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Eclipta (False Daisy) Use one handful of the roots and whiskers, washed clean. Use a stone mortar to grind it into a mud-like paste. Pour in one cup of extremely mature wine to infuse it, then extract the juice. Drink the juice and apply the solid residue to the affected area. Even for severe cases, no more than three doses are needed for the patient to feel at ease.
Intestinal Wind (Changfeng) refers to the passing of bright red blood before or after a bowel movement, often associated with chronic inflammation or hemorrhoids.
Fishpoison Yam and Holly Fern Rhizome Remove all soil and use equal parts. Grind into a fine powder. For each dose, take three mace A mace (qian) is roughly 3.7 grams. with warm wine on an empty stomach.
Wasp Nest Use one whole, clean nest. Fill the holes with common salt and roast it between "Yin-Yang tiles" until dry, then grind into powder.
Yin-Yang Tiles (Yinyang Wa): A traditional pharmaceutical technique where medicine is roasted between two roof tiles—one heated by fire and the other kept cool or naturally tempered—to balance the heat and preserve the medicinal "essence."
Earthworm Cleaned of all mud and roasted on Yin-Yang tiles until dry; five mace of powder.
Cricket Those with "rice-heads" are best; roast on Yin-Yang tiles until dry; three mace of powder.
Guangzhou Aucklandia Three mace.
Ivory Three mace.
Frankincense With the oil removed; three mace.
"Melon-seed" Dragon's Blood Five mace of the pure powder.
Dragon's Blood (Xuejie) is a bright red resin used to stop bleeding and promote healing.
Levigated Alum Powder Three mace.
Pagoda Tree Seeds Roasted until yellow and ground into powder; three mace.