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(Select those with both head and tail intact) Tao Ren (Persicae Semen, raw), Baifu Zi (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata), Awei (Asafoetida), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Anshixiang (Styrax, ground together with walnut kernel, each one tael), Moyao (Myrrha, three fen, the aforementioned eight substances are boiled in five sheng of child's urine and two sheng of unadulterated wine in a silver vessel until thick), Ruxiang (Olibanum, three fen), Danggui Beiloulou (Angelicae Sinensis Radix and Rhapontici Radix), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Weilingxian (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma or Saposhnikoviae Radix - *Note: Context implies Saposhnikoviae for wind-damp, but Salvia is also common; keeping generic term*), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, each one tael).

Grind the above into pills, size like a bullet pill. Dissolve one pill in warm wine on an empty stomach. Dr. Hu Chuwang suffered from Fengzhu (wind-tethering disease), where pain in the finger joints of hands and feet was unbearable, like the pain of peaches or plums. After taking this medicine, he recovered completely.

Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix Preparata, one tael, processed and peeled), Jingjiesui (Schizonepetae Spica, one tael).

Grind the above into pills using vinegar paste, size like Sophora seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, swallowed with wine or cooked water. When ill, take on an empty stomach, three to four times a day; when not ill, take once in the morning. Guo Jiancheng, Vice Minister of the Imperial Household, suffered from wind disease since youth, experiencing spasms and convulsions. His jaw was loose and could not close, requiring him to support his chin with his hand to eat. After taking this medicine six or seven times, he recovered, and thus took it long-term. It has been over fifty years, and now in his seventies, he is robust, with no white hair or beard. This medicine is particularly excellent for treating Changfeng Xiaxue (intestinal wind with lower bleeding). Many people have achieved efficacy, which I have witnessed personally. Among those suffering from lower bleeding who took this medicine and recovered, there were several within a year.

Treats maladjustment of wind-qi, bone pain, or the appearance of red spots and hidden rashes. If left untreated for a long time, it will worsen into Cold Bi (cold obstruction syndrome). With lax and weak sinews and bones, use Chenxiang Tianma Jian Wan (Agarwood and Gastrodia Decoction Pills). (From *Boji Fang*)

Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Chixiaodou (Phaseoli Radiatus Semen, each one tael), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma, half tael), Ganxie (Dryus Scorpio, stir-fried), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, each one tael).

First, decoct two taels of Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) in one sheng of wine to make a paste. Do not use iron vessels. Add the medicinal powders and pound them a thousand times. Form into pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take on an empty stomach, twenty pills down with Jingjie Tang (Schizonepeta Decoction) or Jingjie Jiu (Schizonepeta Wine). After five days, increase to thirty pills. In autumn and summer, Jingjie Tang is suitable; in spring and winter, Jingjie Jiu is suitable. At the end of spring and beginning of summer, if prone to sores with red roots and white heads, taking this will cure them.