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Indications. Purge heat, clear summerheat, dispel filthiness. Treat consumptive emaciation with bone-steaming fever, wind-toxin, heat-type jaundice, alcoholic hemorrhoids, and blood in stool. Qinghao San (Artemisia Annua Powder): Take Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) and Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, stir-fried with vinegar) each 2 liang; Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) 1.5 liang; Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) each 1 liang; Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Fructus), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) each 0.75 liang; Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle) each 0.5 liang; Longdancao (Gentianae Radix) 0.15 liang. Crush the herbs. For each dose, take 4 qian, add 1 zhongzhan of water and 0.13 qian of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), decoct until 0.6 portion remains, remove dregs, and take warm at any time. Treat women with bone-steaming labor-fever, vexatious pain in the four limbs, and progressive emaciation.

Qinghao Lu (Artemisiae Annuae Herba Dew): Dew distilled from Qinghao. Has the effect of reducing fever. The seeds and rhizomes/stems have similar functions.

Indications. Unblock blood vessels, treat blood qi rebellion. Treat all uterine diseases in women. Juemingzi (Chenopodii Semen) can also treat eye diseases. Ji Yin Fan Hun Dan (Reviving Soul Pill for Nourishing Yin): Harvest Chenweicao (Leonuri Herba) by the roots when it blooms during Duanwu Festival or Xiaoshu Solar Term, dry in shade, avoid iron tools, grind into powder using stone mortar, make pills with honey the size of wutong seeds. Take 50-70 pills per dose. Treat various conditions before and after childbirth in women. Currently, it is often crushed to extract juice, filtered, and boiled into a paste, named Yimu Gao (Leonuri Fructus Paste). If there is umbilical and abdominal pain or sounds during pregnancy, take with rice soup. If there is stabbing pain in the umbilical and abdominal region before or after childbirth, restless fetus, and continuous bleeding, take with Danggui Tang (Angelica Sinensis Decoction). After childbirth, dissolve with Tongbian (Infant Urine). It can regulate and smooth out various diseases: if placenta fails to deliver or dead fetus does not come out, take with fried salt soup. If postpartum blood vertigo, thirst, and vexation occur, take with infant urine mixed with wine. If postpartum lochia retention with rushing pain in the umbilical/abdominal region, alternating chills and fever, cold sweat, and heart vexation occur, take with infant urine mixed with wine, or with Bohe Ziran Zhi (Menthae Haplocalycis Juice). If postpartum bloody discharge continues, take with jujube soup. If postpartum metrorrhagia and leukorrhea occur, take with glutinous rice soup. For irregular menstruation and female infertility, take with warm wine.

Method for preparing Yimu Gao: In the third lunar month, harvest Leonuri Herba including roots and leaves, wash clean, spread on bamboo mats to sun-dry until moisture is gone, cut into segments about 5 cun long with a bamboo knife, place in a large clay pot, cover with water by 2-3 cun, decoct until the grass is mushy and water reduces by two-thirds, filter out the dregs, obtain about 5-6 dou of juice, pour into a basin, let settle for half a day, filter again to remove residue, put the clear juice into a cauldron, simmer slowly over low fire until reduced to 1 dou, resembling thin maltose, seal in porcelain bottles for later use. Juemingzi Wan (Chenopodii Semen Pills): Take Juemingzi (Chenopodii Semen) and Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma) each 5 qian; Gouqizi (Lycii Fructus), Qingxiangzi (Celosiae Semen), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus, bran-fried), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, baked) each 1 liang; Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, core removed and baked), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Shijueming (Conchae Margaritiferae), Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) each 2 liang; Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 3 liang. Grind into fine powder, make pills with honey the size of wutong seeds. Take 30 pills per dose after meals with Jiangshui (fermented grain liquid). Treat dim vision and corneal opacity following epidemic febrile diseases.

For Gan Huoluan (Dry Cholera) with sudden onset of abdominal pain and deep red macules: Decoct Leonurus Herbaceus (Yimucao) strongly, add a small amount of raw white honey, cool to warm temperature, and drink freely. Alternatively, add half a cup of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) juice and Laifu Zhi (Raphani Semen Juice).