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There are two types. One has a black rootstock resembling the spine of a dog; the other grows golden-yellow hairs like the shape of a dog. Both are used in medicine and have the same efficacy. Only the golden-yellow hair (Jinmao Gouji) can stop bleeding from knife wounds, which is an additional effect it possesses.

Indications: Strengthens the waist and back, dispels wind-pain, facilitates flexion and extension of the body, and reconnects sinews and bones. Treats generalized bi-syndrome (painful obstruction syndrome), knee pain caused by cold-dampness.
Sibao Dan (Four Treasures Pill): Process Jinmao Gouji (Cibotium Barometz Rhizome with Golden Hairs) by sealing it in salt mud and calcining, remove the red part and hairs, then mix with equal parts of Sumu (Sappan Wood), Bixie (Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome), and Sheng Chuanwu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Radix et Rhizoma Raw). Grind into fine powder. Mix with rice vinegar to form pills the size of wu zi (Chinese honey locust seeds). Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted water.

Formula for treating various wind diseases: Gouji Yin (Dog Ridge Decoction). Composed of Jinqiao Gouji (Cibotium Barometz Rhizome), Chuan Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentata Root), Haifengteng (Saurophlegium Speciosum Stem), Xuan Mugua (Chaenomeles Speciosa Fruit), Sangzhi (Morus Alba Twig), Songjie (Pinus Massoniana Joint), Xuduan (Dipsacus Asper Root), Duzhong (Eucommia Ulmoides Bark), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Guizhi (Cinnamomum Cassia Twig), Shudi (Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Prepared), Dangui (Angelica Sinensis Root) 2 liang, and Hubujiao (Panther Bone Gelatin) 1 liang (optional). Divide into five doses. For each dose, add two bowls of water, decoct until one-third remains, add a small cup of Shaoxing wine, and drink together. Take once daily for five days as one course. If not cured, soak the herbs in ten jin of wine and take the infusion. Treats deficiency of both qi and blood complicated by wind-damp invasion, resulting in numbness of hands and feet and inability to move.

Indications of Guan Zhong: Resolves various heat-toxins, wards off epidemic pathogens, treats toufeng (head wind/headache), epistaxis, women's zhengjia (masses) and xuebeng (metrorrhagia), postpartum hemorrhage, distension and pain due to blood and qi stagnation, treats metal weapon injuries and lacquer dermatitis, resolves fish bone impaction.
Guanzhong San (Cyrtomium Powder): Composed of Guanzhong (Cyrtomium Fortunatum Rhizome), Huanglian (Coptis Chinensis Rhizome), Gancao (Glycyrrhiza Uralensis Root), and Luotuopeng (Peganum Harmala Seed) each 3 qian. Grind into fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with cold water. Treats all kinds of heat-toxins, as well as food poisoning, alcohol toxicity, and drug toxicity.
For women's metrorrhagia: Use half a liang of Guanzhong, decoct in wine and take. Bleeding stops immediately.
For chicken or fish bone impaction: Use Guanzhong... (text cuts off here)

Indications of Bajitian: Tonifies deficiency and exhaustion, benefits essence and qi, dispels wind, nourishes blood. It is the principal herb for treating kidney disease causing edema of the feet.
Bajitian Wan (Morinda Pill): Composed of Bajitian (Morinda Officinalis Root, heart removed), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Wuweizi (Schisandra Chinensis Fruit), Huixiang (Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit, stir-fried), Shudi (Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Prepared), Rongrong (Cistanche Deserticola Stem), Renshen (Panax Ginseng Root), Fupenzi (Rubus Chingii Fruit), Tusizi (Cuscuta Chinensis Seed, wine-soaked), Muli (Oyster Shell), Yizhiren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit), Gusuibu (Drynaria Fortunei Rhizome, washed and hairs removed), and Bailonggu (Fossilized Mammal Bones) in equal parts. Grind into fine powder, make into pills with honey the size of wu zi. Take 30 pills per dose before meals, washed down with rice water. Two to three times daily. Can consolidate yang, stop sweating, and astringe... (text cuts off here)