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Treating incessant epistaxis (nosebleed) caused by febrile diseases.
Fritillariae Bulbus (Beimu), Urtica dioica var. holosericea (Ciji), and Puerariae Radix (Puhuang)* [Note: Puhuang is typically Lygodii Spora, corrected below] -> Lygodii Spora (Puhuang). Each in an amount of one liang.
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take one qian each time, mixed with newly drawn cool water for oral administration. No specific timing required.

*Correction on Puhuang: Puhuang refers to Lygodii Spora (Spore of Lygodium japonicum).

Treating pathogenic summerheat.
Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang), Aged Tangerine Peel (Chenpi), and Licorice Root (Ganzhi). Each in an amount of half a liang.
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take two qian each time, decocted in one sheng of water until reduced to six-tenths. Strain and take warm. No specific timing required.

Treating spleen and stomach deficiency with weak yang qi, manifesting as cold extremities, irritability, vomiting, dryness in the throat, spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold, as well as lung flaccidity (Fei Wei) manifesting as expectoration of saliva and froth, upper deficiency failing to control the lower leading to urinary abnormalities.
Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang): one qian; Licorice Root (Ganzhi): two qian.
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take three qian each time, decocted in one sheng of water until reduced to six-tenths. Strain and take warm. No specific timing required.

Treating cough and asthma due to cold invasion, causing cold pain in the heart and abdomen, phlegm-fluid retention with fullness, inability to eat, abdominal tension and urgency, pulling pain in the hypochondrium and ribs. Also suitable for cases where excessive purgation or excessive sweating has led to deficiency of yang qi and excess of yin.
Dried Ginger Rhizome (Ganjiang): one liang; Aconite Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi)* [Note: Text says "Sheng" (raw), so Raw Aconite Root]: one piece (raw).
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. Take three qian each time, decocted in one sheng of water until reduced to seven-tenths. Strain and take warm before meals.

*Note: The text specifies "Sheng" (raw) Fuzi, which is toxic. In modern practice, processed Fuzi is used. For translation accuracy, I will translate as Raw Aconite Root but note the standard term is usually Prepared Aconite Root. However, strictly following text: Raw Aconite Root (Fuzi).

Treating stagnation qi (Pi Qi) due to cold damage, characterized by chest fullness and severe distress.
Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Aurantium Fructus Immaturus (Zhike). Each in an amount of one liang.
Cut the above ingredients into pieces the size of beans. Decoct in one and a half shengs of water until reduced by half. Strain and divide into two doses.

Treating miasma and intercepting cold damage.
Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu): eight liang; Licorice Root (Ganzhi): two liang.
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take three large qian each time, decocted with fresh ginger and scallion white in one and a half shengs of water until reduced to one sheng. Strain and take hot. No specific timing required.

Treating severe heatstroke leading to syncope and cessation of breath, which is fatal if not treated promptly.
Hot soil from roadsides, Garlic.
Take equal parts of both, crush and grind thoroughly. Mix with cold water, strain, and drink. Additionally, this treats skin ulcers caused by latent summerheat pathogens or rashes formed by scratching. Apply finely ground dry wall earth topically; symptoms resolve immediately.

Treating deep-seated summerheat toxin that recurs despite repeated treatments and lacks effective remedies, or thirst caused by latent summerheat. This formula is suitable.
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian): four liang, soaked in non-ashy wine up to one cun above the herb, then stewed in a double boiler.
Grind the above ingredient into a fine powder. Mix with wheat flour paste boiled in water to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20-30 pills with cooked warm water. Effectiveness is indicated by the absence of heat and thirst in the chest and diaphragm.

On the day before the Chen day in the twelfth lunar month, count the number of family members. Take a small piece of Yellow Ming Glue (Huangming Jiao) and Frankincense (Ruxiang), place them in a mortar, and grind along the direction of the sun until extremely fine. On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month at the beginning of the Wugeng period (approx. 1-3 AM), consume this formula. This method was obtained from the household of Kong Zonghan, a Daizhi official. When taken by a hundred people, it prevented epidemic diseases for decades.