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Treats arm pain caused by wind-heat.
One jin of Mulberry Twig (Sangzhi, 桑枝), sliced and stir-fried. Add three sheng of water, decoct to one and a half sheng. Consume within one day.

Treats all types of wind-pain in the hands and feet, as well as gouty pain (Jiujiao Feng, 酒脚风).
Ginger Juice (Jiangzhi, 姜汁) and Scallion Juice (Congzhi, 葱汁) (one bowl each), Vinegar (Cu, 醋) (one small bowl), Ox Hide Glue (Niujiaojiao, 牛皮胶) (eight liang).
Slowly boil the first three ingredients with the ox hide glue until it forms a paste. Spread on a blue cloth and apply to the painful area for cure. Another prescription adds Garlic Juice (Suanzhi, 蒜汁) and Flower Juice of Impatiens balsamina (Jixinghua Zhi, 急性花汁), one bowl each, which is better.

Treats unbearable pain at sites where dampness flows and accumulates.
Honeysuckle Flower and Leaf (Jinyinhua Bing Ye, 金银花并叶) mixed with wine lees, ground into a paste. Place on a clean tile, heat over fire, and apply as a hot compress to the affected area.

Treats wind-pain.
Four liang of White Balsam Apple Flower (Bai Fengxian Hua, 白凤仙花), dried and soaked in a jar of strong liquor. Drink until finished for cure. Another method uses nine white balsam apple flowers; chew thoroughly every morning and swallow with warm wine.

Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄), Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing, 南星), Pinellia Rhizome (Banxia, 半夏), Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Chuanwu, 川乌), Aconitum Kusnezoffii Root (Caowu, 草乌), Cinnabar (Zhusha, 朱砂). Add one more ingredient: Gastrodia Elata Rhizome (Baitianma, 白天麻). Take three fen per dose, washed down with wine. Effective regardless of stubborn numbness in hands and feet.

Treats spasms and contracture of hands and feet; effective even for those lame for over ten years.
Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) (five fen), Asarum Root (Xixin, 细辛), Cassia Twig (Guangui, 官桂), Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Yazao, 牙皂), Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Chuanwu, 川乌), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo, 羌活), Drynaria Rhizome (Gusuibu, 骨碎补), Typhonium Rhizome (Baifuzi, 白附子) (one qian each), Atractylodes Rhizome (Cangzhu, 苍术) (one qian), Musk (Shexiang, 麝).
Alternatively, mark one or two ingredients with ink.

Half a jin of Tribulus Terrestris Fruit (Bajili, 白蒺藜), lightly stir-fried and thorns removed, crushed and boiled in water once. Add ten eggs and boil again until the eggs float. Eat only the eggs.

Also treats hemiknee (Hexi, 鹤膝) following dysentery.
Use dog heads left uneaten by tigers, processed to retain their nature (cunxing, 存性), pounded with aged wine lees and applied externally; miraculous effect.
Another prescription:
Chrysanthemum Morifolium Flower (Ganjuahua, 甘菊花) and Qicheng Mugwort (Qiai, 蕲艾) made into ankle and knee wraps; long-term use eliminates the disease naturally.

Treats various wind pathogens attacking upwards in men and women, causing heavy and dizzy head and eyes, lateral or central headache, and wind-pain.
Eight liang of Mentha Haplocalyx Leaf (Jimisu Boheye, 鸡苏薄荷叶), four liang each of Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, 川芎) and Schizonepeta Spike (Jingjie, 荆芥), two liang each of Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo, 羌活), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng, 防风), Angelica Dahurica Root (Xiangbaizhi, 香白芷), Prepared Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao, 炙甘), and Asarum Root (Xixin, 细辛).
Grind into powder, make pills using steamed dough paste. Take two qian per dose, washed down with clear tea.

Crush the root of Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome (Shichangpu Gen, 石菖蒲根) to extract juice, mix with wine and take orally. No more than three to four doses are needed for cure. If fresh roots are unavailable, dry roots can be used, crushed with water to extract juice.
Another prescription:
Honeysuckle Flower (Jinyinhua, 金银花), Mulberry Leaf (Sangye, 桑叶), Eggplant Stem (Qiegan, 茄杆) (all must have been exposed to frost and snow), Prunella Vulgaris Spike (Xiakucao, 夏枯草) (eight liang each).
Decoct a large pot of soup. In a room without drafts, the patient bathes in a tub filled with the soup. Wash until feeling refreshed; replace the soup when it cools down for self-healing.