加味逍遥散 治血虚有热,遍身搔痒,或口燥咽干,发热盗汗,食少嗜卧,小便涩滞等症。
甘草(炙) 当归(炒) 芍药(酒炒) 茯苓 白术(炒) 柴胡(各一钱) 牡丹皮 山栀(炒。各五分)
上水煎服。
逍遥散 即前方去丹皮、山栀。
归脾汤 治脾经失血,少寐发热,盗汗,或思虑伤脾,不能摄血妄行;或健忘怔忡,惊悸不
寐;或心脾伤痛,怠惰嗜卧,饮食不思。
人参 白术 白茯苓 黄 (炒) 当归 龙眼肉 远志 酸枣仁(炒。各一钱) 木香(五分) 甘草
分)
上姜枣水煎服。
加味归脾汤 即前方加柴胡、山栀。
补中益气汤 治元气不足,四肢倦怠,口干发热,饮食无味,或饮食失节,劳倦身热,脉洪
大而无力,或头痛发热,或恶寒自汗,或气高而喘,身热而烦。
黄 (炙,一钱五分) 甘草(炙) 人参 当归(酒拌) 白术(炒。各一钱) 升麻 柴胡(各三分) 陈皮
(一钱)
上姜枣水煎服。
六君子汤 即异功散加半夏。
十全大补汤 治诸脏亏损,气血俱虚,恶寒发热;或自汗盗汗,便血吐血;或大便不实,饮
食少思;或胸腹作痛,口舌生疮;或耳目不明,牙齿不固。
人参 白术 白茯苓 黄 当归 川芎 熟地黄(酒洗蒸焙) 白芍药(炒。各一钱) 肉桂 甘
上姜枣水煎服。
八珍汤 治脾胃亏损,气血俱虚,乃内伤之症。盖人之生,以脾胃为主,脾胃一虚,诸脏失
所,百病生焉。即前方大补汤,去黄 、肉桂。
当归补血汤 治肌热躁热,目赤面红,烦渴引饮,昼夜不息,脉洪大而虚,重按全无,此脉
虚血虚也,若误服白虎汤必死。
当归(三钱) 黄 (炙,一两)
上水煎服。
清胃散 治胃经湿热,牙齿或牙根肿痛,或牵引头脑,或面发热。
当归身(酒拌,一钱) 黄连 生地黄(酒拌) 升麻(各二钱) 牡丹皮(一钱五分)
上水煎服。
加味清胃散 治脾胃有热,口内生疮,或齿作痛,或龈腐烂。即前方加犀角、连翘、甘草。
小柴胡汤 治肝胆经症,寒热往来,或晡热潮热,不欲饮食;或口苦耳聋,咳嗽发热,或胁
痛满,转侧不便;或泻痢咳嗽,呕吐酸水。
柴胡(二钱) 黄芩(一钱五分) 半夏(一钱) 人参(一钱) 甘草(炙,五分)
上姜枣水煎服。
加味小柴胡汤 治妇女经行,感冒发热,热入血室,寒热如疟,昼则安静,夜则发热妄语;
或素血虚,大劳大怒火动,热入血室亦能致。此即前方加生地黄。
当归六黄汤 治气血虚,而发热盗汗等症。
当归(二钱) 黄 (炒) 生地黄 熟地黄(各一钱) 黄连(炒焦) 黄芩(炒焦) 黄柏(炒焦。各五分)
上水煎服。
黄芩清肺饮 治肺热而小便不利。
黄芩 山栀(各一钱)
上水煎服。不利,加盐豉二十粒。
六味丸(一名地黄丸,加肉桂一两名加减八味丸) 治肾虚发热,作渴唾痰,小便淋沥,头晕眼
花,咽燥唇裂,齿不坚固,腰腿酸软,自汗盗汗,便血诸血,失喑,水泛为痰之圣药,血虚
熟地黄(半斤,杵膏) 山茱萸肉 干山药(各四两) 牡丹皮 白茯苓 泽泻(各三两)
上各另为末,和地黄加炼蜜丸桐子大。每服七八十丸,空心食前白滚汤下。地黄须自制。
八味丸 治命门火衰,不能生土,以致脾胃虚寒,饮食少思;或脐腹疼痛,或多漩溺。即前方加桂附各一两。
加减八味丸 即六味丸加肉桂一两。
加减济生肾气丸 治脾肾虚,腰重脚肿,湿饮留积,小便不利;或肚腹肿胀,四肢浮肿,气
喘痰甚;或已成水症,其效如神。
白茯苓(三两) 附子(半两) 川牛膝 桂心 泽泻 车前子 山茱萸 山药 牡丹皮(各一两) 熟
地黄(四两,掏碎,酒拌杵膏)
上为末,和地黄膏,加炼蜜丸,桐子大。每服七八十丸,空心米饮下。
四物二连汤 治血虚发热,或口舌生疮,或昼安夜热。
当归 川芎 芍药 熟地黄 胡黄连 宣黄连(各一钱)
上作一剂,水煎服。
白虎汤 治胃热作渴,暑热尤效。
知母(一钱五分) 石膏(四钱) 粳米(一合)
上作一剂,水煎服。
钱氏益黄散 治脾土虚寒,水反来侮土,而呕吐不食,或肚腹作痛,或大便不实,手足逆冷
陈皮(一两) 青皮 诃子肉 甘草(炙) 丁香(二钱)
上为粗末,每服四钱,水煎服。
二神丸 治脾肾虚弱,侵晨五更作泻,或全不思食,或食而不化,大便不实,神效。
破故纸(四两,炒) 肉豆蔻(二两,生用)
上为末,用大红枣四十九枚,生姜四两,切碎同枣用水煮熟,去姜取枣肉,和药丸桐子大。每服五十丸,空心盐汤
下。
人参理中汤 治脾胃虚寒,呕吐泄泻,饮食少思,肚腹膨胀。
人参 白术 干姜(炮) 甘草(炙。各一钱)
上姜枣水煎服。
附子理中汤 治脾胃虚寒,手足俱冷,饮食不入,或肠鸣切痛,呕逆吐泻。即前方加附子一
四君子汤 治脾胃虚损,饮食少思,或大便不实,肢体消瘦,或胸膈虚痞,痰嗽吞酸,或脾
胃虚弱,停食而患疟痢,或疟痢因脾胃虚而不能愈。
人参 白术 茯苓(各二钱) 甘草(各一钱)
上姜枣水煎服。
若因肝木克脾土而致,宜加柴胡、芍药。若命门火衰而患,宜兼八味丸。
异功散 即前汤加陈皮,治脾胃虚弱,饮食少思,或久患咳嗽,或腹满不食,面浮气逆等症。
人参橘皮汤 治脾胃虚弱,气滞恶阻,呕吐痰水。
甘草(三分) 浓朴(制) 白茯苓(去皮。各五分) 人参 陈皮 白术 麦门(去心。各一钱)
上用淡竹茹一块姜水煎温服。
若因中脘停痰,宜用二陈、枳壳。若因饮食停滞,宜用六君子加枳壳。若因脾胃虚,宜用异功
竹叶汤 治妊娠心惊胆怯,烦闷不安,名曰子烦。
白茯苓 麦门 黄芩(各三两)
上每服四钱,竹叶五片,水煎服。
若因血虚烦热,宜兼用四物。若因中气虚弱,宜兼四君。
紫苏饮 治妊娠失调,胎气不安,上 作痛,名子悬。
大腹皮 川芎 白芍 陈皮 苏叶 当归(各一两) 人参 甘草(各半两)
上姜葱水煎服。
若肝脾气血虚而有火不安,宜兼逍遥散。若脾气虚弱而不安,宜用四君、芎、归。
胶艾汤 治妊娠顿仆,胎动不安,腰腹疼痛,或胎上抢,或去血腹痛。
胶(一两,炙) 艾叶(数茎)
上二味,以水服一钱,取二升,分三服。
阿胶散 或顿仆,或因毒药,胎动不安,或胁痛腹痛,上抢短气。
熟地黄 艾叶 白芍 川芎 黄 阿胶 当归 甘草(炙。各一两)
上每服四钱,姜枣水煎。
枳壳汤 治胎漏下血,或因事下血。
枳壳(炒) 黄芩(炙,半两) 白术(一两)
上为末,每服一钱,白汤调下。
二黄散 治胎漏下血,或内热晡热,或头痛头晕,或烦躁作渴,或胁肋胀痛等症。
生地黄 熟地黄
上为末,每服三钱,煎白术、枳壳汤下。
前四症若因脾胃虚弱,宜用补中益气汤加五味。若因脾胃虚陷,宜用前汤倍用升麻、柴胡。
若因晡热内热,宜用逍遥散。
知母丸 治妊娠顿仆胎动不安,或欲堕产。用知母一味,炒为末,丸梧桐子大。每服二十丸
,白汤下,或嚼咽之。
地黄当归汤 治血虚胎动。
当归(一两) 熟地黄(二两)
上每服五钱,水煎。
若因脾胃弱而血虚者,宜用四君、芎、归。气血俱虚者,宜用八珍汤。
金生白术散 治妊娠,面目虚浮,四肢肿如水气,名曰胎肿。
白术(一两) 生姜皮 大腹皮 陈皮 白茯苓(各半两)
上各为末,每服二钱,米饮下。
若未应,佐以四君子汤。
天仙藤散 治妊娠自三月之后,足指发肿,渐至腿膝,饮食不甘,状似水气,或脚指间
出黄水,名曰子气。
天仙藤(洗略炒) 香附(炒) 陈皮 甘草 乌药(各等分)
上每服三五钱,生姜 木瓜各三片,紫苏三叶,水煎食前日进三服。
若因脾胃虚弱,宜兼六君子。中气下陷,须用补中益气汤。
安荣散 治妊娠,小便涩少,遂成淋沥,名曰子淋。
麦门冬(去心) 通草 滑石(各二钱) 当归 灯心 甘草(各五钱) 人参 细辛(各一两)
上为末,每服二钱,煎麦门汤调下。
若因肺经蕴热,宜用黄芩清肺饮。若因膏粱浓味,宜用清胃散。若因肝经湿热,宜用加味逍
羚羊角散 治妊娠,虚风颈项,强直,筋脉挛急,语言蹇塞,痰涎不利,或时发搐,或不省
羚羊角(镑) 川独活 酸枣仁(炒) 五加皮(各五钱) 薏苡仁 防风 当归 川芎 茯神 杏仁(各
四分) 木香 甘草(各二分半)
上每服五姜水煎。
若因肝经风热,或怒火所致,须用加味逍遥散。
安胎饮 治妊娠五七个月,用数服可保全产。
白术 人参 当归 川芎 熟地黄 白芍 陈皮 甘草 紫苏 炙黄芩(各一钱)
上用姜水煎服。
若因中气虚弱,须用四君子加陈皮、紫苏。若阴虚内热,宜用四物、黄芩、白术。
二陈汤 治妊娠失调,脾胃不和,呕吐痰涎,或饮食不思。
陈皮 茯苓(各一钱五分) 半夏(一钱) 甘草(五分)
上姜水煎服。脾胃虚弱,用六君子。气滞用紫苏饮。
麦门冬汤 治妊娠失于调养,内热口干,或胎动不安。
麦门冬(去心) 防风 白茯苓(各二钱) 人参(一钱)
上作一剂,水煎服。
若血虚有热,用逍遥散。气虚有热,用四君加黄芩、紫苏。
鲤鱼汤 治胸满腹胀,小便不通,遍身浮肿。
白术 茯苓 当归 芍药(各三两)
上细锉,用鲤鱼一头,煮取汁,每药四钱,入汁一盏半,姜七片,橘皮少许煎服。
若脾胃虚,佐以四君子汤。
达生散 治妊娠,八九月服数剂,甚效。
大腹皮(用黑豆汁洗晒,三钱) 人参 甘草炙 紫苏梗叶 陈皮(各五分)
上水煎,入黄杨叶七茎,葱五叶,煎服。
春加川芎,夏加黄芩,冬根据正方,或有别症,以意消息加减。
保生无忧散 临产服之,补其血,顺其气使易产。又治小产瘀血腹痛。
南木香 当归 川芎 白芍药 枳壳 乳香 血余(即乱发, )
上等分,每服二三钱,水煎,日二服。
若胞衣既破,其血已涸,或元气困惫,急用八珍汤斤许,水数碗,煎熟时饮救之,饮尽再制
芎归补中汤 治气血虚半产。
艾叶(代姜) 阿胶(炒) 川芎 五味子(杵炒) 黄 (炙) 当归 白术(炒) 芍药(炒) 人参 杜仲
(炒。
上每服五钱,水煎服。
若脾气虚弱,须用补中益气汤。若气虚而有火,宜用安胎饮。
人参黄 汤 治小产气虚,血下不止。
人参 黄 当归(炒) 白术(炒) 白芍(炒) 艾叶(各一钱) 阿胶(炒,二钱)
上作一剂,水煎服。
芸薹散 治孕妇九窍出血,或作晕欲死。
芸薹子 当归(焙。各一钱) 芍药 官桂(各半钱)
上为末,每服三钱,以酒并童便各半盏,调灌下立瘥。或一味童便温饮尤效。
前二症,若脾胃气虚不能统血,宜用四君、芎、归。中气下陷,补中益气汤。若血脱,须补
当归川芎汤 治小产后瘀血,心腹疼痛,或发热恶寒。
当归 川芎 熟地黄 白芍药(炒) 玄胡索(炒) 桃仁 红花 香附 青皮(炒) 泽兰 牡丹皮
上水煎,入童便、酒各小半盏服。
若以手按腹愈痛,此是瘀血为患,宜用此药或失笑散消之。若按之反不痛,此是血虚,宜用
四物,参、苓、白术。若痛而作呕,此是胃虚,宜用六君子。若痛而作泻,此是脾虚,宜用
六君子送二神丸。
四物汤 治产后及诸症血虚发热,或口舌生疮,或齿龈肿溃,或日晡发热。
当归 熟地黄(各三两) 芍药(炒三钱) 川芎(一钱五分)
上作一剂水煎服。
若因气虚不能生血,而患前症,宜补脾胃。
加味四物汤 即前方加白术、茯苓、柴胡、丹皮。
四神散 治产后血虚,或瘀血腹痛。
当归(二钱) 川芎 芍药(炒。各一钱) 炮姜(五分)
上水煎服。
当归散 治产后气血虚,恶露内停,增寒发热,宜服此去之。
当归 白芍(炒) 川芎 黄芩(各一两) 白术(五钱)
上为细末,温童便调下二钱。
失笑散 治产后心腹绞痛欲死,或血迷心窍,不知人事,及寻常腹内瘀血,积血作痛。
五灵脂 蒲黄(俱炒,等分)
上每服三钱,酒煎热服。
若瘀血去多,而元气虚损所致,宜用四君、芎、归、炮姜。
解语汤 治风客心脾,舌强不言。
附子(炮) 防风 天麻 酸枣仁(各一两,炒)
上每服二三钱,水煎服。
若因脾胃风热,用秦艽升麻汤。
抱胆丸 治心惊不语,或癫痫等症。
水银(二两) 黑铅(五钱) 朱砂(细研) 乳香(另研。各一两)
上将铅入铫下,水银成砂,次下朱砂、乳香,乘热用木棰研匀丸,鸡头大。每服一丸。
若因心气虚,用妙香散。
Jiawei Xiaoyao San (Modified Free and Easy Wanderer Powder): Treats symptoms of blood deficiency with heat, such as generalized pruritus, dry mouth and throat, fever, night sweats, poor appetite with lethargy, and dysuria.
Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root), Chao Danggui (Stir-fried Angelica Sinensis), Jiu Chao Shaoyao (Wine-stir-fried White Peony Root), Fuling (Poria), Chao Baizhu (Stir-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (each 1 qian); Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Chao Zhizi (Stir-fried Gardenia Fruit) (each 0.5 qian).
Decoct in water and take orally.
Xiaoyao San (Free and Easy Wanderer Powder): Same as the above formula, but without Mudanpi and Zhizi.
Guipi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction): Treats bleeding due to spleen dysfunction, insomnia with low-grade fever, night sweats; or excessive overthinking damaging the spleen qi, failing to control blood leading to hemorrhage; or forgetfulness and palpitations, fright-induced insomnia; or heart and spleen pain, lethargy with desire to lie down, and anorexia.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Bai Fuling (White Poria), Chao Huangqi (Stir-fried Astragalus Membranaceus Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Longyanrou (Longan Aril), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), Chao Suanzaoren (Stir-fried Ziziphus Jujuba Seed) (each 1 qian); Muxiang (Costus Root) (0.5 qian); Gancao (Licorice Root) (0.5 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Dazao (Jujube) in water and take orally.
Jiawei Guipi Tang (Modified Restore the Spleen Decoction): Same as the above formula, plus Chaihu and Zhizi.
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction): Treats insufficiency of primordial qi, fatigue of the four limbs, dry mouth with fever, tasteless food; or body heat due to irregular diet and labor fatigue with a surging yet forceless pulse; or headache with fever, aversion to cold with spontaneous sweating; or rapid breathing with asthma, body heat with irritability.
Zhi Huangqi (Prepared Astragalus Membranaceus Root) (1.5 qian); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Jiu Ban Danggui (Wine-mixed Angelica Sinensis Root); Chao Baizhu (Stir-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (each 1 qian); Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome); Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (each 0.3 qian); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel) (1 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water and take orally.
Liu Junzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction): Same as Yichong San (Benefit the Efficacy Powder), plus Banxia (Pinellia Tuber).
Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten Complete Great Tonifying Decoction): Treats depletion of the five zang organs, deficiency of both qi and blood, aversion to cold with fever; or spontaneous sweating and night sweats, hematochezia and hematemesis; or loose stools and anorexia; or chest and abdominal pain, sores on the mouth and tongue; or blurred vision and hearing, and loose teeth.
Renshen (Ginseng Root); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Bai Fuling (White Poria); Huangqi (Astragalus Membranaceus Root); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (washed in wine, steamed and baked); Chao Baishao (Stir-fried White Peony Root) (each 1 qian); Rougui (Cinnamon Bark); Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 2 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water and take orally.
Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasures Decoction): Treats spleen and stomach damage with deficiency of both qi and blood, belonging to internal injury syndromes. Human life relies primarily on the spleen and stomach; once they are deficient, the five zang organs lose their nourishment, and myriad diseases arise. It is the same as the aforementioned Dabu Tang, but without Huangqi and Rougui.
Danggui Buxue Tang (Angelica Tonify the Blood Decoction): Treats skin heat and restlessness, red eyes and face, irritability and thirst with drinking, incessant day and night, with a surging yet empty pulse that vanishes upon heavy pressure. This indicates pulse and blood deficiency; if mistakenly treated with Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction), it will be fatal.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (3 qian); Huangqi (Astragalus Membranaceus Root) (prepared, 1 liang).
Decoct in water and take orally.
Qingwei San (Clear the Stomach Powder): Treats damp-heat in the stomach meridian, causing tooth or gum swelling and pain, radiating to the head, or facial heat.
Jiu Ban Dangguishen (Wine-mixed Angelica Sinensis Root Head) (1 qian); Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome); Jiusheng Dihuang (Wine-mixed Raw Rehmannia Root); Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome) (each 2 qian); Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex) (1.5 qian).
Decoct in water and take orally.
Jiawei Qingwei San (Modified Clear the Stomach Powder): Treats heat in the spleen and stomach, oral ulcers, toothache, or gingival rot. It is the aforementioned formula plus Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn - *Note: substitute with Buffalo Horn in modern practice*), Lianqiao (Forsythia Fruit), and Gancao.
Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction): Treats liver and gallbladder meridian syndromes, alternating chills and fever, or afternoon tidal fever with anorexia; or bitter taste in the mouth and deafness, cough with fever, or hypochondriac distension and pain with difficulty turning; or diarrhea/dysentery with cough, vomiting of sour fluid.
Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) (2 qian); Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (1.5 qian); Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (1 qian); Renshen (Ginseng Root) (1 qian); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root) (0.5 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water and take orally.
Jiawei Xiao Chaihu Tang (Modified Minor Bupleurum Decoction): Treats women with fever during menstruation due to external contraction, heat entering the blood chamber, chills and fever resembling malaria, quiet during the day but feverish and delirious at night; or constitutionally blood-deficient individuals where severe labor or anger moves fire, also causing heat to enter the blood chamber. It is the aforementioned formula plus Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root).
Danggui Liuhuang Tang (Angelica and Six Yellow Decoction): Treats qi and blood deficiency with fever and night sweats.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (2 qian); Chao Huangqi (Stir-fried Astragalus Membranaceus Root); Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (each 1 qian); Chaojiao Huanglian (Stir-fried charred Coptis Rhizome); Chaojiao Huangqin (Stir-fried charred Scutellaria Root); Chaojiao Huangbai (Stir-fried charred Phellodendron Bark) (each 0.5 qian).
Decoct in water and take orally.
Huangqin Qingfei Yin (Scutellaria Clear Lung Drink): Treats lung heat causing dysuria.
Huangqin (Scutellaria Root); Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit) (each 1 qian).
Decoct in water and take orally. If urination remains difficult, add Yanchi (Salted Fermented Soybean) 20 grains.
Liuli Wan (Six Flavor Pill) (also known as Dihuang Wan; adding 1 liang of Rougui makes it Jiabaweiba Wan): The sacred medicine for treating kidney deficiency with fever, thirst with phlegm sputum, dribbling urine, dizziness and blurred vision, dry throat and cracked lips, loose teeth, soreness and weakness of the waist and legs, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, hematochezia and various hemorrhages, aphonia, and edema transforming into phlegm.
Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (8 liang, pounded into paste); Shanzhuyu (Cornus Officinalis Fruit); Ganshanyao (Dried Dioscorea Opposita Rhizome) (each 4 liang); Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex); Bai Fuling (White Poria); Zexie (Alisma Rhizome) (each 3 liang).
Each ingredient is powdered separately, mixed with the rehmannia paste, and honey-pilled to the size of a paulownia seed. Take 70-80 pills per dose, before meals on an empty stomach with plain boiled water. The rehmannia must be self-made.
Baweiba Wan (Eight Flavor Pill): Treats decline of Mingmen Fire failing to warm Earth, resulting in spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, anorexia; or umbilical and abdominal pain, or polyuria. It is the aforementioned formula plus Rougui (Cinnamon Bark) and Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) each 1 liang.
Jiaweiba Wan (Modified Eight Flavor Pill): Same as Liuli Wan plus 1 liang of Rougui.
Jiawei Jisheng Shenqi Wan (Modified Jisheng Kidney Qi Pill): Treats spleen and kidney deficiency with heavy waist and swollen feet, retention of damp-fluids, and dysuria; or abdominal distension and swelling, edema of the four limbs, asthma with profuse phlegm; or established edema syndrome, with miraculous efficacy.
Bai Fuling (White Poria) (3 liang); Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) (0.5 liang); Chuan Niuxi (Cyathula Root); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig); Zexie (Alisma Rhizome); Cheqianzi (Plantago Seed); Shanzhuyu (Cornus Officinalis Fruit); Shanyao (Dioscorea Opposita Rhizome); Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex) (each 1 liang); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (4 liang, crushed, wine-mixed and pounded into paste).
Powdered together, mixed with the rehmannia paste, honey-pilled to paulownia seed size. Take 70-80 pills per dose, before meals on an empty stomach with rice drink.
Siwu Erlian Tang (Four Substances and Two Liners Decoction): Treats blood deficiency with fever, oral ulcers, or peace by day and fever by night.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Shaoyao (Peony Root); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root); Huhuanglian (Cynanchum Stauntonii Rhizome); Xuanhuanglian (Coptis Chinensis Rhizome) (each 1 qian).
As one dose, decoct in water and take orally.
Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction): Treats stomach heat causing thirst, especially effective for summerheat.
Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) (1.5 qian); Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum) (4 qian); Jingmi (Oryza Sativa Grain) (1 he).
As one dose, decoct in water and take orally.
Qianshi Yihuang San (Master Qian’s Benefit Spleen Powder): Treats spleen earth deficiency-cold, where water insults earth, causing vomiting and anorexia, or abdominal pain, loose stools, and cold extremities.
Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel) (1 liang); Qingpi (Green Citrus Peel); Hezirou (Areca Seed Flesh); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root); Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (2 qian).
Powdered coarsely, take 4 qian per dose, decoct in water and take orally.
Ershen Wan (Two Spirits Pill): Treats spleen and kidney weakness with early morning diarrhea (5-7 AM), total anorexia, indigestion, and loose stools, with miraculous effect.
Poguzhi (Cibotium Barometz Spadix) (4 liang, stir-fried); Roudoukou (Myristica Fragrans Seed) (2 liang, raw).
Powdered, boil 49 large jujubes and 4 liang of sliced ginger in water until cooked, remove ginger, take jujube pulp, mix with powder, and pill to paulownia seed size. Take 50 pills per dose, before meals on an empty stomach with salt water.
Renshen Lizhong Tang (Ginseng Regulate the Middle Decoction): Treats spleen and stomach deficiency-cold with vomiting and diarrhea, anorexia, and abdominal distension.
Renshen (Ginseng Root); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Jiangjiang (Pounded Dry Ginger); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root) (each 1 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water and take orally.
Fuzi Lizhong Tang (Aconite Regulate the Middle Decoction): Treats spleen and stomach deficiency-cold with cold hands and feet, inability to eat, borborygmus with cutting pain, retching, vomiting and diarrhea. It is the aforementioned formula plus 1 qian of Fuzi.
Sijunzi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction): Treats spleen and stomach damage with anorexia, loose stools, emaciation, epigastric fullness with stuffiness, phlegm-cough with acid regurgitation; or spleen/stomach weakness causing food stagnation leading to malaria/dysentery, or malaria/dysentery failing to heal due to spleen/stomach weakness.
Renshen (Ginseng Root); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Fuling (Poria) (each 2 qian); Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water and take orally.
If caused by Liver Wood insulting Spleen Earth, add Chaihu and Shaoyao. If caused by Mingmen Fire decline, combine with Baweiba Wan.
Yichong San (Benefit the Efficacy Powder): Same as the previous formula plus Chenpi, treating spleen/stomach weakness, anorexia, chronic cough, abdominal fullness with anorexia, facial edema, and rebellious qi.
Renshen Jupi Tang (Ginseng and Tangerina Peel Decoction): Treats spleen/stomach weakness with qi stagnation and nausea, vomiting of phlegm-fluids.
Gancao (Licorice Root) (0.3 qian); Zhi Houpo (Processed Magnolia Bark); Qu Pi Bai Fuling (White Poria peeled) (each 0.5 qian); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Qu Xin Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber decentered) (each 1 qian).
Decoct with a piece of Danzhuru (Bamboo Shavings) and Shengjiang in water, and take warm.
If due to phlegm retention in Zhongwan, use Erchen Tang and Zhike. If due to food stagnation, use Liu Junzi Tang plus Zhike. If due to spleen/stomach deficiency, use Yichong San.
Zhuye Tang (Bamboo Leaf Decoction): Treats pregnancy with fright, timidity, irritability, and unrest, named Zifan (Fetal Irritability).
Bai Fuling (White Poria); Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber); Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (each 3 liang).
Take 4 qian per dose, add 5 Zhuye (Bamboo Leaves), decoct in water and take orally.
If due to blood deficiency with irritability, combine with Siwu Tang. If due to middle qi weakness, combine with Sijunzi Tang.
Zisu Yin (Perilla Drink): Treats pregnancy imbalance with restless fetal qi, upward rushing pain, named Zixuan (Fetal Suspension).
Dafupi (Areca Pericarp); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Baishao (White Peony Root); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Ziyeh (Perilla Leaf); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (each 1 liang); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 0.5 liang).
Decoct with Shengjiang and Congbai (Green Onion White) in water and take orally.
If due to liver/spleen qi-blood deficiency with fire causing unrest, combine with Xiaoyao San. If due to spleen qi weakness causing unrest, use Sijunzi Tang, Chuanxiong, and Danggui.
Jiao Ai Tang (Collagen and Mugwort Decoction): Treats pregnancy trauma with restless fetus, waist and abdominal pain, fetal qi rushing upward, or bleeding with abdominal pain.
Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) (1 liang, prepared); Aiye (Artemisia Argyi Leaf) (several sprigs).
These two ingredients, decoct in water to obtain 2 sheng, divide into three doses.
Ejiao San (Collagen Powder): Due to trauma or toxins, restless fetus, hypochondriac/abdominal pain, upward rushing with shortness of breath.
Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root); Aiye (Artemisia Argyi Leaf); Baishao (White Peony Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Huangqi (Astragalus Membranaceus Root); Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root) (each 1 liang).
Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with Shengjiang and Dazao in water.
Zhike Tang (Citrus Aurantium Decoction): Treats fetal leakage bleeding or bleeding due to exertion.
Chao Zhike (Stir-fried Citrus Aurantium Fructus); Zhi Huangqin (Prepared Scutellaria Root) (0.5 liang); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (1 liang).
Powdered, take 1 qian per dose, mix with plain boiled water.
Erhuang San (Two Yellows Powder): Treats fetal leakage bleeding, internal heat with afternoon fever, headache/dizziness, irritability/thirst, or hypochondriac distension/pain.
Shengdihuang (Raw Rehmannia Root); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root).
Powdered, take 3 qian per dose, swallow with decoction of Baizhu and Zhike.
If the first four symptoms are due to spleen/stomach weakness, use Buzhong Yiqi Tang plus Wuweizi. If due to spleen/stomach sinking, use the previous formula with doubled Shengma and Chaihu.
If due to afternoon/internal heat, use Xiaoyao San.
Zhimu Wan (Anemarrhena Pill): Treats pregnancy trauma with restless fetus or threatened abortion. Use only Zhimu, stir-fried and powdered, pilled to paulownia seed size. Take 20 pills per dose with plain boiled water, or chew and swallow.
Dihuang Danggui Tang (Rehmannia and Angelica Decoction): Treats blood deficiency with restless fetus.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (1 liang); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (2 liang).
Take 5 qian per dose, decoct in water.
If due to weak spleen/stomach causing blood deficiency, use Sijunzi Tang, Chuanxiong, and Danggui. If qi and blood are both deficient, use Bazhen Tang.
Jinsheng Baizhu San (Jinsheng Atractylodes Powder): Treats pregnancy with puffy face and limbs resembling edema, named Taizhong (Fetal Edema).
Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (1 liang); Shengjiangpi (Fresh Ginger Peel); Dafupi (Areca Pericarp); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Bai Fuling (White Poria) (each 0.5 liang).
Powdered separately, take 2 qian per dose with rice drink.
If ineffective, supplement with Sijunzi Tang.
Tianxianteng San (Akebia Vine Powder): Treats pregnancy after the third month with toe swelling spreading to legs/knees, poor appetite, resembling edema, or yellow fluid oozing from toes, named Ziqi (Fetal Qi).
Xi Lve Chao Tianxianteng (Washed and lightly stir-fried Akebia Vine Stem); Chao Xiangfu (Stir-fried Cyperus Rhizome); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Gancao (Licorice Root); Wuyao (Lindera Root) (equal parts).
Take 3-5 qian per dose, add 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), 3 slices of Mugua (Chaenomeles Fruit), 3 leaves of Zisu (Perilla Leaf), decoct in water, take before meals, three times daily.
If due to spleen/stomach weakness, combine with Liu Junzi Tang. If middle qi sinks, use Buzhong Yiqi Tang.
Anrong San (Nourishing Harmony Powder): Treats pregnancy with scanty, difficult urination progressing to dribbling, named Zilin (Fetal Dysuria).
Qu Xin Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber decentered); Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith); Huashi (Talcum) (each 2 qian); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Dengxin (Juncus Maritimus Medulla); Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 5 qian); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Xixin (Asarum Root) (each 1 liang).
Powdered, take 2 qian per dose, mix with Maidong decoction.
If due to lung heat accumulation, use Huangqin Qingfei Yin. If due to rich/greasy diet, use Qingwei San. If due to liver/gallbladder damp-heat, use Jiawei Xiaoyao San.
Lingyangjiao San (Antelope Horn Powder): Treats pregnancy with deficiency wind causing neck stiffness, muscle spasms, speech impediment, phlegm obstruction, occasional convulsions, or loss of consciousness.
Bang Lingyangjiao (Powdered Antelope Horn); Chuan Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root); Chao Suanzaoren (Stir-fried Ziziphus Jujuba Seed); Wujia Pi (Eleutherococcus Bark) (each 5 qian); Yiyiren (Coix Seed); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Fushen (Poria with Pine Root); Xingren (Apricot Seed) (each 0.4 qian); Muxiang (Costus Root); Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 0.25 qian).
Take 5 qian per dose, decoct with Shengjiang in water.
If due to liver meridian wind-heat or anger-fire, use Jiawei Xiaoyao San.
Antai Yin (Fetus-Soothing Drink): Treats pregnancy at 5-7 months; several doses can preserve the pregnancy.
Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root); Baishao (White Peony Root); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Gancao (Licorice Root); Zisu (Perilla Leaf); Zhi Huangqin (Prepared Scutellaria Root) (each 1 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang in water and take orally.
If due to middle qi weakness, use Sijunzi Tang plus Chenpi and Zisu. If yin deficiency with internal heat, use Siwu Tang, Huangqin, and Baizhu.
Erchen Tang (Two Aged Things Decoction): Treats pregnancy imbalance with spleen/stomach disharmony, vomiting of phlegm-saliva, or anorexia.
Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel); Fuling (Poria) (each 1.5 qian); Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (1 qian); Gancao (Licorice Root) (0.5 qian).
Decoct with Shengjiang in water and take orally. For spleen/stomach weakness, use Liu Junzi Tang. For qi stagnation, use Zisu Yin.
Maidong Tang (Ophiopogon Decoction): Treats pregnancy neglect leading to internal heat, dry mouth, or restless fetus.
Qu Xin Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber decentered); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root); Bai Fuling (White Poria) (each 2 qian); Renshen (Ginseng Root) (1 qian).
As one dose, decoct in water and take orally.
If blood deficiency with heat, use Xiaoyao San. If qi deficiency with heat, use Sijunzi Tang plus Huangqin and Zisu.
Liyu Tang (Carp Decoction): Treats chest fullness and abdominal distension, urinary retention, and generalized edema.
Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Fuling (Poria); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Shaoyao (Peony Root) (each 3 liang).
Finely chopped, cook one carp to extract juice. For every 4 qian of herbs, add 1.5 cups of juice, 7 slices of ginger, and a little orange peel, decoct and take orally.
If spleen/stomach is weak, supplement with Sijunzi Tang.
Dasheng San (Achieve Life Powder): Treats pregnancy; taking several doses in the 8th-9th month is very effective.
Heidou Zhi Xi Shai Dafupi (Black Bean Juice-washed and sun-dried Areca Pericarp) (3 qian); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root); Zisu Gengye (Perilla Stem and Leaf); Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Peel) (each 0.5 qian).
Decoct in water, add 7 stems of Huangyangye (Buxus Leaf) and 5 leaves of Cong (Scallion), decoct and take orally.
Spring: add Chuanxiong. Summer: add Huangqin. Winter: follow the main formula. Adjust according to other symptoms.
Baosheng Wuyou San (Protect Life and Remove Worries Powder): Taken at term to tonify blood and smooth qi for easy delivery. Also treats post-abortion blood stasis with abdominal pain.
Nanmuxiang (Aquilaria Agallocha Wood); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Baishao (White Peony Root); Zhike (Citrus Aurantium Fructus); Xurong (Frankincense); Xuyue (Burnt Human Hair) (equal parts).
Take 2-3 qian per dose, decoct in water, twice daily.
If the amniotic sac has ruptured, blood is exhausted, or primordial qi is exhausted, urgently use 1 jin of Bazhen Tang with several bowls of water, decoct until ready, drink to save life, and prepare again after finishing.
Xionggui Buzhong Tang (Ligusticum and Angelica Tonify Middle Decoction): Treats qi-blood deficiency with miscarriage.
Aiye (Artemisia Argyi Leaf, replaces ginger); Chao Ejiao (Stir-fried Donkey-hide Gelatin); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Chuchao Wuweizi (Pounded and stir-fried Schisandra Berry); Zhi Huangqi (Prepared Astragalus Membranaceus Root); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chao Baizhu (Stir-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Chao Shaoyao (Stir-fried White Peony Root); Renshen (Ginseng Root); Chao Duzhong (Stir-fried Eucommia Bark) (each 1 qian).
Take 5 qian per dose, decoct in water and take orally.
If spleen qi is weak, use Buzhong Yiqi Tang. If qi deficiency with fire, use Antai Yin.
Renshen Huangqi Tang (Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction): Treats post-abortion qi deficiency with continuous bleeding.
Renshen (Ginseng Root); Huangqi (Astragalus Membranaceus Root); Chao Danggui (Stir-fried Angelica Sinensis Root); Chao Baizhu (Stir-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome); Chao Baishao (Stir-fried White Peony Root); Aiye (Artemisia Argyi Leaf) (each 1 qian); Chao Ejiao (Stir-fried Donkey-hide Gelatin) (2 qian).
As one dose, decoct in water and take orally.
Yuntai San (Rapeseed Powder): Treats pregnant women with bleeding from nine orifices or fainting near death.
Yuntaizi (Rapeseed); Chao Danggui (Stir-fried Angelica Sinensis Root) (each 1 qian); Shaoyao (Peony Root); Guanzi (Cinnamon Bark) (each 0.5 qian).
Powdered, take 3 qian per dose, mix with half a cup of wine and half a cup of tongbian (child's urine), administer immediately for cure. Or simply drink warm tongbian alone is even more effective.
For the previous two symptoms, if spleen/stomach qi deficiency fails to control blood, use Sijunzi Tang, Chuanxiong, and Danggui. If middle qi sinks, use Buzhong Yiqi Tang. If blood loss, must tonify blood.
Danggui Chuanxiong Tang (Angelica and Ligusticum Decoction): Treats post-abortion blood stasis with heart/abdominal pain, or fever with aversion to cold.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root); Chao Baishao (Stir-fried White Peony Root); Chao Xuanshen (Stir-fried Corydalis Rhizome); Tao Ren (Prunus Persica Seed); Honghua (Carthamus Flower); Xiangfu (Cyperus Rhizome); Chao Qingpi (Stir-fried Green Citrus Peel); Zelan (Lycopus Herb); Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex).
Decoct in water, add small amounts of tongbian and wine, and take orally.
If pressing the abdomen increases pain, this is blood stasis; use this formula or Shixiao San to resolve it. If pressing causes no pain, this is blood deficiency; use Siwu Tang, Renshen, Fuling, and Baizhu. If pain with vomiting, this is stomach deficiency; use Liu Junzi Tang. If pain with diarrhea, this is spleen deficiency; use Liu Junzi Tang to deliver Ershen Wan.
Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction): Treats post-partum and other syndromes of blood deficiency with fever, oral ulcers, gingival swelling/ulceration, or afternoon fever.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) (each 3 liang); Chao Shaoyao (Stir-fried White Peony Root) (3 qian); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome) (1.5 qian).
As one dose, decoct in water and take orally.
If caused by qi deficiency failing to generate blood leading to these symptoms, tonify spleen and stomach.
Jiawei Siwu Tang (Modified Four Substances Decoction): Same as the previous formula plus Baizhu, Fuling, Chaihu, and Danpi.
Sishen San (Four Spirits Powder): Treats post-partum blood deficiency or blood stasis with abdominal pain.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (2 qian); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Chao Shaoyao (Stir-fried White Peony Root) (each 1 qian); Paojiang (Pounded Ginger) (0.5 qian).
Decoct in water and take orally.
Danggui San (Angelica Powder): Treats post-partum qi-blood deficiency with retained lochia, chills and fever; take this to expel them.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root); Chao Baishao (Stir-fried White Peony Root); Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome); Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) (each 1 liang); Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (5 qian).
Powdered finely, take 2 qian mixed with warm tongbian.
Shixiao San (Forget Sorrow Powder): Treats post-partum heart/abdominal colic nearing death, blood confusing the mind causing unconsciousness, and ordinary intra-abdominal blood stasis causing pain.
Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Feces); Puhuang (Lygodium Spore) (both stir-fried, equal parts).
Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in wine and take hot.
If excessive blood stasis removal leads to primordial qi deficiency, use Sijunzi Tang, Chuanxiong, Danggui, and Paojiang.
Jieyu Tang (Resolve Speech Decoction): Treats wind invading heart/spleen causing stiff tongue and inability to speak.
Pao Fuzi (Pounded Aconite Lateral Root); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root); Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome); Chao Suanzaoren (Stir-fried Ziziphus Jujuba Seed) (each 1 liang, stir-fried).
Take 2-3 qian per dose, decoct in water and take orally.
If due to spleen/stomach wind-heat, use Qinjiao Shengma Tang.
Baodan Wan (Gallbladder-Embracing Pill): Treats fright-induced mutism or epilepsy.
Shuiyin (Mercurius) (2 liang); Qianhei (Lead Black); Zhusha (Cinnabar, finely ground); Xurong (Frankincense, ground separately) (each 1 liang).
Melt lead in a crucible, add mercury to form sand, then add cinnabar and frankincense. While hot, pound evenly with a wooden pestle and pill to the size of a chicken head. Take one pill per dose.
If due to heart qi deficiency, use Miaoxiang San.