老山栀为末,溶黄蜡等分,和为丸弹子大,空心茶酒嚼下。半月效。忌酒炙爆。
用枇杷叶去毛,焙干末之,茶调下一二钱。日三服。
治心脾壅热,生木舌肿胀。
玄参 升麻 大黄(湿纸裹甑上蒸) 犀角(镑各三分) 甘草(半两炙)
上细末,每服三钱,水一盏,煎至五分,温服,不拘时候。
治口生疮方。
治食诸鱼骨鲠久不出方。
皂角末少许吹鼻中,得鲠出,多秘此方。
治悬痈肿痛不下食。
玄参(一两) 升麻 射干 大黄(湿纸裹甑上蒸各半两) 甘草(一分炙)
上细末,每服三钱,水一盏,煎至七分,放温,时时含咽良验。
治 耳出脓。
白矾 成白灰,每用一钱,入胭脂一字,研匀,用绵杖子缠去耳中脓及黄水尽,即别用
绵杖子引药入耳中。令到底掺之即干。如壮盛之人,积热上攻,耳出脓水瘥。用无忧散雄黄
丸,泻三五行即瘥。
治肾虚耳鸣。夜间睡着如打战鼓,觉耳内风吹,更四肢抽掣痛。
黄 (独茎者,去芦,一两,蜜炙) 白蒺藜(炒瓦擦扬去细碎刺) 羌活(去芦,各
半两)
上细末,酒糊丸如梧子大,每服三四十丸,空心晚食前,煨葱盐汤下。
治男子二十岁因疮毒后肾经热,右耳听事不真。每心中不意,则转觉重,虚鸣疼痛。
生干地黄(二两半) 桑白皮(洗净,蜜炙黄,一两) 磁石(捣碎,水淘二三十次,
去尽
赤汁为度,二两) 枳壳(去穣,细切,麸炒黄) 羌活(去芦) 防风(去钗股) 黄芩
(去皮)
上粗末,每服四钱,水一盏半,煎七分,去滓,日二三服,不拘时候。
Use old Gardenia jasminoides fruit (Zhizi, 栀子) ground into powder, mixed with an equal amount of melted Beeswax (Huangla, 黄蜡), blended and formed into pills the size of a bullet. Chew on an empty stomach with tea or wine as a vehicle. Efficacy observed within half a month. Avoid alcohol, roasted, and fried foods.
Take Loquat leaf (Pipaye, 枇杷叶), remove hairs, dry by roasting, and grind into powder. Mix with tea water for oral administration, one to two qian per dose. Take three times daily.
Treats Heart and Spleen heat accumulation causing Wood Tongue swelling (stiff and swollen tongue).
Scrophulariae Radix (Xuan Shen, 玄参) Cinnamomi Ramulus (Sheng Ma, 升麻) Rheum Palmatum Root and Rhizome (Dahuang, 大黄) [wrapped in wet paper and steamed] Cornu Rinocerotis (Xijiao, 犀角) [sliced, each 3 fen] Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) [half lian, honey-fried]
Grind the above into fine powder. For each dose, take 3 qian, add one zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 0.5 zhan, take warm, at any time.
Formula for treating mouth ulcers.
Cinnamomi Ramulus (Sheng Ma, 升麻) [1 lian 1 fen] Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian, 黄连) [3 fen, remove roots]
Grind the above into fine powder. Wrap in cotton wool, hold in mouth, allow juice to drip and swallow.
Formula for treating fish bones stuck in the throat for a long time after eating various fish.
Blow a small amount of Sophora Flavescens Seed powder (Zaojiao, 皂角) into the nose to expel the bone; many rely on this method.
Treats Frenulum abscess (Xuan Yong, 悬痈) with swelling and pain preventing eating.
Scrophulariae Radix (Xuan Shen, 玄参) [1 lian] Cinnamomi Ramulus (Sheng Ma, 升麻) Belamcandae Rhizoma (Shegan, 射干) Rheum Palmatum Root and Rhizome (Dahuang, 大黄) [wrapped in wet paper and steamed, each half lian] Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) [1 fen, honey-fried]
Grind the above into fine powder. For each dose, take 3 qian, add one zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 0.7 zhan, let cool slightly, hold in mouth and swallow occasionally; effective.
Treats otorrhea (pus discharge from ear).
Burn Alum (Bai Fan, 白矾) into white ash. Use 1 qian per dose, add 1 zi of Carthamus tinctorius flower (Yanzhi, 胭脂), grind evenly. Use a cotton swab to wipe out pus and yellow fluid from the ear completely, then use another swab dipped in the medicine to reach the bottom of the ear canal and sprinkle it there to dry. In robust individuals with accumulated heat attacking upwards causing chronic otorrhea, use Wuyou San or Xionghuang Wan; purging three to five times will lead to recovery.
Treats Kidney deficiency tinnitus. At night while sleeping, sound like beating war drums is heard; upon waking, wind blowing sensation in ears, accompanied by spasmodic pain in four limbs.
Astragali Membranaceus Radix (Huangqi, 黄芪) [single stem, remove rhizome, 1 lian, honey-fried] Tribuli Fructus (Bajili, 白蒺藜) [fried, rubbed on tile to remove sharp spines] Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo, 羌活) [remove rhizome, each half lian]
Grind the above into fine powder, make pills with wine paste the size of Wu Zi (Chinese quince seeds). Take 30-40 pills per dose on an empty stomach and before evening meal, downed with decoction of baked green onion and salt.
Treats men aged twenty who, following toxic sores, developed Heat in the Kidney Meridian, resulting in inaccurate hearing in the right ear. Whenever feeling inexplicable mental agitation, heaviness in the head is felt, along with empty ringing and pain.
Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Sheng Dihuang, 生干地黄) [2 lian 5 qian] Morus Alba Cortex (Sangbaipi, 桑白皮) [washed clean, honey-fried to yellow, 1 lian] Magnetitum (Cishi, 磁石) [crushed, washed in water 20-30 times until red color disappears, 2 lian] Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhiqiao, 枳壳) [remove pith, cut finely, bran-fried to yellow] Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo, 羌活) [remove rhizome] Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng, 防风) [remove twig-like parts] Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin, 黄芩) [remove bark]
Grind the above into coarse powder. For each dose, take 4 qian, add 1.5 zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 0.7 zhan, strain, take two to three times daily, at any time.