泄热止渴，治胃腑实热，引饮常渴方。
茯神（二两，《外台》作茯苓） 知母（四两） 葳蕤（四两） 栝蒌根 生麦冬（各
五两） 生
地黄（六两） 小麦（二升） 淡竹叶（三升，切） 大枣（二十枚）
上九味 咀，以水三斗，煮小麦、竹叶取九升，去滓下药，煮取四升，分四服。不论早
晚，若渴即进。非但只治胃渴，通治渴患热者。
治消渴方。
猪肚（一具，治如食法） 黄连 粱米（各五两） 栝蒌根 茯神（各四两） 知母（三
两）
麦门冬（二两）
上七味为末，纳猪肚中缝塞，安甑中蒸极烂，乘热入药，臼中捣可丸，如硬加蜜和丸如
梧子大，饮服二十丸，日三。
又方 黄 茯神 栝蒌根 甘草 麦冬（各三两） 干地黄（五两）
上六味 咀，以水八升，煮取二升半，去滓，分三服。日进一剂，服十剂佳。
治消渴方。
干浮萍 栝蒌根（等分）。
上二味为末，以人乳和丸如梧子大，空腹饮服二十丸，日三。三年病者，三日愈。治虚
热大佳。
治消渴日饮水一石者方∶
铅丹（二两） 附子（一两） 葛根 栝蒌根（各三两）
上四味为末，蜜丸如梧子，饮服十丸，日三。渴则服之，春夏减附子。
治渴方。
黄连 生地黄（各一斤，张文仲云十斤）
上二味绞地黄汁渍黄连出曝燥，复纳汁中，令汁尽，曝燥干为末，蜜丸如梧子，服二十
丸，日三。食前后无拘。亦可为散，以酒服方寸匕。
Clearing heat and stopping thirst, a prescription for treating excess heat in the stomach fu organ, characterized by polydipsia (excessive drinking) and constant thirst.
Fushen (2 liang; *Waitai Miyao* uses Fuling [Poria]) Zhimu (4 liang) Weirui (4 liang) Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix) Sheng Maidong (Raw Ophiopogonis Radix, each 5 liang) Sheng Dihuang (Raw Rehmanniae Radix, 6 liang) Xiaomai (Tritici Levis Fructus, 2 sheng) Dan Zhuye (Light Bamboo Leaf, 3 sheng, cut) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, 20 pieces)
The above nine ingredients are crushed. Boil with three dou of water; first decoct Xiaomai and Zhuye to obtain nine sheng of liquid. Remove the dregs, add the remaining herbs, and decoct to obtain four sheng. Divide into four doses. Take at any time, morning or night, whenever thirsty. This formula not only treats stomach thirst but also generally treats all types of thirst caused by heat.
A prescription for treating Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst syndrome).
Zhudu (Pork Stomach, one piece, cleaned according to culinary methods) Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) Liangmi (Millet grain, each 5 liang) Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix) Fushen (Poria, each 4 liang) Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, 3 liang) Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 2 liang)
The above seven ingredients are ground into powder, placed inside the pork stomach, sewn shut, and steamed in a steamer until extremely soft. While hot, remove the herbs, pound them in a mortar, and form pills. If too hard, mix with honey. Form pills the size of wu zi (seeds of Cerasus pseudocerasus). Take 20 pills with warm water, three times daily.
Another prescription: Huangqi (Astragali Radix) Fushen (Poria) Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, each 3 liang) Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix, dried, 5 liang)
The above six ingredients are crushed. Decoct with eight sheng of water to obtain two and a half sheng. Remove dregs and divide into three doses. Take one dose daily; ten doses are recommended for optimal effect.
A prescription for treating Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst syndrome).
Gan Fuping (Dry Floating Fern, equal parts) Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix)
The above two ingredients are ground into powder, mixed with human milk, and formed into pills the size of wu zi (seeds of Cerasus pseudocerasus). Take 20 pills on an empty stomach with warm water, three times daily. For chronic cases lasting three years, recovery occurs in three days. This formula is particularly effective for deficiency-heat patterns.
A prescription for treating severe Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst syndrome) where the patient drinks one shi (a large unit of volume, indicating extreme polydipsia) of water daily:
Qiandan (Lead Tetroxide, 2 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, 1 liang) Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) Gualougen (Trichosanthis Radix, each 3 liang)
The above four ingredients are ground into powder and formed into honeyed pills the size of wu zi (seeds of Cerasus pseudocerasus). Take 10 pills with warm water, three times daily. Take when thirsty. In spring and summer, reduce the dosage of Fuzi.
A prescription for treating thirst.
Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) Sheng Dihuang (Raw Rehmanniae Radix, each 1 jin; Zhang Wenzhong states 10 jin)
The above two ingredients: Squeeze juice from Sheng Dihuang to soak Huanglian. Remove the Huanglian and dry it. Return the dried herb to the juice until the liquid is fully absorbed. Dry thoroughly, grind into powder, and form honeyed pills the size of wu zi (seeds of Cerasus pseudocerasus). Take 20 pills, three times daily. Timing relative to meals is unrestricted. Alternatively, prepare as a powder and take one fang cun bi (a square-inch measure) with wine.