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Treats Bi syndrome (obstruction syndrome) caused by wind-cold-dampness, spasticity and stiffness of the four limbs, pain in bones and sinews, difficulty in walking, Hong Kong foot (podagra/foot swelling), and various other diseases; all are suitable for taking this formula.
Fenneli Fructus (two liang, stir-fried), Linderae Radix, Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma (washed to remove soil), Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (white pith removed). These four herbs each weigh four liang. Toosendan Fructus pulp (half a liang, used raw), Trogopterori Faeces (eight qian, separately ground into powder), Costi Radix (one liang).
The above ingredients are made into fine powder. Boil wheat flour paste with wine to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, gradually increasing to fifty or seventy pills, taken down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Treats cold-dampness stagnating in the meridians, causing swelling and pain in the waist and feet, and difficulty in walking.
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (washed and baked), Phaseoli Semen Rubrum (used raw), Pheretima (earth removed and stir-fried), Cucurbitae Semen Dulce, Chaenomelis Fructus (peeled, sliced, and baked), Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma (earth removed), Boswelliae Resina (separately ground, stir-fried), Trogopterori Faeces (stir-fried).
The above ingredients are made into fine powder. Boil wheat flour paste with wine to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills per dose, taken down with warm wine or salted water, twice daily.

Treats the interplay of cold and dampness, causing pain in bones and sinews, difficulty in walking, and frequent urination at night.
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (processed, skin and navel removed, half a liang), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (half a liang), Chaenomelis Fructus, Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (soaked in wine overnight, baked), Acanthopanacis Cortex, Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma, Saposhnikoviae Radix.
Each of the above ten herbs is used in equal amounts.
The above ingredients are made into fine powder. Boil wheat flour paste with wine to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, taken down with warm wine or salted water on an empty stomach as preferred.

Treats wind-dampness attacking and flowing into the body, causing pain in the waist, feet, and limbs.
Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix (processed, skin and navel removed), Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Paeoniae Radix Rubra, Schizonepetae Spica, Pinus Smoke Ink (heated red and quenched in vinegar), Atractylodis Rhizoma (soaked in rice washing water overnight, sliced and baked, one liang each).
All the above ingredients are used raw and made into fine powder. Use vinegar paste to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take ten pills per dose, taken down with warm wine. For waist pain, take down with walnut wine; for foot pain, take down with... [text cuts off].

Treats men and women with pain in the waist and knees, spasticity of sinews and vessels, and difficulty in walking.
Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum (aged/broken turtle shell), Pantherae Os (these two herbs each soaked in vinegar for three nights, dipped in vinegar and roasted until yellow). Cistanches Herba (soaked in wine overnight), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (tips removed, soaked in wine overnight), Eucommiae Cortex (cut into strips, soaked in salt water and stir-fried seven times), Psoraleae Fructus (Po Gu Zhi).
The above ingredients are made into powder. Use the wine in which Cistanches Herba and Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix were soaked to boil wheat flour paste, forming pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, taken down with warm wine before meals.