夫大肠合于肺。手阳明是其经也。为传导之府。化物出焉。若虚则生寒。寒则肠鸣泄痢
。食不消化。皮肤干燥。则是大肠虚冷之候也。
治大肠虚冷。乏气拘急。腰痛羸瘦。宜服附子散方。
附子（一两半炮裂去皮脐） 人参（一两去芦头） 干姜（一两炮裂锉） 赤芍药（一
两） 桂
心（一两） 甘草（一两炙微赤锉）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服三钱。以水一中盏。入枣三枚。煎至六分。去滓。食前。温服
。忌热面鸡猪鱼等。
治大肠虚冷。肠鸣泄利。腹胁气痛。饮食不化。宜服诃黎勒散方。
诃黎勒（一两半煨用皮） 附子（一两炮裂去皮脐） 当归（三分锉微炒） 桔梗（半
两去芦
头）
分炙微赤
锉）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服三钱。以水一中盏。入生姜半分。枣三枚。煎至六分。去滓。
食前稍热服。
治大肠虚冷。肠鸣腹痛。食不消化。宜服吴茱萸散方。
吴茱萸（半两汤浸七遍焙干微炒） 陈橘皮（一两汤浸去白瓤焙） 缩砂（一两去皮） 神
曲
（一
炙微赤
锉）
上件药。捣细罗为散。食前。以粥饮调下二钱。
治大肠虚冷。肠鸣腹痛。下痢。不思饮食。宜服草豆蔻散方。
草豆蔻（一两去皮） 高良姜（三分锉） 桂心（半两） 丁香（半两） 木香（半两）
白术（
半两）
蔻（半两
去壳）
上件药。捣细罗为散。食前。以姜枣汤调下一钱。
治大肠虚冷。腹痛肠鸣。食不消化。宜服木香丸方。
木香（一两） 诃黎勒（一两半煨用皮） 白术（一两） 附子〔二（一）两炮裂去皮
脐〕 芜
荑（一
蔻（半
两去壳
上件药。捣罗为末。用神曲末煮作糊。和捣三二百杵。丸如梧桐子大。食前。以姜枣汤
下二十丸。
The Large Intestine is internally-externally related to the Lung. The Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Channel (Shou Yangming Dachang Jing) is its meridian. It serves as the Fu organ of conduction, from which transformed substances are expelled. If deficient, it generates cold; cold leads to borborygmus (intestinal rumbling), diarrhea or dysentery, indigestion, and dry skin. These are signs and symptoms of Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine (Dachang Xu Leng).
For Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine presenting with shortness of breath, limb stiffness, lower back pain, and emaciation, Fuzi San (Aconite Powder) is indicated.
Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, 1.5 liang, processed until cracked, peel and umbilicus removed) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, radix tip removed) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 1 liang, processed until cracked and chopped) Chishao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 1 liang) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus Cortex, 1 liang) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, honey-fried until slightly red and chopped)
Crush and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Add 1 zhong zhan of water and 3 jujubes. Decoct until one-sixth remains. Strain and take warm before meals. Avoid hot noodles, chicken, pork, fish, etc.
For Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine presenting with borborygmus, diarrhea, qi pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium, and food stagnation, Helile San (Terminalia Powder) is indicated.
Helile (Terminaliae Fructus, 1.5 liang, baked, use the peel) Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, 1 liang, processed until cracked, peel and umbilicus removed) Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 3 fen, chopped and lightly fried) Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, 0.5 liang, radix tip removed)
Crush and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Add 1 zhong zhan of water, 0.5 fen of fresh ginger, and 3 jujubes. Decoct until one-sixth remains. Strain and take slightly warm before meals.
For Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine presenting with borborygmus, abdominal pain, and indigestion, Wuzhuyu San (Evodiae Fructus Powder) is indicated.
Wuzhuyu (Euodiae Fructus, 0.5 liang, soaked in boiling water seven times, dried and lightly fried) Chen Ju Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 1 liang, soaked in boiling water, white pith removed, dried) Suosha (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, 1 liang, peel removed) Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, 1 liang, fried until slightly red and chopped)
Sieve the finely crushed above ingredients into a powder. Before meals, mix with millet gruel and take 2 qian.
For Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine presenting with borborygmus, abdominal pain, dysentery, and loss of appetite, Caodoukou San (Cardamomi Fructus Powder) is indicated.
Caodoukou (Alpiniae Katsumadai Semen, 1 liang, peel removed) Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Rhizome, 3 fen, chopped) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus Cortex, 0.5 liang) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos, 0.5 liang) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 0.5 liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 0.5 liang) Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, 0.5 liang, shell removed)
Sieve the finely crushed above ingredients into a powder. Before meals, mix with ginger and jujube decoction and take 1 qian.
For Cold Deficiency of the Large Intestine presenting with abdominal pain, borborygmus, and indigestion, Muxiang Wan (Aucklandia Pill) is indicated.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 liang) Helile (Terminaliae Fructus, 1.5 liang, baked, use the peel) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 1 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconiti Lateralis Radix, 1 liang, processed until cracked, peel and umbilicus removed) Wuyi (Euphorbiae Seed, 1 liang) Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, 0.5 liang, shell removed)
Sieve the above ingredients into powder. Use Massa Medicata Fermentata powder boiled into a paste to bind. Pound for three to two hundred strikes. Form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Before meals, take 20 pills with ginger and jujube decoction.