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Use *Cangzhu* (Atractylodis Rhizoma), *Baizhu* (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), *Gouqizi* (Lycii Fructus), *Chenpi* (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), and *Qingpi* (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride) as guiding herbs. Those with white flowers are particularly good. Flowers that are small and bitter in taste are named *Kuyi* (Bitter Chrysanthemum), which is not true chrysanthemum.
Sweet, neutral, non-toxic. Treats wind-headache and vertigo, expels wandering wind-damp bi-syndrome. Brightens the eyes and removes nebula, tonifies the Lung and benefits the Kidney.
It grows everywhere. The single-leaf variety with a sweet taste is used medicinally. What is currently sold in the market are all wild chrysanthemums or mountain chrysanthemums.
For knee pain, combine with aged *Aiye* (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) to make knee pads. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For female genital swelling, mash the chrysanthemum stems, fumigate first then wash. (No. 2.)
For carbuncles and sores near death, take juice from the stems; entering the mouth revives immediately. (No. 3.)
For wind-heat headache, mix with powder of *Shigao* (Gypsum Fibrosum) and *Chuanxiong* (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), taken with tea. (No. 4.)
To sober up, take as powder. (No. 5.)
For dim vision, use one jin of true chrysanthemum, six liang of red pepper with seeds removed, made into pills with juice of *Shengdi* (Rehmanniae Radix). (No. 6.)
For nebula accompanied by itching, decoct with *Changpu* (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) and *Baifan* (Alumen), apply with green cloth. (No. 7.)
For itchy eyes, use equal parts of *Fangfeng* (Saposhnikoviae Radix), chrysanthemum, *Danchao* (Gentianae Radix), *Gancao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), and *Xixin* (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), decoct in water for fumigation and washing. For nebula with itching, decoct chrysanthemum, *Changpu*, and *Baifan*, soak green silk and apply. (No. 8.)

Older *Aiye* (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) is better. For pills and powders, boil in vinegar, mash into cakes, and dry; for moxibustion, rub until soft. *Xiangfu* (Cyperi Rhizoma) is a guiding herb.
Bitter, warm, non-toxic. Enters the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian, and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Warms the middle and warms the uterus, regulates menstruation and calms the fetus, regulates qi and stops bleeding, expels cold and removes dampness.
Treats hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea with blood, and bloody dysentery; cures abdominal pain, cholera, and muscle cramps. Used for moxibustion to treat all diseases generally.
It grows everywhere. Since the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty, the mugwort from Qizhou has been considered superior. It is said that moxibustion with mugwort from other places cannot penetrate wine jars, but Qizhou mugwort penetrates directly upon one application, which is its uniqueness. Harvested on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
For persistent epistaxis, burn to ash and insufflate into the nose, or decoct and take. (Verified Formula No. 1.)
For persistent night sweats, decoct with *Fuling* (Poria) and *Wumei* (Mume Fructus) and take. (No. 2.)
For fiery eye swelling and pain, burn mugwort to produce smoke, cover the eye with a bowl, scrape the soot from the bowl, mix with warm water to wash the eyes. Or add *Huanglian* (Coptidis Rhizoma). (No. 3.)
For facial sores, leach *Aiye* ash and mulberry leaf ash with water three times, wrap in five-colored cloth, boil into a paste, apply a small amount each time, causing the sore to rot and fall off naturally. (No. 4.)
For "goose palm wind" (tinea manuum) with dry, cracked spots on the palms, place four liang of mugwort in a large-mouthed bottle, burn it, bind tightly with two layers of hemp cloth, place the palm over the bottle mouth to fumigate, re-heating if it cools down. (No. 5.)
For infantile ulcerative sores, burn to powder and apply. (No. 6.)
For non-healing sores, fumigate with burning mugwort smoke. (No. 7.)
For early-stage toxic swellings, press wet paper onto the area; the part that dries first indicates the head of the abscess, moxa should be applied there. (No. 8.)
For fishbone stuck in the throat, decoct several liang of mugwort in water and take. (No. 9.)
For swallowed copper coins, same method as above. (No. 10.)
For various insect and snake bites, apply cluster moxibustion. (No. 11.)
For wind-worm toothache, melt a little wax on paper, spread mugwort on it, roll into a tube with chopsticks, burn to produce smoke, fumigate the nose, inhale the smoke until the mouth is full, exhale to stop pain. (No. 12.)
For postpartum hemorrhage, decoct with fresh ginger and take, half liang per dose. (No. 13.)
For severe postpartum abdominal pain due to cold, take one jin of mugwort, bake dry, spread on the navel, and iron with a hot iron pot; when the smell of mugwort is perceived in the mouth, the pain stops. (No. 14.)
For continuous metrorrhagia, combine with *Ejiao* (Colla Corii Asini) and dried ginger, decoct in water and take. (No. 15.)
For fetal restlessness with heart pain, decoct in vinegar and take. (No. 16.)
For fetal restlessness or lower back pain radiating to the heart, decoct in wine and take. (No. 17.)
For breech presentation resulting in fetal death, same method as above. (No. 18.)
For cold pain in the heart and abdomen, take as powder with water. (No. 19.)
For ascariasis colic like stabbing, spitting clear saliva, decoct several liang in water and take, expecting expulsion of roundworms. (No. 20.)
For spitting clear saliva, decoct in water and take. (No. 21.)
For cholera with persistent vomiting and diarrhea, decoct in water and take. (No. 22.)
For chronic dysentery of various types, decoct with *Chenpi* (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) and take. (No. 23.)
For acute sudden diarrhea, decoct with fresh ginger and take. (No. 24.)
For blood after defecation, same method as above. (No. 25.)
For hemorrhoids suddenly swelling like a cucumber, first wash with decoction of locust and willow branches, then apply five moxa cones. (No. 26.)
For pregnancy complicated by exogenous febrile disease with high fever, blackening of red macules, and hematuria, decoct in wine, take half liang. (No. 27.)
For pregnancy complicated by sudden wind-cold with loss of consciousness, stir-fry silk with vinegar, wrap, and iron the lower abdomen. (No. 28.)
For stroke with jaw lock, moxa the Chengjiang (CV24) acupoint once, and Jiache (ST6) acupoints twice, five cones each. (No. 29.)
For facial deviation seeking correction, insert a reed tube into the ear, seal with flour paste, apply seven moxa cones at one end. If affected on the left, moxa the right; if on the right, moxa the left. (No. 30.)
For epilepsy and various wind syndromes, moxa at the center of the anus according to age. (No. 31.)
For sudden severe chest and abdominal pain, or immediate hematemesis, epistaxis, and lower bleeding, this is Guiji disease. Decoct half liang in water and take. (No. 32.)
For wind-headache with facial sores, itching, and oozing, boil vinegar to extract juice, apply with thin paper. (No. 33.)
For chronic wind-headache, rub old mugwort into pills, sniff occasionally until water flows from the nose. (No. 34.)
Jiao'ai Tang: *Ejiao* (Colla Corii Asini), *Aiye* (Artemisiae Argyi Folium), *Chuanxiong* (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), *Gancao* (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), *Danggui* (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), *Dihuang* (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), *Baishao* (Paeoniae Radix Alba).
Decoct in wine. Treats bleeding during pregnancy, spotting, and continuous bleeding after miscarriage. (Formula No. 1.)
Ai Jiang Wan: *Aiye* (Artemisiae Argyi Folium), *Ganjiang* (Zingiberis Rhizoma).
Make pills with vinegar-boiled old rice soup. Treats white dysentery in young and old. (Formula No. 2.)