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[Jiusi Wan (Nine-Similarity Pill)] Treats various diseases arising from thirst lingering after heatstroke, manifesting as: alternating chills and fever resembling malaria; headache with high fever resembling shaoyang disease (Taiyang disease); regurgitation and vomiting of food resembling geqi syndrome (dysphagia); incessant drinking resembling xiaoke syndrome (wasting-thirst syndrome); and difficulty in urination.

Ingredients: Boshang Liuhuang (Sulfur imported from overseas), Xuanjingshi (Xuanjing Stone), Huashi (Talcum), Hanshuishi (Cold Water Stone) (soaked in river water overnight), Gancao (Licorice Root), Baijian (Alum), Pening (Potassium Nitrate) (each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with water to form pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill each time, chew thoroughly with a small amount of sesame seeds and fresh ginger, and swallow with saliva. It can be taken after meals, before bedtime, or at any other time.

[Xiongxin San (Ligusticum and Asarum Powder)] Treats epidemic febrile diseases (plague) and miasma/foul air in mountainous regions.

Ingredients: Zisuye (Perilla Leaf) (4 liang), Chenju pi (Aged Tangerine Peel, 2 liang, retaining the white pith), Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma) (4 liang, stir-fried over slow fire until fragrant, remove hairs, and weigh), Gancao (Licorice Root) (1 liang, honey-fried).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush the above ingredients. Take 3 qian each time, add 1 zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 0.7 zhan, strain, and take hot. No specific timing is required.

[Treatment for Postpartum Lochia Stagnation] Treats sudden cessation of lochia postpartum. The patient is lucid during the day but delirious at night, experiencing alternating chills and fever, with hallucinations of seeing ghosts. This is "heat entering the blood chamber" (re). If not treated promptly, various complications may arise.

Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) (8 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Gancao (Licorice Root), Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) (each 3 liang), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) (2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Coarsely crush the above ingredients. Take 5 qian each time, add 2 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube, decoct until reduced to 1 zhan, strain, and take warm.

[Treatment for Dizziness and Nasal Congestion] Treats dizziness and heaviness of the head and eyes, nasal congestion, and clear rhinorrhea.

Ingredients: Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Gancao (Licorice Root), Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Xuanjinhua (Inulae Flos) (each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with tea liquor, taken after meals.

[Treatment for Wind-Toxicity Attacking Head and Eyes] Treats wind-toxicity attacking the head and eyes, causing widespread pain.

Ingredients: Yanxiao (Saltpeter/Qingming), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), Yujin (Curcumae Radix), Boheye (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 2 fen), Pengsha (Borax) (1 zi).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder and insufflate into the nose.

[Treatment for Wind Invading Yang Meridians] Treats headache, vertigo, stiffness of the neck and back, limb pain, fatigue, nasal congestion, heavy voice, fever, aversion to cold, slurred speech, numbness, and tendon spasms caused by wind invading the yang meridians.

Ingredients: Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (4 fen), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) (8 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root) (3 qian), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) (1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 1 qian each time, mixed with tea liquor, taken at any time.