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[Qingmuxiang Wan (Green Ambergris Pill)]
Take Psoraleae Fructus (Buphthalmi Fructus, 破故纸) stir-fried until fragrant, and Piperis Kadsurae Fructus (Long Pepper Fruit, 荜澄茄) (each 40 liang), Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Agarwood, 木香), and Arecae Semen (Betel Nut, 槟榔). Wrap them in sour millet rice, cover with wet paper, and roast in fire until the paper is dry. Remove the rice and paper. Separately take Strychni Semen (Nigella Seed, 黑牵牛) (240 liang), stir-fry until fragrant, pound separately to obtain powder, taking 120 liang of the fine powder, ensuring it is uniform. Gradually add clear water to mix to a suitable consistency, and form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills each time, administered with tea soup or hot water, after meals. After drinking alcohol or eating, one may take 5 or 7 pills. Children aged one year take 1 pill. Pregnant women must not take this. This formula promotes diaphragm function, moves stagnant Qi, aids digestion, and treats chest and diaphragm obstruction, abdominal and hypochondriac distension and pain, mental restlessness and stuffiness, swelling and fullness, borborygmus in the intestines, vomiting and belching, phlegm reversal, and loss of appetite.

[Wuchen Tang (Aloeswood and Musk Decoction / Black Musk Decoction)]
Take Psoraleae Fructus (Buphthalmi Fructus, 破故纸) stir-fried Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ginseng, 人参), Schisandrae Fructus (Schisandra Berry, 五味子), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (White Atractylodes Rhizome, 白术) (each 2 liang), Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Chinese Yam, 山药) stir-fried with Poria (Poria Cocos, 白茯苓) (each 1.5 liang), Evodiae Fructus (Evodia Fruit, 吴茱萸), Morindae Officinalis Radix (Morinda Root, 川巴戟天) decentered, and Myristicae Semen (Nutmeg, 肉果面) wrapped and roasted (each 1 liang), Os Draconis (Dragon Bone, 龙骨) (5 qian). Grind the above into powder, use wine paste to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 70 pills each time, on an empty stomach with salt water. This formula treats deficiency-cold of the lower origin, failure to generate Earth, and insufficiency of Earth within the Kidney leading to the closure of the gate failing to close, known as "Kidney Diarrhea" (Shen Xie), also called "Spleen-Kidney Diarrhea" (Pi Shen Xie).

[Formula for Frequent Urination]
Treats frequent urination, which is due to insufficiency of Bladder Qi.
Take Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Alpinia Fruit, 留州益智子) stir-fried with salt then de-salted, and Lini Pericarpium (Areca Catkin, 天台乌药). Grind the two ingredients into equal parts powder, use wine-boiled Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Chinese Yam, 山药) powder paste to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 70 pills each time, on an empty stomach with salt water.

[Formula for White Turbidity]
Add Biota Semen (Biota Seed, 萆薢) and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Sweet Flag Rhizome, 石菖蒲) in equal proportions to the previous formula. Take 4 qian each time, add one cup of water, pinch of salt, decoct to 70%, and take warm before meals. This formula treats frequent white turbidity, where urine is turbid like paste; this indicates insufficiency of true Yuan Qi and deficiency-cold of the lower Jiao. According to Yang Zijian: In ordinary people, frequent urination, regardless of frequency, accompanied by unbearable pain inside the urethra during urination, first presents with constipation and heat stagnation preventing free flow. Fluids only go to the Small Intestine, causing the large intestine to become increasingly dry and depleted. Severe cases involve whole-body heat and craving cold water; this is a serious condition. One formula... Cao...

[Composition Supplement for Wuchen Tang / Another Version]
Take Lini Pericarpium (Areca Catkin, 天台乌药) (100 liang), Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Agarwood, 沉香) (50 liang), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ginseng, 人参) (3 liang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Licorice Root, 甘草) (4 liang). Grind into powder. Take half a qian each time, with ginger and salt water. On an empty stomach... difficult to pass... liang) Wu...