治风肿在脾,唇口 动,或生结核,或为浮肿。
薏苡仁(炒) 防己 赤小豆(炒) 甘草(炙。各等分)
上 咀,每服四钱,水一盏半,生姜三片,煎至八分,去滓,温服,不拘时候。
治唇紧燥裂生疮。
橄榄(不拘多少,烧灰)
上为细末,以猪脂和,涂患处。
经云∶心气通乎舌,舌和则知五味矣。盖舌者,脾脉之所通,心气之所主,和则知味,
资于
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又论∶舌者心之所候,脾气之所通。摄养违理,二脏不和,风热内蕴,舌为之病焉。遂
致舌
法,
例用
并以参沉汤送下,用之多效。医疗之方,并载于后。
治心脾壅热,舌上生疮、木舌、重舌、舌肿、或连腮颊两边肿痛。
玄参 赤芍药 升麻 犀角(镑) 桔梗(去芦) 贯众(洗) 黄芩 甘草(炙。各
等分)
上 咀,每服四钱,水一盏半,姜五片,煎至八分,去滓,温服,不拘时候。
治舌忽然硬肿,或血出如涌。
乌贼鱼骨 蒲黄(炙。各等分)
上为细末,每用少许,涂舌上,瘥。
治口舌热,干燥,或舌上生胎,语言不真。
升麻 杏仁(去皮尖) 甘草(炙。各一两) 黑豆(五十粒,炒,去皮)
上为细末,入白蜜五合,生地黄汁五合,慢火熬成膏子,丸如鸡头大,常噙一丸,津化
咽下
Treats wind-induced swelling in the Spleen, characterized by twitching of the lips and mouth, or formation of nodules, or edema.
Coix Seed (Fried), Stephania Tetrandra, Red Adzuki Bean (Fried), Licorice Root (Honey-fried). All ingredients in equal proportions.
Crush the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 sheng of water and 3 slices of fresh ginger. Decoct until 0.8 sheng remains, strain, and take warm. No specific time restriction.
Treats tight, dry, cracked lips with sores.
Olive (any quantity, burnt to ash).
Grind into a fine powder. Mix with lard and apply to the affected area.
The Classics state: Heart Qi connects to the tongue; when the tongue is harmonious, one can perceive the five flavors. The tongue is where the Spleen meridian connects and where Heart Qi governs; harmony allows for taste perception, relying on... [text missing] It is also discussed that: The tongue is the site where Heart Qi manifests and where Spleen Qi connects. If health preservation violates principles, causing disharmony between the Heart and Spleen, wind-heat accumulates internally, leading to tongue pathology. Consequently, the tongue... [text missing] Method, typically using... [text missing] Administered with Shenchen Tang, which proves effective in many cases. Medical formulas are recorded below.
Treats heat accumulation in the Heart and Spleen, manifesting as sores on the tongue, wooden tongue (numbness/stiffness of the tongue), double tongue (swelling beneath the tongue resembling a second tongue), tongue swelling, or pain and swelling extending to both cheeks.
Scrophularia Root, Red Peony Root, Cimicifuga Rhizome, Rhinoceros Horn (Shaved), Platycodon Root (deprived of radix), Cyathula Root (washed), Scutellaria Root, Licorice Root (Honey-fried). All ingredients in equal proportions.
Crush the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 sheng of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger. Decoct until 0.8 sheng remains, strain, and take warm. No specific time restriction.
Treats sudden stiffness and swelling of the tongue, or bleeding like a gush.
Cuttlebone, Pollen Typhae (Honey-fried). All ingredients in equal proportions.
Grind into a fine powder. Apply a small amount to the tongue. Cures the condition.
Treats heat in the mouth and tongue, dryness, coating on the tongue, or incoherent speech.
Cimicifuga Rhizome, Apricot Seed (skin and tip removed), Licorice Root (Honey-fried). Each taken in 1 liang. Black Soybean (50 grains, fried, skin removed).
Grind into a fine powder. Add 5 he of white honey and 5 he of juice from Rehmannia Root (Fresh). Slowly boil into an ointment/paste. Form into pills the size of a chestnut. Frequently hold one pill in the mouth, allowing saliva to dissolve it before swallowing.