羌活散 治伤风时气,头痛发热,身体烦疼,痰壅咳嗽,失音鼻塞声重。及解时行下痢赤白。
人参(去芦) 羌活 赤茯苓(去皮) 柴胡(去芦) 前胡(去芦) 川芎 独活 桔梗(锉炒)
枳壳(去瓤,麸炒微黄色) 苍术(米泔水浸一宿,去粗皮,滤干,锉片,炒至微黄色) 甘草(各一两)
上锉。每服二钱,水一盏,姜二片,薄荷三叶,煎七分,无时温服。发散风邪,
入葱白同煎。痢证,姜、仓米煎。
〔汤〕治痢之法,若欲取积,只用《官局》进食丸(痞)甚稳,虽取积,又能治痢,万无一失。积以下,
急以四君子汤加豆蔻、诃子补之,次服浓肠香连丸得效。
〔丹〕治小儿痢疾。
黄连 黄芩 大黄 甘草
上煎服。赤痢,加红花桃仁。白痢,加滑石末。
治小儿赤白痢,多体弱不堪下,大困重者。麻子一合炒令香熟,为末,每服一钱匕,蜜浆水和服,效。
水浸丹 治泻痢,先锋之药。
黄丹(研细,一两) 巴豆(大者、二十五个,去皮膜研细、出油。或黄丹二两半)
上研匀,用黄蜡半两,熔作汁拌匀,量大小旋丸,水浸,吞下。汤使更临病随意用。一方,黄丹一两,巴
豆四十九粒,乳香二钱,麻油二钱,蜡半两熔汁和丸,名顿止丹。又,冷证,加木香二钱半。
宽肠丸 治痢后里急,大腑闭涩不通。
枳壳(水浸,去穣,锉片,麦麸、炒微黄,仍用清油浸透,一两、焙干五钱) 麻仁(去壳) 木通(去
皮节) 大黄(半生半炮) 槟榔 大腹皮(净洗,焙干。各二钱半)
上,除麻仁用乳钵极细杵,外五味,槟榔不过火,余焙,同研成末,入乳钵中与麻仁再杵匀,炼蜜丸,绿
豆大。每服三十丸至五十丸,仍以枳壳、甘草煎汤,空心送下。一二岁婴孩,温蜜汤下。
Qianghuo San (Notopterygium Powder): Treats wind-cold invasion and seasonal epidemics, presenting with headache, fever, body aches and restlessness, phlegm obstruction with coughing, loss of voice, nasal congestion, and heavy voice. It also resolves seasonal dysentery with red and white discharge.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (remove rhizome), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Chi Fu Ling (Poria Cocos with Red Skin) (remove outer skin), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix) (remove rhizome), Qian Hu (Peucedani Radix) (remove rhizome), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix) (cut and stir-fry),
Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus) (remove albedo, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow), Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) (soak in rice-washing water overnight, remove coarse skin, filter dry, cut into slices, stir-fry until slightly yellow), Gan Cao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma) (each one tael).
Coarsely crush the above herbs. For each dose, use two qian, add one zhan of water, two slices of fresh ginger, and three leaves of bohe (Mentha haplocalyx), decoct until reduced to seven-tenths, and take warm at any time. To disperse wind-pathogens,
decoct together with scallion whites. For dysentery cases, decoct with ginger and cang mi (aged rice).
[Tang Ji] Regarding the method for treating dysentery, if the intention is to purge accumulation, simply using Jin Shi Wan (Digestion-Enhancing Pill) from the *Official Formulary* (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang) is very stable and reliable; although it purges accumulation, it can also treat dysentery, ensuring no failure. After the accumulation is purged,
immediately tonify with Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction) added with Dou Kou (Cardamomi Fructus) and He Zi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus), followed by taking Nong Chang Xiang Lian Wan (Thick Intestine Coptis Pill) to achieve efficacy.
[Dan Xi] Treating pediatric dysentery.
Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma).
Decoct and take the above herbs. For red dysentery, add Hong Hua (Carthami Flos) and Tao Ren (Persicae Semen). For white dysentery, add Hua Shi (Talcum) powder.
For treating pediatric red and white dysentery, when the patient's constitution is too weak to tolerate purgatives, or in severe cases of exhaustion: Take one he of hemp seeds (Hu Ma Zi, Cannabis Fructus), stir-fry until fragrant and ripe, grind into powder. Each dose is one qian bi, taken mixed with honey-water solution. Effective.
Shui Jin Dan (Water-Soaked Pill): The vanguard medicine for treating diarrhea and dysentery.
Huang Dan (Lead Oxide) (finely ground, one tael), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus) (large ones, twenty-five, remove skin and membrane, finely grind, remove oil. Or use two taels and a half of Huang Dan).
Grind the above uniformly, melt half a tael of Huang La (Beeswax), mix well, roll into pills according to age/size, soak in water, and swallow. Usage can be adjusted flexibly based on the specific disease condition. Another prescription: Huang Dan one tael, Ba Dou forty-nine grains, Ru Xiang (Olibanum) two qian, Ma You (Sesame Oil) two qian, melt half a tael of wax and mix to form pills, named Dun Zhi Dan (Instant Stop Pill). Additionally, for cold syndromes, add Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) two taels and a half.
Kuan Chang Wan (Intestine-Widening Pill): Treats tenesmus after dysentery and constipation/blockage of the large intestine.
Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus) (soak in water, remove albedo, cut into slices, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow, then soak in clear sesame oil thoroughly, one tael, dried by baking becomes five qian), Ma Ren (Cannabis Fructus) (remove shell), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (half raw, half processed), Bing Lang (Arecae Semen), Da Fu Pi (Arecae Pericarpium) (cleanly washed, dried by baking. Each two qian and a half).
Process the above herbs: except for Ma Ren which must be pounded extremely fine in a mortar, the other five herbs—Bing Lang should not be over-heated, while others are baked—then grind together into powder. Put into the mortar and pound evenly with Ma Ren. Use refined honey to make pills, size of mung beans. Each dose is thirty to fifty pills, taken on an empty stomach with decoction of Zhi Ke and Gan Cao. Infants aged one to two years take with warm honey-water.