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[Fire Wheel Powder]

Zhengyang Guqi (Upright Yang to Consolidate Qi) provides severe tonification to the lower jing meridians. It treats slipping diarrhea caused by cold in the zang organs, with symptoms resembling a pouring discharge, dysentery with red and white pus and blood, occurring day and night without limit, pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, vomiting and regurgitation, borborygmus, deficiency-type slipping, and frequent nocturia.
Complete prescription: Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, 2 pieces), Roudoukou Ren (Myristicae Semen, 1 liang), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 2 fen).
The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Each dose is 1 qian, taken before meals, mixed with rice water.

[Two Qi Pill]

Treats deficiency-cold syndrome.
Zhongru Fen (Gypsum Fibrosum Pulveratum, 0.5 fen), Liuhuang Mo (Sulfur Pulveratum, 3 fen), Gan Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma Dryum, 1 fen).
The above ingredients are ground into fine powder, mixed with date flesh to form pills the size of a Chinese quince seed. Each dose is 7-8 to 10 pills, taken on an empty stomach with rice water or wine.

Treats cold syndrome.
Shi Yanzhou (Lithostrotion), Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum), Daizheshi (Haematitum), Zhusha (Cinnabaris), Liuhuang (Sulfur), Zhongru Fen (Gypsum Fibrosum Pulveratum), Yangqishi (Actinolitum) (each 1 liang, calcined for one fu period).
Each of the above ingredients (1 liang) is ground into powder, placed in a clay pot, sealed with clam powder paste, and further secured with salt mud. After drying, it is fired with 10 jin of charcoal until the charcoal is completely consumed.
Liangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma), Bibo (Piperis Kadsurae Fructus), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Caodoukou (Cardamomi Fructus Rotundus), Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen) (each 1 liang), ground into fine powder.
Take Dafu Zi (Aconiti Radix Praeparata, 2 liang), processed, peeled, and navel removed, decocted in 1.5 sheng of good wine until a paste forms. Mix this paste with the aforementioned powders to form pills the size of a corn kernel. Each dose is 2-3 pills, taken on an empty stomach with rice soup. Suitable for women.

Treats chronic slipping diarrhea that has not healed for a long time.
Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum, 5 fen), Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi et Scapulae, 6 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang).
The above ingredients are ground into coarse powder. Each dose is 3 qian, decocted in 1 zhan of water until reduced to 0.7 zhan. Strain and take warm.

Treats large intestine deficiency-cold causing slipping diarrhea resembling dysentery.
Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, 2 pieces, processed to remove high toxicity), Suosharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, 3-7 grains).
The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Each dose is 2 qian, mixed with millet drink. Taking with jujube soup is also acceptable.

Treats weak yang and prevailing yin, invasion of wind-cold, sudden decline of true qi, aversion to cold, knotted pulse, unclear consciousness, phlegm-fullness in the chest and heart, vomiting of clear saliva, dizziness of head and eyes, unaware fatigue leading to lying down, spontaneous sweating.
Chuan Wutou (Aconiti Radix, 4 liang), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 4 liang). Crush and stir-fry together until the color changes.
The above ingredients are ground into coarse powder. Each dose is 3 qian, decocted in 3 zhan of water until reduced to 1 zhan. Strain and take warm before meals. If cold is severe, add Liangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma, 2 liang); if sweating is excessive, add Muli (Concha Ostreae, 1 liang); if phlegm is abundant, add Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, 2 liang).

Treats deficiency-cold syndrome.
Liuhuang (Sulfur), Shuiyin (Hydrargyrum).
Equal parts of the above ingredients are slowly heated to form granules (cinnabar-like structure), mixed with flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 5-7 pills with Dingxiang Tang (Syzygii Aromatici Flos Decoctum).