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Treats conditions caused by summerheat invasion with latent heat, excessive drinking of fluids leading to cold injury of the Spleen and Stomach, indigestion, chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, vomiting, hiccups, nausea, irritability in the head and eyes with thirst, limb fatigue, complete loss of appetite; or due to disharmony of Yin and Yang resulting in cholera (Huoluan), characterized by vomiting and diarrhea, muscle spasms, restlessness, and thirst.

Pipamuye (Leaf of Loquat Tree, dried, after removing hairs, honey-fried) Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel, soaked in water, pith removed, baked) Dingxiang (Clove) each ban liang (half tael) Nongbo (Bark of Magnolia Officinalis, bark removed, coated with ginger juice, fried) si liang (four taels)

Crush and sieve the above herbs into powder. Take two qian per dose, add one zhan of water and two slices of fresh ginger, decoct until seven-tenths remains, strain, and take warm; alternatively, mix with warm water, at any time. If there is restlessness, mix with fresh well-water, at any time. For children under three years old, administer half a qian, adjusting dosage according to size and condition.

Treats body heat and headache due to Cold Damage (Shanghan), as well as disorders such as phlegm-cough and hemoptysis caused by wind obstruction.

Gancao (Licorice Root, fried, six taels) Renshen (Ginseng Root) Jiegeng (Platycodon Root, lightly stir-fried) Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel, pith removed) Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) Gange (Kudzu Root) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) each san liang (three taels)

Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, add one zhan of water, two slices of fresh ginger, and two jujubes, decoct until seven-tenths remains, and take orally. For Cold Damage (Shanghan), add Douchi (Fermented Soybeans) and decoct together, take hot, which has great efficacy, at any time. (Another prescription does not contain Gancao).

Treats epidemics occurring in all four seasons and Cold Damage (Shanghan).

Xiangfuzi (Rhizoma Cyperi, stir-fried until fragrant, hairs removed) Zisuye (Leaf of Perilla, four taels) Gancao (Licorice Root, fried, one tael) Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel, two taels, white pith not removed)

Process the above herbs into coarse powder. Take three qian per dose, add one zhan of water, decoct until seven-tenths remains, strain, and take hot, at any time, three times daily. If made into fine powder, take only two qian, mixed with salt. (Once an elderly man with white hair taught this prescription to a wealthy family. The family prepared and distributed it during a severe epidemic, curing all patients in the city. Later, when asked by the plague demon, the wealthy man told the truth. The demon said, "This old man has taught three people," bowed his head, and withdrew.)

Relevant syndromes and prescriptions are found under the category of Various Wind Disorders.

Treats long-standing accumulation of cold, weakness of the Zang-Fu organs, abdominal pain, distension and fullness in the hypochondrium, diarrhea with borborygmus, spontaneous diarrhea and sweating, undigested food in stool; sudden collapse of Yang Qi with dominance of Yin Qi, cold limbs; Cold Damage (Shanghan) with excess Yin, coma, short pulse, and lethargy of the four limbs. All these conditions are suitable for taking this prescription.

Bibo (Long Pepper Fruit) Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) each si jin (four catties) Jiangjiang (Dried Ginger, processed) Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Rhizome) each liu jin (six catties)

Grind the above herbs into fine powder, use water-boiled wheat paste as a binder to make pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, swallow with rice broth, before meals.