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To treat epidemic diseases, acute jaundice (Ji Huang), miasma and epidemic qi, as well as malaria:
Yin Chen (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus), Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (each 2 liang), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus) (1 liang), Heng Shan (Dichroae Radix), Bie Jia (Testudinis et Carrionis Carapax et Plastrum) (each 2 liang), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (5 liang), Chi (Sojae Preparata).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined malt sugar (Yi Tang), and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take three pills per dose, washed down with rice water; vomiting or diarrhea is considered effective. If ineffective, increase by one pill. Whenever one feels an abnormality in body sensation at the onset of illness, take immediately.

To treat generalized yellow swelling due to food qi that has persisted for years without cure, as well as all kinds of accumulations and masses:
Zhu Sha (Cinnabaris), Sha (Mineral salt, likely Nao Sha), She Xiang (Moschus) (each 1 fen), Xiong Huang (Realgar), Huang Dan (Lithargyrum) (each half liang), Ni Fen (Calomelas) (size of three beans), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus) (30 pieces, peeled and oil removed).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, add Ba Dou paste, mix with flour dust and drop water to form pills the size of mung beans. Take five to seven pills per dose, boil in half a cup of water for one boiling point, remove from heat, and wash down with warm wine before bedtime, until... [text cuts off]

To treat acute jaundice where the body appears golden:
Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Shu Mi (Panicomi Semen), Xun Lu Xiang (Olibanum) (each 1 fen), Gua Di (Cucumeritis Fructus) (half fen), Qing Bu (Blue cloth, burned to ash) (5 cun), She Xiang (Moschus) (1 fen).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder and mix evenly with the ground medicine. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with rice water, at any time. If a small amount is blown into the nose and yellow fluid flows out, it is effective.

To treat warm jaundice (Wen Huang) and epidemic seasonal qi, for prevention:
Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba) (3 liang), Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (2 liang), Gan Ge (Puerariae Radix) (half liang).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Take 1 qian on an empty stomach with cold water. If sweating is desired, take with hot Scallion and Soybean Decoction (Cong Chi Zhou).

To treat yin jaundice accompanied by vomiting:
Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Gua Di (Cucumeritis Fructus) (each 14 grains), She Xiang (Moschus) (1 qian), Qing Bu Hui (Ash of blue cloth) (2 qian).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with warm water, four to five times daily. If a small amount is blown into the nose and yellow fluid flows out, it is effective.

To treat cases where the disease persists, suddenly causing the whole body and face to turn yellow like an orange peel. This is caused by blood stasis inside, or by bathing with cold water during high fever, leading to damp-heat clashing and steaming the muscles, referred to as... [text cuts off, typically referring to Jaundice]:
Zhu Ling (Polyporus), Fu Ling (Poria), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (half liang).
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Take one part Yin Chen Hao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), decoct in one cup of water until reduced to seven-tenths, strain, and mix with two qian bi (a traditional measure for powder) of the herb powder. Take at any time.