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Treats heat accumulation and stagnation. Recurring for years.
Use half a jin of Coriander (Huìsuī). Harvested on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dried in shade. Boil in seven sheng of water until reduced to one and a half sheng. Strain and divide into doses. If not cured, take again. Use leaves in spring and summer.

Autumn
Treats fever with dry mouth and scanty urination.
Use five liang of Polygonatum odoratum (Wēirú). Boil in water and drink the decoction.

Treats fever in adults and children.
Take three chicken eggs and one he of white honey, mix well, and take. Cure is immediate.

Sudden heat oppression
Grind Antelope Horn (Língyángjiǎo) into fine powder. Mix with a little honey and take. Also treats heat-toxic dysentery and bloody dysentery.

Relieves heat
Grind [missing character] vegetable into juice. Make into porridge and eat.

Zhuye Decoction (Bamboo Leaf Decoction) Treats "five-palm" heat (heat sensation in palms, soles, and chest), vexing pain in hands and feet, dry mouth and lips, and heat in the chest.
Bamboo Leaves (Zhúyè) and Wheat (Xiǎomài) (one sheng each); Anemarrhena Root (Zhīmǔ) and Gypsum (Shígāo) [two or three liang each]; Poria (Fúlín); Scutellaria Root (Huángqín); Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng) (two liang each); Ginseng (Rénshēn) [text indicates boiling instructions].

Zhishi Decoction (Citrus Aurantium Decoction) (from *Qianjin Fang*) Treats heat qi. Vexing heat in hands and feet like fire.
Bamboo Leaves (Zhúyè) (two sheng); Immature Bitter Orange (Zhǐshí) (three liang); Celosia Seed (Qīngxiāngzǐ); Cynanchum Rhizome (Báiqián) (one liang each); Evodia Fruit (Wúzhūyú); Scutellaria Root (Huángqín) (two fen each); Trichosanthes Root (Guālóugēn); Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng) [text garbled]; boil to obtain two sheng.

Màiméndōng Pills (Ophiopogon Pills) (from *Shibian Liangfang*) Treats heat in the Heart Meridian.
Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng) (one liang); Coptis Rhizome (Chuān Huánglián) (half liang). Grind into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20-30 pills after meals with warm water.

Qiānjīn Dihuang Pills (Thousand Gold Rehmannia Pills) (from *Shibian Liangfang*) Treats Heart heat.
Coptis Rhizome (Chuān Huánglián) (four liang, coarse powder); Fresh Rehmannia Root (Shēng Dìhuáng) (half jin, crushed to extract juice, mixed with dregs and the Coptis, dried). Grind into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills per dose after meals with Màiméndōng decoction.

Huánglián Mútōng Pills (Coptis and Akebia Pills) (from *Rumen Shishen*) Treats accumulated heat in the Heart Meridian. Symptoms worsen at Summer Solstice.
Coptis Rhizome (Huánglián) (two liang); Akebia Stem (Mútōng) (one and a half liang). Grind into powder. Use ginger juice to make paste for pills. Take 30 pills after meals with Nardostachys root (Dēngxīn) decoction.
Three times daily.

Wushi Tang (Five Stones Decoction) (from *Qianjin Fang*) Treats Stomach heat. Lingering heat after febrile disease. Vexation and oppression. Dry thirst in mouth.
Calcite (Hánshuǐshí); Mirabilite (Xiāoshí); Red Halloysite (Chìshízhī); Dragon Bone (Lónggǔ); Trichosanthes Root (Guālóugēn); Oyster Shell (Mǔlì); Licorice Root (Gāncǎo); Scutellaria Root (Huángqín) (five fen each); Anemarrhena Root (Zhīmǔ); Cinnamon Twig (Guìxīn); Gypsum (Shígāo) [text garbled].

Chéngqì Tang (Purgative Decoction) (from *Qianjin Fang*) Treats qi knot in the chest. Heat in the stomach region. Vomiting and thirst after eating.
Peucedanum Root (Qiánhú); Immature Bitter Orange (Zhǐshí); Cinnamon Twig (Guìxīn); Rhubarb (Dàhuáng); Calcite (Hánshuǐshí); Anemarrhena Root (Zhīmǔ); Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) (one liang each); Mirabilite (Xiāoshí); Trichosanthes Root (Guālóugēn); Gypsum (Shígāo) (two liang each).

Gānlín Yin (Sweet Dew Drink) (from *Heji Jufang*) Treats guest heat in the Stomach of men, women, and children. Bleeding gums, bad breath. Swollen and ulcerated gums. Pus and blood discharge. Heavy eyelids, desire to close eyes; closing causes vexation. Loss of appetite. Red, swollen, painful eyes. Intolerance to cold medicines. Mouth and tongue ulcers. Sore throat. Can be used for rashes whether erupted or not. Treats damp-heat stagnation in the Spleen and Stomach causing jaundice from overeating/drinking or sexual excess. Yellow skin and face. Slight limb swelling. Chest fullness, shortness of breath. Irregular bowels. Yellow, obstructed urination. Occasional body heat. All these are treated.
Loquat Leaf (Pípáyè) [de-haired]; Dried Prepared Rehmannia Root (Gān Shúdìhuáng) [cleaned]; Asparagus Tuber (Tiānméndōng) [core removed, baked]; Bitter Orange (Zhǐké) [pulp removed, bran-fried]; Artemisia Capillaris (Shān Yīnchén) [roots removed] [text incomplete].

Zhúrú Tang (Bamboo Shavings Decoction) (from *Zhinan Fang*) Treats Stomach heat with vomiting. To identify Stomach heat, check if palms and soles are hot.
Pinellia Tuber (Bànxià) [three qian, boiled with half a zhan of ginger juice and one sheng of fermented grain water until halved, cut, baked]; Dried Ginger (Gānjiāng) (three liang); Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [three qian, raw]. Cut into pieces. Take [dose missing] per serving.

Lóngnǎo Jīsū Pills (Dragon Brain Chicken Mint Pills) (from *Heji Jufang*) Relieves vexation and fatigue. Promotes digestion and moves qi. Disperses stagnant heat in the chest. Mainly treats Lung heat cough.
Treats epistaxis, hematemesis, metrorrhagia, lower bleeding. Hematuria (blood/heat/labor/qi types). Stops polydipsia. Relieves palpitations. Cools upper jiao. Resolves alcohol toxicity.
Also treats Stomach heat bad breath and Lung heat throat [text cuts off].
Bupleurum Root (Cháihú) [true Yinzhou variety, two liang, cut, soaked in boiling water with Akebia Stem for 1-2 nights, strained, added to paste later]; Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng) [soaked, cored, baked, four liang]; Astragalus Root (Huángqí) [aerial part removed, one liang]; Donkey-hide Gelatin (Ē'jiāo) [lightly fried, two liang]; Dried Fresh Rehmannia Root (Shēng Gāndìhuáng) [powder, six liang, added to paste later]; Polygonum Knotweed Seed (Púhuáng) [lightly fried, two or three liang]; Akebia Stem (Mútōng) [cut, two liang] ... add dried fresh Rehmannia, mix into pills. Take with decoction. Cough [text garbled] ... Heat, Red Peony Root (Chìsháo), Astragalus (Huángqí), Talc (Huáshí) [text garbled].

Ōuzhī Gāo (Lotus Root Juice Paste) (from *Yangshi Jiancang Fang*) Cools blood and releases muscle layer. Relieves "five-palm" heat.
Lotus Root Juice (Ōuzhī) (three zhan); Fresh Rehmannia Root Juice (Shēng Dìhuángzhī) (two zhan); Fresh Mint Juice (Shēng Bòhézhi) (one zhan); Ginger Juice (Shēngjiāngzhī) (half zhan). Slowly boil in a silver vessel to form a thick paste.

Zéxiè Tang (Alisma Decoction) (from *Zhinan Fang*) Treats body heat, sweating, vexation and fullness. Fullness persists until sweat resolves this is due to Wind pathogen first affecting the Taiyang meridian, combining with heat. Kidney qi follows wind and heat upward, causing Kidney qi reversal, leading to vexation and fullness called Wind Reversal. Should first needle to drain Foot Taiyang and tonify Taiyin.
Alisma Rhizome (Zéxiè) (half liang); Gypsum (Shígāo); Red Poria (Chì Fúlín) (one liang each); Atractylodes Rhizome (Baízhú); Saposhnikovia Root (Fángfēng) (two liang each). Grind into fine powder. Take five qian per dose. Water two zhan [boil].

Chú Kě Yǐnzǐ (Thirst-Relieving Drink) Treats guest heat in the Heart Meridian. Obstructed urination. Dry vexation and thirst.
Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [roasted]; Old Wheat (Chén Xiǎomài); Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng) [cored]; Red Poria (Chì Fúlín) [peeled]; Kudzu Root (Gāngě); Nardostachys Root (Dēngxīn); Akebia Stem (Mútōng); Ginseng (Rénshēn) [equal parts].
[Processing and administration missing] ... After [meals?].

Wǔwèi Tang (Five Flavor Decoction) Treats heat in the four limbs.
Bupleurum Root (Cháihú) [sprouts removed, four liang]; Scutellaria Root (Huángqín); Red Poria (Chì Fúlín); Schisandra Berry (Wǔwèizǐ) (one and a half liang each); Pinellia Tuber (Bànxià) [one liang one fen, washed seven times in water]. Grind into powder.

Jīnhuā Sǎn (Golden Flower Powder) Treats accumulated heat in Heart and Lungs. Unfree throat. Mouth and tongue ulcers. Chest vexation. Excessive phlegm and saliva.
Mung Bean Flour (Lǜdòufěn) (four liang); Realgar (Xiónghuáng) [three fen]; Licorice Powder (Gāncǎomò) [seven qian]; Glauber Salt (Pǔxiāo); Sweet Glauber Salt (Tiánxiāo) [five qian each]; Cardamom (Báidòukòu) [half liang].
Take with raw water.
Treats pediatric convulsive heat. Suitable for use.

Shuǐjiě Sǎn (Water-Resolving Powder) Treats all heat diseases. Headache, heart restlessness.
Cinnamon Bark (Ròuguì) [one and a half liang, remove rough bark]; Ephedra Herb (Máhuáng) [four liang, remove roots and joints]; Peony Root (Sháoyào) [two liang]; Scutellaria Root (Huángqín); Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [one liang each]; Rhubarb (Dàhuáng) [two or three liang] ... Not more than three doses.

Sānhuáng Wán (Three Yellows Pills) Treats accumulated heat in the Three Jiao. Dizziness and headache. Stiff shoulders and back. Vexing pain in joints. Heat rushing up, bitter taste, scorched lips. Sore throat. Phlegm [text cuts off].
Rhubarb (Dàhuáng) [steamed with wine]; Coptis Rhizome (Huánglián) [remove whiskers]; Scutellaria Root (Huángqín) [equal parts]. Grind into powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills per dose.
Not [contraindications missing].

Dīngxiāng Wán (Clove Pills) Treats accumulated heat in Cold Damage.
Clove (Dīngxiāng) [three grains]; Croton Seed (Bādòu) [two grains, shell removed, wrapped in tube leaf, pounded, oil removed, ground in mortar]; Amomum Fruit (Suōshā) [four grains, shelled]; Dark Plum (Wūméi) [text cuts off] ... Make into pills.

Dānshēn Chì Gāo (Salvia Red Paste) Treats abdominal heat in young children. Heat-relieving formula.
Salvia Root (Dānshēn); Polyporus (Léiwán); Mirabilite (Mángxiāo); Rock Salt (Róngyán); Rhubarb (Dàhuáng) [one liang each]. Cut into pieces. Soak the four herbs in half a sheng of vinegar for one night. With one [jin/liang] of rendered pork fat [text cuts off].

Dìhuáng Wán (Rehmannia Pills) Treats excessive Heart heat. Disharmony of Three Jiao. Insomnia. Reduces heat and calms spirit. Suitable for deficiency heat.
Fresh Rehmannia Root (Shēng Dìhuáng) [one liang]; Ginseng (Rénshēn); White Peony Root (Bái Sháoyào); Angelica Root (Dāngguī) [half liang each]; Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [one fen]. Grind into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of a bullet. Chew one pill before bed with strong decoction of light Bamboo Leaves. Regular use nourishes Ying and Wei. Take with Ginseng decoction.

Huáng [Qi?] Tang [Astragalus Decoction] Treats severe heat with sores. Suitable for use.
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuānxiōng); Dried Fresh Rehmannia Root (Dìhuáng); Astragalus Root (Huángqí); Red Peony Root (Chì Sháoyào); Saposhnikovia Root (Fángfēng) [half liang each]; Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiānghuó); Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [one fen each].
Grind into fine powder.

Chú Rè Yǐnzǐ (Heat-Removing Drink) Treats guest heat in the Heart Meridian. Obstructed urination. Dry mouth, vexation, thirst.
Licorice Root (Gāncǎo); Old Wheat (Chén Xiǎomài); Ophiopogon Tuber (Màiméndōng); Red Poria (Chì Fúlín); Red Peony Root (Chì Sháoyào); Nardostachys Root (Dēngxīn); Ginseng (Rénshēn) [equal parts]. Pound into cake-like pieces. Take five qian per dose. Water [boil].

Jiědú Xiónghuáng Wán (Detoxifying Realgar Pills) Removes accumulation and purges heat.
Realgar (Xiónghuáng) [finely ground and floated]; Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome (Chuān Yùjīn) [one fen each]; Croton Seed (Bādòu) [fourteen grains, oil removed]. Grind into powder. Boil with vinegar and wheat starch paste to make pills the size of sesame seeds. Take five [qian/grains] per dose [text cuts off].

Xījiǎo Huánglián Sǎn (Horn and Coptis Powder) Cools blood, harmonizes meridians, downward-draining agent. Treats lingering heat above and deficiency cold below in men and women. Or chronic sores all over the body that do not heal.
Rhinoceros Horn (Xījiǎo) [three qian]; Angelica Root (Dāngguī) [half liang]; Rhubarb (Dàhuáng) [two liang]; Mirabilite (Mángxiāo) [two liang]; Black Morning Glory Seed (Hēi Qiānniú) [lightly fried, raw, four liang].
Grind into fine powder. Take [dose missing] per dose.

Jīnzhēn Wán (Golden True Pills) Treats accumulated heat in the Five Zang organs. Cleans intestinal filth. Moistens dryness and relieves obstruction. Wind-toxic attacking joints causing hand and foot edema. Or stubborn numbness. Difficult phlegm/saliva. Thick snot/spittle. Chest and diaphragm stuffiness. Abdominal distension. Reduced appetite. Fatigue and weakness. Suitable for all internal injuries.
Black Morning Glory Seed (Hēi Qiānniú) [eight liang, cleaned, lightly fried four liang, raw four liang, take only the finest powder four liang]; Rhubarb (Dàhuáng) [three liang, soaked in rice washing water for three days, changing water daily] ... Extract clear juice ... Two or three [pill size/count].

In the spring of Wushen year. Commissioner Zhao, nearly seventy years old. Illness: body heat and numbness. Weakness in thighs and knees. Sweating when eating. Inappropriate laughter. Increased hunger. Phlegm and saliva [text cuts off] ... also. Irrigation. Erratic flow. Drink. Hoarseness. Sourness. Rawness. Dryness. Extract clear juice.

Qīngshén Bǔqì Tang (Clear Spirit and Tonify Qi Decoction)
Atractylodes Rhizome (Cāngzhú) [four qian]; Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Běn) [two qian]; Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shēngmá) [six qian]; Bupleurum Root (Cháihú) [three or six qian]; Schisandra Berry (Wǔwèizǐ) [one and a half qian]; Phellodendron Bark (Huángbò) [two qian].
Cut into hemp seed size. Take [dose missing] per dose.

Chxuě Gāo (Spring Snow Paste) Cools the Heart, relieves vexation. Extreme heat and congestion.
Calcite (Hánshuǐshí); Gypsum (Shígāo); Talc (Huáshí); Hematite (Dàizhěshí); Glauber Salt (Pǔxiāo) [five qian each]; Licorice Root (Gāncǎo) [three qian]. Grind into powder. Take two qian per dose. Mix with well water.

Zhūshā Gāo (Cinnabar Paste) Treats severe Heart fright-heat. Unconsciousness.
Cinnabar (Zhūshā); Borax (Péngshā); Saltpeter (Yànxiāo) [two and a half qian each]; Gold and Silver Leaf (Jīnyín Bó) [five pieces each]; Calcite (Hánshuǐshí) [five qian]; Borneol (Nǎozi) [one zi]; Licorice Root (Fěncǎo) [three qian].

Jiǔzhēng Huánglián Wán (Wine-Steamed Coptis Pills) Treats diaphragm heat. Resolves alcohol toxicity. Thickens intestines and stomach.
Coptis Rhizome (Huánglián) [half jin, clean, soak in two sheng of wine, place in clay vessel on steamer, steam repeatedly until soft, take out and dry]. Grind into powder. Add drops of water to make pills the size of Sophora seeds.

Treats heat qi blocking the throat.
Boil Seaweed (Zǐcài) in water and drink the juice.

Treats heat injury.
Take one handful of Ephedra Herb (Máhuáng), remove joints. Wrap in silk. Boil in five sheng of aged wine until reduced to half a sheng. Strain. Take at once. Perspiration on the surface leads to cure. Use wine in winter. Boiling in water is better in spring.

Treats heat attacking the Heart. Vexation and confusion.
Crush Cowherb Root (Niúbànggēn) to extract one sheng of juice. Take after meals, divided into three doses. Good.

Treats deficiency heat. Tonifies qi, harmonizes middle. Relieves vexation and fullness.
Cook White Millet Rice (Bái Liángmǐ) and eat as meal.

Relieves heat.
Drink Yerbu Leaf (Dìyúyè) tea instead of regular tea.

Treats severe heat with chest oppression.
Burn Locust Seed (Huáizǐ) to ash. Take with wine using a square-inch measure.

Treats severe heat mania. Loss of mind, vexation and oppression.
Bathe in Decoction of Chinaberry Fruit (Liànshí).

Treats heat-induced abdominal pain.
Cook Sorghum Flour (Sùmǐfěn) in water and take.

Removes heat qi.
Drink Tianma Seed (Tiānmázǐ) infusion.

Treats heat congestion. Cools diaphragm, stops vomiting, removes stagnation. (Liu Yuxi's Chuánxìn Fāng, Stone Mountain Man's Gānlín Yǐn)
Shu Po Xiao (Glauber Salt) powdered. For every large jin, use honey. Winter: thirteen liang honey. Spring/Summer/Autumn: twelve liang honey. First pound and sieve Glauber Salt into powder. Then mix with white honey to have [consistency] ... Hold in mouth [lozenge effect].

Removes guest heat. Stops heart vexation.
Eat Pear (Lí). Good. But do not eat too much.

Treats severe heat causing head heat. Cracking of cranial sutures.
Take 300-500 black lice. Pound and apply.

Treats all heat-toxic vapors.
Use Big Tree Bark (Dàmùpí), Bitter Peach Bark (Kǔtáopí), and Cherry Bark (Yīngtáopí). Remove rough skins, wash clean. Bake dry. Equal parts, grind and sift. Mix with wine, take one qian-bi dose. No dietary restrictions.

Treats all heat toxins. Use in summer months. (From *Bencao Fang*)
Decoct Giant Knotweed (Hǔzhàng) with Licorice (Gāncǎo). Color like amber, beautiful to look at. Taste sweet. Store in bottle in well water to cool like ice. Keep in white porcelain or silver vessels. Sip like tea.

Treats Liver toxic heat.
Eat Cassia Seed (Juémíngzǐ) as vegetable.