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The Tusu Wine from *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* (Emergency Prescriptions Kept in the Sleeve) is used to ward off epidemic qi, preventing infection with warm diseases and cold damage. It is a prescription for consumption on the first day of the lunar year.
Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), each 15 zhu; Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), 10 zhu; Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), 10 zhu; Baxia (Smilax Glabra Rhizome); Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper), 10 zhu (sweated); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root); Wutou (Aconite Lateral Root), each 6 zhu.
Cut the above eight herbs, place them in a crimson silk bag, suspend it in a well on the last day of the twelfth lunar month until it reaches the mud. On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, take out the medicine and put it into wine, boil for several times, let it dry, and then drink. When drinking Tusu wine, start with the youngest; the amount is flexible. If one person drinks it, the whole family is free from epidemic; if the whole family drinks it, the neighborhood is free from epidemic. After drinking the medicinal wine, wait for three days, then return the dregs to the well. If one can continue to drink it every year, one's family will be disease-free for generations. If there are wells inside or outside the house, place the medicine in them to ward off warm qi.

There is also Taiyi Liujin San (Great One Flowing Metal Powder) to ward off warm qi.
Xionghuang (Realgar), 3 liang; Cihuang (Orpiment), 6 liang; Fanshi (Alum), 1.5 liang; Guijianyu (Eucommia Bark with Wings), 1.5 liang; Lingyangjiao (Antelope Horn), burned, 2 liang.
Grind the above five herbs into powder and sieve them. Place one liang in a triangular crimson silk bag, wear it at the heart area, and hang it on the door. In years of major epidemics, wrap one dao gui (a small measure) of green cloth in blue cloth and burn it in the courtyard. Patients with warm diseases can also be fumigated with this smoke.

There is also Xionghuang San (Realgar Powder) to ward off warm qi.
Xionghuang (Realgar), 5 liang; Zhusha (Cinnabar, alternatively Chimu); Changpu (Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome); Guijiu (Podophyllum Fruit), each 2 liang.
Pound and sieve the above four herbs into powder. Apply to the five centers (palms and soles), forehead, Renzhong (GV26), and Ermen (TE21).

There is also a prescription to cut off warm epidemics, prevent mutual infection leading to household extinction, spread to outsiders, and leave no one to receive the dead.
Chixiaodou (Adzuki Bean); Guijianyu (Eucommia Bark with Wings); Guijiu (Podophyllum Fruit); Xionghuang (Realgar), each 3 liang.
Pound the above four herbs into powder, mix with honey, and make pills the size of adzuki beans. Take one pill; you can share a bed with a patient.

There is also Biwen Fen (Plague-Avoiding Powder).
Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Cangzhu (Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome); Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root); Bencao (Ligusticum Sinense Rhizome); Linglingxiang (Lysimachia Folium), each equal parts.
Pound and sieve the above five herbs into powder, mix with rice flour, and apply to the body. To preserve it longer, increase the proportion of herbs added to the powder. (From Volume 10)

In *Qianjin Fang*, the plague-avoidance prescription: Hutou Shagui Wan (Tiger Head Ghost-Killing Pill).
Hutougu (Tiger Skull Bone), roasted, 5 liang; Zhusha (Cinnabar), ground, 1.5 liang; Guijiu (Podophyllum Fruit), 1 liang; Xionghuang (Realgar), ground, 1.5 liang; Zaojiao (Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit), roasted, 1 liang; Cihuang (Orpiment), ground, 1.5 liang; Wuyi (Torreya Seed), 1 liang.
Pound and sieve the above seven herbs, mix with wax honey to form pills the size of bullet pellets, store in a crimson silk bag, and tie to the arm. Men tie on the left, women on the right. Place in the four corners of the house. On the night of the full moon and new moon at midnight, burn one pill in the courtyard. Avoid raw blood products. (Same as *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*)

There is also Zhuru Tang (Bamboo Sheath Decoction) for treating miasma qi.
Qingzhuru (Green Bamboo Sheath), 2 sheng.
Take the above single herb, add 4 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng. Divide into three doses.

There is also Fenshen San (Body-Powdering Powder) to avoid warm diseases.
Xiong (Chuanxiong); Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root); Bencao (Ligusticum Sinense Rhizome).
Mix the above three herbs in equal parts, pound and sieve, mix with rice flour, and apply to the body. (Same as *Yannian Mulu*)

There is also Zhumi Wan (Cinnabar-Honey Pill) to cut off warm epidemics.
Mix 1 liang of high-quality Zhusha (Cinnabar) powder with white honey. On the day of Sui Dan (New Year's Day) at dawn, regardless of age, do not eat. Stand facing east. Each person swallows 21 pills, the size of hemp seeds. Do not let teeth touch the pills. Swallow 7 Chixiaodou (Adzuki Beans) together, and throw them into well spring water. Never forget this method in your lifetime.

There is also a prescription to treat warm diseases without infection.
On the first day of the lunar year, swallow 14 Mahzi (Hemp Seeds) and 14 Chixiaodou (Adzuki Beans). Throw another 14 into the well. (Same as *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* and *Yannian Mulu*)

Another prescription:
Place 1 sheng of Da Dou (Soybeans) in a new cloth, put in a well overnight, take out, and consume 7 beans. (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* uses Xiao Dou/Adzuki Beans).

Another prescription:
Cut Songye (Pine Needles) like millet grains. Take one fang cun bi (one square-inch spoonful) with wine, three times a day. This wards off warm diseases lasting five years.

Another prescription:
On July 7th, have the whole family hold Chixiaodou (Adzuki Beans) in their mouths and swallow 14 while facing the sun.

Another prescription:
On July 7th, men swallow 7 Da Dou (Soybeans), women swallow 7 Xiao Dou (Adzuki Beans).

Another prescription:
Immortals teach that on Gengzi days after Lichun (Start of Spring), brew juice from Wu Jing Ju Zu (Pickled Mustard Greens). The whole family, old and young, should drink it, without limit on quantity.

There is also Su Chi Tang (Garlic and Fermented Soybean Decoction) to treat warm qi.
Suan (Garlic cloves, 50, with skin, pounded); Chi Xin (Fermented Soybean Heart), 1 sheng.
Take the above two herbs, combine with 2 sheng of urine from a three-year-old child, boil for 5-6 boils. Take all at once. (Both from Volume 9)

Laojun Shenming Bai San (Old Man's Divine Bright White Powder) from *Qianjin Yi Fang*.
Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), 2 liang; Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), 1 liang; Xixin (Asarum Root), 1 liang; Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root), prepared, 2 liang; Wutou (Aconite Root), remove black skin, 4 liang.
Pound and sieve the above five herbs, store in a crimson silk bag, and carry it. No illness will occur in the neighborhood where it is carried. If someone contracts an epidemic, take one fang cun bi with warm wine. Cover to induce sweating; vomiting indicates recovery. If three or four days have passed, take three fang cun bi, add to 5 sheng of water, boil vigorously, and divide into three doses.

Youdu Zhang San (Miasma-Crossing Powder):
Mahuang (Ephedra Herb, remove joints); Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome); Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, prepared); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), each 1 liang; Xixin (Asarum Root); Fangji (Stephania Root); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root); Wutou (Aconite Root, prepared); Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper, sweated, remove eyes); Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), each 2 fen.
Pound and sieve the above twelve herbs into powder, seal with honey for storage. Wherever there is miasma qi in the mountains, take one qian bi on an empty stomach in the morning. Cover to induce sweating; increase dose slightly for severe illness. (Both from Volume 10)

Ganfu San (Dry Application Powder) written by Xu Jishan in *Gujin Luyan*, mainly to ward off epidemic evil qi and prevent contagion. (*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* writes "Fu Gan", *Baopuzi* writes "Fu Gan").
Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, prepared, 1 piece); Xixin (Asarum Root, 1 fen); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 1 fen); Maziren (Hemp Seed, 1 fen, pounded); Baishi (Platycladi Seed, 1 fen).
Pound and sieve the above five herbs into powder. On the first day of the lunar year, the whole family takes one fang cun bi with well flower water. Taking medicine for one day prevents illness for ten years; two days for twenty years; three days for thirty years. Following the master's method requires taking it for three days. If illness occurs frequently in the year, take it once every three days. (Same as *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* and *Huqia Fang*)

Shagui Wan (Ghost-Killing Pill) to remove evil toxins:
Xionghuang (Realgar, ground, 5 liang); Zhusha (Cinnabar, ground, 5 liang); Guijiu (Podophyllum Fruit, 5 liang); Guidu You (Polygala Root, 5 liang); Cihuang (Orpiment, ground, 5 liang); Madouling (Aristolochia Fruit, 5 liang); Zaojiao (Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit, roasted, 5 liang); Hugut (Tiger Bone, roasted, 5 liang);awei (Styrax, 5 liang); Jiaxiang (Amber, 1 liang); Lingyangjiao (Antelope Horn, powdered from 1 piece); Taobai (Peach Bark, refined, 1 jin); Shi Liuhuang (Native Sulfur, ground, 5 liang).
Pound and sieve sixteen of the seventeen herbs, mix with wax honey, and form pills the size of apricot kernels. Burn when going to plague-avoidance places to kill ghosts and remove evil toxic vapors. Can be burned in households during major epidemics and carried along. (Differs from the seven herbs in *Huqia Fang*, from Volume 3)

Biwen Fang (Plague-Avoidance Prescription) from *Yannian Mulu*:
On the first day of the lunar year, take Sanggen (Mulberry Root) growing eastward, thickness of a finger, length of 7 cun, paint it with Dansha (Cinnabar), hang it on the door, and have people carry it. (From Volume 10)