【歌】何故令人成嗳气，盖缘痰火乘于胃。治痰星夏共陈皮，治火黄连石膏辈。
【论】嗳气者，胃中有火、有痰、有食、有气，南星、半夏、软石膏、炒黑山栀子、香附，或丸或煎服。
又云∶痰条下，食积热，噫气吞酸证，火气冲上，多作嗳气，黄芩为君，南星、半夏、陈皮为佐，热多再加青
黛、山栀子、栝蒌仁，或润下丸。
润下丸（方见痰证。）
（眉眶痛 附）
【歌】头痛先须辨厥真，湿痰风火挟邪侵。气虚血少兼寒湿，识者尤当审六经。更有眉眶频作痛，风痰风
热客于棱。
【论】如太阳头痛者，恶风寒，脉浮紧，痛在巅顶两额角。少阳头痛者，往来寒热，脉弦，痛连耳根。阳
明头痛者，发热自汗，脉浮长大，痛连目 、颊、齿。太阴头痛者，必有痰，体重，或腹痛，脉沉，头重。少
阴头痛者，足寒气逆，为寒厥，脉沉细。厥阴头痛者，吐痰沫，厥冷，脉浮缓，痛引目系。此六经头痛，多挟
外邪也。
血虚头痛者，自鱼尾上攻头痛也。气虚头痛者，耳鸣，九窍不利。肠胃之所生湿热头痛者，心烦重痛，病
在膈中，过在手太阳、少阴。寒湿头痛者，气上而不下，头痛巅疾，下虚上实，过在手少阴、巨阳，甚则入肾。
偏头痛者，头半寒痛，先取手少阳、阳明，后取足少阳、阳明。厥头痛者，所犯大寒至骨髓，髓以脑为主，脑
逆，故头痛齿亦痛。真头痛者，痛甚入连于脑，手足寒至节，旦发夕死，夕发旦死也。
丹溪云∶头痛多主于痰，甚者火，多有可吐者，有可下者。又若眉眶痛者，属风热与痰。有肝虚而痛者，
才见光明，则眶痛甚。有眉棱骨痛者，眼不可开，昼静夜剧，属痰。凡此之类，种种不同，视其所挟，究其所
因，定其经络，参以脉理，而施以补、泻、宣、通、汗、利之法，斯无一偏之弊也。
六经痛
太阳，川芎、羌活、 本、麻黄。少阳，小柴胡汤。阳明，升麻葛根汤加石膏、白芷、葱白。太阴，苍
术、半夏、南星、川芎、蔓荆子。少阴，麻黄附子细辛汤。厥阴，吴茱萸汤加柴胡。
小柴胡汤（方见疟疾条下。）
升麻葛根汤
治阳明经头痛。
升麻（一钱五分） 葛根（一钱五分） 白芍药（一钱） 甘草（一钱）
煎服。
麻黄附子细辛汤
治少阴头痛。
麻黄（去节，二钱） 细辛（二钱） 附子（煨，二钱）
水二盏，煎，温服。
吴茱萸汤
治厥阴头痛，或痰涎厥冷，脉浮而缓。
麻黄（五分，去节） 羌活（五分，去芦） 吴茱萸（四分） 本（三分） 升麻（三分） 黄
（三分） 黄芩（一钱） 当归（酒洗，一钱） 黄柏（炒，一钱） 川芎 （一钱） 蔓荆子（三分） 细辛
（三分） 柴胡（三分） 黄连（炒，三分） 半夏（泡，三分） 红花（三分） 苍术（米泔浸一昼夜，
晒干，炒，一钱）
锉一剂，水二盏，煎八分服。
虚痛
血虚痛，芎归汤，或四物加酒芩、羌活、柴胡、蔓荆子。气虚痛，四君子汤。气血两虚，调中益气汤加
川芎、蔓荆子、细辛。巅顶痛，必用 本、柴胡、防风。
芎归汤
治血虚头痛。（一名芎 汤。）
川芎 （三钱） 当归（酒浸，二钱）
水二盏，煎八分，食远热服。
四物汤（方见血证条下。）
四君子汤（方见脾胃条下。）
调中益气汤（方见内伤条下。）
风湿寒热痛
风热与湿上壅，清空膏。风热盛者，彻清膏。瘦人头痛是火，酒芩为主，加引上药。风热上攻头痛者，
防风通圣散，或芎芷散。大寒犯脑，令人头痛，齿亦痛，羌活黑附汤。风热盛，酒芩、天麻、川芎、防风、薄
荷，或茶调散。
清空膏
治偏正头疼，及风、湿、热上壅作痛。
细挺子黄芩（三两，一半酒蒸，一半炒） 防风（去芦，一两） 羌活（一两，去芦） 甘草（炙，
一两五钱）
末之，每二钱，汤调膏下。
彻清膏
治风热上攻头痛。
蔓荆子（一钱） 细辛（一钱） 薄荷（三分） 川芎 （三分） 甘草（生用五分，炙用五分）
本（一钱）
末之，茶调下三钱。
防风通圣散（方见中风条下。）
芎芷散
治风邪入于头脑作疼痛。
白芷（一钱） 石菖蒲（一钱） 陈皮（八分） 苍术（米泔浸，晒干，炒，八分） 细辛（八分）
浓朴（姜炒，七分） 半夏（汤泡，七分） 紫苏茎、叶（八分） 甘草（炙，六分） 木通（八分） 肉
桂（六分） 川芎 （一钱）
上锉，一剂，水二钟，加姜三片，葱白二枚，煎八分服。
羌活黑附汤
治冬月大寒犯脑，令人头痛，齿亦痛。
麻黄（带节，三分） 僵蚕（炒，三分） 黄柏（炒，三分） 黑附子（泡，三分）
羌活（去芦，五分） 防风（去芦，五分） 白芷（五分） 苍术（米泔浸，晒干，炒，五分）
升麻（二分） 甘草（二分） 黄 （一钱）
水煎，食后温服。
茶调散
治诸风上攻头痛，目昏鼻塞及偏头疼。
薄荷叶（二两） 川芎 （一两） 羌活（去芦，五钱） 甘草（炙，五钱） 荆芥穗（一两） 白芷
（五钱） 细辛（一钱五分） 防风（三钱，去芦）
上为细末，每服二钱，食后茶汤调下。
痰痛
痰厥头痛，二陈汤加苍术、蔓荆子、南星、防风。肥人头痛是湿痰，半夏、苍术为主，加引经向导药。
痰厥头痛，痰唾稠粘，头旋眼黑，头苦痛如裂者，半夏白术天麻汤。风痰上攻头痛，白芷、芽茶、川芎、防
风、南星、半夏、细辛，或青州白丸子。风痰上盛，三生散。
二陈汤（方见痰证条。）
半夏白术天麻汤
治眼黑头旋，头苦疼痛吐逆。
白术（炒，一钱） 神曲（炒，一钱） 陈皮（一钱五分） 半夏（汤泡，一钱五分） 麦 （一钱
五分） 白茯苓（五分） 天麻（五分） 黄 （五分，蜜炙） 人参（去芦，五分） 苍术（泔制，五分）
泽泻（五分，去毛） 干姜（三分） 黄柏（酒炒，三分）
锉一剂，水二钟，煎至八分，空心热服。
青州白丸子
治风痰壅盛，瘫痪惊风，呕痰水涎沫。
白附子（二两） 半夏（二两） 南星（二两） 川乌（去皮、脐，半两，俱生用）
上捣为末，以生绢袋盛之，于井花水中摆出药末，更以手捏令出，以粗渣再捣，仍入绢袋摆尽为度。贮瓷
器中，日晒夜露，每日一换新水，搅而复澄，春五日、夏三日、秋七日、冬十日，去水晒干再研，以糯米粉清
丸如绿豆大，常服二十丸，生姜泡汤送下。
三生散
治风上攻头脑，痰滞不行，以致偏正苦疼。
乌头（炮，一钱） 白附（炮，二钱） 南星（炮，二钱半）
姜三片，水煎服。
眉眶痛 附
肝虚羞明，眉眶痛者，熟地黄丸。风热盛眉眶痛，选奇羌防散，或芩芷散。风痰攻上眉棱痛者，导痰汤。
寒湿上攻眉棱痛者，芎辛散。风痰风热盛，二乌散。
熟地黄丸
治肝血虚少，眉眶疼痛，羞明畏日之证。
生地黄（一两） 熟地黄（一两） 玄参（一两） 金钗石斛（一两）
上末之，蜜丸梧桐子大，每服三钱，空心白汤送下。
选奇羌防散
治风热上壅，眉棱疼痛不可忍之证。
羌活（二钱，去芦） 防风（二钱，去芦） 甘草（二钱） 黄芩（酒炒，二钱）
煎服。
芩芷散
治风热上盛，眉眶疼痛，目不能视物者。
黄芩（酒炒，一两） 白芷（一两）
末之，每服二钱，茶清调下。
导痰汤（方见痰证条。）
芎芷散
治头疼因寒湿上攻，或眉棱作痛并治之。
乌头（生用，一两） 附子（生用，一两） 天南星（一两） 干姜（一两） 甘草（五钱，炙） 川
芎（一两五钱） 细辛（一两五钱）
每四钱，姜、枣煎。
二乌散
治风、治热二气攻于太阳等经，头脑作痛。
川乌（童溲浸，炒，五钱） 草乌（童便浸，炒，五钱） 细辛（五钱） 羌活（去芦，五
钱） 黄芩（酒炒，五钱） 甘草（炙，三钱）
上末之，每服二钱，食后茶清调下。
[Verse] Why does it cause belching? It is likely due to phlegm-fire invading the Stomach. To treat phlegm, use Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia), and Tangerine Peel (Chenpi). To treat fire, use Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) and Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) and similar herbs.
[Discussion] Belching refers to conditions where there is fire, phlegm, food retention, and qi stagnation in the Stomach. Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia), soft Gypsum Fibrosum (Ruanshigao), stir-fried black Gardenia Fruit (Zhishizi), and Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfu) can be taken as pills or decoctions.
It is also said: Under the Phlegm section, for symptoms of belching and acid regurgitation caused by food retention turning into heat, where fire qi rushes upward causing belching, Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) is used as the sovereign herb, with Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia), and Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) as ministering herbs. If heat is prominent, add Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai), Gardenia Fruit (Zhizhi), and Trichosanthes Seed (Gualouren), or take Runxia Wan.
Runxia Wan (Formula see Phlegm section.)
(Brow and Orbit Pain - Appendix)
[Verse] Headache must first be distinguished between Jueyin headache and True Headache; wet-phlegm, wind, fire, and pathogenic invasion are involved. Qi deficiency, blood deficiency, and cold-dampness require astute physicians to examine the Six Channels. Furthermore, frequent pain in the brow and orbits is caused by wind-phlegm and wind-heat lodging in the channels.
[Discussion] For Taiyang channel headache, there is aversion to wind and cold, a floating and tight pulse, and pain at the vertex and lateral frontal angles. Shaoyang channel headache involves alternating chills and fever, a wiry pulse, and pain radiating to the root of the ear. Yangming channel headache presents with fever and spontaneous sweating, a large and floating pulse, and pain radiating to the orbits, cheeks, and teeth. Taiyin channel headache necessarily involves phlegm, heavy body, possibly abdominal pain, a deep pulse, and a heavy head. Shaoyin channel headache features cold feet with counterflow of cold, constituting Cold Jue, with a deep and fine pulse. Jueyin channel headache involves spitting of phlegm foam, cold limbs, a floating and moderate pulse, and pain radiating to the visual system. These Six Channel headaches mostly involve external pathogens.
Blood-deficiency headache attacks from the outer canthus upwards. Qi-deficiency headache involves tinnitus and dysfunction of the nine orifices. Damp-heat headache generated from the intestines and stomach causes mental restlessness and heavy, severe pain, located in the diaphragm region, involving the Hand-Taiyang and Hand-Shaoyin channels. Cold-damp headache involves qi rising but not descending, causing vertex disease, lower deficiency and upper excess, involving the Hand-Shaoyin and Foot-Taiyang channels, and entering the Kidney if severe.
Hemicrania (one-sided headache) involves cold pain on one side of the head; initially select Hand-Shaoyang and Hand-Yangming points, then Foot-Shaoyang and Foot-Yangming points. Jue headache occurs when severe cold penetrates to the bone marrow; since marrow governs the brain, brain qi counterflows, causing headache and toothache. True Headache involves severe pain extending to the brain, with cold hands and feet reaching the joints; morning onset leads to evening death, evening onset leads to morning death.
Danxi stated: Headaches are mostly due to phlegm, severely due to fire; some can be treated with emesis, some with purgation. Brow and orbit pain belongs to wind-heat and phlegm. Liver deficiency headache worsens upon exposure to light. Brow ridge pain prevents opening the eyes, being quiet during the day and worse at night, belonging to phlegm. All such cases vary; observe the accompanying pathogens, investigate the etiology, determine the meridians, refer to pulse diagnosis, and apply tonifying, draining, dispersing, unblocking, diaphoretic, and purgative methods to avoid bias.
Six Channel Headaches
Taiyang: Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo), Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Gaoben), Ephedra Herb (Mahuang).
Shaoyang: Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction).
Yangming: Shengma Gegen Tang (Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction) plus Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao), Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), and Scallion White (Congbai).
Taiyin: Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu), Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia), Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi).
Shaoyin: Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang (Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum Decoction).
Jueyin: Wuzhuyu Tang (Evodia Decoction) plus Bupleurum Root (Chaihu).
Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Formula see Malaria section.)
Shengma Gegen Tang
Treats Yangming channel headache.
Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma) (1.5 qian) Pueraria Lobata Root (Gegen) (1.5 qian) White Peony Root (Baishao) (1 qian) Licorice Root (Gancao) (1 qian)
Decoct and take.
Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang
Treats Shaoyin headache.
Ephedra Herb (Mahuang) (2 qian, nodes removed) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (2 qian) Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) (2 qian, baked)
With two cups of water, decoct and take warm.
Wuzhuyu Tang
Treats Jueyin headache, or phlegm-saliva with cold limbs and floating-moderate pulse.
Ephedra Herb (Mahuang) (0.5 qian, nodes removed) Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (0.5 qian, rhizome removed) Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu) (0.4 qian) Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Gaoben) (0.3 qian) Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma) (0.3 qian) Astragalus Root (Huangqi) (0.3 qian) Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (1 qian) Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (1 qian, wine-washed) Phellodendron Bark (Huangbo) (1 qian, stir-fried) Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (1 qian) Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi) (0.3 qian) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (0.3 qian) Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (0.3 qian) Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) (0.3 qian, stir-fried) Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia) (0.3 qian, soaked) Safflower (Honghua) (0.3 qian) Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu) (1 qian, soaked in rice wash overnight, dried, stir-fried)
Grind one dose, with two cups of water, decoct to eight-tenths and take.
Deficiency Headache
Blood-deficiency headache: Xiong Gui Tang (Chuanxiong and Danggui Decoction), or Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) plus wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Jiu Huangqin), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu), Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi).
Qi-deficiency headache: Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction).
Dual Qi and Blood deficiency: Tiao Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Regulate Middle and Boost Qi Decoction) plus Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi), Asarum Herb (Xixin).
Vertex headache: Must use Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Gaoben), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng).
Xiong Gui Tang
Treats blood-deficiency headache. (Also named Xiong [Gui] Tang.)
Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (3 qian) Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (2 qian, wine-soaked)
With two cups of water, decoct to eight-tenths, take hot well after meals.
Si Wu Tang (Formula see Blood section.)
Si Jun Zi Tang (Formula see Spleen and Stomach section.)
Tiao Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Formula see Internal Injury section.)
Wind-Damp-Cold-Heat Headache
Wind-heat and dampness obstructing upward: Qing Kong Gao (Clearing Empty Paste). Excessive wind-heat: Che Qing Gao (Thoroughly Clearing Paste). Thin people's headache is often fire-based, using wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Jiu Huangqin) as main, adding guiding herbs. Wind-heat attacking upward: Fang Feng Tong Sheng San (Saposhnikovia Releasing the Exterior Powder) or Xiong Zhi San (Chuanxiong and Baizhi Powder). Severe cold invading the brain causing headache and toothache: Qianghuo Hei Fu Tang (Notopterygium and Black Aconite Decoction). Excessive wind-heat: Wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Jiu Huangqin), Gastrodia Rhizome (Tianma), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Mint Leaf (Bohe), or Cha Tiao San (Tea Seasoning Powder).
Qing Kong Gao
Treats regular and hemicranias, and pain caused by wind, damp, and heat obstructing upward.
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (3 liang, half wine-steamed, half stir-fried) Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (1 liang, rhizome removed) Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (1 liang, rhizome removed) Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) (1.5 liang)
Powderize, take 2 qian each time, mixed with decoction as paste.
Che Qing Gao
Treats wind-heat attacking upward causing headache.
Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi) (1 qian) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (1 qian) Mint Leaf (Bohe) (0.3 qian) Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (0.3 qian) Licorice Root (Gancao) (0.5 qian raw, 0.5 qian honey-fried) Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Gaoben) (1 qian)
Powderize, take 3 qian mixed with tea.
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San (Formula see Stroke section.)
Xiong Zhi San
Treats pain caused by wind pathogen entering the head and brain.
Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) (1 qian) Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome (Shichangpu) (1 qian) Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (0.8 qian) Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu) (0.8 qian, soaked in rice wash, dried, stir-fried) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (0.8 qian) Magnolia Bark (Houpo) (0.7 qian, ginger-stir-fried) Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia) (0.7 qian, soup-soaked) Perilla Stem and Leaf (Zisu) (0.8 qian) Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) (0.6 qian) Akebia Stem (Mutong) (0.8 qian) Cinnamon Twig (Rougui) (0.6 qian) Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (1 qian)
Grind, one dose, with two cups of water, add three slices of ginger and two scallion whites, decoct to eight-tenths and take.
Qianghuo Hei Fu Tang
Treats winter severe cold invading the brain, causing headache and toothache.
Ephedra Herb (Mahuang) (0.3 qian, with nodes) Silkworm (Jiangcan) (0.3 qian, stir-fried) Phellodendron Bark (Huangbo) (0.3 qian, stir-fried) Black Prepared Aconite Root (Hei Fuzi) (0.3 qian, soaked)
Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (0.5 qian, rhizome removed) Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (0.5 qian, rhizome removed) Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) (0.5 qian) Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu) (0.5 qian, soaked in rice wash, dried, stir-fried)
Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma) (0.2 qian) Licorice Root (Gancao) (0.2 qian) Astragalus Root (Huangqi) (1 qian)
Decoct with water, take warm after meals.
Cha Tiao San
Treats various winds attacking upward causing headache, blurred vision, nasal congestion, and hemicrania.
Mint Leaf (Bohe Ye) (2 liang) Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (1 liang) Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (5 qian, rhizome removed) Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) (5 qian) Schizonepeta Spike (Jingjie Sui) (1 liang) Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) (5 qian) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (1.5 qian) Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (3 qian, rhizome removed)
Powderize finely, take 2 qian each time, mixed with tea broth after meals.
Phlegm Headache
Phlegm-Jue headache: Er Chen Tang (Two Aged Herbs Decoction) plus Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu), Vitex Fruit (Manjingzi), Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng). Obese people's headache is wet-phlegm, mainly Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia) and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Cangzhu), adding guiding herbs.
Phlegm-Jue headache with thick sticky saliva, dizziness, darkened vision, and severe splitting headache: Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang (Pinellia, Atractylodes, and Gastrodia Decoction). Wind-phlegm attacking upward causing headache: Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Bud Tea (Ya Cha), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng), Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing), Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia), Asarum Herb (Xixin), or Qingzhou Bai Wan Zi (Qingzhou White Pills). Excessive wind-phlegm: San Sheng San (Three Lives Powder).
Er Chen Tang (Formula see Phlegm section.)
Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
Treats darkened vision, dizziness, severe headache, and vomiting.
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu) (1 qian, stir-fried) Medicated Leaven (Shenqu) (1 qian, stir-fried) Tangerine Peel (Chenpi) (1.5 qian) Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia) (1.5 qian, soup-soaked) Ophiopogon Tuber (Maidong) (1.5 qian) Poria (Fuling) (0.5 qian) Gastrodia Rhizome (Tianma) (0.5 qian) Honey-fried Astragalus Root (Huangqi) (0.5 qian) Ginseng Root (Renshen) (0.5 qian, rhizome removed) Atractylodes Rhizome (Cangzhu) (0.5 qian, rice-water processed) Alisma Rhizome (Zexie) (0.5 qian, hairs removed) Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (0.3 qian) Wine-processed Phellodendron Bark (Huangbo) (0.3 qian)
Grind one dose, with two cups of water, decoct to eight-tenths, take hot on an empty stomach.
Qingzhou Bai Wan Zi
Treats excessive wind-phlegm obstruction, paralysis, convulsions, and vomiting of phlegm-water-saliva-foam.
Arisaema Cum Bile (Baifuzi) (2 liang) Pinellia Rhizome Preparata (Banxia) (2 liang) Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing) (2 liang) Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Chuanwu) (0.5 liang, skin and navel removed, all raw)
Powderize, place in a raw silk bag, rinse in well water to extract powder, knead by hand to release more, grind coarse residue again, return to bag until exhausted. Store in porcelain, sun-dry by day, dew-expose by night, change water daily, stir and settle. Spring 5 days, Summer 3 days, Autumn 7 days, Winter 10 days. Remove water, dry, grind again. Make pills like mung beans with rice starch paste. Take 20 pills commonly, sent down with ginger-soaked water.
San Sheng San
Treats wind attacking the brain, phlegm stagnation causing regular and hemicranias.
Prepared Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Wutou) (1 qian, prepared) Prepared Arisaema Cum Bile (Baifu) (2 qian, prepared) Prepared Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing) (2.5 qian, prepared)
Three slices of ginger, decoct with water and take.
Brow and Orbit Pain - Appendix
Liver deficiency with photophobia and brow/orbit pain: Shu Di Huang Wan (Rehmannia Pill). Excessive wind-heat brow/orbit pain: Xuan Qi Qiang Fang San (Select Marvelous Notopterygium and Saposhnikovia Powder) or Qin Zhi San (Qin and Zhi Powder). Wind-phlegm attacking brow ridge pain: Dao Tan Tang (Guiding Phlegm Decoction). Cold-damp attacking brow ridge pain: Xiong Xin San (Chuanxiong and Xixin Powder). Excessive wind-phlegm and wind-heat: Er Wu San (Two Wus Powder).
Shu Di Huang Wan
Treats liver blood deficiency, brow/orbit pain, photophobia, and fear of sunlight.
Raw Rehmannia Root (Sheng Dihuang) (1 liang) Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Dihuang) (1 liang) Scrophularia Root (Xuanshen) (1 liang) Dendrobium Stem (Shihu) (1 liang)
Powderize, make honey pills like wu-tong seeds. Take 3 qian each time, with plain water on an empty stomach.
Xuan Qi Qiang Fang San
Treats unbearable brow ridge pain due to wind-heat obstructing upward.
Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (2 qian, rhizome removed) Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng) (2 qian, rhizome removed) Licorice Root (Gancao) (2 qian) Wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (2 qian)
Decoct and take.
Qin Zhi San
Treats excessive wind-heat, brow/orbit pain, and inability to see.
Wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (1 liang) Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi) (1 liang)
Powderize, take 2 qian each time, mixed with clear tea.
Dao Tan Tang (Formula see Phlegm section.)
Xiong Xin San
Treats headache due to cold-damp attacking upward, or brow ridge pain.
Raw Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Wutou) (1 liang) Raw Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi) (1 liang) Arisaema Cum Bile (Nanxing) (1 liang) Dried Ginger (Ganjiang) (1 liang) Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) (5 qian) Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) (1.5 liang) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (1.5 liang)
Take 4 qian each time, decoct with ginger and jujube.
Er Wu San
Treats wind and heat attacking Taiyang and other channels causing head pain.
Child urine-soaked and stir-fried Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root (Chuanwu) (5 qian) Child urine-soaked and stir-fried Aconitum Kusnezoffii Root (Caowu) (5 qian) Asarum Herb (Xixin) (5 qian) Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (5 qian, rhizome removed) Wine-processed Scutellaria Root (Huangqin) (5 qian) Honey-fried Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao) (3 qian)
Powderize, take 2 qian each time, mixed with clear tea after meals.