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(See the formula under the category of Cold Damage diseases).

(See the formula under the category of All Qi disorders).

(See the formula under the category of Sores, Swellings, and Traumatic Injuries).

Treats wind pathogens affecting men and women generally, unblocks meridians and collaterals, and invigorates blood circulation. Treats pain in bones and tendons, numbness in hands and feet, hemiplegia; lateral or frontal headache (Pian Zheng Tou Feng), acute stroke, pain in hands and feet, trismus (lockjaw), and weakness in the four limbs. Treats kidney wind toxicity attacking the head causing sores, and general body soreness and acid pain; all are suitable for taking this medicine.
Fuxiong (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) (180 liang)
Zhizhu Hua (Daphne Genkwa Flower) (stir-fried)
Mubie Ren (Semen Momordicae)
Baijiaoxiang (Colophony) (picked clean)
Huoxiang (Patchouli Herba) (picked, stir-fried)
Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) (washed)
Shouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata) (240 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Use vinegar paste to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take five pills per dose; do not take excessively. Swallow with mint tea after meals; warm wine may also be used.
Pregnant women must not take this.

Treats wind pathogens in men and women, widespread skin sores and tinea, stubborn numbness in hands and feet, lateral or frontal headaches, nasal congestion and cerebral stuffiness, cold damage affecting bowel movements, and treatment of head wind.
Ben (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (earth removed)
Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma)
Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix)
Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma)
Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, using equal parts. Take four liang of the medicinal powder, add one jin of gypsum powder (Shigao Mo), mix with water paste (contextual completion) to form pills. Each liang of powder yields eight pills. Chew with mint tea and swallow. Take one pill per dose, after meals. For wind-induced toothache, divide one pill into three doses. Dry-wipe the affected area, rinse with salt water, then chew with scallion tea and swallow.

Treats wind-dampness flowing into the meridians and collaterals, causing flaccidity and paralysis of limbs and joints; or pain in the feet and knees, making walking impossible.
Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix)
Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix)
Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix)
Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex)
Bixie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma)
Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) (soaked in wine overnight)
Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (equal parts)
Prepare each ingredient cleanly, bake until dry (half a liang weight reference implies processing standard), grind into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with warm wine.

Treats wind-dampness invading the Kidney meridian, causing stagnation of blood vessels, heavy and painful waist and legs, inability to turn over, insensitivity of the skin, generalized numbness and edema, constant tinnitus; pathogenic factors sinking downward causing heavy and painful feet and knees with weakness, making walking difficult. Also treats stiffness and spasm of the neck and back, preventing comfort.
Strengthens bones and tendons, promotes free flow of qi and blood vessels.
Gouji (Cibotii Rhizoma) (hair removed, 4 jin)
Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) (soaked in rice wash water overnight, skin removed, 6 jin)
Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma) (hair removed, stir-fried, 7.5 jin)
Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) [Text fragmentary]
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Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Use wine-boiled wheat flour paste to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills per dose, with warm wine or boiled water as desired, at any time. Long-term use requires avoiding peaches, plums, sparrows, pigeons, and various blood products.