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Discussion states: The syndrome of Heat Lao (Chronic Febrile Disease with Emaciation) manifests as mental restlessness and irritability, flushed face, headache, dry and gritty eyes, cracked lips, high fever of the body, incessant thirst and vexation, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, loss of taste for food and drink, soreness and pain in the limbs and joints, tendency to sleep much and rise little, occasional night sweats, and gradual emaciation. This is Heat Lao.

For treating headache due to Heat Lao, vexing pain in the four limbs, generalized high fever, frequent empty sweating at night, dry thirst with dizziness and stuffiness, dry and gritty eyes with weakness, the Rhinoceros Horn Decoction formula:
Rhinoceros Horn (sliced thin) [Shuixiao], Coptis Chinensis Rhizome from Hu [Huhuanglian] (each half liang), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Red Poria [Chifuling] (remove black skin), Notopterygium Rhizome et Radix [Qianghuo] (remove rhizome head), Platycodon Root [Jiegeng] (stir-fried), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome [Xiong], Peucedanum Root [Qianhu] (remove rhizome head), Angelica Dahurica Root [Baizhi], Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, stir-fried with vinegar until cooked), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey, each one liang).
The above twelve ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of three qianbi (approx. 9g), decocted with one and a half sheng of water, a small amount of fresh ginger and bamboo leaves, until reduced to eight-tenths. Strain and take warm after meals. If severe燥热 (dry-heat) persists, administer frequently. If wind-pathogen is activated, add fresh ginger and Schizonepeta Spike [Jingjie], decoct and take warm. This medicine is highly effective for treating bone-steaming heat and Lao qi.

For treating emaciation and night sweats due to Heat Lao, high fever with vexing thirst, the Biejia Pill formula:
Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, fry yellow with urine of young boy, then grind to powder), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings, grind to powder), Gentiana Macrophylla Root [Qinjiao] (remove soil, grind to powder, each two liang), Juice of Fresh Mint [Shengbohe].
The above seven ingredients: crush and sieve the first three into fine powder. Mix with the latter four during decoction, then pound uniformly to form pills, size of paulownia seeds. Alternatively, add a small amount of cooked honey if dried. Take twenty pills per dose, warm boiled water after meals, three times daily.

For treating Heat Lao, soreness and pain in limbs and joints, shallow breathing with shortness of qi, stiffness and pain in waist and back, palpitations with emptiness in the heart, dry throat and red lips, dry and lusterless complexion, loss of taste, sadness and grief, excessive sleep and little rising, the Huangqi Decoction formula:
Astragalus Membranaceus Root [Huangqi] (cut and roasted), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi] (each one liang), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (one piece, remove skirt-like edges, coat with vinegar and fry yellow), Licorice Root [Gancao] (half liang, stir-fried with honey and cut), Ophiopogon Tuber [Mendong] (remove heart, roast, one and a half liang), Cinnamon Twig [Gui] (remove coarse bark, half liang).
The above six ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of five qianbi, decocted with one and a half sheng of water, half a fen of fresh ginger (smashed), and fifty grains of japonica rice, until reduced to eight-tenths. Strain and take warm before meals.

For treating Heat Lao with tidal fever, restlessness, night sweats, emaciation, and reduced appetite, the Chaihu Decoction formula:
Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome [Baizhu], Oyster Shell [Muli] (calcined thoroughly, each two liang), Mulberry Root Bark [Sangbaipi] (stir-fried yellow), Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu] (cut and roasted), Thalia Dealbata Root [Shuitong] (cut), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey, each half liang), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, vinegar-fried yellow, one and a half liang).
The above eight ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of three qianbi, decocted with one sheng of water, half a fen of fresh ginger (smashed), and three bamboo leaves, until reduced to six-tenths. Strain and take warm on an empty stomach, and again before bed.

For treating Heat Lao, and female deficiency-Lao, dry emaciation, inability to eat, thick sticky sputum, pain in back and shoulders, heat and thirst in hands, feet, chest, and back, the Biejia Decoction formula:
Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (soak in vinegar, fry until yellow), Prepared Rehmannia Root [Shenggan Dihuang] (roasted), Heavenly Skull Cap [Tianlinggai] (coat with butter, fry yellow), Aster Tataricus Root [Ziwan] (remove seedlings and soil), Fritillaria Bulb [Beimu]... [Text incomplete in source, assuming standard ingredients based on context or missing text].
The above seven ingredients: coarsely crush and sift the first six, mix with Apricot Kernels [Xingren], take five qianbi per dose, decoct with one and a half sheng of urine from a young boy and five bamboo leaves, until reduced to one sheng. Strain and divide into two warm doses, taken on an empty stomach and after meals respectively.

For treating Heat Lao with muscle heat and restlessness, red face and cheeks, the Renshen Decoction formula:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen] (one liang), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi] (half liang), Artemisia Annua Herb [Qinghao] (two qian), Gardenia Fruit [Shanzhizi] (remove skin, half liang), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey, one liang).
The above five ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of three qianbi, decocted with one sheng of water and a small amount of wheat, until reduced to six-tenths. Strain and take warm at any time.

For treating Heat Lao with mental restlessness, emaciation, and thirst, the Rhinoceros Horn Powder formula:
Rhinoceros Horn (sliced thin) [Shuixiao], Fang Coptis Rhizome [Fanghuilian] (each half liang), Polygala Root [Yuanzhi] (remove heart), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen] (each one liang), Pyrrhosae Herba [Shiwei] (remove hairs, half liang), Ziziphus Seed [Suanzaoren]... [Text incomplete].
The above eight ingredients are pounded and ground extremely fine. Each dose consists of two qianbi, mixed with Lotus Plumule Decoction [Lianzixin Tang] and taken down, at any time.

For treating Heat Lao qi, gradually decreasing diet, frequent tidal fever, incessant cough, daily worsening emaciation, night sweats with palpitations, the Renshen Changshan Decoction formula:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Dichroa Root [Changshan], Dry Lacquer Tree Resin [Ganqi] (stir-fried until smoke ceases), Rheum Palmatum Root et Rhizoma [Dahuang] (cut and stir-fried), Astragalus Membranaceus Root [Huangqi] (cut and roasted), Gypsum Fibrosum [Shigao] (ground and washed), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, vinegar-fried yellow), Prepared Rehmannia Root [Shenggan Dihuang] (roasted), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi] (each half liang), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), White Poria [Baifuling] (remove black skin), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey, each one... [dose missing]).
The above twelve ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of three qianbi, decocted with one large sheng of water and a small amount of Qinghao, until reduced to seven-tenths. Strain and take warm. At any time.

For treating Heat Lao with palpitations and muscle heat, night sweats, yellowish face, emaciated muscles, decreased diet, and soreness/pain in bone joints, the Huangqin Decoction formula:
Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi], Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Dry Lacquer Tree Resin [Ganqi] (stir-fried until smoke appears), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, vinegar-fried yellow)... [Text incomplete regarding other ingredients/doses].
The above twelve ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of five qianbi. First decoct two sheng of water with a small amount of wheat, sour plum [Wumei], and fresh ginger for five to seven boils. Remove wheat etc., add herb powder, decoct until one sheng remains. Strain and take warm at any time.

For treating Heat Lao, calming the mind, stopping cough, and removing muscle heat, the Chaihu Pill formula:
Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Aster Tataricus Root [Ziwan] (remove soil, each one liang), White Poria [Baifuling] (remove black skin), Realgar [Xionghuang] (ground), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart, each one fen), Achyranthes Bidentata Root [Niuxi] (raw), Cinnabar [Dansha] (ground), Aristolochia Manshuriensis Stem [Madouling] (each half liang).
The above nine ingredients are pounded and ground to powder. Make pills using flour paste boiled in wine, size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in warm wine with ash from burnt cotton, take at any time, three times daily.

For treating Heat Lao with restless mind, emaciated muscles, vexing thirst, the Gegen Powder formula:
Pueraria Lobata Root [Gegen] (cut), Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart, each three fen), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Coptis Chinensis Rhizome [Huanglian] (remove whiskers), Bovine Calculus [Niuhuang] (ground, each half... [dose missing]).
The above six ingredients are pounded and ground to powder. Each dose consists of two qianbi, mixed with half a sheng of fresh drawn water and taken down, twice daily.

For treating Heat Lao, emaciated muscles, night sweats, tidal fever, and cough, the Dafupi Decoction formula:
Areca Peel [Dafupi] (cut, stir-fried, three fen), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings, two liang), White Poria [Baifuling] (remove black skin), Cinnamon Twig [Gui] (remove coarse bark), Pinellia Tuber [Banxia] (soaked in water to remove slipperiness, stir-fried dry with ginger juice), Artemisia Annua Herb [Qinghao] (soaked in urine of young boy for one day, sun-dried), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome [Baizhu], Platycodon Root [Jiegeng] (stir-fried), Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart), Gardenia Fruit [Shanzhizi]... [Text incomplete].
The above ten ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of five qianbi, decocted with one sheng of water and half a sheng of urine from a young boy, until reduced to one sheng. Strain and take warm. For women, add a small amount of Polygonum cuspidatum Root [Huzhang] and Angelica Sinensis Root [Danggui].

For treating Heat Lao, the Digupi Powder formula:
Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi] (two liang), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings, one liang).
The above two ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Each dose consists of two qianbi, mixed with Ophiopogon Tuber [Mendong] (heart removed) decoction and taken down, at any time.

For treating sudden onset Heat Lao, fullness and vexation in heart and diaphragm, high fever in bone joints, dry lips with vexing thirst, red urine, headache with phlegm-cough, and attacks by heat-toxic wind, the Rhinoceros Horn Decoction formula:
Rhinoceros Horn (sliced thin) [Shuixiao], Saposhnikovia Root [Fangfeng] (remove forks), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu], Platycodon Root [Jiegeng], Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart), Thalia Dealbata Root [Mutong] (cut), Pinellia Tuber [Banxia] (washed seven times in water to remove slipperiness, roasted), Scrophularia Root [Xuanshen], Gypsum Fibrosum [Shigao] (each one liang), Ophiopogon Tuber [Mendong] (remove heart, roast), Inula Flower [Xuanjinhua] (each one and a half liang).
The above thirteen ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of five qianbi, decocted with one and a half sheng of water and five slices of fresh ginger, until reduced to seven-tenths. Strain and take warm at any time.

For treating Lao-heat, vexing pain in bone joints, restlessness and stuffiness in heart and diaphragm, the Huhuanglian Pill formula:
Coptis Chinensis Rhizome from Hu [Huhuanglian], Rhinoceros Horn (sliced thin) [Shuixiao], Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (vinegar-fried, remove skirt-like edges), Chebula Fruit Pericarp [Helilepi] (half raw, half cooked, each one liang), Platycodon Root [Jiegeng] (cut and stir-fried), Cimicifuga Rhizome [Shengma] (cut), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi], Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu] (roasted), Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart, each one liang and one fen), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey and cut), White Poria [Baifuling] (remove black skin), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen] (each three fen), Trichosanthes Root [Gualou] (one large fruit), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings, one and a half liang).
The above fourteen ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Use bile from twenty pigs, extract juice, mix with four liang of honey, stir evenly, slow-fire boil into paste, knead into pills size of paulownia seeds. After meals, take twenty pills with decoction of sour plum and urine of young boy. If abdominal pain occurs, take with glutinous rice drink.

For treating all types of Heat Lao with cough, the Fuling Pill formula:
White Poria [Baifuling] (remove black skin), Daphne Genkwa Bark [Digupi], Iron Essence [Tiejing] (also named Light Iron, six liang), Heavenly Skull Cap [Tianlinggai] (boil in two sheng of urine from young boy, each three liang).
The above four ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Make pills with rice, size of paulownia seeds. After each meal, take thirty pills with decoction, twice daily.

For treating Heat Lao, mental restlessness, limb soreness, inability to eat, the Renshen Decoction formula:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Red Peony Root [Chishaoyao], Trichosanthes Root [Gualougen], Clematis Root [Baiwei], Immature Bitter Orange [Zhishi] (remove pulp, stir-fried with bran), Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu] (roasted), Spirit of Poria [Fushen] (remove wood), Ziziphus Seed [Suanzaoren] (stir-fried).
The above ten ingredients are coarsely crushed and sifted. Each dose consists of three qianbi, decocted with one sheng of water until reduced to seven-tenths. Strain and take after meals.

For treating Heat Lao with restlessness, flushed face, dry mouth, bone joint soreness, frequent night sweats, cough with copious phlegm, fatigue and shortness of breath, the Gejie Pill formula:
Gecko [Gejie] (fried with butter, one pair), Coptis Chinensis Rhizome from Hu [Huhuanglian], Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu] (cut and roasted), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia] (remove skirt-like edges, vinegar-fried), Aster Tataricus Root [Ziwan], Mulberry Root Bark [Sangbaipi] (cut), Ophiopogon Tuber [Maidong]... [Text incomplete, assuming "Mai" refers to Maidong or similar], each half liang).
The above fifteen ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose with ginger decoction, after meals and before bed.

For treating Heat Lao, high fever of body, cough with wheezing, flushed face and headache, limb soreness, restlessness and dry mouth, night sweats and weakness, the Chaihu Yin formula:
Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings, two liang), Mulberry Root Bark [Sangbaipi], Saposhnikovia Root [Fangfeng] (remove forks), Peony Root [Shaoyao], Scrophularia Root [Xuanshen], Scutellaria Root [Huangqin] (remove black heart), Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey, each one... [dose missing]).
The above seven ingredients are cut like hemp seeds. Take half liang per dose, decoct with two sheng of water and half a fen of chopped fresh ginger, until reduced to one sheng. Strain and divide into two warm doses. For those with cough and hemoptysis, add seven apricot kernels (skin and tip removed, crushed) to each dose and decoct together.

For treating Five Viscera Heat Lao, evil masses and toxic vapors, the Fenqi Powder formula:
Inula Flower [Xuanjinhua], Ephedra Stem [Mahuang] (remove root and nodes), Winterflower Bud [Kuandonghua], Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey and cut), Aged Tangerine Peel [Chenpi] (soaked in water, remove white pith, roast), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome [Baizhu], Peucedanum Root [Qianhu] (remove... [text missing]), Immature Bitter Orange [Zhishi] (remove pulp, stir-fried with bran), Fritillaria Bulb [Beimu]... [Text incomplete].
The above eighteen ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Each dose consists of two qianbi, taken before meals like tea condiment. Or, decoct with one sheng of water and two slices of fresh ginger; also acceptable.

For treating men and women with lingering Heat Lao and emaciation, the Niuhuang Pill formula:
Bovine Calculus [Niuhuang], Moschus [Shexiang] (ground), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma [Renshen], Agarwood [Chenxiang] (cut), Clove [Dingxiang] (each one liang), Coptis Chinensis Rhizome from Hu [Huhuanglian], Peucedanum Root [Qianhu] (remove rhizome head, each two liang), Wood... [Text incomplete].
The above ten ingredients are pounded and sieved to powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose with rice drink, at any time.

For treating acute Heat Lao, vexing pain in four limbs, heat in palms and soles, dry throat with deficiency-thirst, decreased diet, suitable for reducing heat, the Qinghao Yin formula:
Artemisia Annua Herb [Qinghao], Licorice Root [Gancao] (stir-fried with honey), Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Anemarrhena Rhizome [Zhimu] (roasted), Dragon Bone [Longgu], Ophiopogon Tuber [Mendong] (remove heart, each one liang), Peach Branch [Taozhi], Willow Branch [Liuzhi]... [Text incomplete].
The above eight ingredients are cut like hemp seeds. Each dose consists of four qianbi, soaked overnight in one and a half sheng of urine from a young boy. Add three cun of scallion white [Congbai] and wild onion white [Xiebai] (chopped), decoct together until reduced to eight-tenths. Strain and take warm after meals.

For treating Heat Lao, the Dihuang Jian Pill formula:
Juice of Fresh Rehmannia Root [Shengdihuangzhi], Juice of Artemisia Annua Herb [Qinghaozhi], Juice of Fresh Mint [Bohezhi], Urine of Young Boy [Tongzini], Good Wine [Haojiu] (each two sheng, decoct together into a syrup/jian). Bupleurum Root [Chaihu] (remove seedlings), Testudo Carapax et Plastrum [Biejia]... [Text incomplete].
The above ten ingredients: pound and grind five herbs into powder, mix with the previously prepared syrup to make pills size of paulownia seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills per dose with warm wine.