腻生冷，治胸痹心痛，逆气膈中，饮食不下。
抽刀散 白姜五两，用巴霜一钱同炒赤，去巴；菖蒲五两，半生半炒；良姜五两，用斑蝥二十五枚同炒黑，
去蝥；糯米六两一分炒黄，为末，每二钱，空心温酒下。昔一人醉卧星夜，天明脾疼攻刺，百药罔效，后服之
顿愈，乃知风露入脾，故用二姜、菖蒲散邪、巴豆、斑蝥借气伐根，继以养脾之剂调之，更不复作。
连附六一汤 黄连六钱，附子一钱，姜枣煎热服。治胃脘痛甚，诸药不效者，热因热用也。
莎芎散 香附、川芎各一两，黄连、山栀各五钱，木香、干生姜各三钱，槟榔、酒黄芩、芒硝各二钱，
为末。每二钱，用姜汁同滚白汤调，痛时呷下。治曾服香燥热药，以致病根深固者，宜用。
实痛煮黄 苍，虚则归术二六。
煮黄丸 雄黄一两，巴豆五钱，白面二两，研匀，水丸梧子大。取十二丸，用浆水煮熟，漉入冷浆水内沉
冷，每一时冷浆水下一丸，一日尽十二丸，如得利不可再服，宜古 苍以去余邪，治大实心痛。
古 苍汤 本五钱，苍术一两，水煎服。服煮黄丸后，宜此断根。治大实心痛，及心头迭痛者亦好。
古归术散 当归八两，白术一两，为末。每二钱，沸汤点服。治心脾疼痛。
二六丸 白术五钱，白芍、砂仁、半夏，当归各三钱，桃仁、黄连、神曲、陈皮各二钱，吴萸一钱半，人
参、甘草各一钱，为末，蒸饼为丸服。治气血俱虚，挟食积痰火心痛。
痰火栀姜海石，白螺必 成灰；
栀姜饮 山栀仁十五枚炒焦，水一盏，煎至六分，入生姜自然汁三匙令辣，再煎少沸热饮，可入川芎一钱
尤妙。治胃热作痛。如用此及劫痛药不止者，须用玄明粉一钱服之，立效。
栀萸丸 山栀仁炒焦三两，吴萸、香附各五钱，为末，蒸饼丸如花椒大。每二十丸，生地黄酒洗，同生姜煎
汤服。治气实心痛。
萸连栀石丸 吴萸、黄连、山栀、滑石各钱，荔枝核烧存性三钱，为末，姜汁糊丸服。治湿热心痛，引小
腹欲作疝者。
海石散 海石二钱，香附一钱，为末，川芎、山栀煎汤，入姜汁令辣，调服。治脾痛、疝痛。实者可 牡
蛎粉二钱，酒调服。
白螺壳丸 白螺蛳壳火 、南星、滑石、苍术、山栀、香附各一两，枳壳、青皮、木香、半夏、砂仁各五
钱，春加川芎，夏加黄连，秋冬加吴萸，为末，姜汁浸，蒸饼为丸，绿豆大。每五十丸，姜汤下。治痰积胃脘
作痛。
血积失笑干漆，玄胡须醋炒熟。
失笑散 蒲黄、五灵脂各等分为末。每二钱，先以醋调成膏，入水一盏煎，空心热服。治心气痛及小肠气
痛不可忍。
单干漆丸 炒烟尽为末，醋糊丸梧子大。每五七丸，热酒或醋调下。治九种心痛，恶心吐水，腹胁积聚滞
气，妇人瘀血作痛尤效。
玄胡索丸 玄胡索一两半，桂心、红花、滑石、红曲各五钱，桃仁三十枚，为末，蒸饼为丸服。治死血作
痛神效。
腹痛痰滞，姜调芎术散当先；
川芎、苍术、香附、白芷各等分为末，磨木香、姜汁点热汤调服。治痰积作痛，脉滑，小便不利。
腹痛血寒，酒煮当归丸最速。
当归一两，黑附子、良姜各七钱，茴香五钱，四味用酒一碗煮干，再焙，入甘草、苦楝、丁香各五钱，玄
胡索四钱，炒黄盐、全蝎各三钱，柴胡二钱，木香、升麻各一钱，为末，酒糊丸，梧子大。每五七十丸，空
心淡醋汤下。忌油、面、酒、腻、生冷。治小腹寒痛及妇人 疝，下注香港脚，腰以下如有冰雪，以火焙衣盖，
犹寒冷之极，小便不止，与白带长流不禁，目睛KT KT 无所见，身重如山，腿膝枯细，大便难，虚乏极甚。
吁！是病起于伤寒，却病无如寡欲。
盛暑酷热，流火烁金，正宜生脉为主，
生脉散 人参、五味子各一钱，麦门冬二钱，水煎服，生津止渴，加黄 、黄柏，令人气力涌出。古云∶夏
月必服五味子，以补五脏，服参与五味子不得者，白术、乌梅代之。
清肺生脉饮 黄 二钱，当归、生地黄、人参、麦门冬各五分，五味子十粒，水煎服。治暑入肺咳嗽，脾
胃虚弱，气喘气促。
反治大顺（散）难禁。
先将甘草四两，用蜜炒熟，次入干姜炒褐，却入杏仁炒不作声为度，取起，后入肉桂各钱三分，为末。每二
钱水煎服，烦躁冷水调服。治冒暑伏热，引饮伤脾，霍乱吐泻。
诱行（丸）百药自卫，
百药煎、麦门冬、乌梅、葛根、人参、甘草蜜丸，含化一丸。免吃冷水膨腹，兼止吐泻作渴。
无忧万病相侵。
谢传万病无忧散 草果、黄连、滑石、泽泻各一两二钱，枳壳、木通、浓朴、陈皮、赤茯苓、车前子、
猪苓、砂仁各八钱，香薷、扁豆各二两，白术、小茴各五钱六分，木香、甘草各二钱半，为末。每二钱，滚水
调服，素虚者温酒或茶清下。忌米饮，孕妇禁服。如不善服末者，煎三沸服，或摊冷服，不尔则吐，专治夏月
霍乱吐泻，烦渴尿赤，似疟非疟，似痢非痢，不服水土等证，常服可防疟痢。
正（气虚）疟四兽七枣，痰火露姜宜早服；
四兽饮 人参、白术、茯苓、陈皮、半夏、草果、乌梅、生姜、枣子各等分，甘草减半，共享盐少许淹
食顷，以皮纸包裹，将水浸湿，慢火煨一时，令香熟，焙干，每五钱水煎，未发前并进数服。治七情聚痰发疟，
及五脏气虚，疟久不已。
古枣附汤 附子半枚，盐水浸泡七次，枣子七枚，生姜七片，水煎，当发日旦温服，仍吃枣子三五枚。治
五脏气虚发疟，不问寒热先后及独作、叠作、间作并治。
古果附汤 草果、附子各二钱半，姜、枣
煎温服。治脾寒疟疾不愈，振寒少热，面青不食，大便溏泻，小便反多。
露姜饮 用生姜四两，和皮捣汁一碗，夜露至晓，空心冷服。大治脾胃聚痰，发为寒热。凡中风、中气、
中暑、中毒、干霍乱，一应卒暴之证，与童便合用，立可解散。盖姜能开痰，童便能降火故也。
邪（外邪）疟常山槟榔，痞块鳖甲消年深。
祛邪丸 麻黄四两，常山、大黄、知母、甘草各二两，为末，蜜丸梧子大。每面东服十五丸。欲汗，冷水
下；欲下，露姜饮下；欲吐，甘草煎汤露过下。治新疟脉浮大，寒热往来。
胜金丹 常山四两，酒蒸晒干，槟榔一两，为末，醋糊丸，绿豆大。每三十丸。隔夜临卧冷酒下，次早再
进一服。血虚，当归煎汤下；气虚，人参煎汤；痰多，贝母煎汤下。治诸疟，日久不愈。
老疟丸 常山、草果各二两，用酒、醋各一碗，入砂锅内浸一宿，再入青皮、陈皮、半夏、乌梅、三棱、莪术、
砂仁、槟榔各一两，同浸半日，煮干，晒为末，半酒半醋打糊为丸，梧子大，每三十丸，白汤下，服至半斤除
根，治久疟不瘥，腹痛有母，凡积聚及行瘴湿地方尤宜。
老疟饮 苍术、草果、桔梗、青皮、陈皮、良姜各五分，白芷、茯苓、半夏、甘草、枳壳、桂心、干姜各
三分，苏叶，川芎各二分，水煎，入盐少许，空心温服。治入疟，结成 瘕、 癖在腹，诸药不愈。
鳖甲丸 鳖甲二两，香附、三棱、莪术、海粉、青皮、红花、桃仁、神曲、麦芽各五钱，并用醋煮晒干，
随证加减，为末，醋糊丸梧子大。每五十丸，白汤下。善消导疟母。一方加芎、归、赤芍等分，名阴疟丸，治
夜疟及血虚。
痢疾导滞主方，香连阿胶六神可辅；
导滞汤 芍药一钱，当归、黄芩，黄连各五分，大黄三分，肉桂二分关，木香、槟榔、甘草各二分，水煎
服。一方无肉桂、甘草，有枳壳。治下痢浓血，里急后重，腹痛作渴，日夜无度。大要以芍药、甘草和中止腹痛，
恶热痛加黄芩，恶寒痛加姜、桂；以木香、槟榔行气除后重，气分加枳壳、滑石宽肠，血分加当归、桃仁和血；
以秦艽、皂子祛肠风；黄芩、黄连清热毒；白术、陈皮调胃；茯苓、泽泻渗湿；山栀、枳实消积。呕吐加石膏、
陈皮、山栀、姜汁；痢已后重不解，去槟、枳，换条芩，加升麻提之；虚者减芩、连、大黄；气虚加白术、黄 、
砂仁；血虚加芎、归、阿胶、侧柏叶、炒干姜。此方行血和气，深合经旨。
香连丸 黄连五两，粉草二两，同用蜜水略拌湿，置锅中重汤蒸良久，取出晒干，如此者九次，后入木香一
两，为末，糊丸梧子大。每五十丸，空心温酒米饮任下。治一切痢疾。
加味香连丸 黄连四两，用吴萸水炒过，木香一两，阿芙蓉二钱，为末，陈米糊丸绿豆大，每二三十丸。此
方临危便泄不收，诸方不效，急将莲肉煎汤送下，被盖取睡，效奏神矣。
四味香连丸 黄连炒十两，大黄酒煨四两，木香二两，槟榔一两，为末。糊丸如绿豆大。每七十丸，空心
米饮下。治痢初起，不问赤白，每日二服，有积自行，无积自止。如下痢，色黑在黄，色紫地榆，色红黄芩，
色淡生姜，色白肉桂，色黄山楂，水泄粟壳，痛甚木香、山栀，各煎汤送下，如神。
黄连阿胶丸 黄连三两，赤茯苓二两，为末，水调，阿胶一两，和丸梧子大。每三十丸，食后米饮下。
治热泻血痢及肺热咯血。此方抑心火，清肺脏故也。
六神丸 黄连解暑毒，清脏腑，浓肠胃，赤痢倍之；木香温脾胃，逐邪气，止下痛，白痢倍之；枳壳宽肠
胃；茯苓利水；神曲、麦芽消积滞；以上六味，各等分为末，神曲打糊为丸梧子大。每五十丸，赤痢，甘草煎
汤下；白痢，干姜煎汤下；赤、白痢，甘草、干姜煎汤下。真调痢要药。
加味清六丸 滑石六钱，乳香、没药、桃仁、木香、槟榔、大黄各一钱，为末，神曲糊丸
绿豆大，每百丸，米饮下，以利尽秽物为度。治痢久不愈，下如清涕，有紫黑血丝。原因饱食疾走，或极力叫
号呕跌，多受疼痛，大怒不泄，补塞太过，大酒大肉，皆令血瘀所致。
古姜墨丸 干姜炒、京墨 各等分为末，醋煮，面糊为丸如梧子大，每服三五十丸，米饮下。治蛊疰痢。
休息感应神效，养脏补肠百中可寻。
感应丸 百草霜、丁香、干姜各一两，木香二两，杏仁四十九粒，肉豆蔻二十一枚，巴霜七十二枚（一方
有黄丹、乳香），为末，用黄蜡滤去渣，又用酒煮溶，取浮者四两，如春夏用清油一两，秋冬一两半，熬熟，
入前蜡溶化，候温入前末和匀，油纸包裹，旋丸梧子大，小儿麻子大。每二十丸，空心米汤或姜汤下。治男妇
小儿，停积宿食冷物，不能克化，有伤脾胃，与泄泻臭秽，或下痢脓血，肚热心腹疼痛。
神效丸 当归、乌梅、黄连各等分（一方有阿胶），为末，蜜丸，甚者蜡丸梧子大，焙干。每三十丸加至
五十丸，空心浓朴煎汤下。治休息痢脓血不止，疼痛困弱。
养脏汤、丸 粟壳蜜炒一两，陈皮、枳壳、黄连、木香、乌梅、杏仁、浓朴、甘草各五钱，黑豆、枣子煎
服（红痢，生地、甘草节、春茶煎）。久不效，加龙骨、赤石脂、人参、芍药各一两，为末，蜜丸梧子大。每
三十丸，乌梅、甘草煎汤，或粟米饮下，治五色痢神效。
黄连补肠汤 黄连四钱，茯苓、川芎各三钱，酸石榴皮五片，地榆五钱，伏龙肝二钱，每八钱，水煎服。
治大肠虚冷，痢下青白，肠中雷鸣。
百中散 粟壳去粗皮，用姜汁浸一宿，炒干为末。每二钱，米饮调服。忌生冷、油腻、鱼 、毒物三日。
治一切痢，不问赤白，或日百行，一服便疏，再服即愈。
气痢丸 诃子、橘皮、浓朴各三两，为末，蜜丸梧子大。每三十丸，米饮下。
苍榆汤 苍术二钱，卷柏、芍药各一钱半，地榆、阿胶各一钱，水煎服。治泄痢脱肛。阿胶，大肠要药也。
姜茶煎，可防疫；
老生姜、春茶叶各等分，新水煎服。盖姜助阳，茶助阴，二者皆能消散，又且调平阴阳，况于暑毒，
酒食毒皆能解之乎！不问赤白冷热，疫痢腹痛通用。
梅蜜饮，能抑心。
治热痢，用陈白梅、好茶、蜜水各半煎服；冷痢用生梅汁、蜜水各半煎服，仍将木香、生肉豆蔻为佐。蜜
最治痢。
蛊毒，茜根犀角；
茜根丸 茜根、犀角、升麻、地榆、当归、黄连、枳壳、白芍等分为末，醋糊为丸，梧子大。每七十丸，空
心米饮下。治蛊疰痢及一切毒痢，心腹烦痛等证。
愈后，苍龟柏芩。
苍龟丸 苍术、龟版、白芍各二两半，黄柏五钱，为末，粥丸四物汤加陈皮、甘草煎汤下。治痢后脚弱渐
小。一方加黄芩五钱。
噫！人情好饮贪凉以避暑，至理淡口节欲以养阴。
惟湿易于伤脾，惟脾难于调燮。下虚，则浊流于内，而为泻为肿为疼；上郁，则色蒸于外，而为痞为嗳
为噎。
退黄老少（男妇）俱宜，
退黄丸 青矾二两，锅内溶化，入陈黄米四升，用醋拌匀，慢火炒令烟尽力度，加入平胃散六两，同炒少
顷，去火毒；水肿合四苓散一料同炒，为末，醋糊丸梧子大。每七十丸，空心临卧陈米饮下。忌糯米，油、面、
生冷、硬物。一方只用青矾、苍术等分，炒丸亦好。治黄肿，水肿腹胀，溏泻等证。此方即周益公阴骘丸。挟
气肿者，加樟树皮五钱、木香二钱、香附二两；挟血肿及产后肿者，加四物汤一料。盖青矾乃铜之精液，用醋
Greasy and raw/cold foods are contraindicated. This section treats chest bi (Chest Bi Syndrome) with heart pain, rebellious qi in the diaphragm, and inability to eat or drink.
Chou Dao San (Drawing Knife Powder): Bai Jiang (White Ginger) 5 liang, stir-fried with Ba Shuang (Croton Seed Frost/Resin) 1 qian until red, then remove the Croton; Chang Pu (Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome) 5 liang, half raw and half stir-fried; Liang Jiang (Galangal Rhizome) 5 liang, stir-fried with Ban Mao (Mylabris/Cantharis) 25 pieces until black, then remove the Mylabris; Nuo Mi (Glutinous Rice) 6 liang 1 fen, stir-fried yellow, ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach. In the past, a person lay drunk under the stars at night, and by dawn suffered stabbing spleen pain that no medicine could cure. After taking this powder, he recovered instantly. It was then understood that wind and dew had entered the spleen. Therefore, Er Jiang (Ginger and Galangal) and Chang Pu were used to scatter pathogenic factors, while Ba Dou (Croton Seed) and Ban Mao (Mylabris) borrowed their qi to attack the root of the disease. Subsequently, spleen-nourishing agents were used to regulate it, preventing recurrence.
Lian Fu Liu Yi Tang (Coptis and Aconite Six-One Decoction): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 6 qian, Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root) 1 qian, decocted with Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger) and Da Zao (Jujube), taken hot. Treats severe epigastric pain unresponsive to other medicines; this is "treating heat with heat" (Re treating Heat).
Sha Xiong San (Safer and Ligusticum Powder): Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome) and Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) 1 liang each; Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) and Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit) 5 qian each; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) and Gan Sheng Jiang (Dried Fresh Ginger) 3 qian each; Bing Lang (Areca Seed) and Jiu Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root fried with wine) and Mang Xiao (Mirabilite) 2 qian each. Ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with ginger juice and boiling plain water, sipped slowly during pain. Treats conditions where previous use of aromatic, dry, and hot medicines has caused deep-rooted pathology.
For excess pain, use Zhu Huang Wan (Boiled Yellow Pill) with Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome); for deficiency pain, use Gui Shu San (Angelica and Atractylodes Powder) with Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) and Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) at ratios of six parts each.
Zhu Huang Wan (Boiled Yellow Pill): Xiong Huang (Realgar) 1 liang, Ba Dou (Croton Seed) 5 qian, Bai Mian (Wheat Flour) 2 liang. Grind uniformly, make pills with water the size of Sophora seeds. Take 12 pills, boil in sour grain water, drain into cold sour water to cool. Swallow one pill every hour immersed in cold sour water. Finish all 12 pills in one day. If diarrhea occurs, do not take more. Use Gu Cang (Ancient Cang Zhu formula) to eliminate residual pathogens. Treats severe excess heart pain.
Gu Cang Tang (Ancient Cang Zhu Decoction): Ben Shen (this refers to Cang Zhu/Atractylodes) 5 qian, Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) 1 liang. Decoct in water. After taking Zhu Huang Wan, use this to eradicate the root. Also effective for severe excess heart pain and alternating heart pain.
Gu Gui Shu San (Ancient Angelica and Atractylodes Powder): Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) 8 liang, Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) 1 liang. Ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, prepared with boiling water. Treats heart and spleen pain.
Er Liu Wan (Two-Six Pill): Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) 5 qian; Bai Shao (White Peony Root), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) 3 qian each; Tao Ren (Peach Kernel), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel) 2 qian each; Wu Yu (Evodia Fruit) 1.5 qian; Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 1 qian each. Ground into powder, made into pills with steamed bread dough. Treats heart pain due to combined qi and blood deficiency with food stagnation, phlegm, and fire.
Phlegm-fire syndromes use Zhi (Gardenia), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), Hai Shi (Pumice Stone); Bai Luo Ke (White Conch Shell) must be calcined to ash.
Zhi Jiang Yin (Gardenia and Ginger Drink): Shan Zhi Ren (Gardenia Seed) 15 pieces, charred; add 1 cup of water, decoct to 0.6 cup. Add 3 spoons of fresh ginger juice to make it spicy, boil briefly, and drink hot. Adding Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) 1 qian is excellent. Treats stomach-heat pain. If pain persists despite this and strong analgesics, take Xuan Ming Fen (Mirabilite) 1 qian for immediate effect.
Zhi Yu Wan (Gardenia and Evodia Pill): Shan Zhi Ren (Gardenia Seed) 3 liang, charred; Wu Yu (Evodia Fruit), Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome) 5 qian each. Ground into powder, made into pills the size of Sichuan peppercorns using steamed bread dough. Take 20 pills each time, with Di Huang (Rehmannia Root) washed in yellow wine, decocted with Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger) and taken as a soup. Treats excess qi heart pain.
Yu Lian Zhi Shi Wan (Evodia, Coptis, Gardenia, and Talc Pill): Wu Yu (Evodia Fruit), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit), Hua Shi (Talcum) 1 qian each; Li Zhi He (Lychee Seed) burned to retain its nature 3 qian. Ground into powder, made into pills with ginger juice paste. Treats damp-heat heart pain radiating to the lower abdomen resembling hernia.
Hai Shi San (Pumice Powder): Hai Shi (Pumice Stone) 2 qian, Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome) 1 qian. Ground into powder. Decoct Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) and Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit), add ginger juice to make spicy, mix and take. Treats spleen pain and hernia pain. For excess cases, add Mu Li Fen (Oyster Shell Powder) 2 qian, taken with wine.
Bai Luo Ke Wan (White Conch Shell Pill): Bai Luo Si Ke (White Conch Shell) calcined, Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome), Hua Shi (Talcum), Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit), Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome) 1 liang each; Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus), Qing Pi (Citrus Peel), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit) 5 qian each. Add Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) in spring, Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) in summer, Wu Yu (Evodia Fruit) in autumn/winter. Ground into powder, soaked in ginger juice, made into mung-bean-sized pills with steamed bread dough. Take 50 pills each time with ginger soup. Treats stomach-epigastric pain due to phlegm accumulation.
Blood stasis syndromes use Shi Xiao San (Smile-Lost Powder) and Gan Qi (Dry Lacquer); Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome) must be stir-fried with vinegar until cooked.
Shi Xiao San (Smile-Lost Powder): Pu Huang (Typha Pollen), Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterus Dung) equal parts, ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, first mix with vinegar to form a paste, add 1 cup of water, decoct, and take hot on an empty stomach. Treats unbearable heart qi pain and small intestine qi pain.
Dan Gan Qi Wan (Single Dry Lacquer Pill): Stir-fry until smoke ceases, grind into powder, make pills with vinegar paste the size of Sophora seeds. Take 5-7 pills each time with hot wine or vinegar. Treats nine types of heart pain, nausea with vomiting of water, abdominal/flank accumulation and stagnant qi, and especially effective for women's blood-stasis pain.
Yan Hu Suo Wan (Corydalis Pill): Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome) 1.5 liang; Gui Xin (Cinnamon Twig Heart), Hong Hua (Safflower), Hua Shi (Talcum), Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice) 5 qian each; Tao Ren (Peach Kernel) 30 pieces. Ground into powder, made into pills with steamed bread dough. Treats pain from dead blood (stasis) with miraculous effect.
Abdominal pain due to phlegm stagnation: First take Xiong Shu San (Ligusticum and Atractylodes Powder) adjusted with ginger.
Xiong Shu San: Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome), Bai Zhi (Angelica Dahurica Root) equal parts, ground into powder. Grind in Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), point with ginger juice, mix with hot water. Treats pain from phlegm accumulation, slippery pulse, and difficult urination.
Abdominal pain due to blood-cold: Zui Zhu Dang Gui Wan (Wine-Boiled Angelica Pill) is fastest.
Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) 1 liang; Hei Fu Zi (Black Prepared Aconite), Liang Jiang (Galangal Rhizome) 7 qian each; Hui Xiang (Fennel Fruit) 5 qian. Boil these four ingredients in 1 bowl of wine until dry, then roast dry. Add Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Ku Lian (Chinaberry Seed), Ding Xiang (Clove) 5 qian each; Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome) 4 qian; Chao Huang Yan (Stir-fried Yellow Salt), Quan Xie (Scorpion) 3 qian each; Chai Hu (Bupleurum Root) 2 qian; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga Rhizome) 1 qian each. Ground into powder, made into Sophora-seed-sized pills with wine paste. Take 50-70 pills each time with light vinegar soup on an empty stomach. Avoid oil, noodles, alcohol, greasy, and raw/cold foods. Treats cold pain in the lower abdomen and women's hernia, descending to the legs (Hong Kong foot), feeling like ice/snow below the waist even when covered with heated clothes, extreme coldness, incontinence, continuous leukorrhea, blurred vision, heaviness like a mountain, thin knees/legs, difficult defecation, and extreme weakness. Alas! This disease originates from Shang Han (Cold Damage), but nothing cures disease better than abstaining from desires.
During intense summer heat, when flowing fire scorches metal, Sheng Mai San (Generate Pulse Powder) is appropriate as the main formula.
Sheng Mai San (Generate Pulse Powder): Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Berry) 1 qian each; Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber) 2 qian. Decoct in water. Generates fluids and stops thirst. Adding Huang Qi (Astragalus Root) and Huang Bo (Phellodendron Bark) boosts energy. Ancients said: One must take Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Berry) in summer to tonify the five zang organs. If Ren Shen (Ginseng Root) and Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Berry) cannot be taken, Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) and Wu Mei (Mume Fruit) can substitute.
Qing Fei Sheng Mai Yin (Clear Lung Generate Pulse Drink): Huang Qi (Astragalus Root) 2 qian; Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia Root), Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber) 0.5 qian each; Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Berry) 10 grains. Decoct in water. Treats summer-heat entering the lung causing cough, spleen/stomach deficiency, asthma, and shortness of breath.
Fan Zhi (Counter-treatment) Da Shun San (Great Harmony Powder) is hard to prohibit [from misuse].
First, stir-fry 4 liang of Gan Cao (Licorice Root) with honey until cooked. Then add Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) and stir-fry until brown. Next, add Xing Ren (Apricot Seed) and stir-fry until silent. Remove. Then add Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark) 1.3 qian each. Ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, decocted in water. For irritability, mix with cold water. Treats exposure to summer-heat latent heat, drinking injuring the spleen, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.
You Xing Wan (Guiding Movement Pill) protects against hundred medicines.
Bai Yao Jian (Hundred Medicine Ferment), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber), Wu Mei (Mume Fruit), Ge Gen (Kudzu Root), Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) made into honey pills. Dissolve one pill in the mouth. Prevents abdominal bloating from cold water and stops vomiting/diarrhea/thirst.
Wu You Wan Bing Xiang Qin (Worry-Free Ten Thousand Diseases Invasion).
Xie Chuan Wan Bing Wu You San (Xie Chuan's Worry-Free Hundred Diseases Powder): Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Hua Shi (Talcum), Ze Xie (Alisma Rhizome) 1.2 liang each; Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus), Mu Tong (Akebia Stem), Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Chi Fu Ling (Poria with Red Wood), Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed), Zhu Ling (Polyporus), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit) 8 qian each; Xiang Ru (Elsholtzia Herb), Bian Dou (Lablab Bean) 2 liang each; Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Xiao Hui (Fennel Fruit) 5.6 qian each; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 2.5 qian each. Ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with boiling water. For constitutionally weak, take with warm wine or clear tea. Avoid rice drink; pregnant women forbidden. If unable to take powder, boil three times before taking, or let cool; otherwise it causes vomiting. Specifically treats summer cholera/vomiting/diarrhea, irritability/thirst/red urine, malaria-like symptoms, dysentery-like symptoms, and maladaptation to local climate. Regular use prevents malaria and dysentery.
Zheng Qi Xu (Righteous Qi Deficiency) Malaria uses Si Shou Yin (Four Beast Drink) plus seven dates; Tan Huo (Phlegm-Fire) uses Lu Jiang Yin (Dew Ginger Drink) taken early.
Si Shou Yin (Four Beast Drink): Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Fu Ling (Poria), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber), Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit), Wu Mei (Mume Fruit), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), Zao Zi (Jujube) equal parts; Gan Cao (Licorice Root) halved. Marinate together with a little salt for a moment, wrap in skin paper, wet with water, simmer slowly for one shichen (2 hours) until fragrant and cooked, roast dry. Take 5 qian each time, decocted in water. Take several doses before onset. Treats malaria caused by emotional stagnation creating phlegm, and five-zang qi deficiency with chronic malaria.
Gu Zao Fu Tang (Ancient Date and Aconite Decoction): Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root) half piece, soaked in salt water seven times; Zao Zi (Jujube) 7 pieces; Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger) 7 slices. Decoct in water. Take warm on the morning of onset. Eat 3-5 jujubes. Treats five-zang qi deficiency malaria, regardless of cold/heat sequence, solitary, successive, or intermittent attacks.
Gu Guo Fu Tang (Ancient Tsaoko and Aconite Decoction): Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit), Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root) 2.5 qian each. Decoct with ginger and jujube, take warm. Treats persistent spleen-cold malaria with chills exceeding fever, green face, anorexia, loose stools, and increased urination.
Lu Jiang Yin (Dew Ginger Drink): Use 4 liang of Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger), crush with peel to get 1 bowl of juice. Leave exposed to night dew until dawn. Take cold on an empty stomach. Greatly treats spleen/stomach phlegm accumulation causing cold/fever. For stroke, qi stagnation, summer-heat, poisoning, dry cholera, and all sudden acute conditions, combine with Tong Bian (Child's Urine) for instant resolution. Because ginger opens phlegm and child's urine descends fire.
Xie (Pathogenic Factor) Malaria commonly uses Chang Shan (Daphne Cortex) and Bing Lang (Areca Seed); Pi Kuai (Masses) use Bie Jia (Tartaric Turtle Shell) to eliminate long-standing issues.
Qu Xie Wan (Expel Pathogen Pill): Ma Huang (Ephedra Herb) 4 liang; Chang Shan (Daphne Cortex), Da Huang (Rhubarb Root), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 2 liang each. Ground into powder, honey pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 15 pills facing east. To induce sweating, take with cold water; to induce purgation, take with Lu Jiang Yin (Dew Ginger Drink); to induce vomiting, take with Gan Cao (Licorice Root) decoction exposed overnight. Treats new malaria with floating/large pulse, alternating chills and fever.
Sheng Jin Dan (Golden Victory Pill): Chang Shan (Daphne Cortex) 4 liang, steamed in wine, dried; Bing Lang (Areca Seed) 1 liang. Ground into powder, vinegar paste pills size of mung beans. Take 30 pills. The night before, take with cold wine before sleep; next morning take another dose. For blood deficiency, take with Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) decoction; for qi deficiency, Ren Shen (Ginseng Root) decoction; for much phlegm, Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb) decoction. Treats various malaria persisting for long periods.
Lao Mie Wan (Old Malaria Pill): Chang Shan (Daphne Cortex), Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit) 2 liang each. Soak in 1 bowl wine and 1 bowl vinegar overnight in a clay pot. Add Qing Pi (Citrus Peel), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber), Wu Mei (Mume Fruit), San Leng (Burreed Tuber), E Zhu (Curcuma Rhizome), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit), Bing Lang (Areca Seed) 1 liang each. Soak for half a day, boil dry, sun-dry, grind to powder. Make pills with half wine/half vinegar paste, size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills each time with white water. Take up to 0.5 jin (250g) to eradicate root. Treats chronic malaria not healing, abdominal pain with mass (Mie Mu). Especially suitable for accumulations and traveling in miasma-damp areas.
Lao Mie Yin (Old Malaria Drink): Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fruit), Jie Geng (Platycodon Root), Qing Pi (Citrus Peel), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Liang Jiang (Galangal Rhizome) 0.5 qian each; Bai Zhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Fu Ling (Poria), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber), Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Twig Heart), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) 0.3 qian each; Su Ye (Perilla Leaf), Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) 0.2 qian each. Decoct in water, add little salt, take warm on empty stomach. Treats malaria entering the abdomen, forming zheng jia (masses) and pi ji (accumulations) in the abdomen, unresponsive to other medicines.
Bie Jia Wan (Turtle Shell Pill): Bie Jia (Tartaric Turtle Shell) 2 liang; Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome), San Leng (Burreed Tuber), E Zhu (Curcuma Rhizome), Hai Fen (Sea Flour/Starch), Qing Pi (Citrus Peel), Hong Hua (Safflower), Tao Ren (Peach Kernel), Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven), Mai Ya (Sprouted Barley) 5 qian each. Boil in vinegar, sun-dry. Adjust according to syndrome. Ground into powder, vinegar paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills each time with white water. Excellent for resolving Mie Mu (Malaria Mass). Another formula adds Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Chi Shao (Red Peony Root) equal parts, named Yin Mie Wan (Yin Malaria Pill), treating night malaria and blood deficiency.
Li Ji (Dysentery) uses Dao Zhi Tang (Guide Stagnation Decoction) as main formula; Xiang Lian Wan (Fragrant Coptis Pill), E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin), Liu Shen Wan (Six Gods Pill) can assist.
Dao Zhi Tang (Guide Stagnation Decoction): Shao Yao (Peony Root) 1 qian; Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 0.5 qian each; Da Huang (Rhubarb Root) 0.3 qian; Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark) 0.2 qian; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Bing Lang (Areca Seed), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 0.2 qian each. Decoct in water. Another version lacks Rou Gui/Gan Cao but includes Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus). Treats dysentery with pus/blood, tenesmus, abdominal pain/thirst, day and night without limit. General principle: Shao Yao (Peony Root) and Gan Cao (Licorice Root) harmonize middle and stop pain; if heat-pain, add Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root); if cold-pain, add Jiang (Ginger)/Gui (Cinnamon); Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) and Bing Lang (Areca Seed) move qi and relieve tenesmus; for qi branch, add Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus)/Hua Shi (Talcum) to widen intestines; for blood branch, add Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis)/Tao Ren (Peach Kernel) to harmonize blood; Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root) and Zao Jiao Zi (Gleditsia Spine) expel intestinal wind; Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root) and Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) clear heat-toxin; Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala) and Chen Pi (Citrus Peel) regulate stomach; Fu Ling (Poria) and Ze Xie (Alisma Rhizome) leach out dampness; Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit) and Zhi Shi (Immature Bitter Orange) resolve accumulation. For vomiting, add Shi Gao (Gypsum), Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit), Jiang Zhi (Ginger Juice); for persistent tenesmus after dysentery, remove Bing Lang/Zhi Qiao, replace with Tiao Qin (Strip Scutellaria), add Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga Rhizome) to lift; for deficiency, reduce Qin/Lian/Da Huang; for qi deficiency, add Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala), Huang Qi (Astragalus Root), Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit); for blood deficiency, add Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin), Ce Bai Ye (Biota Top), Chao Gan Jiang (Stir-fried Dried Ginger). This formula moves blood and harmonizes qi, deeply conforming to classic principles.
Xiang Lian Wan (Fragrant Coptis Pill): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 5 liang, Fen Cao (Powdered Licorice) 2 liang. Mix slightly with honey-water, place in pot, steam over water for a long time, remove and dry. Repeat nine times. Then add Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) 1 liang. Ground into powder, paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills each time, warm wine or rice drink on empty stomach. Treats all dysentery.
Jia Wei Xiang Lian Wan (Modified Fragrant Coptis Pill): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 4 liang, stir-fried with Wu Yu (Evodia Fruit) water; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) 1 liang; A Fu Rong (Opium? Note: Likely typo for another herb or specific preparation, literally 'Opium Flower' but context suggests astringent/analgesic) 2 qian. Ground into powder, old rice paste pills size of mung beans. Take 20-30 pills each time. This formula is for critical cases with incontinence/uncontrollable stool where other medicines fail. Quickly decoct Lian Rou (Lotus Seed) soup to send down, cover and sleep; effect is miraculous.
Si Wei Xiang Lian Wan (Four-Agent Fragrant Coptis Pill): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) stir-fried 10 liang; Da Huang (Rhubarb Root) wine-baked 4 liang; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) 2 liang; Bing Lang (Areca Seed) 1 liang. Ground into powder. Paste pills size of mung beans. Take 70 pills each time, rice drink on empty stomach. Treats initial dysentery, red or white. Two doses daily; if accumulation exists, it passes naturally; if none, it stops naturally. For dark stool, use Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root); purple, Di Yu (Sanguisorba Root); red, Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root); pale, Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger); white, Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark); yellow, Shan Zha (Hawthorn Fruit); watery diarrhea, Xi Ke (Persimmon Calyx); severe pain, Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix)/Shan Zhi (Gardenia Fruit). Decoct separately to send down pills; effect like spirit.
Huang Lian E Jiao Wan (Coptis Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pill): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 3 liang, Chi Fu Ling (Poria with Red Wood) 2 liang. Ground into powder, mix with water. E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) 1 liang, make pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills each time after meals with rice drink. Treats heat-diarrhea, bloody dysentery, and lung-heat hemoptysis. This formula suppresses heart fire and clears the lung organ.
Liu Shen Wan (Six Gods Pill): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) resolves summer-heat toxin, clears zang-fu, thickens intestines/stomach; double for red dysentery. Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) warms spleen/stomach, expels pathogenic qi, stops lower pain; double for white dysentery. Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus) widens intestines/stomach. Fu Ling (Poria) promotes urination. Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven), Mai Ya (Sprouted Barley) resolve accumulation. Above six herbs, equal parts, ground into powder, Shen Qu paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 50 pills each time. Red dysentery: Gan Cao (Licorice Root) decoction. White dysentery: Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) decoction. Red/White: Gan Cao (Licorice Root) + Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) decoction. Truly essential medicine for regulating dysentery.
Jia Wei Qing Liu Wan (Modified Clear Six Pill): Hua Shi (Talcum) 6 qian; Ru Xiang (Frankincense), Mo Yao (Myrrh), Tao Ren (Peach Kernel), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Bing Lang (Areca Seed), Da Huang (Rhubarb Root) 1 qian each. Ground into powder, Shen Qu paste pills size of mung beans. Take 100 pills each time with rice drink, until foul matter is exhausted. Treats chronic dysentery not healing, discharge like clear鼻涕 (nasal mucus) with purple/black blood threads. Cause: eating full and running fast, or shouting/falling violently, suffering much pain, great anger without release, excessive tonifying/sealing, heavy wine/meat, all causing blood stasis.
Gu Jiang Mo Wan (Ancient Ginger Ink Pill): Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) stir-fried, Jing Mo (Beijing Ink) equal parts, ground into powder. Boil in vinegar, wheat paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 30-50 pills each time with rice drink. Treats Gu Zhu Li (Parasitic Dysentery).
Xie Xi (Resting Dysentery) Gan Ying Wan (Induction Response Pill) is miraculous; Yang Zang San (Nourish Viscera Powder), Bai Zhong San (Hundred-Middle Powder) are reliable.
Gan Ying Wan (Induction Response Pill): Bai Cao Shuang (Soot from Chimney), Ding Xiang (Clove), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) 1 liang each; Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) 2 liang; Xing Ren (Apricot Seed) 49 grains; Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg) 21 pieces; Ba Shuang (Croton Resin) 72 pieces (one version has Huang Dan (Lead Monoxide), Ru Xiang (Frankincense)). Ground into powder. Filter residue from Huang La (Yellow Beeswax), dissolve in wine, take the floating part 4 liang. If spring/summer, add 1 liang clear oil; if autumn/winter, 1.5 liang. Boil until ripe, melt in wax, cool, mix with powder. Wrap in oiled paper, roll into Sophora-seed-sized pills (sesame-sized for children). Take 20 pills each time, rice soup or ginger soup on empty stomach. Treats men, women, children with retained old food/cold items, inability to digest, damaging spleen/stomach, foul diarrhea, or dysentery with pus/blood, hot belly/abdominal pain.
Shen Xiao Wan (Divine Effect Pill): Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Wu Mei (Mume Fruit), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) equal parts (one version has E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin)). Ground into powder, honey pills. Severe cases: beeswax pills size of Sophora seeds, roast dry. Take 30 pills increasing to 50, Hou Po (Magnolia Bark) decoction on empty stomach. Treats resting dysentery with continuous pus/blood, pain and weakness.
Yang Zang Tang/Wan (Nourish Viscera Decoction/Pill): Su Ke (Persimmon Calyx) honey-fried 1 liang; Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Wu Mei (Mume Fruit), Xing Ren (Apricot Seed), Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 5 qian each. Decoct with Hei Dou (Black Soybean), Zao Zi (Jujube). (For red dysentery, use Sheng Di (Rehmannia Root), Gan Cao Jie (Licorice Knot), Chun Cha (Spring Tea)). If ineffective long-term, add Long Gu (Dragon Bone), Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Shao Yao (Peony Root) 1 liang each. Ground into powder, honey pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills each time, Wu Mei (Mume Fruit)/Gan Cao (Licorice Root) decoction or millet drink. Miraculous for five-color dysentery.
Huang Lian Bu Chang Tang (Coptis Tonify Intestine Decoction): Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 4 qian; Fu Ling (Poria), Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) 3 qian each; Suan Shi Liu Pi (Acid Pomegranate Peel) 5 pieces; Di Yu (Sanguisorba Root) 5 qian; Fu Long Gan (Dragon's House Earth) 2 qian. Take 8 qian each time, decoct in water. Treats large intestine deficiency-cold, dysentery with green/white stool, borborygmus in intestines.
Bai Zhong San (Hundred-Middle Powder): Qu Ke Su Pi (Remove coarse skin of Persimmon Calyx), soak in ginger juice overnight, stir-fry dry, grind to powder. Take 2 qian each time, rice drink. Avoid raw/cold, greasy, fishy, toxic foods for three days. Treats all dysentery, red or white, even 100 times daily. One dose relieves, two doses cure.
Qi Li Wan (Qi Dysentery Pill): He Zi (Chebula Fruit), Ju Pi (Tangerine Peel), Hou Po (Magnolia Bark) 3 liang each. Ground into powder, honey pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills each time with rice drink.
Cang Yu Tang (Atractylodes and Sanguisorba Decoction): Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) 2 qian; Juan Bai (Selaginella), Shao Yao (Peony Root) 1.5 qian each; Di Yu (Sanguisorba Root), E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) 1 qian each. Decoct in water. Treats diarrhea/dysentery with rectal prolapse. E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) is essential for the large intestine.
Jiang Cha Jian (Ginger Tea Decoction) prevents epidemic.
Lao Sheng Jiang (Old Fresh Ginger), Chun Cha Ye (Spring Tea Leaves) equal parts. Decoct in new water. Ginger assists yang, tea assists yin; both can dissipate and balance yin/yang. Moreover, they resolve summer-heat toxin and food/alcohol toxin. Universal for red/white, cold/heat epidemic dysentery and abdominal pain.
Mei Mi Yin (Plum Honey Drink) suppresses heart.
For heat dysentery, use aged white plum, good tea, honey water half-half decocted. For cold dysentery, use raw plum juice, honey water half-half decocted, assisted by Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Sheng Rou Dou Kou (Raw Nutmeg). Honey best treats dysentery.
Gu Du (Poisonous Worms), Qian Gen (Rubia Root), Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn - *Note: Substitute with Buffalo Horn in modern practice*).
Qian Gen Wan (Rubia Pill): Qian Gen (Rubia Root), Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn), Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Di Yu (Sanguisorba Root), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome), Zhi Qiao (Aurantium Fructus), Bai Shao (White Peony Root) equal parts. Ground into powder, vinegar paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 70 pills each time, rice drink on empty stomach. Treats Gu Zhu Li (Parasitic Dysentery) and all toxic dysenteries, heart/abdominal irritability/pain.
After recovery, Cang Gui Bai Qin (Atractylodes, Turtle, Peony, Scutellaria).
Cang Gui Wan (Atractylodes Turtle Pill): Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Gui Ban (Turtle Plastron), Bai Shao (White Peony Root) 2.5 liang each; Huang Bo (Phellodendron Bark) 5 qian. Ground into powder, congee pills. Send down with Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction) plus Chen Pi (Citrus Peel), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) decoction. Treats leg weakness/shrinking after dysentery. One version adds Huang Qin (Scutellaria Root) 5 qian.
Ah! Human nature loves drinking and seeking coolness to avoid summer heat; the highest principle is bland diet and moderating desires to nourish yin.
Only dampness easily injures the spleen; only the spleen is hard to regulate. Lower deficiency causes turbidity to flow inward, resulting in diarrhea, swelling, pain; upper stagnation causes color to steam outward, resulting in fullness, belching, choking.
Tui Huang Wan (Retreat Yellow Pill) suits young and old (men and women).
Tui Huang Wan (Retreat Yellow Pill): Qing Fan (Green Alum) 2 liang, melt in pot. Add Chen Huang Mi (Aged Yellow Millet) 4 sheng, mix well with vinegar. Slow-fire stir-fry until smoke ceases and texture is right. Add Ping Wei San (Peaceful Stomach Powder) 6 liang, stir-fry briefly, remove fire toxicity. For edema, mix with Si Ling San (Four Poria Powder) one portion, stir-fry together. Ground into powder, vinegar paste pills size of Sophora seeds. Take 70 pills each time, aged millet drink on empty stomach/before bed. Avoid glutinous rice, oil, noodles, raw/cold, hard foods. One version uses only Qing Fan (Green Alum) and Cang Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome) equal parts, stir-fried pills also good. Treats yellow swelling, edema abdominal distension, loose stools. This formula is Zhou Yigong's Yin Zhi Wan (Hidden Merit Pill). For qi-swelling, add Zhang Chu Pi (Camphor Tree Bark) 5 qian, Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) 2 qian, Xiang Fu (Cyperus Rhizome) 2 liang; for blood-swelling and postpartum swelling, add Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction) one portion. Because Qing Fan (Green Alum) is the essence fluid of copper, using vinegar...