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Treats consumptive disease (Xu Lao) characterized by emaciation, loss of taste in food and drink, soreness and pain in all joints, mental dullness, and weakness in the four limbs. Regular consumption tonifies and strengthens the Yuan Qi (Original Qi), making the body robust and healthy.

Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper, 1 liang), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Baifuling (Poria with Hostwood), Baiziren (Biota Seed), Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root), Tusizi (Cuscuta Seed) [each 1 liang].

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey and pound/beat three to five hundred times. Form pills the size of Sophora seeds (Wutongzi). Take thirty pills each time on an empty stomach with warm wine; take again before the evening meal.

Treats loss of appetite due to consumptive disease.

Muxiang (Costus Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Baishaoyao (White Peony Root), Chenjuapi (Aged Tangerine Peel) [each 1 liang], Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Buguzhi (Psoralea Fruit), Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Rhizome), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Houpo (Magnolia Bark), Suosha (Amomum Fruit).

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. For each dose, take one liver from a pig, cut it into fine shreds, mix evenly with five qian of the herb powder. Place in a pan, add four zhan of Jiangshui (fermented rice liquid), and five cun of scallion white. Boil until cooked.

Treats palpitations and restlessness of the heart-mind due to consumptive disease.

Renshen (Ginseng Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Fushen (Poria with Pine Root), Bailonggu (Fossilized Bone), Muli (Oyster Shell), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) [each 1 liang], Baishaoyao (White Peony Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) [each 3 fen], Gancao (Licorice Root) [1 liang].

Grind the above herbs into a coarse powder. Take three qian per dose, add one zhan of water, decoct until reduced to six parts. Strain and remove the dregs. Take warm at any time.

Treats palpitations and unsettled spirit due to consumptive disease.

Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) [2 liang], Fushen (Poria with Pine Root), Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root) [each 1 liang].

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Use water-boiled wheat paste as a binder to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take ten pills each time with rice wash (Mi Yin), without restriction on timing.

Treats chronic cold of the large intestine and persistent diarrhea/dysentery due to consumptive disease.

Bibo (Long Pepper Fruit), Roudoukou (Nutmeg) [each 3 fen], Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Helile (Chebula Fruit) [each 1 liang], Dingxiang (Clove), Baifuling (Poria with Hostwood), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel).

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with Aiye Zhou Yin (Artemisia argyi porridge drink). Take on an empty stomach and before the evening meal.

For severe cases of diarrhea and dysentery due to consumptive disease, this formula is highly effective.

Baijian (Alumen), Yangqishi (Yangqi Stone), Taiyin Xuanjingshi (Taiyin Xuanjing Stone), Yuyuliang (Haematitum) [each 3 fen], Zhongru Fen (Stalactite Powder), Hanshuishi (Calcitum), Jinya Shi (Jinya Stone), Huangdan (Minium) [each 1 liang].

Crush and grind the aforementioned medicines into powder. Seal the inside of a bottle with salt mud. Fill with the herb powders, seal with honey, and cover with mud. Wait for it to dry, then gradually apply fire heat, increasing the amount of charcoal up to twenty jin. For severe cases, no more than three treatments are needed.