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Treating heat pathogen affecting the three Yang meridians of the foot (Foot-Yangming Stomach, Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder, Foot-Taiyang Bladder). Toxicity flows to the ankle. Redness, swelling, and pain occur. Chills and fever resembling malaria, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, and difficult urination. The hands and feet may have no sweat, and there is aversion to cold.
Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) (each one fen, divided into two doses. Use one zhong of water, three slices of ginger, decoct until eight fen remains. Take at any time.)

Treating damp-heat in the Spleen meridian causing stagnation and obstruction. This results in pain in the face, eyes, hands, and feet. Use Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) minus Zhu Ling (Polyporus) and Guigui (Cassiae Ramulus), plus Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium). Take two qian per dose, washed down with boiling water.

Treating pathogens from the four seasons flowing into the Foot-Taiyin Spleen meridian. Painful and annoying bone joints, stiffness and cramping of the four limbs, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, difficult urination. The hands and feet may occasionally swell.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix) (each four qian), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, two qian), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, stir-fried), Fuling (Poria) (each three qian), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus, one qian).
Divide into two doses. Use half a zhong of water, three slices of ginger, decoct until one zhong remains. Take well after meals.

Treating decline of Mingmen Fire (Gate of Life fire), which fails to warm and generate Spleen Earth, leading to Spleen and Stomach deficiency. Symptoms include poor appetite or indigestion, gradual emaciation, and consumptive disease (Xu Lao). After drinking water, there is swelling and pain in the waist. There is discomfort in the lower abdomen, along with Kidney Qi deficiency and cold, causing pain around the umbilicus and abdomen, frequent nocturnal urination, weakness in the legs and knees, and limb fatigue. Use Shenqi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill), adding Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex, one liang) and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, one liang) to each batch. Soak daily in several bowls of fresh child urine for five to six days. Cut into four pieces. Soak again as before for several days. Wrap in straw paper, process by steaming with wet paper for half a day. Remove skin, navel, and tips. Slice into large pieces. If white spots appear, roast over fire until they disappear.

Treating injury by wind-cold-damp toxicity. Leg and foot pain, tendon cramping and bone pain, pulling pain in the waist and back, headache with aversion to cold and stiffness, generalized body pain. Treats all diseases of cold toxicity. Use Wuji San (Five-Accumulations Powder) combined with Renshen Baidu San (Ginseng Detoxification Powder).

Treating wind-dampness flowing and accumulating. Soreness and pain in the calves, or vomiting and loss of appetite.
Binglang (Arecae Semen), Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus) (each one qian), Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma), Zisu (Perillae Folium) (each three fen), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, each one qian).
Use half a zhong of water, three slices of ginger, three stalks of scallion white, decoct until one zhong remains. Take on an empty stomach.