太医局香薷丸 治大人、小儿伤暑伏热,躁渴瞀闷,头目昏眩,胸膈烦满,呕哕恶心,口苦舌干,肢体困倦,
不思饮食。或发霍乱,吐利转筋,并宜服之。
香薷(去土) 紫苏茎叶(并用去粗梗) 干木瓜(各一两) 丁香 白茯神(去衣) 薷香叶(去土) 甘草(炙,
锉) 檀香(锉。各半两)
上为细末,炼蜜为丸,每两作三十丸。每服一丸至二丸,细嚼,温汤下;或新汲水化下亦得。小儿服半丸,
不计时候。
太医局枇杷叶散 治大人、小儿冒暑伏热,引饮过多,脾胃伤冷,饮食不化,胸膈痞闷,呕哕恶心,头目昏眩,
口干烦渴,肢体困倦,全不思食。或阴阳不和,致成霍乱吐利,转筋,烦躁引饮。
枇杷叶(去毛,净,炙) 陈橘皮(汤去瓤,焙) 丁香(各半两) 香薷(三分) 浓朴(姜汁涂,炙,四两)
干木瓜 白茅根 麦门冬(汤去心,焙干) 甘草(炙。各一两)
上件药捣,罗为末。每服二钱,水一盏,入生姜二片,煎至七分,去滓温服。温水调下亦得。如烦躁用新
汲水调下,不计时候。小儿三岁以上可服半钱,更量大小加减。
张涣治小儿伏暑呕吐者,最宜服之清膈饮子方
香薷 淡竹叶(去枝梗,剪叶,焙干。各一两) 白茯苓 人参(去芦头) 半夏(汤洗七次,焙干) 檀香 甘
草(炙。各半两) 白粳米(一合)
上捣,罗为粗末。每服一钱,水一大盏,煎七分,去滓。放温,时时如热水令儿服之。量儿大小加减。
《庄氏家传》治小儿中暑吐利。
上以白蒺藜苗研汁服。
长沙医者丁时发传治小儿中热,面赤,身如水热,或眼赤。
郁金(三枚,用皂角水煮干) 甘草 马牙硝(各一分) 当归(二钱)
上末细研。一字或半钱,冷水调下。
Taiyi Bureau Xiangru Wan: Treats adults and children suffering from summerheat injury with latent heat, characterized by restlessness, thirst, mental confusion and oppression, dizziness of the head and eyes, irritability and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting, hiccups, nausea, bitter taste in the mouth, dry tongue, limb fatigue, and loss of appetite. It is also suitable for cases of cholera-like symptoms, including severe vomiting and diarrhea, and muscle spasms/cramps.
Herbs: Moslae Herba (Xiangru) [cleaned of soil], Perillae Caulis et Folium (Zisu Jingye) [coarse stems removed], Dried Chaenomelis Fructus (Gan Mugua) [1 liang each], Caryophylli Flos (Dingxiang), Poria Cocos (Baifushen) [skin removed], Moslae Folium (Ruixiang Ye) [cleaned of soil], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) [honey-fried, sliced], Santali Lignum (Tanxiang) [sliced, 0.5 liang each].
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Form pills using refined honey, making thirty pills per liang of powder. Take one to two pills per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with warm water; alternatively, dissolve in fresh well water. Children take half a pill, at any time.
Taiyi Bureau Pipaye San: Treats adults and children exposed to summerheat with latent heat, excessive drinking leading to cold damage in the Spleen and Stomach, indigestion, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and oppression, vomiting, hiccups, nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, irritability, thirst, limb fatigue, and complete anorexia. It is also indicated for yin-yang disharmony resulting in cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea, muscle spasms, irritability, and thirst.
Herbs: Folium Eriobotryae (Pipaye) [dehired, cleaned, honey-fried], Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen Jupi) [pith removed with hot water, dried], Caryophylli Flos (Dingxiang) [0.5 liang each], Moslae Herba (Xiangru) [3 fen], Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Noupu) [coated with ginger juice, fried, 4 liang], Dried Chaenomelis Fructus (Gan Mugua), Rhizoma Imperatae (Baimaogen), Ophiopogonis Tuber (Mendong) [heart removed with hot water, dried], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) [fried, 1 liang each].
Preparation and Administration: Pound the above herbs and sieve into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add one cup of water and two slices of fresh Ginger (Shengjiang), decoct until three-sevenths of the volume remains, filter, and take warm. Can also be taken mixed with warm water. For irritability, mix with fresh well water, at any time. Children over three years old may take 0.5 qian, adjusted according to size.
Zhang Huan’s prescription for treating pediatric latent summerheat with vomiting, most suitable as Qingge Yinzi Fang:
Herbs: Moslae Herba (Xiangru), Laminar Bambusae Folium (Dan Zhuye) [branches and stems removed, leaves cut and dried, 1 liang each], Poria Cocos (Baifuling), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) [rhizome removed), Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia) [washed seven times in hot water, dried], Santali Lignum (Tanxiang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) [fried, 0.5 liang each], White Oryza Sativa Granum (Bai Jingmi) [1 he].
Preparation and Administration: Pound and sieve into coarse powder. Take 1 qian per dose, add one large cup of water, decoct until three-sevenths remains, filter. Allow to cool to warm temperature, and administer to the child frequently like warm water. Adjust dosage according to the child's age and size.
"Zhuang Family Collection" treats pediatric summerheat stroke with vomiting and diarrhea:
Grind the seedlings of Tribuli Fructus (Bajili Miao) and take the juice.
Ding Shifa, a physician from Changsha, transmitted a treatment for pediatric heatstroke presenting with red face, body feeling hot like boiling water, or red eyes:
Herbs: Curcumae Radix (Yujin) [3 pieces, boiled dry with Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus (Zaojiaoren) water], Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Natrii Sulfas (Mayaxiao) [1 fen each], Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) [2 qian].
Preparation and Administration: Grind finely into powder. Take one "zi" or 0.5 qian, mixed with cold water.