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Erythema (macules and papules) in cold damage is caused by excessive Yang qi. The pathogen is at the exterior level. It may be that sweating has not yet been induced, or it has already been induced, or after emesis and purgation, the evil heat has not been eliminated. The toxic gas accumulates internally. Due to deficiency of the exterior, the heat-toxin takes advantage of the deficiency to emerge into the skin, manifesting as erythema and rashes, resembling brocade patterns. If the color is red and appears within five days, it is treatable. If the color is black and appears after seven days, it is difficult to treat. In severe cases, ulcers form on the throat, tongue, and body.

The verse states: Warm toxin causing erythema scorches the muscles; one dose of Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) eliminates the toxin. If black toxin emerges due to deficiency, there are other specific treatments for rashes, bean-like eruptions, and sores.

Generally speaking, erythema should not be treated with exterior-releasing herbs. This is because the exterior is deficient while the interior is excess. Forcing sweating would further open the pores, leading to ulceration of the chest and abdomen. For those with sore throat, Xuanshen Shengma Tang (Scrophulariae Radix and Cimicifugae Rhizoma Decoction) is used. For those where the rash has already emerged, Daqing Siwu Tang (Prunellae Spica, Lithospermi Radix, Bupleuri Radix, and Rehmanniae Radix Decoction), also known as Ejiao Daqing Tang, is used. Zhudan Jizi Tang (Pig Gallbladder and Chicken Egg Decoction) can also be used. Recently, Shengma Gegen Tang (Cimicifugae Rhizoma and Puerariae Radix Decoction) is most commonly used and yields excellent results. For sores in the lower body, diarrhea, vomiting of green fluid, red eyes, and mouth ulcers, Huanglian Jupi Tang (Coptidis Rhizoma and Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Decoction) is indicated. For pea-sized eruptions, a decoction of Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) alone, boiled thick, is taken orally with great effect. Dadingdai (Indigo Naturalis), sized like a date, can be swallowed. Alternatively, Qingmuxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) decoction can be taken. For pain and irritability upon eruption, Wuwu Muxiang Tang (Five-Ingredient Aucklandia Decoction) or Xijiao Daqing Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Prunella Spica Decoction) is used. Mangxiao (Mirabilite) and pig gallbladder juice can be applied topically to the sores. According to *Zhengzhi Lun*, Huaban Tang (Macule-Eliminating Decoction) is another name for Baihu Jia Renshen Tang (White Tiger Decoction plus Ginseng). Sun Zhao uses Zixue (Purple Snow). For patients with fu-organ excess syndrome, Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Regulating the Stomach and Restoring Order Decoction) is used.

It is also said: Warm toxin causes the whole body to resemble brocade patterns, with erythema and urticaria accompanied by frequent vomiting. Sometimes there is cough, counterflow of qi, irritability, and stifling sensation. This occurs when cold is contracted in winter but manifests in spring.

For warm toxin-induced erythema, Heigao (Black Plaster) is used. For vomiting of green fluid, Gegen Jupi Tang (Puerariae Radix and Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Decoction) is indicated.

When heat disease is at the exterior and remains unresolved after sweating, or after emesis and purgation, the heat-toxin does not dissipate, leading to irritability and delirious speech. This indicates exterior deficiency and interior excess, with heat and dryness pressing outward, causing the body to develop erythema resembling brocade patterns. In all cases of erythema, exterior-releasing herbs must not be used, as they will cause the sores to open and worsen the ulceration due to exterior deficiency.

Another verse states: When blood is affected by warm toxin, Heigao is effective; for heat disease with double Yang, there is a separate decoction. Erythema arises from interior excess and exterior deficiency; inducing sweating will only increase the sores.

The syndrome belongs to Yang. Misapplication of warming herbs, or failure to induce sweating when indicated, or failure to purge when indicated, or persistence of the disease after sweating and purging, leads to internal burning of Yang heat, steaming and forcing outward. Heat-toxin enters the stomach, causing erythema. Heat inevitably injures the blood; if blood heat does not dissipate, resulting in interior excess and exterior deficiency, the heat qi takes advantage of the deficiency to emerge into the skin. Mildly, it resembles rashes; severely, it resembles brocade patterns. Those treating erythema must strictly avoid sweating, as sweating reopens the pores and increases the number of macules. Whenever one or two spots appear, treatment must be sought early. Delay allows the condition to progress until isolated Yang fails and Yin is exhausted, making it incurable. Black erythema indicates extreme heat and gastric rot, which is beyond remedy. However, early erythema resembles mosquito bites, so medication must not be misapplied. Erythema mostly appears on the chest and abdomen, while mosquito marks appear on the hands and feet. A surging and large Yang pulse at the cun position, combined with confusion and disorientation, turning from red to crimson initially, indicates erythema. A non-surging Yang pulse, quiet patient, turning from red to yellow initially, indicates mosquito marks. Erythema belongs to Yang and Yang toxicity. If the Yin pulse is excessively large, with spontaneous diarrhea, or oppression and shortness of breath with restlessness and prolonged constipation, even Lu Bian reborn could not apply his skill. Warm toxin erythema occurs when stomach cold in winter transforms into Yang excess in spring, triggering the disease. After emesis and purgation, if the exterior is not resolved and the toxin is not cleared, Heigao is the primary treatment. For muscle ulceration, cough, chest stuffiness, diarrhea, vomiting of clear fluid, muttering (Zhengsheng), and mouth ulcers, Huanglian Jupi Tang or Gegen Jupi Tang is suitable. For heat disease erythema and epidemic erythema, Daqing Siwu Tang or Zhudan Jizi Tang is used. For Yang toxicity, termed Double Yang, with erythema and sore throat, Xuanshen Shengma Tang is used. Shengma Gegen Tang, Baidu San (Toxin-Resolving Powder), and Xijiao Dihuang Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmanniae Decoction) are generally used for erythema. For greater heat, Xuanshen Shengma Tang is used with added Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Wumei (Mume Fruit). Huanglian Yiwu Tang (Single-Ingredient Coptidis Decoction) or Qingmuxiang Yiwu Tang (Single-Ingredient Aucklandia Decoction) can be selected. For fu-organ excess, a small amount of Tiaowei Chengqi Tang is given. Sun Zhao uses one dose of Zixue. *Zhengzhi Lun* recommends Baihu Jia Renshen Tang or Faban Tang (Erythema-Decoction) with Zicao (Arnebiae Radix et Rhizoma) and Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) as assistants. For internal binding of blood heat, Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) is used. Small, sparse spots with fresh, fine color are easy to treat. Brocade-like eruptions that collapse are difficult to treat. Initial red color fading to tiny spots, followed by darkening of the face and muscles to black, is incurable. Initial appearance resembling black moles is also incurable. Red erythema has a mortality rate of five deaths to one survival; black erythema has ten deaths. Internal and external blazing heat, unresolved by sweating or purging, accompanied by irritability, cough, vomiting, cold feet, and deafness, constitutes the syndrome of erythema.

Formulas:

Loulu San (Loulu Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats erythema in cold damage, urticaria resembling brocade patterns with cough, mental restlessness, and incessant vomiting.
Ingredients: Loulu (Radix Euphorbiae Humifusae), Chenjupi (Dried Tangerine Peel, soaked in water, white pith removed, dried), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, radix tip removed), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, roots and joints removed), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, soaked in water, peel and pointed ends removed, split kernels, bran-fried until slightly yellow, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 4 qian per dose, boil in one zhong zhan (approx. 200ml) of water until reduced to six fen (approx. 120ml). Strain. Take warm at any time.

Huangqin Tang (Huangqin Decoction, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats cold damage with organ congestion and toxicity, inability to vent and diffuse, resulting in skin erythema.
Ingredients: Huangqin (1 liang), Daqing (Prunellae Spica, 1 liang), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 1 liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 1 liang), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Fructus, half liang), Chuan Puxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one and a half da zhan (approx. 300ml) of water with Douchi (Fermented Soybean), two stalks of Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus), and half fen of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) until reduced to five fen (approx. 100ml). Strain. Take warm at any time.

Another Formula (from *Shenghui Fang*):
Ingredients: Xijiao Xie (Rhinoceros Horn Shavings, 1 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang, crushed and slightly fried), Zhizi Ren (half liang), Lanye (Isatidis Folium, 1 liang), Chuan Shengma (1 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, half liang, honey-fried until slightly red and crushed).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one da zhan of water until reduced to five fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

Huangqin San (Huangqin Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats cold damage within ten days without sweating, heat in both interior and exterior, erythema, delirium with running away, yellow eyes, and mental restlessness.
Ingredients: Huangqin (1 liang), Daqing (1 liang), Chuan Shengma (1 liang), Chuan Dahuang (crushed and slightly fried, 1 liang), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, half liang), Yichen (Capillaris Herba, 1 liang), Chuan Puxiao (1 liang), Zhizi Ren (half liang), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, half liang, whiskers removed).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one da zhan of water with thirty-seven slices of Zhuye (Bambusae Folium) until reduced to five fen. Strain. Take warm at any time, stopping when bowel movement occurs.

Daqing San (Daqing Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats erythema on the body and face in cold damage.
Ingredients: Daqing (Prunellae Spica, 1.5 liang), Chuan Shengma (2 liang), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one da zhan of water with a small half he of Douchi until reduced to five fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

For cold damage where erythema is about to emerge, with surging pulse, heart dryness and heat, and urine staining paper golden-yellow, take Zhudan Jizi Tang (from *Shenghui Fang*).
Ingredients: Zhu Zhi (Pig Juice, one he), Yan Cu (Strong Vinegar, one he), Ji Zi (Chicken Egg, one, broken and yolk removed).
Preparation and Administration: Mix and boil three times to boiling point. Let cool to warm. Take in one dose. Strong individuals take the full dose; weak individuals take after six or seven boils. Recovery follows sweating.

Shengma San (Shengma Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats unresolved heat-toxin in cold damage, preventing transformation into erythema, detoxifying.
Ingredients: Chuan Shengma, Zhizi Ren, Daqing, Huangqin, Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, each 1 liang), Shigao (2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one da zhan of water with half he of Sheng Dihuang Zhi (Fresh Rehmanniae Radix Juice) until reduced to six fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

Xijiao San (Xijiao Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*): Treats persistent red erythema in cold damage.
Ingredients: Xijiao Xie, Mahuang (roots and joints removed), Zhizi Ren, Huanglian (whiskers removed), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed), Mayaxiao (Mirabilite) and Yujin (Curcumae Radix, each 1 liang), Shigao (2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one da zhan of water until reduced to five fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

For unceasing black erythema in cold damage, take this formula:
Ingredients: Chuan Shengma (1 liang), Huangqin (1.5 liang), Chuan Dahuang (1 liang, crushed and slightly fried), Xijiao Xie (1.5 liang), Chuan Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 1 liang).

Tianzhuhuang San (Calami Polyporus Powder): Treats cold damage erythema. After emergence, residual heat in the heart remains, causing irritability.
Ingredients: Tianzhuhuang (Calamus Polyporus, ground), Chuan Shengma, Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Xijiao Xie, Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, radix tip removed), Qianshuang (Plumbum Subacetatum, ground, each half liang), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, core removed and dried, 1 liang), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, half liang), Zhizi Ren (1 liang), Huanglian (one fen, whiskers removed).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, mix thoroughly with the ground ingredients. Take one qian per dose at any time, administered with Zhuye Tang (Bamboo Leaf Decoction).

Huanglian San (Huanglian Powder): Treats unresolved toxic erythema in cold damage.
Ingredients: Huanglian (1 liang, whiskers removed), Xijiao Xie (half liang), Shigao (2 liang), Zhizi Ren (1 liang), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 4 qian per dose, boil in one zhong zhan of water until reduced to six fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

Ejiao Tang (Ejiao Decoction): Treats jaundice and erythema occurring one to two days or ten-plus days after cold damage. Also known as Daqing Siwu Tang.
Ingredients: Daqing (4 liang), Gancao (honey-fried until slightly red and crushed, half liang), Huangming Jiao (Yellow Clear Gelatin, half liang, pounded and fried until yellow and dry; Ejiao can be used alternatively), Douchi (5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Finely chop and mix evenly. Take half liang per dose, boil in one zhong zhan of water until reduced to six fen. Strain. Take at any time.

Another Formula:
Ingredients: Dahuang (3 liang), Gancao (2 liang), Xingren (30 seeds), Mangxiao (5 he), Mahuang (2 liang), Huangqin (1 liang), Badou (Crotonis Fructus, 30 seeds).
Preparation and Administration: Process, pound, and mix with honey to make pills the size of soybeans. Take three pills. Purging of toxin should occur. If purging continues, stop with rice water. Family members caring for the patient may take these pills first to induce purging, preventing transmission. These pills can be prepared in advance.

Xijiao Tang (Xijiao Decoction): Treats internal excess of heat-toxin in cold damage, causing red erythema on the body.
Ingredients: Xijiao (sliced), Mahuang (roots and joints removed), Shigao (each 1 liang), Shanzhizi Ren (Gardeniae Fructus, 1.5 liang), Huanglian (whiskers removed, three fen).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water until reduced to one zhan. Strain. Take warm.

Shanzhizi Tang (Shanzhizi Decoction): Treats cold damage erythema with heart irritability and confusion.
Ingredients: Shanzhizi Ren (three fen), Daqing, Shengma (each 1 liang), Ejiao (fried until dry, half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water with one hundred Douchi until reduced to one zhan. Strain.

Mahuang Gegen Tang (Ephedra and Pueraria Decoction): Treats cold damage erythema resembling brocade patterns, with counterflow vomiting and mental stifling.
Ingredients: Mahuang (roots and joints removed), Gegen (Puerariae Radix, crushed), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, baked), Chenjipi (soaked in water, white pith removed, dried), Huangqin (core removed, each 1 liang), Xingren (soaked in water, peel and pointed ends removed, split kernels, fried), Gancao (honey-fried, each half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water. Strain. Take warm.

Xijiao San (Xijiao Powder): Treats external attack of toxic gas in cold damage, causing skin erythema and dryness-heat.
Ingredients: Xijiao (sliced), Huangqin (core removed), Daqing, Mayaxiao (separately ground), Huanglian (whiskers removed), Maimendong (core removed and baked, each 1 liang), Shanzhizi Ren, Niuhuang (Bovis Calculus, separately ground), Chi Fuling (Polyporus with Red Skin, core removed), Tianzhuhuang (separately ground), Gancao (honey-fried, each half liang), Shexiang (Moschus, separately ground, one qian).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and grind into powder. Take three qian bi per dose, administer with Zhuye Tang (Bamboo Leaf Decoction).

Shigao Tang (Shigao Decoction): Treats cold damage black erythema.
Ingredients: Shigao (1.5 liang), Mahuang (roots and joints removed), Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, bark removed, 1.5 liang), Gegen (1 liang), Huanglian, Gu Xie (Old Shoe, one piece, soil removed and finely chopped), Shujiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, eyes and closed mouths removed, fried to release oil, one fen).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one zhan of water until reduced to one zhan. Strain. Take warm, cover with clothing to induce sweating.

Zhimu Tang (Zhimu Decoction): Treats proliferation of toxic gas in cold damage, steaming into the skin, causing red erythema, generalized high fever and pain, and mental confusion.
Ingredients: Zhimu (baked), Qianniuzi (Pharbitidis Semen, fried), Shanzhizi Ren, Dahuang (crushed and fried), Huangqin (core removed), Mudan (Moutan Cortex, core removed), Mahuang (roots and joints removed, each 1 liang), Jingjie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica), Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitras), Huzhang (Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix), Shegan (Belamcandae Rhizoma), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, radix tip removed), Xingren (each one fen), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus, half liang), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, one qian, pounded together with two qian of Shengjiang into cakes and sun-dried).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely pound and sieve. Take five qian bi per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water until reduced to one zhan. Strain. Take warm.

Huangqin Tang (Huangqin Decoction): Treats cold damage erythema with irritability, eliminating stagnant heat in the stomach.
Ingredients: Huangqin (core removed, 1 liang), Shanzhizi Ren, Gancao (honey-fried, 1 liang), Mayaxiao (half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve. Take three qian bi per dose, boil in one zhan of water until reduced to seven fen. Strain. Take warm at any time.

Huanglian San (Huanglian Powder): Treats cold damage erythema.
Ingredients: Huanglian (whiskers removed, 1 liang), Binglang (Arecae Semen, crushed, half liang), Gancao (honey-fried, half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Sieve into powder. Take two qian per dose, add a little honey, prepare like tea, let cool to warm, and take at any time.

Xuanshen Shengma Tang (Scrophulariae and Cimicifuga Decoction): Treats missed opportunity for purgation in cold damage where purgation was not indicated, heat-toxin in the stomach causing erythema resembling brocade patterns, severe irritability and delirium, and also treats throat closure and swelling.
Ingredients: Shengma, Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Gancao (honey-fried, each half liang).
Preparation and Administration: Chop into pieces. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water until reduced to seven fen. Strain. Take warm. Warm toxin can also cause this.

Huaban Tang (Macule-Eliminating Decoction): Treats toxic erythema.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, each half liang), Weirui (Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Gancao (Licorice Root, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Chop into pieces. Take five qian bi per dose, boil in one and a half zhan of water with one he of Nuomi (Glutinous Rice) until eight fen remains and rice is cooked. Strain. Take warm.

Xiangchi Tang (Fermented Soybean Decoction): Treats sudden qi stagnation in organs causing macules.
Ingredients: Xiangchi (Fermented Soybean, one sheng, fried and wrapped in silk), Congxu (Green Onion Roots, cut, one liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, eight liang, crushed and wrapped), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Fructus, three liang, torn), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, six liang), Daqing (Prunellae Spica, two liang), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, three liang), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas, three liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut. Boil the seven ingredients in six sheng of water until two sheng five he remain. Strain.

Mahuang Jieji Tang (Ephedra Muscle-Releasing Decoction): Take within one to two days.
Ingredients: Mahuang, Gancao, Shengma, Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Shigao (each 1 liang), Beichi (Concha Meretricis et Cydoniae, three pieces), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, thirty pieces).
Preparation and Administration: Pound into powder. Boil in three sheng of water until one sheng remains. Take in one dose to induce sweating and cure. Eat Douzhou (Fermented Soybean Porridge) afterwards to tonify deficiency.

Another Formula:
Ingredients: Mahuang (2 liang), Huangqin, Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, each 1 liang), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, 3 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Boil in six sheng of water until two sheng remain. Divide into four doses.

Gegen Jieji Tang (Pueraria Muscle-Releasing Decoction): Can also be taken.
Ingredients: Gegen (4 liang), Shaoyao (2 liang), Mahuang, Daqing, Gancao, Huangqin, Shigao, Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, each 1 liang), Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, four pieces).
Preparation and Administration: Boil in five sheng of water until two sheng remain. Strain. Divide into three doses. Induce slight sweating.

Shengma Tang (Cimicifuga Decoction): Treats adults and children with wind-cold injury, plague, headache, fever, abdominal pain, and erythema whether emerged or not.
Ingredients: Shengma, Gange (Dried Puerariae Radix), Gancao, Shaoyao (equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Chop. Weigh five qian per dose, boil in two zhan of water until seven fen remains. Strain. Take hot. Adjust dosage for children. One method adds Zicaorong (Arnebiae Radix et Rhizoma) and boils.

Niuzi San (Arctii Seed Powder): Treats cold damage erythema with abundant toxic gas, surging pulse, hard and dry constipation, pharyngeal obstruction, pain, and loss of voice.
Ingredients: Niuzi (Arctii Fructus, fried), Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Shengma, Gancao (honey-fried), Gan Bohe Ye (Dry Menthae Haplocalycis Folium). Equal parts. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in two and a half zhan of water until seven fen remains. Strain. Take at any time. Suitable for conditions resembling wind-heat with sore throat and heavy voice similar to rashes.

Zhu Ping Yin (Boiled Duckweed Drink): Treats severe erythema.
Ingredients: Qingping (Lemna Minoris Herba), Ziping (Lemna Minoris Herba, each one handful, washed clean).
Preparation and Administration: Boil into soup. Take three doses.

Shenxian Zixue (Immortal Purple Snow):
Ingredients: Huangjin (Gold, 10 liang), Hanshuishi (Aqua Calcitae, 4 liang 8 qian), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 4 liang 8 qian), Xijiao (Rhinoceros Cornu, 1 liang), Lingyangjiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu, 1 liang), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix, 1 liang 6 qian), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, half liang), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, half liang), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos, half liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 8 qian), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, 6 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Boil Gold in five sheng of water until three sheng remain. Remove gold. Place in basin. Further grind Zhusha (Cinnabaris, three qian) and Shexiang (Moschus, three qian). Stir quickly until uniform. Wait until it solidifies like snow. Take one qian bi per dose, swallow slowly.