急劳发热，身体酸痛。用秦艽、柴胡各一两，甘草五钱，为末，每五钱，白汤下。
虚损骨蒸。用天灵盖如梳大、炙黄，以水五升，煮取二升，分三服，起死回生也。
骨蒸咳嗽，多睡劳乏，呕逆痰壅，以苦耽即灯笼草捣煮服之。
骨蒸烦热。及一切虚劳烦热。并用地仙散，地骨皮二两，防风一两，甘草半两，每用五
钱，生姜五片，水煎服。
虚劳苦渴，骨节烦热，或寒热。用枸杞根白皮切五升，麦门冬一升水二斗，小麦二
升，熬至麦熟去渣，每服一升，口渴即饮。骨蒸发热，雄黄末一两，入童便一升，研如乳，
乃取黄理石一板方圆一尺者，炭火烧至三食顷，浓淋汁石上，置薄毡于上，患者脱衣坐之，
衣被围住，勿令泄气，三五度瘥。
骨蒸劳病，外寒内热，附骨而蒸也。其根在五腑六脏之中，必因患后得之，饮食无味，
或皮燥无光，蒸盛之时，四肢渐细，足趺肿起。石膏十斤，研如乳粉，每水服方寸匕，日再
，以身凉为度。
小儿骨蒸，体瘦心烦。天灵盖酥炙，黄连等分研末，每服半钱，米汤下。
一太学之子，年十六岁，患骨蒸劳热。召余诊视，六脉微数，乃阴虚火动也。余用滋阴
降火汤，加地骨皮、柴胡，水煎童便同服数剂，热略退后，每剂加炒黑干姜三分全愈。
鳗鲡鱼（治传尸疰气，劳损骨蒸，劳瘦宜以酒煮食之。） 鳖肉（益气补不足，若骨蒸潮
热，咳嗽，宜前胡、贝母等药丸服。） 慈乌（补劳治损，止咳嗽，骨蒸，以五味子腌食之
）啄木鸟（治骨蒸，取虫研末，酒服之。） 乌鸦（治痰病咳嗽，骨蒸劳疾，煨研，酒服之，
又治五劳七伤，吐血咳嗽，酿栝蒌根，煮酒日服。） 猪肚（治骨蒸热，热时宜服。） 猪脊
髓（治骨蒸劳伤，或同猪胆、柴胡、童便煎服，） 猪肝（急劳瘦悴，寒热，或同甘草丸服。）
猪肾（治劳瘵，或同童便煮食。） 猪胆（治骨蒸劳极。） 羊肉（骨蒸久冷，同山药作粥食
，传尸，同皂角酒煮食，当虫出。） 獭肝（传尸伏连燎 劳瘵，虚汗咳嗽，发热，
杀虫，阴干，末服之。） 人尿（滋阴降火，男女劳症，服二次。骨蒸发热，以五升煎一升，
入蜜二匙，每服一碗，日二服。） 人乳（补五脏，治瘦悴虚损劳瘵，或同麝香、木香服，
或同胞衣服）
急劳（急性虚劳）导致发热，身体酸痛。用秦艽、柴胡各一两，甘草五钱，研为细末，每次取五钱，用白开水送服。
虚损引起的骨蒸潮热。取如梳子大小的天灵盖（人顶骨），炙烤至黄色，用水五升，煮取二升药液，分三次服用，可起死回生。
骨蒸潮热伴有咳嗽，嗜睡且劳累乏力，呕吐逆气且痰多壅滞，使用苦耽（即灯笼草）捣碎后煮水服用。
骨蒸烦热，以及一切虚劳引起的烦热。均使用地仙散，配方为地骨皮二两，防风一两，甘草半两，每次取五钱，加生姜五片，用水煎服。
虚劳导致的极度口渴，骨节烦热，或出现寒热往来。取枸杞根白皮切块五升，麦门冬一升，加水二斗，小麦二升，熬煮至小麦熟透后去渣，每次服用一升，感到口渴就饮用。骨蒸发热，取雄黄末一两，加入童便一升，研磨如乳汁状，然后取一块方圆一尺的黄石板，用炭火烧至约吃一顿饭的时间，将浓汁淋在石板上，在上面铺上薄毡，患者脱衣坐在上面，周围用衣被围住，不让热气泄露，三五次即可痊愈。
骨蒸劳病，表现为外寒内热，热度深伏于骨中而蒸腾。其病根在于五脏六腑之中，必定是在患病之后才得的，饮食无味，或者皮肤干燥无光泽，骨蒸严重时，四肢逐渐消瘦，足背浮肿。石膏十斤，研磨如乳粉状，每次用水送服一方寸匕的量，每天两次，以身体凉爽为度。
小儿骨蒸，身体消瘦心烦。将天灵盖用酥油炙烤，与黄连等份研为细末，每次服用半钱，用米汤送下。
一位太学学生的儿子，十六岁，患骨蒸劳热。请我诊治，六脉微数，这是阴虚火动所致。我使用滋阴降火汤，加入地骨皮、柴胡，用水煎煮并与童便同服几剂，热势略微减退后，每剂药中加入炒黑的干姜三分，最终完全痊愈。
鳗鲡鱼（治疗传尸疰气，劳损骨蒸，劳瘦者宜用酒煮食之。）鳖肉（益气补不足，若出现骨蒸潮热、咳嗽，宜使用前胡、贝母等药物制成丸剂服用。）慈乌（补劳治损，止咳嗽，骨蒸，用五味子腌制后食用。）啄木鸟（治疗骨蒸，取虫体研为细末，用酒送服。）乌鸦（治疗痰病咳嗽，骨蒸劳疾，煨烤后研末，用酒送服；又治疗五劳七伤，吐血咳嗽，酿入栝蒌根，煮酒后每日服用。）猪肚（治疗骨蒸热，发热时适宜服用。）猪脊髓（治疗骨蒸劳伤，或与猪胆、柴胡、童便一起煎服。）猪肝（治疗急劳消瘦憔悴，寒热，或与甘草制成丸剂服用。）猪肾（治疗劳瘵，或与童便一起煮食。）猪胆（治疗骨蒸劳极。）羊肉（治疗骨蒸久冷，与山药一起煮粥食用；治疗传尸，与皂角酒一起煮食，可使虫排出。）獭肝（治疗传尸伏连燎劳瘵，虚汗咳嗽，发热，杀虫，阴干后研末服用。）人尿（滋阴降火，男女劳症，服用两次。骨蒸发热，用五升人尿煎至一升，加入蜂蜜两匙，每次服用一碗，每天两次。）人乳（补五脏，治疗消瘦憔悴虚损劳瘵，或与麝香、木香同服，或包裹同胞衣物服用。）
Acute consumption (Ji Lao) causing fever and body aches. Use Qin Jiao (Gentianae Radix) and Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), each one liang, and Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) five qian, grind into powder. Take five qian each time, washed down with plain boiled water.
Deficiency damage causing bone-steaming tidal fever. Use Tian Ling Gai (Human Calvaria) the size of a comb, roast until yellow. Add five sheng of water, boil to obtain two sheng of liquid, divide into three doses; this can revive the dying.
Bone-steaming accompanied by cough, excessive sleepiness, fatigue, vomiting, retching, and phlegm obstruction. Use Ku Dan (Lantern Grass/Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii), crush and decoct for oral administration.
Bone-steaming irritability and heat, as well as all types of deficiency-consumption irritability and heat. All use Di Xian San (Earth Immortal Powder): Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex) two liang, Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) one liang, Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) half liang. Take five qian each time, add five slices of Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), decoct in water and take orally.
Deficiency-consumption causing extreme thirst, irritability and heat in bone joints, or alternating chills and fever. Cut Wu Ji Qi Gen Bai Pi (Cortex Lycii Radicis) five sheng, Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) one sheng, add two dou of water, Xiao Mai (Tritici Fructus) two sheng. Boil until the wheat is cooked, remove dregs. Take one sheng each time, drink when thirsty. For bone-steaming fever, take Xiong Huang (Realgar) powder one liang, add Tong Bian (Infant Urine) one sheng, grind until milky. Then take a slate-sized piece of Huang Li Shi (Alumen Rubrum/Rock Alum) one chi square, burn with charcoal for about the time it takes to eat one meal. Pour the thick juice onto the stone, place a thin felt mat on top, have the patient sit naked on it, surround with clothes and blankets to prevent heat leakage. Three to five treatments will cure it.
Bone-steaming consumption disease, presenting with external cold and internal heat, steaming deeply from the bones. The root lies within the five fu-organs and six zang-organs, inevitably acquired after an illness. Symptoms include loss of appetite for food, dry lusterless skin. During peak bone-steaming, limbs gradually emaciate, and the dorsum of the feet swells. Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) ten jin, grind into milk-powder consistency. Take one fang cun bi (a measure roughly equivalent to a square inch spoonful) with water each time, twice daily, stop when the body feels cool.
Pediatric bone-steaming, emaciation and mental restlessness. Roast Tian Ling Gai (Human Calvaria) with su (clarified butter), mix with equal parts of Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), grind into powder. Take half qian each time, washed down with rice soup.
The son of a Taixue student, aged sixteen, suffered from bone-steaming consumption fever. I was summoned to examine him. His six pulses were slightly rapid, indicating Yin deficiency with hyperactive fire. I used Zi Yin Jiang Huo Tang (Nourish Yin and Descend Fire Decoction), adding Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex) and Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix). Decoct in water and administer with Tong Bian (Infant Urine). After several doses, the fever subsided slightly. Then, in each dose, add three fen of Chao Hei Gan Jiang (Stir-baked Blackened Zingiberis Rhizoma). Complete recovery ensued.
Mian Li Yu (Mudskipper/Monopterus albus) (Treats Chuan Shi Zhu Qi [transmitted miasma], consumption bone-steaming. Emaciated patients should boil and eat with wine.) Bie Rou (Softshell Turtle Meat) (Tonifies qi and supplements deficiencies. If bone-steaming tidal fever and cough occur, use Qian Hu (Peucedani Radix) and Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus) etc., made into pills.) Ci Wu (Black-billed Magpie/Crow) (Tonifies consumption, treats damage, stops cough and bone-steaming. Marinate with Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) and eat.) Zhuo Mu Niao (Woodpecker) (Treats bone-steaming. Take the insect, grind into powder, wash down with wine.) Wuya (Crow) (Treats phlegm-disease cough, bone-steaming consumption. Roast, grind into powder, wash down with wine. Also treats Five Consumptions and Seven Injuries, hematemesis, and cough. Brew with Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthis Radix), decoct in wine, take daily.) Zhu Du (Pig Stomach) (Treats bone-steaming heat. Suitable to take during fever.) Zhu Ji Sui (Pig Spinal Cord) (Treats bone-steaming consumption injury. Or decoct together with Zhu Dan (Porcine Bile), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), and Tong Bian (Infant Urine).) Zhu Gan (Pig Liver) (Treats acute consumption, emaciation, chills and fever. Or make into pills with Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).) Zhu Shen (Pig Kidney) (Treats Lao Zhai [consumptive tuberculosis]. Or boil and eat with Tong Bian (Infant Urine).) Zhu Dan (Porcine Bile) (Treats extreme bone-steaming consumption.) Yang Rou (Mutton/Lamb) (Treats long-standing coldness from bone-steaming. Make porridge with Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma). Treats Chuan Shi [transmitted pestilence]. Boil with Zao Jiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) wine, worms will be expelled.) Da Gan (Otter Liver) (Treats Chuan Shi Fu Lian Lao Zhai [persistent transmitted consumption], spontaneous sweating, cough, fever. Kills parasites. Dry in shade, grind into powder and take.) Ren Niao (Human Urine) (Nourishes Yin and descends fire. For male/female consumption syndromes, take twice. For bone-steaming fever, decoct five sheng to one sheng, add two spoons of honey. Take one bowl each time, twice daily.) Ren Ru (Human Milk) (Tonifies the five zang-organs. Treats emaciation, deficiency damage, and consumption. Or take together with She Xiang (Moschus) and Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix). Or wrap in clothing of a sibling.)