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The scope of treatment recorded in Volume Five of *Xiaopin Fang* is as follows:
Various prescriptions including pills (Wan), powders (San), wine preparations (Jiu), decoctions (Jian), and ointments (Gao).

Prescriptions for treating Xi Li (dysentery/diarrhea);
Prescriptions for treating cough (to be verified);
Prescriptions for treating Qi Ni Shang Chong Ru Ben Tun (rebellious Qi rushing upward like a bull running);
Prescriptions for treating diseases of the Heart, Abdomen, Chest, and Hypochondrium;
Prescriptions for treating deficiency and nourishment (specifically for Kidney Deficiency with lower back pain);
Prescriptions for treating Ke Li (thirst and polyuria);
Prescriptions for treating Wind pathogens;
Prescriptions for treating madness and epilepsy caused by evil pathogens.
Totaling eight categories.

Wumei Wan (Mume Pill), used to treat miscellaneous types of Xi Li. The first type is dysentery with red discharge; the second is white dysentery; the third is yellow dysentery; the fourth is green dysentery; the fifth is black dysentery; the sixth is chronic Xi Li where the discharge resembles stasis blood; the seventh is long-standing Xi Li; the eighth is unceasing Xi Li; the ninth is year-long Xi Li; the tenth is sudden onset Xi Li; the eleventh is Xi Li with small volume but frequent frequency; the twelfth is Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome) accompanied by Xi Li; the thirteenth is Xi Li resembling water pouring from a vessel; the fourteenth is Xi Li followed by irritability; the fifteenth is intermittent Xi Li (another version states "one episode then stops"); the sixteenth is Xi Li with loss of appetite; the seventeenth is excessive eating resulting only in Xi Li; the eighteenth is Xi Li accompanied by intense thirst; the nineteenth is severe Xi Li; the twentieth is complex Xi Li that cannot be named. In total, twenty types of Xi Li are covered. The Governor of Jiangxia cured all cases of Xi Li using this method; it is a prescription that completely cures Xi Li.
Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 1 liang) Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, 1 liang) Shuai Ai (Artemisiae Argyi Folium, processed, 1 liang) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, 1 liang) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 2 liang) Wumei (Mume Fructus, seven pieces)
These seven herbs are crushed together and sifted. Honey is added to form pills the size of soybeans. Take ten pills with warm water, gradually increasing to twenty pills, three times daily.

Qingyao Jiechang Wan (Qingyao Intestine-Consolidating Pill), used to treat persistent Xi Li due to Heat-Toxin, regardless of whether the condition is new or chronic.
Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) JuPi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla, roasted) Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix) Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) Lanqing (Indigo Naturalis; another version substitutes Ganjiang/Zingiberis Rhizoma, 4 fen) Guiji (Daphnes Genkwa Flos)
Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each 4 fen)
These ten herbs are crushed together and sifted. Melted honey and Ejiao are mixed in. The mixture is kneaded by hand into pills the size of sophora seeds. Take ten dry pills with water, three times daily. If ineffective, slightly increase the dosage.

Jiangfu San (Ginger and Aconite Powder), used to treat green Xi Li and white Xi Li.
Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed) Zaojia (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina, roasted and seeds removed)
The above three ingredients are taken in equal proportions, crushed, and sifted to make a powder. Take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) with water. Recovery usually occurs within no more than two doses. It can also be taken in pill form.