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[Vinegar]
Indications: Internally, it breaks up stagnant Qi and phlegm-fluids. It treats heart pain and blood-Qi disorders in women, as well as postpartum syncope due to blood collapse. It eliminates mass formations (zheng) and hard accumulations. It kills various fish and crab toxins. Externally applied, it dissipates carbuncles and swellings. However, these effects are auxiliary to other herbs; vinegar does not act as the sovereign herb on its own.
Vinegar-Processed Powder Formula: Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma), Peng'e Zhu (Curcumae Phaeocaulis Rhizoma), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma), Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex) in equal parts. Stir-fry with vinegar and grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with sugar water on an empty stomach. Treats lower abdominal cramping during menstruation and retention of lochia postpartum. It is noted that vinegar has the strongest effect among substances for killing cholera bacteria.

[Rice Wine]
Indications: Unblocks meridians, disperses stagnation, wards off cold, dispels wind. Enhances medicinal efficacy, kills severe toxins, promotes menstruation, and invigorates blood.

[Distilled Spirits/Baijiu]
Indications: Breaks up cold accumulations, kills parasites, dispels miasma. Both rice wine and distilled spirits serve as auxiliary agents and possess toxicity. Among detoxifying herbs, Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) is considered the best.

[Chinese Leek/Jiu Cai]
Indications: Warms the middle, directs rebellious Qi downward, tonifies deficiency, benefits Yang, stabilizes zang-fu organs, eliminates chronic cold and accumulation in the heart and abdomen, stops seminal emission, warms the waist and knees. Treats hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, retrograde menstruation in women, dysphagia, dissipates blood stasis in the epigastrium. Washing with leek juice treats hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse.
Jiu Zi (Allii Tuberosi Semen) Indications: Tonifies Liver and Kidney, assists Mingmen fire, treats sinew flaccidity, warms waist and knees, frequent urination, hematuria, nocturnal emission, leukorrhea in women.
Jiu Ye San (Leek Leaf Powder): Mix fresh leek leaves with calcined stone, pound into a cake, attach to a wall until dry, then finely grind. Apply a small amount mixed with wine to the affected area. Treats traumatic injuries.
Another Prescription: A large handful of leek roots, 14 rat feces, two cups of water. Decoct, strain, boil again briefly, and take warm. Sweating indicates cure. Treats male genital swelling, lower abdominal colic, heavy head, blurred vision, and relapse of cold damage after exertion.
Jiu Zi Pill: One sheng of Jiu Zi, steamed for the time it takes to cook two meals, sun-dried, black skin removed, stir-fried until yellow and ground into powder. Anxi Xiang (Benzoin Resin) two liang, boiled in water for 100-200 boils, stir-fried over slow fire until red. Mix and knead into pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with wine daily. Treats weakness in waist and legs.
Another Prescription: Jiu Zi and Pogu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus), one liang each, ground into powder, decocted in water, taken three times daily. Treats priapism with spermatorrhea.

[Scallion/Cong]
Cong Bai (Scallion White) Indications: Unblocks Yang, invigorates blood, stops bleeding, benefits five zang organs, nourishes eye essence, reaches joints to expel pathogenic factors. Treats bone and muscle pain from cold damage, wind-stroke, facial edema, throat obstruction, beriberi, bleeding, urinary and fecal retention, Yang collapse in adults, Yin-toxin abdominal pain, intestinal torsion in infants, hematuria during pregnancy in women, promotes lactation, dissipates breast abscesses, treats all swellings, carbuncles, sores, metal wounds, and resolves all drug, mineral, fish/meat, and earthworm toxins.
Cong Hua (Scallion Flower) Indications: Heart and spleen pain like stabbing with awls or knives, abdominal distension, brightens eyes, nourishes essence.
Cong Ye (Scallion Leaf) Indications: Edema and foot swelling, benefits five zang organs, nourishes eye essence.
Cong Zi (Scallion Seed) Indications: Brightens eyes, benefits lungs, harmonizes middle jiao, nourishes essence.
Cong Zhi (Scallion Juice) Indications: Dissipates blood stasis, stops epistaxis.

Cong Chi Tang (Scallion and Fermented Soybean Decoction): One handful of Cong Bai, three he of Fangshi (Prepared Soybean), decocted in water, add one he of child's urine and take. Treats febrile cold damage and epidemics, postpartum colds in women, initial stages with aversion to cold and headache where exterior pathogens have just appeared.
Cong Bai Jiu (Scallion White and Wine): Thirty-seven stalks of Cong Bai pounded, boiled in wine and administered. Treats Yang collapse.
Cong Bai San (Scallion White Powder): Cong Bai two cun (smashed), Shengjiang (Stir-fried Ginger), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Bo Huixiang (Fennel Fruit, stir-fried), Qingpi (Citrus Peel), Chuan Lianzi (Toosendan Fruit, stir-fried), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, stir-fried), Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Fuling (Poria), Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) each one liang. Grind into powder. Take 3 qian per dose with one cup of water and half a qian of salt, decocted to seven-tenths volume, taken before meals. Treats all types of cold Qi disharmony in chest and abdomen causing piercing pain, fetal movement or miscarriage threat pre- and postpartum, blood stasis pain, chronic cold in blood organs, joint fatigue and pain, weak physique, labor injury, and stagnation masses. If constipation occurs, omit salt and add Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma).
Xuanfuhua Tang (Inula Flower Decoction): Xuanfuhua four cun, Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) and Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix) each one sheng, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) one liang, Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) four liang, Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) eight liang. Chewed/broken, decocted in two sheng of water until reduced by half. Taken three times day and once night. Treats pregnant women at seven months experiencing sudden fright, shaking, abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, cold extremities, pulse resembling cold damage with irritability, heat, abdominal fullness, shortness of breath, and stiffness of neck and back. After taking, lie warm to induce sweating. If no sweat, add Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba) two liang following previous method. Do not force sweating in autumn. Alternatively, use blood from a yellow hen mixed with wine to decoct the medicine.
Another Prescription: Five sheng of water, decoct to obtain two to three sheng, divide into three warm doses. Treats urinary retention (Zhuanbao) in women.
Another Prescription: One handful of Cong Bai (cut), five he of Douchi (Fermented Soybean), two liang of Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), seven qian 5 fen of Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma). Coarsely crushed, take four qian bi per dose with water.
Another Prescription: Fourteen stalks of Cong Bai (with roots), decocted in water and drunk. Treats... if alive, peace returns; if dead, expulsion occurs. Repeat if ineffective.
Throat Irrigation Method: Insert Cong Bai into throat, add four liang of sesame oil and irrigate. Once swallowed, the patient revives. Treats acute heart pain with locked jaw approaching death. After administration, parasitic worms and stagnation in abdomen turn into yellow fluid; mild diarrhea is desirable.
Cong Ru Tang (Scallion and Milk Decoction): Cong Bai three to four cun (smashed), half a zhan of milk, decocted and irrigated. Treats infants refusing to suckle.
Cong Xian Gao (Scallion Saliva Ointment): Cong Ye (Scallion Leaf) and Zhuya Zaojiao (Tartary Bean Pod) ... irrigate ear daily. Treats cerumen impaction causing deafness.
Cong Chi Jiao Tang (Scallion, Fermented Soybean, and Gelatin Decoction): Decoct scallion and fermented soybean to obtain one sheng, strain, add gelatin and re-decoct until dissolved. Taken three to four times day and night. Treats restless fetus.
Cong Yi Method (Scallion Compress): One handful of large scallion, steamed over water, roots cut flat, tied with thread. Apply hot to affected area. Treats flowing abscesses, early-stage buboes, traumatic swelling and pain, and puerperal breast inflammation (Chui Ru).
Another Prescription: Scallion bulb white, honey, and ash flour in equal parts, kneaded and heated, bound to affected area. Treats unnamed...
Another Prescription: Three slices of Cong Bai, finely chopped, stir-fried hot, wrapped in silk, compressed on lower abdomen, changing repeatedly. Treats urinary retention.
Another Prescription: One handful of scallion, heated and pounded into a paste, applied as a cake to painful area, covered with thick cloth layers, and ironed with a hot iron. Treats postpartum lochia flowing into... forming masses, causing pain over time. Must also internally administer Shen Gui Shenghua Tang (Ginseng, Angelica, and Motherwort Decoction).
Cong Gui Ta Zhong Tang (Scallion and Angelica Compressing Swelling Decoction): Seven scallion bulbs, three large bowls of water, decocted until concentrated, strained, dipped in silk cloth, and washed hot on the sore until internal heat and itching subside. Warm...
Cong Fan San (Scallion and Alum Powder): Seven Cong Bai, three qian of refined Mingfan (Alumen), ground into paste, divided into seven portions. Each dose... If no sweat, take another cup of Cong Tou Tang shortly after; profuse sweating like rain will resolve the condition. Treats carbuncles and all malignant sores in early stage.