Saponariae Fructus (Gaojiao) (2 pieces)
Grind the aforementioned five medicinal materials into a fine powder. Take Saponariae Fructus, remove the seeds, peel, and fibrous strands, soak and pound it, then squeeze out one basin of juice using a cloth. Separately, crush fresh Menthae Haplocalycis Herba (Bohe) to extract its juice. Boil both juices together until they form a paste, mix in the powdered medicine, and shape into pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds (Wutongzi). Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with boiling water after meals.
[Prescription Verse] Xijiao Wan (Rhinoceros Horn Pill) can clear Heart Fire, treating various Scrofula (Luoli, 瘰疬) accompanied by red eyes. Phelodendri Amurensis Cortex (Huangbai) or similar agents are used half raw and half stir-fried; Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Bohe (Mint), Gaojiao (Soap Pod), Lianqiao (Forsythia), and Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel) are used together.
Another Prescription: Xiakucao Paste
Indications: Treats Scrofula (Luoli, 瘰疬) characterized by hardness in men, women, and children due to worry, thinking, and Qi stagnation, as well as Liver hyperactivity and Blood dryness. Since sudden use of rapid and harsh agents may damage Spleen Qi, this paste is taken regularly to dissipate the condition.
Composition: Jing Xiakucao (Prunellae Spica, 1.5 jin), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, stir-fried with wine), Heishen (Scrophulariae Radix, black-processed), Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Zhe Beimu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus, heart removed), Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus, stir-fried, each 5 qian), Kunbu (Eckloniae Thallus), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Fuxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma processed from Fuzhou), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each 3 qian), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma, stir-fried with wine, 1 liang), Honghua (Carthami Flos, 2 qian).