治霍乱四逆,吐少呕多者方。
中附子(一枚) 粳米 半夏(各半升) 干姜(仲景方无) 甘草(各一两) 大枣
(十枚)
上六味 咀,以水八升,煮取米熟,去滓分三服。
治老年羸劣,冷气恶心,食饮不化,心腹虚满,拘急短气,霍乱呕逆,四肢厥冷,心烦
气闷流汗,扶老方。
麦门冬 干姜(各六两) 人参 白术 甘草(各五两) 附子 茯苓(各三两)
上七味治下筛,以白汤三合服方寸匕。常服将蜜丸如梧子大,酒服二十丸。
治毒冷霍乱吐利,烦呕,转筋肉冷汗出,手足指皆肿,喘息垂死,绝语音不出,百方不
效,脉不通者,服此汤取瘥乃止。随吐续服勿止,并灸之方。
人参 附子 浓朴 茯苓 甘草 橘皮 当归 葛根 干姜 桂心(各二两)
上十味 咀,以水七升,煮取二升半,分三服。
治霍乱蛊毒,宿食不消,积冷心腹,烦满鬼气方∶
用极咸盐汤三升,热饮一升,刺口令吐宿食使尽。不吐更服,吐讫复饮,三吐乃住静止
,此法大胜诸治,俗人以为田舍浅近之法,鄙而不用,守死而已,凡有此证即须先用之。
治霍乱方∶
扁豆 香薷(各一升)
上二味以水六升,煮取二升,分服。单用亦得。
治霍乱洞下不止者方∶
艾一把,水三升,煮取一升,顿服之良。
又方 香 一把,水四升,煮取一升,顿服之。青木香亦佳。
治霍乱吐下腹痛方∶
桃叶煎汁,服一升立止,冬用皮。
治霍乱引饮辄干呕方∶
生姜五两切,以水五升,煮取二升半,分二服,高良姜亦佳。
Formulas for treating cholera-like disease with vomiting (see Volume 9, Shanghan Upper).
Formula for treating cholera-like disease with cold extremities, where there is little vomitus but frequent retching.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (one piece), Oryza Germen (Jingmi), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia) (each half sheng), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang) (absent in Zhang Zhongjing's formulas), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (each one liang), Jujubae Fructus (Dazao) (ten pieces).
The above six herbs are coarsely crushed, boiled in eight sheng of water until the rice grains are cooked, the dregs are removed, and the liquid is divided into three doses for administration.
Formula for supporting the elderly who are emaciated and weak, suffering from reverse flow of cold qi causing nausea, indigestion, empty fullness in the heart and abdomen, spasmodic urgency and shortness of breath, cholera-like disease with vomiting and counterflow qi, cold extremities, vexation, stifling sensation in the chest, and profuse sweating.
Ophiopogonis Radix (Mendong), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang) (each six liang), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (each five liang), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Poria (Fuling) (each three liang).
The above seven herbs are processed and sifted into powder. Take one cunbi (a square inch measure of powder) with three he of warm water. For long-term use, form honey pills as large as wu zi (wutong seeds) and take twenty pills with wine.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease caused by toxic cold with vomiting and diarrhea, vexation and vomiting, muscle spasms with cold sweat, swelling of fingers and toes, panting approaching death, loss of voice, inefficacy of various methods, and unpalpable pulse. Administer this decoction until recovery ceases. Continue administering with vomiting and do not stop; combine with moxibustion.
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Houpo), Poria (Fuling), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Puerariae Radix (Gegen), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin) (each two liang).
The above ten herbs are coarsely crushed, boiled in seven sheng of water to obtain two and a half sheng, and divided into three doses.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease with gu poison, undigested food retention, accumulated cold in the heart and abdomen, vexation and fullness, and "ghost qi" (sudden severe abdominal pain or mental disturbance):
Use extremely salty salt water, three sheng total. Drink one sheng hot, induce vomiting by stimulating the throat to expel all retained food. If vomiting does not occur, administer again. After vomiting, drink again. Repeat three times, then stop and rest. This method surpasses all other treatments, though common people consider it a rustic and crude method and disdain its use, preferring to die rather than employ it. In any such case, this method must be used first.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease:
Dolichos Lablab Semen (Bian Dou), Elsholtziae Herba (Xiang Ru) (each one sheng).
The above two herbs are boiled in six sheng of water to obtain two sheng, and administered in divided doses. Using either herb alone is also acceptable.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease with incessant diarrhea:
Artemisiae Argyi Folium (Ai Ye), one handful, boiled in three sheng of water to obtain one sheng. Take in one dose for good effect.
Another formula: Qing Mu Xiang (Vladimiriae Root), one handful, boiled in four sheng of water to obtain one sheng. Take in one dose. Qing Mu Xiang is also excellent.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain:
Decoct juice from Pruni Persicae Folium (Tao Ye), take one sheng to stop immediately. In winter, use the bark instead.
Formula for treating cholera-like disease where drinking water immediately leads to dry heaving:
Zingiberis Fresh Rhizoma (Sheng Jiang), five liang sliced, boiled in five sheng of water to obtain two and a half sheng, divided into two doses. Galangal Rhizoma (Gaoliang Jiang) is also excellent.