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Instructions for Use

When administering, distinguish between the young, the old, and children. Use 2 fen as the standard dose; young and robust individuals may take 3–4 fen. In cases of severe trauma from falls or blows—which fall outside this general rule—form pills using a paste made from aged yellow millet flour, each the size of a goad seed. Dry them under the scorching sun and store them. For common cold with fever, take with ginger soup; for delirium with loss of consciousness, take with peppermint soup; for vomiting, take with a decoction of amomum and roasted ginger;for headaches, take with a decoction of Chuanxiong, Bai Zhi, aged ginger, and scallion whites; for thirst, take with a decoction of dried kudzu, mint, aged ginger, and black plum; for dizziness or loss of consciousness, take with a decoction of Banxia and Chenpi; for rheumatic joint pain, take with a decoction of Fangfeng, Qianghuo, and ginger peel; for sudden surges of internal heat, take with a decoction of Huangbai mixed with a child’s urine; for asthma with phlegm-fire, take with a decoction of Chenpi;indigestion: take with a decoction of Shenqu and Hawthorn; excessive phlegm and shortness of breath: take with a decoction of White Mustard Seed, Pinellia, and Southern Star, mixed with ginger juice; difficult and scanty urination: take with a decoction of Shuitong and Lampwick; complete urinary retention: take with a decoction of Light Bamboo Leaves; unceasing cold sweats: take with a decoction of Roasted Astragalus; food stagnation: take with a decoction of Shenqu and Barley Malt;For wind-induced pain in the limbs, back, and body, take with a decoction of Fangfeng, Bohe, Qianghuo, and Old Ginger; for nasal congestion, take with Xixin;Xinyi Decoction; to dispel pathogenic factors and reduce fever, use a decoction of Polygala, cinnabar, and bamboo shavings; for chills, use a decoction of old ginger; for cough, use ginger decoction; for cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, use anise decoction; for watery diarrhea, use strong tea; for difficult bowel movements, grind 3 qian of sesame seeds into powder and take with plain hot water;For chronic heat-phlegm and abdominal pain due to food stagnation, take with Soapberry Decoction; for vomiting due to alcohol intoxication, take with Dandelion, Loquat Leaf, and Bamboo Shavings Decoction; for deafness and dizziness, take with Bamboo Sap Decoction; for excessive phlegm and night sweats, take with Black Bean Decoction; for yin-syndrome heat-dryness, take with Schizonepeta, Moutan Bark, Bamboo Shavings, and Lightly Fermented Soybean Decoction;For severe headaches caused by wind, take the decoction of Fangfeng, Manjing, Jisheng, Chuanxiong, and Bai Zhi with wine; for pain in the joints throughout the body accompanied by aversion to both cold and heat, take the decoction with aged wine; for pain caused by wind-pathogen with cold in the lower back and aversion to cold, take the decoction with distilled spirits; for chronic abdominal pain, take the decoction of Shan Zha and Ru Xiang with wine;Chronic wind-induced pain with stiffness and difficulty extending the hands and feet: take with a wine decoction of Trittia and Placenta; weakness and inability to extend the hands and feet: take with a decoction of Achyranthes; severe skin itching: take with a decoction of Mulberry Bark; pain in the flanks: take with a decoction of Wood Fragrance and Frankincense; hemiplegia with inability to move: if accompanied by cold pain, take a wine decoction of Acanthopanax and processed Sanguisorba; recovery occurs within half a month;If the pain is heat-type, take chrysanthemum and Asarum root steeped in wine; recovery occurs in 20 days; for stroke-induced aphasia, take Sheng Huangqi Decoction with wine; for loss of speech, take Peppermint Decoction with wine; for pain in the lower back and spine, take Qianghuo Decoction with wine; for yang-syndrome with irregular alternating chills and fever, take Chuanxiong Decoction with wine; for wind-induced pain throughout the body accompanied by aversion to heat, take chrysanthemum wine;For wandering pain caused by heart qi, take it with a decoction of Sichuan pepper and black plum; for pain in the lumbar region, take it with a decoction of frankincense; for chest constriction in yang-type conditions, take it with a rhubarb decoction; for persistent, wandering pain, take it with a decoction of curcuma and aged ginger; for unbearable abdominal pain, take it with ginger peel decoction mixed with ground wood fragrant; alternatively, take it with a decoction of Sichuan melia fruit, evodia fruit, wood fragrant, and frankincense;For chronic abdominal pain unresponsive to treatment by various physicians, take with a decoction of black gardenia and alum; for long-standing phlegm stagnation, take with a decoction of black gardenia and alum; for Yang-type cold damage with excessive phlegm, take with a decoction of radish seeds, pinellia, and aged ginger; for phlegm-induced thirst, take with a decoction of borax; for Yang-type conditions with excessive heat, take with a decoction of Phellodendron and Scutellaria; or take with a decoction of scallion bulbs;For Yang syndrome with delirium, fever, and thirst, dissolve Yuanming Powder in freshly drawn water and take it; for Yang syndrome with dry,涩, and constipated stools, grind hemp seeds and take them with freshly drawn water; for Yang syndrome with dry,涩, and difficult urination, mix 1 qian of Liu Yi San with freshly drawn water and take it; for Yang syndrome that has turned into malaria, take 2 cun each of peach and willow branches facing east, decoct them in dew, and take the decoction;If a Yin syndrome transforms into malaria, take it with a decoction of Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, Hawthorn, and Mugwort; if a Yang syndrome turns into dysentery, take it with a decoction of Sophora Root, Mugwort, and Wood Fragrance; if the stool is red, add Honeysuckle; if white, add Ginger; for a Yin syndrome with profound lethargy and drowsiness, take it with a decoction of Ginseng and Astragalus; if phlegm is severe, take it with a decoction of Ginger Juice and Bamboo Sap; for a Yin syndrome with constant cold sweats, take it with a decoction of Ginseng and Astragalus;