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Yubai Pi San (Elm Bark Powder)
Treats the knotting and pain caused by the five types of strangury (dysuria with pain).
Tongcao (Linderae Caulis, 12 fen) Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark) Jisu (Perilla frutescens) Fuling (Poria cocos, red ones, 6 fen each) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, one da he) Qumai (Dianthus superbus, 4 fen)
(Note: In this revised prescription, Danggui has no dosage. The Mutong San in Taiping Shenghui Fang treats the same condition and includes Danggui at 1 liang.)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm before meals.

Shihsan San (Talcum Powder)
Treats shi lin (lithiasis strangury) and xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Wangbuliuxing (Vaccariae Semen, 5 fen each) Shihsan (Talcum, 5 fen each) Gansui (Kansui Radix, 3 fen) Shiwei (Pyri Fructus, 4 fen) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 6 fen) Tongcao (Akebiae Caulis, 10 fen) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, swallow with tea soup on an empty stomach.

Danggui Tang (Angelica Decoction)
Treats lao lin (fatigue strangury), where urination is dribbling and pain is unbearable.
Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 1 liang each) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) Taojiao (Persicae Gum) Chifuling (Poria cocos, red, 3 fen each) Renshen (Ginseng Radix) Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas) Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm.

Chenpi Shihsan San (Tangerine Peel and Talcum Powder)
Treats qi lin (qi strangury) with abdominal and hypochondriac distension, qi stagnation below the umbilicus, and small intestine pain.
Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel) Shihsan (Talcum) Chuanniaoxiao (Sodium Nitrate, Sichuan) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 liang each) Chifuling (Poria cocos, red) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra) Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix) Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, half liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with rice drink before meals.

Qumai San (Dianthus Powder)
Treats re lin (heat strangury) with dysuria and pain, where heat is extreme and unresolved.
Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) Shihsan (Talcum) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark) Chuanniaoxiao (Sodium Nitrate, Sichuan) Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix, 1 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with one zhong zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take before meals.

Yubai Tang (Elm Bark Decoction)
Treats lao lin (fatigue strangury) and re lin (heat strangury).
Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Fuling (Poria cocos, red) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Yuliren (Prunus japonica seed) Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) Jisu ye (Perillae Folium, equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm.

Shiwei Yinzi (Pyri Drink)
Treats qi lin (qi strangury) with difficult and painful urination.
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, 1 liang each) Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel, yellow ones) Fuling (Poria cocos, red) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix, red ones) Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) Renshen (Ginseng Radix, 3 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add 1 fen of fresh ginger, decoct with one large zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen, take warm. Take once after morning meal and once before bed. Avoid cold food.

Shudihuang San (Prepared Rehmannia Powder)
Treats deficiency fatigue and internal injury causing hematuria, vaginal pain, and intermittent chills and fever.
Shugan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmanniae Radix) Baiye (Platycladi Cacumen) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) Huangqi (Astragali Radix) Cheqian ye (Plantaginis Folium, 1 liang each) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, half liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm. No specific timing required.

Chenxiang San (Agarwood Powder)
Secret recipe from Lin Huifu of Jian'an. During the Xining era, he was staying with his son at the Li family's home in Longmen. One day, Mr. Lin had bloody stool. The Li brothers prepared Bazheng San for him to take. After taking it, he felt uncomfortable, and pain in the lower abdomen and anterior yin intensified. I advised Mr. Lin to take Tusishan Yao Wan. His illness resolved, and his qi and blood slightly recovered. This is likely because one cannot exclusively use hot herbs; blood tends to expand when exposed to heat. Chenxiang San treats leng lin (cold strangury) with pain below the umbilicus and oppression in the lower abdomen.
Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Shihsan (Talcum) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Wangbuliuxing (Vaccariae Semen, half liang each) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds) Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 3 fen each) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mix with barley drink. Take before meals, two or three times a day.

Qumai San (Dianthus Powder)
Promotes diuresis, treats latent heat in the bladder causing red and difficult urination, dribbling, and pain.
Qumai (Dianthus superbus, 1 liang) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) Cheqian (Plantago) Sangpi (Mori Cortex) Shihsan (Talcum, half liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with plain boiled water. Suitable for those with excess qi and heat.

Gancao Shihsan San (Licorice and Talcum Powder)
Drains stagnant heat from the lower jiao, treats pain in the yin and difficult urination.
Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) Huangqi (Astragali Radix, half liang each) Shihsan (Talcum, 1 liang) Shanzhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, half liang) Ruxiang (Olibanum, 1 qian) Dijiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, half liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mix with frankincense wine before meals. Repeat if not cured.

Qibao San (Seven Treasures Powder)
Treats long-standing or new-onset strangury due to sand/stones and heat binding.
Nanfan Hupo (Amber) Moyao (Myrrha) Ruxiang (Olibanum) Puhuang (Typhae Pollen) Taojiao (Persicae Gum) Baibu (Stemonae Radix) Yuliren (Prunus japonica seed, soaked in water, skin removed, ground into oil-like paste, mixed with a little flour and dried)
Grind each ingredient separately into a powder as fine as flour. Mix thoroughly and grind over a thousand times until extremely fine and uniform. Take 1 qian per dose, mix with warm wine, taken on an empty stomach.
Initial Guide Formula:
Take one good walnut, burn until carbonized but preserved in nature, grind finely, mix with one silver zhan of warm wine, and take. After taking the guide formula, take Qibao San. Effective within three days; thereafter, take Qibao San daily.

Juyong San (Great Use Powder)
For strangury, take when ordinary urination is difficult.
Danggui (Angelica sinensis, 2 liang) Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) Qumai sui (Dianthus superbus flower spike) Guifu Shihsan (Talcum from Guilin) Haiha (Concha Meretricis, 1 liang each) Dengxin (Junci Medulla, 10 bundles) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, half liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water and the rush pith until reduced to 7 fen. Take cold after meals. For severe difficulty, add Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) 1 liang.

Chenpi Shiwei San (Tangerine Peel and Pyri Powder)
Treats heat in the lower jiao causing strangury obstruction, with oppression in the lower abdomen.
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus, 1 liang) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 3 fen) Qumai sui (Dianthus superbus flower spike) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, 1 liang each) Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel) Fuling (Poria cocos) Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex, 3 fen each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals. Two to three times a day, stop when urination is smooth.

Baimaogen Tang (Imperata Decoction)
Treats xue lin (hematuric strangury) with unbearable pain.
Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma) Shihsan (Talcum) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 liang each) Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) Luafa (Coagulated Human Hair, 3 fen each)
(Note: In this revision, these three ingredients have no dosage. Taiping Shenghui Fang records this formula as Baimaogen San, including Shaoyao, Mutong, and Cheqianzi, each at 3 liang.)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with one large zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals. Two to three times a day.

Mutong Ziqin Tang (Akebia and Scutellaria Decoction)
Treats hematuria with unbearable pain in the urinary tract.
Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma, 3 liang) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang) Shihsan (Talcum) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, 2 liang each) Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix) Luafa hui (Ash of Coagulated Human Hair, 1.5 liang each) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, half liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals.

Yupi Tonghua Xi Re Jian (Elm Bark, Akebia, and Talcum Heat-Draining Decoction)
Treats kidney heat causing涩热 (astringent heat) in the bladder sac, with yellow-red bitter urine and obstruction.
Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 sheng each) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen, 5 sheng) Chi mi (Red honey, 1 sheng) Shihsan (Talcum) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, 3 liang each)
Cut the above six ingredients. Boil in 3 dou of water to obtain 7 sheng. Remove dregs, add honey, and boil again to obtain 3 sheng. Divide into three doses. Women may also use this formula.

Maogen Yinzi (Imperata Drink)
Treats red, difficult, and painful urination.
Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma) Mutong (Akebiae Caulish) Shenggan Dihuang (Fresh-dried Rehmanniae Radix, 2 liang each) Chifuling (Poria cocos, red) Renshen (Ginseng Radix) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 liang each)
Finely chop and mix evenly. Take 0.5 liang per dose, decoct with one large zhan of water until reduced to 5 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals.

Shanzhizi Tang (Gardenia Decoction)
Treats the five types of strangury and xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix, red ones) Fuling (Poria cocos, red ones) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Shanzhizi (Gardeniae Fructus)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 8 fen, and take warm.

Ziqin Fulonggan San (Scutellaria and Dragon's House Earth Powder)
Resolves xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Xiong (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix) Fulonggan (Dragon's House Earth, 1 liang each) Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra)
(Note: In this revision, these two ingredients have no dosage. Taiping Shenghui Fang has a similar formula including Ziqin and Chishaoyao.)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Decoct 0.5 liang of medicine in 1 sheng of water until reduced to 7 fen, remove dregs, divide into three doses, and take warm.

Shihsan Tang (Talcum Decoction)
Treats urgent heat in the bladder with yellow urine.
Shihsan (Talcum, 8 liang) Ziqin (Scutellariae Radix, 3 liang) Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark, 4 liang) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) Dongkuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 sheng each)
Cut the above five ingredients. Boil in 7 sheng of water to obtain 3 sheng. Divide into three doses. No specific timing required.

Shiwei Qumai San (Pyri and Dianthus Powder)
Treats the five types of strangury.
Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) Shihsan (Talcum) Kuai caizi (Brassicae Chinensis Seeds, half liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen. Take before meals on an empty stomach.

Lawanzi (Beeswax Pills)
Effective treatment for strangury.
Huangla (Beeswax, 2 liang) Dengxin (Junci Medulla, 2 bundles) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, 1 fen each) Sha (Sandarac, half liang)
Place all ingredients along with the rush pith into a crucible with melted beeswax. Stir with iron chopsticks until smoke ceases. Let cool, remove, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 3 pills per dose, mix with warm wine.

Shiwei San (Pyri Powder)
Promotes diuresis.
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Qumai (Dianthus superbus, half liang each) Guifu Shihsan (Talcum from Guilin, 1 liang) Jian Gancao (Selected Licorice, half liang)
Grind the above five ingredients into powder. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with half sheng of water and one bundle of rush pith until reduced by half. Remove dregs and sip slowly for immediate effect. If urination becomes clear and rapid, several stones may be passed within a day and night.

Shiyanzi Jian (Stone Swallow Decoction)
Treats shashi lin (sand/stone strangury) with unbearable pain upon onset.
Shiyanzi (Fringillidae Os) (1 liang) Shihsan (Talcum) Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Qumai sui (Dianthus superbus flower spike, equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Make pills with wheat flour paste the size of paulownia seeds. Take 10 pills per dose with Qumai and rush pith tea before meals. Advance two to three times a day.
Subsequently, take the following decoction to deliver the pills:
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis, 4 qian each) Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel) Bai fuling (Poria cocos, 3 fen each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen, remove dregs, and add the aforementioned pills.

Changjiang San (Long-term Administration Powder)
Treats the five types of strangury with chronic difficulty in urination, pain in the yin, occurring ten or more times a day, caused by fatigue damage and deficiency heat.
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Shihsan (Talcum, 5 liang each) Qumai (Dianthus superbus) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 1 liang each) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen, 3 liang)
(Note: In this revision, Qumai and Kuizi have no dosage. Taiping Shenghui Fang records this as Shiwei San, adding Qumai and Kuizi, each 2 liang.)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with cooked water. No specific timing required.

Another Formula
Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Fuling (Poria cocos) Danggui (Angelica sinensis, 1 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals.

Baishaoyao Jian (White Peony Decoction)
Treats lao lin (fatigue strangury) with lower abdominal pain and difficulty in urination.
Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, white ones) Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum) Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, 1 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose with Ejiao decoction.

Shiwei San (Pyri Powder)
Treats xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) Danggui (Angelica sinensis, 2 liang each) Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, 1 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with warm wine. No specific timing required.

Fuling San (Poria Powder)
Treats xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) Fuling (Poria cocos, half liang each) Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 1 liang)
(Note: This revision lacks dosage per dose. The original text also mentions Qumai San with the same indication, taking 2 qian mixed with rice drink.)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with rice drink. No specific timing required.

Guobao Dan (Bladder-Fixing Pill)
Treats cold bladder with frequent urination.
Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus, 2.5 liang) Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, 1 liang) Bailonggu (Os Draconis, 3 fen) Chuan wutou (Aconiti Radix Preparata, 1 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Make pills with wine-boiled wheat flour paste the size of paulownia seeds. Take 40 pills on an empty stomach, delivered with Yi zhi salt decoction. Another formula adds Fupenzi (Rubiae Fructus) 2 liang.

Shihsan Shiwei San (Talcum and Pyri Powder)
Treats re lin (heat strangury) with difficult and painful urination.
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Yubai pi (Ulmus macrocarpa Hance bark, 1 liang each) Shihsan (Talcum, 2 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add scallion white and fresh ginger, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove dregs, and take warm before meals.

Pusa San (Bodhisattva Powder)
Treats xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Pusatui (Buddhist Monk's Shed Skin) Xijiao mo (Rhinocerotis Cornu Powder, half liang each) Dusao (Artemisia argyi, 20 spikes)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mix with rice drink. Take on an empty stomach.

Tongmi San (Unblocking Powder)
Treats qi lin (qi strangury).
Chenpi (Citrus reticulata peel) Xiangfuzi (Cyperi Rhizoma) Chifuling (Poria cocos, equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 6 fen, remove dregs, and take before meals.

Shengcha San (Raw Tea Powder)
Treats sudden inability to urinate.
Peng'e zhu (Curcumae Radix) Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus) Shengcha (Raw Tea, equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water, 2 qian of salt, and 2 cun of scallion white until reduced to 6 fen. Take with dregs on an empty stomach.

Mutong San (Akebia Powder)
Treats re lin (heat strangury) with small intestine dysfunction and urgent pain in the urethra.
Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Tian tingli (Descurainiae Semen) Chifuling (Poria cocos, 1 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose before meals, mixed with warm scallion white decoction.

Diseng San (Holy-Penetrating Powder)
Treats the five types of strangury.
Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang) Binglang (Arecae Semen, 1 piece)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen. Take warm on an empty stomach for immediate cure.

Cheqiancao Tang (Plantago Decoction)
Treats re lin (heat strangury) and inability to urinate.
Cheqian cao ye (Plantago Leaf)
Extract the juice and take half zhan. No specific timing required.

Fa Hui San (Hair Ash Powder)
Treats acute strangury and xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Burn hair to ash, grind into powder, mix with wine, and take 1 qian bi (small scoop) on an empty stomach before meals.

Xiangge San (Incense Grid Powder)
Treats the five types of strangury: lao lin (fatigue), xue lin (hematuric), qi lin (qi), re lin (heat), shi lin (lithiasis), and severe inability to urinate.
Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitras, 1 liang)
Grind the single ingredient raw into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose. For each type of strangury, use the following vehicles:
Lao lin (Fatigue Strangury): Caused by fatigue and deficiency, resulting in inability to urinate and lower abdominal urgency. Mix with Nong tang (strong decoction) of Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds) powder. After urination resumes, take Bu xu wan san (tonifying deficiency pills/powders). Observe dietary restrictions.
Xue lin (Hematuric Strangury): Inability to urinate, intermittent bleeding, pain, fullness, and urgency. Mix with cold water.
Re lin (Heat Strangury): Red urine, slow dribbling, lower abdominal urgency. Mix with cold water.
Qi lin (Qi Strangury): Lower abdominal fullness and urgency, residual dripping after urination. Mix with Mutong Tang (Akebia Decoction) cooled to warm temperature.
Shi lin (Lithiasis Strangury): Pain in the urethra, inability to urinate, radiating pain to lower abdomen, passing sand/stones causing fainting. Place the powder in a crucible, cover with paper, and stir-fry until the paper burns.
Acute cases of all stranguries: Mix with cold water. Take on an empty stomach first to disperse, then take the medicine followed by the vehicle. If ineffective, take this formula for immediate relief.
Ge Shi's Formula for Strangury with Bleeding: Take 10 Mahgen (Hemp Roots), decoct in 5 sheng of water to obtain 2 sheng. One dose stops bleeding; highly effective.

Strangury and obstruction should not always be treated as heat. There are cases of cold bladder causing obstruction, and cases of twisted bladder cords preventing urination. Careful differentiation is necessary.

Dengxin Tang (Rush Pith Decoction)
Treats re lin (heat strangury) with pain.
Dengxin (Junci Medulla) Ganshi (Dried Persimmon)
Equal parts, chopped, decoct in water, and take. No specific timing required.

Dingsan San (Fixed Magnet Powder)
Treats shashi lin (sand/stone strangury).
Zhenting ci (True Ding Magnetite) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with strong rush pith decoction. No specific timing required.

Huanzhong Tang (Middle-Soothing Decoction)
Treats rou lin (flesh strangury) and lao lin (fatigue strangury).
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Renshen (Ginseng Radix) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix) Xiong (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix, 2.5 liang each) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 1.5 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with two zhan of meat broth and ten slices of fresh ginger until reduced to 10 fen. Remove dregs and take before meals.

Zhike Tang (Aurantii Fructus Decoction)
Treats inability to urinate with lower abdominal distension.
Nongpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) Shihsan (Talcum, 1 liang each) Nifen (Calomelas, 3 fen)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with cold rice drink. Take before meals.

Dihuang Lurong Wan (Rehmannia and Deer Horn Pill)
Treats xu lin (deficiency strangury) (adding Taojiao (Persicae Gum) for decoction is also acceptable).
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Chifuling (Poria cocos, red) Taojiao (Persicae Gum, 1 liang each) Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, half liang) Xuyu (Coagulated Human Hair, 4 liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with white wheat flour paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose on an empty stomach before meals, delivered with warm wine or rush pith decoction.

Jianggong Wan (Crimson Palace Pill)
Treats heart meridian heat causing difficult and obstructed urination and various stranguries.
Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix, 4 liang) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 2 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose with warm water. No specific timing required.

Wulin Jianggong Tang (Five Stranguries Crimson Palace Decoction)
Treats qi stagnation in the triple burner causing radiating pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium, which has entered the lower jiao due to hot herbs, causing bladder heat, difficult and obstructed urination, and lower abdominal distension and pain.
Lufengfang (Apis Nidus) Xuyu (Coagulated Human Hair, 3 qian each) Baimaogen (Imperatae Rhizoma, 5 qian)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, add a small amount of Shexiang (Moschus). Take 1 qian per dose on an empty stomach before meals with warm wine. Stop if strangury resolves. For severe cases, no more than three to five doses yield immediate results.

Lurong Dihuang Jian (Deer Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)
Treats xue lin (hematuric strangury).
Lurong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum) Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Puhuang (Typhae Pollen, half liang each) Longgu (Os Draconis) Fa hui (Ash of Coagulated Human Hair, 1 fen each)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose with 1 zhan of water and a pinch of Qingyan (Natrii Chloridum). Take after meals.

Shiwei Tang (Pyri Decoction)
Treats postpartum acute strangury, xue lin (hematuric strangury), and shi lin (lithiasis strangury).
Shiwei (Pyri Fructus) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang each) Yupi (Ulmus bark, 5 liang) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, 30 pieces) Kuizi (Abutilon theophrasti seeds, 2 sheng) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens)
Cut the above nine ingredients. Boil in 8 sheng of water to obtain 2.5 sheng. Divide into three doses. Ji Yan Fang (Collected Effective Prescriptions) omits Gancao and Shengjiang; some versions omit both ginger and dates.

Tan Yin (Phlegm and Fluid Retention)

Yuanhua San (Kansui Powder)
Treats all wind-cold phlegm-fluid retention and pleural masses.
Yuanhua (Kansui Radix) Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) Ziwan (Stemonae Radix) Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) Wutou (Aconiti Radix) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata) Tianxiong (Aconiti Radix) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Raohua (Adenophorae Radix) Yelangdu (Wolfbane) Wujia pi (Acanthopanacis Cortex) Cao ... Gua lou gen (Trichosanthis Radix) Shinan ... Yao ... Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) ... Zhuyu (Corni Fructus) ... Ben ...
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mix with warm wine or rice drink/plain boiled water. Can also be made into pills: Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5-7 pills per dose with plain boiled water or warm rice drink.

Wu Yin Wan (Five Fluids Pill)
Treats stagnation of five fluids, retained phlegm, and fluid masses in the hypochondrium causing abdominal distension, emaciation, anorexia, indigestion, excessive salivation, dry retching, constipation or diarrhea, gurgling sounds in the abdomen, abdominal heat, dry mouth craving drinks, sudden dizziness upon standing, and chest/hypochondriac pain.
Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix) Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) Lilu (Veratrum nigrum) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Gansui (Kansui Radix) Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) Ziwan (Stemonae Radix) Wuzeigu (Sepiae Endoconcha) Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, 1 liang) Cao (Herba, 3 fen)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 1-2 pills per dose before sleep, delivered with cooked water.

Chifuling San (Red Poria Powder)
Treats wind-deficiency phlegm-fluid retention causing headache and nausea.
Chifuling (Poria cocos, red) Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) Ben (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix, 3 fen each) Manjingzi (Viticis Fructus) Xuanjinhua (Inulae Flos) Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) Xiong (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix) Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, decoct with 1 zhan of water and three slices of fresh ginger until reduced to 6 fen. Remove dregs and take warm. No specific timing required.

Kuanzhong Shenchen San (Broad-Middle Ginseng and Agarwood Powder)
Eliminates fluid retention, stops thirst, nourishes lungs.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 5 fen) Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) Lujiao jiao (Colla Cornus Cervi) Fuling (Poria cocos, 3 fen each) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) Kuidonghua (Farfarae Flos) Xiong (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix) Ziwan (Stemonae Radix) Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis) ... Shan ...
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose before meals with fresh ginger decoction. One variant reduces the number of Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) by one unit.

Yannian Baizhu Wan (Longevity Atractylodes Pill)
Eliminates wind-phlegm, resolves accumulations, warms stomach cold, prevents autumn exacerbations causing vomiting, post-meal vomiting of clear fluid, reduced appetite, and emaciation.
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 5 fen) Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, 3 fen) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis, 6 fen each) Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Nongpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus) ... Fang ... Feng ...
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 10 pills per dose with rice drink, twice daily. Increase to 20 pills if needed. Avoid peaches, plums, sparrow meat, raw green onions, kelp, and cabbage, and raw ...

Xiao Wu Yin Wan (Small Five Fluids Pill)
Treats the five types of phlegm-fluid retention.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) Gansui (Kansui Radix) Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) Qianniu (Pharbitidis Semen, white ones) Yuanhua (Kansui Radix) Ziwan (Stemonae Radix) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata) Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma, 1 liang each) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 1 fen each)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 5-7 pills per dose, chew slightly, and deliver with tangerine peel decoction.

Xixin Jupi Tang (Asari and Tangerine Peel Decoction)
Treats phlegm-cold fluid in the chest, diaphragm, heart, and abdomen, causing gurgling, discomfort, excessive salivation, spontaneous flow of clear fluid from the mouth, tight and swollen hypochondrium, pain, and lack of desire to drink.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 5 liang) Fuling (Poria cocos, 4 liang) Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, white ones, 3 liang) Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) Xuanjinhua (Inulae Flos) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Renshen (Ginseng Radix) ... Gui ...
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with 1.5 zhan of water and five slices of fresh ginger until reduced to 1 zhan. Remove dregs and take warm before meals.

Shiwei Tang (Ten-Ingredient Large Pinellia Decoction)