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Perilla Leaf (Zisuz), Peucedanum Root (Qianhu), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Red Poria (Chifuling), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Licorice Root (Gancao), Asparagus Tuber (Tianmendong, remove heart), Rehmannia Root (Shengdihuang) (each 1 qian), Lungwort (Sangbaipi) (0.5 liang, processed with heat). Take 3 qian per dose. Decoct in water. Take after meals. Follow with Huawan Pill.

Candied Barberry Fruit (Wuyi), Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai), Aloe (Luhui), Szechuan Lovage Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Toad Ash (Xiamahui), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Picrorhiza Rhizome (Huahuanglian) (equal parts). Soak in Pig Gallbladder Juice (Zhudan), form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 10 pills per dose. Take after meals and before bed, washed down with Apricot Seed Decoction (Xingren Tang).

Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian), Aloe (Luhui), Costus Root (Muxiang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qingpi), Picrorhiza Rhizome (Huahuanglian), Allosorus Fern Rhizome (Leiyuan, use white ones), White Candied Barberry Fruit (Baiwuyi), Nematode Flower Head (Heshi) (each 0.5 liang, stir-fried), Musk (Shexiang) (2 qian, separately ground). Form pills the size of mung beans using Millet Rice (Sumi). Take 10-20 pills per dose, washed down with Rice Drink (Mi Yin).

(Also known as Shenqi Wan / Kidney Qi Pill) Treats deficiency of Kidney Qi (Shenqi) from constitution. Failure to communicate with Heart (Xin). Fluids do not descend. Turbid waste transforms into Phlegm (Tan). Cough and rebellious Qi (Ke Ni). Dry Yam (Ganshan Yao) (4 liang), Alisma Rhizome (Zexie, steamed), Moutan Bark (Mudanpi, white is better), White Poria (Bailing) (each 3 liang), Cornus Fruit (Shanzhuyu, remove pits, 4 liang, mixed with wine), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang, 4 liang, mixed with wine, steamed in porcelain for half a day, pounded into paste). Pound remaining herbs into powder, add honey, form pills the size of梧zi (Chinese parasol tree seeds). Take 50-60 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with boiling water, salt water, or warm wine.

Treats all sores and toxins (Changdu), whether formed or unformed, including abscesses and pain. Sophora Flower (Huaihua) 4-5 liang, lightly stir-fried until yellow. While hot, add 2 zhong of wine, boil. Strain dregs, take hot. For unformed sores, take 2-3 doses; for formed sores, take 1-2 doses. Also treats sores and scabies caused by Damp-Heat (Shire), Changfeng (intestinal wind), hemorrhoids and fistulas causing pain, especially effective.

(Also known as Huanglian Xiaodu San / Coptis Detoxification Powder, see Volume 1)

(Also named Shenshen Zhuidu Wan / Immortal Poison-Chasing Pill, or Taiyi Dan) Treats all carbuncles and ulcers (Yongju). Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi, roasted 3 liang), Smilax Bulb (Shancigu, roasted 2 liang), Musk (Shexiang) (3 qian, separately ground and added), Red Tooth Spurge Root (Hongya Daji, roasted 1.5 liang), Croton Seed (Xuisui Zi, remove shell and oil, 1 liang). Except for Croton Seed and Musk, grind the other three herbs into fine powder, then mix in the ground drugs evenly. Use thick rice gruel made from Glutinous Rice (Nuomi) as binder to form pills, divided into 40 ingots. Each ingot should be taken according to the specific decoction listed below. E.g., treat various drug poisonings, Gu poison (Gu Du), miasma, eating meat of dead cattle, horses, camels, mules causing toxic eruptions, carbuncles on back (Yongju Fabei), unnamed Ding swellings, injuries from snakes, dogs, or evil insects, acute burns/scalds, throat closure (Houbi), winding throat wind (Chanhou Feng), various head winds, toothache. Grind with cold water and apply externally. Also treat four-season plagues, cold-wind common cold, heat-stroke causing confusion, suicide by hanging, drowning, spirit possession/fright death not yet overnight but with residual warmth in chest. Grind with cold water and administer orally. Revive after a while. Acute mania/demonic possession in men and women, sudden madness from ghost qi, trauma from blows/falls, Wind Stroke (Zhongfeng), Qi Strike (Zhongqi), facial paralysis (mouth/eye deviation), locked jaw, slurred speech, muscle spasms, joint swelling from wind, hand/foot pain, difficulty walking. All wind-related conditions: grind with hot wine and take internally. Pediatric acute/chronic convulsions, eight types of malnutrition (Gan), five types of dysentery, spleen disease with yellow edema, urticaria, sores/tumors: grind with honey-water and take internally. External application is also effective. Various malaria cases, new or old: on the day of onset, decoct Peach and Willow branches, grind pill with this decoction and take.