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Powder of Costus Root (Muxiang), Realgar (Liuhuang) (each 0.5 liang), Lead Monoxide (Miduoseng) (1 liang), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) (0.5 liang, processed, peeled, powdered, and boiled in vinegar to form a paste).
Grind the above into fine powder. Mix the powders of the first three ingredients evenly. Use the Aconite paste as a binder to make pills the size of mung beans. Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with tea.

If the pain is like needle pricks and heart pain is severe, this is due to pathogenic factors affecting the Spleen, as its meridian ascends through the diaphragm to connect with the Heart; pathogenic factors follow the meridian to directly attack the Heart. Palpation reveals a very slow and weak pulse, which is termed Spleen [disease].
Aconite Root (Wutou) (4 liang), Yizhi Ren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit) (3 liang), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (3 liang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qingpi) (1 liang).
Grind the above into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add one cup of water and a pinch of salt, decoct until reduced to 70%, remove dregs, and take warm.

Treats heart and abdominal pain caused by cold damaging the Spleen and Stomach; also treats cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, and blood qi stabbing pain in women.
Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), soaked in rice washing water overnight, dried, stir-fried with flour until slightly yellow, then removed; Galangal (Liangjiang); Cinnamon Twig (Gui); Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium); Fennel (Huixiang); Licorice Root (Gancao).
Grind the above into equal parts powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add one cup of water and three slices of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 60%, remove dregs, and take slightly warm. It can be taken on an empty stomach before meals, or alternatively mixed with boiling water and salt.

Calms the Heart, clears the chest and diaphragm, eliminates eight types of pathogenic factors, and treats diseases in women caused by blood qi attacking, alternating chills and fever, fright, and anxiety.
Cinnabar (Zhusha) (0.5 fen), Asafoetida (awei), Costus Root (Muxiang) (each 2 fen), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) (1.5 fen), Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) (or use Xiong Jiang), Benzoin (Anshixiang) (each 1 fen), Peach Kernel (Taoren).
Mix with honey to make pills the size of loranthus seeds. Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with peach kernel soup. Especially suitable for cases where there are masses in the abdomen the size of a fist. (The corrected text notes "or use Xiong Jiang" for ginger, suspecting an error here.)

Treats various diseases caused by Heart deficiency.
Dried Yam (Ganshanyao), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Poria (Fuling), Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome (Changpu) (each 4 liang), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang), Astragalus Root (Huangqi), Hematite (Zhiyingshi) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of marbles. Coat with 1 liang of Cinnabar. One pill should be dissolved in plain white water and taken before going to bed.

Treats conditions resulting from financial loss due to fright or anger and melancholy, where being driven by fright and anxiety causes mental confusion and aberrant behavior, leading to instability.
Dragon Bone (Longgu), Polygala Root (Yuanzhi), Poria with Hostwood (Fushen), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Oyster Shell (Muli) (each 2 liang), Licorice Root (Gancao) (7 liang), Jujube (Dazao) (7 pieces).
Grind the above into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add one cup of water and one jujube, decoct together until reduced to 60%, remove dregs, and take warm.
Another prescription:
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shudihuang), Poria (Fuling) (each 4 fen), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Cinnamon Twig (Gui) (each 3 fen), Licorice Root (Gancao) (2 fen), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maimendong) (5 fen), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia).
Grind the above into coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add one cup of water and one slice of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 60%, and take warm at any time.