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To eliminate wine accumulation and wine toxicity.

Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing) [Arisaema cum bile] (one jin, select those with regular shape, clean thoroughly; first dig a pit on clean ground, five cun wide and one chi five cun deep; use strong charcoal to burn in clusters within the pit; after burning for more than half, remove fire ash to make it clean; pour one dou of boiled wine over it; place the Nanxing inside; cover with a tile pot; seal the seams of the pot using the excavated soil mud; ensure no air leakage; leave overnight; take out early next morning; mix with two sheng of wine and two sheng of water; wash clean; slice; dry by baking; grind into fine powder) Cinnabar (Zhusha) [Cinnabaris] (one liang, finely ground, processed by water flotation)

Grind the above two ingredients uniformly. Use ginger juice to cook paste and mix with pills, sized like wutong seeds. Coat with Zhusha. Take fifty to one hundred pills per dose, at any time, delivered with Shengjiang Tang (Ginger Decoction).

Specifically treats disharmony of Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi), irregular dietary management, injury from cold or heat pathogens, excessive drinking causing wild Yang to flow erratically and forced damage, anger after fullness injuring Qi, sorrow or fright causing Qi stagnation failing to ascend, grief causing Qi dissipation failing to gather, depression causing Qi failure to disperse, severe injury causing failure to generate strength, excessive joy causing Qi dispersion failing to consolidate. Affected by the Seven Emotions, overwhelmed by numerous affairs, irregular daily routine, inconsistent physical labor, adverse seasonal climates, exposure to Heaven and Earth's governing Qi, remaining accumulated within Ying and Wei, encountering wind-cold-dampness, stagnating between meridians. Or various accumulations arising in each of the Five Zang Organs, or long-standing aggregations in each of the Six Fu Organs. Or formation of zheng jia pi ku (masses and lumps), or retention aggregation becoming swelling or carbuncle, sores, scabies, tinea, wind-bi (painful obstruction), flaccidity, tetanus, as well as jaundice, damp-water disorders, gu poison, drum-like distension, and other diseases. The efficacy cannot be fully enumerated.

Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang) [Rhei Radix et Rhizoma] (four liang each) Calcitum (Huashi) [Calcitum] (four liang each) Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian) [Coptidis Rhizoma] (one liang) Curcumae Aromatae Rhizoma (Yujin) [Curcumae Aromatae Rhizoma] (one liang) Curcumae Longae Rhizoma (Ezhu) [Curcumae Longae Rhizoma] (one liang) Arecae Semen (Binglang) [Arecae Semen] (one liang) Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin) [Scutellariae Radix] (one liang) Phaseoli Volubilis Semen (Heiqianniu) [Phaseoli Volubilis Semen] (eight liang, powdered) Calomelas (Qingfen) [Calomelas] (two qian) Red Lead (Hongfen/Sand - text implies mineral pigment, likely Hongfen or similar, keeping literal 'Sand' as per source ambiguity but noting standard term) [Mineral Pigment] (two qian) Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong) [Chuanxiong Rhizoma] (two liang) Cardamomi Fructus Rotundus (Baidoukou) [Cardamomi Fructus Rotundus] (three qian) Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang) [Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum] (half liang) Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang) [Aucklandiae Radix] (half liang) Sublimated Arsenic Trioxide (Fenshuang) [Sublimated Arsenic Trioxide] (half qian, or one qian)

Except for Qingfen, Sand, and Fenshuang which are separately ground, grind the rest into fine powder and mix uniformly. Add drops of water to form pills, or mix with thin paste to form pills, sized like wutong seeds. Adjust the number of pills according to deficiency or excess conditions. Deliver with plain warm water far after meals.