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Lao Zhai (Chronic Consumptive Disease) is not a single entity. Initially, it invariably arises from physical weakness and the exhaustion of the Heart and Kidney due to overwork. Additionally, external pathogenic factors such as Wind, Cold, Heat, and Dampness may first cause Malaria (Nue Ji), leading to coughing. If Cold pathogens penetrate inward and treatment is neglected or improper, combined with failure to preserve health, excessive sexual activity, and dietary irregularities, it eventually develops into Lao Zhai. The manifestations include emaciation of muscles, dryness of hair and skin, alternating chills and fever, night sweats, seminal emission or white turbidity, abdominal masses, or small nodules on both sides of the back of the head that may aggregate or disperse. Patients may also experience coughing with phlegm or expectoration of pus and blood. Upon progression, the condition may differentiate into twenty-four, thirty-six, or ninety-nine types. There is also the concept of "Five Corpses" (Wu Shi). Although names and presentations vary, the damage essentially affects the Five Viscera. Various texts state that there are parasites gnawing between the Heart and Lungs; thus, treatment should first eliminate parasites, followed by nourishing the Five Viscera. Regarding "Chuan Shi" (Transmitted Corpse), named Gu Zheng (Bone Steaming), it encompasses Shi Zhu, Lao Zhu, Chong Zhu, Du Zhu, Leng Zhu, Shi Zhu, and Gui Zhu. Lao Zhai is mostly due to deficiency of Qi and Blood, often caused by errors in using diaphoretic or purgative treatments during mild illnesses. Alternatively, if Six Qi pathogens cause coughing that is not resolved, and tonics are administered prematurely, chronic cough results. Combined with sexual indulgence, excessive drinking, and forced eating, it transforms into alternating chills and fever. Only mild tonic medications are suitable. Those who can eat double portions of meat and have strong appetites are diagnosed with Chuan Shi, which can even lead to the death of the entire family. Medications such as Tian Ling Gai (Human Skull Cap), Zi He Che (Placenta), Hu Gan (Fox Liver), Da Zhua (Otter Claw), and She Xiang (Musk) exist but are rarely used. It is said in the world that ghosts attach to the body and worms devour the viscera. Women are prone to this disease, likely transmitted through amenorrhea postpartum.

Formulas:
Muxiang Gejie Wan (Cinnamon Twig and Gecko Pill) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats chronic cough due to Lao Zhai, hoarseness, skeletal flaccidity, and severe emaciation.
Ingredients: Gejie (Gecko, one pair with complete tails, cleaned, fried in lard), Sheng Biejia (Raw Turtle Shell, remove skirt, fried in vinegar until dry), Baifuling (Poria), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Bei Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) [each 7.5 qian], Mian Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb), Jixin Binglang (Areca Seed), Ming Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, fried in lard), Baiji (Morinda Root, soaked in wine, heart removed, dried), Taoren (Peach Kernel, soaked in wine, peeled, roasted, each half liang), Muxiang (Costus Root, 3 qian), Roudoukou (Nutmeg, three raw), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Shengfa (Human Hair, burned on paper until charred but retaining nature), Guzhi (Psoralea Fruit, roasted, each 3 qian). Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of quail eggs. Take one pill per dose, decocted with jujube water, taken on an empty stomach.

Can San (Ginseng Powder) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai with coughing, wheezing, hemoptysis, hoarse voice, tidal fever, and night sweats.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Ming Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, fried in lard), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, honey-fried), Baifuling (Poria), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, processed), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb, heart removed), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, processed), Beijiegeng (Platycodon Root), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, each half liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Bei Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Xingren (Apricot Kernel, soaked in water, peeled), Kuandonghua (Farfura Flower), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, roasted, each 3.5 qian), Sheng Biejia (Raw Turtle Shell, remove skirt, fried in rice vinegar until yellow), Ziwan (Aster Root, each 2 qian). Grind into coarse powder. Take 2.5 qian per dose, decocted with ginger and jujube, taken shortly after meals.

Chenxiang Biejia San (Agarwood and Turtle Shell Powder): Treats body pain due to Lao Zhai.

Ningshen Yinzi (Spirit-Calming Decoction) [from *Ren Cun Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai with aversion to cold and fever, dry mouth and throat, spontaneous sweating, coughing, hemoptysis, severe fatigue, and weakness.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root, remove rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, remove tail), Baishao (White Peony Root), Baifuling (Poria, remove woody core), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, remove rhizome), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Banxiaqu (Pinellia Fermented Dough), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Shudihuang (Rehmannia Root, prepared), Gancao (Licorice Root), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Lianrou (Lotus Seed Flesh), Damaimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, remove heart), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) [all in equal parts]. Grind into coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, with 1.5 cups of water, one dark plum, and one jujube. Decoct to 0.7 cup, strain, and take. If cough worsens, add Ejiao. For extreme deficiency with chest fullness, add Muxiang (simulated in wet paper; Chenxiang is acceptable). For loss of appetite, add Bidou. Another version excludes Chuanxiong.

Taoren Jian (Peach Kernel Decoction) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhu and Chuan Shi, bone steaming, fatigue, and weakness.
Ingredients: Da Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper, sweat-treated), Sheng Xijiao (Raw Rhinoceros Horn), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Xuduan (Dipsacus Root) [each 1 liang], Taoren (Peach Kernel, peeled and roasted), Biejia (Turtle Shell, vinegar-fried yellow, each 1.5 liang), Baifan (Alum, calcined), Zhuyazaojiao (Torus Soap Pod), Gejie (Gecko, one pair, remove head and feet, clean, fry in lard), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin), Suhexiang (Styrax Resin), Xionghuang (Realgar, each 1 fen), Shexiang (Musk, 1 qian). Grind into powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose with rice drink. Alternatively, take with decoction of authentic Sichuan pepper.

Huya Wan (Tiger Tooth Pill) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai with emaciation, hoarse cough, skeletal flaccidity, and killing lower Jiao Zhai parasites.
Ingredients: Ziheche (Human Placenta, one piece, wash with water, fold and wash with wine and vinegar, boil rotten with child's urine and good wine), Shexiang (Musk, half qian), Huangtou (Astragalus root head, take flesh 4 liang, boil rotten with child's urine and wine), Dahong Chuanjiao (Red Sichuan Pepper, remove openings and seeds, place on yellow paper over hot stove, stir frequently to remove oil, cover overnight on ground, 1.5 liang), Lurong (Deer Antler, 7.5 qian, wine-fried), Sheng Biejia (Raw Turtle Shell, one piece, remove skirt, soak in vinegar overnight, then fry slowly in one cup of vinegar until dry), Taoren (Peach Kernel, soak in water, peel), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root, wash), Muxiang (Costus Root), Ming Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, fried in lard, each half liang), Xionghuang (Realgar), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin), Shengfa (Human Hair, burned on paper until charred, each 2.5 qian), Houtou Guan Gu (Tiger Jaw Bone, soak in wine for two nights, roast until scorched, 1.5 liang). Grind into fine powder, pound with Ziheche and dog meat to form sticky pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 70 pills per dose at dawn on an empty stomach with rice soup, and again at noon. If placenta is unavailable, use male pig stomach instead, processing similarly.

Treating Labor Disease [from *Bai Yi Xuan Fang*]
Ingredients: Hu Fei Nei Gu (Bone inside Tiger feces, 1 qian; human bone is best, animal bone next; tiger intestine can be used; green snake brain, size of mung bean, coated with lard and roasted until color changes; if no snake brain, only lard roasting is fine), Tian Linggai (Human Skull Cap, 3 qian, fried in lard until yellow, powdered), Biejia (Turtle Shell, very large ones, fried in lard until yellow, powdered, 1 liang; nine-ribbed ones are excellent), Qinghao (Artemisia Annua, take tips 3-4 cun, finely sliced, 6 liang), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin, half liang), Taoren (Peach Kernel, 1 fen, remove tip, grind to powder, sieve through silk), Shexiang (Musk, 1 qian, separately ground), Binglang (Areca Seed, one piece, separately ground to fine powder), Chi (Fermented Soybeans, 300 grains), Congbai (Green Onion White, 21 stalks, broken), Tongzi Xiaoshui (Child's Urine, half sheng), Dongyin Tao Liu Li Sang Zhi (East-growing branches of Peach, Willow, Plum, Mulberry, each 7 stalks, thick as tendon heads, each 7 cun, finely chopped), Fengye (Maple Leaf, 21 pieces; optional if unavailable, must be unused). First, decoct Qinghao, Tao, Liu, Li, Sang branches, Fengye, and Chi in 3 sheng of water measured by official standard, reduce to about half a sheng, strain. Add Anshixiang, Tian Linggai, Hu Fei Nei Gu, Biejia, Taoren, and Tongzi Xiaoshui, decoct together to obtain juice, strain, yielding 4-5 he. Mix Binglang and Shexiang evenly, prepare as one dose. Take warm in the morning, cover with quilt to induce sweating. Wipe sweat with cloth to check for tiny parasites, then burn the cloth. Diarrhea will follow, expelling parasites. Burn any living parasites in fire and discard in flowing water. Do not let the patient know the medication; continue this secrecy thereafter. After ten days, when vitality recovers, administer another dose, following the same burning and disposal method, until no parasites remain. If the illness is not critical, peace can be achieved. If critical, wait until near death, then administer to subsequent infected individuals. The primary patient cannot be saved, but transmission to others will cease.

Li Yingben, a retired official residing in Yuanzhou, was formerly involved in legal matters in Xiangzhou regarding Han Sifu, a Privy Councilor. After the war, he was seen in Yichun, claiming to have obtained office through military service and now living in leisure. When asked about his family by guests, he shed tears, saying, "I previously had three children. The eldest son, upon buying an empty house with no inhabitants, suddenly felt heart palpitations and back chill, contracting Labor Disease, nearing death. It transmitted to his younger sister. After the eldest died, the daughter's illness became critical. Then it transmitted to the third son, with identical symptoms. I was terrified, prayed to the City God, offering noodles and rice monthly to wandering monks, hoping to meet a strange person, promising 300,000 cash as reward." Days later, while going to the market, before Kaiyuan Temple, a man in Daoist robes called out, "Commandant, I hear your household suffers from Transmitted Corpse Labor. I have a prescription to offer." Entering the temple, he refused to give his name. Li wrote it down. The Daoist said he wished to cross Hunan. Li offered food, but he declined, saying he had already eaten. Li offered money, but he said he had travel funds. Before leaving, he emphasized that the prescription relies mainly on Tian Linggai and Hu Fei Nei Gu, requiring careful search; green snake brain is optional. One day before taking medicine, one must make a grand offering to the City God for spiritual assistance. Li asked, "If seeking divine help, why use medicine?" The Daoist replied, "Not so," and departed west. Li, finding the matter unusual, respectfully followed the advice. Upon preparing the medicine, he set up five deity positions with ten dishes each, treating them like guests, honoring the City God. He also arranged wine and food to reward yin soldiers. At home, he set a position for the messenger before the sickbed. Shortly after taking the medicine, significant bowel movements occurred, expelling seven worms. They were red like cooked meat, turning white, about one cun long, 7-8 fen wide, pointed at the front, square at the back, with a mouth near the front abdomen and legs around the body, resembling fish bones, thin as needle tips and curved. They were dead. Burning them proved difficult; iron rods could not pierce them. The illness decreased immediately. A subsequent dose expelled four small worms, after which he recovered completely. Ten years later, his physique is radiant, free from disease. The Daoist never returned. This prescription was passed to the grandson of the Privy Councilor, Shizhong Xidao.

La Xing Tang (Wax and Apricot Decoction) [from *Yixue Qiewen*]: Treats remote and recent Labor Disease.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) [each 1 qian], Laoshuci Gen (Root of Rat Thorn), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Huixiang (Fennel Seed, roasted), Yingsuke (Poppy Shell, remove stem and root, honey-fried), Hujiao (Pepper) [each 2 qian], Wumei (Dark Plum), Huangla (Beeswax), Xingren (Apricot Kernel), Kuandonghua (Farfura Flower) [each 1 qian]. Place in a new clay pot with 3-4 bowls of water, seal tightly, simmer slowly on low heat until cooked. Warm and drink one bowl at the fourth watch of sleep. After finishing, use 3-4 bowls of good wine to re-simmer the dregs and take as before. Add Danggui for women, Renshen for men, and Ejiao with Bei Wuweizi for hemoptysis.

Zaisheng Dan (Regeneration Pill): Treats all types of Labor syndromes with yellowish emaciation and deficiency, effective where other medicines fail.
Ingredients: Chenxiang (Agarwood, 8.5 qian), Muxiang (Costus Root, 5 qian), Binglang (Areca Seed, 5 qian), Da Huixiang (Large Fennel Seed, 1 liang, salt-roasted), Xiao Huixiang (Small Fennel Seed, 1 liang, salt-roasted), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Chuanshanjia (Pangolin Scale, 1 liang,酥-fried), Quanxie (Whole Scorpion, 1 liang, lightly roasted), Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith, 1 liang), Dengcao (Juncus Effusus, 5 qian), Touhonghua (Safflower, 2.5 qian). Grind into fine powder, form pills with Licorice paste, size of paulownia seeds. Take 30-40 pills per dose with wine and salt water on an empty stomach, pressing with solid food.

Xiong She Wan (Male Musk Pill) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai, kills Zhai parasites, expels evil substances.
Ingredients: Xionghuang (Realgar), Cihuang (Orpiment), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis, dry), Daizheshi (Haematitum, quenched in vinegar), Zhusha (Cinnabar, finely ground) [each 3.5 qian], Da Hamax (Large Toad, one, wine-fried yellow), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin),awei (Asafoetida, soaked in wine and ground, each 2 qian), Nanzi Tian Linggai (Male Human Skull Cap, fried in lard until yellow, 2 qian), She (Musk, half qian), Chuan Badou Rou (Sichuan Croton Seed flesh, plump ones, 10 grains, slightly de-oiled). Grind into fine powder, mix with soft and hard rice dough, pound into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose with decoction of 40 peeled peach kernels, on the fifth watch of the month's beginning on an empty stomach.

Treating Emaciation [from *Ben Cao*]: Use Ox Liver, boiled in vinegar and eaten.

Another Prescription [from *Ben Cao*]: Treats remote and recent Labor Disease.
Take brain and eyes of male cat, raw, soaked in wine and taken. The labor parasites exit through the nose. Another method: Take liver of black cat, raw, dry and powder, take with wine on an empty stomach at dawn on the first of the month, or soak in wine. Can kill Zhai parasites.

Treating Men and Women with Bone Steaming Lao Zhai, Aversion to Cold and Fever [from *Jingxiao Liangfang*]
Ingredients: Qinghao (Artemisia Annua, leaves in spring/summer, seeds in autumn/winter, do not use leaves in winter, use roots instead of seeds, stems interchangeable; must be soaked in child's urine, otherwise ineffective; use one handful), Da Biejia (Turtle Shell, vinegar-fried), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, baked), Digupi (Lycium Bark), Baifuling (Poria), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark), Fengancao (Licorice Root, roasted), Lianshen (Sophora Root), Gualou Shi (Trichosanthes Fruit), Bei Qinggu San (North Clear Bone Powder) [from *Jingxiao Liangfang*]: Treats men and women with five-palm heat, predisposed to Lao Zhai.
Beichaihu (North Bupleurum Root, 7.5 qian), Chifuling (Red Poria, use 1 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, remove rhizome), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root) [each 1 liang], Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root, use 1 liang), Huhuanglian (Coptis Chinensis, half liang), Boheye (Mint Leaf, 7.5 qian). Sieve evenly. Take 4 qian per dose, with one cup of water, decoct to 0.7 cup, take warm.

Huan La Jian San (Suffering Wax Decoction Powder) [from *Yixue Qiewen*]: Treats all Labor diseases.
Ingredients: Bai Jiguan Hua Zi (White Chicken Comb Flower Seeds), Muxiang (Costus Root) [each 1 qian], Renshen (Ginseng Root, salt-roasted, remove rhizome), Maweibo (Horsetail), Qinghao Zi (Artemisia Annua Seeds, one spoon, soaked in child's urine for three nights), Biejia (Turtle Shell, vinegar-fried), Kuandonghua (Farfura Flower) [each half liang], Nuomi (Glutinous Rice, one spoon), Gancao (Licorice Root, 2 qian). Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, with one cup of water, decocted with dark plum and beeswax, take anytime.

Shao Fa Fang (Burnt Hair Formula) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai.
Use raw human hair, burn until charred, grind to powder, mix with water, take on empty stomach. This utilizes the principle of Occipital Bone; Suhexiang Wan is also an essential medicine.

Treating Lao Zhai where symptoms are visible but not yet formed [from *Bai Yi Xuan Fang*]
Take straw roots, finely cut, decoct strongly, drink with warm water at any time.

Xionggui Xuyu San (Ligusticum and Angelica Hair Powder) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Lao Zhai.
Ingredients: Shinv Dingmen Shengfa (Hair from top of virgin girl's head, small tuft, wash grease with well water, soak in vinegar overnight, dry in sun, wrap in paper, burn to ash retaining nature), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, 3 qian), Zhen Chuanxiong (Authentic Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, half liang), Muxiang (Costus Root), Taoren (Peach Kernel, soak in water, peel, roast, each 2 qian), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin), Xionghuang (Realgar) [each 1 qian], Quanxie (Whole Scorpion, 2 pieces), Jiangda Liyu Tou (Large River Carp Head, fresh cut, one piece, vinegar-fried酥). Grind into powder, divide into four doses. For each dose, use one large bowl of well water, decoct in a clean room to 0.7 cup, add half qian of Hongying Zhen Jiangxiang (Red Hard Authentic Agarwood) powder. While taking this medicine, burn Beidou Talisman and add to medicine. On the first of the month at dawn, face North, gaze at heaven, chant: "Zhai Spirit harms my life, I obey the Emperor's decree, take medicine to protect body, swiftly as law." Chant five times, finish taking facing North, face South, inhale vital energy into abdomen. Burn authentic agarwood and place under bed. At noon, take medicine again as before. Afterwards, use Biejia Shengxi San to extract parasites.

Biejia Shengxi San (Turtle Shell and Raw Rhinoceros Horn Powder) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Treats Zhai disease, kills Zhai parasites, expels evil substances.
Ingredients: Tian Linggai (Human Skull Cap, one male piece with non-red color usable; female red color not usable; wash with cooled檀香 decoction, chant: "Lei Gong Ling, Lei Gong Sheng, encountering Chuan Shi, must respond urgently, swiftly as law." Chant seven times, then fry in lard until yellow), Sheng Biejia (Raw Turtle Shell, one piece, remove skirt, vinegar-fried yellow), Jixin Binglang (Areca Seed, half liang), Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin, half liang), Huchang Ya (Tiger Long Tooth, two pieces, vinegar-fried酥; if unavailable, use jaw bone half liang), Taoren (Peach Kernel, soak in water, peel, roast dry, half liang), Sheng Xijiao (Raw Rhinoceros Horn), Muxiang (Costus Root), Gansui (Kansui Root), Jiangzhenxiang (Aquilaria Wood), Ganqi (Dried Lacquer, pound碎, roast until smoke nearly gone, retain nature),awei (Asafoetida, soaked in wine and ground, each 3 qian), Chuanshanjia (Pangolin Scale, take four toes, vinegar-fried yellow), Leiwan (Vermifuge Fruit, 2 qian), Qiuyin (Earthworm, ten pieces, raw mixed with medicine), Quanxie (Whole Scorpion, three pieces). Grind into powder. Take half liang per dose. First, pound forty-nine Chi Xin (Fermented Soybean Hearts), two small east-facing shoots of Peach, Plum, Mulberry, and Plum trees (each 7 cun long), seven leaves of Sheng Lanqing (Isatis Leaf), one handful of Qinghao (Artemisia Annua), five slices of Congbai (Green Onion White with roots, washed) in stone mortar. Add one and a half bowls of well water, decoct to one cup, add one cup of child's urine, and the medicine, decoct to 0.7 cup, add a pinch of She (Musk). On the first ten days of the month at dawn, take warm on empty stomach, cover with quilt to induce sweating. Wipe sweat with soft cloth to check for tiny parasites, burn cloth. Soon, diarrhea will expel worms. Collect in clean bucket, quickly clamp worms, burn in fierce fire, store in porcelain jar, cover with tile and Realgar, seal with mud and ash, bury in deep mountains away from paths.

Wuzhi San (Five Branches Powder) [from *Zhizhi Fang*]: Expels Transmitted Corpse Labor parasites.
Ingredients: Tao Zhi (Peach Branch), Li Zhi (Plum Branch), Mei Zhi (Apricot Branch), Sang Zhi (Mulberry Branch), Shiliu Zhi (Pomegranate Branch) [all east-facing small branches, seven stalks each, 3 cun long], Qinghao (Artemisia Annua, one handful), Kuligen (Sophora Root, white bark 7 cun), Congbai (Green Onion White with roots, washed, seven slices, cut into inch lengths), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Qing (Isatis Leaf, seven leaves). Decoct in one and a half sheng of child's urine to half volume, strain. Add Anshixiang (Benzoin Resin), Suhexiang (Styrax Resin), awei (Asafoetida), each 1 qian, decoct to one cup, filter clear. Mix with Zhusha (Cinnabar), Xionghuang (Realgar), Leiwan (Vermifuge Fruit), Kubai Fan (Calcined Alum), Liuhuang (Sulfur) powders, each half qian, Jixin Binglang powder 1.5 qian, She (Musk) a pinch. Divide into two doses. On the first of the month at dawn, take one dose on empty stomach, another at 5:00 AM. Parasites should descend before noon. Collect in clean bucket, quickly clamp, boil in oil ladle, pour oil and worms into porcelain jar, seal with ash, bury in remote places.

Digupi San (Lycium Bark Powder): Treats men, women, young men, and virgins with Bone Steaming High Fever, muscle wasting, sallow complexion, red urine, nausea, and tidal fever.
Ingredients: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, 4 liang), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, half jin), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root, 6 liang), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome, 2 liang), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, 1 liang), Digupi (Lycium Bark, 1 jin), Gancao (Licorice Root, 1 jin). Sieve evenly. Take half liang per dose, with two cups of water, three slices of ginger, one dark plum, and one jujube. Decoct to 0.8 cup, strain, take warm. Anytime.

Xiao Lingbao Dan (Little Spiritual Treasure Pill, also named Pixie Dan) [from *Haishang Mingfang*]: Treats infectious diseases, removes evil dreams, calms spirit in confusion.
Ingredients: Tian Linggai (Human Skull Cap, one, preferably from Caizhou, coat with lard, fry until yellow), Hutou Gu (Tiger Head Bone, 1 liang, coat with lard, fry until yellow), Guijian (Artemisia Carvifolia Branch), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, 1 liang, chop,酥-fry until yellow-red), Zhusha (Cinnabar, 1 liang, high quality, separately ground), Xionghuang (Realgar, 1 liang, high quality, separately ground), She Xiang (Musk, 1 liang, authentic, separately ground). Select Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, Xu days, before noon, to prepare. In quiet room, do not speak. Pound and sieve according to method. Mix powders of first four ingredients with last three, blend evenly, grind fine, form pills with refined honey, size of paulownia seeds. Take 7 pills per dose, gradually increase to 10, with Anshixiang decoction, twice daily after meals. Within seven days, spiritual signs or effects may appear, such as dreaming of someone departing, indicating recovery.

Falaogui Ku Yinzi (Labor-Ghost Weeping Decoction)
Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, half liang), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root, half liang), awei (Asafoetida, half liang), Dongyin Tao Zhi (East-growing Peach Branch, one handful), Qinghao (Artemisia Annua, one handful), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, half fen).