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Formula 1: Equal parts of *Chifuling* (Red Poria) and *Baifuling* (White Poria) are ground into a fine powder. The herbs are washed with freshly drawn well water, allowed to settle, and the fibrous impurities are removed. After draining, they are ground again into a fine powder. separately, juice from *Dihuang* (Rehmannia Root) and good quality yellow wine are boiled together in a silver or earthenware vessel until reduced to a paste. This paste is used to bind the powder, forming pills the size of paulownia seeds. Each dose consists of one pill, which should be chewed thoroughly and taken on an empty stomach with salted wine.

Formula 2: *Renshen* (Ginseng), *Banxia* (Pinellia Tuber), *Baifuling* (White Poria), *Chenpi* (Aged Tangerine Peel), *Baiziren* (Biota Seed), and *Zhigancao* (Honey-fried Licorice Root) are decocted with water and fresh ginger. Once decocted, a small amount of *Shexiang* (Musk), separately ground, is added and mixed evenly before ingestion. Adding *Yuliren* (Prunus Armeniaca Seed) is considered even more effective.

Formula 3: A small amount of *Renshen* (Ginseng) and *Pian Nao* (Borneol) are ground into powder and taken with *Gancao Tang* (Licorice Decoction).

Formula 4: *Shufuzi* (Prepared Aconite Child Root), soaked in child's urine, and *Renshen* (Ginseng), each one qian, along with a small amount of *Shexiang* (Musk), are ground into powder. Rice paste is used as a binder to form pills the size of paulownia seeds, coated with *Shexiang* powder. Each dose is seven pills, taken with a decoction of *Xincaogen* (Centella Herb).

Formula 5: *Huangqi* (Astragalus Root) one and a half qian, *Renshen* (Ginseng) one qian, *Baizhu* (Atractylodes Rhizome), *Chenpi* (Aged Tangerine Peel), *Danggui* (Angelica Sinensis Root), and *Shaoyao* (Peony Root), each five fen, *Zhigancao* (Honey-fried Licorice Root), *Shengma* (Cimicifuga Rhizome), and *Chaihu* (Bupleurum Root), each three fen, *Manjingzi* (Vernonia Seed), *Chuanxiong* (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), and *Xixin* (Asarum Root), each two fen. Decoct with water and take.

Formula 6: *Qianghuo* (Notopterygium Rhizome) and *Fangfeng* (Saposhnikovia Root), each one liang; *Chaihu* (Bupleurum Root) seven qian; *Chuanxiong* (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) five qian; *Zhigancao* (Honey-fried Licorice Root) one and a half liang; *Huanglian* (Coptis Rhizome), stir-fried, one liang; *Huangqin* (Scutellaria Root) three liang (half prepared with wine, half stir-fried). Grind all into a fine powder. For each dose of two qian, add a little tea to a warm cup, mix the powder with the tea to form a paste, apply it inside the mouth, and then swallow with a small amount of plain boiled water just before bedtime.

Formula 7: *Qianghuo* (Notopterygium Rhizome) three qian; *Jiu Zhimu* (Anemarrhena Rhizome prepared with wine) and *Jiu Huangqin* (Scutellaria Root prepared with wine), each two and a half qian; *Huangqi* (Astragalus Root) and *Jiu Huangbai* (Phellodendron Bark prepared with wine), each one qian; *Fangfeng* (Saposhnikovia Root) and *Shengma* (Cimicifuga Rhizome), each seven fen; *Chaihu* (Bupleurum Root), *Ben* (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), *Jiu Huanglian* (Coptis Rhizome prepared with wine), *Shengdihuang* (Rehmannia Root prepared by steaming and drying), and *Gancao* (Licorice Root), each five fen; *Chuanxiong* (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), *Jingjie* (Schizonepeta Spike), and *Manjingzi* (Vernonia Seed), each two fen; *Cangzhu* (Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome) and *Danggui* (Angelica Sinensis Root), each three fen; *Xixin* (Asarum Root) and *Honghua* (Carthamus Flower), each a small amount. Divide the mixture into two doses. For each dose, decoct with two cups of water until one cup remains, strain, and take slightly warm after a considerable time following meals.