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Treats chronic pulmonary asthma with rapid breathing, coughing day and night preventing sleep.
Xinpi (Arsenic Trioxide) (1 qian half, ground, refined like powder), Douchi (Fermented Soybean Paste) (high quality, 1.5 liang, moistened slightly with water for a short time, dried on paper, ground into paste).
Mix the above paste with Xinpi and pound thoroughly until uniform, form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 15 pills per dose; for children, adjust according to age and size. Swallow with extremely cold La Cha Qing (Winter Tea Decoction) before bedtime. The dosage is adequate when efficacy is observed.
A female relative suffered from this condition for ten years. All physicians consulted were ineffective. Suddenly, a Daoist priest sold this medicine and casually gifted one dose. That night, symptoms reduced by half. After several doses, she was suddenly cured. She then spent a large sum of money to beg for this prescription. I have used it repeatedly to save people, relying on its miraculous nature.

Treats lung qi deficiency and excess imbalance, nasal congestion with excessive discharge, saliva in the throat accompanied by wheezing, neck stiffness, tendon tension or pain.
Xixin (Asarum) (remove leaves), Banxia Qu (Pinellia Fermented Curd), Fuling (Poria) (remove skin), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) (stir-fried, each 4 qian), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (remove bark, avoid fire, 3 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root) (2 qian, honey-fried).
Grind the above into coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 2 zhan of water, 4 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), half spoon of honey. Decoct together until 70% remains, take warm. Three times daily.

Treats Lung Abscess (Fei Yong) with expectoration of pus and blood with foul odor, pain in chest and breasts.
Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platocodon Root) (stir-fried), Yiyiren (Coix Seed), Diyu (Sanguisorbae Radix), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Zixin (Scutellariae Radix) (scrape off skin, each half liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (3 fen, honey-fried).
Cut into coarse pieces. Take 1 liang per dose, add 1.5 sheng of water. Decoct until 5 he remains, remove dregs. Take two to three times daily.

Treats chronic lung asthma developing into Xiben (a mass syndrome resembling lung abscess or tumor).
Wulingzhi (Trogopteri Dung) (select those resembling rat feces, 2.5 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (half liang), Madouling (Aristolochiae Fructus) (remove shell, stir-fried, 1 fen), Tingli (Descurainiae Semen / Lepidii Semen) (bitter kind, stir-fried over paper until fragrant, 1 fen).
Grind into fine powder, mix with jujube flesh to form pills the size of wu zi (wu tou tree seeds). Take 20 pills per dose, wash down with Shengjiang Tang (Ginger Decoction). Three times daily.
The Spleen dislikes dampness; the Kidney dislikes dryness. Substances such as Liuhuang (Sulfur), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root), and Zhongru (Stalactite) used in alchemy are all rigid/hot agents. Using them to assist Yang qi and connect true qi is acceptable. However, claiming they tonify the Kidney targets what the Kidney dislikes. Ancient prescriptions for kidney tonification all used moistening/nourishing herbs. Thus, Zhang Zhongjing's Bawei Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pill) was originally called Shenqi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill), using Dihuang (Rehmannia Root) as the principal herb. Similarly, Shenli Tang (Kidney Drip Decoction) truly tonifies the Kidney meridian. Recently, Xiangrong Wan has become popular for tonifying the Kidney meridian. Several other formulas are listed below; Shenli Tang is presented in the next section.
Daoist Deep Shi’s modified Shenli Tang treats wind-deficiency consumptive damage complicated by toxicity, weak painful legs with numbness or paralysis; lower jiao deficiency-cold, slight guest-heat in the chest. Heart administration ensures recovery. This is a formula for flexible modification.
Huangqi (Astragalus Root) (honey-fried), Roushoucong (Cistanche Stem) (wash, wine-soak, bake dry, weigh), Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Digubai Pi (Phellodendri Cortex) (remove heart), Cishi (Magnetitum) (aged, quenched in vinegar 8-9 times), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange) (remove pith, bran-fried, cut), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (remove forked roots), Longgu (Fossilized Bones) (sticky to tongue), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (water-wash, remove heart, bake dry, weigh), Renshen (Ginseng Radix) (remove rhizome), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (nine steams and nine sun-dryings, weigh), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood) (remove wood), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) (water-wash, wine-soak overnight, slice, bake dry), Gancao (Licorice Root) (honey-fried), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix) (remove heart, wash, cut, stir-fry yellow, each 1 liang), Guixin (Cinnamon Bark) (remove bark, avoid fire), Xiongqiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome) (each 2 liang), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (4 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit) (select, 3 liang), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (1 sheng, washed seven times in hot water to remove slipperiness), White Goat Kidney (one piece), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (30 pieces, remove pits; *Hu Qia Fang* excludes Huangqi and eight other ingredients plus Banxia, adding Huangqin for fifteen ingredients total).
The above twenty-three ingredients are chopped. Boil goat kidneys in 2 hu of water, obtain 1.2 sheng of juice. Add all herbs and decoct to obtain 4 sheng. Divide into five doses. If constipation occurs, remove Longgu and Chishizhi. If urination is difficult, replace Fushen with Chifuling (Red Poria) and add Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizoma) 3 liang. If heat is prominent, add Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) 1 liang. If enuresis occurs, add Sangpiaoxiao (Mantis Egg Case) 20 pieces.