夫时气热毒攻于心肺。则膈上壅躁。若胃中有热。则津液竭少。咽喉不利。头痛心烦。
毒热未除。故口干也。
治时气经下后未退。头疼口干。烦躁恍惚。宜服葛根散方。
葛根（锉） 麦门冬（去心） 黄芩 川升麻 甘草（炙微赤锉）（以上各一两） 石
膏（一两
半）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服四钱。以水一中盏。煎至六分。去滓。不计时候。温服。
治时气胃热口干。烦躁。渴不止。宜服赤茯苓散方。
赤茯苓 栝蒌根 麦门冬（去心） 生干地黄（以上各一两） 知母（半两）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入小麦五十粒。淡竹叶二（三）七片。煎
至
五分。去滓。不计时候。温服。
治时气口干。宜服芦根散方。
芦根（二两锉） 麦门冬（一两去心） 黄芩（一两） 甘草（半两炙微赤锉） 栝蒌
根（一两）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服三钱。以水一中盏。入竹茹一分。煎至五分。去滓。不计时候
。温服。
又方。
石膏（二两） 葛根（一两锉） 人参（二两去芦头） 麦门冬（去心一两）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入竹叶二七片。煎至五分。去滓。不计时
候。温服。
治时气心脾壅热。烦闷。口干。宜服栝蒌根散方。
栝蒌根 犀角屑 川升麻 麦门冬（去心） 葛根（锉） 甘草（炙微赤锉） 栀子仁
（以上
各三分）
上件药捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。煎至五分。去滓。不计时候。温服。
治时气口干舌缩。心神烦躁。不得睡卧。宜服此方。
栝蒌（一枚开窍留盖子去子留瓤） 白蜜（一合） 竹沥（一合） 酥（一合） 生藕
汁（一合）
上件药。相和。内于栝蒌中。以面裹。 火烧候面黄熟。即倾入器中。放温。每服半合
。不计时候服。
治时气烦热口干。宜服黄连丸方。
黄连（去须） 栝蒌根 知母 赤茯苓（以上各一两） 麦门冬（二两去心焙）
上件药。捣筛为末。炼蜜和丸。如梧桐子大。每服不计时候。以牛乳下三十丸。
治时气口干喜唾方。
干枣（二十枚擘去瓤） 乌梅肉（十枚微炒） 甘草（炙微赤锉杵末三钱）
上件药。入少蜜合捣。令熟。常含。如杏核大。咽津。
When the heat-toxin of Shiqi disease (a febrile disease caused by pathogenic factors of the four seasons) attacks the Heart and Lungs, it causes stagnation and restlessness in the upper chest. If there is heat in the Stomach, body fluids will be depleted and reduced, leading to throat discomfort, headache, and irritability. Because the toxic heat has not been eliminated, dry mouth occurs.
For Shiqi disease where symptoms persist after purgation, accompanied by headache, dry mouth, irritability, and mental confusion, Gegen San (Kudzu Powder) is indicated.
Ingredients: Gegen (Puerariae Radix, cut into pieces), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Chuan Shengma ( Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried until slightly red and cut into pieces) (each 1 liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 1.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add 1 zhong of water, decoct until 6 fen remains, remove dregs. Take warm at any time.
For Shiqi disease causing dry mouth, irritability, and unquenchable thirst due to Stomach heat, Chifuling San (Polyporus Powder) is indicated.
Ingredients: Chifuling (Polypori Umbellati Sclerotium, red variety), Gualuangen (Trichosanthis Radix), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Sheng Ganshengdi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, dried raw) (each 1 liang), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add 1 da zhong of water, 50 grains of Xiaomai (Tritici Fructus), and 14 pian of Danyezhu (Lophatheri Herba). Decoct until 5 fen remains, remove dregs. Take warm at any time.
For dry mouth caused by Shiqi disease, Lugeng San (Phragmitis Rhizoma Powder) is indicated.
Ingredients: Lugeng (Phragmitis Rhizoma, 2 liang, cut into pieces), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 1 liang, heart removed), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, 1 liang), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 0.5 liang, honey-fried until slightly red and cut into pieces), Gualuangen (Trichosanthis Radix, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Add 1 zhong of water and 1 fen of Zhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam). Decoct until 5 fen remains, remove dregs. Take warm at any time.
Another prescription.
Ingredients: Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 2 liang), Gegen (Puerariae Radix, 1 liang, cut into pieces), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 2 liang, rhizome removed), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 1 liang, heart removed).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add 1 da zhong of water and 14 pian of Zhuye (Bambusae Folium). Decoct until 5 fen remains, remove dregs. Take warm at any time.
For Shiqi disease with heat stagnation in the Heart and Spleen, causing stifling sensation, irritability, and dry mouth, Gualuangen San (Trichosanthis Radix Powder) is indicated.
Ingredients: Gualuangen (Trichosanthis Radix), Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, shaved), Chuan Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed), Gegen (Puerariae Radix, cut into pieces), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried until slightly red and cut into pieces), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Semen, 3 fen each).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add 1 da zhong of water. Decoct until 5 fen remains, remove dregs. Take warm at any time.
For Shiqi disease causing dry mouth, tongue retraction, mental irritability, and insomnia, this formula is indicated.
Ingredients: Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus, one fruit, slit open, keep the lid, remove seeds, keep the pulp), Baimi (Mel, 1 he), Zhuli (Bambusae Succus, 1 he), Su (Butyrum, 1 he), Sheng Ouji (Nelumbinis Nuciferae Rhizoma Juice, 1 he).
Preparation and Administration: Mix the above ingredients and place them inside the Gualou. Wrap with flour dough and roast over fire until the dough turns yellow and cooked. Pour into a vessel, let cool to warm. Take 0.5 he per dose at any time.
For Shiqi disease with vexing heat and dry mouth, Huanglian Wan (Coptis Pill) is indicated.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, whiskers removed), Gualuangen (Trichosanthis Radix), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Chifuling (Polypori Umbellati Sclerotium, red variety) (each 1 liang), Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 2 liang, heart removed and baked).
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve the above ingredients to make a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills at any time, washed down with cow's milk.
A prescription for dry mouth with excessive salivation caused by Shiqi disease.
Ingredients: Ganzao (Jujubae Fructus, 20 fruits, split open and pith removed), Wumei Rou (Mume Fructus Pulp, 10 fruits, lightly fried), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried until slightly red, cut into pieces and pounded into powder, 3 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Add a small amount of honey and pound together until well mixed. Keep in the mouth often, in pieces the size of an apricot pit, and swallow saliva.