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Decoct the roots of *Imperata cylindrica* (Mao Gen) to make a decoction for drinking; taking it in large quantities and administering it all at once is considered superior.

Another prescription, from Li Tidian Zongyuan.
Take the bamboo leaves (Ruo Ye) used to wrap the necks of wine jars that have been boiled for many years. These are available only with Fujian summer wine, and those stored for three to five years up to ten years are especially good. Use seven leaves as one dose,
burn
and take three doses to be cured.

Passed down by Cheng Ge.
Euodiae Fructus (Wu Zhu Yu), quantity not specified, pick clean.
Cut off the lid of a large radish, hollow out the body to form a jar-like container, fill it with Euodiae Fructus, tie it securely with water-resistant thread, and steam it in a rice steamer until the radish is thoroughly cooked. Take out the Euodiae Fructus, dry it by baking, and grind it into a fine powder. Then, mix the powder with the cooked radish flesh to form pills the size of Sophora seeds (Wu Tong Zi). Take thirty to fifty pills on an empty stomach, washed down with salt water or rice drink.

Transmitted by Du Cheng Shuzhi, who said it was a prescription from Can Zheng Qian.
Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) (remove rhizome) Paeoniae Moutan Cortex (Mu Dan Pi) (remove heart)
Grind equal parts into a fine powder. Take one square-inch spoonful (Fang Cun Bi) with wine before meals, three times a day. See "Disease Section" in *Qian Jin Fang*, also see *Sheng Hui Fang* for treating scrotal asymmetry (lateral descent of testis). Another formula adds Phellodendri Cortex (Huang Bo) and Cinnamomi Cortex (Gui Xin); these two ingredients in equal proportions treat swelling caused by qi moving up and down.

Transmitted by Bangdu Cai.
Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiang Fu) (rub off hairs)
Grind into a fine powder. Decoct Sargassum (Hai Zao) strongly, and take mixed with wine or water. If Sargassum is ground into a fine powder and taken mixed with hot wine, it is even better; for severe cases, administer directly by force-feeding.

Verified to be miraculously effective.
First take Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria), administered with half a cup of wine, decocted with Centella Herba (Deng Xin) and Jujubae Fructus (Zao) to wash down twenty pills of Qingmuxiang Wan. Next, take Wuji San (Five Accumulations Powder) decocted with baked ginger and salt. After the condition stabilizes, take Chenxiang Bichengqie San. Zhu Duan of the Imperial Academy once suffered from hernia (San Qi), personally took this medicine with miraculous effect, and later passed it to several others, all of whom found it effective. All four medicines are official formulas from the Bureau of Imperial Physicians.

Treats Xiao Chang Qi (Small Intestine Qi disorder), with swelling and pain of the external kidneys. Tang Zhongju suffered from kidney abscess (Shen Yong), and this medicine proved effective; the pathogenic qi was expelled through discharge.
Corni Fructus (Shan Zhu Yu) Evodiae Fructus (Wu Zhu Yu) Lithocarpus Fructus (Shi Zhu Yu) (each 2 liang) Phaseoli Semen (Hei Qian Niu) (stir-fried until ripe, 1 liang) Toosendan Fructus (Chuan Lian Zi) (1 liang, stir-fried together with fourteen Mylabris (Ban Mao), removing wings and heads, until red, then remove Mylabris) Psoraleae Fructus (Po Gu Zhi) (1 liang 7 qian, stir-fried until fragrant and ripe) Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Qing Pi) Halitussodium Chloratum (Qing Yan) Foeniculi Fructus (Hui Xiang) (each 3 liang, lightly stir-fried)
Grind into a fine powder, use vinegar-boiled wheat paste to form pills the size of Sophora seeds (Wu Tong Zi). Take thirty to fifty pills per dose, first eat fifteen stir-fried Prunus Persica Seeds (Tao Ren), with warm wine or salt