治虚中积冷,气弱有伤,不能传化,心下坚痞,两胁胀满,心腹疼痛,噫宿腐气。及治
霍乱吐泻,米谷不化,久痢赤白,脓血相杂,久病黄色羸瘦,及腹中一切食症之疾。
枳壳(去幅,麸炒) 槟榔 橘红 京三棱 半夏(汤泡) 干姜(炮) 黄连(去须)
莪术(以上各二两) 巴豆(三七枚,连壳)
上件除巴豆外,锉如豆大,用好醋煮干,去巴豆,余药焙干为末,薄糊为丸,如绿豆大
,每服十丸,加至十五丸,用茶清姜汤任下,食后临卧服,孕妇不可服。
治脾胃怯弱,食肉食面,或食生果,停滞中焦,不能克化,致令胀满,肚腹疼痛,呕吐
不食,或利或秘。
阿魏(酒浸化,旋入) 官桂(不见火) 莪术(炮) 萝卜子(炒) 麦 (炒) 神
曲(炒) 青皮(去白) 干姜(炮) 白术(以上各半两) 百草霜(三钱) 巴豆(去
壳油,三七粒)
上件为细末,和匀,薄糊为丸,如绿豆大,每服二十丸,用姜汤送下。面伤用面汤送下
,伤生果用麝香汤送下。
治食积,心腹膨胀,不得克化。
丁香 木香(不见火) 巴豆(去壳) 高良姜(米醋煮,各半两) 蓬莪术(三两) 京
三棱(二两) 青皮(一两) 皂角(三大匙,烧存性)
上入百草霜三匙,同碾为末,面糊为丸,如麻子大,每服十丸至二十丸。止脾积气,陈
皮汤下。口吐酸水,淡姜汤下。呕吐藿香甘草汤下。小肠气炒茴香酒下。妇人血气剧痛淡醋
汤送下。
Treats conditions of deficiency in the middle with accumulated cold, weak qi with injury, inability to transport and transform, hardness and stuffiness below the heart, distension and fullness in both hypochondria, pain in the heart and abdomen, and belching of stale, putrid qi. It also treats Huoluan (cholera-like syndrome) with vomiting and diarrhea, undigested rice and grains, chronic dysentery with red and white discharge, pus and blood mixed together, chronic illness presenting with sallow complexion and emaciation, and all food-stagnation diseases in the abdomen.
Herbs: Zhiqiao (Bitter Orange Fruit, processed by removing pith and stir-frying with bran), Binglang (Areca Seed), Juhong (Aged Tangerine Peel), Jingsanleng (Sparganium Rhizome), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, soaked in boiling water), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, removing stamens), Ezhu (Curcuma Rhizome) [each 2 liang], Badou (Croton Seed, 3-7 seeds, with shell).
Preparation and Administration: Except for Badou, chop the remaining herbs into pieces the size of beans. Boil them in good vinegar until dry, remove the Badou, then bake the remaining herbs until dry and grind into powder. Use thin paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 10 pills per dose, increasing to 15 pills. Administer with tea water or ginger soup after meals and before bedtime. Pregnant women must not take this formula.
Treats spleen and stomach weakness where meat, noodles, or raw fruits are ingested, causing stagnation in the middle jiao, inability to digest, resulting in distension, abdominal pain, vomiting, anorexia, or alternating diarrhea and constipation.
Herbs: Awèi (Asafoetida, soaked in wine until dissolved, added immediately), Guangui (Cinnamon Bark, avoid direct fire), Ezhu (Curcuma Rhizome, processed), Luobozǐ (Radish Seed, stir-fried), Maiya (Malt, stir-fried), Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, stir-fried), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel, removing white pith), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) [each half liang], Baicaoshuang (Soot from burning straw, 3 qian), Badou (Croton Seed, shelled and oil removed, 3-7 grains).
Preparation and Administration: Grind all ingredients into a fine powder, mix evenly, and use thin paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills per dose, administered with ginger soup. For noodle stagnation, administer with noodle soup; for raw fruit stagnation, administer with musk-infused water.
Treats food accumulation causing distension and swelling of the heart and abdomen, with inability to digest.
Herbs: Dingxiang (Clove), Muxiang (Costus Root, avoid direct fire), Badou (Croton Seed, shelled), Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Rhizome, boiled in rice vinegar, each half liang), Peng'ezhu (Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome, 3 liang), Jingsanleng (Sparganium Rhizome, 2 liang), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel, 1 liang), Zaojiao (Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit, 3 large spoons, burned to retain charred properties).
Preparation and Administration: Add 3 spoons of Baicaoshuang (Soot from burning straw) to the above herbs, grind together into a fine powder, and use wheat paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 10 to 20 pills per dose. For spleen accumulation and qi stagnation, administer with Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel) decoction. For spitting sour fluid, administer with light ginger decoction. For vomiting, administer with Huoxiang (Patchouli) and Gancao (Licorice Root) decoction. For Xiao Chang Qi (Small Intestine Qi pain), administer with stir-fried Fenhui (Fennel Seed) wine. For severe blood and qi pain in women, administer with light vinegar decoction.