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Women's physiological basis lies in Qi and Blood, as well as Yin and Yang, while the Zang-Fu organs exhibit patterns of deficiency and excess. Excess conditions generate internal heat, whereas deficiency conditions make one susceptible to external pathogens. When pathogenic heat invades the human body, the Yin and Yang, cold and heat within naturally clash and interact.

The term "Guest Heat" (Ke Re) mentioned here refers to heat added from the exterior due to a weak constitution and excessive warming tonification; it is not heat generated spontaneously by the Zang-Fu organs, hence it is called "Guest Heat." Its manifestation involves deficient heat in the Upper Jiao (Upper Burner), specifically between the chest and diaphragm.

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with mental restlessness and irritability, body heat, pain in the four limbs, and loss of appetite, use Antelope Horn Powder (Lingyangjiao San).
Ingredients: Antelope Horn shavings (3 fen), Safflower seeds (Ban liang), Red Peony Root (Chi Shaoyao) (Ban liang), Angelica Sinensis (Danggui) (Ban liang, crushed and lightly stir-fried), Bitter Orange (Zhiqiao) (Ban liang, bran-fried until slightly yellow, pith removed), Red Poria (Chi Fuling) (1 liang), Rhinoceros Horn shavings (Xijiao) (Ban liang), Dried Rehmannia Root (Sheng Gan Dihuang) (1 liang), Ginseng (Renshen) (3 fen, radix removed), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (3 qian, heart removed).
Process these ingredients by crushing and sieving into a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1 zhuan of water and 0.5 ban of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with vexation and pain in the four limbs, and inability to eat, use Ophiopogon Powder (Maimendong San).
Ingredients: Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (1 liang, heart removed), Antelope Horn shavings (3 fen), Red Peony Root (Chi Shaoyao) (3 fen), Mulberry Root Bark (Sanggen Baipi) (3 fen, crushed), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (1 liang, radix removed), Dried Rehmannia Root (Sheng Gan Dihuang) (Ban liang), Red Poria (Chi Fuling) (1 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (Ban liang, honey-fried until slightly red, crushed), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (3 fen, crushed).
Process these ingredients by coarsely grinding and sieving into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1 zhuan of water and 0.5 ban of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with vexation and pain in the four limbs, and loss of appetite, use Rhinoceros Horn Powder (Xijiao San).
Ingredients: Rhinoceros Horn shavings (Xijiao) (Ban liang), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (1.5 liang, crushed), Cortex Lycii (Digupi) (Ban liang), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (1 liang, radix removed), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (3 fen, heart removed), Ginseng (Renshen) (3 fen, radix removed), Red Peony Root (Chi Shaoyao) (Ban liang).
Process these ingredients by coarsely grinding and sieving into a powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1 zhuan of water and 0.5 ban of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm at any time.

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with chest and epigastric fullness and oppression, vexing pain in the joints, and reduced appetite, use Huang Qin San (Scutellaria Powder).
Ingredients: Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (1 liang, crushed), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (1.5 liang, heart removed and baked), Dried Rehmannia Root (Sheng Gan Dihuang) (1 liang), Rhinoceros Horn shavings (Xijiao) (Ban liang), Ginseng (Renshen) (3 fen, radix removed), Spirit of Poria (Fushen) (3 fen), Semen Trichosanthis (Gualou Zi Ren) (Ban liang), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (Ban liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (Ban liang).
Process these ingredients by finely grinding and sieving into a powder. Take 2 qian per dose at any time, mixed with Decoction of Bamboo Leaves (Zhuye Tang).

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with mental restlessness and irritability, dry mouth and tongue, scanty eating, and lack of taste, use Cinnabar Powder (Dansha San).
Ingredients: Cinnabar (Dansha) (1 liang, finely ground and washed with water), Rhinoceros Horn shavings (Xijiao) (Ban liang), Tianshu Huang (Tianzhuhuang) (Ban liang), Picrorhiza Root (Huhuanglian) (2 liang), Arsenolite (Hanshuishi) (1 liang, finely ground), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (1 liang, heart removed and baked), Natrii Sulfas (Mayaxiao) (1 fen, finely ground), Lead Frost (Qianshuang) (Ban liang, finely ground).
Process these ingredients by finely grinding and sieving into a powder, mixing thoroughly with the already ground medicines. Take 1 qian per dose at any time, mixed with Decoction of Bamboo Leaves (Zhuye Tang).

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with red face and headache, sores in the mouth and tongue, chest vexation and fullness, and lack of taste in food, use Dried Rehmannia Pill (Sheng Gan Dihuang Wan).
Ingredients: Dried Rehmannia Root (Sheng Gan Dihuang) (1 liang), Antelope Horn shavings (Ban liang), Polygonatum Rhizome (Weirui) (Ban liang), Dictamnus Root Bark (Baixianpi) (Ban liang), Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) (3 fen, whiskers removed), Astragalus Root (Huangqi) (Ban liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (Ban liang, honey-fried).
Process these ingredients by finely grinding into powder, mixing with refined honey, and pounding for three to two hundred strokes to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose at any time, with warm water.

To treat Guest Heat in women, presenting with vexation, thirst, and headache, use this formula.
Ingredients: Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) (1 liang, finely ground and washed with water), Arsenolite (Hanshuishi) (1 liang, finely crushed).
Process these ingredients by grinding them together uniformly. Take 1 qian per dose at any time, mixed with Juice of Fresh Rehmannia Root (Sheng Dihuang Zhi).