桂枝 芍药 甘草(各三两) 红花(二两)
上 咀,每服五钱。水一盏半,姜四片,枣二个,煎至七分,去滓温服。良久再服,汗
出而解。
妇人伤寒,口燥咽干,腹满不思饮食,黄芩芍药汤疗之。
黄芩 白芍药 白术 生干地黄
上各一两, 咀,每服五钱。水一盏,煎至七分,去滓温服。寒则加生姜。
治妇人伤寒,喘急烦躁,或战而作寒,阴阳俱虚,不可下,宜服当归汤。
柴胡(三两) 白术(二两) 人参 甘草 赤芍药 当归(各一两) 五味子 木通
(各半两)
上 咀,每服半两。水一盏半,生姜四片,枣二枚,煎至八分,去滓,稍热服。
妇人伤寒六、七日,胃中有燥屎,大便难,烦躁谵语,目赤,毒瓦斯闭塞不得通,宜泻心
三黄汤。
川大黄 鼠尾黄芩 鹰爪黄连(等分)
上为粗末,每服四钱。水一盏,煎至八分,去滓温服。取微利。如目赤睛疼,宜加茯苓
、嫩竹叶,泻肝之余气。
妇人伤寒差后,犹有余气不去,谓之遗热,宜干地黄汤。
干地黄(一两) 大黄 黄连 黄芩 柴胡 白芍药 甘草(一两半)
上 咀,每服四钱。水一盏半,煎至七分,去滓温服。取溏利,汗出解。
男子病新瘥,妇人与之交合得病,名曰阳易。其证里急,腰胯及腹内痛,身重。宜烧
散。
Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi), White Peony Root (Shaoyao), Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 3 liang), Safflower (Honghua) (2 liang).
The above herbs are chopped. Take 5 qian per dose. Add 1.5 zhan of water, 4 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes. Decoct until reduced to 70% of the original volume, strain, and take warm. Administer again after a while; resolution occurs with sweating.
For women suffering from cold damage (Shanghan) presenting with dry mouth and throat, abdominal fullness, and loss of appetite, Scutellaria Baicalensis and White Peony Decoction (Huangqin Shaoyao Tang) is indicated.
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao), Atractylodes Rhizome (Baizhu), Fresh Rehmannia Root (Sheng Gan Dihuang).
Each herb weighs 1 liang. Chop the herbs. Take 5 qian per dose. Add 1 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm. If cold signs are present, add fresh ginger.
To treat women with cold damage (Shanghan) manifesting as panting, urgency, irritability, or chills with trembling, indicating deficiency of both Yin and Yang where purgation is contraindicated, Angelica Sinensis Decoction (Danggui Tang) is appropriate.
Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (3 liang), Atractylodes Rhizome (Baizhu) (2 liang), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Licorice Root (Gancao), Red Peony Root (Chishaoyao), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (each 1 liang), Schisandra Fruit (Wuweizi), Akebia Stem (Mutong) (each 0.5 liang).
Chop the herbs. Take 0.5 liang per dose. Add 1.5 zhan of water, 4 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes. Decoct until reduced to 80%, strain, and take slightly warm.
Six or seven days into cold damage (Shanghan) in women, if there is dry stool in the stomach, difficult defecation, irritability, delirium, red eyes, and blockage of toxic qi preventing free flow, Heart-Draining Three-Yellow Decoction (Xiexin Sanhuang Tang) is indicated.
Rhubarb (Chuan Dahuang), Scutellaria Root (Shuwei Huangqin), Coptis Rhizome (Yingzhua Huanglian) (equal parts).
Grind into a coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose. Add 1 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 80%, strain, and take warm. Aim for mild laxation. If red eyes and eye pain are present, add Poria (Fuling) and tender bamboo leaves (Nen Zhuyez) to drain residual heat from the Liver.
After recovery from cold damage (Shanghan) in women, if residual pathogenic factors remain, it is termed "lingering heat" (Yire); Dry Rehmannia Decoction (Gan Dihuang Tang) is indicated.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Gan Dihuang) (1 liang), Rhubarb (Dahuang), Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian), Scutellaria Root (Huangqin), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu), White Peony Root (Baishaoyao), Licorice Root (Gancao) (1.5 liang).
Chop the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose. Add 1.5 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm. Aim for loose stools and resolution through sweating.
If a man whose illness has just resolved engages in sexual intercourse with a woman and she becomes ill, this is named "Yang Yi" (Yang Exchange). The symptoms include internal tension, pain in the loins, hips, and abdomen, and heaviness of the body. Burned Powder (Shao San) is indicated.