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**For Qi-rebellious cough, shortness of breath, chest and heart oppression, and loss of appetite:**
Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Kua Donghua (Flower of Daphne Odora) (each 0.5 liang); Xixin (Asarum), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Gancao (Licorice Root), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (each 0.3 fen); Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix) (1 liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water and 2 jujubes until reduced to 6 fen. Strain and take warm at any time.

**For Lung deficiency-heat causing cough, dry and painful throat, and expectoration of pus and blood:**
Shengdihuang Zhi (Fresh Rehmanniae Radix Juice) (8 he); Heixi (Dark Brown Sugar Syrup), Baimi (White Honey), Baitang (White Sugar) (each 3 he); Shengjiang Zhi (Fresh Ginger Juice) (1 he); Su (Butter/Ghee), Chuanma Huang (Ephedrae Herba, Chuan Mahuang), Lu Jiao Jiao (Cornu Cervi Colla Gelatinum), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum). *Note: Dosages for the last four herbs are missing in the source text.*
Place all ingredients in a silver pot and slowly simmer while stirring continuously without stopping. When the consistency is appropriate, store in a non-porous vessel. Take one tea spoonful at any time and swallow with saliva.

**For extreme pulmonary consumption (Lao Ji):**
Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange), Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Bai Fuling (Poria), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus) (each 0.5 liang); Gancao (Licorice Root) (1 liang).
Pulverize the above nine ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water, add one silver ear ring and 3-5 drops of honey. Simmer until reduced to 8 fen. Take orally after meals. This is a formula to tonify extreme deficiency-consumption of the five zang organs.

**For cold cough, qi-cough, fluid-induced cough, dry cough, pathogenic cough, with symptoms of chest and hypochondriac distension/fullness, excessive salivation, rebellious qi, foul smell in the throat, inability to lie down due to cough, facial and ocular edema, asthma, and alternating chills and fever:**
Wugong (Centipede) (2 pieces); Yuanhua (Genkwa Flos) (0.5 fen); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizome), Zhizhuhua (Rhododendri Mollis Flos), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (each 1 liang); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Xixin (Asarum) (each 0.5 liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 2-3 pills per dose after meals and before bedtime, washed down with warm rice soup.

**For Lung and Stomach deficiency-cold, chronic cold that does not resolve, seasonal recurrence, cough triggered by movement, epigastric qi stagnation, obstructed airway, difficulty with food intake, emaciation and lack of luster in muscles, fatigue, and aversion to wind:**
Nongpu (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (each 1 jin); Dazao (Jujube) (100 pieces); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) (0.5 jin); Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (2 liang).
Decoct the above five ingredients in 2 dou of water until the water is exhausted. When the jujubes become soft first, remove their skins and pits. Continue boiling the remaining herbs until the water is completely dry. Remove and dry-roast. Then add:
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Bai Fuling (Poria) (each 2 liang).
Pulverize the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with jujube pulp and pound until cooked/soft. Form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 3-5 pills per dose, washed down with rice drink.