二母散 治产后恶露上攻,留于肺经,咳嗽喘促。
知母 贝母 白茯苓 人参 桃仁 杏仁(并去皮尖。各一两)
上每服五钱,姜水煎。
若瘀血既去,而嗽仍作,宜补中气。
二味参苏饮 治产后瘀血入肺,咳嗽喘急。
人参(一两) 苏木(二两)
上作一剂,水煎服。
若既愈,而当用六君子以补脾胃。若口鼻黑气起,急用此药加附子五钱,亦有得生者。
清魂散 治产后元气虚,瘀血逆行作晕。
泽兰叶 人参(各一两) 荆芥穗(四两) 川芎(二两) 甘草(炙,八钱)
上为末,热汤温酒各半,调下二钱。
若因瘀血去多,宜四物加参、苓、白术,不应,血脱也,急补其气。
朱砂安神丸 治产后血晕、心神惊悸等症。
朱砂(飞过,五钱) 生地黄(一钱半) 黄连(酒洗,六钱) 甘草(炙,五分) 当归(一钱五分)
上为末,饭糊为丸,每服十五丸。
若因中气虚,宜用四君、芎、归。兼思虑伤脾,须用归脾汤。
夺命丹 治瘀血入衣胞,胀满难下,急服此药,血即消,衣自下。
附子(半两,炮) 牡丹皮(一两) 干漆(一两碎之,炒令烟尽)
上为细末,好醋一升,大黄末一两,同熬成膏,和药丸,如桐子大,温酒吞五七丸。
花蕊石散 治胎衣不下,其效如神,及打扑伤损,腹中瘀血,胀痛欲死,服之血化为水,其
功不能尽述。
硫黄(上色明净者,四两,捣细末) 花蕊石(一两,捣为细末)
上二味相拌和匀,先用纸筋和盐泥固济瓦罐子一个,候泥干入药,再用泥封口候干,安在四
方砖上,虚书八卦五行字,用炭三十斤,周叠 之,候冷取出为细末。每服一钱,童便调下
平胃散 治肠胃寒受湿下血等症。
苍术 浓朴 陈皮 甘草(炙)
上姜枣水煎服。
益母草丸 五月采阴干石器为末,炼蜜丸,弹子大。临产以童便和温酒化下。
加味芎归汤 治分娩交骨不开,或五七日不下,垂死者。
生男女妇人(发一握,烧灰存性) 川芎 当归(各一两) 自死龟壳(一个,如无占过者亦可酥炙)
上为末,每一两,水煎服,良久不问,生死胎自下。
芎归汤 治产后去血过多,晕烦不省,用川芎、当归二味等份,每剂半两、水煎服。
若腹疼加桂。腹痛自汗,头眩少气,加羊肉,若不应,用八珍汤。
七味白术散 治中气虚口干,或吐泻等症。
人参 白术 木香 白茯苓 甘草 藿香 干葛(各一钱)
上作一剂,水煎服。
选奇汤 治风热上壅,眉棱骨痛,或头目眩晕等症。
羌活 防风(各二钱) 甘草(二钱,夏生冬炒) 酒芩(冬去之,热甚用)
上每服三钱,水煎,时时饮之。
葛花解酲汤 治酒积,上下分消其湿。
白豆蔻 砂仁 葛花(各五钱) 木香(五分) 青皮(三钱) 陈皮 白茯苓 猪苓 人参(各一钱半)
白术 神曲炒 泽泻 生干姜(各二钱)
上为细末,每服五钱,白汤调下。
藿香正气散 治外感风寒,内停饮食,头痛寒热,或霍乱泄泻,或作疟疾。
桔梗 大腹皮 紫苏 茯苓 白芷 半夏曲 陈皮白术 浓朴(制。各一钱) 甘草(炙,五分)
藿香(一钱五分)
上作一剂,姜枣水煎热服。
清燥汤 治元气虚,湿热乘之,遍身酸软,绝寒水生化之源,小便赤少,大便不调等症。
黄 (一钱五分) 五味子(九粒,杵炒) 黄连 神曲(炒) 猪苓 柴胡 甘草(炙。各二分) 苍术
麦门冬 陈皮 白术 生地黄 泽泻(各五分) 白茯苓 人参 当归 升麻(各三分) 酒柏(一分)
上作一剂,水煎服。
人参养胃汤 治外感风寒,内伤饮食,寒热头疼,或作疟疾。
半夏 浓朴(制) 橘红(八分) 藿香叶 草果 茯苓 人参(五分) 甘草(炙,三分) 苍术(一钱)
上作一剂,姜七片,乌梅一个,水煎服。
大防风汤 治足三阴虚,患鹤膝风、历节痛风等症,不问或肿而不痛,或溃未敛。
附子(炮去皮脐,一钱) 白术(炒) 羌活 人参(各二钱) 川芎(一钱五分) 防风(二钱) 甘草(炙)
牛
者自制)
上作二剂,水煎服。
独活济生汤 治鹤膝及历节痛风等症。
白茯苓 杜仲 当归(酒洗) 防风 白芍药 人参 细辛 桂心 熟地黄 牛膝 秦艽 芎
桑寄生 甘草(各二两) 独活(三两)
上每服一两,姜水煎。
羌活胜湿汤 治痛风,血虚肿痛,身重脉缓等症。
羌活 独活(去芦,一钱) 本 防风 川芎 甘草(炙) 蔓荆子(各五分)
上作一剂,姜水煎服。
附子八物汤 治历节作痛,发热作渴,饮食少思等症。
附子(炮) 干姜(炮) 芍药(炒) 茯苓 人参 甘草(炙。各一钱半) 肉桂(一钱) 白术(二钱)
上作一剂,水煎食前服。
四生散 治 腿生疮,或癣疥等症。
白附子 黄 羌活 沙苑 蒺藜
上各等分为末,每服二钱,用猪腰子擗开入药,湿纸包裹,煨熟细嚼,盐汤下,风癣酒下。
妙香散 治心脾亏损,大便下血,又治心气不足,精神恍惚,少睡盗汗。
人参 桔梗 甘草(各五钱) 远志(去心) 山药(姜汁炙) 茯苓(去皮) 黄 (各一两) 辰砂(三钱,
另
上为末,每服二钱,温酒调服。
漏芦散 治血风走注,作痛无定处。
漏芦 当归 牛膝(各三分) 桂心 地龙(去土) 防风 羌活 白芷 没药(研) 甜瓜子(各半两)
虎胫骨(酥炙) 败龟(各一两,炙)
上为细末,每服二钱,热酒调下。
Er Mu San (Two Mother Powder): Treats postpartum lochia attacking upward, stagnating in the Lung meridian, causing cough and panting.
Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus), Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Tao Ren (Persicae Semen), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (all with skin and tips removed, each 1 liang).
Take 5 qian of the above herbs per dose, decoct with ginger water.
If the blood stasis has been eliminated but the cough persists, it is appropriate to tonify Middle Qi.
Er Wei Shen Su Yin (Two-Ingredient Ginseng and Su Wood Decoction): Treats postpartum blood stasis entering the Lung, causing cough and urgent panting.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang), Su Mu (Sappan Lignum, 2 liang).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with water and take orally.
After recovery, Liu Jun Zi Tang (Six-Gentleman Decoction) should be used to tonify the Spleen and Stomach. If black qi rises from the mouth and nose, use this prescription urgently with an additional 5 qian of Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata); survival is possible.
Qing Hun San (Clear Soul Powder): Treats postparture Yuan Qi deficiency with retrograde blood stasis causing dizziness.
Ze Lan Ye (Lycopus Herba), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 liang), Jing Jie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica, 4 liang), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 2 liang), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 8 qian).
Grind into powder. Mix half with hot tea water and half with warm wine, take 2 qian mixed with liquid.
If caused by excessive loss of blood stasis, use Si Wu Tang (Four-Substance Decoction) added with Ren Shen, Fu Ling, and Bai Zhu; if ineffective, it indicates Blood collapse, requiring urgent Qi tonification.
Zhu Sha An Shen Wan (Cinnabar Calming the Spirit Pill): Treats postpartum blood syncope, mental palpitations, and other symptoms.
Zhu Sha (Cinnabar, water-flashed, 5 qian), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens, 1.5 qian), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, wine-washed, 6 qian), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 5 fen), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 1.5 qian).
Grind into powder, make pills with rice paste. Take 15 pills per dose.
If caused by Middle Qi deficiency, use Si Jun Zi Tang (Four-Gentleman Decoction) added with Chuan Xiong and Dang Gui. If complicated by overthinking injuring the Spleen, Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction) is required.
Ming Dan (Life-Restoring Pill): Treats blood stasis entering the uterus, causing abdominal distension and difficulty in expulsion. Urgent administration causes blood stasis to dissipate and the placenta to fall naturally.
Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, half liang, processed), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan Cortex, 1 liang), Gan Xi (Drynariae Rhizoma, 1 liang crushed, stir-fried until smoke ceases).
Grind into fine powder. Add 1 sheng of good vinegar and 1 liang of Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) powder, boil into a paste, mix with the powder to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Swallow 5-7 pills with warm wine.
Hua Rui Shi San (Flower Nodule Stone Powder): Treats retained placenta with miraculous efficacy; also treats traumatic injuries, intra-abdominal blood stasis causing severe distending pain. Ingestion transforms blood into water; its merits cannot be fully described.
Liu Huang (Sulfur, high quality and clean, 4 liang, finely ground), Hua Rui Shi (Chloritoides, 1 liang, finely ground).
Mix the two ingredients evenly. Line a clay pot with paper筋 and salt mud, let dry, add herbs, seal with mud, let dry again. Place on four square bricks, inscribe Bagua and Wuxing characters loosely around it. Burn with 30 jin of charcoal until cool, then remove and grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with urine of a young boy.
Ping Wei San (Peace the Stomach Powder): Treats lower bleeding due to cold-dampness invading the intestines and stomach.
Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Nong Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried).
Decoct with ginger and jujube water and take orally.
Yi Mu Cao Wan (Motherwort Pill): Harvested in May, dried in shade, ground in stone mortar. Made into pills the size of bullet seeds with refined honey. At childbirth, dissolve with urine of a young boy and warm wine.
Jia Wei Xiong Gui Tang (Modified Chuanxiong and Angelica Decoction): Treats failure of the pubic symphysis to open during delivery, or retained placenta after 5-7 days in critical condition.
Fa (Human Hair, one handful, burned to ash retaining nature), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (each 1 liang), Gui Jia (Testudinis et Chelydrae Carapax et Plastrum, from a naturally dead turtle, 1 unit; if unavailable, old ones may be used, prepared with butter).
Grind into powder. For every 1 liang, decoct with water. After some time, regardless of the patient's state, the living or dead fetus/placenta will be expelled naturally.
Xiong Gui Tang (Chuanxiong and Angelica Decoction): Treats postpartum excessive blood loss causing dizziness, irritability, and unconsciousness. Use equal parts of Chuan Xiong and Dang Gui, 0.5 liang per dose, decoct with water and take.
Add Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) for abdominal pain. Add mutton for abdominal pain with spontaneous sweating, vertigo, and shortness of breath. If ineffective, use Ba Zhen Tang (Eight-Treasure Decoction).
Qi Wei Bai Zhu San (Seven-Ingredient Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder): Treats Middle Qi deficiency causing dry mouth, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Huo Xiang (Agastaches Herba), Ge Gen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) (each 1 qian).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with water and take.
Xuan Qi Tang (Select Extraordinary Decoction): Treats wind-heat congestion causing pain in the supraorbital ridge, or vertigo of head and eyes.
Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (each 2 qian), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 2 qian, raw in summer, stir-fried in winter), Jiu Qin (Scutellariae Radix prepared with wine, omit in winter, use when heat is severe).
Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with water, drink frequently.
Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang (Kudzu Flower Relieving Intoxication Decoction): Treats alcohol accumulation, dispersing dampness from upper and lower body.
Bai Dou Kou (Amomi Fructus Rotundus), Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus), Ge Hua (Puerariae Flos) (each 5 qian), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 5 fen), Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, 3 qian), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Zhu Ling (Polyporus), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1.5 qian), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Shen Qu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma), Sheng Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, each 2 qian).
Grind into fine powder. Take 5 qian per dose, mixed with plain boiled water.
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San (Patchouli Regulating Qi Powder): Treats external wind-cold invasion with internal food stagnation, headache with chills and fever, cholera-like diarrhea, or malaria.
Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium), Zi Su (Perillae Folium), Fu Ling (Poria), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Ban Xia Qu (Pinelliae Tuber Prepared with Fermented Dough), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Nong Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, processed) (each 1 qian), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 5 fen), Huo Xiang (Agastaches Herba, 1.5 qian).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with ginger and jujube water and take hot.
Qing Zao Tang (Clear Dryness Decoction): Treats Yuan Qi deficiency with damp-heat invasion, causing generalized soreness and weakness, cutting off the source of Cold-Water generation, red scanty urination, and irregular bowel movements.
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, 1.5 qian), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, 9 grains, pounded and stir-fried), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Shen Qu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, stir-fried), Zhu Ling (Polyporus), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, each 2 fen), Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma) (each 5 fen), Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Sheng Ma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma, each 3 fen), Jiu Bai (Phellodendri Cortex prepared with wine, 1 fen).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with water and take.
Ren Shen Yang Wei Tang (Ginseng Nourishing Stomach Decoction): Treats external wind-cold invasion with internal dietary injury, chills, fever, headache, or malaria.
Ban Xia (Pinelliae Tuber, processed), Nong Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, processed), Ju Hong (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 8 fen), Huo Xiang Ye (Agastaches Folium), Cao Guo (Tsaoko Fructus), Fu Ling (Poria), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 5 fen), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 3 fen), Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, 1 qian).
Prepare as one dose, add 7 slices of ginger and 1 Chinese date, decoct with water and take.
Da Fang Feng Tang (Great Saposhnikovia Decoction): Treats deficiency of the three Foot meridians manifesting as crane-knee wind, joint gout, etc., whether swollen without pain or ulcerated and unhealed.
Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, skin and navel removed, 1 qian), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, stir-fried), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each 2 qian), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 1.5 qian), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 2 qian), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, homemade).
Prepare as two doses, decoct with water and take.
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Angelica Pubescens and Sangjisheng Decoction): Treats crane-knee and joint gout.
Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, wine-washed), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Bai Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Sang Ji Sheng (Taxilli Herba), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 2 liang), Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, 3 liang).
Take 1 liang per dose, decoct with ginger water.
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium Overcoming Dampness Decoction): Treats gout, swelling and pain due to blood deficiency, heavy body with slow pulse.
Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, remove radix tip, 1 qian), Ben Cao (Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma et Radix), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried), Man Jing Zi (Vittariae Fructus) (each 5 fen).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with ginger water and take.
Fu Zi Ba Wu Tang (Aconite Eight-Ingredient Decoction): Treats joint pain, fever with thirst, poor appetite.
Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed), Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix, stir-fried), Fu Ling (Poria), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, each 1.5 qian), Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, 1 qian), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 2 qian).
Prepare as one dose, decoct with water and take before meals.
Si Sheng San (Four Births Powder): Treats leg ulcers, tinea, scabies, etc.
Bai Fu Zi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Sha Yuan Ji Li (Astragali Complanati Semen).
Grind equal parts into powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Split a pig kidney, insert medicine, wrap in wet paper, bake until cooked, chew thoroughly, swallow with salt water. For wind-tinea, swallow with wine.
Miao Xiang San (Wonderful Fragrance Powder): Treats large intestine bleeding due to Heart-Spleen deficiency; also treats insufficient Heart Qi, mental vagueness, insomnia, and night sweats.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 5 qian), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix, remove heart), Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, stir-fried with ginger juice), Fu Ling (Poria, peel removed), Huang Qi (Astragali Radix) (each 1 liang), Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 3 qian, separately ground).
Grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with warm wine.
Lou Lu San (Euphorbiae Fissae Radix Powder): Treats blood-wind wandering causing pain without fixed location.
Lou Lu (Euphorbiae Fissae Radix), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix) (each 3 fen), Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Cortex), Di Long (Pheretima, remove soil), Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Mo Yao (Myrrha), Tian Gua Zi (Trichosanthis Semen) (each half liang), Hu Jing Gu (Pantheris Os, prepared with butter), Bai Gui (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, roasted) (each 1 liang).
Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with hot wine.