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Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae) fourteen pieces, Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), one tael, Zhi Shi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus), five pieces, Chi Xiao Dou (Faber Semen Preparatum), one sheng.
The above four ingredients are boiled in six sheng of water until three sheng remain; divide into two warm doses.

[Collected Explanations]
Wei Litong states: For Jiu Huang Dan (Alcohol-induced Jaundice), characterized by Xin Zhong Ao Nao (mental restlessness and discomfort) or severe heat with pain, Zhi Zi Da Huang Tang (Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction) is the primary treatment. This formula is established to address pathogenic excess-heat.
For individuals habitually consuming alcohol, accumulation and stagnation transform into heat; without this formula, it cannot be eliminated.

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If Jiu Huang Dan is incorrectly treated with purgation, over time it may transform into Hei Dan (Black Jaundice). Symptoms include bluish eyes, black complexion, a sensation in the heart as if eating minced garlic, normal black stool, skin numbness where scratching does not elicit pain, a floating and weak pulse, and although the complexion is black, a faint yellow hue remains, allowing for identification.

[Annotation]
In Jiu Huang Dan, if there is mental restlessness or heat-pain in the heart with a deep and solid pulse, purgation should be employed. If there is heat in the heart accompanied by the desire to vomit, with a floating and weak pulse, emesis should be employed; conversely using purgation constitutes an erroneous counter-treatment. If the patient has a history of physical exhaustion, purgation causes heat to enter the Spleen; shortly thereafter, abdominal fullness persists, resulting in Gu Huang Dan (Grain-induced Jaundice). If the patient has a history of sexual exhaustion, purgation causes heat to enter the Kidney; although the yellowing is slightly black, over time it will inevitably transform into Hei Dan (Black Jaundice). Bluish eyes indicate injury to essence; black complexion indicates injury to the Kidney; the sensation of eating minced garlic indicates injury to the Stomach; black stool indicates injury to blood; skin numbness indicates Blood Bi (Blood Stasis obstruction); these syndromes are all caused by the error of applying purgation instead of emesis when the pulse of Jiu Huang Dan is floating and weak.

[Collected Notes]
Zhao Liang states: The blackness of Jiu Huang Dan differs from that of Nu Lao Dan (Sexual Exhaustion Jaundice). The blackness of Nu Lao Dan originates from Kidney Qi pathology; the blackness of Jiu Huang Dan stems from corrupted and stagnant blood. Alcohol-damp-heat injures the Spleen and Stomach, causing disharmony where Yang Qi fails to transform and Yin Qi fails to circulate. Further incorrect purgation depletes transformation and transportation functions. Qi depletion and blood stasis lead to corruption and瘀 (stasis); turbid colors manifest on the face as black; flavors change in the heart and throat causing zao za (discomfort and hunger pangs), with a burning sensation in the heart like eating minced garlic. Ying Blood (Nutritive Blood) declines and fails to circulate to the skin, causing numbness upon scratching; it flows into the Large Intestine, making stool black as lacquer. Bluish eyes and a floating, wiry pulse are both manifestations of Blood pathology.

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For various types of jaundice, Zhu Gao Fa Jian (Pig Fat and Hair Decoction) is indicated.

[Commentary]
"Various jaundices" refers to all types of jaundice. To claim that Zhu Gao Fa Jian treats all cases is likely not entirely accurate. Physicians must examine this carefully; there must be missing text here.

[Collected Notes]
Cheng Lin states: Bian Que had the "Huang Jing" (Classic of Jaundice), and the "Ming Tang" contains methods for cauterizing thirty-six types of jaundice, which are unseen by later generations. Only the "Sheng Ji Zong Lu" records thirty-six jaundices, with detailed formulas and theories, making treatments complete. That Zhu Gao Fa Jian can treat various jaundices likely applies only to mild cases, which can be expelled via urination. As for Yin Huang (Yin-type Jaundice), Ji Huang (Acute Jaundice), and Nu Lao Dan, can they truly be treated by Zhu Gao Fa Jian? Physicians must examine this carefully.