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Arisaema Cum Bile (8 qian) and Muxiang (1 qian). For each dose, take 4 qian, with one cup of water and ten slices of fresh ginger, decocted to reduce the volume by three-tenths. Take warm at any time.

Ruxiang (Frankincense, ground separately) and Moyao (Myrrh, ground separately, each 1 liang), Chuanwutou (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, peeled and de-umbilicated, ground into powder, 1.5 liang), Wulingzhi (Trogopteri Dung, soaked in wine, washed to remove sand and gravel, dried, 4 liang, ground into powder), Shexiang (Musk, finely ground, 1 qian). First, grind Ruxiang and Moyao finely in a cool place. Then add Shexiang, followed by the other powdered medicines, and grind uniformly. Add a little water to form pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose after meals and before bed, dissolved and taken with peppermint-infused wine.

Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Radix, 2 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, washed), Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix, honey-fried), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, each 2 liang), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, each 1.5 liang), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex, 1 liang), Fuling (Poria), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, each 7.5 qian). For each dose, take 4 qian, with one cup of water, eight slices of fresh ginger, and three jujubes, decocted. Take after meals and before bed.

Guanzhong (Cyathulae Officinalis Herba, 1 liang), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix, 7 qian), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 0.5 liang), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), Banlangen (Isatidis Radix, each 3 qian), Zhusha (Cinnabar, ground), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, ground), Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba, each 2.5 qian), Zhuizi (Pearl, ground), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, ground, each 1.5 qian), Shexiang (Musk, ground, 1 qian). Grind the above twelve ingredients into powder, mix with the previously ground substances evenly, and make pills with honey the size of an euryale seed. Coat with gold leaf. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with clear tea water; fresh cold water is also acceptable. If the patient cannot chew, dissolve in peppermint decoction and take at any time. This medicine settles and descends phlegm-fluids and has miraculous efficacy.

Da Fuzi (Large Prepared Aconiti Radix, peeled and de-umbilicated, raw use), Huashi (Talcum, from Guifu region, each 0.5 liang), Zhi Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum, 7.5 qian). Grind into powder. For each dose, take 2 qian, with two cups of water, seven slices of fresh ginger, and half a spoonful of honey, decocted to reduce the volume by three-tenths. Take cold on an empty stomach.

Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Radix, 1 liang, prepared), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma, soaked in wine for three nights, dried), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, soaked in wine for one night, baked dry), Bixie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma, ground separately), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix, each 6 liang), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex, 7 liang, stir-fried to remove silk fibers), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 10 liang, whole), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 10 or 15 liang), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix, 16 liang), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, 5 liang). Grind into powder, make pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50–70 pills per dose; for severe cases, increase to 100 pills. Take on an empty stomach before meals with warm wine or plain water. Take medication at dawn; eat when hungry later in the morning, and stop if not hungry. Great care must be taken to avoid stagnation and loss of free flow. Therefore, after half a month of taking this medicine, if slight stagnation is felt, use Qixuan Wan (see section on constipation) to unblock it.