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Ming Xionghuang (Realgar) is ground into a fine powder, purified by water flotation, and allowed to dry. Each dose consists of five li, which is mixed with the warm liver extracted from a freshly slaughtered live chicken by pounding them together. The mixture is taken with warm wine.

Another prescription: One chicken liver, avoiding contact with raw water, is combined with one qian of Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed) powder. They are pounded together, steamed over rice until cooked, and taken down with a decoction prepared from Xiakucao (Prunella Vulgaris). Combine the two aforementioned methods, tie them tightly with thread, cook thoroughly in a clay pot using rice-washing water, and consume the entire portion in one sitting before going to bed.

Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), four liang, is soaked overnight in rice-fermentation water, sliced, stir-fried, and ground into a fine powder. Each day, consume three qian of this powder by dipping it into cooked sheep liver, taken down with wine, for a cure.

Twelve small red dates (washed clean with cold water and pitted), two qian of Gangaogouqi (Lycium Fruit), and four qian of Maliaodou (Soybean) are boiled in two bowls of water until reduced to one bowl. Take this orally every morning on an empty stomach.

Black beans are fermented inside a yellow ox gallbladder. After waiting for one hundred days, take them out and swallow one pill every night. This yields miraculous effects.

Ganjuhua (Chrysanthemum Flower) and Gangaogouqi (Lycium Fruit) are mixed in equal parts, ground into powder, and formed into pills using refined honey. Consume regularly.

Guishen (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus), Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Danpi (Moutan Cortex), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), and Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) are each used in amounts of eight fen; Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), and Baijili (Tribuli Fructus) are each used in amounts of one qian; Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) and Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica) are each used in amounts of six fen; Dengxincai (Junci Medulla) thirty stalks are added. Decoct in water and take well after meals.

Additionally, a vision-improving formula: One jin of Shanjili (Tribulus Terrestris), thorns removed by pounding, is slow-fired with two liang of green salt. Take five qian per dose, boiled in water as a decoction.

One jin of Baijuhua (White Chrysanthemum Flower) and six liang of Kaikou Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper) are ground into powder together. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds using Di Huang Zhi (Rehmanniae Juice). Take fifty pills before bedtime, washed down with clear tea.

Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), and Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) are each used in amounts of one qian; Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), and Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) are each used in amounts of eight fen; Sheng Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) is used in an amount of two qian. Decoct in water and take.

One sheng of Maliaodou (Soybean) and four liang of Gouqizi (Lycii Fructus) are boiled until cooked. Take three qian per dose, washed down with the decoction liquid.

Nvzhenzi (Ligustrum Lucidum Fruit), i.e., the fruit of the Ligustrum lucidum tree, is dried in the shade. The dosage corresponds to the patient's age in years (take as many grains as the number of years old). Symptoms of wind-induced ulceration will be eliminated; this is extremely effective.

Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica), and fried Ci Jili (Tribuli Fructus) are each used in amounts of one liang. Grind into a fine powder. Take two qian every morning, washed down with plain boiled water.

Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica), and Baijuhua (White Chrysanthemum Flower) are each used in amounts of one qian; Baijili (Tribuli Fructus) and fried Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) are each used in amounts of two qian; Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) is used in an amount of three qian; Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) is used in an amount of five fen. Decoct in water and take after meals.