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[Formula] Jiu Gen San (Leek Root Powder)

Gallus gallus domesticus Hen (one, remove viscera, prepare as usual) Renshen Rong (Cistanche Herba, one tael, soak in wine overnight, scrape off wrinkled skin, slice) Muli (Ostreae Concha, calcined to powder) Mahuang Gen (Ephedrae Radix et Rhizoma, two taels each)

First, boil the hen and Mahuang Gen in seven bowls of water until reduced to three bowls of liquid. Remove the hen and Mahuang Gen. Then add Renshen Rong and Muli, decoct until reduced to one qian and a half. Strain the dregs and divide into three doses. Take when fasting, before noon, and at night before going to bed.

Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Scapulae), Muli (Ostreae Concha), Mahuang Gen (Ephedrae Radix et Rhizoma)

Grind the above ingredients into equal parts powder, and use it to dust the body.

Treats fei wei (lung atrophy) and lao sou (chronic cough due to consumption) after shang han (cold damage), with expectoration of pus and blood having a foul odor, continuous and unceasing, leading to gradual emaciation.

Zi Wan (Asteris Radix, wash, remove seedlings and soil) Tian Dong Men (Asparagi Radix) Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus, baked until slightly yellow, one tael each) Sheng Gan Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, raw and dried) Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix, one tael and a half each)

Cut the herbs into small pieces. For each dose, take four qian, add one and a half bowls of water, decoct until reduced to six-tenths. Strain the dregs and take warm at any time.

Treats continuous wheezing and coughing after sweating or purging for shang han, fearing transmission to fei wei (lung atrophy).

Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix, one tael) Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) Kuan Dong Hua (Farflos Fritillariae, half a tael each) Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex, two taels) Ge Jie (Geckus, one pair)

Grind the above into fine powder. For each dose, take five qian, mix with one bowl of boiling water, and take.

Treats yin yang yi (post-febrile sexual transmission disease) after shang han, characterized by heavy head, pain throughout all joints, slight qi deficiency, inability to move from bed, and in severe cases, curled hands and feet.

Jiu Gen (Allii Tuberosi Rhizoma et Radix) Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthis Radix, two taels each) Qing Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam) Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed, half a tael each)

Finely chop and mix evenly. Divide into eight doses. For each dose, use one large bowl of water, decoct until reduced to five-tenths. Strain the dregs, add a "yi zi" amount of mouse feces powder, stir well, and take at any time. In *Sheng Ji Fang*, it is pounded and sifted into five qian bi, using one and a half bowls of water, decocted to one bowl, strained, and taken warm before meals. It is also known as Feng Ben Tang.

Regarding shang han: If a woman contracts the disease, even if recovered for less than one hundred days, intercourse must be avoided. This is a yin-yang yi disease; symptoms will inevitably include spasms and curling of hands and feet to the point of near death. The disease contracted by men is called yin yi, and that by women is called yang yi. It should be treated promptly with sweating methods to recover. If four days pass, it cannot be cured. The patient should take this medicine. Symptoms include heavy body, abdominal urgency, rising heat, heavy head unable to lift, visual obscurations (cataracts/mists), and spasms of the knees and calves.

Take four taels of Gan Jiang (processed Zingiberis Rhizoma) ground into powder, mix with boiling water, and take continuously. Cover with clothes and blankets to induce sweating for relief; once hands and feet extend, recovery occurs.