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Ginkgo seed (Yinxing Ren) primarily treats warming the Lung. It benefits Qi, calms panting and coughing, reduces urination, stops white turbidity. Raw seeds reduce phlegm, detoxify, kill parasites, and treat tinea, scabies, gan disease, and pubic lice.
Ya Zhang San (Duck Palm Powder): Five Ginkgo seeds, two-and-a-half qian of Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang), two qian of Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Zhigancao). Decoct with one zhong of water until reduced to eight-tenths. Take before bedtime. Treats asthma and cough with phlegm.
Another prescription: Twenty-one Ginkgo seeds (stir-fried until yellow), three qian of Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang), two qian of Perillae Fructus (Suzi), two qian each of Flos Dendranthemi Morifolii (Kudonghua), Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia), and Cortex Mori Radicis (Sangbaipi [honey-fried]), one-and-a-half qian each of Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren) and Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin [lightly stir-fried]), one qian of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao). Decoct with three zhongs of water until reduced to two zhongs. Divide into two doses as needed. Highly effective for asthma.

Walnut kernel (Hetao Ren) primarily treats benefiting Qi and nourishing blood, assisting the Kidney, strengthening Yin, moistening dryness, opening the Gate of Life (Mingmen), harmonizing blood vessels, treating deficiency-cold, cough, heaviness and pain in the waist and legs, and atrophy syndrome. It is a solidifying and tonifying substance.
Hetao Wan (Walnut Pill): Four liang of Walnut Kernel paste, mixed with four liang each of Psoraleae Fructus (Poguzhi), Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong), and Dioscoreae Hypoglauca Rhizoma (Bixie) powders. Pound evenly to make pills the size of wu zi (buckeye seeds). Take fifty pills with warm wine on an empty stomach. Benefits blood, supplements marrow, strengthens sinews, and fortifies bones.
Another prescription: Four liang each of Walnut Meat and Poria (Baifuling), one Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi [sliced]). Roast together with ginger juice and clam powder into powder. Make honey pills the size of wu zi. Take thirty pills per dose with rice drink. Treats sexual exhaustion, and damage from taking cinnabar/realgar stones, or loss of will injuring the Kidney, leading to dry mouth, spontaneous seminal emission, red and yellow urine, dry and hard stool, or frequent profuse urination without significant thirst.

Litchi seed (Lizhi He) primarily treats heart pain, epigastric pain, spleen pain, small intestine hernia pain, and stabbing pain due to blood and qi stagnation in women. Lizhi San (Litchi Seed Powder): Fourteen Litchi Seeds (charred to ash but retaining nature), one qian each of Star Anise Fruit (Bajiao Huixiang [stir-fried], Agastache Herba (Chenxiang), Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang), Qingyan, and Yanyan. Two qian each of Archardamomum Fructus (Chuanlianzi Rou) and Cumin Seed (Xiaohuixiang). Grind into powder. Take three qian per dose, mixed with hot wine on an empty stomach. Treats severe swelling and pain of hernia and scrotal nodes.

Litchi flesh tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, increases blood and Qi. The seed treats rhinorrhea (burned to smoke and inhaled), axillary osmidrosis (mixed with pepper, ground, and applied when sweating), small intestine hernia (mixed with litchi seed and star anise, stir-fried, ground into powder, taken with wine; externally, fresh ginger mashed and applied to the kidney area to dissipate swelling), urinary retention (remove black shell, crush, decoct and take; if after relief there is a sensation of collapse, decoct the flesh and drink it), all sores and ulcers (retain nature, grind, mix with sesame oil and apply), cuts and axe wounds with bleeding (retain nature, grind and sprinkle), palpitations and anxiety (decoct flesh and seed slowly over low heat until the seed is soft, take 40-50 pieces per time).