治一切痰饮咳嗽。
用大半夏一斤汤泡七次，晒干为末，用生绢袋盛，浸于瓷盆内，净水洗出去渣，将
洗出半夏末浸于盆内，日晒夜露，每日换新水，七日七夜，澄去水，将半夏粉晒干，每
半夏粉一两，入飞过朱砂末一钱，生姜汁糊丸桐子大，每服七十丸，淡姜汤食后服。
治上焦有热，咳嗽生痰。
黄芩（末一钱） 制过半夏粉（一两） 二味和匀，姜汁丸，桐子大，每服七十丸，淡姜
汤，食后服。
蜂蜜（四两） 姜皮（四两） 香油（四两） 白矾（五分） 杏仁（半两，不去皮、尖）
捣烂入铜锅内同熬，随意服之，忌荤腥。
治忧思喜怒，饥饱失时，致伤脾肺，咳嗽脓血，憎寒壮热，渐成痨瘵。
人参 紫菀茸（洗） 阿胶（蛤粉炒） 百合（蒸） 细辛（洗去叶、土） 款冬
花杏仁（去皮、尖，炒） 天冬（汤泡，去心） 半夏（汤泡，七次） 经霜桑叶 五
味子（各一两） 甘草（炙，五钱） 每服四钱，姜水煎，食后温服。
治三年肺气上喘咳嗽，咯唾脓血，满面生疮，遍身黄肿。
蛤蚧（一对，全者，河水浸五宿日，换水洗去腥，酥，炙黄） 杏仁（去皮、尖）
人参 甘草（炙，各五钱） 知母 桑白皮 茯苓 贝母（各三两） 为细末，瓷盆内盛，
每日用茶点二钱，神效。
一方
治久嗽肺胃虚损，咽喉枯燥，用此清润。惟音哑者，不宜服。
人参（一钱） 麦冬（二钱） 蜜水炒桑皮（一钱五分） 薏苡仁（三钱） 生甘草（四分） 盐水泡橘
红（六分） 白茯苓（一钱二分） 鲜百合（七片） 北五味子（五粒） 用猪肺管一个，煎汤三钟，
去浮沫并管，入药煎至一钟，温和徐徐咽。
Treats all kinds of coughs caused by phlegm-fluid retention.
Take one jin (approx. 500g) of large Banxia (Pinellia Rhizome), soak it in boiling water seven times, dry it in the sun, and grind it into powder. Place the powder in a raw silk bag, immerse it in a porcelain basin, and wash it with clean water to remove dregs. Keep the washed Banxia powder in the basin, expose it to the sun during the day and dew at night, changing the fresh water daily for seven days and nights. Clarify the mixture, discard the water, and dry the Banxia powder. For every liang (approx. 37.5g) of Banxia powder, add one qian (approx. 3.75g) of refined Zhusha (Cinnabar) powder. Use Shengjiang juice (Fresh Ginger Juice) to make pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take seventy pills each time, administered after meals with light ginger soup.
Treats heat in the Upper Jiao causing cough and phlegm production.
Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, powdered, one qian) and Zhi Banxia (Processed Pinellia Rhizome powder, one liang). Mix these two ingredients evenly, use ginger juice to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take seventy pills each time, administered after meals with light ginger soup.
Fengmi (Honey, four liang), Jiangpi (Ginger Peel, four liang), Xiangyou (Sesame Oil, four liang), Baifan (Alum, five fen), Xingren (Apricot Kernel, half liang, skin and tip not removed). Pound them into a paste and simmer together in a copper pot. Take as desired. Avoid meat and fish.
Treats cough with pus and blood, aversion to cold with high fever, gradually developing into Laozai (consumption/tuberculosis), caused by injury to the Spleen and Lung due to excessive worry, anger, or irregular eating habits.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Ziwan Rong (Aster Flower Bud, washed), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, stir-fried with Ge Fen/Clam Shell Powder), Baihe (Lily Bulb, steamed), Xixin (Asarum Root, washed to remove leaves and soil), Kuandonghua (Coltsfoot Flower), Xingren (Apricot Kernel, skin and tip removed, stir-fried), Tiantong (Asparagus Stem, soaked in water, heart removed), Banxia (Pinellia Rhizome, soaked in water seven times), Sangye (Mulberry Leaf, exposed to frost), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, one liang each), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, five qian). Take four qian each time, decocted in ginger water, taken warm after meals.
Treats chronic asthma and cough due to upward rebellion of Lung Qi lasting three years, expectoration of pus and blood, sores on the face, and generalized yellow edema.
Gejie (Gecko Pair, whole, soaked in river water for five nights, rinsed to remove fishy smell, roasted with Su oil until yellow), Xingren (Apricot Kernel, skin and tip removed), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, five qian each), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Sangbaipi (Morus Bark), Fuling (Poria), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb, three liang each). Grind into fine powder, store in a porcelain basin. Take two qian each time with tea; the effect is miraculous.
Another prescription:
Treats chronic cough leading to deficiency and damage of the Lung and Stomach, with dry throat. This formula clears and moistens. It is not suitable for those with hoarseness.
Renshen (Ginseng Root, one qian), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber, two qian), Sangpimi (Morus Bark stir-fried with honey water, one qian five fen), Yiyiren (Coix Seed, three qian), Sheng Gancao (Raw Licorice Root, four fen), Ju Hong (Citrus Reticulata Peel soaked in salt water, six fen), Bai Fuling (White Poria, one qian two fen), Xian Baihe (Fresh Lily Bulb, seven pieces), Bei Wuweizi (Northern Schisandra Berry, five grains). Decoct one pig lung tube in three zhong (approx. 300ml) of water, remove foam and the tube, add the herbs, and decoct until one zhong remains. Swallow slowly while warm.