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Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄) (16 liang, remove roots and joints, sun-dry, take 1.5 liang of pure powder); Perillae Folium (Dusu Ye, 杜苏叶) (20 liang, sun-dry, take 1.5 liang of pure powder); Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma, 升麻) (50 liang, take 30 liang); Galla Chinensis (Wubei, 五倍) (4 liang, remove rhizome roots, bake, take 15 liang of pure powder); Pinelliae Tuber (Banxia, 半夏) (20 liang, soak in boiling water seven times, process with ginger and alum, sun-dry, take 15 liang of pure powder); Vigna angularis Seed (Chidou, 赤豆) (70 liang, stir-fry, take 6 liang of pure powder, those without shells are better); Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root Preparatum (Fuzi, 附子) (50 liang, take 3.1 qian for grinding into powder).

The above twenty-seven medicinal materials are selected as high-quality authentic herbs, all ground into extremely fine powder, each packed separately. Choose auspicious days such as Tiande, Yuede, Huangdao, or Longhu for preparation.

This medicine can treat: expulsion of pathogenic factors; poisoning caused by harmful bacteria, pufferfish, dead cattle, horse meat, and various bird and beast toxins; acute and chronic convulsions in children; five types of gan syndrome (malnutrition due to parasitic infection or poor digestion) and five types of dysentery; urticaria, sores, tumors; and unconsciousness. (For the above symptoms, grind with mint decoction and administer orally.)

Wind-stroke and qi stagnation, facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes), slurred speech, trismus (lockjaw), muscle spasms, joint swelling due to wind, pain in hands and feet, difficulty walking; abdominal masses in women, delayed menstruation, abdominal pain, or epigastric fullness due to pathogenic invasion. Contraindicated in pregnant women.

Sudden possession by manic spirits or ghostly qi in men and women, wild shouting and running, loss of heart spirit, and various epileptic conditions such as sheep-head wind. (For the above symptoms, grind with good wine and administer orally.)

Headache, specifically temporal headache, grind with wine, add fine mint powder, and apply to the taiyang acupoint (Taiyang, 太阳).

When malaria is about to attack, collect flowing water from the east, decoct peach and willow branches, grind the medicine with this decoction, and administer orally.

Consumptive disease (transmitted tuberculosis), and women bitten by corpse worms, grind with clear water and administer orally.

Sudden onset of illness, wind-stroke, five types of epilepsy, sudden evil invasion, drowning, hanging, compression, nightmare, chest still warm, or strange coma not lasting overnight, all grind with cold water and force-feed.

Red dysentery and bloody stool, grind with cool water and administer orally; white dysentery, grind with ginger soup and administer orally.

Heart and spleen pain, grind with wine and administer orally, or grind with light ginger soup and administer orally.

Toothache, grind with wine and apply to the affected area, hold a small amount in the mouth and swallow.

Various hemorrhoids and genital sores, if hard and not yet suppurated, especially if accompanied by painful difficulty in urination and defecation, grind with clear water and administer orally.

Carbuncles, back abscesses, unknown swellings and toxic sores, carbuncle at the nape (duikou), snake-shaped herpes zoster, and all other malignant sores, wind-induced urticaria, red and swollen tumors, before ulceration, grind with light wine and administer orally, and grind with cold tea to apply topically on the sores, several times day and night. Do not ingest after ulceration.

Scalds and burns, tiger bites, rat bites, centipede bites, snake bites, all grind with water for topical application, and grind with wine for oral administration.

For food poisoning, miasma-related malaria, and severe dysentery, grind with peach and willow branch decoction and administer orally.

For women with ghost fetus or ghostly qi, grind with safflower decoction and administer orally.

This medicine is a supreme treasure for protecting the body. Never dry it with fire to prevent loss of efficacy. Avoid contact with salt residue, sweat, or filth. Contraindicated in pregnant women and patients with blood consumption diseases.