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Treats the condition where, after seven to eight days of *Shanghan* (Cold Damage), excess heat and blood stasis are knotted internally, causing the body to turn yellow like an orange peel, with difficult urination and slight abdominal fullness. This formula is indicated for purgation.
Yinchen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae) (six liang), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) (three liang), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis) (fourteen fruits).
The above three herbs are chopped. Boil in twelve sheng of water, first decocting Yinchen until five sheng remain. Remove the dregs, then add Zhizi and Dahuang, decoct until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses, taking one sheng each time, three times a day. Stool should become loose, resembling soap pod foam, with a reddish color. Abdominal distension will decrease, and the jaundice will be expelled through urine. (Fan Wang used this to treat Gu Dan [Grain Jaundice]; *Duanju Fang* adds one jin of Shigao [Gypsum Fibrosum]).

Treats jaundice with abdominal fullness, difficult and dark red urination, and spontaneous sweating. This indicates the exterior is resolved but the interior is excess; purgation is indicated.
Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) (three liang), Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri Amurensis), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis) (each four liang, fifteen fruits respectively).
The above four herbs are chopped. Boil in six sheng of water until two sheng remain. Remove the dregs, add Mangxiao, and gently decoct until one sheng remains. Take all at once before meals.

Treats Ji Huang [Acute Jaundice] from epidemic diseases, as well as Zhangli [Miasma] epidemic qi and malaria.
Yinchen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum) (each three liang), Badou (Semen Crotonis Tiglii) (half liang), Hengshan (Radix Dichroae), Biejia (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis) (each two liang), Chi (Folium Sojae Praeparatum) (five he), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) (five liang).
The above nine herbs are powdered. Mix with Yi Tang (Saccharum Sinense) to form pills the size of wu zi (Chinese quince seeds). Take three pills with warm water. Vomiting or diarrhea is considered optimal. If ineffective, increase by one pill. At the first sign of abnormal body sensation, take immediately for recovery; it is miraculous.

Treats Ji Huang [Acute Jaundice] with hot qi causing bone-steaming fever and red eyes with visible vessels:
Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas) (one liang), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) (one and a half liang, powdered), Sheng Dihuang Zhi (Jucum Radicis Rehmanniae Recens) (eight he).
Mix the above three ingredients. Take five he per dose, twice daily. Stop when stool becomes loose; no need for a second dose.

Treats Feng Dan [Wind Jaundice] with urine that is either yellow or white, chills and fever, preference for lying down and reluctance to move:
San Yue Ai (Folium Artemisiae Argyi, harvested in the third lunar month) (one bundle, pounded to extract juice, boiled in a copper vessel until thick like lacquer, sealed), Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis), Ningshuishi (Lapis Glaucconitum), Gualougen (Radix Trichosanthis), Tingli (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae) (each six zhu).
Powder the last six herbs. Mix with the decoction of San Yue Ai to form pills the size of wu zi. Take five pills before meals, twice daily. Dosage may be increased to twenty pills. Add Kushen if there is heat; add Gualou if thirsty; add Tingli if urination is obstructed; add Ningshuishi if urination is excessive; add Huanglian if urine is white; add Dahuang if defecation is difficult.
At the Cun Kou (Inch position) pulse, floating and slow: floating indicates wind, slow indicates Bi syndrome [obstruction]. Bi is not Wind Stroke. The limbs suffer from vexation. The color of the Spleen must be yellow; stasis-heat circulates.
At the Zu Yang (Foot-Yangming) pulse, tight and rapid: rapid indicates heat, which consumes grain; tight indicates cold, leading to fullness after eating.
Floating at the Chi (Cubit) position indicates Kidney injury; tight at the Zu Yang position indicates Spleen injury. Wind and cold contend; dizziness occurs upon eating. Grain qi fails to digest; the Stomach suffers from turbidity. Turbid qi flows downward, causing urinary obstruction. The Yin is blocked, heat flows into the Bladder, and the whole body turns yellow. This is named Gu Dan [Grain Jaundice].

Pills for Lao Dan [Consumption Jaundice] and Gu Dan [Grain Jaundice]:
Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) (three liang), Longdan (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae) (one liang).
Powder the above two herbs. Mix with Niu Dan (Bilis Bovis) to form pills the size of wu zi. Take five pills before meals with wheat gruel broth, three times daily. Increase slightly if ineffective. (*Shanfan Fang* adds thirty-seven Zhiren [Semen Gardeniae Jasminoidis], mixed with Zhu Dan [Bilis Porci]).

When a person suffers from Jiu Dan [Wine Jaundice], there may be no heat sensation, yet the patient is calm and clear-headed, but has abdominal fullness and nausea/vomiting. Purging (vomiting induction) is indicated. The aforementioned Seven-Herb Kushen Powder treats Jiu Dan. There must be difficult urination. The signs include heat in the heart and heat under the feet.
If Jiu Dan is treated with purgatives, over time it transforms into Hei Dan [Black Jaundice]. The eyes appear blue-black, the face is black, the heart feels as if garlic scapes have been eaten, stool is completely black, skin is numb and unresponsive to scratching. The pulse is floating and weak. Although black, the slight yellow hue reveals its origin.