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Bowl. The etiology is unregulated water intake, or the onset of accumulation disease followed by drinking cold water, damaging the Stomach to cause deficiency, and damaging the Lung to produce phlegm. Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) 1.5 qian, Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) each 1 qian, Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Preparata) each 0.5 qian. Prepare as two doses, decoct to obtain 8 fen of liquid, add Zhuli (Bambusae Sap) 2 fen, boil again, drink hot, and take Longhui Wan (Longhui Pill) 20 pills; if cough is severe, take 30 pills.

Lizhai treated a woman who was usually diligent and hardworking. In early winter, she suffered from cough and fever. After a long time, she developed hemoptysis and night sweats, her menstruation occurred only once every two or three months, and her whole body ached. Someone used methods to resolve phlegm and descend fire, which resulted in lockjaw and tendon spasms. This was blood deficiency damaged by medication. He then used Jiajian Bawei Wan (Modified Eight-Ingredient Pill) and Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) added with Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Dongqu (Dongchong Xiacao, Cordyceps), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), and Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) to treat her. She recovered after more than a year.

Liu Shudu said: "My method of health preservation has no other trick, but simply not allowing Yuanqi (Primal Qi) to assist anger and joy, so that the Qihai (Sea of Qi, CV6) remains warm. Now that people cannot help but use Qihai to assist anger and joy, if they can moxa Qihai occasionally to keep it warm, that is also a secondary method." I used to be often ill and often suffered from shortness of breath. A doctor taught me to moxa Qihai, and my breathing ceased to be rapid. Since then, I have needed to moxa it once or twice a year because of my weak Qi. (Zisheng Jing.)

Luo Qianfu said: In the autumn of Bingchen year, the second son of Merchant Jia from Chuqiu County, aged twenty-seven, suffered from fatigue in the four limbs, irritability and heat, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, decreased appetite, cough with sputum, chest and diaphragm discomfort, constipation, and emaciation. He had seen many doctors over a year without recovery. Someone said: "Famous doctors are not as good as 'Fortunate Doctors' (doctors lucky in practice). Doctor X at place Y, although not proficient in medical books and unfamiliar with pulse diagnosis, sees many cases and treats them all effectively, so people call him a Fortunate Doctor. The proverb says: 'Even if you have read Wang Shuhe's [Maijing], it is not as good as seeing many diseases myself.' This is quite credible; let us try letting him treat it." The doctor arrived, palpated his pulse, and said: "I am very familiar with this disease; treatment will certainly be effective." He moxed Feishu (BL13) thirty zhuang on each side, used Juan Yin Zhishi Wan (Juan Yin Zhishi Pill) to resolve phlegm and guide stagnation. After a few doses, he had profuse loose stools, abdominal pain, could not eat, and became increasingly weak and critical. His son said to his father: "The illness has been long, he is thin and weak, and cannot tolerate the medicine. The condition worsened, and he died." In winter, I returned from military service, and his father told me. I said: "The Neijing states: If both form-Qi and disease-Qi are insufficient, this indicates insufficiency of both Yin and Yang. To purge would be to increase the insufficiency. This is exhaustion of both Yin and Yang, depletion of blood and Qi, emptiness of the five Zang organs, and withering of tendons, bones, and marrow. The elderly will perish, and even the strong will not recover. Thus, it is called insufficiency; this is the principle. Your son has been ill for a long time and is emaciated, which is insufficiency of form; shortness of breath is insufficiency of Qi. As the disease progressed, he desired sleep, felt fatigue in the four limbs, and was reluctant to speak, indicating insufficiency of both blood and Qi. One should supplement, fearing it is not enough, yet instead small toxic purgatives were used. The deficient became more deficient, and the damaged more damaged. How could he not die? Merchant Jia sighed and left. I was moved by this incident and briefly expounded the principle: Excellent physicians, when curing diseases, first examine the excess or deficiency of seasonal influences, and observe the differences in constitution based on diet, clothing, and courage. Diseases have depth, differing between meridians and Zang organs; medicines have Sovereign, Minister, Assistant, and Envoy roles, and varying sizes and odd/even formulations; treatments have urgency, following principles of guidance and return to normality. Sun Simiao said: 'To be a Grand Physician, one must master the Jiayi Jing, Suwen, Huangdi Zhenjing, Mingtang Liuzhu, Twelve Meridians, Three Regions and Nine Pulses, Five Zang and Six Fu organs, interior-exterior acupoints, Bencao, Drug Pairs, Zhang Zhongjing and Wang Shuhe's classic formulas. One must also profoundly understand Five Phases and Yin-Yang, and be proficient in the Zhouyi. Only then can one be called a Grand Physician. Otherwise, it is like wandering at night blindfolded, inevitably stumbling and falling. To correct the five tones, one must take Shi Kuang's pitch pipes as standard, so the five tones become correct; to make squares and circles, one must take Gongshu Ban's compasses and set squares as standard, so squares and circles are formed. The five tones and shapes are merely skills, yet still require experts in their field. How much more so for physicians, who hold the lives of men, ranked among the four disciplines, incomparable to tones and shapes? Without proficiency, one cannot practice medicine; without understanding, one cannot feel the pulse. Without studying the classics and materia medica, even if fortunate in luck and destiny and hailed as a 'Fortunate Doctor,' patients entrust their lives to incompetent hands. Is this not painful? Alas! A physician's fortune lies in himself. His personal fortune cannot eliminate the patient's disaster. People do not understand this principle and entrust their lives to 'Fortunate Doctors,' leading to injury and death, yet never realizing their error. This is a great delusion, how sad!"

Xue Lizhai said: In the Xinchi year, I was at the residence of Tu Jianshan in Jiaxing. Lin Ershou suffered from occasional confusion and dizziness. I treated him. He had continuous delirious speech, and his six pulses were imperceptible upon pressure. This is a symptom of Yang deficiency, and should be treated with Shenfu Tang (Ginseng and Aconite Decoction). The original physician, pleased with Yang-tonifying herbs, welcomed it saying: "You have expressed what I thought." He took it, fell into quiet sleep, woke up, and ate food. After another dose at noon, his spirit remained normal, but his pulse became restless and constricted. After I returned, he falsely claimed: "I used too much Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root); I used Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) to counteract it, but still used Shenfu Tang for Yin." Looking at Zhang Zhongjing's treatment of Shanghan (Cold Damage): "Once Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) enters the throat, if Yang is excessive, death ensues; once Muxie and Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) enter the stomach, if Yin is excessive, death ensues." This clarifies matters without need for debate. I fear my previous words misled the patient, so I state this clearly.

Xue's nephew Ju Hong married at fourteen. By age twenty, his body was plump, he had fever and thirst, red face, and distension. Someone used external bloodletting and internal fire-descending methods. His limbs became fatigued, sputum increased, and his pulse was surging, rapid, and forceful. He recovered using Liuwei Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) and Dabu Tang (Great Tonifying Decoction) added with Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix) and Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus).

Ma Yuanyi treated the son of Wang Zhuba, who had suffered from a wasting syndrome for a year with no effect from various treatments. Palpating his pulse, the Cun positions on both sides were floating, large, and empty; Guan and Chi positions were empty and small. He had cough and nocturnal emission, withered white complexion, and intolerance to wind and cold. Ma said: "Floating and empty Cun positions indicate insecure Wei Yang (Defensive Yang) protecting the exterior; empty and choppy Chi positions indicate weak True Yang in the Kidney. Compared to cough due to Yin deficiency, the difference is vast. I prescribed Yupingfeng San (Jade Windscreen Powder) with added Renshen (Ginseng Radix) to benefit True Qi and fill the Couli (pores). After a few doses, the cough gradually stopped, and he could tolerate wind slightly. He was also instructed to take Qiwei Wan (Seven-Ingredient Pill) early in the day to nourish Kidney Qi and govern hibernation/storage; and take Dazao Guipi Wan (Great Creation and Spleen-Tonifying Pill) to tonify Heart and Spleen and replenish blood and Qi. After regulating for two months, he stabilized.

He Jiwu suffered from alternating chills and fever, irritability, feet cold as ice, profuse sweating, and empty, minute pulses on both sides. Both Form-Qi and Disease-Qi were insufficient, attributed to deficiency and decline of the Spleen and Kidney meridians, with latent deficiency-cold. Although chills and fever appeared resembling exterior pathogens, the irritability, spontaneous sweating, and cold feet indicated the mechanism of vacuous Yang about to escape. Moreover, the empty and minute pulses were far from those of an exterior pathogen that could be dispersed. If exterior-dispersing methods were used, it would hasten the loss of Yang. The method should be major warming and tonification, harmonizing and nourishing the Central Region, generating and raising Yang Qi, to hope for recovery. Therefore, Fuzi Lizhong Tang (Aconite and Magnolia Root Decoction) was given in two large doses. Sweating stopped, feet warmed, chills and fever gradually ceased, and after several doses, he recovered completely.

Shi's servant suffered from aversion to cold and fever, occasional irritability, empty and large pulses on both sides, and felt Qi rushing out from nose and ears, seemingly without gates. This is Spleen and Lung deficiency with internal movement of Yin Fire. When humans receive Heaven's Qi, it first enters the Lung, then moves downward. Its branch Qi goes to the ears, and Zong Qi (Gathering Qi) emerges from the nose, also flowing from the chest into the Lung to move upward. Thus, the Lung occupies the crucial path of Qi, governing regulation. Lung deficiency causes abnormal entry and exit of Qi. The method should tonify Spleen and astringe Lung, so Qi regulates itself. Huangqi (Astragali Radix) and Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) each 5 qian, Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Preparata) and Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) each 1 qian. After two doses, the pulse slightly constricted, heat slightly reduced. After four doses, dryness ceased, and Qi flow from nose and ears normalized. Then, Qiwei Dihuang Wan (Seven-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) was used to nourish the Water Organ (Kidney), leading to recovery.

Wang Weichun, aged thirty, indulged with courtesans for over a month. Under internal deficiency, he could not bear summer heat. He slept exposed to dew at night. The next day, he suffered from alternating chills and fever, irritability, continuous spontaneous sweating, red face like makeup, and empty, minute pulses on both sides. This is extreme Yin deficiency with sudden collapse of Yang, not comparable to summerheat injury in summer where pulse is empty, body hot, and sweating occurs. If exterior-dispersing methods were used, floating Qi would not return. Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) 1 liang and Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root) 2 qian were used to restore Yang and return to the root. After taking it, sweating stopped, spirit cleared, and irritability ceased. The next day, the pulse turned surging and rapid, but weak upon heavy pressure. This pulse-symptom combination was no longer worrying. However, extreme Yin deficiency fears Yang having no companion, eventually dissipating. Treatment should not save Yang while harming Yin, but rather nourish Yin to retain Yang, achieving balance. Sheng Shouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Juhong (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Rubrum), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), and Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) were used. After four doses, chills and fever normalized, and he recovered.

Zhang Zihe said: I once passed through the Mingu Mansion and heard groaning sounds. The person was emaciated, flaccid, and powerless. I viewed him and saw it was Wuxu Syndrome (Five Deficiencies). I urgently gave Shengsanzi (Holy Dispersion Substances) two doses taken together. This condition cannot be filled with doses of three or two qian. Subsequently, Weifeng Tang (Stomach Wind Decoction) and Wuling San (Five-Ling Powder) were prepared in large doses and taken in one gulp. Profuse diarrhea stopped, gruel entered the stomach, and within a few days, the person rose. Thus, for those with Wuxu, without strong astringents, solidity cannot be achieved. Incompetent doctors treat symptoms with careless tonification or purgation, like saving a cartload of burning wood with a cup of water, achieving nothing, yet claiming "deficient cannot be tonified, excess cannot be purged." What nonsense! Forcing tonification on the non-deficient and forcing purgation on the non-excess is the fault of incompetent doctors failing to recognize deficiency and excess. How can it be said that the deficient cannot be tonified and the excess cannot be purged? (Wuxu refers to: fine pulse, cold skin, shortness of breath, diarrhea and urinary incontinence, inability to eat.)

Miu Zhongchun treated Lu Zuoxian's son, Lu Zheng, who suffered from cough, fullness, distension, phlegm, and wheezing, with obstruction of Water and Fire, and loss of sleep and appetite. Renshen (Ginseng Radix) as Sovereign, Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) as Minister, Chao Yan Su Zi (Fried and Ground Perilla Seed) as Assistant, Pipaye (Loquat Leaf) three large slices, and Fuling (Poria) as Envoy. After two doses, he slept, bowel and bladder movements resumed, and he ate gruel. (Guang Biji.)

Zhang Zhonghu from Hubei, staying in an inn, indulged in brothels and experienced many frustrations. By late winter, he developed severe chills, fever, and cough. Physicians in Wu treated it as exterior contraction, using exterior-releasing and harmonizing methods, trying everything. Mao Zijin invited Miu to examine him. Miu saw his spirit and color were depleted, pulse Qi was weak, rapid with intermittent intermissions, cough with blood, and unable to lie flat. Miu told Zijin: "This is Yin deficiency with internal injury. Yin essence is exhausted, hence the weak and rapid pulse; internal blood stasis causes intermittent pulse; Lung and Liver lobes are damaged, hence inability to lie flat. This is an incurable condition. Moreover, mistaking it for exterior contraction and taking many dispersing agents repeats the mistake of damaging the deficient." He died within a few days.

Tai Xue Xu Taomei had a weak physique and short spirit. He usually indulged in alcohol and sex and often had epistaxis. In spring of Xinwei year, he suddenly suffered from severe pain in the right breast area and shoulder/back, intolerable to touch, feeling hot like fire, unable to sleep day or night. Physicians treated it as internal injury, administering Tao Ren (Persicae Semen), Honghua (Carthami Flos), Rush xiang (Boswellia), Moyao (Myrrha), Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma), and Lingzhi (Lantern Fish Bone) for over twenty doses without effect. Palpation showed weak and rapid pulses in all six positions, especially Liver and Kidney. It was diagnosed as Yin deficiency with hyperactive fire. The method should nourish Yin and tonify blood, support Spleen and Stomach, so Yin and blood gradually generate, and deficient fire descends, then pain stops without seeking to stop it. If one insists on treating pain by harmonizing injury, it merely damages Stomach Qi and depletes True Yuan, which is inappropriate. Sheng Di (Rehmanniae Radix), Dan Pi (Moutan Cortex), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Gouqi (Lycii Fructus), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Sangzhi (Mori Ramulus), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), and Su Zi (Perillae Fructus) were used. He was advised that ten doses are needed for effect, as Yin cannot be rapidly tonified. After eight doses, pulse Qi gradually harmonized, spirit strengthened. Although pain was not fully removed, vitality emerged. Regrettably, he was too impatient, confused by others, and mixed previous medicines. After a month, Stomach Qi failed, vomiting occurred, Yin blood further depleted, tidal fever and abdominal distension appeared, and he died half a month later.

Gu Jizhao suffered from Yin deficiency with internal heat. Zhongchun said: "The method should use Sweet-Cold herbs, not Bitter-Cold. However, it requires over a hundred doses. Do not change my prescription. If adjustments are desired, let my disciples make slight additions or subtractions." Indeed, he recovered after a hundred doses. Tiantong (Asparagi Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Sangbai Pi (Moutan Cortex - *Note: Text says Sangpi, likely Sangbai Pi*), Beimu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus), Pipaye (Loquat Leaf), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Su Zi (Perillae Fructus), Cheqian (Plantaginis Semen) each 2 qian; Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Biejia (Trionycis Carapax et Plastrum) each 3 qian; Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus) 1 qian.

Yao Gongyuan's wife was ill. Zhongchun was invited to diagnose. Her stepmother also asked for a diagnosis. Zhongchun told Bodao: "The wife's illness is not worrying; the sister-in-law cannot be saved." Listeners were shocked. She said: "I just got married, have no major illness, why reach this point?" Zhongchun said: "Pulse is string-like and rapid; this is true weakness." Within half a year, night fever and cough worsened. In panic, they expanded the invitation to Zhongchun. He prescribed a formula, saying: "This is all my heart can do; the illness will not rise." Over a year later, various doctors tried hundreds of medicines, and she died prematurely. (Guang Biji.)

Qu Yuanli's wife was naturally clear and delicate, intolerant of labor. One day she told Zhongchun: "My sister-in-law is weak without having borne children; please brother diagnose the cause." The next day Zhongchun went and found her pulse fine and lacking spirit. Duke Zhao Wensu asked: "Brother came from Yuanli's house, what pulse did you find in your sister-in-law?" He said: "Although she is well now, she will not live long." Wensu stamped his foot and said: "Is this so! Why does Heaven afflict good people so severely?" This was in April of Bingxu year. In autumn, the wife died. (Ibid.)

Madam Zhu, over fifty years old, suffered from middle-fullness and abdominal distension, accompanied by metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. Clearing the upper makes lower deficiency worse; solidifying the lower makes upper distension worse. Zhongchun established two formulas: Using Su Zi (Perillae Fructus), Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Beimu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus), Yuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), and Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) to treat the upper; using Diyu (Sanguisorbae Radix), Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla), Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex), Qian Gen (Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma), and Chunpi (Toosendan Cortex) to treat the lower. Each made into pills, taken before and after meals respectively. She soon recovered. (Ibid.)

Lai Tianpei treated the wife of Zhou Dianxian, near seventy years old. She often suffered from chest stuffiness and back cold, or occasional rebellious Qi with vomiting, with a mass below the chest, no desire for food, recovering slightly after a few days. Using Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma), and Wuyu (Evodiae Fructus) had no effect. Palpation showed floating, fine, and soft pulses in all six positions. He said: "This is Liver and Kidney Qi deficiency with rebellious ascent. The method should nourish Liver and tonify Kidney, tonify blood and support Spleen, and guide fire back to its source." Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Gouqi (Lycii Fructus), Fuling (Poria), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Yurou (Corni Fructus), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), and Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex) were used. After two doses, all symptoms resolved. Later recurrences were cured by taking this.

A scholar reading books forgot to eat. A man in purple robes stood before him and said: "Sir, if you think of me for long, I will die." He asked who he was. He said: "I am the God of Grain Spirit." Thus, he ceased thinking, and eating returned to normal. (Yishuo Xubian.)

Wu Qiao treated Fang Sheng, aged twenty-five. Rising early internally, working on an empty stomach, he soon developed fever and headache. Physicians considered it internal heat and used cooling herbs. After three days, he sweated profusely, became confused, and nearly died. Qiao palpated the six pulses, none responding to the finger, some faint as spider threads. He told his father: "Your son is very critical. This is deficiency collapse. Urgently use heavy doses of warming and tonifying herbs, or even slight delay will be too late." The father agreed. One dose cured him, and recently he was very safe. (Taihan Ji.)

Fang Mianxiao Ding suffered from frailty in his youth. His face was red, food and muscle declined in sequence, but internal retention and seminal emission did not harm him. Sometimes the illness acted up, three or four times a day, urination was normal. But after one more bowel movement, from the neck upwards, including head, face, skin, and hair, suddenly seemed to collapse, causing dizziness and inability to support himself, looking like he wanted to die. Gradually advancing tonifying agents yielded no result over time. Qiao palpated his Heart and Kidney pulses: slightly rapid and powerless. He said: "The illness arises from internal retention during urination, suddenly suffering fright and terror. The method should treat separately." The patient bowed in agreement. Thus, morning doses tonified Kidney, evening doses tonified Heart. After ten days to a month, he recovered. (Ibid.)

Qiongyu Gao (Jade Dew Paste) treats deficiency consumption with dry cough. Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix) natural juice 4 jin, Baifuling (Poria) 12 liang, Bai Mi (White Honey) 2 jin, Renshen (Ginseng Radix) 6 liang. (Add Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) and Xuepo (Succinum) each 1.5 qian.) Boil Rehmannia juice with honey, filter through silk, grind Ginseng into fine powder, mix into the decoction. Use a porcelain bottle lined with dozens of layers of cotton, seal with bamboo leaves, place in a clay pot, submerge the neck in running water, and boil with mulberry wood fire for three days and nights. Take out, seal mouth with paper, seal with wax, hang in a well for one day, take out, and boil for half a day. Mix with soup and take.

Xu Lingtai said: "This is the first formula for blood disorders. Dry Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix) 4 liang soaked thoroughly can yield 1 liang of natural juice. If pressed, ten jin yields only 1 jin of juice, requiring thirty jin to prepare with other drugs. Thus, preparing this formula must communicate with time and place."

Jiling Gao (Gathering Spirit Paste): Xiyangshen (American Ginseng), scrape off skin, steam over rice, sun-dry nine times. Qizi (Lycii Fructus), Huainiu Xi (Wine-steamed Achyranthes Root), Tiandong (Asparagi Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Huaidi (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Xianlingpi (Epimedii Folium) in equal parts,熬 (decoct into paste). Take with plain water or warm wine. This formula first appeared in Guang Biji, without Xianlingpi, said to come from the Imperial Household. Also, in Zhi Fa Hui, there is no Niuxi. Post-formula note: add Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) for blood deficiency, add Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) for Spleen deficiency. It claims to treat all Qi and Blood deficiency, body heat, and cough, all obtaining efficacy. Whenever youths feel weak and fatigued, short of fluids, with deficient fire flaming upward, this is exactly suitable for taking, preventing labor disease. Li Xu Yuan Jian treats cough by removing Renshen and Niuxi, adding Qizi (Lycii Fructus), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), and Yuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix) to severely tonify Liver and Kidney Yin. Truly, nothing surpasses this.

Shihui San (Ten Ashes Powder) treats hematemesis, hemoptysis, and coughing blood. First use this medicine to stop bleeding. Daji (Cirsii Japonici Herba), Xiaoji (Cirsii Herba), Heye (Nelumbinis Folium), Cebaiye (Platycladi Cacumen), Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma), Qianggen (Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Chuan Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Danpi (Moutan Cortex), Zonglupi (Livistonae Petiolus) in equal parts. Burn to ash, preserve nature, grind into extremely fine powder. Wrap in paper, place on mud ground overnight to remove fire toxicity. Take 5 qian per dose, mix with Lotus Root Juice, Radish Juice, or Beijing Ink Juice half bowl. Zhou Yangjun said: "For treating hematemesis, Ge Shi is recommended first. And stopping bleeding with this formula first is obviously a drastic measure, without scruples. Careful study reveals the Master's profound intent and principle. Humans are born from Yang, rooted in Yin. If Yin Qi is deficient, Yang naturally prevails. Upper Qi becomes panting, coughing up frothy sputum, fever, and red face, all arising consequently. Thus, retaining one part of one's own blood reduces one part of ascending fire, making it easier to manage. Why do today's physicians constantly talk about guiding fire back to its meridian, and cannot generally use hemostatic flavors? Some even say vomiting is beautiful, and blocking is harmful, thus delaying time, Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity continue to simmer until incurable. Whose fault is it? Guiding meridians and delaying time, hoping to restore Primordial Spirit, how can shaped blood be generated immediately? And how can unpaired Yang be descended immediately? This is the main purpose of the Master's urgency in stopping bleeding."

Xiong An: All medicines burned to ash can stop bleeding, hence the name Ten Ashes Formula. But among astringent items, only Zonglupi (Livistonae Petiolus) is astringent; the rest are clearing heat, moving stagnation, and breaking stasis instruments. It is hard to guarantee stopping bleeding without the drawback of astringing and retaining stasis. I always use it without sequelae. How can it be regarded as a drastic measure?

Taiping Wan (Peaceful Pill) treats chronic cough, Lung萎 (Flaccidity), and Lung Abscess. Tiandong (Asparagi Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Beimu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus), Kuidonghua (Adenophorae Flos) each 2 liang. Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shu Shengdi (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) each 2.5 liang. Puhuang (Typhae Pollen), Jingmo (Beijing Ink), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) each 1 liang. The above fourteen ingredients, grind into fine powder and mix evenly. Refine 4 liang of White Honey in a silver or earthenware vessel, then add 2.5 liang of Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla). Wait until melted, add herb powders, stir evenly, add a little Mosiang (Musk), boil for three to five boils, form pills the size of beans. Chew one pill slowly after meals, dissolve slowly with Mint Soup. Before sleep, hold this pill supine, letting medicinal Qi enter Lung orifices, so Lung clears and cough stops. For any cough, taking this cures in seven days.