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Treats bone-steaming (Gu Zheng, a symptom of consumption characterized by fever in the bones) in young men and women, blood-wind (Xue Feng, wind-pathogen affecting the blood) in women, pathogenic factors attacking the four limbs, and mental restlessness with chest oppression.
Chifuling (Poria Cocos with Red Skin), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Ganqi (Raw Dry Laccodermata), Biejia (Acetate-processed Turtle Shell), Changshan (Dichroa Root), Dahuang (Stir-baked Rhubarb), Beichaihu (Bupleurum Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Shengsheng Dihuang (Fresh Rehmannia Root), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (each 1 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (0.5 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Add one sheng of water and 50 grains of wheat, decoct until reduced to 0.6 sheng. Take warm after meals and before bedtime. If there is spontaneous sweating, add 1 liang of Mahuanggen (Ephedra Root and Rhizome without Scaly Base). Su Dongpo said: This is the prescription of Judge Wu from Huangzhou. It treats bone-steaming with emaciation and yellow complexion, bad breath, skin heat, and night sweats with extreme efficacy. There are many prescriptions named Maijian San (Wheat Decoction Powder); this one was treasured by Mr. Wu like a rare treasure, so its efficacy can be imagined.

Treats various deficiency-consumption diseases, emaciation and weakness, pulling pain in the waist and back, mental irritability, panting and coughing, spitting pus and vomiting blood, excessive accumulation of stubborn phlegm, disturbed sleep, chest fullness and shortness of breath, frequent night sweats, dry and brittle hair with tinnitus, cold skin but hot bones, and all conditions of the five labors and seven injuries, including bone-steaming symptoms. All are treated. (Prescription of Mr. Xu Yuanlin)
Digupi (Lycium Bark), Fencas (Licorice Root), Beichaihu (Bupleurum Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum Root), Wuyao (Lindera Root), Mahuang (Ephedra Herb, nodes not removed), Gange (Kudzu Root), Qinghao (Artemisia Annua Herba), Kugeng (Platycodon Root), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Tianxianteng (Akebia Caulis), Beihuangqin (Scutellaria Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Shengsheng Dihuang (Fresh Rehmannia Root), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Biejia (Acetate-processed Turtle Shell), Huang (Yellow [likely Huangqi or Huangbai]), (each 1 liang for the first group; each 0.5 liang for the second group).
Cut the above ingredients into small pieces. Take 3 qian per dose. Add one sheng of water and 0.1 sheng of wine, along with one pig marrow bone (Zhitonggu), roasted until charred, divided into four doses. Add seven cun of peach branch and seven cun of willow branch, five apricot kernels (Xingren), peeled and de-husked, crushed, decoct until reduced to 0.7 sheng. Strain and take warm. Adding half a wumei (Mume Fruit) is especially good.
Another version adds Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) and Baishaoyao (White Peony Root).
The Great Ling Prescription of Hua Tuo treats Chuan Shi Lao (Infectious Consumption/Tuberculosis), which is the Mingyue Dan (Bright Moon Pill) formula.

Xionghuang (Realgar), Muxiang (Costus Root) (each 0.5 liang), Tianlinggai (Roasted Human Skull Cap, 1 liang), Qingfen (Calomel, 1 fen), Biejia (Acetate-processed Turtle Shell, 1 liang), Tushi (Rabbit Feces, 2 liang).
Grind the above into powder. Use one da sheng of Fa Jiu (Medicinal Wine), stir-bake 0.5 liang of Dahuang (Rhubarb) into a paste, mix with the previous powders to form pills the size of a bullet, coated with Zhusha (Cinnabar). Treats Chuan Shi Lao causing muscle emaciation and yellow face, vomiting, and irregular coughing. First, burn Anxi Xiang (Benzoin Resin), inhale the smoke. If there is no cough, it is not Chuan Shi Lao, and this medicine should not be used. If the smoke enters the mouth and induces uncontrollable coughing, it is Chuan Shi Lao, and this medicine is suitable. Take at the beginning of the fifth watch (5-7 AM) secretly. Dissolve one pill in a cup of Tongbian (Child's Urine) mixed with wine. After walking for about ten li, one must vomit worms, shaped like rush pith, slender and about one cun long; or like rotten melon plums, or like toads, with varying shapes. If ineffective, take again the next day until effective.
To treat various consumptions, Mingyue Dan from *Su Shen Liang Fang*.
Tushi (Rabbit Feces, 49 pieces), Pingsha (Borax, size of rabbit feces, 49 pieces).
Grind finely, form pills with raw honey the size of Sophora seeds. Crush 0.5 liang of Gancao (Licorice Root), soak in water overnight to extract juice. Take seven pills at the beginning of the fifth watch secretly. Do not let the patient know. After taking the consumption medicine, check frequently. If worms appear, kill them immediately, fry them black with Sang Huo You (Mulberry Fire Oil), and discard in fast-flowing water. If not discharged after three days, take again, but must be taken before the full moon. Avoid seeing people in mourning clothes, wearing colorful clothes, women, cats, dogs, etc. Afterwards, take Qi Bu Yao (Qi-tonifying medicines) for consumption to achieve recovery. (Hanlin Scholar Shen said: Wei Min Sun Yuangu stored this prescription and saved many lives. Wan Rong of Jiangyin suffered from consumption, his limbs burning like fire, near death. One night he dreamed of a person with an abdomen blocked like a large plate for a month, bright and unbearable to look at, approaching his heart and bones making them cold, then woke up startled. Soon someone knocked on the door; it was a messenger from Wei Min delivering the medicine. He took it and recovered. Asked for the name, it was Mingyue Dan, realizing the dream. Generally, this medicine best treats Heat Consumption, and also says it can treat Shang Han (Cold Damage) irritability and bone heat. Another version has equal parts of Borax.)
Relieves consumption, generates flesh, promotes appetite, invigorates blood, and nourishes the heart. Dihuang Jian Wan (Rehmannia Decoction Pills). (Some say it is very wonderful, Hua Tuo's prescription.)