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[Da Ji]
Indications: Drains water-dampness from the Zang-Fu organs, expels it through sweating. Promotes urination and defecation. Purges evil blood and mass formations. Eliminates gu poison, regulates menstruation, and induces abortion.

Kongxian Wan (Control Saliva Pill): Purple Da Ji (Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis), Gan Sui (Radix Kansui), and Bai Jie Zi (Semen Sinapis Albae) (lightly stir-fried), each 1 liang. Grind into powder. Use ginger juice to mix with flour paste to form pills the size of a loquat seed. Take 7 to 20 pills per dose. If strong purgation is desired, take 50 to 60 pills. Treats phlegm-fluid retention in the upper and lower chest, which transforms into various diseases. Or treats unbearable dull pain in the neck, chest, back, waist, hypochondrium, hands, feet, groin, and thighs. Tendon-bone traction-like cramping pain that migrates, and skin numbness, resembling paralysis. Also treats severe headache where the head cannot be lifted. Or coughing with sputum, wheezing. Or phlegm turbidity confusing the heart orifices.

Da Ji San (Da Ji Powder): Da Ji, Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), and Ju Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), each 1 liang. Add 2 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 7 he of liquid. Take orally. Treats edema regardless of how long the disease has lasted. After taking the medicine, 2 to 3 dou of fluid will be discharged. Do not be surprised. For extremely severe cases, no more than one additional dose is needed. Avoid toxic foods for one year.

Da Ji Gao (Da Ji Ointment): Select whole branches of Hong Ya Da Ji (Red-sprouted Da Ji). Wash clean with warm tea. Remove the core, chew until melted, and apply externally. The medicinal juice must not be swallowed during chewing. Treats all kinds of malignant sores, ding toxins, and yin abscesses.

[Gan Sui]
Indications: Drains water-dampness from the meridians of the Kidney channel. Purges the five types of water disorders. Removes phlegm. Treats abdominal distension (da fu), hernia, jia masses, facial and ocular edema, phlegm confusing the mind, epilepsy.

Shi Zao Wan (Ten Jujube Pill): Gan Sui, Da Ji, and Yuan Hua (Flos Genkwa), equal parts, ground into powder. Mix with jujube pulp to form pills the size of a loquat seed. Take 40 pills per dose. Take on an empty stomach in the early morning. Treats edema, rapid breathing/wheezing, and obstruction of urination and defecation. Stop when yellow fluid is discharged via stool. Otherwise, take another dose at noon.

Gan Sui San (Gan Sui Powder): Tai Shan Chi Pi Gan Sui (Gan Sui with red bark from Mount Tai) 1 liang. Mix evenly with refined honey. Divide into four doses. One dose treats obstruction of both urination and defecation. If urinary retention (full bladder) occurs, use 1 qian of Gan Sui powder, taken down with Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction). It will flow freely immediately. Another prescription: Gan Sui (stir-fried) 2 qian 2 fen, Hei Qian Niu (Semen Pharbitidis Nigrae) 1 liang 5 qian, ground into powder. Decoct in water and sip occasionally. Treats abdominal distension due to edema.

[Bi Ma]
Indications: Opens orifices. Extracts toxins, reduces swelling. Draws out pus. Relieves pain and facilitates childbirth. Treats head wind, promotes urination and defecation, treats scrofula, tubercles, and toxic swellings.

Bi Ma Zi Wan (Castor Seed Pill): Bi Ma Zi (Castor Seeds) (quenched seven times with fire and vinegar, ground finely, levigated with water), Ru Xiang (Resina Draconis) each 2 qian. Grind into powder. Melt Huang La (Yellow Beeswax) to form pills. Insert one pill into the ear each time. Treats chronic deafness.

Bi Ma Zi You (Castor Oil): Crush castor seeds, boil in water to collect the foam. Once the foam is fully collected, remove the water. Boil the foam until it does not splatter when dropped in water and does not crackle when used as lamp oil. It can remove accumulated filth in the intestines and extract toxins outward. Therefore, it is widely used in various external surgical plasters.