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Treats the condition after profuse sweating in Cold Damage (Shanghan) where the exterior syndrome has resolved, but there is extreme restlessness in the chest and heart, thirst with desire to drink water. It also treats cases seven or eight days after vomiting or purging, where heat is bound internally, presenting with fever both in the interior and exterior, occasional aversion to wind, severe thirst, dryness and restlessness on the tongue, and a desire to drink several liters of water; this formula is suitable.
It treats heatstroke toxin, characterized by sweating with aversion to cold, body heat, and thirst.
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu, 75 liang), Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Gancao, 37.5 liang), Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao, washed, 12.5 jin).
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, with 1.5 zhan of water, add more than 30 grains of Oryza Sativa Germ (Jingmi), decoct until 1 zhan remains, filter out the dregs, and take warm. Children should adjust the dose according to their strength.

Treats adults and children suffering from summerheat with latent heat, restlessness, severe thirst, mental confusion and oppression, dizziness of head and eyes, fullness and irritability in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting, hiccup, nausea, bitter taste in the mouth, coated tongue, fatigue, loss of appetite, or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by muscle cramps; this formula is suitable for all these conditions.
Herba Moslae (Xiangru, cleaned of soil), Folium et Caulis Perillae (Zisu, stems and leaves, remove coarse stalks), Fructus Chaenomelis Siccatum (Gan Mugua, each 1 liang), Flos Caryophylli (Dingxiang), Poria Cum Radice Pinelliae (Fushen, remove wood core), Lignum Santali Rubrum (Tanxiang, crushed).
Grind the above into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills, making 30 pills from each liang of powder. Take 1 to 2 pills per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with warm water, or dissolve in fresh cold water; both methods are acceptable. Children take half a pill, at any time.

Treats disharmony of cold and heat in the viscera, irregular diet, or excessive consumption of fishy, pungent, raw, and cold foods. It also addresses irregular lifestyle, such as lying on damp ground outdoors to cool off, causing wind-cold qi to gather in the Sanjiao (Triple Burner) and transmit to the Spleen and Stomach. When the Spleen and Stomach become cold, they fail to digest food and fluids, leading to a struggle between healthy qi and pathogenic factors. Due to dietary disorder in the intestines and stomach, symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, and rebellious Qi in cholera may occur. There are cases of heart pain preceded by vomiting, cases of diarrhea preceding other symptoms, cases where vomiting and diarrhea occur simultaneously, cases with fever, headache, body ache, followed by vomiting, diarrhea, and empty restlessness, cases with only vomiting/diarrhea and stabbing abdominal pain, tendon cramping and pain, cases with only retching without expulsion, cases with cold limbs and pulse nearly imperceptible, or cases with severe oppression, fainting, and near-death sensation; this medicine is effective for these conditions.
Semen Phaseoli Volubilis (Baibian Dou, lightly stir-fried), Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Houpo, remove coarse bark, stir-fry with ginger juice until cooked, each 0.5 jin), Herba Moslae (Xiangru, cleaned of soil, 1 jin).
Cut the above into coarse pieces. Take 3 qian per dose, with 1 zhan of water, add 1 fen of wine, decoct until 0.7 zhan remains, filter out the dregs, cool in water, and take two doses consecutively for immediate miraculous effect, regardless of the timing relative to the illness. The formula in *Huoren Shu* does not use Baibian Dou but adds 4 liang of Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian), crushed, ground evenly with ginger juice, and stir-fried until yellow, called Huanglian Xiangru San.