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The herb *Jinshajia* (Caulis et Folium Desmodii Styracifolii) is dried in the shade and ground into powder. It is taken with a decoction of raw *Gancao* (Licorice Root), mixed with two qian. For severe cases, no more than three or four doses are needed.

Another prescription: True *Hupo* (Amber) is ground finely, in any amount, along with *Shexiang* (Musk), and taken down with white wine. (These two prescriptions are from the works of Commander Chen.)

Treats blood lin syndrome in women. Jisu San (Chicken Su Powder).

*Jimu* (Elsholtzia Ciliata Leaves) and *Mutong* (Akebiae Caulis) (each 2 liang); *Shenggan Dihuang* (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) and *Huashi* (Talcum) (each 3 liang); *Ci Ji Gen* (Radix Cirsii Japonici) (1 liang).
All ingredients are crushed into coarse powder. Each dose is half a liang. Add one and a half cups of water and three to seven leaves of *Zhuye* (Bamboo Leaf), decoct until only seventy percent remains, filter out the dregs, and take warm before meals.

Treats blood lin syndrome and painful hematuria in women.
*Shenggan Dihuang* (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) (3 liang); *Yujin* (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma) and *Puhuang* (Pollen Typhae) (each 2 liang).
All ingredients are ground into fine powder. Each dose is two qian. Take with a decoction of *Cheqianzi* (Plantaginis Semen) and *Cheqianye* (Plantaginis Herba), three times a day, stopping when symptoms relieve.

There are also cases where xuejia (blood masses) present similarly to lin syndrome, causing urinary retention, distension, fullness, and pain around the umbilicus and abdomen; Taoren Jian (Peach Kernel Decoction) is suitable. (See Volume 7, Treatise 9, "Xuejia Section"). Later, a prescription using human hair was used to treat bladder torsion resulting in urinary retention. It can also be used to treat blood lin syndrome and hematuria (which is also effective).

Treats heat in the Heart channel, astringent urination, and the five types of lin syndrome. (If *Gancao* (Licorice Root) is added, chopped and decocted, it is named Daochi San (Guide Out Redness Powder). From *Ben Shi Fang*).
*Shengdihuang* (Rehmanniae Radix) (2 liang); *Mutong* (Akebiae Caulis) and *Huangqin* (Scutellariae Radix) (each 1 liang).
All ingredients are ground into fine powder, formed into pills the size of paulownia seeds using refined honey. Take thirty pills with a *Mutong* (Akebiae Caulis) decoction. This medicine treats dribbling urination and fullness/pain below the umbilicus.

Academician Xu stated: In the Renxu year, a soldier suffered from thirst, drinking one dou of water daily and not eating for three months, feeling restless in his chest. It was already October, and I believed there was latent heat in the Heart channel, so I administered this medicine several times. Two days later, he came to thank me unexpectedly; after taking it three times that day, his thirst stopped, and after three more doses, his appetite returned to normal. This was originally intended for treating lin syndrome but was used to treat thirst, demonstrating flexible application.

Treats various types of lin syndrome in women: *Kuzhanggen* (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), commonly known as Du Niuxi, should be collected in abundance, washed clean, and crushed. Take one he of the herb with five cups of water, decoct until one cup remains, filter out the dregs, and take with a small amount of *Shexiang* (Musk) and *Ruxiang* (Boswelliae Resina).

Geng Mengde, a military officer from Yinxian, had a wife who suffered from lithuria (sand-stone lin) for thirteen years. Every time she urinated, the pain was unbearable, and sand and stones could be heard rattling in the urinal. Various methods failed. She accidentally obtained this prescription, took it, and was cured overnight. I witnessed this myself. The *Bencao* records: Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentata Root) treats pain in the urethra.