治上气嗽方。
麻黄（半斤） 杏仁（百枚） 甘草（三两） 桂心（一两）
上四味治，下筛，别研杏仁如脂，纳药末和合，临气上时服一方寸匕。食久气未下，重
服
治上气咳嗽，太医令王叔和所撰御，服甚良方。
蜀椒（五分） 乌头 杏仁 石菖蒲 石（一云矾石） 皂荚（各一分） 款冬花 细
辛
紫菀 干姜（各三分） 麻黄 吴茱萸（各四分）
上十二味为末，蜜丸如梧子大，暮卧吞二丸。治二十年久嗽，不过二十丸。
治久上气咳嗽，咽中腥臭，虚气搅心痛眼疼，耳中嘈嘈，风邪毒疰时气，食不生肌肉，
胸中膈塞，呕逆多唾，恶心，心下坚满，饮多食少，恶疰淋痛病方。
蜀椒（二升） 饴糖（三斤） 杏仁（一升） 天门冬（十分） 干姜 人参（各四分）
乌头
（七分） 桂心（六分） 大附子（五枚） 蜈蚣（五节）
上十味为末，别治杏仁如脂，稍稍纳药末，捣千杵，烊饴乃纳药末中令调和，含如半枣
一枚，日六七，夜三四服，以胸中温为度。若梦与鬼交通乃饮食者，全用蜈蚣。食不消加杏
仁五合。小腹急腰痛加天门冬、杜仲。有风加乌头三枚，附子一枚，立夏后勿加也。有停饮
加葶苈三两。
治咳逆上气方∶
蜀椒 桂心 海蛤（各四分） 昆布 海藻 干姜 细辛（各六分） 麦冬（十分）
上八味为末，蜜丸如梧子大，饮服十丸，加至二十丸，日三服。有人风虚中冷，胸中满
上气，喉中如吹管声，吸吸气上欲咳，服此方得瘥。
治咳嗽胸胁支满，多唾上气方∶
石（一作矾石） 乌头（一方不用） 菖蒲（各一分） 细辛 黄环（各二分） 杏
仁款冬
花
上十一味为末，蜜丸如梧子大，每服一丸，着牙上咽汁，日五六服。剧者，常含不止。
又方 姜汁（一升半） 砂糖（五合）
上二味煎姜汁减半，纳糖更煎服之。
又方 白糖（五合） 皂荚末（一方寸匕）
上二味先微暖，糖令消，纳皂荚末合和相得，丸如小豆，先食服三丸。
又方 酒一升半，浸肥皂荚两挺，经宿煮取半升，分三服。七日忌如药法。若吐多，
以醋饭三四口止之。
又方 巴豆炮去皮，勿伤破肉白，饮吞下，初日二枚，二日三枚。
又方 服芥子七丸，以油酒下之。
Formulas for treating rebellious Qi and cough.
Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄) (half jin), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (one hundred seeds), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) (three liang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, 桂心) (one liang).
Process the above four herbs, sift them, separately grind Armeniacae Semen Amarum into a paste-like consistency, mix with the herbal powder, and take one fangcun bi (a measure of volume) when rebellious Qi attacks. If Qi does not subside long after eating, take another dose.
A formula for treating rebellious Qi and cough, written by Wang Shuhe, the Director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, which is very effective when taken.
Zanthoxyli Fructus (Shujiao, 蜀椒) (five fen), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Wutou, 乌头), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Shichangpu, 石菖蒲), Alumen (Shi/Fanshi, 石/矾石), Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus (Zaojiao, 皂荚) (each one fen), Distanthermae Flos (Kuandonghua, 款冬花), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin, 细辛), Asteris Radix (Ziwan, 紫菀), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, 干姜) (each three fen), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄), Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸) (each four fen).
Grind the above twelve herbs into powder, make pills with honey the size of mulberry seeds, swallow two pills before going to bed at night. Treats chronic cough lasting twenty years; do not exceed twenty pills.
For treating chronic rebellious Qi and cough, foul-smelling breath in the throat, pain in the heart and eyes caused by vacuous Qi stirring, buzzing in the ears, wind-pathogenic toxic Zhuxie (miasma transmission) and seasonal epidemics, inability of food to nourish muscles, obstruction in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting and rebellious Qi, excessive saliva, nausea, hardness and fullness in the epigastrium, drinking much but eating little, aversion to Zhuxie and Lin syndrome painful urination.
Zanthoxyli Fructus (Shujiao, 蜀椒) (two sheng), Malt Sugar (Yitang, 饴糖) (three jin), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (one sheng), Asparagi Radix (Tiandong, 天门冬) (ten fen), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, 干姜), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, 人参) (each four fen), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Wutou, 乌头) (seven fen), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, 桂心) (six fen), Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata (Da Fuzi, 大附子) (five pieces), Scolopendra (Wugong, 蜈蚣) (five segments).
Grind the above ten herbs into powder, separately grind Armeniacae Semen Amarum into a paste, gradually add the herbal powder, pound one thousand times, melt the malt sugar and mix with the herbal powder. Hold one pill the size of half a jujube in the mouth, take six or seven times during the day and three or four times at night, stopping when warmth is felt in the chest. If dreaming of intercourse with ghosts affects diet, use Scolopendra fully. For indigestion, add five he of Armeniacae Semen Amarum. For urgency in the lower abdomen and lower back pain, add Asparagi Radix and Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong, 杜仲). For wind pathogen, add three pieces of Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata and one piece of Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata; do not add these after Start of Summer. For retained fluid, add Descurainiae Semen (Tinglizi, 葶苈) three liang.
Formula for treating cough and rebellious Qi:
Zanthoxyli Fructus (Shujiao, 蜀椒), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, 桂心), Concha Meretricis (Haige, 海蛤), Sargassum (Kunbu, 昆布), Sargassum (Haizao, 海藻), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, 干姜), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin, 细辛) (each six fen), Ophiopogonis Radix (Maidong, 麦冬) (ten fen).
Grind the above eight herbs into powder, make pills with honey the size of mulberry seeds, take ten pills with water, increasing to twenty pills, three times a day. For those suffering from cold due to wind deficiency, fullness in the chest and rebellious Qi, whistling sound in the throat like blowing through a tube, air rushing up upon inhalation causing urge to cough, this formula brings recovery.
Formula for treating cough, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, excessive saliva, and rebellious Qi:
Alumen (Shi/Fanshi, 石/矾石), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Wutou, 乌头) (not used in one version), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu, 菖蒲) (each one fen), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin, 细辛), Huanghuan (Huanghuan, 黄环), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁), Distanthermae Flos (Kuandonghua, 款冬花).
Grind the above eleven herbs into powder, make pills with honey the size of mulberry seeds, take one pill each time, place on the teeth to let the juice swallow down, take five or six times a day. For severe cases, keep holding it without swallowing continuously.
Another formula: Ginger Juice (Jiangzhi, 姜汁) (one and a half sheng), White Sugar (Shatang, 砂糖) (five he).
Boil the ginger juice until reduced by half, add sugar, boil again, and take.
Another formula: White Sugar (Baitang, 白糖) (five he), Powdered Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus (Zaojiao Mo, 皂荚末) (one fangcun bi).
Slightly warm the sugar to melt it, mix with powdered Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus, form pills the size of small beans, take three pills before meals.
Another formula: Wine (Jiu, 酒) (one and a half sheng), soak two pods of Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus overnight, boil to obtain half a sheng, divide into three doses. Observe dietary restrictions as per medication rules for seven days. If vomiting is severe, stop it by eating three or four mouthfuls of vinegar-rice.
Another formula: Processed Crotonis Fructus (Badou, 巴豆) peeled, ensuring the white flesh is not damaged, swallow with water. Two seeds on the first day, three seeds on the second day.
Another formula: Take seven pills of Mustard Seed (Jiezi, 芥子), wash down with oil and wine.