治虚损,补精髓,壮筋骨,益心智,安魂魄,令人悦泽,驻颜轻身,延年益寿,闭固天
癸。
伏火朱砂 真磁石 赤石脂 代赭石 石中黄 禹余粮(五味并火 ,醋碎) 乳香(乳
钵坐水盆中,研) 没药(各一两)
上为细末,匀研极细,糯米浓饮丸如梧子大,或如豆大。每服一粒,空心盐汤下。有人
年几七旬,梦漏羸弱,气 然,虚损,得此方服之,顿尔强壮,精气闭固,饮食如旧。予
常制自服,良验。
治风眩头晕。
山茱萸(一两) 山蓣 甘菊花(去萼梗) 人参(去芦) 茯神(去木) 小川芎(各
半两)
上细末。每服二钱,酒调下,不拘时候,日三服,不可误用野菊。(庞先生方)
治肝厥头晕,清头目。
钩藤 陈皮(去白) 半夏(汤浸洗七遍,薄切,焙干) 麦门冬(略用水 去心) 茯
苓(
去皮) 茯神(去木) 人参(去芦) 甘菊花(去萼梗) 防风(去钗股,各半两) 甘
草(一分,
炙) 石膏(一两,生)
上为粗末。每服四钱,水一盏半,生姜七片,煎八分,去滓,温服。
治肾气不足,气逆上行,头痛不可忍,谓之肾厥,其脉举之则弦,按之石坚。
硫黄(二两) 石膏(硬者不 ,研) 半夏(汤浸洗七次,各一两) 硝石(一分,
研)
上为细末,研匀,生姜汁糊丸如梧子大,阴干。每服三十丸,姜汤或米饮下,更灸关元
穴百壮,良方中硫黄丸亦佳。
关元穴,在脐下三寸,小肠之募,脾经肝经肾经三阴之会,又名下纪。治脐下 痛,小
便赤涩,不觉遗沥,或小便处痛如散火状,或溺血暴疝痛,脐下结血,状如覆杯,转胞不
得尿,妇人带下瘕聚,因产恶露不止,月脉断绝,下胫冷,可灸三百壮。
Treats deficiency and damage, tonifies essence and marrow, strengthens sinews and bones, benefits the mind and spirit, calms the hun and po, renders the person radiant and lustrous, preserves youthfulness and lightens the body, prolongs life and increases longevity, and secures Tian Gui (Heavenly Menses/Reproductive Essence).
Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) treated by fu huo (sublimation/fire-taming), Zhen Ci Shi (True Magnetite), Chi Shi Zhi (Red Halloysite), Dai Zhe Shi (Hematite), Shi Zhong Huang (Yellow Halloysite found inside stone), Yu Yu Liang (Limonite); these five herbs are all calcined with fire and quenched in vinegar to break them apart; Ru Xiang (Frankincense) is ground in a mortar placed over a basin of water; Mo Yao (Myrrh); each weighs one liang.
Grind the above into a fine powder, mix evenly and grind until extremely fine. Form pills using thick rice gruel, sized like sophora seeds or beans. Take one pill per dose, on an empty stomach, washed down with salted water. There was a person nearly seventy years old who suffered from emaciation and weakness due to seminal emission dreams, with faint qi and deficiency damage. After taking this prescription, he suddenly became strong, his essence and qi were secured, and his appetite returned to normal. I often prepare and take this medicine myself, and it has proven effective.
Treats dizziness caused by wind-xuan (vertigo/dizziness).
Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus Fruit), one liang; Shan Yao (Dioscorea Rhizome); Gan Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower), remove calyx and stems; Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), remove rhizome; Fu Shen (Poria with Hostwood), remove wood; Xiao Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma), half a liang each.
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with wine, at any time, three times a day. Do not mistakenly use wild chrysanthemum. (Prescription from Mr. Pang)
Treats dizziness caused by Liver Jue (Liver Reversal), clears and brightens the head and eyes.
Gou Teng (Uncaria Ramulus cum Uncis); Chen Pi (Citrus Reticulatae Pericarpium), remove white pith; Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizoma), soak in hot water, wash seven times, slice thinly, and dry by baking; Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber), moisten slightly with water and remove heart; Fu Ling (Poria), remove skin; Fu Shen (Poria with Hostwood), remove wood; Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), remove rhizome; Gan Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower), remove calyx and stems; Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia Root), remove woody center, half a liang each; Gan Cao (Licorice Root), one fen, roasted; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), one liang, raw.
Grind the above into a coarse powder. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half lamps of water and seven slices of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to eight parts, strain the dregs, and take warm.
Treats insufficiency of Kidney Qi, rebellious Qi ascending upward, causing unbearable headache, known as Kidney Jue (Kidney Reversal). The pulse is wiry when lifted and hard as stone when pressed.
Huang Dan (Realgar) - *Note: Text says Liu Huang (Sulfur)*, two liang; Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), do not use hard pieces, grind; Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizoma), soak in hot water, wash seven times, one liang each; Xiao Shi (Niter), one fen, grind.
Grind the above into a fine powder, mix evenly, and form pills using paste made from fresh ginger juice, sized like sophora seeds. Dry in the shade. Take thirty pills per dose, washed down with ginger soup or rice drink. Additionally, moxa-convulsions (moxibustion) should be applied to Guan Yuan (CV4) acupoint for one hundred cones. The Liu Huang Wan (Realgar Pill) in the Liang Fang (Excellent Prescriptions) is also excellent.
Guan Yuan (CV4) is located three cun below the umbilicus. It is the Mu-Alarm point of the Small Intestine and the convergence point of the Spleen, Liver, and Kidney yin meridians. It is also known as Xia Ji. It treats pain below the umbilicus, red and scanty urination, involuntary dribbling of urine, or pain in the urinary tract feeling like scattered fire, or sudden hematuria and hernia pain, blood stasis knots below the umbilicus shaped like an inverted cup, turning bladder inability to urinate, leukorrhea and masses in women, continuous lochia after childbirth, cessation of menstruation, coldness in the lower legs. Moxibustion can be applied for three hundred cones.