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According to *Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases), Huanghan (Yellow Sweat Disease) is characterized by severe edema of the body, fever, sweating without thirst, and symptoms resembling Fengshui (Wind-Water disease, a condition characterized by edema and aversion to wind). The sweat stains the clothing yellow like juice from the Phellodendron bark.

*Yimen Fang* (Medical Gate Formulas) treats Huanghan: The symptoms of Huanghan resemble Fengshui; the pulse is deep and slow, the skin is cold, and the hands and feet are slightly cold. The face, eyes, and skin of the limbs...
Ingredients: Xiyao (Radix Bupleuri? Note: Text says 夕药, likely a typo for 芍药 or similar, kept as Xiyao per instruction), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, five taels), Kujiu (Vinegar, five he).
Boil in seven sheng of water until three sheng remain. Drink one sheng at a time; one may feel irritability in the heart, do not be alarmed. It will heal after six or seven days. (Note: *Ge Shi Fang* records: Xiyao three...)

*Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* states: The manifestation of Gudanj (Grain Jaundice) includes dizziness after eating, mental depression and restlessness, followed by jaundice. This is caused by excessive hunger followed by overeating, leading to stomach qi rushing upward and steaming.

*Ge Shi Fang* treats Gudanj:
Yinchenhao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, four taels), ten dou of water, boil to obtain six sheng of liquid. Remove the dregs, add Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, two taels) and Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, fourteen fruits). Boil to obtain two sheng. Divide into three doses. Urine...

*Seng Shen Fang* treats Gudanj accompanied by chills and fever, inability to eat. Eating causes dizziness, and mental oppression and discomfort. Da Yinchen Tang (Great Coptis Decoction):
Yinchenhao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, two taels), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, two taels), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, one tael), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, one tael), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, one tael), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, fourteen fruits), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma)...
Seven items in total. Cut them up, boil in ten dou of water to obtain three sheng. Divide into three doses.

*Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun* states: If a patient with Xu Lao (Deficiency Consumption) drinks much alcohol but eats little grain, heat generates in the stomach. If they become heavily drunk, expose themselves to wind, or enter water, the body will naturally turn yellow...
Suanji (Minced Garlic)...
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*Qianjin Fang* treats jaundice of the gallbladder caused by excessive drinking and insufficient food leading to phlegm-fluid retention. The patient feels mental anguish (Ao Nu) without significant fever, or has dry retching. Use Zhishi Dahuang Tang (Immature Bitter Orange and Rhubarb Decoction) to purge:
Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, nine pieces), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, two taels), Douchi (Sojae Semen Praeparatum, half sheng), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, ten pieces).
The above four ingredients. Boil in six sheng of water to obtain two sheng. Divide into three doses. Note: *Ge Shi Fang* records: Dahuang one tael, Zhishi five pieces, Zhizi seven pieces, Chi (Douchi) one sheng.

*Fan Wang Fang* treats jaundice caused by drinking alcohol:
Baishengmai (Hordeum Vulgare, fresh barley), squeeze out the juice using well-water drawn at dawn. Take three sheng in one dose. Take before meals, three times a day. It is effective.

*Seng Shen Fang* treats Jiudan (Alcohol Jaundice):
Sheng Aiye (Mugwort Leaf, fresh, one handful), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, two taels), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, six fen), Dadou (Sojae Helvolae Semen, one sheng).
Four ingredients. Boil in three sheng of clear wine to obtain two sheng. Divide into three doses. If fresh Aiye is unavailable, use half a handful of dried Aiye.