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Treats Taiyang wind-stroke syndrome, where the pulse is floating on the superficial level (Yang) and weak on the deep level (Yin). When Yang floats, heat spontaneously arises; when Yin is weak, sweat spontaneously issues out. The patient experiences aversion to cold with a shivering sensation, aversion to wind accompanied by fever, nasal congestion with roaring sounds, and dry retching.

Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi, *Cinnamomi Ramulus*) (bark removed), White Peony Root (Shaoyao, *Paeoniae Radix Alba*) (each 1.5 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao, *Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma*) (1 liang).

Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add one zhan of water, three slices of fresh ginger, and three dates split open. Decoct together until seven parts remain, filter out the dregs, and take warm at any time. This formula is suitable only in early spring. From late spring until before the Summer Solstice, add Scutellaria Root (Huangqin, *Scutellariae Radix*) 0.5 liang. After the Summer Solstice, add Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu, *Anemarrhenae Rhizoma*) 0.5 liang, Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao, *Gypsum Fibrosum*) 2 liang, and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma, *Cimicifugae Rhizoma*) 0.5 liang. If the patient has a constitutionally deficient-cold pattern, do not modify the formula. Do not administer if there is no sweating.

Treats latent summerheat in men and women, characterized by fever, thirst, vomiting, and nausea, or chronic summerheat toxicity that has not healed over many years.

Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian, *Coptidis Rhizoma*) (mustache removed, 32 liang), Fine Wine (5 sheng).

Boil the Coptis Rhizome in wine until the wine is dry, then grind into a fine powder. Use flour paste made from boiling water to knead the powder into pills, sized like wutong tree seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with hot water. It also treats excessive alcohol consumption leading to toxic blood in stool and diarrhea; swallow with warm rice drink, taken before meals, twice daily.

Treats cold damage in all four seasons, miasma epidemic qi, severe headache with high fever, stiffness and tension in the waist and back; five exhaustions and seven injuries, mountainous miasma qi, Qi obstruction, cough with phlegm-saliva, wheezing and fatigue upon walking; or cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea, deficiency-cold of the viscera, dysentery with red and white discharge. All are suitable for this prescription.

Magnolia Bark (Noupi, *Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex*) (bark removed, processed with ginger juice), Patchouli Leaf (Huoxiang, *Agastachis Herba*) (branches and soil removed), Licorice Root (Gancao, *Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma*), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia, *Pinelliae Rhizoma*) (boiled), Atractylodes Rhizome (Cangzhu, *Atractylodis Rhizoma*) (soaked in rice wash water), Tangerine Peel (Chenpi, *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium*).

Grind the superior ingredients equally into a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water, three slices of fresh ginger, and two dates. Decoct until eight parts remain, filter out the dregs, and take slightly warm before meals. Avoid raw, cold, greasy, and toxic foods. Suitable for travelers who are unaccustomed to local conditions. Regular use can dispel mountainous miasma, harmonize the spleen and stomach, and enhance appetite.

Treats various winds attacking upwards in men and women, causing heavy and dizzy head and eyes, lateral or central headaches, nasal congestion with heavy voice; wind-cold with high fever, limb twitching, heat in the chest diaphragm with abundant phlegm; blood-wind attacking downwards in women, pain in the temporal region. Any condition caused by wind pathogen is treated.

Mint Leaf (Boheye, *Menthae Haplocalycis Herba*) (not exposed to fire, 8 liang), Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong, *Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma*), Schizonepeta Spike (Jingjie, *Schizonepetae Spica*) (stalks removed, each 4 liang), Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfuzi, *Cyperi Rhizoma*) (stir-fried, 8 liang; alternative text suggests Asarum Root [Xixin, *Asari Radix et Rhizoma*] instead).

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose after meals, mixed with clear tea liquid. Regular use clears and benefits the head and eyes.