及，盖能成大仙，然后能学佛，此之谓也。
静坐之诀，原出禅门，吾儒无有也。人自有生来，终日驰骤，逐物忘归，动固纷纷，静亦
扰扰，稍加收摄，便觉朗然，中间曲折，无明师指授，不得肯綮，或得少为足，或反成疾患，
不可不知所适从也。
凡静功先须辨志，志一差即堕邪径。如学人为名闻利养而静坐；如为志气昏愚，欲聪明胜人
而静坐；如为尘劳苦
报，慕为善安乐而静坐；如为千生万劫，生死未了，求得正道而静坐。真正修行者，
发大愿心，如《楞严经》云∶有一众生不成佛，永不于此取泥洹，又云∶将此身心奉
尘刹。所以菩萨修行，身虽暂舍众生，而心常悲悯，于闲静处，服禅、定药，得实智
慧，除烦恼，起六神通，广度众生。即如儒者隐居，岂洁己忘世哉？正为求万物一
体之志耳。
古语云∶静处养气，闹处炼神。金不得火炼，则杂类不尽；心不得事炼，则私欲不
除。苟能调和气息，收敛元神；动中习存，应中习止∶立则如斋，手足端严，行则徐徐
，步与心应；言则安和，勿使躁妄；一切运用，皆务端详闲泰。勿使有妄想、妄为、
妄行诸疾，又何益非静功哉！
考古以凡人血脉有未和，因治药调齐之，苟非慎于物，其用无验，盖慎物齐也。齐即剂也
，剂以取验，验而出。如黄帝时桐君，逮北齐徐司徒、唐英司空、孟刺史，处如华佗弟子李当之
，逮梁陶隐居，唐孙思邈诸先贤，指不胜屈。大抵以验传，以书传，一药用，生死系焉，何可以
人性命尝试乎？予于医深明慎物之义，每视一至愚者。至贱者，未尝不毕予调齐之力，及遇尊贵，
亦犹是。慎物以行之，而医同，而验同，非如世医视富贵与贫贱殊，方用药时，已心战手棘，安
能取验？岂知得慎物之义，正未始不同、未始不异哉！予以事闭门，益求医理，无何而疾病相呼，
验其一，又验其十，辙将不停，时在省更多。中有奇验诸方，皆按症创用，非旧本所有，因之取
所奇验，付之剞劂，有纪验集，而后及于症辨，而后及于脉辨，而后及于秘方静功，故是集以纪验
为之首。
纪验
陈部堂（讳泰，号□□，礼部左侍郎，时统大兵入闽，驻营南台）己丑仲夏，偶伤寒症，至八
日，忽眼黑直视、身冷卒倒，有欲用姜汤灌之，予曰非也，夫因气暴逆而致然者，可用姜汤苏合丸等
药，今部堂两手热极，此心火也。体肥房
劳，暑气相触，肾水下亏，心火上炎，宜黄连、宜参，以药二味投之，立效。
药方
川黄连（一钱姜汁炒） 人参（七分）
水一碗，煎五分，渣再煎。
祖部堂（讳泽远，号清渊，礼部左侍郎，统大兵入闽）己丑夏，得痢疾，每昼夜行
七八十次，其疼不可言，便出仅血脓数点，饮食概不进，瘦弱已极。如此者月余，诸医咸
虑之，以为此毒瓦斯薰蒸清道，致胃口遏塞，闻食即吐，凶兆也。予按症面热身凉，脉大而
滑。夫病久则邪气日盛，当身热，而今身凉；身凉不宜脉大，而今脉大；细视胃脉乍大乍
细。予豁然曰∶此非噤口之症也。因感寒不发散，故胃以上有积寒；冒暑不清凉，故胃以
下有积热。宜以热药开胃口之寒，以凉药通谷道之热，久病虚甚补之。服此药当两日能
饮，三日能食，四五日进荤膻，易易耳。闻者大惊。及进药一服，当夜减病之半，次夜仅行
八九次，三服则神气渐旺，饮食渐进，五六日而愈矣。
药方
白豆蔻仁（一钱） 干姜（煨，一钱） 黄连（吴茱萸制一钱） 黄芩（姜汁炒，一钱）
白术（陈壁土炒八分） 人参（大南枣包煨八分）
加黑枣一枚，水一碗半，煎七分，日进二剂。
佟中丞（讳国鼎，号怀东，时巡抚福建）戊子冬，偶一日早膳，时神气正爽，命予视脉。
予忽讶曰∶据脉已受寒六日，今夜半后交七日当发，发则轻，仅七阅日可愈，若迟
一日二日则加重。时同席者不之信，即抚台亦以为未必然，因命予整一方，俟其验。
及是夜果发，发即以其方进，九阅日而全康。（即十神汤）
张中丞（讳学圣，号捷庵，巡抚闽省）己丑夏命予视脉，并不言及病由。予细诊
曰∶此脉有异，当有湿症，湿在脾，宜呕吐麻木。然此湿又有异，以湿居中，而上与
下不通气，日动则血运而气随之，可无患，若夜静，则有下半身酸麻之症，阴易动湿也，
雨天尤甚。张抚台曰∶果有此症。予曰∶呕吐亦有异，以湿气中隔，饮则气属阳，易行
下，胸膈俱爽，食则气属阴，硬物难下，略停滞即作逆，而为恶心，而为痰涎。法当通脾
气为主，使其气下行，则无痿痹之患。进汤药四服，又进以丸方，而酸麻疗矣。阅数月，
又进以归茸膏，而呕吐全疗矣。
药方
苍术（泔浸炒，一钱） 藿香叶（一钱） 白术（泔浸陈土炒一钱） 木香（五分）
小茴香（微炒，五分） 茵陈叶（酒炒，一钱）
加煨姜二片，水一碗半，煎七分，食前服。
归茸膏
当归（一斤，酒洗净，用好冬酒浸一宿） 鹿茸（一斤，酒洗净，切片，用好红酒浸一宿）
麦门冬（半斤，水浸去心） 白茯苓（四两，水浸去心） 白术（四两，米泔水洗，切片，
陈壁土炒） 人参（四两） 木香（二两，拣净为末） 白豆蔻（二两，去壳为末） 甘草（二两
，为末） 萝卜子（二两，微炒为末） 川贝母（二两，去心为末） 砂仁（二两，为末） 没药
（一两，为末） 麝（三分，与贝没共为极细末）
上将归、鹿、麦、茯、术、参六味，入铜锅，用清泉水浮药
上八寸许，熬至寸许。又冲水浮药上四寸，熬至寸许，取起用绢袋滤净，入木、豆、甘、萝
、砂五味末药，微火熬成浓汁，用丝绵滤净，入炼蜜一斤，用桑条搅不住手，入水成珠，
不散为度，磁瓶封好，水中浸五昼夜，去火气。每清晨与临睡，用白滚汤调服，随意多寡，
或夜间卧后，衔口中自化，此膏补心血，升肾水，健脾胃，清痰理气，久服却病延年，返老还
童。区区治呕吐、恶心、嘈杂等症，又其余也。
杨提督（讳名高，号幼涵，提督八闽兼温州府）己丑秋初，入关即得恙，屡医服药，至延
平，予视脉曰∶此非时恙也，内有热毒未得遽泄，因发为寒热，饮食不进。医者不知，复用补脾
暖精收汗益气之药，以至阴囊疮痕黑如漆，不知痛痒，此为毒瓦斯收入内也，甚足虑。幸予知此
症，整药服之，始而遍身发痛，继而发痒，阅半月而毒疮发矣，两月全愈。（多方不能尽载）
霍按台（讳达，号鲁斋，时巡方福省）己丑初秋暑热，得一症，遍身俱疼，乍寒乍热，上欲
吐不吐，下欲泻不泻，兼有隔一日疟症，诸医以为冒暑，热在内，不得出，多用香薷益元散，不
惟无效，且加重。予视脉曰∶此积寒也，非冒暑也。积寒并与冒寒异，感冒之症，随感即发，毛
窍既寒，安禁热蒸？积寒者，或饮食后，或睡中，或易衣，今日微寒入内，明日又微寒入内，或因
多用酒暂解，阅数日又微寒入内，及暑气相触，遂至病发。此为寒在脏腑热在皮肤，用辛热之药以
去寒，寒去则吐泻止而遍体快矣。次用小柴胡加减以祛疟，数剂全康。
药方
干姜 肉桂 陈皮 柴胡 茯苓 半夏 白芍 甘草
加黑枣二枚，水一碗半，煎七分。
杭主考（讳齐苏，号东侯，吏科给事中，时典试闽闱）向有郁血症，欲吐不吐，最难忍。
戊子秋，阅卷劳心，发甚重。出闱，予视脉用药立效，时一使。半月前忽腿疼，两脚筋缩
，脚根缩粘至腿，寸步不能行，将一月，屡药无效。咸以此为痿痹症，予曰∶非也，察其脉
，左寸忽洪忽涩，迟数无定栖，因此人好饮冷酒，酒新热燥，冷冻饮料寒湿、寒热相抟，遂有此病
。以四味药为末，头晚进一服，次晨即能行动，三服全愈。
散药方
白蒺藜（一钱，炒去刺，酒蒸熟，焙干为末） 川乌（二钱，去皮脐，为末） 麻黄（二钱，
二股梢一股根，为末） 苍术（一钱，甘草汁拌炒为末）
每服一钱二分，用老酒热冲服。被浓盖，出汗自干。
丁方伯（讳文盛，号瑞轩，福省藩司）夫人己丑冬，因水土不服，胸膈气逆，饮食不进，诸药
无效，整方偶痊两日，复发如噎膈然，甚至喉间不能通气。予视脉悟曰∶昔贤有云∶气大逆遏塞之
甚者，其气挟火，畏用熟药，须以生药磨服之。予整药二味，一服而愈。
药方
槟榔（五钱） 枳壳（七钱）
用凉水生磨冲服。
何道尊（讳平，号匡山，福省粮道）夫人时恙后，遍身酸疼，胸腹膨胀，饮食不进，时发寒热。
诸医作不足进药，无验。予视脉曰∶此非不足之症，乃邪气未散，传入经络，上焦有火，当用通气清凉
之剂，三服而愈。
药方
羌活（一钱） 防风（八分） 升麻（七分） 柴胡（七分） 白豆蔻仁
（六分） 黄柏（酒炒，七分） 桑白皮（六分） 青皮（五分） 白茯苓（七分） 炙甘草（三分）
煎照常。
顾道尊（讳 ，号南金，建南道）丁亥秋得痢症，至冬尚未痊。予视脉曰∶非痢也，此必由
食冷物，寒入脾，虚入肾，但以痢药投之无济也。果因多食藕。从恶心起，不进饮食，遂至泻成痢
，投药数剂而愈。
药方
当归（一钱） 怀地（八分） 白芍（八分） 益智仁（一钱） 砂仁（六分） 白茯苓（一钱）
陈皮（七分） 甘草（三分）
水一钟半，加姜二片，煎七分。
黄道尊（讳鼎象，号商侯，建南道）己丑初秋患疟，三日一发。每日事甚烦，而年又高，疟月余，
饮食不能进，体瘦脾弱，每药无效。予视脉曰∶三日一发，有热无寒，里实不泄，手足热而欲呕，此阴
气弱而阳气独发也，谓之瘅疟。且自午渐酉渐亥转阴也，为水气不交，肾虚也，法当用升，而医家多用
黄芩等药，宜乎日益弱矣。予用升阳饮加减，次用神截丸渐愈。
药方
人参（一钱） 白茯苓（一钱） 白术（泔浸土炒，一钱） 藿香叶（一钱） 升麻（八分） 青皮
（八分） 何首乌（一钱） 甘草（四分）
加煨姜二片，黑枣二枚，水一碗半，煎七分。
神截丸
白术（八两，米泔水浸一宿，陈壁土炒干，去土净，分作四股。一股用柴胡二两，煎浓拌晒干；
一股用常山二两，酒
煎浓汁拌晒；一股用人参一两，煎浓汁拌晒；一股用青皮二两，煎浓汁拌晒。无日焙干）
用豆粉煮薄糊为丸，如梧子大，早晚温汤吞六十丸。但此方最妙在众截药不效，然后用之。
朱方伯（讳鼎新，号尔健，时福省藩司）丁亥秋患失音症，诸医皆以风热痰火，用清
凉散为主，每服无效。予视脉曰∶此不当作失音论也，因肾水不升，心血不足，偶冒风寒，不
知表散，遂至肺窍闭塞。整一方服之，三日而气通。五六日而音通矣。
药方
当归（二钱） 生地（二钱） 人参（八分） 石菖蒲（一钱六分） 白茯苓（一钱六分）
核桃肉（二钱）
用水五大碗，煎三大碗，不拘温冷，不论饮食前后，每清晨至午服完，将渣再煎一大碗，临睡服。
朱道尊（讳正源，号静之，闽省屯盐道）戊子冬偶恙，两日旋愈。方在奕棋，予视脉曰∶
未也，此感重发轻。内邪更伏，稽其验，当在四日后发，发则寒热交作，头痛骨酸，背疼腰强，传经
不已，重伤寒也。知病根早治之，须十四日可愈，不则未可知矣，阅三日果发，悉如予言，整方服之
，二十日全愈。（方载伤寒门）
郑副总（讳尔任，号冲宇，松溪镇守）丁亥秋，有血虚胃弱之症，予治药遂验。时寓所有一少年
新娶，得阴症，至六日卒倒，遍体俱冷，其父母为化纸置棺，但胸前气微温，鼻中似有息出。夜二鼓
，因郑副总求救于予，予曰∶此火症也。痰闭不醒，当两手脉俱伏，而两脚大趾必微热者，又必医生
认为阴厥凶症，误用附子诸热药，益速其重。因与药一服，吹入喉即醒，再一服而愈。
药方
细辛（三分） 薄荷（五分） 人参（三分） 羌活（五分）
共享丝缠好，入大枣肉中，烧灰存性，为细末，先用少许吹入喉间，次用温水调冲服。
张六三（讳法拭，HT 安令）丁亥秋偶时恙为治药愈，有乃弟张二官病甚重，饮食不进，瘦
弱气欲绝，三阅月，似不可药。予视脉曰∶尔脉不过无力弱极，何沉笃至此，无他病，必
有邪。惊拜屏人语予曰∶真仙医也！实为在署内遇一美妇，伴睡二月余，心知其妖，欲却
之不能，殆登鬼录矣。何以救我？予整一方与之，旬日而愈。（此方近诞不载）
戴山芝（讳廷徽，建阳县令）戊子冬看脉，肾水最弱，交女即泄，精冷极。予整一方服
之，不多日而交能坚，精出觉有热气，女果孕矣。
丸方
沙苑蒺藜（六两，酒浸一宿，瓦上焙干） 怀大地（六两，酒浸三宿，煮一日，多用酒，黑
烂为度） 鹿茸（四两，酒浸三宿，酒十斤煮半日，炒干） 川续断（四两） 石枣肉（四两）
牡丹皮（三两） 川杜仲（四两，一半盐水炒，一半姜汁炒） 白附子（二两，面包煨，去皮脐）
By this stage, one can presumably become a great immortal, and only then can one learn Buddhism; this is what is meant.
The secret of sitting in stillness originally comes from Chan (Zen) Buddhism; Confucianism has no such practice. Since birth, people run around all day, chasing external things and forgetting to return to their origin. In movement, they are chaotic; in stillness, their minds are also disturbed. If they slightly gather their attention, they feel clear and bright. However, the subtleties involved here cannot be grasped without the guidance of a true master. One might either become complacent with little progress or even develop illnesses. Therefore, one must know where to turn for guidance.
In practicing stillness exercises, one must first clarify one's intention. If the intention deviates, one falls into wrong paths. For example, practitioners sit in stillness for fame and profit; because their will is dull and foolish, seeking to surpass others in intelligence; to escape worldly toil and retribution, desiring the peace of doing good; or to resolve life and death across countless kalpas, seeking the right path. True practitioners generate great vows. As the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* states: "As long as even one sentient being has not attained Buddhahood, I shall never enter Nirvana here." It also says: "Dedicate this body and mind to the dust-like worlds." Thus, Bodhisattvas, though their bodies may temporarily leave sentient beings, their hearts always harbor compassion. In quiet places, they take the medicine of meditation and concentration, attain true wisdom, eliminate afflictions, manifest the six supernatural powers, and widely save sentient beings. Similarly, when Confucians live in seclusion, is it merely to keep themselves pure and forget the world? No, it is precisely to realize the aspiration that all things form one body.
Ancient sayings state: "Nourish Qi in quiet places; temper the spirit in noisy places." Gold cannot have its impurities removed unless refined by fire; the human heart cannot eliminate selfish desires unless tempered by affairs. If one can harmonize breath and gather the primordial spirit; practice preservation amidst movement, and practice stopping amidst interaction; standing as if in fasting, with hands and feet dignified; walking slowly, with steps synchronized with the mind; speaking calmly and peacefully, avoiding rashness and absurdity; ensuring all actions are dignified, detailed, leisurely, and peaceful. One should avoid delusions, wrongful acts, and erroneous behaviors. What benefit could there be other than from stillness exercises!
Historical records indicate that ordinary people often have unharmonious blood vessels, requiring medicinal regulation to bring them into balance. Without caution regarding substances, efficacy is not achieved; this is due to the careful handling of substances and dosages. "Qi" (齐) refers to "Ji" (剂), dosage/formula. Dosage is used to achieve efficacy, verified before use. From Tong Jun in the time of the Yellow Emperor, to Xu Situ in Northern Qi, Ying Sikong and Meng Cishi in Tang, Li Dangzhi a disciple of Hua Tuo, Tao Yinju in Liang, Sun Simiao in Tang, and other sages, there are too many to count. Generally, transmission occurs through verification and books. The use of a single herb determines life and death; how can human lives be used for experimentation? I deeply understand the principle of caution regarding substances in medicine. Whether treating the most ignorant or the humblest, I never fail to exert my full effort in compounding formulas. When treating the noble, I do so equally. Practicing medicine with caution ensures consistent skill and efficacy, unlike worldly physicians who treat the rich and poor differently, trembling in heart and hand when prescribing, thus failing to achieve results. How can they know that understanding the principle of caution reveals that the essence is neither entirely different nor entirely distinct? Due to closed-door affairs, I sought deeper medical principles. Soon, diseases called out to me one after another; verifying one case led to ten more. My travels were ceaseless, especially in the provincial capital. Among these were various prescriptions with remarkable efficacy, created according to symptoms rather than found in old texts. Therefore, I selected these effective prescriptions for printing, resulting in the *Collection of Verified Cases*. This was followed by discussions on symptom differentiation, pulse differentiation, and finally secret recipes for stillness exercises. Hence, this collection begins with *Verified Cases*.
**Verified Cases**
Minister Chen (courtesy name Tai, pseudonym □□, Vice Minister of Rites, commanding troops entering Fujian, stationed at Nantai). In mid-summer of the Jichou year, he accidentally contracted Cold Damage (Shanghan). By the eighth day, his eyes suddenly went black, he stared straight ahead, his body became cold, and he collapsed suddenly. Someone suggested pouring ginger soup down his throat. I said, "Incorrect." If caused by sudden rebellious Qi, ginger soup or Suhexiang Wan could be used. Now, his hands are extremely hot, indicating Heart Fire. His physique is obese, and he indulges in sexual activity. Summer heat touches him, Kidney Water declines downward, and Heart Fire flares upward. He requires Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) and Ginseng Root (Renshen). Administering these two herbs produced immediate effect.
Prescription
Coptis Rhizome (1 qian, stir-fried with ginger juice)
Ginseng Root (7 fen)
Boil in one bowl of water until reduced to half a bowl. Decoct the dregs again.
Minister Zu (courtesy name Zeyuan, pseudonym Qingyuan, Vice Minister of Rites, commanding troops entering Fujian). In summer of the Jichou year, he suffered from dysentery, defecating seventy to eighty times day and night. The pain was unbearable, passing only a few drops of bloody pus. He ate nothing, becoming extremely emaciated. This lasted over a month. All physicians worried, believing toxic vapors steamed the clear pathways, blocking the stomach opening, causing vomiting upon smelling food—a bad omen. Upon examining symptoms, his face was hot but body cool, pulse large and slippery. In prolonged illness, evil Qi grows daily, suggesting body heat, yet his body is cool. A cool body should not have a large pulse, yet his is large. Observing the Stomach pulse, it fluctuates between large and fine. I suddenly realized: "This is not a 'closed-mouth' dysentery." Because cold was contracted but not dispersed, accumulated cold exists above the stomach. Because summer heat was contracted but not cleared, accumulated heat exists below the stomach. Use hot herbs to open the cold in the stomach mouth, cool herbs to clear heat in the intestines, and tonify the severe deficiency of prolonged illness. After taking this medicine, he should drink within two days, eat within three, and consume meat and mutton by the fourth or fifth day—easily done. Listeners were shocked. After one dose, his condition halved that night; the next night, only eight or nine bowel movements; after three doses, his spirit revived, diet improved, and he recovered in five to six days.
Prescription
Cardamom Seed (1 qian)
Dried Ginger (roasted, 1 qian)
Coptis Rhizome (processed with Evodia Fruit, 1 qian)
Scutellaria Root (stir-fried with ginger juice, 1 qian)
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (stir-fried with soil from old walls, 8 fen)
Ginseng Root (wrapped in large southern dates, roasted, 8 fen)
Add one black date, boil in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to seven-tenths. Take two doses daily.
Vice Governor-General Tong (courtesy name Guoding, pseudonym Huaidong, Governor of Fujian). In winter of the Wuzi year, during an early morning meal, his spirit was fresh. He ordered me to examine his pulse. I was surprised and said: "According to the pulse, cold has been present for six days. It will manifest after midnight tonight, entering the seventh day. Manifestation will be mild, resolving in seven days. If delayed by one or two days, it will worsen." Those present did not believe him, nor did the Governor-General, so he ordered me to prepare a formula for verification. That night, it indeed manifested. He took the prescribed formula and fully recovered in nine days. (This is the Ten Deities Decoction / Shishen Tang).
Governor-General Zhang (courtesy name Xuesheng, pseudonym Jie'an, Governor of Min Province). In summer of the Jichou year, he ordered me to examine his pulse but mentioned no illness. I examined carefully and said: "This pulse is abnormal; there must be Dampness. Dampness in the Spleen typically causes vomiting and numbness. However, this Dampness is different. Dampness resides in the center, blocking Qi communication between upper and lower. During daytime activity, Blood moves and Qi follows, posing no danger. But at night when quiet, there will be soreness and numbness in the lower half, as Yin easily agitates Dampness, worse on rainy days." Governor Zhang said: "Indeed, these symptoms exist." I said: "Vomiting is also specific. Dampness blocks the middle. Drinking water involves Yang Qi, which flows down easily, refreshing the chest and diaphragm. Eating involves Yin Qi; hard foods are difficult to swallow. Slight stagnation causes rebellion, leading to nausea and phlegm-saliva. Treatment should focus on unblocking Spleen Qi, allowing it to descend, preventing flaccidity and obstruction." After four doses of decoction and subsequent pills, the soreness and numbness ceased. Months later, after taking Gui Rong Paste, vomiting completely healed.
Prescription
Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (soaked in rice wash water, stir-fried, 1 qian)
Agastache Leaf (1 qian)
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (soaked in rice wash water, stir-fried with old wall soil, 1 qian)
Costus Root (5 fen)
Fennel Seed (lightly stir-fried, 5 fen)
Artemisia Capillaris Leaf (stir-fried with wine, 1 qian)
Add two slices of roasted ginger, boil in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to seven-tenths. Take before meals.
Gui Rong Paste (Angelica and Deer Antler Paste)
Angelica Sinensis Root (one jin, washed with wine, soaked overnight in good winter wine)
Deer Antler (one jin, washed with wine, sliced, soaked overnight in good red wine)
Ophiopogon Tuber (half jin, soaked in water, core removed)
Poria (four liang, soaked in water, core removed)
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (four liang, washed in rice wash water, sliced, stir-fried with old wall soil)
Ginseng Root (four liang)
Costus Root (two liang, cleaned and powdered)
Cardamom Seed (two liang, shelled and powdered)
Licorice Root (two liang, powdered)
Radish Seed (two liang, lightly stir-fried and powdered)
Fritillaria Bulb (two liang, core removed and powdered)
Amomum Fruit (two liang, powdered)
Myrrh (one liang, powdered)
Musk (3 fen, mixed with Fritillaria and Myrrh into an ultra-fine powder)
Place the first six herbs (Angelica, Deer Antler, Ophiopogon, Poria, Atractylodes, Ginseng) in a copper pot. Add clear spring water floating eight inches above the herbs. Boil until reduced to one inch above the herbs. Add more water to float four inches above the herbs. Boil until reduced to one inch above. Strain through silk. Add the powders of Costus, Cardamom, Licorice, Radish Seed, and Amomum. Simmer over low heat into a thick syrup. Filter through silk cotton. Add one jin of refined honey. Stir constantly with a mulberry branch until it forms beads in water and does not disperse. Seal in a porcelain jar. Soak in water for five days and nights to remove fire energy. Take every morning and before bed, mixed with boiling water, in varying amounts. Alternatively, hold in the mouth after lying down to dissolve naturally. This paste nourishes Heart Blood, raises Kidney Water, strengthens Spleen and Stomach, clears phlegm, regulates Qi. Long-term use dispels disease, prolongs life, reverses aging. Treating vomiting, nausea, and acid regurgitation is merely a secondary effect.
Inspector-General Yang (courtesy name Gao, pseudonym Youhan, Inspector-General of Eight Min including Wenzhou Prefecture). In early autumn of the Jichou year, upon entering the pass, he fell ill. Multiple doctors treated him with medicine. Arriving at Yanping, I examined his pulse and said: "This is not a seasonal epidemic. Internal heat toxins have not been discharged, causing alternating chills and fever, and loss of appetite. Doctors did not understand and used tonifying Spleen, warming Essence, stopping sweat, and boosting Qi medicines. Consequently, his scrotum developed ulcers black as lacquer, insensitive to pain or itch. This indicates toxic vapors have retreated inward, very worrying. Fortunately, I recognize this syndrome. After taking my prepared medicine, his whole body initially ached, then itched. Half a month later, toxic sores erupted. He fully recovered in two months. (Many formulas cannot be fully recorded)."
Censor Huo (courtesy name Da, pseudonym Luzhai, inspecting Fujian Province). In early autumn of the Jichou year, amid summer heat, he developed a syndrome: whole-body pain, alternating chills and fever, urge to vomit but unable, urge to diarrhea but unable, plus malaria occurring every other day. Physicians attributed it to summerheat, believing heat trapped inside could not exit, using mostly Xiangru Yiyuan San. It was ineffective and worsened. I examined his pulse and said: "This is accumulated cold, not summerheat." Accumulated cold differs from acute cold exposure. Acute cold manifests immediately upon contraction; pores are cold, resisting internal heat steaming. Accumulated cold enters gradually: perhaps after eating, sleeping, or changing clothes. Today slight cold enters, tomorrow slight cold enters. Perhaps temporarily relieved by alcohol, but days later slight cold enters again. Touching summer heat triggers manifestation. Cold resides in Zang-Fu, heat on skin. Use pungent-hot herbs to remove cold. Once cold is gone, vomiting and diarrhea stop, and the body feels comfortable. Then use modified Xiao Chaihu Decoction to dispel malaria. Several doses led to full recovery.
Prescription
Dried Ginger
Cinnamon Bark
Tangerine Peel
Bupleurum Root
Poria
Pinellia Tuber
White Peony Root
Licorice Root
Add two black dates, boil in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to seven-tenths.
Chief Examiner Hang (courtesy name Qisu, pseudonym Donghou, Censor of the Secretariat, presiding over exams in Fujian). He had a history of Depression-Blood Syndrome, urge to vomit but unable, hardest to endure. In autumn of the Wuzi year, grading papers exhausted his mind, causing severe flare-up. After leaving the examination hall, I examined his pulse and prescribed medicine with immediate effect. Half a month prior, he suddenly had leg pain, tendons in both feet contracted, heels stuck to legs, unable to walk. For nearly a month, medicines failed. Everyone considered it Flaccidity-Obstruction Syndrome. I said: "Incorrect." Observing his pulse, the left Cun position fluctuated between surging and choppy, slow and rapid without fixed rhythm. This person likes drinking cold wine. New wine is hot and drying; frozen drinks are cold and damp. Cold and heat struggle, causing this disease. Powder four herbs. Take one dose the night before. Next morning, he could walk. Three doses cured him completely.
Powder Prescription
Tribulus Fruit (1 qian, stir-fried removing spines, steamed with wine, cooked, dried, powdered)
Aconite Lateral Root (2 qian, skin and navel removed, powdered)
Ephedra Stem (2 qian, two parts tips, one part root, powdered)
Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (1 qian, mixed with Licorice juice, stir-fried, powdered)
Take 1.2 qian per dose, mix with hot aged wine. Cover heavily with blankets. Sweat will dry naturally.
Vice Governor Ding (courtesy name Wensheng, pseudonym Ruixuan, Provincial Administration Commissioner of Fujian). His wife, in winter of the Jichou year, due to unfamiliar climate, experienced rebellious Qi in chest and diaphragm, loss of appetite. Various medicines failed. She recovered briefly for two days on a formula, then relapsed like Esophageal Obstruction, even unable to breathe through the throat. Examining her pulse, I realized: "Ancient sages said: When Qi rebellion and blockage are severe, Qi carries Fire. Fear using cooked medicines; must grind raw medicines and take them." I prepared two herbs. One dose cured her.
Prescription
Areca Seed (5 qian)
Bitter Orange (7 qian)
Grind raw in cold water and take.
Daozun He (courtesy name Ping, pseudonym Kuangshan, Provincial Grain Transport Commissioner). After his wife recovered from a seasonal illness, she had whole-body soreness, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, and intermittent chills and fever. Physicians treated it as deficiency and gave tonics, with no effect. I examined her pulse and said: "This is not deficiency. Evil Qi has not scattered, transmitting to collaterals. Fire exists in the Upper Jiao. Use clearing and cooling Qi-unblocking agents. Three doses cured her."
Prescription
Notopterygium Rhizome (1 qian)
Saposhnikovia Root (8 fen)
Cimicifuga Rhizome (7 fen)
Bupleurum Root (7 fen)
Cardamom Seed (6 fen)
Phellodendron Bark (stir-fried with wine, 7 fen)
Mulberry Root Bark (6 fen)
Green Tangerine Peel (5 fen)
Poria (7 fen)
Roasted Licorice Root (3 fen)
Decoct normally.
Daozun Gu (pseudonym Nanjin, Jianan Dao). In autumn of the Dinghai year, he contracted dysentery, unresolved by winter. I examined his pulse and said: "This is not dysentery. It must be from eating cold items, cold entering Spleen, deficiency entering Kidney. Using dysentery medicines is useless." Indeed, he had eaten too much lotus root. Starting with nausea, refusing food, leading to diarrhea turning into dysentery. Several doses of medicine cured him.
Prescription
Angelica Sinensis Root (1 qian)
Rehmannia Root (8 fen)
White Peony Root (8 fen)
Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (1 qian)
Amomum Fruit (6 fen)
Poria (1 qian)
Tangerine Peel (7 fen)
Licorice Root (3 fen)
Boil in one and a half zhong of water, add two slices of ginger, reduce to seven-tenths.
Daozun Huang (courtesy name Dingxiang, pseudonym Shanghou, Jianan Dao). In early autumn of the Jichou year, he suffered from malaria, occurring every three days. Daily affairs were burdensome, and he was elderly. Malaria lasted over a month, unable to eat, emaciated, weak Spleen. Medicines failed. I examined his pulse and said: "Every three days, heat without cold, interior excess without discharge, hot hands and feet, desire to vomit. This is weak Yin Qi with solitary Yang flare-up, called Dan Malaria. From Wu hour to You hour to Hai hour, Yin transforms. Water and Qi do not interact; Kidney deficiency. Treatment should involve raising [Yang], but physicians often use Scutellaria etc., making him weaker daily." I used modified Shengyang Yin, followed by Shenjie Pills, gradually recovering.
Prescription
Ginseng Root (1 qian)
Poria (1 qian)
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (soaked in rice wash water, stir-fried with soil, 1 qian)
Agastache Leaf (1 qian)
Cimicifuga Rhizome (8 fen)
Green Tangerine Peel (8 fen)
Polygonum Multiflorum Root (1 qian)
Licorice Root (4 fen)
Add two slices of roasted ginger, two black dates, boil in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to seven-tenths.
Shenjie Pills
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (eight liang, soaked overnight in rice wash water, stir-fried dry with old wall soil, remove soil, divide into four parts. One part mixed with Bupleurum Decoction, dried; one part mixed with Polygalae Decoction in wine, dried; one part mixed with Ginseng Decoction, dried; one part mixed with Green Tangerine Peel Decoction, dried. Bake on non-consecutive days.)
Make pills with bean flour paste, size of wuizi (Chinese bayberry seed). Swallow sixty pills with warm water morning and evening. This formula is best used when other malaria-arresting medicines fail.
Vice Governor Zhu (courtesy name Dingxin, pseudonym Erjian, Provincial Administration Commissioner of Fujian). In autumn of the Dinghai year, he suffered from aphonia. Physicians attributed it to Wind-Heat, Phlegm-Fire, using Qingliang San. Each dose was ineffective. I examined his pulse and said: "This should not be treated as aphonia. Kidney Water does not ascend, Heart Blood is insufficient. Accidental exposure to Wind-Cold, failure to release exterior, led to Lung orifice closure." I prepared a formula. After three doses, Qi flowed. After five to six days, voice returned.
Prescription
Angelica Sinensis Root (2 qian)
Rehmannia Root (2 qian)
Ginseng Root (8 fen)
Acorus Rhizome (1.6 qian)
Poria (1.6 qian)
Walnut Kernel (2 qian)
Boil in five big bowls of water until reduced to three big bowls. Temperature irrelevant, timing relative to meals irrelevant. Finish by noon. Decoct dregs again to one big bowl. Take before sleep.
Daozun Zhu (courtesy name Zhengyuan, pseudonym Jingzhi, Military-Salt Commissioner of Fujian). In winter of the Wuzi year, he had a minor illness, recovering in two days. While playing chess, I examined his pulse and said: "Not yet. The contraction was heavy, manifestation light. Internal evil hides further. Verification suggests manifestation in four days: alternating chills and fever, headache, bone ache, back pain, stiff waist, transmitting meridians endlessly. Severe Cold Damage. Treat early knowing the root; fourteen days to recover. Otherwise, uncertain." Three days later, it manifested exactly as predicted. He took the formula and fully recovered in twenty days. (Formula recorded in Cold Damage Section).
Deputy Commander Zheng (courtesy name Eren, pseudonym Chongyu, Songxi Town Guard). In autumn of the Dinghai year, he had Blood Deficiency and weak Stomach. My treatment was effective. At his residence, a young newlywed man suffered from Yin Syndrome. By the sixth day, he collapsed suddenly, whole body cold. Parents prepared paper money and coffin. Chest air slightly warm, nose seemed to exhale. At second watch, Deputy Commander Zheng begged for help. I said: "This is Fire Syndrome." Phlegm closure prevents waking. Pulse should be hidden in both wrists, but big toes must be slightly warm. If physicians mistake this for Yin Collapse (Yin Jue) and mistakenly use Aconite and other hot medicines, it accelerates death. I gave one dose. Blown into throat, he woke. Second dose cured him.
Prescription
Asarum Root (3 fen)
Mint Herb (5 fen)
Ginseng Root (3 fen)
Notopterygium Rhizome (5 fen)
Wrap well with silk thread, place inside jujube flesh, burn to ash preserving nature, make fine powder. Blow small amount into throat first, then mix with warm water and take.
Zhang Liu-san (courtesy name Fashi, HT An Ling). In autumn of the Dinghai year, he recovered from a seasonal illness under my treatment. His brother, Zhang Erguan, was critically ill, unable to eat, emaciated, Qi about to perish. For three months, seemed untreatable. I examined his pulse and said: "Your pulse is merely powerless and extremely weak. Why so critical? No other disease, must be evil." He bowed in shock, dismissed attendants, and told me: "Truly an Immortal Doctor! I met a beautiful woman in the office, slept with her for over two months. Knew she was demonic, wanted to reject her but couldn't. Likely destined for the underworld. How to save me?" I prepared a formula. He recovered in ten days. (This formula is too bizarre to record).
Dai Shanzhi (courtesy name Tinghui, County Magistrate of Jianyang). In winter of the Wuzi year, examining pulse, Kidney Water was weakest. Ejaculation occurred upon intercourse with women, semen extremely cold. I prepared a formula. Within not many days, intercourse became firm, semen felt hot upon emission. The woman indeed conceived.
Pill Prescription
Swampee Tribulus Fruit (six liang, soaked overnight in wine, baked dry on tile)
Rehmannia Root (six liang, soaked three nights in wine, boiled one day with much wine until black and soft)
Deer Antler (four liang, soaked three nights in wine, boiled half day in ten jin wine, stir-fried dry)
Teasel Root (four liang)
Wolfberry Fruit (four liang)
Moutan Cortex (three liang)
Eucommia Bark (four liang, half stir-fried with salt water, half with ginger juice)
Arisaema Cum Bile (two liang, wrapped in bread, roasted, skin and navel removed)