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Treats sudden and continuous diarrhea caused by latent summerheat combined with cold injury.
Coarsely chop the powder of Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma (Liangjiang), decoct with water, take 3 qian when cooled and chilled.

Treats Shānghán (Cold Damage) Yin excess repelling Yang syndrome, manifesting as cold body, irritability, and a fine, deep, and tight pulse.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (one and a half liang, calcined to retain its properties, taken out and dried in cold ash to neutralize toxicity).
Grind the above into fine powder, add one da qian of genuine La tea, mix well, and divide into two doses. For each dose, use one zhan of water and half a spoonful of honey, decoct together until reduced to six parts, chill it, and drink it cold. After a short while, if irritability ceases, sleep is achieved, and sweating occurs, it is considered effective.

Treats sores arising in the lower part due to Shānghán (Cold Damage).
Wumei Rou (Semen Pruni Mume) (three liang, stir-fried until dry).
Grind the above into fine powder, blend with refined honey, and form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take ten pills with decoction of Punica Granatum Pericarpium (Shiliuppi).

Or for erosion and ulceration of the external anus accompanied by unceasing pain and itching.
Xionghuang (Realgar) (half a liang).
First, take a small-mouthed bottle, fill it with ash, and fumigate according to the method used for incense.

Stir-fry salt until hot, wrap in cotton, and apply as a warm compress.

Clinging to clothes and picking at the bed (use Dachengqi Tang).
A person suffered from headache, trembling, vomiting, and reduced food intake due to wind-phlegm. The physician attributed it to cold injury and treated with warming medicines without success. Then, pill medicines were used to purge, leading to Jue (reversal cold). Subsequently, Jinye Dan, Yangqi Dan, and Jinbo Wan (formulas see previous sections) were administered.

To intercept Shānghán (Cold Damage).
Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Bencao (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix) (each one liang).
Make into coarse powder. Each time, take three qian, decoct with one zhan of water and three cun of Congbai (Scallion Stalk) until reduced to eight parts, remove dregs, and take warm. Drink hot at any time.

Treats Fengwen (Wind-Warmth) epidemic qi, manifesting as dizziness, high fever, and painful joints.
Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each one liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (each two fen).
Grind into fine powder. Each time, take two qian, decoct with one zhan of water and three slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) until reduced to six parts, remove dregs, and take warm after meals.

Treats Shānghán (Cold Damage), food-borne epidemic, Qiwen (Warmth-Qi) yellow disease, Laonü (Labor Malaria), Lanzhang (Mountain Miasma).
Shanyinchen (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Chuandahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (each five liang), Changshan (Dichroae Radix), Shanzhizi (Gardeniae Fructus), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas) (each three liang), Dixin (Sojae Preparata) (five liang), Badou (Crotonis Fructus) (one liang).
(Revised: In Sanshan Wan, Shanyinchen has no specified dosage. This formula is also recorded in Qianjin Fang under the name Shanyinchen Wan. Combine Shanyinchen.)
Grind into powder, blend with refined honey, and form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take ten pills each time with Congtang (Scallion Decoction). Adjust dosage according to age and condition for old and young. After taking the medicine, whether through vomiting, purging, sweating, or diarrhea, the epidemic qi should be resolved.
If not (the correct pattern), do not (treat indiscriminately).