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Si Jin Wan (Four-Jin Pill): Strengthens sinews and bones, treats pain in the feet and knees.
Xuan Mugua (Fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa, pulp removed, sliced, dried by baking, weighed) 8 liang, Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis bidentatae, radix end removed, cut into cun segments, dried by baking, weighed) 8 liang, Rongrong (Cortex Cinnamomi, washed, cut into chunks, dried by baking, weighed) 8 liang, Tianma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae, finely cut). Each of the above herbs is 8 liang.
Soak the aforementioned herbs in five sheng of unadulterated wine. Soak for five days in spring, three days in summer, five days in autumn, and ten days in winter. When the time is up, take out the herbs and dry them by baking. Add Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) 2 liang and Tiger Bone (Os Tigris) 1 liang. The tiger bone should be finely powdered; the Fuzi should be processed (pao), with skin and tips removed. Grind them together into a fine powder. Use the wine used to soak the herbs to boil flour paste as a binder to form pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills each time, administered with warm wine or salted water, on an empty stomach before meals. (The tiger bone must be roasted with su [ghee/butter] until crisp.)

Miao Ying Wan (Wonderful Efficacy Pill): Treats irregular menstruation in women, turbid menstrual flow, combined with fright and anxiety, leading to the onset of malaria, followed by excessive sweating which depletes qi and blood. Regular use nourishes and warms the uterus, regulates blood, and nourishes qi. (Transmitted from Xu Xueyu of Chizhou.)
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, radix end removed, 2 liang), Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis, free from dirt, 1 liang), Zelan (Herba Lycopi, leaves taken, 1.5 liang), Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba, choose those that are snow-white, 1 liang), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi, remove rough bark, 1 liang, avoid fire), Mudanpi (Cortex Moutan, remove woody core, 1 liang), Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong, 1 liang), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae, 0.5 liang, avoid fire), Shihu (Herba Dendrobii, remove seedlings, 1 liang), Chuanjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 1 liang, processed/pao), Shudihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, thoroughly washed, thinly sliced, dried by baking and weighed, 2 liang).
Process the aforementioned herbs, dry them by baking, crush and sieve into powder. Boil with vinegar, mix with flour paste to form pills, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills each time, swallowed with warm wine or rice drink, on an empty stomach and when hungry at night.

Dingxiang Caoguo San (Clove and Tsaoko Powder): Treats spleen-deficiency fever and tidal fever in adults and children, cases refractory to other medications, taking this formula yields miraculous results. (Transmitted from Yu Zhenzhou.)
Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli, 1.5 qian, select pungent ones), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaoko, 3 pieces, wrapped in flour and baked/roasted until the flour turns dark brown), Maidong (Radix Ophiopogonis, 0.5 liang, remove heart, wash with hot water), Renshen (Radix Ginseng, 2 qian), Fuling (Sclerotium Poriae, 2.5 qian), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, 2 qian, prepared with ginger), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 2 qian, honey-fried), Danzhuye (Folium Phyllostachidis Henonis, several leaves).
Grind the aforementioned herbs into a coarse powder, divide into six doses. Use one and a half zhan of water, three slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct until one-seventh remains, strain off the dregs, and administer at any time. For children, add Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) 2 qian, removing the pulp.