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Indicated for hemiplegia affecting the left side and right side, deviation of the mouth and eye, acute phlegm obstruction due to stroke (Zhong Feng), hemiplegia with inability to lift limbs; all these conditions can be treated.
Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi, 五灵脂) [cleaned of stones], Drynaria Rhizome (Gusuibu, 骨碎补), Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root Preparatum (Chuanwutou, 川乌头) [skin and tip removed], Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui, 当归) [equal parts].
Pulverize the above into a fine powder. Use pure wine without impurities to mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds (Wutongzi). Take seven pills per dose, gradually increasing to ten to fifteen pills, swallowed with warm wine. When taking this prescription, do not take Lingbao Dan, as it may interfere with efficacy.

Indicated for hemiplegia affecting the left side and right side, weak legs unable to walk.
Momordica Semen (Miebiezi, 木鳖子) [separately ground], Colophony (Baijiaoxiang, 白胶香) [separately ground], White Peony Root (Baishaoyao, 白芍药) [each two liang], Aconitum Kusnezoffii Root (Caowu, 草乌) [skin and tip removed, four liang], Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou, 赤小豆) [one liang].
Pulverize the above into a fine powder. Use Adzuki bean paste to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take seven pills per dose, quickly increasing to ten pills, swallowed with warm wine or Quince Decoction (Mugua Tang). For diseases located in the upper body, take after meals before retiring; for diseases located in the lower body, take on an empty stomach. Avoid hot foods for a short time.

Expels wind and regulates qi, invigorates blood vessels, strengthens sinews and bones, dispels cold-dampness, and drives out cold qi. Also indicated for foot pain and paralysis/weakness following dysentery, inability to lie down or bend and extend limbs, named "Dysentery Wind" (Li Feng); or swelling and pain in both knees, with thighs and calves wasting away to skin and bone, spasms preventing lying down, inability to bend and extend, also termed "Dysentery Wind". After administration, qi and blood flow smoothly, muscles gradually regenerate, and walking returns to normal.
Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, 川芎) [Fuxiong variety not used], Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, 附子) [processed, skin and navel removed, each one and a half liang], Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang, 熟干地黄) [washed], Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu, 白术), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng, 防风) [rhizome removed, two liang], Notopterygium Root (Qianghuo, 羌活) [two liang].
Pulverize the above into a coarse powder. Take five qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, seven slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct together until eight-tenths of the liquid remains, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach or before meals.

Indicated for the five labors and seven injuries in men, deficient and exhausted kidney qi, diminished spirit and vitality, difficult walking, loss of taste in food, dim vision, dry ears, and rough, dry skin; in women, deficiency-cold of the Sea of Blood (Changhai), irregular menstruation, cold viscera leading to infertility, and foul discharge from the lower orifices. Also indicated for various hemorrhoids and sores, wind pathogens, and various qi stagnations; all can be treated.
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, 人参), Astragalus Membranaceus Root (Huangqi, 黄芪) [each one and a half liang], Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, 附子), Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Pericarpium (Chuanjiao, 川椒) [eyes and closed-mouth ones removed, lightly stir-fried until sweat appears], Cynomorium Songaricum Herb (Rongcong, 肉苁蓉) [soaked in wine, two liang], Arisaema Cum Bile (Tiannanxing, 天南星) [rhizome removed, soaked in wine for two nights, two liang], Momordica Semen (Miebiezi, 木鳖子) [shell removed].
Pulverize the above into a fine powder. Use boiled wine and wheat flour paste to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, increasing to forty pills, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach.
(This prescription was compiled by Tao Hongjing into the *Daozang Jing*. It records: At that time, a person's mother had contracted a wind-pathogen disease in her youth, which later developed into spasms, knots, pain, and bi-syndrome. Despite numerous treatments over many years, she did not recover, remaining bedridden for fifty-plus years until her flesh wasted away, leaving only sinews and bones. She obtained this prescription from a lay Buddhist practitioner, prepared it according to the formula, and took it daily. After consuming more than five hundred doses, her illness was suddenly cured, white hair turned black, and lost teeth regrew. At eighty years old, her complexion resembled that of a twenty-year-old, with strong sinews and bones, sharp hearing and clear vision. An old servant boy often stole her medicine. In deep winter, he wore thin ge cloth, walked on frost and snow without showing signs of cold, and carried loads heavier than usual with agility like flying. People suspected he was possessed by spirits, beat him to death, and buried him in the sand by the water. Long afterward, strange occurrences continued. Local custom stated that when servants died, their shanks should be broken to prevent movement. They dug him up, broke his shank, and found the bone solid and golden-yellow; breaking his arm revealed the same result. Tao Hongjing said: If this servant had not been beaten to death, he would have become an Earthly Immortal.)