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[To harmonize the interior and exterior, dispel wind-cold] Treats severe fever, headache, stiffness of the neck and back, lower back pain, qi stagnation in the chest and epigastrium, cough with excessive phlegm, fever with aversion to cold, and obstruction in the throat and diaphragm.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Gan Ge (Puerariae Lobatae Radix), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang); Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 0.5 liang).
Crush the above herbs into coarse powder. For each dose, take 2 qian, add 1 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 cun of scallion white. Decoct until reduced to 6 fen, remove the dregs, and take warm.

[Treats excess of wind-cold due to typhoid, summerheat, and wind pathogen] Treats typhoid, summerheat, and excess wind pathogen causing obstruction in the head, eyes, chest, and epigastrium; spontaneous flare-ups of blood wind in women; upward attack of wind pathogen in men, presenting as a state resembling drunkenness; and severe fever caused by phlegm in the Zhongwan area.
Jing Jie (Schizonepetae Spica), Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba), Xuan Fu Hua (Inulae Flos), Qian Hu (Peucedani Radix) (each 3 fen); Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) (each 1 fen).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. For each dose, take 3 qian, add 1 zhan of water and 3 spikes of Jing Jie. Decoct until reduced to 8 fen, remove the dregs, and take hot at any time.

[Avoid epidemic qi to prevent infection] Prevents warm diseases and epidemic typhoid, ensuring one is not infected.
Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (12 zhu), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (18 zhu), Jie Geng (Platocodonis Radix), Shu Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) (each 15 zhu), Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex) (18 zhu), Wu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (6 zhu), Ba Xia (Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma) [Note: Original text implies Ba Xia or similar, listed as 'Ba '].
Chop the above seven herbs, place them in a red bag, hang it in a deep well until it reaches the mud on the last day of the twelfth lunar month. On the morning of the first day of the new year, retrieve the medicine, place it in wine, boil for a few moments, and drink while facing an east-facing door.

[Treats sore throat and ulcers caused by heat toxin attacking the throat] Treats heat toxin from warm diseases attacking the throat, causing swelling, pain, and ulceration extending to the root of the tongue.
Sheng Di Huang juice (Rehmanniae Radix) (0.5 sheng), Niu Bang Gen juice (Arctii Radix) (3 he), Honey (3 he), Huang Dan (Lithargyri), Xing Ren (Pruni Semen), Qian Shuang (Plumbi Subcarbonas), Tai Yin Xuan Jing (Niter).
Mix and grind the above ingredients evenly. Place in a silver vessel and cook over boiling water. Stir continuously with a locust branch. When the color turns purple, pour into a porcelain container. Take as needed, in doses the size of a small pellet.

[Treats mouth sores, thirst, and unbearable pain from warm diseases] Treats mouth sores accompanied by thirst and intolerable pain due to warm diseases.
Long Dan (Gentianae Radix), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Chuan Sheng Ma (Bupleuri Radix), Huai Bai Pi (Mori Cortex), Da Qing (Isatidis Folium) (each 1 liang); Zhu Ye (Bambusae Folium), Qiang Wei Gen (Rosae Rugosae Radix) (each 2 liang).
Finely chop the above herbs. Add 5 zhan of water and decoct until reduced to 1 zhan. Remove the dregs, add 3 he of honey, and simmer slowly into a paste. Apply to the sores. Spit out any saliva produced.