桃仁承气汤 治血结胸中，手足不可近，或中焦蓄血，寒热胸满，漱水不欲咽，善忘，昏迷，其
人如狂。
桃仁（半两） 大黄（一两） 甘草（二钱） 桂（三钱） 芒硝（三钱）
上每服一两，姜、水煎。
抵当汤 治下部蓄血，腹内作痛，手不可近，或发狂，少腹满硬，小便自利，大便反黑，如
狂者在中，发狂者在下也。
大黄 水蛭（炒，各半两） 虻虫（去翅足） 桃仁（各三钱）
上每服五钱，水煎服。如作丸，炼蜜和之。
花蕊石散
硫黄（上色明净者，四两） 花蕊石（一两）
上各为末拌匀，先用纸筋和盐泥瓦罐一个，泥干入药，仍用泥封口，候干，用炭周叠
赤，罐冷取出，为细末。每服一钱，童便酒下。
搜风顺气丸 治痔漏风热闭结。
车前子（一两五钱） 大麻子（微炒） 大黄（五钱，半生半熟） 牛膝（酒浸） 郁李仁 菟丝子（酒浸） 枳
壳山药（各二钱）
上为末，炼蜜丸，桐子大。每服三十丸，白汤下。
五淋散 治膀胱有热，水道不通，淋涩不出，或尿如豆汁，或成砂石，或如膏汁，或热怫便
血。
赤茯苓（一钱五分） 赤芍药 山栀（各一钱） 当归 甘草（各一钱二分）
上入灯芯，水煎服。
加味逍遥散 治肝脾血虚发热，或潮热，晡热，或自汗盗汗，或头痛，目涩，或怔忡不宁，或颊
赤口干，或月经不调，肚腹作痛，或小腹重坠，水道涩痛，或肿痛出脓，内热作渴等症。
当归 芍药 茯苓 白术（炒） 柴胡（各一钱） 牡丹皮 山栀（炒） 甘草（炙，各五分）
上水煎服。
逍遥散 即前方去山栀、牡丹皮。
还少丹 治脾肾虚寒，饮食少思，发热，盗汗，遗精、白浊。又治真气亏损，肌体瘦弱等症。
肉苁蓉 远志（去心） 茴香 巴戟 干山药 枸杞子 熟地黄 石菖蒲 山茱萸（去核） 牛膝
杜仲（去皮姜制） 楮实子 五味子 白茯苓（各一两）
上各另为末，和匀，用枣肉百枚，并炼蜜丸桐子大。每服五、七十丸，空心温酒或盐汤下，日三
服。
交加散 治食疟神效。
肉豆蔻（二个，一生一煨） 草豆蔻（二个，一生一煨） 浓朴（二钱，半制用，半生用） 甘草（二钱，
半炙，半生用） 生姜（一两，煨五钱生五钱）
上姜水煎，发日五更服。
仲景白虎加桂枝汤 治温疟。
知母（六钱） 甘草（炙，二钱） 石膏（五钱） 桂枝（一钱） 粳米（一合）
上水煎服。此太阳、阳明经药也。
柴胡桂姜汤 治寒多，微有热，或但寒不热，名曰牝疟。
桂枝 黄芩 牡蛎 甘草（炙） 干姜（各一钱） 栝蒌根 柴胡（各二钱）
上水煎服。汗出即愈，此少阳经药也。
桂枝羌活汤 治疟。处暑以前发，头项痛，脉浮，恶风，有汗。
桂枝 羌活 防风 甘草（各一钱五分）
上水煎，发而服，如吐，加半夏曲。
麻黄羌活汤 治症如前，但恶风而无汗。
麻黄（去节） 羌活 防风 甘草（各半两）
上如前服，加法同。以上二方，太阳经药也。
白芷汤 治疟病，身热，目痛，热多寒少，脉长，先以大柴胡下之，余热不尽，当服此药。
白芷（一两） 知母（一两七钱） 石膏（四两）
上根据前服，此阳明经药也。
桂枝芍药汤 治疟寒热大作，不论先后，此太阳、阳明合病，寒热作则必战栗。经曰∶热胜而
动也。发热汗出不愈，内热也，此汤主之。
桂枝（五分） 黄 知母 石膏 芍药（各二钱）
上水煎，此太阳、阳明经药也。
桂枝黄芩汤 如服前药转剧，三阳合病也，宜此和之。
柴胡（一钱五分） 黄芩 人参 甘草（各八分） 半夏 石膏 知母（各五分） 桂枝（二分）
上根据前服。如外邪已解，而内邪未已，从卯至午发者，宜大柴胡下之；从午至酉发者，邪气
在内也，宜大承气下之；从酉至子发者，或至寅发者，邪气在血也。
桂枝石膏汤 治疟隔日发，先寒后热，寒少热多。
桂枝（五钱） 黄芩（一两） 石膏 知母（各一两五钱）
上水煎，分三服。此太阳、阳明经药也。
麻黄黄芩汤 治疟发如前而夜发者。
麻黄（一两，去节） 甘草（炙，三钱） 桃仁（三十个，去皮尖） 黄芩（五钱） 桂（二钱）
上根据前服，桃仁味苦、甘、辛，肝者血之海，血骤则肝气燥，经所谓∶肝苦急，急食甘以缓之，
故桃仁散血缓肝，谓邪气深远而入血，故夜发。此汤散血中风寒，乃三阴经药也。
香连丸 治痢疾并水泻、暑泻甚效。
黄连（净，二十两） 吴茱萸（去枝梗，十两）
上先将二味用热水拌和，入瓷器内，置热汤炖一日同炒至黄连紫黄色，去茱用连，为末，
四两，入木香末一两，淡醋米饮为丸，桐子大。每服二，三十丸，滚汤下。久痢中气下陷者，
用补中益气下。中气虚者，用四君子下。中气虚寒者，加姜、桂。
三黄丸 治热痢腹痛，或口、舌、咽、喉、齿痛，及一切实火症。
黄芩 黄连 黄柏（各等分）
上各另为末，水丸桐子大。每服七、八十丸，白汤下。
芍药汤 治便血后重。经曰∶溲而便脓血，知气行而血止也，行血则便脓自愈，调气则后重自
除。
芍药（一两） 当归 黄连（各半两） 槟榔 木香 甘草（炙，各二钱） 桂（二钱五分） 黄芩（五钱）
上每服半两，水煎。如痢不减，加大黄。
加减济生肾气丸 治脾肾虚，腰重脚肿，小便不利；或肚腹肿胀，四肢浮肿；或喘急痰盛，
已成蛊疳，其效如神。
白茯苓（三两） 附子（半两） 川牛膝 肉桂（去皮） 泽泻 车前子 山茱萸 山药 牡丹皮（各一钱）
熟地黄（四两，酒拌杵膏）
上为末，加炼蜜丸桐子大。每服七、八十丸，空心服，白汤下。
三因当归散 治脾土不能制水，水气盈溢，渗透经络，发为水肿。
木香 赤茯苓 当归 桂 木通 赤芍药 牡丹皮 槟榔 陈皮 白术（各等分）
上每服五钱，水煎服。
不换金正气散 治脾气虚弱，寒邪相搏，痰停胸膈，致发寒热，或作疟疾。
浓朴（去皮，姜制） 藿香 半夏（姜制） 苍术（米泔浸） 陈皮（各一钱） 甘草（炙，五分）
上姜、枣，水煎服。
七味白术散 治中气亏损，津液短少，口舌干渴，或口舌生疮，不喜饮冷，或吐泻后口干，
最宜服。
人参 白术 木香 白茯苓 甘草 藿香（各五分） 干葛（一钱）
上水煎服。
参苓白术散 治脾胃不和，饮食少进，或呕吐泄泻，凡病后宜此调理。
人参 茯苓 白扁豆（去皮，姜汁拌炒） 白术 莲肉（去心皮） 砂仁（炒） 薏苡仁（炒） 桔梗（炒
山药 甘草（炙，各二两）
上为末，每服二、三钱，用石菖蒲汤下，或作丸。
半夏汤 治胆腑实热，精神恍惚，寒热泄泻，或寝寒憎风，善太息。
半夏（一钱五分） 黄芩（一钱） 远志（一钱） 生地黄（二钱） 秫米（一合） 酸枣仁（三钱，炒） 宿姜
（一钱五分）
上长流水煎服。
犀角地黄丸 治血虚火盛，血妄行，吐衄便下，若因忿怒而致，加山栀、柴胡。
犀角镑末 生地黄 白芍药 牡丹皮（各一钱半）
上水煎，倾出，入犀角末服之。
人参平肺散 治心火刑肺金，患肺痿，咳嗽喘呕，痰涎壅盛，胸膈痞满，咽嗌不利。
人参（四分） 青皮（四分） 茯苓（七分） 天门冬（四分） 陈皮（五分） 地骨皮（五分） 甘草（炙，五
分） 知母（七分） 五味子（十粒，杵碎） 桑皮（一钱）
上姜水煎服。
清凉饮 治实热便秘，或喉中肿痛。
当归 赤芍药 甘草（炙） 大黄（蒸，各等分）
上每服五钱，水煎服。
清胃散 治醇酒浓味，唇齿作痛，或齿龈溃烂，或连头面颈项作痛。
黄连（炒，一钱五分） 当归 生地黄 牡丹皮（各一钱） 升麻（二钱）
上水煎服。
加味清胃散 即前方加犀角、连翘、甘草。
凉膈散 治实热喉舌肿痛，便溺秘结。
大黄 朴硝 甘草 栀子仁 黄芩 薄荷叶（各一两） 连翘（四两）
上为末，每服四、五钱，竹叶，蜜少许煎服，仍量加减。
润肠丸 治伏火风热，大肠干燥。若因失血，或因肾不足，当滋肾，最忌此丸。
麻子仁 桃仁（去皮尖，另研，各一两） 羌活 当归尾 大黄（煨） 皂角仁 秦艽（各五钱）
上另研为末，炼蜜丸，猪胆汁丸尤妙。每服三十丸，食前滚汤下。若燥在直肠，用猪胆汁导
之，亦忌前药。
滋肾丸 治热在血分，不渴而小便不利，或肾虚足热，腿膝无力，不能履地。
知母（酒炒） 黄柏（酒炒，各二两） 肉桂（二钱）
上各另为末，水丸桐子大。每服二百丸，空心白滚汤下。
黄芩清肺饮 治肺热小便不利，宜用此药清之。
黄芩（一钱） 山栀（二钱）
上水煎服。不利，加盐豉二十粒。
清心莲子饮 治热在气分，口干作渴，小便白浊，夜安昼热，或口舌生疮，咽干烦躁作渴
，小便赤淋。
黄芩（炒） 麦门冬 地骨皮 车前子（炒） 甘草（各一钱半） 石莲肉 茯苓 黄 柴胡 人参（各
一钱）
上每服五钱，水煎服。
调中益气汤 治湿热所伤，体重烦闷，口失滋味，二便清数，或痰嗽稠粘，热壅头目，体
倦，少食等症。
黄 （一钱） 人参（去芦） 甘草 苍术（各五分） 柴胡 橘皮 升麻 木香（各二分）
上水煎，空心服。
三生饮 治卒中昏愦不知人，口眼 斜，半身不遂，并痰厥、气厥。
南星（一两，生用） 川乌（去皮，生用） 附子（去皮生用，各半两） 木香（二钱）
上每服五钱，姜、水煎。
秦艽升麻汤 治风寒客手足阳明经，口眼 斜，恶见风寒，四肢拘急，脉浮紧。
升麻 干葛 甘草 芍药 人参 秦艽 白芷 防风 桂枝（各三钱）
上每服一两，葱白二根，水煎。
愈风丹 治诸风肢体麻木，手足不随等症。
天麻 牛膝（同酒浸焙干） 萆 （另研细） 玄参（各六两） 杜仲（七两） 羌活（十四两） 当归 熟地黄
（自制） 生地黄（各一斤） 独活（五两） 肉桂（三两）
上为末，炼蜜丸桐子大。常服五、七十丸，病大至百丸，空心食前温酒或白汤下。
地黄饮子 治肾气虚弱，舌喑不能言，足废不能行。
熟地黄 巴戟（去心） 山茱萸（去核） 肉苁蓉（酒浸焙） 附子（炮） 五味子 石斛 白茯苓 石菖蒲
远志（去心） 官桂 麦门冬（去心。各等分）
上每服三钱，入薄荷少许，姜、枣水煎服。
余方见上卷。
Taoren Chengqi Tang (Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction): Treats blood stasis knotting in the chest, causing extreme pain in the hands and feet that cannot be touched; or blood accumulation in the middle jiao (middle burner), presenting with alternating chills and fever, chest fullness, a desire to rinse the mouth without swallowing, forgetfulness, coma, and a manic-like state.
Ingredients: Taoren (Peach Kernel) (ban liang), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome) (yi liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (er qian), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (san qian), Mangxiao (Mirabilite) (san qian).
Usage: Take one liang per dose, decoct with fresh ginger and water.
Didang Tang (Resolute Decoction): Treats blood accumulation in the lower jiao (lower burner), causing internal abdominal pain that is intolerant to touch; or mania, fullness and hardness of the lower abdomen, free urination, and black stools. "Manic-like" indicates pathology in the middle jiao, while "mania" indicates pathology in the lower jiao.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome), Shuizhi (Leech) (stir-fried, ban liang each), Mengchong (Dragonfly Larva) (remove wings and legs), Taoren (Peach Kernel) (san qian each).
Usage: Take five qian per dose, decoct with water. If made into pills, bind with refined honey.
Huarui Shi San (Flower Porphyry Powder):
Ingredients: Liuhuang (Sulfur) (select bright and pure ones, si liang), Huarui Shi (Flower Porphyry) (yi liang).
Preparation: Grind each ingredient into fine powder and mix well. First, prepare a clay jar using paper fibers and salt mud. Once dry, load the medicine, seal with mud, and let dry. Stack charcoal around it and heat until red. After the jar cools, remove it and grind into fine powder.
Usage: Take one qian per dose, administer with child's urine and wine.
Soushun Fengqi Wan (Search for Smoothness and Qi-Regulating Pill): Treats hemorrhoids and fistulas caused by wind-heat obstruction.
Ingredients: Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed) (yi liang wu qian), Dama Zi (Hemp Seed) (lightly stir-fried), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome) (wu qian, half raw half cooked), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) (soaked in wine), Yuliren (Apricot Kernel) (Prunus armeniaca), Tusizi (Dodder Seed) (soaked in wine), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit) (er qian), Shanyao (Chinese Yam) (er qian).
Preparation: Grind into powder, bind with refined honey into pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take thirty pills per dose, swallow with plain warm water.
Wulin San (Five Strangury Powder): Treats heat in the Bladder causing obstruction of the water passages, resulting in difficult and scanty urination; or urine resembling bean juice, sandstones, or paste-like consistency; or hematochezia due to constrained heat.
Ingredients: Chifuling (Red Poria) (yi qian wu fen), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root) (yi qian), Shanzhi (Gardenia Fruit) (yi qian), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis) (yi qian er fen), Gancao (Licorice Root) (yi qian er fen).
Usage: Add Dengxincao (Juncus Effusus Core), decoct with water and take.
Jiawei Xiaoyao San (Modified Free and Easy Wanderer Powder): Treats liver and spleen blood deficiency causing fever, tidal fever, evening fever, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, headache, dry eyes, palpitations and restlessness, flushed cheeks and dry mouth, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, heavy sensation in the lower abdomen, painful and difficult urination, swelling, pain with pus discharge, internal heat with thirst, etc.
Ingredients: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (stir-fried), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (yi qian each), Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark), Shanzhi (Gardenia Fruit) (stir-fried), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, wu fen each).
Usage: Decoct with water and take.
Xiaoyao San (Free and Easy Wanderer Powder): Same as the above formula but without Shanzhi and Mudanpi.
Huanshao Dan (Longevity Restoring Pill): Treats spleen and kidney deficiency-cold, loss of appetite, fever, night sweats, spermatorrhea, and white turbid urine. Also treats depletion of true qi and emaciation.
Ingredients: Roubinrong (Cistanche Stem), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (remove heart), Huixiang (Fennel Fruit), Bajitian (Morinda Root), Ganshanyao (Dried Chinese Yam), Gouqizi (Goji Berry), Shudihuang (Rehmannia Root) prepared, Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit) (remove core), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root), Duzhong (Eucommia Bark) (peeled and processed with ginger), Chushizi (Torreya Seed), Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit), Baifuling (White Poria) (yi liang each).
Preparation: Grind each ingredient separately into fine powder, mix evenly, use 100 dates flesh and refined honey to make pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take 50-70 pills per dose, empty stomach, with warm wine or salted water, three times daily.
Jiaojiao San (Crossing Over Powder): Highly effective for food malaria.
Ingredients: Roudoukou (Nutmeg) (two, one raw one roasted), Caodoukou (Cardamom) (two, one raw one roasted), Houpo (Magnolia Bark) (er qian, half processed half raw), Gancao (Licorice Root) (er qian, half roasted half raw), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (yi liang, five qian roasted, five qian raw).
Usage: Decoct with ginger water, take at the fifth watch on the day of onset.
Zhongjing Baihu Jia Guizhi Tang (Zhang Zhongjing's White Tiger Plus Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Treats warm malaria.
Ingredients: Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (liu qian), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, er qian), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (wu qian), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (yi qian), Jingmi (Rice) (yi he).
Usage: Decoct with water and take. This acts on the Taiyang and Yangming meridians.
Chaihu Guijiang Tang (Bupleurum, Cinnamon Twig, and Ginger Decoction): Treats predominant chills with slight fever, or only chills without fever, named Pin Malaria (Yin Malaria).
Ingredients: Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Muli (Oyster Shell), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) (yi qian each), Gualougen (Trichosanthes Root), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (er qian each).
Usage: Decoct with water and take. Recovery occurs with sweating. This acts on the Shaoyang meridian.
Guizhi Qianghuo Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Notopterygium Decoction): Treats malaria. If occurring before the End of Heat solar term, with head and neck pain, floating pulse, aversion to wind, and sweating.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (yi qian wu fen each).
Usage: Decoct with water, take upon onset. If vomiting occurs, add Banxiaqu (Pinellia Fermented Pill).
Mahuang Qianghuo Tang (Ephedra and Notopterygium Decoction): Symptoms same as above, but with aversion to wind and no sweating.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedra Herb) (remove joints), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (ban liang each).
Usage: Administer as above, with similar modifications. The above two formulas act on the Taiyang meridian.
Baizhi Tang (Angelica Dahurica Decoction): Treats malaria with body heat, eye pain, more heat than cold, and long pulse. First treat with Da Chaihu Tang to purge; if residual heat remains, take this medicine.
Ingredients: Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) (yi liang), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (yi liang qi qian), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (si liang).
Usage: Administer as above. This acts on the Yangming meridian.
Guizhi Shaoyao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Peony Decoction): Treats severe alternating chills and fever in malaria, regardless of sequence. This is a combined disease of Taiyang and Yangming meridians; shaking occurs during chills and fever. The classic states: "Heat prevails and moves." If fever and sweating do not resolve, it indicates internal heat; this decoction treats it.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (wu fen), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Shaoyao (Peony Root) (er qian each).
Usage: Decoct with water. This acts on the Taiyang and Yangming meridians.
Guizhi Huangqin Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Scutellaria Decoction): If symptoms worsen after taking previous medicines, it indicates a combined disease of the three yang meridians; use this to harmonize.
Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (yi qian wu fen), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (ba fen each), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (wu fen each), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (er fen).
Usage: Administer as above. If external pathogens are resolved but internal pathogens remain: onset from Mao to Wu hours suggests purging with Da Chaihu Tang; onset from Wu to You hours indicates internal pathogens, purge with Da Chengqi Tang; onset from You to Zi hours, or Yin hours, indicates pathogens in the blood level.
Guizhi Shigao Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Gypsum Decoction): Treats malaria occurring every other day, starting with chills then fever, with less chills and more heat.
Ingredients: Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (wu qian), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (yi liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (yi liang wu qian each).
Usage: Decoct with water, divide into three doses. This acts on the Taiyang and Yangming meridians.
Mahuang Huangqin Tang (Ephedra and Scutellaria Decoction): Treats malaria with the same presentation as above but occurring at night.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedra Herb) (yi liang, remove joints), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, san qian), Taoren (Peach Kernel) (thirty, remove skin and tips), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (wu qian), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (er qian).
Usage: Administer as above. Taoren is bitter, sweet, and acrid. The Liver is the sea of blood; sudden blood stasis causes Liver Qi to become dry. The classics state: "The Liver dislikes constraint, promptly feed sweet to relieve it." Thus, Taoren disperses blood and soothes the Liver. Because pathogens are deep and enter the blood level, symptoms occur at night. This decoction disperses wind-cold in the blood and acts on the three yin meridians.
Xianglian Wan (Costus and Coptis Pill): Highly effective for dysentery, watery diarrhea, and summerheat diarrhea.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (cleaned, twenty liang), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit) (remove stems, ten liang).
Preparation: Mix the two ingredients with hot water, place in a porcelain vessel, stew in hot water for one day while stir-frying together until Huanglian turns purple-yellow. Remove Wuzhuyu, keep Huanglian, grind into powder. Take four liang of Huanglian powder, add one liang of Muxiang (Costus Root) powder, bind with light vinegar and rice drink into pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take 20-30 pills per dose, swallow with boiling water. For chronic dysentery with sinking of middle qi, administer with Buzhong Yiqi Tang. For deficient middle qi, administer with Sijunzi Tang. For deficient-middle-qi cold, add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig).
Sanhuang Wan (Three Yellows Pill): Treats heat-dysentery with abdominal pain, or pain in the mouth, tongue, throat, gums, teeth, and all excess fire syndromes.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark) (equal parts).
Preparation: Grind each separately into powder, make water pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take 70-80 pills per dose, swallow with plain warm water.
Shaoyao Tang (Peony Decoction): Treats bloody stool with tenesmus. The classics state: "Urine and bloody/purulent stool indicate that moving qi stops bleeding; moving blood heals purulent stool, regulating qi removes tenesmus."
Ingredients: Shaoyao (Peony Root) (yi liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (ban liang each), Binglang (Areca Seed), Muxiang (Costus Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, er qian each), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (er qian wu fen), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (wu qian).
Usage: Take ban liang per dose, decoct with water. If dysentery does not subside, add Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome).
Jiajian Jisheng Shenqi Wan (Modified Jisheng Kidney Qi Pill): Treats spleen and kidney deficiency with heavy waist and swollen feet, difficult urination; or abdominal swelling and edema of limbs; or wheezing and profuse phlegm, progressing to gu and gan syndromes. Effect is miraculous.
Ingredients: Baifuling (White Poria) (san liang), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) (ban liang), Chuanniuxi (Cyathula Root), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) (peeled), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome), Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit), Shanyao (Chinese Yam), Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark) (yi qian each), Shudihuang (Rehmannia Root) prepared (si liang, mixed with wine and pounded into paste).
Preparation: Grind into powder, add refined honey to make pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take 70-80 pills per dose, empty stomach, swallow with plain warm water.
Sanyin Danggui San (Three Causes Angelica Powder): Treats spleen earth failing to control water, causing water qi to overflow and penetrate collaterals, leading to edema.
Ingredients: Muxiang (Costus Root), Chifuling (Red Poria), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark), Binglang (Areca Seed), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (equal parts).
Usage: Take five qian per dose, decoct with water and take.
Bu Huan Jin Zhengqi San (Non-Replacing Metal Upright Qi Powder): Treats spleen qi deficiency with cold pathogen conflict, phlegm stagnation in chest and diaphragm, causing chills and fever, or malaria.
Ingredients: Houpo (Magnolia Bark) (peeled, ginger-processed), Huoxiang (Patchouli Herb), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (ginger-processed), Cangzhu (Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome) (soaked in rice wash water), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel) (yi qian each), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, wu fen).
Usage: Decoct with fresh ginger and jujube in water and take.
Qiwei Baizhu San (Seven-Ingredient Atractylodes Powder): Treats middle qi depletion and short fluids, causing dry mouth and tongue, or mouth/tongue ulcers, dislike of cold drinks, or dry mouth after vomiting/diarrhea. Most suitable for this condition.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Muxiang (Costus Root), Baifuling (White Poria), Gancao (Licorice Root), Huoxiang (Patchouli Herb) (wu fen each), Gange (Kudzu Root) (yi qian).
Usage: Decoct with water and take.
Shenling Baizhu San (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Powder): Treats spleen and stomach disharmony, poor appetite, or vomiting and diarrhea. Suitable for post-illness regulation.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Fuling (Poria), Baibiandou (White Hyacinth Bean) (peeled, stir-fried with ginger juice), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Lianrou (Lotus Seed Flesh) (remove heart and skin), Sharen (Amomum Fruit) (stir-fried), Yiyiren (Coix Seed) (stir-fried), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) (stir-fried), Shanyao (Chinese Yam), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, er liang each).
Preparation: Grind into powder. Take 2-3 qian per dose, swallow with Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome) decoction, or make into pills.
Banxia Tang (Pinellia Decoction): Treats gallbladder organ excess heat, vague spirit, chills/fever with diarrhea, aversion to cold/wind during sleep, and frequent sighing.
Ingredients: Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (yi qian wu fen), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (yi qian), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (yi qian), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root) (er qian), Sumi (Millet) (yi he), Suanzaoren (Ziziphus Seed) (stir-fried, san qian), Sujiang (Old Ginger) (yi qian wu fen).
Usage: Decoct with long-flowing water and take.
Xijiao Dihuang Wan (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Pill): Treats blood deficiency with flourishing fire, reckless blood movement causing hematemesis, epistaxis, or hematochezia. If caused by anger, add Shanzhi (Gardenia Fruit) and Chaihu (Bupleurum Root).
Ingredients: Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn) (shaved into powder), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root), Baishaoyao (White Peony Root), Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark) (yi qian ban each).
Usage: Decoct with water, pour out liquid, add Xijiao powder and take.
Renshen Pingfei San (Ginseng Lung-Pacifying Powder): Treats heart fire insulting lung metal, pulmonary萎 (flaccidity), coughing, wheezing, vomiting, profuse phlegm-saliva, chest/diaphragm stuffiness, and difficulty in throat.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root) (si fen), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel) (si fen), Fuling (Poria) (qi fen), Tianmendong (Asparagus Tuber) (si fen), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel) (wu fen), Digupi (Lycium Bark) (wu fen), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted, wu fen), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (qi fen), Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit) (ten grains, crushed), Sangpi (Mulberry Root Bark) (yi qian).
Usage: Decoct with ginger water and take.
Qingliang Yin (Cooling Drink): Treats excess heat constipation or throat swelling and pain.
Ingredients: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (roasted), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome) (steamed, equal parts).
Usage: Take five qian per dose, decoct with water and take.
Qingwei San (Stomach-Clearing Powder): Treats pain in lips and teeth from strong alcohol and rich foods, or gum ulceration, or pain radiating to head, face, and neck.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (stir-fried, yi qian wu fen), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root), Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark) (yi qian each), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome) (er qian).
Usage: Decoct with water and take.
Jiawei Qingwei San (Modified Stomach-Clearing Powder): Same as above formula plus Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn), Lianqiao (Forsythia Fruit), and Gancao (Licorice Root).
Liangge San (Cooling Diaphragm Powder): Treats excess heat causing throat and tongue swelling/pain, and urinary/fecal retention.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome), Puxiao (Mirabilite), Gancao (Licorice Root), Zhizi Ren (Gardenia Seed) (stir-fried), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Boheye (Mint Leaf) (yi liang each), Lianqiao (Forsythia Fruit) (si liang).
Preparation: Grind into powder. Take 4-5 qian per dose, decoct with Zhu Ye (Bamboo Leaf) and a little honey. Adjust dosage as needed.
Runchang Wan (Intestine-Moistening Pill): Treats latent fire and wind-heat causing dry large intestine. If caused by blood loss or kidney insufficiency, tonify the kidney instead; this pill is contraindicated.
Ingredients: Maziren (Hemp Seed), Taoren (Peach Kernel) (remove skin and tips, grind separately, yi liang each), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Dangguiwei (Angelica Sinensis Tail), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome) (roasted), Zaojiaoren (Gleditsia Spine Kernel), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root) (wu qian each).
Preparation: Grind separately into powder, bind with refined honey. Pills made with pig bile are especially excellent.
Usage: Take thirty pills per dose, before meals, with boiling water. If dryness is in the rectum, use pig bile for enema; also avoid previous medicines.
Zishen Wan (Kidney-Nourishing Pill): Treats heat in the blood level causing non-thirsty but difficult urination, or kidney deficiency with hot feet, weak legs/knees, inability to walk.
Ingredients: Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (wine-fried), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark) (wine-fried, er liang each), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) (er qian).
Preparation: Grind separately into powder, make water pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Take 200 pills per dose, empty stomach, with boiling plain water.
Huangqin Qingfei Yin (Scutellaria Lung-Clearing Drink): Treats lung heat causing difficult urination; use this to clear heat.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (yi qian), Shanzhi (Gardenia Fruit) (er qian).
Usage: Decoct with water and take. If urination is not smooth, add Yanchi (Salted Soybean) twenty grains.
Qingxin Lianzi Yin (Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Drink): Treats heat in the qi level causing dry mouth and thirst, white turbid urine, calm at night but hot during day, or mouth/tongue ulcers, dry throat, irritability with thirst, red and painful urination.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (stir-fried), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Digupi (Lycium Bark), Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed) (stir-fried), Gancao (Licorice Root) (yi qian ban each), Shilianrou (Stone Lotus Seed Flesh), Fuling (Poria), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root) (yi qian each).
Usage: Take five qian per dose, decoct with water and take.
Tiaozhong Yiqi Tang (Middle-Regulating and Qi-Supporting Decoction): Treats damage by damp-heat, heavy body and vexation, loss of taste, clear and frequent urination/defecation, or thick sticky phlegm-cough, heat congestion in head/eyes, fatigue, and poor appetite.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragalus Root) (yi qian), Renshen (Ginseng Root) (remove rhizome), Gancao (Licorice Root), Cangzhu (Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome) (wu fen each), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Jupi (Tangerine Peel), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Muxiang (Costus Root) (er fen each).
Usage: Decoct with water, take empty stomach.
Sansheng Yin (Three Raw Decoction): Treats stroke with coma and unconsciousness, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, phlegm syncope, and qi syncope.
Ingredients: Nanxing (Arisaema Rhizome) (yi liang, raw), Chuanwu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Root) (peeled, raw), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) (peeled, raw, ban liang each), Muxiang (Costus Root) (er qian).
Usage: Take five qian per dose, decoct with fresh ginger and water.
Qinjiao Shengma Tang (Gentiana and Cimicifuga Decoction): Treats wind-cold invading hand-foot Yangming meridians, causing facial paralysis, aversion to wind/cold, limb stiffness, and floating-tight pulse.
Ingredients: Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Gange (Kudzu Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (san qian each).
Usage: Take one liang per dose, add two green onion whites, decoct with water.
Yufeng Dan (Wind-Healing Pill): Treats various wind syndromes causing limb numbness and immobility of hands/feet.
Ingredients: Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) (soak in wine, bake dry), Bibo (Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome) (grind separately fine), Xuanshen (Scrophularia Root) (liu liang each), Duzhong (Eucommia Bark) (qi liang), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome) (shi si liang), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Shudihuang (Rehmannia Root) prepared, Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root) (yi jin each), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root) (wu liang), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) (san liang).
Preparation: Grind into powder, bind with refined honey into pills the size of sophora seeds.
Usage: Regularly take 50-70 pills, up to 100 for severe cases, empty stomach or before meals, with warm wine or plain water.
Dihuang Yinzi (Rehmannia Decoction): Treats kidney qi deficiency causing aphasia and inability to speak, leg flaccidity and inability to walk.
Ingredients: Shudihuang (Rehmannia Root) prepared, Bajitian (Morinda Root) (remove heart), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit) (remove core), Roubinrong (Cistanche Stem) (wine-soak, bake), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) (prepared), Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit), Shihu (Dendrobium Stem), Baifuling (White Poria), Shichangpu (Acorus Rhizome), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root) (remove heart), Guanzi (Official Cinnamon), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (remove heart, equal parts).
Usage: Take three qian per dose, add a little Bohe (Mint), decoct with fresh ginger and jujube in water and take.
Other formulas are seen in the upper volume.