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Treats conditions where the Jueyin Meridian (Liver and Pericardium channels) is invaded by the four pathogenic factors: wind, cold, dampness, and heat. Symptoms include weakness in the legs and knees, hemiplegia affecting one side of the body (left paralysis and right hemiplegia), half-body immobility, numbness and stiffness in the hands and feet, slurred speech, stagnation of Qi and Blood causing pain throughout the body.

Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, washed with wine), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba/Lactiflorae), Dihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, steamed with wine and pounded into paste), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii), Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae), Mugua (Fructus Chaenomelis), Tusizi (Semen Cuscutae, processed with wine). All these herbs are taken in equal parts, ground into fine powder. Add the Dihuang paste and refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 100 pills per dose, on an empty stomach, delivered with warm wine or salted water.

Treats indigestion, epigastric fullness and oppression, and swelling and pain in the legs and feet.

Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, stir-fried), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, stir-fried), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Fuling (Sclerotium Poriae), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Maiya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus, stir-fried), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, prepared with ginger juice, each 2 liang), Qingpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, 5 qian), Badoushuang (Pulvis Crotonis Tiglii), Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, stir-fried, each 1.5 qian).
Grind all ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with rice decoction and use steamed bread as a binder to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 4-5 or 10 pills per dose, delivered with warm water.
This condition arises from internal injury due to improper diet, leading to a deficiency in the Spleen and Stomach's transportive and transformative Qi. The clear Yang fails to ascend and instead sinks downward, manifesting as Hongjiaojiao (swollen legs resembling gouty arthritis). This formula guides the dampness downward, promotes water metabolism, and strengthens the Spleen Qi.

Treats cough and asthma caused by Cold invading the Lungs.

Ganjiang (Radix Zingiberis Preparata, roasted), Xixin (Herba Asari), Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, nodes removed), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi, each 3 liang), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, soaked in boiling water seven times, 2.5 liang), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba/Lactiflorae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, each 3 liang), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae, 2 liang, crushed and stir-fried).
Take 5 qian per dose. Add one zhong of water and three slices of fresh ginger. Decoct until only 7/10 remains. Take after meals.

Treats Fei Yong (Lung Abscess), characterized by distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, rebellious Qi with cough, or edema of the body and face, nasal congestion, and heavy voice.

Tinglizi (Semen Lepidii/Descurainiae, stir-fried until yellow and ground into powder, take 3 qian per dose).
Add two zhong of water and one jujube. Decoct until one zhong remains. Remove the jujube, add the Tinglizi powder, and decoct until 7/10 remains. Take after meals.

Treats Fei Yong (Lung Abscess), with pain in the chest and between the breasts, and expectoration of foul-smelling sputum.

Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis, stir-fried), Yiyiren (Semen Coicis), Diyü (Radix Sanguisorbae), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae, stir-fried), Chishao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra, stir-fried), Sheng Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, raw), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan, heart removed). All herbs are used in equal parts.
Add two zhong of water. Decoct until 8/10 remains. Take well before meals.