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Tangerine Peel (Chenpi), Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) each 1 liang, Ginseng Root (Renshen) 2 liang, Fresh Ginger Rhizome (Shengjiang) 4 liang.
Boil in 6 sheng of water, reduce to 2 sheng, remove dregs, and divide into three doses. Avoid consuming Algae (Haizao) and Cauliflower Flower (Songhua).

The symptoms include a cyanotic complexion, cold extremities, abdominal pain, and a cold body. Use:
Large Prepared Aconite Root (Da Fuzi) 2 pieces (processed, peel removed, umbilical scar removed).
Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, delivered with half a zhan of ginger juice. The degree is reached when warmth like fire is felt below the navel.

This syndrome results from inadequate covering after sweating, leading to spasms and convulsions of the lower back, back, and limbs. Use:
Arctium Root (Niubanggen) 10 roots, Ephedra Herb (Mahuang), Achyranthes Root (Niuxi), Arisaema Rhizome (Tiannanxing) each 6 qian.
Chop finely, add one bowl of aged wine, grind together in a basin, squeeze out the juice with new cloth, and roast the medicine over charcoal until black. Take 1 qian per dose, delivered with warm wine, three times daily.

This syndrome presents as fullness and stuffiness in the epigastrium, with pain radiating to both hypochondria. Use:
Kadsura Flower Bud (Yuanhua), Kansui Root (Gansui), Euphorbia Root (Daji) in equal parts.
Grind into powder. With ten Jujubes (Dazao) and 1.5 bowls of water, decoct to obtain 0.8 bowl, remove dregs. Those with strong constitutions take 1 qian; those with weak constitutions take 0.5 qian, preferably taken at dawn on an empty stomach.

Fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, with pain so severe it cannot be touched. Use:
Clam Shell (Hai Ge), Talcum (Huashi), Licorice Root (Gancao) each 1 liang, Mirabilite (Mangxiao) 5 qian.
Grind together into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with egg white for delivery.

Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) each 3 qian, Fresh Ginger Rhizome (Shengjiang) 5 slices.
Decoct in two bowls of water and take.

Raw Prepared Aconite Root (Sheng Fuzi) 1 liang (peel removed, umbilical scar removed, processed), Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang) 1 liang.
Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in two bowls of water to obtain one bowl, take warm.

Yin-pattern Cold Damage (Yin Zheng Shanghan), also known as Sexual-intercourse-associated Cold Damage (Jia Se Shanghan); commonly called Yin-clamping Cold Damage (Jia Yin Shanghan). Initially due to sexual activity, subsequently contracting cold pathogenic factors, leading to decline of Yang and excess of Yin, with all six pulses deep and hidden.
Severe colicky pain in the lower abdomen, cold extremities, retraction of the scrotum in men or nipples in women, or flexion and purplish-black discoloration of hands and feet. If blackening is severe, jaw stiffness and cessation of breath occur. Urgent purgation is indicated:
Ginseng Root (Renshen), Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang) each 1 liang, Raw Prepared Aconite Root (Sheng Fuzi) 1 piece (cut into eight slices).
Decoct in 4.5 bowls of water to obtain one bowl, take in one dose. Shortly thereafter, the pulse will emerge and the body will become warm.

This syndrome refers to illness contracted by male or female patients who engage in sexual intercourse shortly after recovering from Cold Damage (Shanghan) before full recovery. When a man whose disease has just healed but not yet stabilized engages in intercourse with a woman and contracts the disease, it is named Yang Yi (Yang Transmission); when a woman whose disease has just healed but not yet stabilized engages in intercourse with a man and contracts the disease, it is named Yin Yi (Yin Transmission). The condition manifests as heavy body, urgency and tension in the lower abdomen, possibly drawing the genitalia into cramps, heat rushing up to the chest, heaviness of the head making it difficult to lift, opacity in the eyes, and rigidity of the four limbs. Without prompt treatment, death often ensues. For women suffering from Yang Yi, the appropriate formula uses:
Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang) 4 liang.
Pound into powder, mix with boiling water, take in one dose; cover warmly to induce sweating for resolution.
For men suffering from Yin Yi, use:
Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus (Xiebai) one large handful, Mouse Excrement (Shufen) 14 pieces.
Boil in 5 sheng of water, reduce to 2 sheng, drink completely. Lie warm to induce sweating for cure.
Alternatively, for men suffering from Yin Yi, burn the area near the vulva of a woman, collect the ash as a powder, take one fangcun bi (a measure roughly equivalent to a square inch spoonful), three times daily. Urination will become smooth, and slight swelling of the glans penis indicates cure. If the patient is a woman, take the corresponding part of a man using the same method, delivered with wine and water.