金匮要略云。夫男子平人脉大者为劳。极虚亦为劳。男子色薄者主渴及亡血。卒喘悸脉浮者。
里虚也。男子脉虚。沉弦无力。寒热气促。里急。小便不利。面色白。时目眩兼衄。少腹满。此为
劳使之然。劳之为病。其脉浮大。手足烦。春夏剧。秋冬瘥。阴寒精自出。酸削不能行。男子脉微
弱而涩。为无子。精气清冷。夫失精家少腹弦急。阴头寒。目瞑。发落。脉极虚芤迟。为清谷亡血
失精也。
【桂枝加龙骨牡蛎汤】治脉得诸芤动微紧。男子失精。女子梦交。
桂枝（去皮） 芍药（各三两） 甘草（二两。炙） 龙骨
牡蛎（各三两）
上五味。 咀。水七升。生姜三片切。大枣十二个擘。煎至三升。去渣。分三服。短剧云。脉
浮。汗者除桂加白薇、附子各三分。故曰二加龙骨汤。
【黄 建中汤】治诸虚不足。或因劳伤过度。或因病后不复。
黄 官桂（各三两） 甘草（二两） 白芍药（六两）
上四味为 咀。每服三钱。水一盏半。生姜三片。枣一个。同煎至七分。去渣。入饧少许。再
煎令溶。稍热服。空心食前。○集验云。呕苦加生姜。腹满去饧、枣。加茯苓。肺虚损补气。加半
夏五两为妙。
【人参黄 散】治虚劳客热。肌肉消瘦。四肢倦怠。五心烦热。咽干颊赤。心忡潮热。盗
汗减食。咳嗽脓血。胸胁不利。
人参（去芦。一两） 秦艽 茯苓（各二两） 知母（二两半）
桑白皮（一两半） 桔梗（一两） 紫菀（一两半） 柴胡（二两半）
黄（三两半） 地骨皮（二两） 生地黄（二两） 半夏（汤泡七次）
赤芍药（各一两半） 天门冬（去心。三两） 鳖甲（三两。酥炙。去裙） 炙甘草（一两半）
上十六味为粗末。每服三钱。水一盏半。煎七分。去渣服。食远。
【续断汤】治骨蒸热劳。传尸瘦病。潮热烦躁。咳嗽气急身体疼痛。口干盗汗。神效方。
生地黄 桑白皮（各五两） 续断 紫菀
青竹茹 五味子 桔梗（各三两） 甘草（炙二两）
赤小豆（半升）
上九味为粗末。每服三钱。水一盏半。小麦五十粒。煎至一盏。去渣温服。食后。日三服。兼
治咳嗽唾脓血。童男室女亦可服。
【柴胡散】治虚劳羸瘦。面色痿黄。四肢无力。不思饮食。夜多盗汗。咳嗽不止。
地骨皮（一两半） 柴胡 鳖甲（去裙。醋炙） 知母（各一两）
五味子（半两）
上五味为末。每服二钱。水一盏半。乌梅两个。青蒿五叶。煎至一盏。去渣温服。食后。
【秦艽鳖甲散】治骨蒸壮热。肌肉消瘦。唇红。颊赤。气粗。四肢困倦。夜有盗汗。
柴胡 鳖甲（去裙。酥炙。用九肋者） 地骨皮（各一两）
秦艽 当归 知母（各半两）
上六味为粗末。每服五钱。水一盏、青蒿五叶。乌梅一个。煎至七分。去渣温服。空心临卧各
一服。
【人参地骨皮散】治脏中积冷。营中热。按之不足。举之有余。阴不足阳有余之脉也。
人参 地骨皮 柴胡 黄
生地黄（各一两半） 知母 石膏（各一两） 茯苓（半两）
上八味 咀。每服一两。水一盏。姜三片。枣一枚。煎至一盏。去渣细细温服。连夜顿服。间服
生精补虚地黄丸。
【地仙散】治心脏积热口干。或烦渴。颊赤。舌涩。生津液。兼治汗后余热
地骨皮 防风（各一两） 人参 甘草（各半两）
上四味。为粗末。每服三钱。水一盏。青蒿五七叶。煎至七分。去渣温服。无时。无青蒿。用
竹叶五七片。
【调中益气汤】治因饥饱劳役。损伤脾胃。元气不足。其脉弦或洪缓。按之无力。中指下
时一涩。其证身体。沉重。四肢困倦。百节烦疼。胸满短气。膈咽不通。心烦不安。耳鸣耳聋。目
有瘀肉。热壅如火。视物昏花。口中沃沫。饮食失味。忽肥忽瘦。怠惰嗜卧。溺色变赤。或清利而
数。或上饮下便。或时飧泄。腹中虚痛。不思饮食。
黄 （一钱） 人参 甘草（炙） 当归
白术（各钱半） 白芍药 柴胡 升麻（各三分）
橘皮（二分） 五味子（十五个）
上十味。 咀。作一服。水二盏。煎至一盏。去滓。温服。食前。论曰。内经云。劳则气耗。
热则气伤。以黄 甘草之甘。泄热为主。以白芍药。五味子之酸。能收耗散之气。
又曰。劳者温之。损者温之。以人参甘温。补气不足。当归辛温。补血不足。故以为臣。白术、橘
皮。甘苦温。除
胃中客热。以养胃气而为佐。升麻、柴胡苦平。味之薄者。阴中之阳。为脾胃之气下溜。上气不足
。故从阴引阳以补之。又以行阳明之经为使也。
【当归补血汤】治肌热躁热。困渴引饮。目赤面红。昼夜不息。其脉洪大而虚。重按全
无。内经曰。脉虚则血虚。血虚则发热。证象白虎。惟脉不长实为辨也。误服白虎汤必危。此病得
之于肌困劳役。
黄 （一两） 当归（二钱。酒洗）
上二味。 咀。作一服。水三盏。煎至一盏。去渣。温服。食前。
【犀角紫河车丸】治传尸劳。服三月必平复。其余劳证。只数服便愈。此药神效。
紫河车（一具。即小儿胞衣是也。米泔浸之一宿。洗净。焙干用） 鳖甲（酥炙）
桔梗（去芦） 胡黄连 芍药 大黄
贝母（去心） 败鼓皮心（醋炙） 龙胆草 黄药子
知母（各二钱半） 犀角（镑末） 蓬术 芒硝（各一钱半）
朱砂（二线）
上十五味为末。炼蜜丸如桐子大。朱砂为衣。每服二十丸。温酒送下。空心食前服之。如膈热
。食后服之。重病不过一料。
【人参柴胡散】治邪热客于经络。肌热痰嗽。五心烦躁。头目昏痛。夜有盗汗。此药补和
真气。解劳倦。及妇
人血热虚劳骨蒸。
人参 白术 白茯苓 柴胡
甘草（炙） 半夏曲 当归。 干葛
赤芍药（各等分）
上九味为末。每服三钱。水一盏。姜四片。枣二个。煎至八分。带热服。不拘时候。但是有劳
热证皆可服。病退即止。大抵透肌解热。干葛为君。柴胡次之。所以升麻葛根汤为解肌之冠也。
【清神甘露丸】治男子妇人虚劳。病患不至大骨枯槁、大肉陷下。并皆治之。
生地黄汁 牛乳汁（生用） 白莲藕汁（各等分）
上三味。用砂石器内。以文武火熬成膏子。用和后药。
人参 白术 黄连 胡黄莲
五味子 黄 （各等分）
上六味为末。用前膏子和丸。如桐子大。每服三十丸至五十丸。煎人参汤送下。不拘时。
【双和散】治邪入经络。体瘦肌热。推陈致新。解利伤寒、时疾、中 、伏暑。
柴胡（四两） 甘草（一两）
上为末。每服二钱。水一盏。煎至八分。食后热服。此药冬月可以润肺止咳嗽。除壅热。春夏
可以御伤寒
时气。解暑毒。居常不可缺。不以长幼。皆可服之。
【四君子汤】治荣卫气虚。
人参 甘草 茯苓 白术
上等分为末。每服二钱。水一盏。煎至七分。通温服。不拘时。
【猪肚丸】治男子肌瘦气弱。咳嗽。渐成劳疾。
牡蛎（ ） 白术（各四两） 苦参（三两）
上三味为末。以猪肚一个煮烂熟。锉研如膏。和丸如桐子大。每服三十丸。米饮汤送下。日
三四服。此药神效。瘦者服之即肥。莫测其理。
【酸枣仁丸】治胆经不足。心经受热。精神昏愦。恐畏多惊。情思不乐。时有盗汗。虚烦
不眠。朝瘥暮剧或发眩运。
地榆 酸枣仁（炒。各一两） 茯苓 菖蒲
人参（各半两） 丹砂（二钱。研）
上六味为末。水蜜面糊丸如桐子大。每服三五十丸。煎人参汤送下。不拘时。米饮汤亦得。
【定志丸】治心气不足。
远志 菖蒲（各二两） 人参 白茯苓（各三两）
上为末，蜜丸如桐子大。朱砂为衣。每服七丸。加至二十丸。温米汤下。食后。临卧。日三服
。
【麦煎散】治诸虚不足。及新病暴虚。津液不固。体常自汗。夜卧即甚。久而不止。羸瘠
枯瘦。心忪惊惕。短气烦倦。
牡蛎（ ） 黄 麻黄根（各等分）
上三味为粗末。每服三钱。水一盏半。小麦百余粒。煎至一盏。去渣。热服。不拘时。日进三
服。
【独圣散】治盗汗及虚汗不止。
上以浮小麦。不以多少。文武火炒令焦。为细末。每服二钱。米饮汤调下。频服为佳。一法取
陈小麦同干枣煎服。更妙。
【温粉】治多汗不止。烦躁不得眠。扑之。
白术 白芷 本 川芎（各等分）
上四味。捣为细末。每末一两。入米粉三两和匀。用粉扑周身。能止汗。
The *Jingui Yaolue* (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet) states: In men, if the pulse is large in a healthy state, it indicates consumption disease (Lao); if the pulse is extremely empty, it also indicates consumption disease. If a man has a pale complexion, it primarily indicates thirst and blood loss. Sudden panting and palpitations with a floating pulse indicate deficiency in the interior. If a man's pulse is empty, deep, wiry, and forceless, accompanied by alternating chills and fever, shortness of breath, abdominal urgency and pain, difficult urination, a white complexion, occasional dizziness combined with epistaxis, and fullness in the lower abdomen, these are all caused by consumption. The disease of consumption is characterized by a floating and large pulse, vexation and heat in the hands and feet, exacerbation in spring and summer, and remission in autumn and winter. Internal cold leads to spontaneous emission of essence; the body becomes sore and emaciated, unable to walk. If a man's pulse is faint, weak, and choppy, it indicates infertility; the essence and qi are clear and cold. Those who suffer from seminal emission often have tense and urgent lower abdomen, coldness at the glans penis, blurred vision, hair loss, and a pulse that is extremely empty, cun kou (cork-like), and slow, indicating incomplete digestion of food in stool, blood loss, and seminal emission.
[Guizhi Jia Longgu Muli Tang] (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) treats pulses that are variously cork-like, moving, faint, or tight. It treats seminal emission in men and dream intercourse in women.
Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, bark removed), Shaoyao (Peony Root) (each 3 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, honey-fried) (2 liang), Longgu (Dragon Bone), Muli (Oyster Shell) (each 3 liang).
These five herbs are coarsely chopped. Boil in 7 sheng of water with 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and 12 broken Dazao (Jujube fruits) until reduced to 3 sheng. Strain and divide into three doses. According to *Duanju*: If the pulse is floating and there is sweating, remove Guizhi and add Baiwei (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), each 3 fen. Hence it is called Erjia Longgu Tang (Double-Added Dragon Bone Decoction).
[Huangqi Jianzhong Tang] (Astragalus Decoction to Establish the Middle) treats various deficiencies and insufficiencies. It is used for excessive labor injury or failure to recover after illness.
Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Guigui (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (each 3 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (2 liang), Baishao (White Peony Root) (6 liang).
These four herbs are coarsely chopped. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 sheng of water with 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and 1 jujube until reduced to 0.7. Strain, add a small amount of Yitang (Maltose), and re-boil until dissolved. Take warm, on an empty stomach or before meals. According to *Jiyan Fang*: For vomiting bitter fluid, add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger); for abdominal fullness, remove Yitang (Maltose) and Dazao (Jujube fruits), add Fuling (Poria). For lung deficiency and qi tonification, adding Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) 5 liang is excellent.
[Renshen Huangqi San] (Ginseng and Astragalus Powder) treats deficiency consumption with pathogenic heat. Symptoms include emaciation, limb fatigue, five-palm heat, dry throat, red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fever, night sweats, reduced appetite, cough with purulent blood, and chest/hypochondriac discomfort.
Renshen (Ginseng Root, rhizome removed) (1 liang), Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Fuling (Poria) (each 2 liang), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (2.5 liang).
Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) (1.5 liang), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) (1 liang), Ziwan (Asternis Radix) (1.5 liang), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) (2.5 liang).
Huangqi (Astragali Radix) (3.5 liang), Digupi (Lycii Cortex) (2 liang), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) (2 liang), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, soaked in boiling water seven times).
Chishaoyao (Red Peony Root), Tiandong (Asparagi Radix, heart removed) (each 1.5 liang, 3 liang respectively), Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, fried in butter, skirt removed), Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (1.5 liang).
These sixteen herbs are made into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 sheng of water until reduced to 0.7. Strain and take far from meals.
[Xuduan Tang] (Dipsacus Decoction) treats bone-steaming heat consumption, infectious wasting diseases (transmission corpse), tidal fever, irritability, cough with rapid breathing, body pain, dry mouth, and night sweats. A miraculous formula.
Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex) (each 5 liang), Xuduan (Dipsaci Radix), Ziwan (Asternis Radix).
Qingzhuru (Green Bamboo Sap), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) (each 3 liang), Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) (2 liang).
Chixiaodou (Adzuki Bean) (0.5 sheng).
These nine herbs are made into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 sheng of water with 50 grains of Xiaomai (Wheat) until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take warm after meals, three times daily. Also treats cough with purulent blood. Suitable for unmarried men and women.
[Chaihu San] (Bupleurum Powder) treats deficiency consumption with emaciation, sallow complexion, limb weakness, anorexia, frequent night sweats, and persistent cough.
Digupi (Lycii Cortex) (1.5 liang), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, skirt removed, vinegar-fried), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang).
Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) (0.5 liang).
These five herbs are powdered. Take 2 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 sheng of water with 2 Wumei (Chinese Plum) and 5 leaves of Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take warm after meals.
[Qinjiao Biejia San] (Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder) treats bone-steaming high fever, muscle emaciation, red lips, red cheeks, coarse breathing, limb fatigue, and night sweats.
Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, skirt removed, butter-fried, using the nine-rib variety), Digupi (Lycii Cortex) (each 1 liang).
Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) (each 0.5 liang).
These six herbs are made into coarse powder. Take 5 qian per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water with 5 leaves of Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) and 1 Wumei (Chinese Plum) until reduced to 0.7. Strain and take warm on an empty stomach and before bed.
[Renshen Digupi San] (Ginseng and Lycium Bark Powder) treats accumulated cold in the zang organs and heat in the ying level. Palpation feels deficient, while lifting feels excess. This is the pulse of yin deficiency and yang excess.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Radix).
Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix) (each 1.5 liang), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (each 1 liang), Fuling (Poria) (0.5 liang).
These eight herbs are coarsely chopped. Take 1 liang per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water with 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and 1 jujube until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take warm slowly. Take continuously through the night. Intermittently take Shengjing Buxu Dihuang Wan (Kidney Essence Tonifying Rehmannia Pills).
[Dixian San] (Earth Immortal Powder) treats accumulated heat in the heart causing dry mouth, or vexation and thirst, red cheeks, and tongue stiffness. It generates fluids and treats residual heat after sweating.
Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (each 1 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 0.5 liang).
These four herbs are made into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water with 5-7 leaves of Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba) until reduced to 0.7. Strain and take warm at any time. If Qinghao is unavailable, use 5-7 pieces of Zhuye (Bambusa Leaf).
[Tiaozhong Yiqi Tang] (Regulate Middle and Boost Qi Decoction) treats spleen and stomach damage due to hunger, fullness, and labor, leading to insufficient yuan qi. The pulse is wiry or surging and slow, forceless upon pressure, occasionally choppy under the middle finger. Symptoms include heavy body, limb fatigue, joint pain, chest fullness, shortness of breath, obstruction in the diaphragm and pharynx, irritability, tinnitus, deafness, fleshy growths in eyes, heat congestion like fire, blurred vision, salivation, loss of taste, fluctuating weight, lethargy, reddish urine, or clear frequent urination, drinking then defecating, sporadic undigested diarrhea, abdominal deficiency pain, and anorexia.
Huangqi (Astragali Radix) (1 qian), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix).
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Baishao (White Peony Root), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma) (each 1.5 qian, 3 fen respectively).
Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (2 fen), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) (15 berries).
These ten herbs are coarsely chopped as one dose. Boil in 2 sheng of water until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take warm before meals. Commentary: The *Neijing* states, "Labor consumes qi, heat injures qi." Using the sweetness of Huangqi (Astragali Radix) and Gancao (Licorice Root) to drain heat is primary. The sourness of Baishao (White Peony Root) and Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus) can gather consumed and scattered qi.
It also says, "Treat labor with warmth, treat deficiency with warmth." Renshen (Ginseng Root) is sweet and warm to tonify insufficient qi; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) is acrid and warm to tonify insufficient blood, thus serving as deputy ministers. Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) and Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) are sweet, bitter, and warm to remove guest heat in the stomach and nourish stomach qi, serving as assistants. Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma) and Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) are bitter and neutral, with thin flavors, representing yang within yin. Because spleen and stomach qi sinks and upper qi is insufficient, we draw yang from yin to tonify it. They also guide the Yangming meridian, serving as guides.
[Danggui Buxue Tang] (Angelica Blood Tonifying Decoction) treats muscle heat, restlessness, thirst with desire to drink, red eyes and face, day and night without cessation. The pulse is surging and large but empty, completely void upon heavy pressure. The *Neijing* states: "Empty pulse indicates blood deficiency; blood deficiency generates heat." The syndrome resembles Baihu Tang syndrome, distinguished only by the pulse not being long and solid. Misusing Baihu Tang will be critical. This disease arises from muscle fatigue and labor.
Huangqi (Astragali Radix) (1 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, wine-washed) (2 qian).
These two herbs are coarsely chopped as one dose. Boil in 3 sheng of water until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take warm before meals.
[Xijiao Ziheche Wan] (Rhinoceros Horn and Placenta Pills) treats transmission corpse consumption (tuberculosis); taking for three months ensures recovery. Other consumption syndromes heal in just a few doses. This medicine is miraculous.
Ziheche (Human Placenta, one piece, i.e., fetal membrane. Soak in rice washing water overnight, wash clean, bake dry) Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, butter-fried).
Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, rhizome removed), Huhuanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma variant/Huahuanglian), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma).
Beimu (Fritillariae Bulbus, heart removed), Baigupixin (Heart of Drum Skin, vinegar-fried), Longdancao (Gentianae Radix), Huangyaozi (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma).
Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Xijiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved powder), Pengzhu (Curcumae Zedoariae Rhizoma), Mangxiao (Natrii Sulfas) (each 2.5 qian, 1.5 qian respectively).
Zhusha (Cinnabar) (2 xian).
These fifteen herbs are powdered, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Coat with Zhusha (Cinnabar). Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine. Take on an empty stomach before meals. If there is diaphragmatic heat, take after meals. Severe cases require no more than one batch.
[Renshen Chaihu San] (Ginseng and Bupleurum Powder) treats pathogenic heat lodging in meridians, muscle heat, phlegm cough, five-palm irritability, head and eye dizziness/pain, and night sweats. This medicine harmonizes true qi, relieves labor fatigue, and treats women's blood heat, deficiency consumption, and bone-steaming.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Baifuling (White Poria), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix).
Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root), Banxiaqu (Pinelliae Fermented Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Gange (Puerariae Radix).
Chishaoyao (Red Peony Root) (equal parts).
These nine herbs are powdered. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water with 4 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and 2 jujubes until reduced to 0.8. Take hot at any time. Suitable for any labor-heat syndrome. Stop when the disease recedes. Generally, it penetrates the muscle to resolve heat; Gange (Puerariae Radix) is the sovereign, Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) is secondary. Hence, Shengma Ge Gen Tang (Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction) is the premier muscle-releasing formula.
[Qingshen Ganlu Wan] (Clear Spirit Sweet Dew Pills) treats male and female deficiency consumption where the patient has not reached the stage of great bone withering or great flesh sinking. All such cases are treated.
Shengdihuang Zhi (Juice of Rehmanniae Radix), Niunai Zhi (Cow Milk Juice, raw), Bailian'ou Zhi (Juice of White Lotus Rhizome) (equal parts).
These three juices are boiled in a stone pot over gentle to strong fire until forming a paste. Mix with the following herbs.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huhuanglian (Huahuanglian), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Fructus), Huangqi (Astragali Radix) (equal parts).
These six herbs are powdered. Mix with the previous paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose, washed down with Ginseng decoction. At any time.
[Shuanghe San] (Double Harmony Powder) treats pathogen entering meridians, emaciation, muscle heat, pushing out the old and generating the new. It resolves Cold Damage, seasonal epidemics, heatstroke, and latent summerheat.
Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) (4 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (1 liang).
Powder these. Take 2 qian per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water until reduced to 0.8. Take hot after meals. In winter, this medicine moistens the lungs and stops cough, removing congestion heat. In spring and summer, it protects against Cold Damage and seasonal qi, resolving summerheat toxicity. It should always be available; suitable for all ages.
[Sijunzi Tang] (Four Gentlemen Decoction) treats Ying and Wei qi deficiency.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Fuling (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma).
Powder these equally. Take 2 qian per dose, boil in 1 sheng of water until reduced to 0.7. Take warm at any time.
[Zhudu Wan] (Pig Stomach Pills) treats men with thin muscles and weak qi, cough, gradually developing into consumption disease.
Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 4 liang), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) (3 liang).
Powder these three herbs. Boil one pig stomach until soft and cooked. Chop and grind into a paste. Mix with the powder to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with rice drink. Three to four times daily. This medicine is miraculous. Thin people become fat upon taking it. Its mechanism is unfathomable.
[Suanzaoren Wan] (Sour Jujube Seed Pills) treats Gallbladder meridian insufficiency, Heart meridian heat, mental confusion, fearfulness, frequent fright, unhappy mood, occasional night sweats, deficiency vexation, insomnia, improvement in morning and worsening in evening, or vertigo.
Diyu (Sanguisorbae Radix), Suanzaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, stir-fried) (each 1 liang), Fuling (Poria), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma).
Renshen (Ginseng Root) (each 0.5 liang), Dansha (Cinnabar, ground) (2 qian).
These six herbs are powdered. Form pills with water, honey, and flour paste, size of paulownia seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose, washed down with Ginseng decoction. At any time. Rice drink is also acceptable.
[Dingzhi Wan] (Calming Will Pills) treats Heart qi insufficiency.
Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) (each 2 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baifuling (White Poria) (each 3 liang).
Powder these. Mix with honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Coat with Cinnabar. Take 7 pills, increasing to 20. Wash down with warm rice soup. After meals. Before bed. Three times daily.
[Maijian San] (Wheat Decoction Powder) treats various deficiencies, sudden deficiency from new illness, unconsolidated body fluids, constant spontaneous sweating, worse at night, persisting for a long time, emaciation, palpitations, fright, shortness of breath, and vexation/fatigue.
Muli (Oyster Shell, calcined), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Mahuanggen (Ephedrae Radix et Rhizoma Caulis) (equal parts).
These three herbs are made into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 sheng of water with over 100 grains of Xiaomai (Wheat) until reduced to 1 sheng. Strain and take hot. At any time. Three doses daily.
[Dusheng San] (Single Sage Powder) treats night sweats and continuous deficiency sweating.
Take Fu Xiaomai (Floating Wheat), any amount. Stir-fry over gentle to strong fire until scorched. Powder finely. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with rice drink. Frequent dosing is best. Another method: boil aged wheat with dried jujubes and take. Even better.
[Wen Fen] (Warm Powder) treats excessive sweating, irritability, and inability to sleep. Apply externally.
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Gaoben (Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (equal parts).
Powder these four herbs. Mix 1 liang of powder with 3 liang of rice flour evenly. Apply powder to the whole body to stop sweating.