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Treats conditions where wind-dampness pathogens intermingle and struggle, causing bodily restlessness and pain, pain and heaviness in the neck and arms, difficulty in movement, as well as cold numbness in the hands and feet, heaviness in the waist and legs, weakness of the sinews and vessels.

Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (remove soil, soak in wine overnight), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo) (remove rhizome head), Curcumae Longae Rhizoma (Jianghuang), Paeoniae Alba Radix (Baishao), Astragali Membranacei Radix (Huangqi) (honey-fried), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng) (remove rhizome head). The above ingredients are [processed into coarse powder]. Take half a liang of this mixture per dose, add two cups of water and five slices of fresh ginger, decoct together until one cup remains, filter out the dregs, and take warm at any time.

Treats dampness lingering in the limbs and joints, causing bodily restlessness and pain, swelling and pain in the hands and feet, or occasional numbness.

Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu) (4 liang), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) (3 liang), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) (remove rhizome head, 3 liang), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang) (2 liang, processed), Scorpio (Quanxie) (2 liang, taken out after roasting with one cup of glutinous rice until [the rice flavor is gone]). The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Take three qian per dose, mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach, taken after meals.

Treats dry and damp Hongjiao (bi-syndrome of the lower limbs), characterized by numbness and cold pain in the legs and knees, dull pain under the feet, difficulty walking, and sores arising from downward pouring of dampness.

Pieridis Folium (Shinan Ye), Pinelliae Tuber (Tiannanxing) (processed until cracked), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo) (remove rhizome head), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) (remove sprout), Coicis Semen (Yiyiren), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng) (remove rhizome head), Dipsaci Radix (Xuduan), Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma (Bixie), Astragali Membranacei Radix (Huangqi) (remove rhizome head), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) (remove rhizome head, wash and bake. The above ten herbs each weigh one liang), Dendrobii Caulis (Shihu), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) (cut into pieces, soak in wine), [Cuprum] (one liang, heated red-hot and quenched in vinegar, [ground]). The above ingredients are ground into fine powder, made into pills the size of sophora seeds using a paste prepared by boiling flour in wine. Take fifty pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or Quappa soup, on an empty stomach or before meals.

Treats all cases of heaviness, pain, swelling, and fullness in the feet and knees.

Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Chuanwutou) (processed, remove skin and navel, 5 liang), Chaenomelis Fructus (Mugua) (two fruits), Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) (remove rhizome head, soak in wine overnight, 7 qian), Morinda Officinalis Radix (Bajitian) (7 qian, [salt-fried?], each one liang), Cryptocarya Alata Cortex (Haitongpi) [one liang, remove hairs], Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma (Bixie) [two liang?]. First, cut off the lid of the Mugua with a bamboo knife, hollow out the seeds, fill it completely with processed Artemisia argyi powder, replace the lid, secure it with bamboo skewers, and place it in rice [to steam?] to make pills.
Another prescription also treats postpartum leg weakness in women, inability to walk, and pain in the sinews and bones; add Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo), Boswelliae Resina (Ruxiang), and Myrrha Resina (Moyao), one liang of each.