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Treats rheumatism and wind-dampness intermingling, causing body pain and restlessness, inability to turn over, no vomiting or thirst, hard stool, and free urination. Also treats severe wind-deficiency where one cannot taste food. This medicine warms the muscles, tonifies the middle jiao, assists yang qi, and stops spontaneous sweating.
Gancao (Licorice Root, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (stir-fried, 2 liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 4 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix, prepared, peel and navel removed, sliced thinly, 1.5 liang)
Crush Baizhu and Gancao into coarse powder, mix evenly with Fuzi. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water, 5 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and one broken Zaoju (Jujube, Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus). Decoct until 1 zhan remains, remove dregs, take warm, before meals.

Treats wind-dampness lodging in the skin, causing heaviness all over the body, weakness in the four limbs, painful joints, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold requiring removal of clothes. Also treats wind-water pathogenic factors intermingling, causing edema in the waist and legs, lightness in the upper body and heaviness in the lower body, and inability to flex or extend.
Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, 4 liang) Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 5 liang) Gancao (Licorice Root, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (roasted, 2 liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 3 liang)
Make into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water, 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and one Zaoju (Jujube, Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus). Decoct until 1 zhan remains, remove dregs, take slightly hot, at any time. After taking, cover with blankets and lie warm to induce slight sweating for recovery.

Treats typhoid fever that has undergone purgation and sweating, resulting in both interior and exterior deficiency, unresolved pathogenic factors, absence of exterior signs, no high fever, insomnia during the day but quiet at night, no vomiting or thirst, and a deep, faint pulse. Suitable for this condition. Also treats sudden onset of wind-cold, chronic accumulation of phlegm-fluids causing pain, cholera with muscle spasms, and all types of deficiency-cold syndromes.
Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, Zingiberis Rhizoma, 1 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix, raw, peel and navel removed, finely cut, 1 piece)
Mix evenly. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water. Decoct until 1 zhan remains, remove dregs, take warm, before meals.

Treats typhoid fever and seasonal epidemics with both exterior and interior deficiency, generalized fever, and chest/heart irritability; or after sweating resolves the exterior, leaving interior fluid deficiency, central irritability and fullness, rebellious qi with desire to vomit, and various deficiency-heat syndromes. All are suitable for this medicine. Deficiency-heat syndromes resemble typhoid fever but without aversion to cold or headache, and with a non-tight, non-rapid pulse; thus, sweating or purging methods should not be used, and this medicine is suitable.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix, de-gorged) Gancao (Licorice Root, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (roasted, 2 liang each) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 1 jin) Banxia (Pinelliae Tuber, washed seven times in boiling water, 2.5 liang) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, dosage omitted in source text)
Make into coarse powder, mix evenly with Banxia. Take 3 qian per dose, add 2 zhan of water, 5-6 slices of Qingzhuye (Bamboo Leaf, Bambusae Folium) and Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens). Decoct until 1.5 zhan remains, filter out dregs, add over 100 grains of Jingmi (Rice, Oryza Sativa Var. Glutinosa Semen), decoct again until rice is cooked, remove rice, take warm, at any time.