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Use Tartary Buckwheat Seed (Fagopyri Tatarici Semen) and fine flour in any amount, obtain blood from a living Soft-shelled Turtle (Trionycis Carapax) by pricking, and form pills. Dry them in the shade. Take three qian before the onset of malaria, with plain boiled water.

Another prescription:
Take two Jujubes (Ziziphi Spinosae Fructus), remove skin and pits; take two Mylabris (Mylabris), bake until dry, grind together into a uniform powder. Mix with hot lard, shape into cakes the size of a finger joint, apply to Yintang (Ex-HN3) acupoint. Cure overnight.

Yet another prescription:
Suitable for chronic malaria.
Dichroa Root (Dichroae Radix) 1.5 qian, Areca Seed (Arecae Semen) 1 qian, Clove (Caryophylli Flos) 0.7 qian, Smoked Plum (Mume Fructus) one piece.
Stir-fry the above herbs together until hot, add one and a half cups of wine to the mixture. Boil three times, then remove from heat. Expose to dew overnight. Warm and take on the next morning.

Fresh Ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) 2 liang, Fine Tea (Theae Folium) 2 liang, Hawthorn Fruit (Crataegi Fructus) 2 liang, Bupleurum Root (Bupleuri Radix) 2 liang.
Decoct with one large bowl each of wine, river water, and well water until reduced to one bowl. Expose to dew overnight. Warm and take on the next morning; immediate cure.

Southern Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodis Rhizoma) 2 liang (soak in rice washing water, remove skin, stir-fry until yellow); Magnolia Bark (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) 2 liang (stir-fry with ginger juice); Tangerine Peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) 2 liang; Raw Licorice Root (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) 1 liang; Pogostemon Herb (Pogostemonis Herba) 1 liang; Prepared Pinellia Tuber (Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum) 1 liang.
Make pills using natural juice of Scallion Stalk (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) and Fresh Ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) as binder, size of Sophora seeds. Take three qian per dose.

Measure from the tip of the left middle finger to its base using a blade of grass, break the grass at this length. Use this same piece of grass to measure from the root of the hand to the palm, and then from the palm to the wrist. Mark the spot with ink. Mash one clove of garlic inside half a walnut shell and apply to the marked spot. Bind tightly with cotton cloth for one shichen (two hours), then remove; immediate effect.

Roast Chicken Gizzard Membrane (Corneum Gigeriae Galli) to retain its properties, mix with milk and take orally (use male rooster for men, female hen for women).

Another prescription:
Unprocessed Deer Antler Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, calcined to retain properties. Take one qian during the onset of malaria attacks.

Soft-shelled Turtle Shell (Trionycis Carapax) 2 qian (prepared with vinegar until penetrating); Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) 1 qian (soil-fried); Roasted Licorice Root (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) 0.5 qian; Astragalus Root (Astragali Radix) 1 qian (honey-fried); White Peony Root (Paeoniae Radix Alba) 1 qian (wine-fried); Szechuan Lovage Rhizome (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 1 qian.
Decoct in water and take.

Treats hemiplegia and bone pain day and night. The wine-based formula is listed later.
Sichuan Aconite Root (Aconiti Radix Lateralis Preparata) 3 liang, Prepared Aconite Root (Aconiti Radix Preparata) 3 liang, Grass Aconite Root (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix) 3 liang (all boiled with fresh ginger); Sichuan Pepper (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) 2 liang.
Grind all into powder. Make pills using wine paste, size of mung beans. Take nine pills per dose, three times daily (morning, noon, evening), taken with wine on an empty stomach. One batch can treat several people.