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[Smilax Glabra Rhizome (Shancigu)]
Indications: Clears toxins, dissipates nodules, treats wind epilepsy (epilepsy caused by wind pathogen), relieves toothache, treats carbuncles and sores (purulent infections), scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck) can be applied externally after grinding with vinegar, and treats snake venom, gu poison, and rabid dog bites.

Wanbing Jiedu Wan (Ten Thousand Diseases Detoxifying Pill): Smilax glabra rhizome (peeled, washed extremely clean, and dried) 2 liang, Chuan Wubeizi (Chinese gall, washed, scraped, and dried) 2 liang, Qianjinzi (Croton seed, white ones selected, ground and pressed between paper to remove oil) 1 liang, Hongya Daji (Red-rooted Spurge root, calyx removed, washed, and dried) 1.5 liang, Shexiang (Musk) 3 qian. Grind into fine powder, mix with thick rice gruel, pound in a wooden mortar for a thousand strokes, forming pills weighing 1 qian each. For severe cases, take continuously until purgation occurs. For all kinds of food or drug poisoning, gu poison, miasma, pufferfish poison, earth mushroom poison, and poison from dead cattle or horses, grind one pill in cold water and ingest; recovery follows vomiting or diarrhea. For all malignant sores such as carbuncles, back abscesses, furuncles, and yaws, as well as wind rash, erysipelas (red wandering rash), and hemorrhoids, apply the mixture ground in cold water or wine to the affected area several times a day for immediate resolution. For mania due to Yin-Yang two poisons in typhoid fever, plague, throat obstruction (sore throat with swelling and blockage), and throat wind (swollen and painful throat with breathing difficulty), dissolve in cold water with several spoons of mint juice. For heart qi pain and various qi stagnation pains, dissolve in light wine. For diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, and intestinal cramping colic, administer with mint decoction. For stroke or qi strike causing facial paralysis, five types of epilepsy, demonic possession, ghost fetus, muscle spasms, and bone pain, administer with warm wine. For self-strangulation or drowning emergencies, grind in cold water and force-feed. For transmission corpse disease (chronic wasting diseases like tuberculosis) and lung consumption, dissolve in cold water and ingest; expelling foul matter and parasitic accumulation is ideal. For chronic malaria, before onset, dissolve in peach branch decoction boiled in water; for women, dissolve in red flower wine; for pediatric convulsions, five types of infantile malnutrition syndromes, and five types of dysentery, administer with mint decoction; for head wind and headache, grind in wine and apply to both temples; for various abdominal distensions, administer with malt decoction; for wind-worm toothache, grind in wine and apply to the site, also swallow a small amount; for traumatic injuries, administer with pine joint decoction in wine; for burns, fire, snake bites, vicious dog bites, and all insect injuries, apply mixture ground in cold water and take internally.

[Imperata Rhizome (Baimaogen)]
Indications: Disperses heat in the Lung meridian, stops hemoptysis, promotes urination, treats edema and jaundice. It is advisable for children with exanthematous diseases to consume this herb frequently.

Baimaogen Tang (Imperata Decoction): Baimaogen (Rhizoma Imperatae) 5 qian, Qumai (Herba Dianthi) and Fuling (Poria) 1.5 qian each, Dongkuizi (Fructus Malvae) and Renshen (Radix Ginseng) 1.2 qian each, Puhuang (Pollen Typhae), Taojiao (Arbor Vitae Gum), and Huashi (Talcum) 0.7 qian each, Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 0.5 qian, Zibei (Concha Arcae) 2 pieces, Jiangyuya (Teeth of River Fish) 4 pieces. Divide into two doses. Add 3 slices of Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) and 20 stems of Dengxincai (Medulla Junci). Decoct in water; or grind into powder, take 2 qian per dose, mixed with Mutong Tang (Akebia Decoction). This formula can also treat edema. Note: This herb is dispersing but not fierce, draining but not harsh. For hemoptysis due to Lung heat, it can be taken with Ou jie (Rhematis Rhizoma); for hemoptysis due to trauma, it can be taken with Sanqi (Radix Notoginseng); for hemoptysis due to consumptive disease, it can be taken with Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini), all of which are effective.