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Use Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), scrape clean and grind into powder, divided into four parts: one part soaked in wine until soft then sliced; one part soaked in wine then baked dry; one part soaked in vinegar then baked dry; one part stir-fried with salt (4 liang). Additionally, use Huajiao (Fructus Zanthoxyli, 4 liang, stir-fried) and He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, 2 jin each), soak in rice washing water, scrape and cut with a bamboo knife, then steam together with Hei Dou (Faba Bean, 5 jin each) and Hong Zao (Chinese Jujube, 5 jin each) until the beans are rotten, take out and sun-dry. Then take Digupi (Cortex Lycii, remove heart, 1 jin). Grind each of the above herbs into fine powder separately. Mix with Sangshen juice (Mulberry Fruit Juice) to form a paste, spread in a basin to a thickness of three fingers, expose to sunlight during the day and dew at night to absorb the essence of sun and moon. When dry, pound into powder using a stone mortar. Blend with refined honey to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 100 pills per dose with wine on an empty stomach. This formula tonifies the Spleen and Kidney; after taking it for seventy days, white hair will not appear.

Use Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) stir-fried with Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae). Soak Cangzhu in rice washing water overnight, then bake dry. Mix equal parts, grind into fine powder, and bind with paste to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose with rice drink. This formula strengthens the Spleen and warms the Stomach, suitable for injuries caused by diet. These three ingredients constitute the "Quzhu Wan" (Curcum and Atractylodes Pill).

Use 3 liang of Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) stir-fried, 1.5 liang of Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) soaked in rice washing water for three nights, washed clean, dried, and stir-fried, and 1 liang of Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae). Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use paste made from Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) boiled in fresh ginger juice as a binder.

Use 4 liang of Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae): 1 liang soaked in wine, 1 liang soaked in rice washing water, 1 liang soaked in vinegar, 1 liang soaked in salt water, all stir-fried. Additionally, use Hulusba (Semen Trigonellae, soaked in wine), Poguzhi (Fructus Psoraleae, 1 liang, soaked overnight), Fupenzi (Fructus Rubi, 2 qian), Huixiang (Fructus Foeniculi, 1 liang, salt-stir-fried), Chuanwu (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, 1 liang, salt-stir-fried), Chuanlianzi (Fructus Toosendan, 1 liang), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae, not exposed to fire, 1 qian), Shanyao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae, roasted with animal fat), Dilong (Pheretima, cleaned of soil), Fuling (Poria), Gouqizi (Fructus Lycii), Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, soaked in wine, 3 qian each). Grind all herbs into fine powder. Bind with wine paste to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 50 pills per dose with warm salted water on an empty stomach, followed by dry food to settle the medicine. This formula benefits essence and marrow, tonifies the Kidney meridian, secures primal Yang, lightens the waist and legs, calms the five zang organs, opens orifices, makes ears and eyes clear, prolongs life and health; it is a superior remedy of immortals.

Use Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, 3 liang) and Diyü (Radix Sanguisorbae, 1 liang). For each dose, decoct with two cups of water until one cup remains. Take warm. Treat abdominal distension, dampness descending causing bloody dysentery.

Treat symptoms of Spleen and Stomach disharmony including lack of appetite, fullness, distension, stabbing pain in the heart, abdomen, hypochondrium, bitter taste in mouth, loss of taste, chest fullness, shortness of breath, belching, hiccups, nausea, acid regurgitation, sallow complexion, emaciation, lethargy, desire to lie down, heavy body, joint pain, frequent spontaneous diarrhea, or occurrence of Huoluan (Cholera-like syndrome), Wuye (Five Obstructions), Bapi (Eight Distensions), Geqi (Diaphragmatic Qi stagnation), Fanwei (Regurgitation), etc.
Prescription: Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, skin removed, soaked in rice washing water, 8 liang), Nongpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, skin removed, stir-fried with ginger juice, 3 liang 4 qian), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, pith removed, 3 liang 4 qian), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, honey-roasted, 3 liang).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Add one cup of water, two slices of fresh ginger, and one piece of jujube pulp. Decoct until reduced to 70%. Remove ginger and jujube. Take hot before meals on an empty stomach. Hold a pinch of salt in the mouth during administration.

Dong Yuan's Modification Method:
If urine is red and difficult to pass, add Baifuling (Poria with Wood, 3 qian) and Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis, 3 qian);
If grains are undigested and dietary injury is severe, add Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, 3 qian);
If Qi stagnation in the Stomach causes epigastric fullness, add Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, 3 qian) and Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae, 3 qian);
If water-dampness accumulates, add Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata, 3 qian) and Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas, 3 qian).

Haizang's Modification Method:
If suffering from epidemic warmth, seasonal pathogens, or double-toxin cold damage with headache and high fever, add Lianxu Congbai (Scallion White with Roots, 5 cun) and Douchi (Fermented Soybean, 30 grains). Decoct for two or three boils to induce slight sweating for cure;
If suffering from Five Exhaustions and Seven Injuries with heat in palms and soles, restlessness, and soreness in all joints, add Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri, 3 qian);
If suffering from phlegm-cough, malaria, or dysentery, add Jiangzhi Banxia (Pinellia Prepared with Ginger, 3 qian);
If suffering from Small Intestine Qi pain, add Huixiang (Fructus Foeniculi, 3 qian);
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