《金匮》治咳五方
桂苓五味甘草汤 茯苓 桂枝（去皮各四两） 甘草（炙三两） 五味子
（半升） 上四味，以水八升，煮取三升，去渣，分三温服。
苓甘五味姜辛汤 茯苓（四两） 甘草 干姜 细辛（各三两） 五味
子（半升） 上五味，以水八升，煮取三升，去渣，温服半升，日三服。
茯苓五味甘草去桂加姜辛夏汤 茯苓（四两） 甘草 细辛 干姜（各二两） 五味子 半夏（各半升） 上
六味，以水八升，煮取三升，去渣，温服半升，日三服。
茯苓甘草五味姜辛汤（本方加大黄名曰茯甘姜味辛夏仁黄汤。） 茯苓（四两） 甘草（三两） 五味子（半
升） 干姜 细辛（各三两） 半夏 杏仁（去皮尖各半升） 以水一斗，煮取三升，去渣，温服半升，日三服。
小青龙汤（方见痰饮门。）
华盖散 麻黄（去根） 紫苏子（炒） 杏仁（去皮尖炒） 桑白皮（炒） 赤茯苓（去皮） 橘红（以上各
一钱） 甘草（五分） 水二钟，姜五片，红枣二枚，煎至一钱，去渣，不拘时服。
参苏饮 人参 苏叶 干葛 前胡 陈皮 枳壳 半夏 茯苓（各八分） 木香 桔梗 甘草（各五分） 水
二盏，姜五片，枣二枚，煎一盏，热服。
人参荆芥汤 陈皮 荆芥穗 人参 半夏 通草 麻黄 桔梗（各一钱） 杏仁 细辛 甘草（各五分） 水
二盏，姜三片，枣二枚，煎服。
三拗汤 生甘草 麻黄（不去节） 杏仁（去尖） 上 咀，二钱，水二盏，姜三片，煎八分，食远服。若憎
寒恶风，取汗解，加桔梗、荆芥名五拗汤，治咽痛。
陈皮半夏汤 陈皮（半两） 半夏（制二钱半） 上为细末，作二服，水盏半，姜十片，煎七分，温服。
加减泻白散 桑白皮（钱半） 地骨皮 陈皮 青皮 桔梗 甘草（炙） 黄芩 知母（各七分） 上水二盏，
煎八分，食后温服。
水煮金花丸 南星 半夏（生各一两） 寒水石（一两 存性） 天麻（五钱） 白面（三两） 雄黄（一钱）
上为细末，滴水为丸，小豆大。每服五七十丸至百丸，煎沸汤下药丸，煮浮为度，捞出淡浆浸，另煎生姜汤下。
紫菀膏 枇杷叶（去毛） 木通 款冬花 紫菀 杏仁（去皮尖炒） 桑白皮（炙各四两） 大黄（半两） 上
为细末，炼蜜丸樱桃大。夜间噙化三五丸。
人参白虎汤
清暑益气汤
五苓散
白术汤（四方均见三气门。）
款气丸 青皮 陈皮 槟榔 木香 杏仁 茯苓 郁李仁（去皮） 川当归 广术 马兜铃（炮） 葶苈（各
三钱） 人参 防己（各四钱） 牵牛（头末二两半） 上为细末，姜汁面糊丸，如桐子大。每服二十丸，加
至七十丸，食后姜汤送下。
黄连解毒汤 黄连（二钱） 黄芩 黄柏 栀子（各一钱） 水二盏，煎一盏，温服。
滚痰丸（方见痰饮门。）
桑白皮散 桑白皮（炒） 桔梗 川芎 防风 薄荷 黄芩 前胡 柴胡 紫苏 赤茯苓 枳壳 甘草（各等
分） 上 咀，每服七钱，姜三片，枣一枚，煎七分，食远服。
杏仁萝卜子丸 杏仁 萝卜子（炒各一两） 上为细末，粥糊丸桐子大。每服五十丸，白汤下。
清金润燥天门冬丸 治肺藏壅热咳嗽，痰唾稠粘。 天门冬（去心一两半焙） 百合 前胡 贝母（煨） 半
夏（汤洗去滑） 桔梗 桑白皮防己 紫菀 赤茯苓 生地黄 杏仁（汤浸去皮尖，双仁麸炒黄，研如膏以上各七钱半。）
上为细末，炼蜜和捣二三百杵，丸如桐子大。每服二十丸，不拘时生姜汤下，日三服。又方去防己、前胡、桑皮、赤茯
苓，加麦门冬、人参、肉桂、阿胶、陈皮、甘草各三两，糯米粉并黄蜡一两成粥，更入蜜再熬和匀，丸如樱桃大。每服
一丸，同生姜细嚼下。治肺经内外合邪，咳嗽语声不出，咽喉妨碍，状如梅核，噎塞不通，膈气噎食皆可服。又方单用
天门冬十两、生地三斤，取汁为膏，麦冬八两，和膏为丸，如桐子大。每服五十丸，逍遥散下，逍遥散须去甘草加人参，
治妇人喘嗽，手足烦热，骨蒸寝汗，口干引饮，面目浮肿。
牛髓汤 治咳嗽，大能润肺。 牛髓（一斤取 骨中者） 白蜜（半斤） 杏仁（四两去皮尖研如泥） 干山
药（四两炒） 胡桃仁（去皮四两另研） 上将髓蜜二味，沙锅内熬沸，以绢滤去渣，盛瓷瓶内，将杏仁等三味入瓶内，
以纸密封瓶口，重汤煮一日夜，取出冷定，每早晨白汤化一二匙服。
蜜酥煎 白沙蜜（一升） 牛酥（一升） 杏仁（三升去皮尖研如泥） 上将杏仁于瓷盆中，用水研取汁五升，
净铜锅内勿令油腻垢，先倾三升汁于锅内，刻木记其浅深，减记。又倾汁二升，以缓火煎减所记处，即入蜜酥二味，煎
至记处，药成置净瓷器中。每日三次，以温酒调一匙，或以米饮白汤，皆可调服。七日唾色变白，二七唾稀，三七嗽
止。此方非独治嗽；兼补虚损，去风燥，悦肌肤，妇人服之尤佳。
温肺汤 陈皮 半夏 肉桂 干姜 白芍药 杏仁（各一钱） 五味子 细辛 甘草（各四钱） 水盏半，煎
八分，食后服，仁斋方有阿胶无芍药。
加味理中汤 治脾肺俱虚，咳嗽不已。 人参 白术 茯苓 甘草（炙） 陈皮 半夏 干姜 五味子 细辛
上咀，每服三钱，姜三片，枣一枚，煎七分，食远服。
加味三才汤 天门冬 生地黄 人参（各等分） 水煎服。
六味地黄汤 地黄（二钱） 牡丹皮 白茯苓 山药（各一钱） 山茱萸（一钱五分） 泽泻（七分） 水煎，
食前服。
宁肺汤 人参 当归 白术 熟地 川芎 白芍 五味子 麦门冬 桑皮 白茯苓 甘草（炙各七分） 阿胶
（炒一钱） 上水二盏，姜三片，紫苏五叶，煎八分，食远服。
五味黄 散 麦门冬 熟地黄（各一钱） 桔梗 黄 （各钱半） 五味子 人参 芍药 甘草（各五分） 上
作一服，水二盏，煎八分，食后温服。
麦门冬饮 川芎 当归 白芍 生地 黄柏 知母 麦门冬（各一钱） 五味子（十五粒） 桑皮（八分） 水
二盏，姜一片，枣一枚，煎八分，食后服。
人参芎归汤 当归 川芎 白芍药（各二分） 人参 半夏 陈皮 赤茯苓 阿胶（炒成珠） 细辛 北五味
甘草（炙各一分） 上 咀，每服五钱，姜三片，枣一枚，煎服。
四物桔梗汤 当归 川芎 芍药 熟地 桔梗 黄柏（炒各一钱） 上水二盏，煎八分，加竹沥半盏，姜汁一
匙，和匀服。
琼玉膏 人参（十二两） 白茯苓（十五两） 琥珀 沉香（各半两） 大生地（十斤洗净，于银石器内杵细
取自然汁盛，忌铁器。） 白蜜（五斤熬去沫） 上本方原无沉香、琥珀，乃 仙加入，自云奇效异常，今录其方。先以
地黄汁，同蜜熬沸搅匀，用绢滤过，将人参等为细末，和蜜汁入瓷瓶、或银瓶内，用绵纸十数层，加箬封固瓶口，入砂
锅内，或铜锅内，以长流水煮没瓶颈，用桑柴火煮三昼夜取出，换过油单蜡纸扎口，悬浸井中半日，以出火气，提起仍
煮半日以出气，然后收藏。每日清晨及午后，取一二匙，用温酒一两调服，白汤调亦可，忌鸡犬见。
八味丸（方见中寒门）
白虎汤（方见三气门）
四物芩连汤（即四物汤加黄芩、黄连，方见前。）
人参养肺汤 人参 阿胶 贝母 杏仁（去皮尖） 桔梗 茯苓 桑皮 枳实（炒） 甘草（各五分） 柴胡
（一钱） 五味子（十二粒） 上水二盏，姜三片，枣一枚，煎八分，食后服。
钟乳补肺汤 钟乳粉（另研如米） 桑皮（各三两） 肉桂 白石英（另研如米） 五味子 款冬花 紫菀茸
麦门冬 人参（各二两） 上为粗末，次以钟乳、石英同和匀。每服四钱，水盏半，姜五片，枣一枚，粳米
一小撮，煎七分，去渣，食后服。
诃子散 治久嗽语声不出。 诃子肉（炒） 通草（各钱半） 杏仁（去皮尖炒一钱） 水二盏，姜三片，枣
一枚，
煎八分，食后服。
真武汤（方见中寒门）
Five Formulas for Treating Cough from *Jingui Yaolue*
**Guizhi Linggan Wubei Gancao Tang (Cinnamon Twig, Poria, Schisandra, and Licorice Decoction)**: Fuling (Poria, 4 liang), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, peeled, 4 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 3 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, half sheng). The above four herbs are decocted in eight sheng of water until three sheng remain. Strain the dregs and take one-third warm each time.
**Linggan Wubei Jiangxin Tang (Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger, and Asarum Decoction)**: Fuling (Poria, 4 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 3 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 3 liang), Xixin (Asarum, 3 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, half sheng). The above five herbs are decocted in eight sheng of water until three sheng remain. Strain the dregs and take half a sheng warm each time, three times daily.
**Fuling Wubei Gancao Qu Gui Jia Jiang Xin Xia Tang (Poria, Schisandra, Licorice Decoction without Cinnamon Twig, Added with Ginger, Asarum, and Pinellia)**: Fuling (Poria, 4 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 2 liang), Xixin (Asarum, 2 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 2 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, half sheng), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, half sheng). The above six herbs are decocted in eight sheng of water until three sheng remain. Strain the dregs and take half a sheng warm each time, three times daily.
**Fuling Gancao Wubei Jiangxin Tang (Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger, and Asarum Decoction)**: If Dahuang (Rhubarb Root) is added to this formula, it is named *Fugan Jiangwei Xin Xia Ren Huang Tang*. Ingredients: Fuling (Poria, 4 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 3 liang), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, half sheng), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 3 liang), Xixin (Asarum, 3 liang), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, half sheng), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, half sheng). Decoct in one dou of water until three sheng remain. Strain the dregs and take half a sheng warm each time, three times daily.
**Xiao Qinglong Tang (Minor Blue Dragon Decoction)** (See the Phlegm-Fluids section for the formula).
**Huagai San (Imperial Canopy Powder)**: Mahuang (Ephedra Stem, root removed), Zisuzi (Perilla Fruit, stir-fried), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, stir-fried), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, stir-fried), Chifuling (Red Poria, peeled), Juhong (Tangerine Peel, red part, all 1 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root, 0.5 qian). Decoct with two zhong of water, five slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and two Hongzao (Jujubes) until reduced to one qian volume. Strain and take at any time.
**Shenru Yin (Ginseng and Perilla Drink)**: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Ziye (Perilla Leaf), Gange (Kudzu Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum Root), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Fuling (Poria, all 0.8 fen), Muxiang (Costus Root), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, all 0.5 fen). Decoct with two zhan of water, five slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and two Hongzao (Jujubes) until reduced to one zhan volume. Take hot.
**Renshen Jingjie Tang (Ginseng and Schizonepeta Decoction)**: Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Jingjiesui (Schizonepeta Spike), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith), Mahuang (Ephedra Stem), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root, all 1 qian), Xingren (Apricot Seed), Xixin (Asarum), Gancao (Licorice Root, all 0.5 fen). Decoct with two zhan of water, three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and two Hongzao (Jujubes). Take after decoction.
**San'ao Tang (Three Uninhibited Decoction)**: Sheng Gancao (Raw Licorice Root), Mahuang (Ephedra Stem, nodes not removed), Xingren (Apricot Seed, core removed). Chop the herbs, take 2 qian, decoct with two zhan of water and three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take far from meals. If accompanied by aversion to cold and wind, to induce sweating and release the exterior, add Jiegeng (Platycodon Root) and Jingjie (Schizonepeta Spike); this variant is named *Wu'ao Tang* and treats sore throat.
**Chenpi Banxia Tang (Tangerine Peel and Pinellia Decoction)**: Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel, 0.5 liang), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, processed, 2.5 qian). Grind into fine powder, divide into two doses. Decoct with one and a half zhan of water and ten slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) until reduced to 0.7 zhan volume. Take warm.
**Jiajian Xiebai San (Modified Draining White Powder)**: Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, 1.5 qian), Digupi (Lycium Root Bark), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome, all 0.7 fen). Decoct with two zhan of water until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take warm after meals.
**Shuizhu Jinhua Wan (Water-Boiled Golden Flower Pills)**: Nanting (Arisaema Rhizome), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, raw, both 1 liang), Hanshuishi (Calcitrite, 1 liang, retain nature), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome, 5 qian), Baifan (Wheat Flour, 3 liang), Xionghuang (Realgar, 1 qian). Grind into fine powder, mix with drops of water to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 50–100 pills per dose. Boil water, drop the pills in, and cook until they float. Remove, soak in light brine, and take with separately decocted Fresh Ginger Tea.
**Ziwan Gao (Asterae Paste)**: Pipaye (Loquat Leaf, hairs removed), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Kuandonghua (Farfara Flower), Ziwan (Asterae Root), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, stir-fried), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, honey-fried, all 4 liang), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 0.5 liang). Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of cherries. Hold 3–5 pills in the mouth at night to dissolve slowly.
**Renshen Baihu Tang (Ginseng and White Tiger Decoction)**
**Qingshu Yiqi Tang (Clear Summerheat and Boost Qi Decoction)**
**Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria)**
**Baizhu Tang (Atractylodes Macrocephala Decoction)** (The above four formulas are all detailed in the Sanmen Section).
**Kuanqi Wan (Trachea-Calming Pills)**: Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Binglang (Areca Seed), Muxiang (Costus Root), Xingren (Apricot Seed), Fuling (Poria), Yuliren (Prunus Seed, peeled), Chuandanggui (Sichuan Lovage Root), Guangzhu (Curcuma Longa Rhizome), Madouling (Aristolochia Root, processed), Tingli (Descurainia Seed, all 3 qian), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Fangji (Stephania Root, both 4 qian), Qianniu (Morning Glory Seed, first flour, 2.5 liang). Grind into fine powder, make pills with ginger juice and wheat paste, the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, increasing up to 70 pills. Take after meals with ginger tea.
**Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Decoction for Resolving Toxicity)**: Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 2 qian), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit, all 1 qian). Decoct with two zhan of water until reduced to one zhan volume. Take warm.
**Guntan Wan (Rolling Phlegm Pills)** (See the Phlegm-Fluids section for the formula).
**Sangbaipi San (Mulberry Root Bark Powder)**: Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark, stir-fried), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Bohe (Mint Herb), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum Root), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Zisu (Perilla Leaf), Chifuling (Red Poria), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit), Gancao (Licorice Root, all equal parts). Chop the herbs, take 7 qian per dose, decoct with three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and one Hongzao (Jujube) until reduced to 0.7 zhan volume. Take far from meals.
**Xingren Luobozhi Wan (Apricot Seed and Radish Seed Pills)**: Xingren (Apricot Seed), Luobozhi (Radish Seed, stir-fried, both 1 liang). Grind into fine powder, make pills with congee paste, the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose with plain boiled water.
**Qingjin Runzao Tianmendong Wan (Clear Metal Moisten Dryness Asparagus Pill)**: Treats cough due to lung heat accumulation with thick, sticky sputum. Tianmendong (Asparagus Root, heart removed, 1.5 liang, baked), Baihe (Lily Bulb), Qianhu (Peucedanum Root), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb, baked), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, washed in hot water to remove slipperiness), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark), Fangji (Stephania Root), Ziwan (Asterae Root), Chifuling (Red Poria), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root, fresh), Xingren (Apricot Seed, soaked in water, peeled and cored, double-kernel bran-fried yellow, ground into paste, all 7.5 qian). Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey and pound 200–300 times. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills per dose at any time with ginger tea, three times daily. Another method: Remove Fangji, Qianhu, Sangbaipi, and Chifuling; add Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), and Gancao (Licorice Root, all 3 liang). Add Nuomifen (Glutinous Rice Flour) and Huangla (Yellow Beeswax, 1 liang) cooked into a porridge, then mix with honey and boil evenly. Form pills the size of cherries. Take one pill per dose, chewing finely with fresh ginger before swallowing. Treats cough caused by internal and external pathogens combining in the lung meridian, resulting in inability to speak, throat obstruction feeling like a plum pit, dysphagia, diaphragmatic qi stagnation, and food choking. Another method: Use only Tianmendong (Asparagus Root, 10 liang) and Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root, fresh, 3 jin), extract juice and boil into paste. Add Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root, 8 liang) and mix into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose with Xiaoyao San (Free and Easy Wanderer Powder). Note: Xiaoyao San must have Gancao (Licorice Root) removed and Renshen (Ginseng Root) added. This treats women’s wheezing and coughing, vexing heat in hands and feet, bone-steaming tidal fever, night sweats, dry mouth with desire to drink, and edema of face and eyes.
**Niushui Tang (Ox Marrow Decoction)**: Treats cough, greatly moistening the lungs. Niushui (Ox Marrow, from bones, 1 jin), Baimi (White Honey, 0.5 jin), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, ground into paste, 4 liang), Ganshashen (Dried Chinese Yam, stir-fried, 4 liang), Hutaoren (Walnut Kernel, peeled, ground separately, 4 liang). First, boil Niushui (Ox Marrow) and Baimi (White Honey) together in a clay pot, filter through silk cloth to remove dregs, and store in a porcelain bottle. Add the three other ingredients (Xingren, etc.) into the bottle, seal tightly with paper, and steam over boiling water for one day and night. Remove and let cool solidify. Take 1–2 spoons dissolved in plain boiled water every morning.
**Misujian (Honey and Butter Fry)**: Baisha mi (White Sand Honey, 1 sheng), Niusu (Cow Butter/Ghee, 1 sheng), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, ground into paste, 3 sheng). First, grind Xingren (Apricot Seed) in a porcelain basin with water to extract 5 sheng of juice. In a clean copper pot (ensure no grease or dirt), pour in 3 sheng of juice first, mark the depth on a piece of wood to note the reduction level. Then pour in the remaining 2 sheng of juice. Simmer over low heat until reduced to the marked level. Then add Baimi (White Honey) and Niusu (Cow Butter/Ghee), simmer until reaching the mark. Store the finished medicine in a clean porcelain container. Take one spoon mixed with warm wine three times daily, or mix with rice drink or plain boiled water. After seven days, sputum color turns white; after fourteen days, sputum becomes thin; after twenty-one days, cough stops. This formula not only treats cough but also tonifies deficiency, dispels wind-dryness, and beautifies the skin; it is especially good for women.
**Wenfei Tang (Warm Lung Decoction)**: Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Baishao (White Peony Root), Xingren (Apricot Seed, all 1 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Xixin (Asarum), Gancao (Licorice Root, all 4 qian). Decoct with one and a half zhan of water until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take after meals. Renzhai’s version contains Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) instead of Baishao (White Peony Root).
**Jiawei Lizhong Tang (Modified Lizhong Decoction)**: Treats simultaneous deficiency of spleen and lung with persistent cough. Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Fuling (Poria), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Xixin (Asarum). Chop the herbs, take 3 qian per dose, decoct with three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and one Hongzao (Jujube) until reduced to 0.7 zhan volume. Take far from meals.
**Jiawei Santang Tang (Modified Three Powers Decoction)**: Tianmendong (Asparagus Root), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root, fresh), Renshen (Ginseng Root, all equal parts). Decoct with water and take.
**Liuyi Dihuang Tang (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Decoction)**: Dihuang (Rehmannia Root, 2 qian), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Baifuling (White Poria), Shanyao (Chinese Yam, all 1 qian), Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit, 1.5 qian), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome, 0.7 fen). Decoct with water and take before meals.
**Ningfei Tang (Lung-Calming Decoction)**: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Shudi (Rehmannia Root, prepared), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Baishao (White Peony Root), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root), Sangpi (Mulberry Root Bark), Baifuling (White Poria), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, all 0.7 fen), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, stir-fried, 1 qian). Decoct with two zhan of water, three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and five leaves of Zisu (Perilla Leaf) until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take far from meals.
**Wuweihuang San (Schisandra and Astragalus Powder)**: Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root), Shudi (Rehmannia Root, prepared, both 1 qian), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, both 1.5 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, all 0.5 fen). Prepare as one dose, decoct with two zhan of water until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take warm after meals.
**Maimendong Yin (Ophiopogon Drink)**: Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Baishao (White Peony Root), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root, fresh), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root, all 1 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, 15 berries), Sangpi (Mulberry Root Bark, 0.8 fen). Decoct with two zhan of water, one slice of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and one Hongzao (Jujube) until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take after meals.
**Renshen Xionggui Tang (Ginseng, Chuanxiong, and Danggui Decoction)**: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Baishao (White Peony Root, all 0.2 fen), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Chifuling (Red Poria), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, stir-fried to pearls), Xixin (Asarum), Bei Wuwei (North Schisandra), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, all 0.1 fen). Chop the herbs, take 5 qian per dose, decoct with three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and one Hongzao (Jujube). Take after decoction.
**Siwu Jiegeng Tang (Four Substances and Platycodon Decoction)**: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Shudi (Rehmannia Root, prepared), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, stir-fried, all 1 qian). Decoct with two zhan of water until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Add Banluxie (Bamboo Sap, half zhan) and Jiangzhi (Ginger Juice, one spoon), mix well, and take.
**Qiongyu Gao (Jade Pearl Paste)**: Renshen (Ginseng Root, 12 liang), Baifuling (White Poria, 15 liang), Hupo (Amber), Chenxiang (Agarwood, both 0.5 liang), Da Shengdi (Large Fresh Rehmannia Root, 10 jin, washed clean, pounded in silver or ceramic vessel to extract natural juice, avoid iron vessels), Baimi (White Honey, 5 jin, boiled to remove foam). Originally, this formula did not contain Chenxiang (Agarwood) or Hupo (Amber); these were added by an Immortal who claimed extraordinary efficacy. Record the formula now. First, boil Shengdizhi (Fresh Rehmannia Juice) with Baimi (White Honey) until boiling and stirring evenly. Filter through silk cloth. Grind Renshen (Ginseng Root) and other herbs into fine powder, mix with honey juice, and put into a porcelain or silver bottle. Seal the mouth with ten layers of cotton paper and bamboo leaves. Place in a clay or copper pot, cover the bottle neck with running water, and boil with mulberry wood fire for three days and nights. Remove, change to oil paper and wax paper to seal tightly, hang in a well for half a day to remove fire qi, lift out and boil again for half a day to remove dampness, then store. Take 1–2 spoons early morning and afternoon, mixed with one liang of warm wine, or mixed with plain boiled water. Avoid seeing chickens and dogs.
**Bawei Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pills)** (See the Middle Cold section for the formula).
**Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction)** (See the Sanmen Section for the formula).
**Siwu Qinlian Tang (Four Substances, Scutellaria, and Coptis Decoction)** (This is Siwu Tang added with Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) and Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), see previous text).
**Renshen Yangfei Tang (Ginseng Lung-Nourishing Decoction)**: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Fuling (Poria), Sangpi (Mulberry Root Bark), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange Fruit, stir-fried), Gancao (Licorice Root, all 0.5 fen), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, 1 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, 12 berries). Decoct with two zhan of water, three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and one Hongzao (Jujube) until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take after meals.
**Zhongru Bufei Tang (Halloysite Lung-Tonifying Decoction)**: Zhongru Fen (Halloysite Powder, ground separately like rice grains), Sangpi (Mulberry Root Bark, both 3 liang), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Bai Shiyin (White Quartz, ground separately like rice grains), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Kuandonghua (Farfara Flower), Ziwan Rong (Asterae Flower Bud), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root, all 2 liang). Grind into coarse powder, then mix Zhongru (Halloysite) and Shiyin (Quartz) evenly. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with one and a half zhan of water, five slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), one Hongzao (Jujube), and a small pinch of Jingmi (Japonica Rice) until reduced to 0.7 zhan volume. Strain and take after meals.
**Hezi San (Terminalia Powder)**: Treats chronic cough with inability to speak. Hezirou (Terminalia Flesh, stir-fried), Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith, both 1.5 qian), Xingren (Apricot Seed, peeled and cored, stir-fried, 1 qian). Decoct with two zhan of water, three slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and one Hongzao (Jujube) until reduced to 0.8 zhan volume. Take after meals.
**Zhenwu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)** (See the Middle Cold section for the formula).