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[He Li Le Wan (Chebula Pill)] Treats weak stomach and intestines, internal invasion of wind-cold, failure to digest water and grain, diarrhea with watery stools, abdominal pain with borborygmus, chest fullness, and shortness of breath. It also treats chronic dysentery presenting as pure white stool, or mixed with green/black colors, occurring day and night without restraint, as well as sudden continuous diarrhea due to spleen and stomach cold injury, cold limbs, and a faint pulse nearly imperceptible.

Herbs: Pericarpium Chebulae (Helile Pi), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Chuan Wu Tou, processed, skin and lateral roots removed), Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Suo Sha Ren), Alumen (Bai Fan, calcined), each 40 liang; Myristicae Semen (Rou Dou Kou, skin removed, processed).

Preparation and Administration: Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use millet rice as a binder to make pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 to 30 pills per dose, administered with warm millet broth, before meals. For severe cases, double the number of pills.

[Shen Xiao Hu Fen Wan (Miraculous White Lead Pill)] Treats weak spleen and stomach, attacking cold qi, indigestion, epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, vomiting, acid regurgitation, stagnation and dysphagia, borborygmus with diarrhea, sallow complexion, emaciation, reduced appetite, and lethargy; all these conditions are treated. Regular consumption warms the spleen, benefits the stomach, promotes digestion of grains, and stimulates appetite. It is especially suitable for regular use in cases of chronic deficiency and entrenched cold.

Herbs: Evodiae Fructus (Wu Zhu Yu, washed seven times with decoction, dried), Hordeum Vulgare (Da Mai, stir-fried), Cinnamomi Cortex (Rou Gui, coarse bark removed), each 5 liang; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata (Gan Cao, honey-fried), Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng), Ginseng Radix (Ren Shen), 3 liang 1 qian.

Preparation and Administration: Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, administered with warm wine, or millet broth is also acceptable. Take three times daily, on an empty stomach or before meals.

[Third Formula] Treats qi deficiency of the stomach and intestines, imbalance of cold and heat, dysentery with red and white discharge resembling fish brains, tenesmus, umbilical and abdominal pain, and impaired speech/tongue movement.

Herbs: Ecliptae Herba? No, Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla, broken and stir-fried, 1 liang); Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian, hairs removed, 3 liang); Poria (Fu Ling, skin removed, 2 liang).

Preparation and Administration: Grind Huang Lian and Fu Ling together into fine powder. Mix with water and the powdered Ejiao to knead and form pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, administered with warm millet broth, before meals.

[Fourth Formula] Treats deficiency and slipping of the stomach and intestines, uncontrolled diarrhea, mixed red and white discharge, umbilical and abdominal pain, tenesmus, reduced appetite, and emaciation; this formula is suitable for such conditions.

Herbs: Minium (Hu Fen), Sepiae Endoconcha (Wu Zei Gu), Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla, stir-fried until charred like beads), each 40 liang; Alumen (Bai Fan, calcined), Drakonitis Os (Long Gu, washed), each 80 liang.

Preparation and Administration: Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use millet rice as a binder to form pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 to 30 pills per dose, administered on an empty stomach with warm millet broth.