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Dongyuan Danggui Runzao Decoction (Angelica Moistening Dryness Decoction) treats Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst Syndrome), with symptoms manifesting as a white and dry tongue surface, dry lips, dry mouth, dry and itchy eyes, floating cloud-like obscurations in the black area of the eye, constipation with dry and hard stool, preference for warm drinks, and retraction of the glans penis.

Ingredients: Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae, 1.5 qian), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, 0.7 qian), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 0.65 qian, half raw), Xixin (Radix Asari, 0.1 qian), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, 6 pieces), Honghua (Flos Carthami, a small amount), Xiao Jiao (Fructus Zanthoxyli, 3 pieces), Sheng Dihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, 0.3 qian), Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Taoren (Semen Persicae), Maren (Semen Cannabis), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Jingjie Sui (Herba Schizonepetae), Danggui Shen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, each 1 qian).

Preparation and Administration: The herbs are chopped into pieces to constitute one dose, which is decocted in water.

Qingliang Yinzi (Cooling Drink) treats Zhong Xiao (Middle Wasting-Thirst), characterized by ability to eat but emaciation, dry mouth and tongue, spontaneous sweating, dry and bound stools, and frequent urination.

Ingredients: Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii), Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, wine-processed), Huangqi (Radix Astragali), Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae, wine-processed, each 1 qian), Sheng Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Han Fangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Sheng Dihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, wine-processed, each 0.5 qian), Honghua (Flos Carthami, a small amount), Taoren (Semen Persicae, 5 pieces), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, 10 pieces), Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae, 0.4 qian), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, 0.5 qian), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri), Cao Longdan (Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae, processed, each 1.5 qian), Danggui Shen (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 0.6 qian).

Preparation and Administration: The herbs are chopped into pieces to constitute one dose, decocted in water with a small amount of wine added. If Huangqi, Huangqin, Fangfeng, and Cao Longdan are removed from this formula, and Mahuang Gen (Radix Ephedrae, 0.3 qian) and Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis, 0.8 qian) are added, it is named Dihuang Yinzi (Rehmannia Drink).

Note: The above formulas involve herbs belonging to the Spleen, Heart, Liver, and Kidney channels.

Jufang Renshen Baihu Tang (Bureau of Medical Welfare's Ginseng White Tiger Decoction) treats Shang Xiao (Upper Wasting-Thirst), characterized by upper jiao dryness and thirst, and lack of desire for excessive food intake.
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Dongyuan Lanxiang Yinzi (Dongyuan's Laurel Leaf Drink) treats extreme thirst with copious drinking, good appetite but emaciation, spontaneous sweating, dry and bound stools, and frequent urination.

Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 3 qian), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, wine-processed, 1 qian), Sheng Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, each 1 qian), Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Lanxiang (Herba Elsholtziae), Lianqiao (Fructus Forsythiae), Baidoukou Ren (Semen Amomi Rotundus), Jiegeng (Radix Platycodi), Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae, each 0.5 qian), Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, 0.2 qian).

Preparation and Administration: The herbs are ground into a fine powder. Steamed dough cakes soaked in soup water are mixed evenly with the powder to form a paste, shaped into thin slices, and sun-dried until half-dry, then crushed into powder. Each dose consists of 2 qian, taken after meals with light ginger soup.

Note: The above two formulas are agents primarily treating Shang Xiao and Zhong Xiao, acting on the Lung and Stomach channels.