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Used for internal administration. Commonly known as "urine rust" (Niaozhou).
Salty, neutral, non-toxic. It descends fire, resolves stasis, stops epistaxis, and relieves thirst. It treats heat consumption and lung atrophy (Feiwei), and cures severe sores caused by scalds or burns. It is effective for sores in the mouth, tongue, and throat, as well as lesions of the orifices caused by gan disease (Ganji).

It is formed by the precipitation and clarification of human urine, autumn dew, and gypsum.
Salty, warm, non-toxic. Its main indications are the same as those of Renzhongbai.

Sweet, salty, non-toxic. It moistens the five zang organs, nourishes blood, stops xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), and promotes flesh gain. It treats tearing from red eyes and strengthens emaciated muscles.

Washed clean, steamed with wine, dried by baking, and ground into powder for use.
Treats all types of deficiency consumptive diseases.

Heche Wan (Placenta Pill): Taiyi (one placenta, processed into powder), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, 2 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 1 liang), Fuling (Poria, 0.5 liang).
Made into pills the size of beans using wine; take 30 pills per dose. Treats women's zhai ji (chronic infectious wasting disease) with cough due to consumption, and deficiency-induced bone-steaming fever. (Ranked first among various formulas.)

If conception occurs during rainwater collected on the Start of Spring day, allowing both husband and wife to drink one cup each before intercourse, it is believed they will give birth to a child born at the auspicious time. (First verified formula.)

For redness and swelling under the armpit, wash with snow water collected in winter. To reduce redness in the eyes, wash them with snow water collected in the twelfth lunar month. (Third.)

For unceasing epistaxis, rinse with left or right nostrils using freshly drawn well water. (Fourth.)

For arsenic poisoning, drink large amounts of freshly drawn well water to induce vomiting, which is effective. (Fifth.)

To detoxify poisons from Mongolian or Han medicinal herbs, ingest freshly drawn well water. (Sixth.)

For death due to excessive liquor consumption, soak the hair in freshly drawn well water, apply old cloth soaked in the water to the chest, and slowly administer the water orally. (Seventh.)

For cholera with muscle cramps, hold a vessel of hot water to moxibustion/apply heat to the affected area. (Eighth.)

For sudden death due to evil qi collision, apply heat to the abdomen as described above. (Ninth.)

For oppression and confusion caused by taking hot-natured medicines, ingest dijiang shui (earth slurry water). (Tenth.)

For heat-induced thirst, vexation, and oppression. Apply the same method as above. (Eleventh.)

For unceasing hematemesis, decoct selected Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) in Ganlan Shui (sweet flowing water), or decoct Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) and administer; alternatively, add 1 liang of honey to Changliushui (flowing river water), stir/yang 240 times, and administer. (Twelfth.)

For eyeballs protruding by one or two inches, irrigate and soak the eyes with freshly drawn well water, changing frequently until the eyeballs return naturally. (Thirteenth.)

For various sores with necrotic tissue that do not slough off, moxibustion with mulberry charcoal fire is applied once daily. (First verified formula.)

Stubborn sores and yin sores. Apply the same method as above. (Second.)

Luo Li (scrofula) and Liu Zhu (abscesses spreading through tissues). Apply the same method as above. (Third.)

At the initial stage of Yong Ju (carbuncles and ulcers), apply moxibustion with mugwort fire. (Fourth.)