水生姜汤亦可。
顺气散 消中，热在胃而能饮食，小便黄赤，以此下之。不可多利，微微利至不欲食而愈。
朴硝（制，一两） 大黄（四钱） 枳实（二钱）
上 咀，每服八钱，水二盏，煎八分，去渣，通口服。
胶艾汤 治冲任虚损，月水过多，及妊娠胎动不安，男子腹痛下坠。
阿胶（炒） 川芎 甘草（炙。各二两） 当归 艾叶（微炒。各三两） 白芍药 熟地（各四两）
上锉，每服五钱，水一盏，酒六分煎 至八分，去渣，稍热服，空心食前，日三服。甚者，连夜
并服。
震灵丹 此丹不犯金石飞走有性之药，不 不燥，夺造化冲和之功。大治男子真元衰惫，五劳七
伤，脐腹冷痛，
肢体酸痛，上盛下虚，头目眩晕，心神恍惚，血气衰微，及中风瘫痪，手足不遂，筋骨拘挛，腰
膝沉重，容枯肌瘦，目睛耳聋，口苦舌干，饮食无味，心肾不足，精滑梦遗，膀胱疝坠，小肠淋沥，
夜多盗汗，久泻久痢，呕吐不食，八风五痹，一切沉寒痼冷，服之如神。及治妇人血气不足，崩漏虚损，
带下，久冷胎藏无子，服之无不愈者。
禹余粮（火 ，醋淬） 紫石英 赤石脂 代赭石（如上法 淬）
以上四味，并作小块，入坩埚泥固济，候干，用炭一斤 通红，火尽为度，入地出火毒二宿。
乳香（另研） 五灵脂（去砂石） 没药（去石研。各二两） 朱砂（水飞过，一两）
上件前后共八味，并为细末，以糯米轻煮糊为丸如小鸡头大，晒干，每一粒，空心温酒下，冷水
亦得。常服镇心神，驻颜色，温脾肾，理腰膝，除尸疰、蛊毒，辟鬼魅邪疠，久服轻身。忌猪羊血，恐
减药力。妇人醋汤下。孕妇不可服。极有神效。
驻车丸 治一切下痢，无问新久，及冷热脓血，肠滑里急，日夜无度，脐腹绞痛不可忍者。
阿胶（捣，砂炒如珠子，为末，以醋四升熬成膏） 当归（去芦。各十五两） 黄连（去须，三十两）
干姜（炮，十两）
上为细末，以阿胶膏和，并手丸如桐子大，每服三十丸，食前，温米饮下，日三服。凡小儿服，
丸如麻子大，更量岁数加减。
甘草干姜汤
甘草（四两，炙） 干姜（二两，炮）
上 咀，以水三升，煮取一升五合，去渣，分温再服。
干姜附子汤
干姜（一两） 附子（一枚，生用，去皮）
上二味，水煎，顿服。
茯苓丸 治臂痛如神。
赤茯苓 防风 细辛 白术 泽泻 官桂（各半两） 栝蒌根 紫菀 附子 黄 芍药
甘草（炙。各三分） 生地 牛膝（酒浸） 山芋 独活 半夏（酒浸） 山茱萸（各一分）
上十八味，为细末，炼蜜为丸如梧桐大。每服十丸，温酒送下，食前。
当归四逆加茱萸汤
当归 桂枝 芍药 细辛（各一两） 通草 甘草（各六钱） 茱萸（三钱）
上水六盏，煎服。
升麻葛根汤
升麻 葛根 芍药 甘草（等分）
每服六钱，水一盏半，煎至八分，去渣服。（寒多即热服，热多即寒服。）
开胃丸 治干呕，气逆不止。
半夏曲（微炒，三两） 人参（一两半） 白豆蔻（去皮） 陈皮（去白，焙） 白术（各一两）
上为细末，用生姜汁同枣肉和丸如桐子大，每服二十丸至三十丸，不拘时，用粥饮送下。
辰砂丸
辰砂 麝香 牛黄（各二钱半） 半夏（制） 丁香 白附子 铁粉 天麻 南星（制。各半两）
上为细末 煮粳米饮丸如麻子大。每服五丸，用荆芥汤，不拘时下。
软金丹（又名圣力丹） 治急慢惊风，五痫，螈 ，头项动摇，目睛上视或牵邪偏搐，背脊
强直或反折如弓，口噤牙紧，或屈指如数，或温壮连绵，或服凉药过多，内生虚风。或因伤寒变搐发渴，
或因吐痢生风为痫一切诸症。乳食不化，昏冒不省。凡此急候服之皆愈。但不喘急者此药必效，如已喘
急者更须详虚实。苦涎实者，可同水银丸化下，此二药引化惊涎则潮搐立止；虚者但只服此药，即
便服效。如儿涎热、风热有诸惊症者，服之即
瘥。又治大人卒中风病，涎潮不省，此药神圣，救人不可具载。
香墨（各一钱） 全蝎（三十个） 丁香（一钱半） 蟾酥（一皂子大） 牛黄（另研） 丹砂（飞）
雄黄（飞） 生犀（镑研） 半夏曲（制） 天麻 僵蚕（炒） 木香 蝉壳（洗焙） 使君子（肉。各一分）
肉果（面裹煨） 天南星（炮） 白附子（炮。各三钱） 腻粉（一钱） 螺青（一两二钱） 水银铅（各三
钱半，炒结砂用五钱） 麝香（一钱，研） 龙脑（半钱，研） 白花蛇 乌蛇（各取项后粗处肉，各一两。
酒浸一宿，去皮骨，晒干不见火） 附子（一个，炮去皮脐，虚者用） 蜈蚣（二条，赤足者生用）
槟榔（大二个）
原方有大HT 虫二十五个去壳，本草无考。
上逐旋入研细匀，用不蛀皂KT 一铤，刮去皮弦，以好酒半升浸一宿，揉去渣取汁，入石脑油三钱，
银石器属性武火熬数沸，放冷，别炼蜜少许，投内和诸药得所，大者丸枣大，小者皂子大，以金银为
衣，每服一丸，金银薄荷汤化下。涎实者，同水银丸化下，量儿大小与服，神效。
水银丸 治急惊痰壅发搐，闷乱口噤。
水银（一分，入枣肉少许，同研至无星） 腻粉（一钱，研） 南星（炮制，一分） 全蝎（微炒，一分）
再研枣肉为丸，如黍米大。每服五七丸，乳香汤化下，无时量大小加减。
太乙神精丹 治客忤霍乱，腹痛胀满，尸疰恶气，颠狂鬼语，蛊毒妖魅，温疟，但是一切恶毒，
无所不治。
丹砂 曾青 雌黄 雄黄 磁石（各四两） 金牙（二两半）
上六味，各捣绢下筛，惟丹砂、雌黄、雄黄三味以 醋浸之。曾青用好酒于铜器中渍，纸密封讫，
日中曝百日。经忧急五日亦得，无日以火暖之。然后各研令如细粉，以 酢拌，使干湿得所，纳土釜中，
以六一泥固济，勿令泄气。干后安铁环施脚高一尺五寸，置釜上以渐放火，无问软硬炭等皆得。初放火取
熟两称炭各长四寸，置釜上待三分尽即益，如此三度，尽用熟火，然后用益生炭，其过三上熟火已外，
皆须加火渐多，及至一伏时，其火已欲近釜，即便满就釜下益炭，经两度即罢，火尽极冷然后出之。
其药精飞化凝着釜上，五色者上，三色者次，一色者下，但色光明皎洁如雪最佳。若飞上不尽，更令与
火如前，以雄鸡翼扫取，或多或
少不定，研和枣膏，丸如黍粒。治偏风，大风，恶疾，癫痫， 疖，鬼打等最良。服法平旦空服一丸
如黍米为度。其疟病积久，百方不瘥，又加心腹胀满上气，身面脚等并肿垂死者，服一丸吐即瘥，亦有不
吐瘥者。若不吐复不瘥者，更服一丸半。仍不瘥者后日增半丸，渐服无不瘥，气亦定，当吐出青黄白物。
其因疟两胁下有 块者，亦当消除，若心腹不胀满者，可与一丸，日日加之，以知为度，不必专须吐。
亦可一丸即瘥，勿并与服，亦可三日一服，皆须以意斟酌，量得其宜。或腹内有水便即下者，勿怪。若患
疟日近精神健，亦可斟酌病患药性，并与两丸作一丸顿服之，皆至午后食，勿使冷，勿使热，豉浆粥任意
食之。若病疟盗汗虚弱者，日服一丸，至三日吐即止。若患疟不汗，气复不流脚冷者，服一丸，至三日
若不汗，气复脚即暖有润汗不止，三日吐即止。若患疟无颜色者，服药后三日即有颜色，亦有须吐瘥者，
亦有服少许而瘥者，亦有杀药强人，服三四丸始觉药行者。凡人禀性不同，不可一概与之，但作黍米大服
之为始，渐加以知为度。药力验壮勿并多服，特慎油面鱼肉蒜，当清净服之。若有患久不瘥，在床羸瘦，并
腹胀满及肿，或下痢者多死，但与药救之，十人中或瘥三四人也。又 瘕积聚，服一刀圭，以饮浆水送下。
治诸卒死中恶客忤，霍乱腹满，体带五尸疰，恶风疰忤，大病相易，死亡灭门，狂癫鬼语，已死气绝，心
上微暖者，扶起其头 开口，不可开琢去两齿，以浆饮送药，药下即活。诸久病者，日服一刀圭，覆令
汗，汗出即愈。不愈者，不过再服，亦有不汗而瘥，复有不汗不愈者，服如上法加半刀圭，以瘥为度。常
以绛囊带九刀圭散，男左女右，小儿系头上，辟瘴毒恶时气射公。小儿患，可以苦酒和之，涂方寸纸上，
着儿心腹上，令药在上治之。亦有已死者，冬二日，夏一日，与此药服，得药下便活，若加金牙、磁石者，
服至五服内，必令人吐逆下利，过此即自定。其药如小豆大为始，从此渐小，不得更大。大风恶癫，可二十
服。偏风、 疖、诸恶、风癫病等，亦可二十服。自余诸恶病者，皆止一二服，量人轻重强弱，不得多
与。若欲解杀药，但烂煮食肥猪肉。服此药后，小应头痛、身热，一二日来大不能得食味，后自渐得气味，
五日后便能食。若贪食过多者宜节之，若服药下闷乱，可煮木防己汤服之即定。凡言刀圭者，以六粟为
一刀圭，一说云三小豆为一刀圭。
作土釜法
其法取两个瓦盆，各受二大斗许，以甘土涂其内令极干。又一法作一瓦釜，作一熟铁釜，各受九升。
瓦在上，铁在下，其状大小随药多少，不必根据此说。
作六一泥法
赤石脂 牡砺 滑石 矾石 黄矾 卤土 蚯蚓屎（各二两）
上取 酢以足为度，若无卤土以盐代之。先作甘土泥以泥，各别裹前黄矾等五种作团，裹之勿令泄
气。以火烧周三日最好，一日亦得。出火破团取药，各捣碎绢筛，然后与蚯蚓屎、卤土等分，以酢和之如
稠粥，既得好酢可用二分，酢一分水和用，取前瓦盆以此泥涂之。曾青如蚯蚓屎如黄连佳，世少此者，好昆
仑碌亦得。瘥病。丹砂亦鲜，粟砂亦得。旧不用磁石金牙今加之。用治万种恶风，神良。凡有患连年积岁
不可治者，宜须合此一剂，皆以王相日天晴明斋戒沐浴如法合之。
述曰古之仙者以此救俗，特为至秘。余以大业年中数以和合，而苦雄黄、曾青难得。后于蜀中遇雄
黄大贱，又于飞乌玄武大获曾青，蜀人不识。今须识者，随其大小但作蚯蚓屎者即是。如此千金可求。
遂于蜀县魏家，合成一釜以之治病，神验，不可论。宿症风气百日服者皆得痊愈，故叙而述焉。凡雄
黄皆以油煎九日九夜乃可入丹，不尔有毒，慎勿生用。丹必热毒不堪，服宜慎之。（出《千金方》）
Wu Ying (Five Stiffnesses): The infant's head is tilted backward, breathing is rapid and difficult, and body movement is restricted. Qi stagnation causes pain radiating to the chest and abdomen; the palms of the hands and soles of the feet are cold and stiff. A backward-tilted head indicates a severe wind-pathogen condition with a poor prognosis, making recovery difficult. Inadequate nutrition prevents muscle growth; emaciation and loose skin occur. If diarrhea or dysentery develops at this stage, even miraculous medicines cannot save the life. A five-year-old child who refuses to walk suffers from weak legs and depleted Qi. Although the pulse may be fine, the Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive) Qi remain intact, and muscles will naturally develop as the child grows. Treatment should involve herbs such as Renshen (Ginseng Radix), or Qianyi's Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill).
The aforementioned "Wu Ying" belongs to the category of Jing Bing (Spasm Disease), as stated in the *Classic of Internal Medicine*: "Sudden onset of stiffness and rigidity all belong to Wind."
Wu Ruan (Five Softnesses) belongs to the category of Wei Bing (Flaccidity Syndrome); treatment methods can be found under the section for Gan Ji (Childhood Malnutrition) miscellaneous formulas.
Zhibao Dan (Precious Treasure Pill): Treats stroke with sudden wind causing aphasia, Zhong E (sudden evil invasion) leading to Qi cessation, poisoning by various substances and hidden wind, heat pathogens, Yin-Yang dual toxins, mountain miasma toxins, Gu (poisonous worm) and water toxins, postpartum blood syncope, bleeding from mouth and nose, evil blood attacking the heart, irritability and asthma, vomiting and regurgitation, dystocia with fainting, and retained dead fetus. For all the above conditions, use one he (approx. 100ml) of urine from an uncircumcised boy, add three to five drops of fresh ginger juice, mix into the urine, warm it, and dissolve three to five pills orally. It yields miraculous results. It also treats accumulation of heat in the Heart and Lungs, retching due to latent heat, pathogenic factors attacking the Heart, wind-type constipation of the Large Intestine, mental restlessness, dizziness of the head and eyes, insomnia, dry lips and mouth, delirium due to Shanghan (Cold Damage), and all these conditions.
Ingredients: Wuxijiao (Rhinoceros Horn, processed raw), Zhusha (Cinnabar, ground and washed), Xionghuang (Realgar, ground), Daimai (Hippopotamus Tooth, ground, raw), Hupo (Amber, ground, each 1 liang), Shexiang (Musk, ground), Longnao (Borneol, ground, each 1 fen), Jinbo (Gold Leaf, 50 pieces, half added to the medicine, half used as coating), Yinbo (Silver Leaf, 50 pieces), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 5 qian), Anxi Xiang (Styrax, 1.5 liang, ground, stirred with unadulterated wine, clarified, filtered to remove sand, slowly boiled into a paste).
Grind the raw rhinoceros horn and hippopotamus tooth into fine powder, then mix evenly with the remaining drugs. Heat the styrax paste in a double boiler. Once solidified, mix with the other drugs to form a pill mass. Store in an airtight container. Roll into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Dissolve 3 to 5 pills in Renshen Tang (Ginseng Decoction) and take orally. It also treats various pediatric epilepsy cases, acute fright-heat, sudden external shock, insomnia, irritability, and convulsions due to wind-phlegm. Children aged two years should take 2 pills, dissolved in Renshen Tang.
Guiling Ganlu Yin (Cinnamon Twig, Poria and Dew-Drop Drink): Guigui (Cinnamon Twig), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, radix removed), Huoxiang (Patchouli Herb), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried), Gegen (Kudzu Root), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Hanshuishi (Calcitum), each 0.5 liang for the first three, 1 liang for the next four, Huashi (Talcum, 2 liang), Muxiang (Costus Root, 1 fen).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, swallowed with plain boiled water. New well water with ginger decoction is also acceptable.
Shunqi San (Regulating Qi Powder): Treats Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst syndrome) where heat resides in the Stomach allowing appetite, with yellow-red urine. Use this formula to purge. Do not over-purge; stop when mild purgation leads to loss of appetite, which indicates cure.
Ingredients: Pu Xiao (Mirabilite, processed, 1 liang), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 4 qian), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange, 2 qian).
Cut the herbs into small pieces. Take 8 qian per dose, add two zhan (approx. 400ml) of water, boil down to eight parts (approx. 320ml), strain, and drink warm in one go.
Jiao Ai Tang (Ejiao and Mugwort Decoction): Treats deficiency and damage of the Chong and Ren vessels, menorrhagia, restless fetus during pregnancy, and abdominal pain with a bearing-down sensation in men.
Ingredients: Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin, fried), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, each 2 liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Aye (Mugwort Leaf, slightly fried, each 3 liang), Baishao (White Peony Root), Shudi (Prepared Rehmannia Root, each 4 liang).
Cut the herbs. Take 5 qian per dose, add one zhan (approx. 200ml) of water and 0.6 zhan of wine. Boil down to eight parts (approx. 160ml), strain, and drink slightly warm on an empty stomach or before meals. Take three times daily. For severe cases, continue taking overnight.
Zhenling Dan (Vibrating Spirit Pill): This pill does not contain metallic minerals with harsh properties; it is neither damp nor dry, harnessing the harmonizing power of nature. It primarily treats depletion of true Yuan Qi in men, five labors and seven injuries, cold pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, limb soreness and pain, excess above and deficiency below, dizziness, mental confusion, decline of Qi and Blood, stroke paralysis, inability to move limbs, tendon contraction, heavy waist and knees, emaciation, deafness and blindness, bitter taste and dry tongue, loss of taste, Heart and Kidney insufficiency, seminal emission, bladder hernia, dribbling from the Small Intestine, night sweats, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, vomiting and anorexia, Eight Winds and Five Bi syndromes, and all deep-seated cold conditions. It acts miraculously. It also treats women with insufficient Qi and Blood, metrorrhagia, deficiency, leukorrhea, and infertility due to long-term cold uterus. All conditions respond to treatment.
Ingredients: Yuyuliang (Limonitum, fired and quenched in vinegar), Zhi Shiyin (Purple Quartz), Chishizhi (Red Kaolin), Daizheshi (Hematitum, fired and quenched as above).
Cut the above four ingredients into small pieces, place in a crucible, seal with mud, let dry, fire with one jin (approx. 500g) of charcoal until red hot, then bury underground for two nights to remove fire toxicity.
Ingredients: Ruxiang (Frankincense, ground separately), Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, free of sand), Moyao (Myrrh, free of stones and ground, each 2 liang), Zhusha (Cinnabar, water-washed, 1 liang).
Grind all eight ingredients into fine powder. Use lightly boiled glutinous rice paste as a binder to form pills the size of chicken heads. Dry in the sun. Take one pill on an empty stomach with warm wine (cold water is also acceptable). Regular use calms the mind, preserves complexion, warms Spleen and Kidney, regulates waist and knees, removes Shi Zhu (corpse transmission) and Gu poison, wards off evil spirits and plagues, and lightens the body with long-term use. Avoid pig and sheep blood as it may reduce efficacy. Women should take with vinegar decoction. Pregnant women must not take. It is extremely effective.
Zhuche Wan (Parking Cart Pill): Treats all types of dysentery, whether new or old, including cold-heat pus and blood, slippery intestines with tenesmus, day and night without limit, and unbearable colic.
Ingredients: Ejiao (crushed, sand-fried until bead-like, ground, boiled with four sheng of vinegar into a paste), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, radix removed, each 15 liang), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, whiskers removed, 30 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed, 10 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Mix with Ejiao paste and hand-roll into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills before meals with warm rice drink, three times daily. For children, make pills the size of hemp seeds and adjust dosage according to age.
Gancao Ganjiang Tang (Licorice and Dried Ginger Decoction): Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 4 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed, 2 liang).
Cut the herbs. Add three sheng (approx. 600ml) of water, boil down to one sheng five he (approx. 350ml), strain, and divide into two warm doses.
Ganjiang Fuzi Tang (Dried Ginger and Prepared Aconite Decoction): Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 1 liang), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, one piece, raw, peeled).
Boil the two ingredients in water and take in one dose.
Fuling Wan (Poria Pill): Treats arm pain with miraculous effect.
Ingredients: Chi Fuling (Red Poria, 0.5 liang), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Xixin (Asarum), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome), Guigui (Cinnamon Twig, each 0.5 liang), Gualougen (Trichosanthes Root), Ziwan (Aster Root), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, each 3 fen), Shengdi (Rehmannia Root), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root, wine-soaked), Shanyu (Cornus Fruit), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, wine-soaked), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit, each 1 fen).
Grind all eighteen ingredients into fine powder. Use refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 10 pills before meals with warm wine.
Danggui Sini Jia Zhuyu Tang (Angelica Sinensis, Cinnamon Twig and Peony Decoction plus Cornus): Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Xixin (Asarum, each 1 liang), Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith), Gancao (Licorice Root, each 6 qian), Zhuyu (Cornus Fruit, 3 qian).
Add six zhan (approx. 1200ml) of water and decoct.
Shengma Gegen Tang (Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction): Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Gegen (Kudzu Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, equal parts).
Take 6 qian per dose, add one and a half zhan (approx. 300ml) of water, boil down to eight parts (approx. 240ml), strain, and take. (If cold predominates, take warm; if heat predominates, take cool.)
Kaiwei Wan (Appetizing Pill): Treats dry heaving and persistent rebellious Qi.
Ingredients: Banxia Qu (Pinellia Fermented Paste, slightly fried, 3 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 1.5 liang), Baidoukou (Cardamom Seed, peeled), Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel, white part removed, dried), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, each 1 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Mix with ginger juice and jujube pulp to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 to 30 pills at any time with gruel.
Chensha Wan (Cinnabar Pill): Chensha (Cinnabar), Shexiang (Musk), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, each 2.5 qian), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, processed), Dingxiang (Clove), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Tielfen (Iron Powder), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Nanxing (Arisaema Tuber, processed, each 0.5 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Use cooked japonica rice drink to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 5 pills with Schizonepeta Tea at any time.
Ruanjin Dan (Soft Metal Pill, also known as Shengli Dan): Treats acute and chronic infantile convulsions, five types of epilepsy, spasms, head and neck trembling, upward staring of eyes, lateral deviation and convulsions, rigid back or opisthotonos, locked jaw, flexed fingers, continuous low-grade fever, internal wind generated by excessive cooling medicines, convulsions and thirst due to Shanghan transformation, wind-induced epilepsy from vomiting/diarrhea, indigestion, coma, and unconsciousness. All these acute conditions respond to treatment. It is especially effective for non-asthmatic cases; for asthmatic cases, differentiate deficiency and excess. For phlegm-excess cases, combine with Shuiyin Wan (Mercury Pill) to resolve phlegm and stop convulsions immediately. For deficiency cases, take only this pill for immediate effect. It is effective for infants with phlegm-heat, wind-heat, and various fright syndromes. It also treats sudden adult stroke with phlegm flooding and unconsciousness. Its divine efficacy in saving lives is immeasurable.
Ingredients: Xiangmo (Ink Stick, each 1 qian), Quanxie (Scorpion, 30 pieces), Dingxiang (Clove, 1.5 qian), Chansu (Toad Venom, size of a soap bean), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, ground separately), Dansha (Cinnabar, washed), Xionghuang (Realgar, washed), Shengxi (Raw Rhinoceros Horn, shaved and ground), Banxia Qu (Pinellia Fermented Paste, processed), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, fried), Muxiang (Costus Root), Chanqiao (Cicada Slough, washed and dried), Shijunzi (Quince Seed Kernel, each 1 fen), Rouguo (Nutmeg, baked in flour), Nanting (Arisaema Tuber, processed), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma, processed, each 3 qian), Nifen (Calomel, 1 qian), Luqing (Azurite, 1.2 liang), Shuiyin Qian (Mercury and Lead, each 3.5 qian, fried into cinnabar-like grains, total 5 qian), Shexiang (Musk, 1 qian, ground), Longnao (Borneol, 0.5 qian, ground), Baihua She (Bungarus multicinctus), Wushe (Bungarus multicinctus or similar snake, take thick meat from behind the head, each 1 liang, soak in wine overnight, remove skin and bones, dry without fire), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, one piece, processed, peeled, for deficiency cases), Wugong (Centipede, two pieces, red-footed, raw), Binglang (Areca Seed, two large pieces).
Original formula includes 25 Da HT Chong (large intestinal worms) shells removed; no record in Materia Medica.
Grind ingredients individually into fine powder. Scrape bark and strings from one non-moth-eaten Gouteng (Uncaria Ramulus) stick, soak in half sheng (approx. 200ml) of good wine overnight, knead to extract juice. Add 3 qian of naphtha, boil briefly in silver/copper vessel over strong fire, cool. Refine a little honey, mix with drugs. Form large pills date-sized, small pills soap-bean sized. Coat with gold/silver leaf. Take one pill dissolved in Gold/Silver Mint Tea. For phlegm-excess, combine with Shuiyin Wan. Adjust dosage by age. Miraculous.
Shuiyin Wan (Mercury Pill): Treats acute fright-phlegm obstruction with convulsions, restlessness, and locked jaw.
Ingredients: Shuiyin (Mercury, 1 fen, mixed with small amount of jujube flesh, ground until no mercury stars remain), Nifen (Calomel, 1 qian, ground), Nanxing (Arisaema Tuber, processed, 1 fen), Quanxie (Scorpion, slightly fried, 1 fen). Grind again, bind with jujube flesh to form pills the size of millet seeds. Take 5-7 pills dissolved in Frankincense Tea at any time, adjusting by age/size.
Taiyi Shenjing Dan (Supreme One Divine Essence Pill): Treats Ke Wu (external shock) and Huoluan (cholera-like disorder), abdominal pain and distension, Shi Zhu (corpse transmission) and evil Qi, mania and hallucinations, Gu poison and demons, Wen Nue (warm malaria), and all toxic conditions.
Ingredients: Dansha (Cinnabar), Zengqing (Azurite), Cihuang (Orpiment), Xionghuang (Realgar), Cishi (Magnetite, each 4 liang), Jinya (Gold Teeth, 2.5 liang).
Grind the six ingredients through silk gauze. Soak Dansha, Cihuang, and Xionghuang in vinegar. Soak Zengqing in good wine in a copper vessel, seal with paper, and expose to sunlight for 100 days (or 5 days if urgent, warming with fire if no sun). Grind each into fine powder, mix with vinegar to appropriate moisture, place in earthen furnace, seal with Liuyi Mud (Six-One Mud) to prevent gas leakage. Install iron ring stand 1.5 chi high, place furnace on top. Ignite gradually using soft or hard charcoal. Initially use熟炭 (cooked charcoal) sticks 4 cun long. When 1/3 remains, replenish. Repeat three times using熟火 (cooked fire). Then use益生炭 (fresh charcoal), increasing fire intensity. After one shichen (2 hours), fill base with charcoal. Stop after two cycles. Cool completely before retrieving.
Medicine essence flies up and condenses on the furnace lid. Five colors = best, three colors = secondary, one color = inferior. Bright white like snow is best. Sweep remaining residue with rooster wing, mix with jujube paste, form millet-sized pills. Best for Pian Feng (hemiplegia), Da Feng (leprosy/severe wind), malignant diseases, epilepsy, boils, ghost attacks. Take one pill on empty stomach at dawn, size of millet seed. For chronic malaria unresponsive to other treatments, with abdominal distension, upper Qi rebellion, swelling of face/body/legs approaching death, take one pill; vomiting brings cure (some cure without vomiting). If no vomit and no cure, take 1.5 pills. If still no cure, increase by 0.5 pill next day. Cure expected, Qi stabilizes, expect expulsion of green/yellow/white matter. Pleural masses from malaria will resolve. If no abdominal distension, take one pill daily, increasing until effect; vomiting not mandatory. One pill may suffice; do not combine doses. Can take every three days. Adjust wisely. Water discharge from abdomen is normal. If patient spirit improves, adjust dosage; can combine two pills into one dose taken at afternoon meal. Keep temperature neutral. Eat freely. For malaria with night sweats/weakness, take one pill daily; vomiting stops after three days. For malaria with no sweat, blocked Qi, cold feet, take one pill; if no sweat after three days, feet warm, moist sweat appears, vomiting stops after three days. For pale complexion, color returns after three days. Some require vomiting, some cure with small dose, some strong patients need 3-4 pills for effect. Individual constitution varies; start with millet size, increase until effect. Do not overdose. Avoid oil, noodles, fish, meat, garlic. Take cleanly. For chronic bedridden/emaciated/distended/swollen/dysenteric patients, mortality is high; treatment saves 3-4 out of 10. For Zheng Jia (masses), take one Dao Gui (unit of measure), swallow with grain water.
For sudden death, Zhong E, Ke Wu, Huoluan with abdominal fullness, Five Shi Zhu, evil wind, contagious disease, death of family, mania, already dead but heart warm: prop head, open mouth (do not remove teeth), give with grain water; revival occurs upon ingestion. For chronic illness, take one Dao Gui daily, induce sweating; cure follows. If no cure, repeat once. Some cure without sweat. If no sweat/no cure, add half Dao Gui as above. Carry nine Dao Gui powder in crimson bag; men left, women right; tie to children's heads to ward off miasma. For children, mix with vinegar, apply square-inch paper to chest/abdomen. For recently deceased: winter 2 days, summer 1 day; revive upon ingestion. Adding Jinya/Cishi causes vomiting/diarrhea within 5 doses, then stabilizes. Start pill size as soybean, decrease gradually, never larger. Severe wind/epilepsy: up to 20 doses. Hemiplegia/boils/malignant wind/epilepsy: up to 20 doses. Other malignant diseases: 1-2 doses max, based on strength. To detoxify, eat stewed fatty pork. Mild headache/fever may occur initially; loss of taste for 1-2 days resolves; taste returns after 5 days. Control diet. If闷乱 (restless/confused) after dosing, drink Ephedra Decoction. One Dao Gui equals 6 millet grains or 3 small beans.
Method for Earthen Furnace:
Use two earthen pots, capacity approx. 2 da dou. Coat interior with sweet earth until dry. Alternatively, use one earthen pot and one熟铁 (wrought iron) pot, capacity 9 sheng each. Earthen pot on top, iron on bottom. Size depends on medicine quantity.
Method for Liuyi Mud (Six-One Mud):
Chishizhi (Red Kaolin), Mulì (Oyster Shell), Huashi (Talcum), Fanshi (Alumen), Huangfan (Yellow Alumen), Lutu (Halophilic Soil), Qiuyinshi (Earthworm Excrement, each 2 liang).
Add sufficient Cu (vinegar). If no Lutu, use salt. Make sweet earth paste, wrap each of the five minerals (excluding earthworm excrement and halophilic soil) separately in paste to prevent gas leakage. Fire for 3 days (1 day acceptable). Break clumps, grind, sieve through silk. Mix with earthworm excrement and halophilic soil equally. Bind with vinegar to thick porridge consistency. Use 2 parts vinegar to 1 part water. Coat earthen pots with this mud. Zengqing should resemble earthworm excrement; Cihuang should resemble Coptis. If unavailable, Kunlun Lu (green mineral) is acceptable. Dansha should be fresh; Susha (grain cinnabar) is acceptable. Magnetite and Jinya were not used previously but are added now. Treats myriad wind evils, highly effective. For chronic incurable diseases, prepare this batch on auspicious sunny days, fasting and bathing.
Commentary: Ancient immortals used this to save people; it was highly secret. During Daye era, I often compounded it but struggled to find Xionghuang and Zengqing. Later in Shu, Xionghuang was cheap, and I acquired much Zengqing at Feiwu Xuanwu, which locals did not recognize. Recognize it by its resemblance to earthworm excrement regardless of size. Worth a thousand gold.
I compounded a batch in Shu County at the Wei family home; it cured diseases miraculously. Chronic wind-phlegm cured after 100 days of use. Hence recorded. Always fry Xionghuang in oil for 9 days/nights before using in pills; raw use is toxic. The pill has intense heat toxicity; use with caution. (From *Qianjin Fang*)