治血虚劳倦,五心烦热,肢体疼痛,头目昏重,心忪颊赤,口燥咽干,发热盗汗,减食
嗜卧;及血热相搏,月水不调,脐腹胀痛,寒热如疟。又疗室女血弱阴虚,荣卫不和,痰嗽
潮热,肌体羸瘦,渐成骨蒸。
白茯苓 白术 当归(去芦,酒浸半日,微炒) 白芍药 北柴胡(去苗,各一两) 甘
草(炙,两半)
上 咀,每服三钱。水一盏,煨生姜一块,切片,薄荷三叶,同煎至七分,去滓热服
,无时候。
治妇人手足烦热,夜卧多汗,肌肉黄瘁,经候不调,四肢烦倦,心胸满闷,状如劳气。
枳壳散。
枳壳(去穣,麸炒,二两) 半夏曲 赤芍药(各一两) 柴胡 黄芩(各一两半)
上为细末,每服二钱。水一盏,生姜一块,擘破,枣二枚,煎至八分,去滓温服。候
五心烦热、及身体壮热、潮热退,方续服。
夫妇人血风劳者,由气血虚损,经候不调,外伤风邪;或内挟宿冷,致使阴阳不和,经
络否涩,腹中坚痛,四肢酸疼,月水或断或来,面色萎黄、羸瘦。又有因产后未满百日,不
谨将护,脏腑虚损,百脉枯竭,遂致劳损之疾也。
治妇人血风劳气,身体疼痛,头昏目涩,心忪烦倦,寒热盗汗,颊赤口干,痰嗽胸满,
精神不爽。或月水不调,脐腹 痛, 癖块硬,疼痛发歇。或时呕逆,饮食不进。或因产将
理失节,淹延瘦瘁,乍起乍卧,甚即着床。
荆芥穗 人参 桂心 生干地黄 北柴胡 鳖甲(醋炙) 酸枣仁(炒) 枳壳(制) 羚
羊角屑(别为末) 白术(各七钱半) 川芎 当归 防风 甘草(各半两)
上为粗末,每服三钱。水一盏半,生姜三片,煎至八分,去滓热服,无时候,日二服。
常服除一切风虚劳冷、宿疾。孕妇休服。
Treats blood deficiency with fatigue, presenting as five-palm heat (heat in the palms, soles, and chest), limb pain, heavy and dizzy head and eyes, palpitations with flushed cheeks, dry mouth and throat, fever with night sweats, reduced appetite, and lethargy; as well as blood heat clashing with each other, causing irregular menstruation, distending and painful abdomen around the navel, and alternating chills and high fever resembling malaria. It also treats young unmarried women with weak blood and yin deficiency, disharmony of Ying and Wei (nutritive and defensive qi), phlegm-cough with tidal fever, emaciation, gradually developing into bone-steaming consumption (a chronic consumptive disease characterized by deep skeletal heat).
Baifuran (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) [remove the radix tip, soak in wine for half a day, slightly stir-fried], Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Beichaihu (Bupleuri Radix) [remove the sprouts, each 1 liang], Gancao (Licorice Root) [honey-fried, 0.5 liang].
The above herbs are coarsely chopped. For each dose, take 3 qian. Add one sheng of water, one piece of simmered ginger sliced, and three leaves of Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba). Decoct together until the volume reduces to 7/10, strain, and drink hot. Take at any time.
Treats women with heat sensation in hands and feet, excessive sweating during sleep at night, sallow and emaciated muscles, irregular menstruation, fatigue in the four limbs, fullness and oppression in the chest and heart, symptoms resembling labor-qi disorder. Formula name: Zhike San.
Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) [remove the pith, stir-fried with bran, 2 liang], Banxiaqu (Pinelliae Fermentatae Fructus), Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra) [each 1 liang], Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) [each 1.5 liang].
The above herbs are ground into a fine powder. For each dose, take 2 qian. Add one sheng of water, one piece of broken ginger, and two jujubes. Decoct until the volume reduces to 8/10, strain, and take warm. Continue taking only after the five-palm heat, severe body heat, and tidal fever have subsided.
Regarding "blood-wind lao" (consumptive disorder due to blood wind) in women, it arises from deficiency and damage of qi and blood, irregular menstruation, and external contraction of wind pathogen; or internal retention of old cold, causing disharmony of Yin and Yang, obstruction and stagnation of meridians, hard and painful abdomen, soreness and pain in the four limbs, menstruation that is either intermittent or regular, sallow complexion, and emaciation. Additionally, it may result from improper care within one hundred days postpartum, leading to deficiency and damage of the zang-fu organs and exhaustion of the hundred vessels, thereby inducing this consumptive disease.
Treats women's blood-wind lao-qi, presenting with body pain, dizziness and dry eyes, palpitations with irritability and fatigue, alternating chills and fever with night sweats, flushed cheeks and dry mouth, phlegm-cough with chest fullness, and mental dullness. Or irregular menstruation, abdominal pain around the navel, hard masses (jia pi), intermittent pain. Or frequent vomiting and regurgitation, inability to eat. Or due to improper postpartum management, prolonged illness leading to emaciation, alternating between rising and lying down, and in severe cases, being confined to bed.
Jingjie sui (Schizonepetae Spica), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Shenggan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens dried), Beichaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Biejia (Trionycis Carapax) [vinegar-fried], Suanzaoren (Ziziphi Spinosae Semen) [stir-fried], Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) [processed), Lingyangjiao xie (Saigae Tataricae Cornu) [separately ground into powder], Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) [each 7.5 qian], Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Gancao (Licorice Root) [each 0.5 liang].
The above herbs are made into a coarse powder. For each dose, take 3 qian. Add one and a half sheng of water and three slices of ginger. Decoct until the volume reduces to 8/10, strain, and drink hot. Take at any time, twice daily. Regular use eliminates all wind-deficiency, cold-lao, and chronic diseases. Pregnant women should not take this formula.