Library

The pulse should be full and large; a deep and fine pulse is contraindicated. If the pulse gradually becomes slower, the condition gradually improves; if it gradually becomes faster, the condition gradually worsens. If the pulse is rapid and wiry-tight, or if firm (Lao), leathery (Ge), hurried (Cu), or intermittent (Dai) pulses appear, the condition is difficult to treat.

Gegen Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Pueraria Decoction) (Formula seen in *Shanghan Lun*)
Xiao Xuming Tang (Small Continuation of Life Decoction) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Fengyin Tang (Wind-Driving Decoction) (Formula seen in *Jingui Yaolue*)
Guizhi Jia Gualou Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Trichosanthes Fruit) (Formula seen in *Jingui Yaolue*)
In the original formula, the dosage of Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit) is double that of Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) and Baishao (White Peony Root).

Li Wu Fuzi Tang (Six-Material Aconite Decoction)
Treats Han Jue (Cold Reversal Syndrome).
Fuzi (Processed Aconite Lateralis Radix), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix) (each 2 qian), Zhigancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (1 qian), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria) (each 1.5 qian).
Decoct in water and take warm.

Liu Wei Tang (Six-Ingredient Decoction) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Baitu Tang (White Tiger Decoction) (Formula seen in *Shanghan Lun*)
Maimendong Tang (Ophiopogon Decoction) (Formula seen in *Jingui Yaolue*)
Baiwei Tang (Cynanchum Atratum Decoction) (Formula seen in *Ben Shi Fang*)

When a person is normally free from disease and pain, but suddenly appears like a dead person, with Qi flowing excessively and Blood retreating far away, and Yin and Yang reconnecting, waking up only after some time, this is called Xue Jue (Blood Reversal Syndrome). This is common in women.
Baiwei (Cynanchum Atratum Radix), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) (each 2 qian), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Zhigancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (each 0.5 qian).
Decoct two cups of water to obtain one cup, take warm.

Puhuang Tang (Lygodii Spora Decoction)
Treats Bo Jue (Thin Reversal Syndrome).
Puhuang (Lygodii Spora) (1 liang), Qingjiu (Clear Wine) (16 zhan, pour hot over the herb).
Take warm.

Ba Wu Shunqi Tang (Eight-Material Qi-Smooth Decoction)
Treats Qi Jue (Qi Reversal Syndrome).
Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Radix), Tai Wuyao (Linderae Radix), Qingpi (Unripe Tangerine Peel), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel) (each 1 qian), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (0.7 qian), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 1.5 qian), Zhigancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (0.7 qian).
Decoct in water and take.

Dihuang Yinzi (Rehmannia Infusion) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Pingwei San (Peaceful Stomach Powder) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Yunu Jian (Jade Maiden Decoction) (See Headache section)
Gouti San (Melon Seed Powder), Da Chengqi Tang (Major Order the Qi Decoction), Xiao Chengqi Tang (Minor Order the Qi Decoction), Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Regulate the Stomach Order the Qi Decoction) (All seen in *Shanghan Lun*)
Fuzi Jingmi Tang (Aconite and Rice Decoction) (Formula seen in *Jingui Yaolue*)
Santai Tang (Three-Talent Decoction) (See Cough section)
Liangge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*). Or add Dantanxing (Arisaema cum Bile) and Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), seen in Stroke syndromes.

Shujin Bao Gan San (Sinew-Nourishing Liver-Protecting Powder)
Treats Left Paralysis and Right Hemiplegia, sinew and vessel spasm, inability to move the body freely, weakness in legs and feet, Dry and Wet Hongjiao (Foot Qi/Jock Itch), and dampness stagnating in collaterals for a long time, promoting the circulation of Qi.
Mugua (Chaenomeles Fruit) (5 liang), Bibo (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma), Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) (soaked in wine), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Baijiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) (stir-fried), Songjie (Pinus Massoniana Node), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Wuyao (Litseae Fructus), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Weilingxian (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - *Note: Text says Weilingxian but context implies Saposhnikoviae Radix usually, however sticking to text name*), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Hugu (Tiger Bone) (wine-fried, each 1 liang).
Soak the above herbs in one dou of non-ash wine for twenty-seven days, seal tightly. When the time is up, take out the herbs, bake dry, and grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with the soaking wine. When the wine is finished, mix with rice gruel.

Yu Jiayan said: This is a formula for treating Wind-Dampness knotting between sinews and vessels, stagnating without dispersing, obstructing Zheng Qi (Upright Qi) from circulating freely.

Tansuan Wan (Rolling Phlegm Pill) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Treats all kinds of abnormal symptoms caused by excess Phlegm. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Shengtieluo Yin (Living Iron Drop Drink) (Formula seen in *Yi Xue San Zi Jing*)
Treats mania and madness where the patient does not distinguish between relatives and strangers.

Dingzhi Wan (Calming Spirit Pill) (Formula seen in *Qian Jin Fang*)
Treats disordered speech, frequent laughter, and manic episodes.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria) (each 3 liang), Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix) (soaked in Licorice decoction, remove woody core, 1 liang).
Grind the above four ingredients into powder, make pills with honey the size of guava seeds. Take 70 pills with water. Can also be used as a decoction. For Blood deficiency, add Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix); for Phlegm, add Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Juapi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Zhigancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root), and Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens).

Wu Xian Wan (Five Epilepsy Pill)
Treats Wu Xian (Five Types of Epilepsy).
Zhusha (Cinnabar), Zhenzhu (Pearl) (each 2 qian), Shuiyin (Mercury), Xionghuang (Realgar) (each 0.5 qian), Heiqian (Black Lead) (1.5 liang, smelted with Mercury to form cinnabar-like granules).
Grind into powder, refine with honey to make pills the size of hemp seeds. Children take 3-4 pills per dose, adults double the dose. Take with decoction of Jinyinhua (Lonicerae Japonicae Flos) and Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba).

Ziheche Wan (Placenta Humanus Pill)
Epilepsy often results from fright received in the womb, accumulating over time until imbalance triggers an attack. This is a congenital disease, so Ziheche (Human Placenta) Wan is used, taken with human milk, following the principle of "same Qi seeking each other." Contemporary experts add Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) and Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) each 2 liang, and Zhusha (Cinnabar) 0.5 liang. Longgu (Fossilized Bones), Guiban (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum), and Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) can also be added.
Ziheche (Human Placenta) (one piece, washed with rice water to remove blood, raw and pounded), Hemǐ (Rice) steamed cooked, dried and ground into powder, made into pills the size of guava seeds. Take 50 pills on an empty stomach, delivered with human milk.

Danggui Longhui Wan (Angelica and Gardenia Pill) (Formula seen in *Shi Fang Miao Yong*)
Treats Excess Fire in the Liver Meridian, constipation, dysuria, chest and diaphragm pain, or scrotal swelling. Suitable for all cases of Excess Fire in the Liver Meridian. (Ye Tianshi said: Anger and shock cause the Yang of the Five Zang emotions to rise uncontrollably, leading to madness and lack of discrimination. Only bitter-cold descending medicines can clear the Shen Spirit.)

Danfan Wan (Lead and Alum Pill) (Zhang Shiweng)
Very effective for treating Wu Xian (Five Types of Epilepsy).
Huangdan (Red Lead), Baifan (Alumen) (2 liang).
Heat in a silver jar until red hot, grind into powder. Add 1 liang of winter tea. Form pills using pig heart blood (without water), size of mung beans, coat with Zhusha (Cinnabar). Take 30 pills per dose with tea liquor. Long-term use will cause phlegm to discharge naturally. After one month of use, regulate with calming medicines.

Ganmai Dazao Tang (Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Decoction) (Modified by Ye Tianshi)
Treats Jue attacks occurring during Chou and Yin hours, with Yang vibration of the Yangming and Shaoyang meridians.
Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Tiandong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Jizihuang (Chicken Egg Yolk), Shenglonggu (Fossilized Bones), Xiaomai (Tritici Fructus).
Decoct in water and take. The original formula contained only Xiaomai (Tritici Fructus), Dazao (Zizyphi Fructus), and Gancao (Licorice Root), treating Zang Zao (Visceral Agitation) in women, characterized by sorrow and desire to cry.

Ye Tianshi Formula
Treats fright and terror, rising Yang and moving Wind, triggering latent epilepsy, vomiting phlegm, silence, and failure of collateral circulation.
Lingyangjiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu), Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Danning (Arisaema cum Bile), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Gouteng (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Juhong (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Rubrum). Decoct in water and take.

Xiao Banxia Tang plus Baibamimi (Minor Pinellia Decoction plus White Glutinous Rice)
Ye Tianshi said: The Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) belongs to Yangming. When Yangming is deficient, closure fails, and Jue Qi (Reversal Qi) rises uncontrollably. *Neijing* states: If treating the Liver is ineffective, treat Yangming to restrain its encroachment. Temporarily use unblocking and tonifying methods entering the Fu organs, utilizing the principle that "unblocking is tonification" for Fu organs.

Ye Tianshi Paste Prescription
Case record: I once treated Mr. Gu for internal Wind stirring violently due to voids in the Yin collaterals, causing Jue. I used salty substances entering Yin to harmonize Yang, and heavy/shell substances to anchor, achieving slight effect. However, the root of the disease is deep below; decoctions are light and floating, unable to fill the voids. Changing decoction to paste allows heavier medicinal power to fill and solidify. This is another method to stop Jue.
Xianbiejia (Fresh Trionycis Carapax), Guiban (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum), Zhujingsui (Porcine Medulla Spinalis), Yangjingsui (Ovis/Medis Medulla Spinalis), Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Tiandong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Dancai (Mytilus Edulis), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex). Simmer into paste. Take 7 qian in the morning, 4 qian at noon.

Wumei Wan (Mume Pill) (Formula seen in *Shanghan Lun*)
Comprehensively treats various Jueyin syndromes, alternating cold and heat, and long-standing diarrhea due to ascariasis Jue.

Ke Yunbo said: Among the Six Meridians, Jueyin is the most difficult to treat. Its root is Yin, its branch is Heat; its nature is Wind-Wood, its function is Ministerial Fire. *Neijing* says: "One must subdue what dominates, and first address the cause." Whether gathering or dispersing, opposing or following, act according to what is beneficial, regulate the Middle Qi, and bring it to peace. This is the method for treating Jueyin. Zhang Zhongjing's formulas generally use Acrid-Sweet and Sweet-Cool as sovereign drugs, avoiding Sour-Astringent agents. However, this formula uses them because Jueyin governs the Liver. *Hongfan* says: "Wood is flexible and straight; flexibility and straightness produce Sour." *Neijing* says: "Wood governs Sour; Sour enters the Liver." Using Wumei (Mume Fructus) as the sovereign drug for its great Sourness subdues what dominates. Paired with Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) to drain Heart Fire and remove stuffiness, assisted by Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) to nourish Kidney Yin and relieve thirst, addressing the cause first. The Kidney is the Mother of the Liver; using Huajiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) to warm the Kidney allows Fire to have a return path, nourishing the Liver, thus consolidating the root. The Liver desires dispersion; using Xixin (Asari Radix) and Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) for their Acrid dispersion fulfills its desire. The Liver stores Blood; using Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) and Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) for their Warmth and Moisture guides them back to their meridian. Because Cold and Hot are mixed, flavors and Qi do not harmonize, so Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) is added to regulate Middle Qi. Soaking Wumei in Kujiu (Bitter Vinegar) follows the principle of "same Qi seeking each other." Steaming under rice provides Grain Qi. Adding Honey harmonizes. Give small amounts and gradually increase, treating the root slowly. Zhang Zhongjing's formula was originally the method for Jueyin syndromes. Sun Simiao compiled it under the条目 of vomiting roundworms, making people unaware of the primary formula for Jueyin. Observing its medication matches various syndromes; how could it be limited to just vomiting roundworms?