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Treats various deep-seated cold pathogens and chronic cold conditions in the elderly and weak, manifesting as frequent and slippery urination, occasional diarrhea, pain and fatigue in the waist, legs, umbilicus, and abdomen, emaciation, weakness, and reduced appetite.
Prepared Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum), Prepared Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex) (0.5 liang).
Grind the above into a fine powder, make pills with wheat paste, size of *Cocculus trilobus* seeds. Take 10–20 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Treats deficiency-cold of the Lower Yuan (Lower Burner/Original Qi), cold pain in the waist and abdomen, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, and all types of cold diseases.
Jiaomu (Semen Capsici), Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Guangui (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (equal parts).
Grind the above into a coarse powder, boil in water, and wash the lower part externally for best results.

Treats Yang deficiency with Yin excess, causing cold limbs, sudden severe vomiting and purging, thready pulse, emaciation, and Yin syndromes of Cold Damage (Shanghan). All are treated by this formula.
Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, prepared, peeled, 4 liang), Tianxiong (Aconiti Radix Preparata, prepared, peeled, 3 liang), Prepared Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, prepared, peeled), Zhongru Fen (Gypsum Fibrosum Pulvis) (each 2 liang), Yangqishi (Leucogynum Oreites), Zhusha (Cinnabaris, separately ground) (each 1 liang).
Grind the above into a fine powder, make pills with fermented glutinous rice dough boiled in wine, size of *Cocculus trilobus* seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine or salted water on an empty stomach.

Treats Yin-cold syndromes causing cold limbs, umbilical and abdominal pain, insufficiency of True Qi, extreme exhaustion nearing collapse.
Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), Dingxiang (Syzygii Flos) (each 2 qian), Shexiang (Moschus) (1 qian), Prepared Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, prepared, peeled, 4 qian).
Cut into pieces, add 2 bowls of water, 7 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes (pitted). Decoct until 0.7 bowl remains, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach.

The *Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) states: "All blood belongs to the Heart." It also says: "The Liver stores blood." If blood flows irregularly and acts recklessly, is there no cause? It further states: "When the Yangming channel reverses, there is wheezing, coughing, body heat, frightfulness, epistaxis, and hematemesis; profuse sweating, nasal congestion, and epistaxis occur; if Spleen heat transfers to the Liver, it causes fright and epistaxis." When human Yang Qi is subjected to great anger, form and Qi become severed, and blood stagnates in the upper part, causing Bo Jue (syncope due to rage). Anger causes Qi to reverse; severely, it leads to vomiting blood. The symptoms of Lung cough include coughing with wheezing and audible sounds; severely, it leads to spitting blood. Sudden Bi syndrome with internal Qi reversal, where Liver and Lung Qi clash, causes blood to overflow from the nose and mouth; one should seek acupoints on the Hand Taiyin Lung Channel to drain it. The Foot Shaoyin Kidney Channel originates from the Kidney, passes through the Liver, enters the Lung, follows the throat; its disease manifests as hunger without desire to eat, dark complexion, and blood in sputum. The *Jingui Yaolue* (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) states: "Those who drink alcohol and cough will inevitably vomit blood; this is caused by excessive drinking." The *Yuanbing Shi* (Treatise on Original Causes of Disease) states: "Epistaxis is due to Yang heat being constrained, affecting the Foot Yangming channel and causing upper heat, leading to reckless blood flow from the nose." It also says: "Blood overflowing refers to bleeding from the upper orifices, caused by blood excess and reckless flow." The *Jufang Fahui* discusses oral and nasal bleeding, attributing them to Yin deficiency and Yang excess, with rising but no descending, causing blood to follow Qi up to the clear orifices; the treatment method should be to tonify Yin and benefit Yang, so that when Qi descends, blood returns to the vessels. Li Dongyuan said: "In miscellaneous diseases, bleeding is mostly attributed to Heat." Blood is Yin, Qi is Yang. Qi primarily warms, Blood primarily moistens. Now, when blood flows recklessly and exits from the upper orifices (mouth/nose), it is all due to Qi reversal; analyzed separately, each has its affiliation; treated separately, each has its main focus. For example, epistaxis comes from the Lung, hematemesis from the Stomach; their channels have deficiency and excess distinctions, which should be investigated and treated via pulse diagnosis. Spitting blood comes from the Kidney. Blood syndromes moving upward, whether epistaxis, hematemesis, vomiting, hiccups, or spitting blood, are all reversals. If blood moves downward, it is considered smooth/compliant. The *Neijing* also states: "Ying Qi (Nutritive Qi) is the essence of food and drink. It harmonizes with the Five Zang organs, is elaborated in the Six Fu organs, and then enters the vessels. It is governed by the Heart, stored by the Liver, enveloped by the Spleen, managed by the Lung, and excreted by the Kidney. It is generated by the Spleen, controlled by the Heart, stored in the Liver, distributed by the Lung, circulating with Qi to irrigate the whole body." Eyes see because of it, ears hear because of it, hands grasp because of it, palms hold because of it, feet walk because of it, Zang organs produce fluids because of it, Fu organs generate Qi because of it. Thus, the functions of entering/exiting, ascending/descending, moistening, and unblocking are caused by this. Cold causes coagulation, summer heat causes fluid flow and lubrication, extreme heat causes obstruction, sluggish pulses indicate blood deficiency, fullness indicates blood excess. Blood deficiency is often nourished by diet to strengthen the Stomach; this is the Middle Jiao receiving Qi, extracting juices, transforming them into red blood. Hence, the classics say: "Water enters the vessels, and blood is formed." It also says: "Blood is Shen Qi (Spiritual Qi); holding it preserves life, losing it leads to death." Moreover, the entire body relies on Qi and Blood for nourishment; can one not be cautious? Various classics state: "The Yang path is solid, the Yin path is deficient; Yang easily becomes hyperactive, Yin easily becomes depleted; the Yang path is usually abundant, the Yin path is usually deficient; Yang is often in excess, Yin is often insufficient." This shows that in human life, Qi is often in excess, while Blood is often insufficient. At age forty, Yin Qi halves, and daily activities decline. Males reach seminal emission at sixteen and seminal depletion at sixty-four; females begin menstruation at fourteen and cease at forty-nine. Thus, the difficulty in forming and ease of depleting Yin Blood is evident. Once Yin Qi is injured, it is hardest to regulate, because Yang deficiency and Yin depletion cause reckless flow upward leading to hematemesis and epistaxis, depletion inward leading to deficiency consumptive disease, reckless return downward leading to bloody stool, transfer of heat to the Bladder leading to strangury, blood permeating the intestines leading to Chang Feng (intestinal wind), Yin deficiency with Yang pounding leading to Beng Zhong (metrorrhagia), damp-heat stasis leading to dysentery, extreme heat rotting leading to pus and blood. Extreme heat with purple-black color indicates heat overcoming Yin, manifesting as sores and ulcers; dampness stagnating in blood leads to Pi Tong (spleen pain) and urticaria; accumulation in the upper part causes delirious speech, accumulation in the lower part causes mania. The aforementioned theories are very detailed. A thready and fine pulse is favorable; a surging, large, wiry, and rapid pulse is unfavorable. Treatment methods depend on the affected channel and disease, treating according to the channel. Symptomatic formulas are listed below. As Changsha Gong (Zhang Zhongjing) stated: "Shaoyin disease with only cold limbs and no sweat, if forced sweating is applied, it will surely disturb the blood, causing it to exit from the mouth, nose, ears, or eyes; this is called Lower Jue and Upper Exhaustion, a difficult-to-treat condition." This must also be known.