干姜(不炮) 真橘皮(不去白,洗) 天南星(生用) 半夏(不汤洗,各一两)
上先用生姜一两,不去皮捣烂,制半夏、南星末作曲,却用余药一处为末,以生姜自然
汁为丸,如梧桐子大,又以雄黄少许为衣,不拘时候,姜汤下三、五十丸,临卧服尤佳!
治痰。
五灵脂(粒粒取全者,去砂石) 半夏(汤浸七遍,慢慢浸令心透)
上二味等分为末,生姜汁浸,蒸饼为丸,如桐子大,每服二十丸至三十丸,生姜或茶汤
下,食前空心临卧时服。
治中脘气滞,胸膈烦满,痰涎不利,头目不清。
天南星(生,去皮) 半夏(沸汤泡七遍,二味各五两,碾为细末,用生姜自然汁和,
不可太软,但手捏得聚为度,摊在筛内,令楮叶盖之,令发黄色,晒干收之,须是五、六月
内做
上用南星、半夏曲饼子二两,净香附子一两,同为细末,水煮面糊为丸,如梧桐子大,
每服二十至三十丸,食后临卧姜汤下。
治停痰宿饮化痰丸。
人参(去芦) 白茯苓 半夏(汤洗七次,别为末,极细) 白术 桔梗(切作小块子,
姜汁浸,各一两) 枳实 香附子 前胡 甘草(各半两)
上为细末,用半夏、姜汁煮糊,丸如梧桐子大,每服三、四十丸,姜汤送下。
治痰饮,出《千金方》。
桑白皮(自取东向未出土者,净洗二两) 桔梗(三两) 半夏(汤泡七次) 南星(沸
汤七次泡
上为粗末,每服三钱,水一盏半,生姜七片,煎至七分,去滓温服。一方加北五味子各
等分
Dried Ginger (not processed) True Tangerine Peel (without removing the white pith, washed) Arisaema Cum Bile (used raw) Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata (not washed with hot water, each 1 liang)
Take 1 liang of Fresh Ginger first, do not remove the skin, crush it thoroughly to prepare the pill base for Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata and Arisaema. Then, grind the remaining medicines into fine powder together. Use the natural juice of Fresh Ginger as a binder to form pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30-50 pills at any time, preferably before bed, with Ginger Decoction.
Treats Phlegm disorders.
Trogopterus Dung (select whole granules, remove sand and gravel) Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata (soak in hot water seven times, slowly soak until penetrated through the center)
Grind the above two ingredients into equal parts powder. Soak in Fresh Ginger juice, use steamed bread as a binder to form pills, sized like Sesamum indicum seeds. Take 20-30 pills per dose, with Fresh Ginger or tea water, taken on an empty stomach before meals or before bed.
Treats Qi stagnation in the Zhongwan region, chest and diaphragm oppression and fullness, difficulty in expectorating phlegm-saliva, and unclear head and eyes.
Arisaema Cum Bile (raw, peel removed) Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata (soak in boiling water seven times, these two ingredients each 5 liang, grind into fine powder). Mix with the natural juice of Fresh Ginger. Do not make it too soft; it should be firm enough to hold its shape when squeezed by hand. Spread it on a sieve, cover with Broussonetia papyrifera leaves to allow fermentation until yellow, then dry and store. This must be prepared during the fifth and sixth lunar months.
Use 2 liang of Arisaema-Pinellia Fermented Pill Base and 1 liang of Cyperi Rhizoma (cleaned), grind them together into fine powder. Use wheat paste boiled in water as a binder to form pills, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20-30 pills per dose, after meals and before bed, with Ginger Decoction.
Hua Tan Wan (Phlegm-Resolving Pill) for treating retained Phlegm and old fluid retention.
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (remove rhizome stump) Poria (Poria cocos) Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata (wash with hot water seven times, grind separately into extremely fine powder) Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma Platycodonis Radix (cut into small pieces, soak in Ginger juice, each 1 liang) Aurantii Fructus Immaturus Cyperi Rhizoma Peucedani Radix Licorice Root (each 0.5 liang)
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. Use Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata and Ginger juice to cook a paste, forming pills sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30-40 pills per dose, with Ginger Decoction.
Treats Phlegm-fluid retention, from *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold).
Morus Albae Cortex (use bark from east-facing branches that have not yet emerged from soil, wash clean, 2 liang) Platycodonis Radix (3 liang) Pinellia Rhizoma Preparata (soak in hot water seven times) Arisaema Cum Bile (soak in boiling water seven times)
Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water and 7 slices of Fresh Ginger. Decoct until reduced to 0.7 cup, strain, and take warm. Another prescription adds Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus in equal proportions.