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Biejia (Zosterae Fructus, fire-roasted) 12 fen, Wushan (Iris Tectorii Rhizoma, burned) 3 fen, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) 3 fen, Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) 3 fen, Shufu (Lithobii Faecus, stir-fried) 3 fen, Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) 3 fen, Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 3 fen, Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) 5 fen, Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) 3 fen, Tingli (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae, stir-fried) 1 fen, Shiwei (Pyrrosiae Folium, hairs removed) 3 fen, Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) 3 fen, Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex, heart removed) 5 fen, Qumai (Dianthi Herba) 2 fen, Ziwei (Lagerstroemiae Indicae Flos) 3 fen, Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum) 1 fen, Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) 1 fen, Jinchong (Eupolyphaga seu Steleophaga, roasted) 5 fen, Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) 3 fen, Fengchao (Apis Nidi) 4 fen, Chixiao (Natrii Sulfas) 12 fen, Qianglang (Scarabaeus, roasted) 6 fen, Taoren (Persicae Semen) 2 fen.

The above twenty-three ingredients are ground into fine powder. Take one dou of ash from a forged stove, and one hu five dou of clear wine. Soak the ash in the wine. When half of the wine has been consumed, place Biejia into the mixture and boil until it becomes soft and glutinous like glue or lacquer. Strain to obtain the juice, add all other medicines, and decoct to form pills the size of wu-tzu (smartweed seeds). Take seven pills on an empty stomach, three times a day.

[Collected Annotations]
Xu Bin stated: The use of Biejia as the principal ingredient in this decoction is because Biejia enters the Liver channel, dispels pathogenic factors, and nourishes healthy qi. Combined with wine soaked in stove ash, it eliminates mass accumulations (Jia), thus serving as the Sovereign drug. Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Jueyang Decoction), Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction), and Da Cheng Qi Tang (Major Order the Qi Decoction) are the primary formulas for treating the Three Yang stages, so they serve as the Minister drugs. However, Gancao (Licorice Root) is considered too soft and slow-acting, potentially reducing efficacy; Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange) is considered too disruptive to qi and acting too directly downward, so they are omitted. Instead, Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) and Ejiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) are added to assist Renshen (Ginseng) and Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) in warming and nourishing, serving as Assistant drugs. Mass accumulations (Jia) necessarily rely on blood stasis and phlegm accumulation; therefore, four types of insect drugs, Taoren (Peach Seed), and Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) are used to resolve blood stasis and transform phlegm. Since all accumulations arise from qi stagnation, and when qi flows smoothly, accumulations dissipate, Wushan (Iris Tectorii Rhizoma) and Tingli (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae) are used to benefit Lung qi. Combined with Shiwei (Pyrrosia Leaf) and Qumai (Dianthus Herb), they clear pathogenic heat, move qi, and dissipate blood nodules. Because pathogen aggregation generates heat, Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark) and Ziwei (Crape Myrtle Flower) are used to remove latent fire in the blood and excess heat in the diaphragm, serving as Guide drugs. In the *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold), Shufu (Lithobii Faecus) and Chixiao (Natrii Sulfas) were removed, while Haizao (Sargassum Thallus) and Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) were added to soften hardness and resolve water retention, which is even more ingenious.

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The Master said: When Yin qi is isolated and exhausted, and Yang qi acts alone, fever, shortness of breath, and vexatious discomfort occur, accompanied by hot hands and feet and a desire to vomit. This is called Dan Nu (Febrile Malaria); if there is only fever without chills, it indicates that the pathogenic factor is stored internally in the Heart and resides externally between the muscles, causing emaciation and wasting of the flesh.

[Commentary]
This passage discusses Dan Nu (Febrile Malaria). The original text has missing sections. The *Neijing* (Inner Canon) has already detailed this condition thoroughly, so no further explanation is provided here.

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Wen Nu (Warm Malaria) presents with a pulse similar to a normal pulse, absence of chills, presence of only fever, pain and irritability in the bone joints, and occasional vomiting. Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang (White Tiger Plus Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is the principal treatment.

[Commentary]
This passage discusses Wen Nu (Warm Malaria). The original text has missing sections. The *Neijing* (Inner Canon) has already detailed this condition thoroughly, so no further explanation is provided here.