夫风水肿者。由脾肾气虚弱所为也。肾劳则虚。虚则汗出。汗出当风。风气内入。还客
于肾
皮囊
治风水。通身肿。皮肤欲裂。宜利小便。防风散方。
防风（一两去芦头） 猪苓（一两去黑皮） 泽泻（一两） 赤茯苓（一两） 麻黄（一
两去根
节） 泽漆（一
两） 杏仁
（一两汤浸去
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入煮赤小豆汁一合。煎至五分。去滓温服。
每日早晨服。良久。当小便极利。不利。晚再服之。
治风水。皮肤肿满。上气喘急。不能眠卧。海藻丸方。
海藻（一两洗去咸味）椒目（一两微炒去汗） 昆布（一两洗去咸味） 牵牛子（一两
微炒）
桂心（一两） 牛黄（一分细研） 甜葶苈（二两隔纸炒令紫色别研如膏）
上件药。捣罗为末。入葶苈。搅令匀。炼蜜和捣三二百杵。丸如梧桐子大。每服。以蜜
汤下二十丸。日三四服。
治风水毒瓦斯。遍身肿满。宜服此方。
楮白皮（一两锉） 桑根白皮（三两锉） 陈橘皮（一两汤浸去白瓤焙） 紫苏茎叶〔二
（三）
两〕 猪苓（三两去黑皮） 木通（二两锉）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入生姜半分。煎至五分。去滓。不计时候
温服。
治风水。遍身肿满。骨节酸痛。恶风脚弱。皮肤不仁。麻黄散方。
麻黄（二两去根节） 石膏（三两研） 白术（二两） 附子（二两炮裂去皮脐） 汉
防己（二
两） 桑根白皮（二两锉）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入枣二（三）枚。生姜半分。煎至五分。
去
滓。不计时候温服。
治风水。身体浮肿。发歇不定。肢节疼痛。上气喘息。大腹皮散方。
大腹皮（二两锉） 桑根白皮（二两锉） 芎 （一两） 汉防己（一两） 羌活（一
两） 青橘
皮（
草（半两
炙微
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。
治风水。面肿。脉浮而紧者。宜服此方。
汉防己 桑根白皮（锉） 苍术（锉碎微炒） 郁李仁（汤浸去皮尖微炒） 羌活（各
一两）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。煎至五分。去滓。温服。如人行十里再服。
治风水。面肿。小便涩。椒目丸方。
椒目（一两半微炒去汗） 汉防己（一两半） 硝石（二两） 杏仁（二两汤浸去皮尖
双仁麸
炒微黄别研入）
上件药。捣罗为末。炼蜜和丸。如梧桐子大。每于食前。煎桑枝汤下十五丸。
治风水。腹脐俱肿。腰不可转动。宜服此方。
赤小豆（一升） 桑根白皮（三两锉） 白术（三两） 鳢鱼（二斤去鳞及肠肚净洗） 生
姜（
三两切） 陈橘皮（三两汤浸去白瓤焙）
上件药。细锉。以水一斗。都煮令熟。出鱼。量力食之。兼食小豆。勿着盐。便以汁任
性下之。
又方。
郁李仁（二两汤浸去皮水研取汁三升） 薏苡仁（二合）
上以郁李仁汁。煮薏苡仁作粥。每日空腹一服。
又方。
鼠粘子（二两微炒）
上捣。细罗为散。每服。以暖水调下二钱。日三四服。
Wind-water edema is caused by the deficiency of Spleen and Kidney Qi. Kidney exhaustion leads to deficiency; deficiency causes sweating. When sweating, exposure to wind allows wind pathogen to enter internally and lodge in the Kidney and skin bladders (subcutaneous tissues).
To treat wind-water disease with generalized edema and skin tightness as if cracking, promoting diuresis is indicated. Fangfeng San (Saposhnikovia Powder):
Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae, 1 liang, remove rhizome head) Zhuling (Polyporus, 1 liang, remove black skin) Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis, 1 liang) Chi Fuling (Red Poria, 1 liang) Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, 1 liang, remove roots and joints) Zeqi (Euphorbiae Helioscopiae Herba, 1 liang) Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, 1 liang, soaked in hot water, remove skin and pointed ends, double-kernel bran-fried slightly yellow, separately ground into paste)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved, and made into a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large cup of water and one he of juice from boiled Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis), decoct until reduced to half volume, strain, and take warm. Take every morning. After some time, urination should become very profuse; if not, take again in the evening.
To treat wind-water disease with swollen and full skin, upper jiao qi rebellion causing panting, and inability to lie down: Haizao Wan (Algae Pill):
Haizao (Sargassum, 1 liang, wash to remove salty taste) Jiaomu (Semen Zanthoxyli, 1 liang, lightly fried to remove moisture) Kunbu (Kelp, 1 liang, wash to remove salty taste) Qianniuzi (Fructus Phytolaccae, 1 liang, lightly fried) Guixin (Cortex Cinnamomi, 1 liang) Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 1 fen, finely ground) Tiantili (Semen Lepidii et Descurainiae, 2 liang, fried between papers until purple, separately ground into paste)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved into fine powder, mixed with Tiantili, stirred evenly, combined with refined honey, and pounded for three to two hundred strokes. Form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with honey water, three to four times daily.
To treat wind-water toxic qi with generalized swelling and fullness, this formula is suitable:
Chubai Pi (Cortex Broussonetiae, 1 liang, chopped) Sanggen Baipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, 3 liang, chopped) Chenjupi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, 1 liang, soaked in hot water, remove white pith, dried) Zisu Jingye (Folium et Caulis Perillae, 2 or 3 liang) Zhuling (Polyporus, 3 liang, remove black skin) Mutong (Caulis Akebiae, 2 liang, chopped)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved, and made into a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large cup of water and half a qian of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to half volume, strain, and take warm at any time.
To treat wind-water disease with generalized swelling and fullness, soreness and pain in bone joints, aversion to wind, weakness in legs, and numbness of the skin: Mahuang San (Ephedra Powder):
Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae, 2 liang, remove roots and joints) Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 3 liang, ground) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, 2 liang) Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, 2 liang, processed, cracked, remove skin and navel) Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, 2 liang) Sanggen Baipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, 2 liang, chopped)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved, and made into a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large cup of water, two or three dates (Ziziphus jujuba), and half a qian of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to half volume, strain, and take warm at any time.
To treat wind-water disease with fluctuating body edema, intermittent attacks, limb joint pain, upper jiao qi rebellion, and panting: Dafupi San (Bark of Areca Seed Powder):
Dafupi (Pericarpium Arecae, 2 liang, chopped) Sanggen Baipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, 2 liang, chopped) Xiongqiong (Radix Chuanxiong, 1 liang) Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, 1 liang) Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii, 1 liang) Qingjupi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, 1 liang) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, half liang, honey-fried slightly yellow)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved, and made into a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large cup of water, decoct until reduced to half volume, strain, and take warm at any time.
To treat wind-water disease with facial edema and a floating, tight pulse, this formula is suitable:
Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Sanggen Baipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, chopped), Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis, chopped and lightly fried), Yuliren (Semen Pruni, soaked in hot water, remove skin and pointed ends, lightly fried), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii) — each 1 liang.
The above herbs are crushed, sieved, and made into a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large cup of water, decoct until reduced to half volume, strain, and take warm. Take another dose after walking approximately five kilometers (ten li).
To treat wind-water disease with facial edema and difficult urination: Jiaomu Wan (Semen Zanthoxyli Pill):
Jiaomu (Semen Zanthoxyli, 1.5 liang, lightly fried to remove moisture) Hanfangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, 1.5 liang) Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitras, 2 liang) Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, 2 liang, soaked in hot water, remove skin and pointed ends, double-kernel bran-fried slightly yellow, separately ground and added)
The above herbs are crushed, sieved into fine powder, combined with refined honey, and formed into pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 15 pills before meals, washed down with decoction of Mulberry branches (Ramulus Mori).
To treat wind-water disease with swelling of the abdomen and umbilicus, and immobility of the waist, this formula is suitable:
Chixiaodou (Semen Phaseoli Angularis, 1 sheng) Sanggen Baipi (Cortex Mori Radicis, 3 liang, chopped) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, 3 liang) Liyu (Ophicephalus argus, 2 jin, scales and entrails removed, washed clean) Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, 3 liang, sliced) Chenjupi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, 3 liang, soaked in hot water, remove white pith, dried)
The above herbs are finely chopped. Add ten dou of water and boil everything until cooked. Remove the fish. Consume the fish and beans according to appetite, without adding salt. Drink the broth freely.
Another prescription:
Yuliren (Semen Pruni, 2 liang, soaked in hot water, skin removed, water-ground to extract 3 sheng of juice) Yiyiren (Semen Coicis, 2 he)
Use the Yuliren juice to cook Yiyiren into porridge. Take once daily on an empty stomach.
Another prescription:
Niuzi (Fructus Arctii, 2 liang, lightly fried)
Crush the above, sieve into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with warm water, three to four times daily.