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This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Shaoyao (White Peony Root) removed, and Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) added. It treats Qi Fen disease (disease of the qi level characterized by cold-fluid retention), presenting with hardness and fullness in the epigastrium as large as a plate, with edges resembling a rotating cup, and a sensation of insects crawling under the skin. Recovery occurs after administration.

This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) removed, and Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) added. It treats Taiyang Shanghan (Cold Damage to the Taiyang Channel) persisting for eight or nine days, where Wind-Damp pathogens intermingle and bind, causing bodily restlessness and pain, inability to turn or shift position, without vomiting or spontaneous diarrhea.

This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) removed, and Fuling (Poria) and Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) added. It treats cases where, after sweating and purging therapies, headache, neck stiffness, fever, absence of sweat, epigastric fullness with slight pain, and normal bowel movements persist. If Jie Xiong (Knotting Chest / Pleurisy-like syndrome) forms with difficult urination, it indicates retained fluid; thus, Fuling (Poria) is added to promote diuresis.

This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Dazao (Jujube Fruit) removed, and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) and Honghua (Carthami Flos) added. It treats women suffering from Shanghan (Cold Damage) with exterior deficiency, spontaneous sweating, cool body temperature, tetanic rigidity of the four limbs, and a deep, slow pulse.

Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, 4 liang, peeled) and Gancao (Licorice Root, 2 liang, honey-fried). Boil in 3 sheng of water to obtain 1 sheng, remove dregs, and take in one dose. Cheng Wuji stated: Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) is acrid and hot, benefiting Qi; Gancao (Licorice Root) is sweet and neutral, entering the Spleen to moderate the Middle Jiao. This treats conditions caused by excessive sweating, where the patient crosses their hands over the heart region, experiences palpitations, and desires pressure.

This is Guizhi Gancao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Licorice Decoction) with Fuling (Poria) and Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) added. It treats Shanghan (Cold Damage) with sweating but no thirst.

This is Guizhi Gancao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Licorice Decoction) with Longgu (Fossilized Bones) and Muli (Oyster Shell) added. It treats irritability resulting from the misuse of burning needle therapy.

This is Guizhi Gancao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Licorice Decoction) with Fuling (Poria) and Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) added. It treats Qi rushing upward from the lower abdomen to the chest and throat, difficult urination, and recurrent vertigo.

This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) and Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, 3 liang) added. It treats Taiyang Bing (Taiyang Disease) presenting with neck and back stiffness and discomfort, absence of sweat, and aversion to wind. It also treats Taiyang and Yangming He Bing (Combined Diseases of Taiyang and Yangming Channels).

This is Gegen Tang (Kudzu Decoction) with Banxia (Pinelliae Tuber, half sheng) added. It treats Taiyang and Yangming He Bing (Combined Diseases of Taiyang and Yangming Channels) characterized by vomiting without diarrhea.

This is Gegen Tang (Kudzu Decoction) with Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) removed, and Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) added. It treats Wen Bing (Warm Disease) presenting with headache and high fever.

This is Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) with Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 2 liang) added. It treats Feng Zhong (Wind Strike) or Shanghan (Cold Damage) with a floating pulse, fever, alternating chills and fever, sweating, aversion to wind, neck stiffness, nasal congestion with roaring, and dry retching.

This is Yangdan Tang, substituting Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) with Guixin (Cinnamon Bark), and Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) with Ganjiang (Dried Ginger). It treats Shanghan (Cold Damage) with limb and joint pain, internal cold with external heat, and empty irritability.

This is prepared by taking Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction), removing the dregs after decoction, adding Jiaoyi (Maltose, 1 jin), reheating gently on low fire until dissolved, and taking 1 sheng warm, three times daily. It treats Xu Lao (Deficiency Consumption) presenting with abdominal urgency and pain, palpitations, epistaxis, nocturnal emission, soreness and pain in the four limbs, vexation and heat in the hands and feet, dry throat, and dry mouth.

This is Jianzhong Tang (Middle-Builder Decoction) with Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 1 liang) added, and reducing Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (each to 2 liang). Qianjin Fang agrees. Zhubou Houbei Fang adds Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 2 liang). Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun records that if vomiting occurs, add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger); if abdominal fullness occurs, remove Dazao (Jujube Fruit) and add Fuling (Poria, 4 liang). Another formula treats Lung deficiency insufficiency and Pi Qi (Pi Syndrome/Abdominal Mass) by adding Banxia (Pinelliae Tuber, 5 liang).