（仲景）大承气汤 治阳明太阴伤寒，谵语，五六日不大便，腹满烦渴，并少阴舌干口燥
，潮热脉实者。刘河间加甘草，名三一承气汤。
大黄（四两） 浓朴（半斤） 枳实（五枚） 芒硝（三合）
上以水一斗，先煮浓、枳二物取五升，去滓，纳大黄，煮取二升，去滓，纳芒硝，更上
微火一两沸。分温再服，得下，余勿服。
（仲景）小承气汤 治病在太阴，无表证，汗后潮热狂言，腹胀脉实，六七日不大便，喘满者。
即前大承汤减去芒硝。
（仲景）调胃承气汤 治太阳、阳明不恶寒，反恶热，大便秘结，日晡潮热者。凡阳明病
有一证在经者，当解肌；入腑者，当攻下。
大黄 芒硝 甘草（各五钱，此从近法）
每服三、五钱，水一大盏，煎七分，温服。
（仲景）桃仁承气汤 治伤寒蓄血，小腹急，大便黑而不通。
桃仁（十二枚，去皮尖） 官桂 甘草（各一钱） 芒硝（三钱） 大黄（半两或一两，此从近法）
上 咀，作一服或分二服。水一大盏，煎七分，温服。
《良方》桃仁承气汤 治瘀血小腹作痛，大便不利，或谵语口干，漱水不咽，遍身黄色
，小便自利，或血结胸中硬满，心下手不可近，或寒热昏迷，其人如狂。
桃仁（半两，去皮尖） 大黄（炒，一两） 甘草（二钱） 肉桂（一钱）
上姜、水煎，发日五更服。
当归承气汤 治燥热里热，火郁为病，或皮肤枯燥，或咽干鼻干，或便溺结 ，通宜此方。
当归 大黄（各四钱） 甘草 芒硝（各二钱）
上 咀。入姜煎服。
（仲景）大柴胡汤 表证未除，里证又急，汗下兼行用此。
柴胡（半斤） 半夏（半升） 黄芩 芍药（各三两） 生姜（五两，切） 枳实（四枚） 大黄（二两） 大枣
（十二枚，擘）
上七味，以水一斗二升，煮取六升，去滓再煎。温服一升，日三服。
（陶氏）六一顺气汤 以代大小承气、大柴胡、大陷胸等汤之神药也。此汤治伤寒热邪传
里，大便结实，口燥咽干，怕热谵语，揭衣狂走，斑黄阳厥，潮热自汗，胸胁满硬，脐腹疼
痛等证，效不尽述。
大黄 枳实 黄芩 浓朴 柴胡 甘草 芍药 芒硝
水煎服。欲峻者，大黄后入。凡伤寒过经，及老弱或血气两虚之人，或妇人产后，有下
证，或有下后不解，或表证尚未除而里证又急，不得不下者，用此汤去芒硝下之则吉。盖恐
硝性峻急，故有此戒。经云∶转药孰紧？有芒硝者紧也。今之庸医，不分当急下、可少与、
宜微和胃气之论，一概用大黄、芒硝乱投汤剂下之，因兹枉死者多矣。仲景云∶荡涤伤寒热
积皆用汤液，切禁丸药，不可不知也。
（仲景）大陷胸汤 治大结胸手不可按。
大黄（四钱） 芒硝（三钱） 甘遂末（二分，此从近数）
用水一钟半，先煎大黄至一钟，纳芒硝，煎一二沸去 ，纳甘遂末和匀服，得利则
止。此药极峻，必不得已而用之。原方用大黄六两、芒硝一升、甘遂末一钱，水六升，如
前法煮二升，分二服。得快利，止后服。
小陷胸汤 方在寒阵。
治小结胸，正在心下，按之则痛，脉浮滑者。
（河间）大黄汤 治泻痢湿热邪盛，脓血稠粘，里急后重，日夜无度者。
大黄（一两）
上细锉，好酒二大盏浸半日。煎至一盏半，去大黄，分二服，顿服之。痢止，一
服；如未止，再服，以利为度，服芍药汤以和之。痢止，再服黄芩汤和之，以撤其毒。
《外科》大黄汤 方在外科。
治肠痈小腹坚肿。
《金匮》大黄甘草汤 治食已即吐。按此汤必下焦胀实，大便秘结不通，而格拒吐食者
方可用之。若因胃虚而食已即吐者，此则大非所宜，用者不可误认。
大黄（四两） 甘草（一两）
上二味，以水三升，煮取一升，分温再服。
《金匮》大黄硝石汤 治黄胆腹满，小便不利而赤，自汗出，表和里实者宜用之。
大黄 黄柏 硝石（各四两） 栀子（十五枚）
上四味，以水六升，煮取二升，去滓，纳硝，更煮取一升，顿服。
《金匮》栀子大黄汤 治酒疸心中懊 ，或热痛。
栀子（十四枚） 大黄（一两） 枳实（五枚） 豉（一升）
上用水六升，煮取二升，分温三服。
（河间）防风通圣散 治诸风潮搐，手足螈 ，小儿急惊便结，邪热暴甚，肌肉蠕动，一
切风热疥痢等疾。
防风 川芎 当归 芍药 麻黄 连翘 蒲荷叶 大黄 芒硝（各五钱） 石膏 黄芩 桔
梗（各一两） 滑石（三两） 甘草（二两） 荆芥 白术 栀子（各二钱半）
上为末。每服二钱，水一大钟，生姜三片，煎六、七分，温服。《医统》方各五分，用
水二钟煎服。痰嗽加半夏；闭结加大黄二钱；破伤风加羌活、全蝎各五分。此方有四∶贾同
知方无芒硝；崔宣武方无芒硝，有缩砂；《疠疡机要》有白芷、蒺藜、鼠粘子、甘草。
双解散 方在痘疹。治痘疹表里俱实。
牛黄双解散 方在外科。治便痈热毒，大小便秘。
《局方》凉膈散 泻三焦六经诸火。
大黄 朴硝 甘草（各一钱） 连翘（一钱半） 栀子 黄芩 蒲荷（各五分）
水一钟半，加竹叶七片，煎八分，入蜜一匙，和匀服。
（东垣）凉膈散 方在痘疹。
解痘疹内热良方。
（陶氏）黄龙汤 治热邪传里，胃有燥粪结实，心下硬痛而下利纯清水，身热谵语发渴。
此非内寒而利，乃因汤药而利也，名曰积热利证，宜急下之。身有热者，宜用此汤；身无热
者，宜六一顺气汤。医家有不识此证者，便呼为漏底伤寒，即用热药止之者，是犹抱薪救火
也，误人多矣。
大黄 芒硝（老弱者去此） 浓朴 甘草 人参 当归
水一钟半，生姜三片，枣二枚，煎服。
《良方》黄龙汤 方在妇人。治妊妇感冒风寒，热入胞宫，寒热如疟。
（钱氏）黄龙汤 方在小儿。治小儿感冒发热，或寒热往来。
（子和）玉烛散 治血虚有滞，或妇人经候不通，腹胀作痛。此四物汤对调胃承气汤也。
当归 川芎 芍药 地黄 大黄 芒硝 甘草（各等分）
上 咀。水煎服。甚者倍用大黄。
四顺清凉饮子 治大人小儿血脉壅实，脏腑生热，面赤烦渴，睡卧不宁，大便秘结。
大黄 当归 芍药 甘草（各等分）
上 咀。水煎服。
《元戎》四物汤 治脏结秘涩。
当归 熟地黄 川芎 白芍药 大黄（煨） 桃仁（各等分）
上用水煎，或丸服亦可。
（仲景）抵当汤 治伤寒热在下焦，少腹硬满，其人发狂，小便自利，下血乃愈，以
太阳病瘀热在里也。
水蛭（三十条，熬） 虻虫（三十个，熬，去翅尾） 桃仁（二十个，去皮尖） 大黄（三两，酒浸）
上四味为末。以水五升，煮取三升。又，抵当丸，亦即此四味。
（仲景）十枣汤 治悬饮内痛。
芫花（醋拌经宿，炒微黑勿焦） 大戟（长流水煮半时，晒干） 甘遂（面裹煨，各等分）
上为细末。先以水一钟半，煮大枣十枚至八分，去枣纳药末，强人一钱，弱人五分，平
旦服之，不下更加五分，快下，徐以糜粥补之。
（洁古）三化汤 治中风外有六经之形证，先以续命汤主之；内有便溺之阻格，此方主之。
浓朴（姜制） 大黄 枳实 羌活（各等分）
上 咀。每服一两，水煎服。微利则止。
《选要》透膈汤 治脾胃不和，中脘气滞，胸膈满闷，噎塞不通，胁肋胀痛，痰涎呕逆，饮食不下。
木香 白豆蔻 砂仁 槟榔 枳壳（麸炒） 浓朴（姜汁炒） 半夏（制） 青皮 橘红 甘
草大黄 朴硝（各一钱）
水一钟半，姜三片，红枣一枚，煎八分，食远服。
《金匮》因陈蒿汤 治伤寒发黄，及谷疸。发热不食，大小便秘，或食即头眩，是为谷疸。
茵陈（九钱） 大黄（四钱半） 山栀（一钱半）
上作二服，每服水二钟，煎八分，食远温服。
《河间》芍药汤 下血调气。经曰∶溲而便脓血，气行而血止，行血则便自愈，调气则后重除。
芍药（一两） 当归 黄连（各五钱） 木香 甘草（炙） 槟榔（各二钱） 大黄（三钱） 官桂（一钱半）
黄芩（五钱）
上咀。每服半两，水二钟，煎一盏，食后温服。如血痢，则渐加大黄；如汗后脏毒，加
黄柏半两，根据前服。
愚按∶此汤乃河间之心方，然惟真有实热者可用，若假热假实者，误服则死。
枳实大黄汤 治湿滞香港脚。
羌活（钱半） 当归（一钱） 枳实（五分） 大黄（酒煨，三钱）
水一钟半，煎八分，食前空心温服，以利为度。
羌活导滞汤 治风湿实滞香港脚。
羌活 独活（各半两） 防己 当归（各三钱） 枳实（麸炒，二钱） 大黄（酒煨，一两）
上每服五、七钱，水一钟半，煎至七分，温服，量虚实加减，微利则已。
牛黄泻心汤 治心经实热，狂言妄语，神志不安。
牛黄（另研，一两） 冰片（另研，一分） 朱砂（另研，二钱） 大黄（生，一两）
上为细末，和匀。每服一、二钱，冷姜汤或蜜水调下。
《宣明》三棱散 治积聚、 瘕， 癖不散，坚满痞闷，食不下。
三棱 白术（炒，各二两） 蓬术 当归（各五钱） 木香 槟榔（各三钱）
上为末。每服三钱，沸汤调下。
三棱丸 治血 血瘕，食积痰滞。
莪术（醋浸炒） 三棱（各三两） 青皮 麦芽（炒） 半夏（各一两）
上共享好醋一钟，煮干焙为末，醋糊丸，桐子大。每服四十丸，淡醋汤下。痰积，姜汤下。
三圣膏 贴积聚 块。
锻石（十两） 官桂（半两，为末） 大黄（一两，绵纹者，为末）
上将锻石细筛过，炒红，急用好醋熬成膏，入大黄、官桂末搅匀，以瓷器收贮，用泊纸或
柿漆纸摊贴患处，火烘熨之。
《良方》桃仁煎 治血瘕。
桃仁 大黄（炒，各一两） 虻虫（半两，炒黑） 朴硝（一两）
上为末，以醇醋一钟，瓷器中煮三分，下前三味，不住手搅，煎至可丸，乃下朴硝，丸
如桐子大。不吃晚食，五更初温酒下五丸，日午下秽物，如未见，再服。仍以调气血药补之
。立齐曰∶向在毗陵，一妇人小便不通，脐腹胀甚。予诊之曰∶此血瘕也。用前药一服，腹
痛，下瘀血血水即愈。此药猛烈大峻，气血虚者，斟酌与之。
穿山甲散 治 痞瘀血，心腹作痛。
穿山甲（炒焦） 鳖甲（醋炙） 赤芍药 大黄（炒） 干漆（炒烟尽） 桂心（各一两） 川芎
芫花（醋炒） 归尾（各半两） 麝香（一钱）
上为末。每服一钱，酒调下。
（子和）禹功散 泻水之剂。
黑丑（头末，四两） 茴香（一两，炒） 或加木香（一两）
上为细末。以生姜自然汁调一、二钱，临卧服。
（子和）浚川散 治一切痰饮，十种水气。
甘遂（面裹煨） 芒硝（各二钱） 郁李仁（一钱） 大黄 牵牛末（各三钱）
上为末，滴水丸，桐子大。每服五十丸，温水下。
稀涎散 吐顽痰。
牙皂（炙，去皮弦，一钱） 藜芦（五分）
上为细末。每服五分或一、二钱，浆水调下。牙关不开者灌之。
大异香散 治积聚胀满。
三棱 蓬术 青皮 陈皮 枳壳（炒） 藿香 香附 半夏曲 桔梗 益智（各一钱半） 炙
甘草（五分）
上分二帖，水二钟，姜三片，枣一枚，煎七分。食远服。
《经验》流金膏 治一切火痰咳逆等证。
白石膏（微 研细） 大黄（锦纹者，捶碎，酒浸半日，蒸晒九次，各二两） 黄芩（酒洗）
橘红（各两半） 连翘 川芎 桔梗 贝母（各一两） 胆星 苏州薄荷 香附（各五钱）
上为极细末，炼蜜丸，弹子大。午后临卧细嚼一丸。忌酒面诸湿热物。按此方当去川芎
、桔梗，效必更速。
（子和）通经散 治妇人气逆血闭。
陈皮（去白） 当归（各一两） 甘遂（以面包勿令透水，煮百余滚，取出用冷水浸过，去面
焙干，一两）
上为细末。每服三钱，温汤调下，临卧服。
《外台》苦楝汤 治蛔虫。
苦楝根东引不出土者，刮去皮土，取内白皮二两，水三碗，煎一碗半，去 ，以晚
米三合煮糜粥。空心先以炙肉一片嚼之，引虫向上，次吃药粥一、二口，少顷又吃，渐渐加
至一碗，其虫下尽而愈。
《宣明》三花神佑丸 治一切沉积痰饮，变生诸病，或气血壅滞，湿热郁结，走注疼痛
，风痰胀满等证。子和神佑丸用黑丑一两，无轻粉。
黑丑（取头落末，二两） 大黄（一两） 芫花（醋浸炒） 大戟（醋浸炒） 甘遂（面裹煨，各五钱）
轻粉（一钱）
上为细末，滴水为丸，小豆大。初服五丸，每服加五丸，温水下，日三服，以快利为度
。欲速下者，宜八、九十丸或百余丸。凡痞满甚者，以痰涎壅盛，顿攻不开，则转加痛闷，
须渐进之，初服止三丸，每加二丸，至快利即止。
木香槟榔丸 杀下诸虫。
槟榔（一两） 木香 鹤虱 贯众 锡灰 干漆（烧烟尽） 使君子（各五钱） 轻粉（一钱） 雷丸
(Zhang Zhongjing) Da Cheng Qi Tang (Great Order the Qi Decoction): Treats Yangming disease and Taiyin cold damage, presenting with delirium, no bowel movement for five to six days, abdominal fullness, irritability, thirst, as well as Shaoyin disease with dry tongue and mouth, tidal fever, and a solid pulse. Liu Hejian added Licorice Root (Gancao), naming it San Yi Cheng Qi Tang (Three-One Order the Qi Decoction).
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 4 liang)
Cinnamon Twig Bark (Nongpo, 8 liang)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, 5 pieces)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao, 3 he)
Take one dou of water, first decoct Nongpo and Zhishi to obtain five sheng, remove dregs, add Dahuang, decoct to obtain two sheng, remove dregs, add Mangxiao, simmer gently for one or two boils. Divide into two warm doses; if bowel movement occurs, do not take the remainder.
(Zhang Zhongjing) Xiao Cheng Qi Tang (Small Order the Qi Decoction): Treats disease located in Taiyin, without exterior syndrome, presenting with tidal fever, delirious speech after sweating, abdominal distension, solid pulse, no bowel movement for six to seven days, and wheezing/fullness.
This is the aforementioned Da Cheng Qi Tang minus Mangxiao.
(Zhang Zhongjing) Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang (Regulate the Stomach Order the Qi Decoction): Treats Taiyang and Yangming diseases where there is no aversion to cold but rather aversion to heat, constipation, and tidal fever occurring around the Shen hour (3-5 PM). For Yangming disease, if one symptom is in the meridian, muscle-releasing should be used; if it has entered the fu organs, purgation should be used.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao)
Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 5 qian, following modern methods)
Each dose: 3-5 qian, one large cup of water, decoct to 70%, take warm.
(Zhang Zhongjing) Tao Ren Cheng Qi Tang (Peach Kernel Order the Qi Decoction): Treats blood retention in cold damage, with urgency in the lower abdomen, black stool that is obstructed.
Peach Kernel (Taoren, 12 pieces, skin and tip removed)
Official Cinnamon (Guangui)
Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 1 qian)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao, 3 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 0.5 liang or 1 liang, following modern methods)
Cut into pieces, prepare as one dose or divide into two. One large cup of water, decoct to 70%, take warm.
"Liang Fang" Tao Ren Cheng Qi Tang: Treats lower abdominal pain due to blood stasis, difficult defecation, or delirium with dry mouth, desire to rinse mouth without swallowing, generalized yellowing, free urination, or blood accumulation in the chest with hardness and fullness, tenderness below the heart, alternating chills and fever with coma, and mania-like behavior.
Peach Kernel (Taoren, 0.5 liang, skin and tip removed)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, stir-fried, 1 liang)
Licorice Root (Gancao, 2 qian)
Cinnamon Bark (Rougui, 1 qian)
Decoct with ginger and water, take at wugeng time (3-5 AM) on the day of onset.
Dang Gui Cheng Qi Tang: Treats dry-heat interior heat, fire depression causing disease, dry and rough skin, dry throat and nose, or constipation of stool and urine. This formula is generally suitable.
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang) (each 4 qian)
Licorice Root (Gancao)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao) (each 2 qian)
Cut into pieces. Decoct with ginger and take.
(Zhang Zhongjing) Da Chai Hu Tang (Great Bupleurum Decoction): Used when exterior symptoms persist and interior symptoms are urgent, requiring simultaneous sweating and purging.
Bupleurum Root (Chaihu, 0.5 jin)
Pinellia Tuber (Banxia, 0.5 sheng)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin)
Peony Root (Shaoyao) (each 3 liang)
Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang, 5 liang, sliced)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, 4 pieces)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 2 liang)
Jujube Fruit (Dazao, 12 pieces, torn)
Take the above seven ingredients, decoct in one dou two sheng of water to obtain six sheng, remove dregs and decoct again. Take one sheng warm, three times daily.
(Tao) Liu Yi Shun Qi Tang: A divine medicine replacing Da Cheng Qi Tang, Xiao Cheng Qi Tang, Da Chai Hu Tang, Da Xian Xiong Tang, etc. This decoction treats cold damage where heat pathogen transmits inward, resulting in hard stools, dry mouth and throat, fear of heat, delirium, uncovering clothes and running wildly, macules and jaundice with yang reversal, tidal fever and spontaneous sweating, chest and hypochondriac fullness and hardness, umbilical and abdominal pain, etc. Efficacy is too numerous to list.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin)
Cinnamon Twig Bark (Nongpo)
Bupleurum Root (Chaihu)
Licorice Root (Gancao)
Peony Root (Shaoyao)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao)
Decoct in water. For stronger effect, add Dahuang later. For cold damage that has passed through meridians, elderly/weak individuals, those with both qi and blood deficiency, postpartum women, those with indications for purging, those whose condition persists after purging, or where exterior symptoms remain but interior urgency requires purging, use this decoction minus Mangxiao for safety. This is because Mangxiao's nature is harsh and rapid. The classics state: Which transforming drug is tightest? That containing Mangxiao. Modern mediocre physicians indiscriminately use Dahuang and Mangxiao to purge without distinguishing between urgent purging, slight administration, or mild stomach harmonization, leading to many wrongful deaths. Zhang Zhongjing said: To cleanse cold damage heat accumulation, only liquid decoctions should be used; pills are strictly prohibited. This must be known.
(Zhang Zhongjing) Da Xian Xiong Tang (Great Sinking into the Chest Decoction): Treats major Jie Xiong (chest binding) where the area cannot be touched.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 4 qian)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao, 3 qian)
Kansui Root Powder (Gansui Mo, 2 fen, following modern dosage)
Use one and a half zhong of water, first decoct Dahuang to one zhong, add Mangxiao, boil one or two times, remove dregs, add Gansui powder, mix well and take. Stop when bowel movement occurs. This medicine is extremely harsh; use only when absolutely necessary. The original formula uses Dahuang 6 liang, Mangxiao 1 sheng, Gansui powder 1 qian, water 6 sheng, decoct to 2 sheng as before, divide into two doses. If rapid purging occurs, stop subsequent doses.
Xiao Xian Xiong Tang (Small Sinking into the Chest Decoction): Formula found in "Han Zhen" (Cold Syndrome Section).
Treats minor Jie Xiong, located exactly at the epigastrium, painful upon pressure, with floating and slippery pulse.
(Hejian) Dahuang Tang (Rhubizon Rhizome Decoction): Treats dysentery with excess damp-heat pathogen, thick and sticky pus and blood, tenesmus, occurring day and night without limit.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 1 liang)
Finely chop, soak in two large cups of good wine for half a day. Decoct to one and a half cups, remove Dahuang, divide into two doses, take all at once. If dysentery stops, stop medication; if not, take again. Use smooth bowel movement as the limit. Then take Shaoyao Tang to harmonize. After dysentery stops, take Huangqin Tang to harmonize and eliminate toxicity.
"Surgical Texts" Dahuang Tang: Formula found in Surgical Texts.
Treats intestinal abscess with hard and swollen lower abdomen.
"Jin Gui" Dahuang Gancao Tang (Rhubizon Rhizome and Licorice Root Decoction): Treats vomiting immediately after eating. Note: This decoction is only applicable when the lower jiao is distended and solid, with constipation and obstruction causing food rejection. If vomiting after eating is due to stomach deficiency, this is highly inappropriate; users must not mistake this.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 4 liang)
Licorice Root (Gancao, 1 liang)
Take these two ingredients, decoct in three sheng of water to obtain one sheng, divide into two warm doses.
"Jin Gui" Dahuang Xiaoshi Tang (Rhubizon Rhizome and Nitre Decoction): Treats jaundice with abdominal fullness, difficult and red urination, spontaneous sweating, where the exterior is harmonious and the interior is solid.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai)
Nitre (Xiaoshi) (each 4 liang)
Garden Balsam Seed (Zhizi, 15 pieces)
Take these four ingredients, decoct in six sheng of water to obtain two sheng, remove dregs, add Xiaoshi, decoct to obtain one sheng, take all at once.
"Jin Gui" Zhizi Dahuang Tang (Garden Balsam Seed and Rhubizon Rhizome Decoction): Treats wine jaundice with internal restlessness (Ao Nu) or hot pain.
Garden Balsam Seed (Zhizi, 14 pieces)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 1 liang)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, 5 pieces)
Fermented Soybean (Chi, 1 sheng)
Take six sheng of water, decoct to obtain two sheng, divide into three warm doses.
(Hejian) Fangfeng Tongsheng San (Saposhnikovia Releasing the Exterior Powder): Treats various wind syndromes with tidal convulsions, limb spasms, pediatric acute convulsion with constipation, sudden severe evil heat, muscle twitching, and all wind-heat sores and dysentery.
Saposhnikovia Root (Fangfeng)
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Peony Root (Shaoyao)
Ephedra Stem (Mahuang)
Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao)
Lotus Leaf (Puye)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao) (each 5 qian)
Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin)
Platycodon Root (Jiegeng) (each 1 liang)
Talcum (Huashi, 3 liang)
Licorice Root (Gancao, 2 liang)
Schizonepeta Spike (Jingjie)
Atractylodes Rhizome (Baizhu)
Garden Balsam Seed (Zhizi) (each 2.5 qian)
Grind into powder. Each dose: 2 qian, one large cup of water, three slices of ginger, decoct to 60-70%, take warm. "Yi Tong" formula: each ingredient 5 fen, decoct in two cups of water. Add Pinellia for phlegm cough; add 2 qian Dahuang for constipation; add Qianghuo and Quanxie (5 fen each) for broken-skin wind. There are four versions of this formula: Jia Tongzhi version lacks Mangxiao; Cui Xuanwu version lacks Mangxiao but contains Amomum Fruit (Suosha); "Li Yang Ji Yao" contains Angelica Dahurica Root (Baizhi), Tribulus Fruit (Jili), Burdock Fruit (Niubangzi), and Licorice Root (Gancao).
Shuang Jie San (Double Release Powder): Formula found in Smallpox Section. Treats smallpox with both exterior and interior excess.
Niuhuang Shuang Jie San (Calculus Bovis Double Release Powder): Formula found in Surgical Texts. Treats perineal abscess with heat-toxin, constipation of stool and urine.
"Ju Fang" Liang Ge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder): Clears fire from the Triple Burner and Six Meridians.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Puxiao)
Licorice Root (Gancao) (each 1 qian)
Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao, 1.5 qian)
Garden Balsam Seed (Zhizi)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin)
Lotus Leaf (Puhe) (each 5 fen)
One and a half zhong of water, add seven leaves of Bamboo Leaves (Zhuye), decoct to 80%, add one spoonful of honey, mix well and take.
(Dongyuan) Liang Ge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder): Formula found in Smallpox Section.
An excellent formula for clearing internal heat in smallpox.
(Tao) Huang Long Tang (Yellow Dragon Decoction): Treats heat pathogen transmitting inward, dry feces hardened in the stomach, epigastric hardness and pain with diarrhea of pure clear water, body heat, delirium, and thirst.
This is not diarrhea due to interior cold, but diarrhea caused by the decoction itself, named "Accumulated Heat Diarrhea Syndrome." Urgent purging is indicated. For those with body heat, use this decoction; for those without body heat, use Liu Yi Shun Qi Tang. Physicians who do not recognize this syndrome call it "Leaking Bottom Cold Damage" and use hot medicines to stop diarrhea, which is like carrying firewood to save a fire, misleading many.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao) (omit for elderly/weak)
Cinnamon Twig Bark (Nongpo)
Licorice Root (Gancao)
Codonopsis Root (Renshen)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
One and a half zhong of water, three slices of ginger, two jujubes, decoct and take.
"Liang Fang" Huang Long Tang: Formula found in Women's Section. Treats pregnant women with cold damage, heat entering the uterus, alternating chills and fever resembling malaria.
(Qian) Huang Long Tang: Formula found in Pediatrics. Treats pediatric cold damage with fever, or alternating chills and fever.
(Heizi) Yu Zhu San (Jade Candle Powder): Treats blood deficiency with stagnation, or amenorrhea in women with abdominal distension and pain. This is Si Wu Tang combined with Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang.
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Peony Root (Shaoyao)
Rehmannia Root (Dihuang)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao)
Licorice Root (Gancao) (equal parts)
Cut into pieces. Decoct in water and take. For severe cases, double the Dahuang.
Si Shun Qing Liang Yin Zi (Four Smooth Clearing Cooling Decoction): Treats adults and children with congested blood vessels, internal organ heat, red face, irritability and thirst, restless sleep, and constipation.
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Peony Root (Shaoyao)
Licorice Root (Gancao) (equal parts)
Cut into pieces. Decoct in water and take.
"Yuan Rong" Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction): Treats zang organ binding with constipation.
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Dihuang)
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
White Peony Root (Baishaoyao)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, roasted)
Peach Kernel (Taoren) (equal parts)
Decoct in water, or make into pills.
(Zhongjing) Di Dang Tang (Resist the Stronghold Decoction): Treats cold damage with heat in the lower jiao, hardness and fullness of the lower abdomen, mania, free urination, healing after bleeding, due to sun-yang disease with blood-heat retained internally.
Leech (Shuizhi, 30 pieces, roasted)
Dragonfly Larva (Mengchong, 30 pieces, roasted, wings and tails removed)
Peach Kernel (Taoren, 20 pieces, skin and tip removed)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 3 liang, soaked in wine)
Grind the above four ingredients into powder. Decoct in five sheng of water to obtain three sheng. Additionally, Di Dang Wan (Pill) consists of these same four ingredients.
(Zhongjing) Shi Zao Tang (Ten Jujube Decoction): Treats hanging fluid (Xuan Yin) with internal pain.
Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, mixed with vinegar overnight, stir-fried until slightly black but not burnt)
Kansui Root (Daji, boiled in flowing water for half an hour, dried)
Kansui Root (Gansui, wrapped in flour and roasted, equal parts)
Grind into fine powder. First, decoct ten jujubes in one and a half zhong of water to 80%, remove jujubes, add medicine powder. Strong persons take 1 qian, weak persons take 5 fen, take at dawn. If no effect, add 5 fen. Upon rapid purging, slowly replenish with millet porridge.
(Jiegu) San Hua Tang (Three Transformations Decoction): Treats stroke with exterior six-meridian symptoms, initially treated with Xu Ming Tang; for internal obstruction of stool and urine, this formula is used.
Cinnamon Twig Bark (Nongpo, ginger-processed)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi)
Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) (equal parts)
Cut into pieces. Each dose: 1 liang, decoct in water and take. Stop if mild laxative effect occurs.
"Xuan Yao" Tou Ge Tang (Penetrate the Diaphragm Decoction): Treats spleen-stomach disharmony, middle jiao qi stagnation, chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, choking and obstruction, hypochondriac distension and pain, phlegm-saliva retching, inability to eat.
Costus Root (Muxiang)
Cardamom Seed (Baidoukou)
Amomum Fruit (Sharen)
Areca Seed (Binglang)
Bitter Orange Peel (Zhike, bran-fried)
Cinnamon Twig Bark (Nongpo, ginger juice-fried)
Pinellia Tuber (Banxia, processed)
Green Tangerina Peel (Qingpi)
Tangerina Peel (Juhong)
Licorice Root (Gancao)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Mirabilite (Puxiao) (each 1 qian)
One and a half zhong of water, three slices of ginger, one red jujube, decoct to 80%, take far from meals.
"Jin Gui" Yin Chen Hao Tang (Artemisia Capillaris Decoction): Treats cold damage with yellowing, and grain jaundice. Fever, anorexia, constipation of stool and urine, or dizziness after eating, known as grain jaundice.
Artemisia Capillaris Herb (Yinchen, 9 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 4.5 qian)
Garden Balsam Seed (Shanzhi, 1.5 qian)
Divide into two doses. Each dose: two zhong of water, decoct to 80%, take warm far from meals.
"Hejian" Shaoyao Tang (Peony Decoction): Stops bleeding and regulates qi. The classics say: Urinating pus and blood, qi moves and blood stops; moving blood heals the bowel, regulating qi removes tenesmus.
Peony Root (Shaoyao, 1 liang)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui)
Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) (each 5 qian)
Costus Root (Muxiang)
Licorice Root (Gancao, roasted)
Areca Seed (Binglang) (each 2 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 3 qian)
Official Cinnamon (Guangui, 1.5 qian)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin, 5 qian)
Cut into pieces. Each dose: 0.5 liang, two zhong of water, decoct to one cup, take warm after meals. For bloody dysentery, gradually increase Dahuang; for post-sweating visceral toxin, add Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) 0.5 liang, follow previous method.
Note: This is Hejian's core formula, usable only for true excess-heat. False-heat/false-excess patients will die if taken mistakenly.
Zhishi Dahuang Tang (Immature Bitter Orange and Rhubizon Rhizome Decoction): Treats dampness stagnation in Hong Kong Foot (gouty arthritis).
Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo, 1.5 qian)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui, 1 qian)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, 5 fen)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, wine-roasted, 3 qian)
One and a half zhong of water, decoct to 80%, take warm on an empty stomach before meals, using smooth bowel movement as the limit.
Qianghuo Dao Zhi Tang (Notopterygium Guiding Stagnation Decoction): Treats wind-dampness excess stagnation in Hong Kong Foot.
Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo)
Angelica Pubescens Root (Duhuo) (each 0.5 liang)
Stephania Root (Fangji)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (each 3 qian)
Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, bran-fried, 2 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, wine-roasted, 1 liang)
Each dose: 5-7 qian, one and a half zhong of water, decoct to 70%, take warm, adjust based on deficiency/excess, stop if mild laxative effect occurs.
Niuhuang Xiexin Tang (Calculus Bovis Draining Heart Decoction): Treats heart meridian excess-heat, delirious speech, mental unrest.
Calculus Bovis (Niuhuang, separately ground, 1 liang)
Borneol (Bingpian, separately ground, 1 fen)
Cinnabar (Zhusha, separately ground, 2 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, raw, 1 liang)
Grind into fine powder, mix well. Each dose: 1-2 qian, take with cold ginger water or honey water.
"Xuan Ming" San Leng San (Curcuma Zedoaria Powder): Treats accumulations, masses,癖 (fixed lumps), hardness, fullness, oppression, inability to eat.
Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome (Sanleng)
Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu, roasted) (each 2 liang)
Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome (Pengru)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (each 5 qian)
Costus Root (Muxiang)
Areca Seed (Binglang) (each 3 qian)
Grind into powder. Each dose: 3 qian, take with boiling water.
San Leng Wan (Curcuma Zedoaria Pill): Treats blood stasis and blood masses, food accumulation, phlegm stagnation.
Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome (Ezhu, vinegar-soaked and fried)
Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome (Sanleng) (each 3 liang)
Green Tangerina Peel (Qingpi)
Malt (Maiya, roasted)
Pinellia Tuber (Banxia) (each 1 liang)
Boil in one zhong of good vinegar until dry, roast into powder, make pills with vinegar paste, size of paulownia seeds. Each dose: 40 pills, take with light vinegar water. For phlegm accumulation, take with ginger water.
San Sheng Gao (Three Saints Paste): Apply to accumulation masses.
Calcined Alum (Duanshi, 10 liang)
Official Cinnamon (Guangui, 0.5 liang, powdered)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 1 liang, cotton-patterned, powdered)
Sift Duanshi finely, stir-fry until red, quickly add good vinegar to boil into paste, add Dahuang and Guangui powders, mix well, store in porcelain. Spread on paper or persimmon lacquer paper, apply to affected area, warm with fire.
"Liang Fang" Tao Ren Jian (Peach Kernel Decoction): Treats blood masses.
Peach Kernel (Taoren)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, stir-fried) (each 1 liang)
Dragonfly Larva (Mengchong, 0.5 liang, stir-fried black)
Mirabilite (Puxiao, 1 liang)
Grind into powder, boil one zhong of strong vinegar in porcelain for 30 minutes, add the first three ingredients, stir constantly, decoct until pillable, then add Puxiao, make pills size of paulownia seeds. Skip dinner, take five pills with warm wine at wugeng time (3-5 AM), expect foul matter at noon. If not seen, take again. Then supplement with qi-blood regulating medicines. Liqi said: Previously in Piling, a woman had urinary retention with severe umbilical and abdominal distension. I diagnosed it as blood mass. One dose of the above medicine caused abdominal pain, passage of stasis and blood-water, and she recovered. This medicine is fierce and harsh; use cautiously in qi-blood deficient persons.
Chuanshanjia San (Pangolin Scale Powder): Treats fixed masses and blood stasis, heart and abdominal pain.
Pangolin Scale (Chuanshanjia, stir-fried until charred)
Softshell Turtle Shell (Biejia, vinegar-roasted)
Red Peony Root (Chishaoyao)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, stir-fried)
Dry Resin (Ganxi, stir-fried until smoke ceases)
Cinnamon Heart (Guixin) (each 1 liang)
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, vinegar-fried)
Angelica Sinensis Root Tail (Guiwei) (each 0.5 liang)
Musk (Shexiang, 1 qian)
Grind into powder. Each dose: 1 qian, take with wine.
(Heizi) Yu Gong San (Yu Gong Powder): A water-draining agent.
Black Morning Glory Seed (Heiqiu, head powder, 4 liang)
Fennel Seed (Huixiang, 1 liang, roasted)
Or add Costus Root (Muxiang, 1 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Mix one or two qian with fresh ginger juice, take before bed.
(Heizi) Jun Chuan San (Jun Chuan Powder): Treats all phlegm-fluids and ten types of water qi.
Kansui Root (Gansui, flour-wrapped and roasted)
Mirabilite (Mangxiao) (each 2 qian)
Cherry Plum Seed (Yuliren, 1 qian)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang)
Pharbitis Seed Powder (Qianni Mo) (each 3 qian)
Grind into powder, make pills with drops of water, size of paulownia seeds. Each dose: 50 pills, take with warm water.
Xi Xian San (Thin Saliva Powder): Vomits stubborn phlegm.
Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Yazao, roasted, skin and strings removed, 1 qian)
Veratrum Rhizome (Lilu, 5 fen)
Grind into fine powder. Each dose: 5 fen or 1-2 qian, take with sour rice water. Infuse if jaw is locked.
Da Yi Xiang San (Great Rare Fragrance Powder): Treats accumulation and distension.
Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome (Sanleng)
Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome (Pengru)
Green Tangerina Peel (Qingpi)
Tangerina Peel (Chenpi)
Bitter Orange Peel (Zhike, stir-fried)
Agastache Herb (Huoxiang)
Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfu)
Fermented Pinellia (Banxia Qu)
Platycodon Root (Jiegeng)
Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yizhi) (each 1.5 qian)
Roasted Licorice Root (Zhi Gancao, 5 fen)
Divide into two portions, two zhong of water, three slices of ginger, one jujube, decoct to 70%. Take far from meals.
"Jing Yan" Liu Jin Gao (Flowing Gold Paste): Treats all fire-phlegm cough and counterflow.
White Gypsum Fibrosum (Baishigao, lightly ground fine)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, brocade-pattern, crushed, wine-soaked half day, steamed and dried nine times)
Scutellaria Root (Huangqin, wine-washed)
Tangerina Peel (Juhong) (each 2.5 liang)
Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao)
Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong)
Platycodon Root (Jiegeng)
Fritillaria Bulb (Beimu) (each 1 liang)
Star Anise Phlegm (Danning)
Suzhou Mint (Suzhou Bohe)
Cyperus Rhizome (Xiangfu) (each 5 qian)
Grind into very fine powder, make pills with refined honey, size of bullet. Chew one pill finely before bed in the afternoon. Avoid alcohol, noodles, and other damp-heat inducing foods. Note: Remove Chuanxiong and Jiegeng from this formula for faster efficacy.
(Heizi) Tong Jing San (Unblocking Meridians Powder): Treats women with qi counterflow and blood closure.
Tangerina Peel (Chenpi, pith removed)
Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui) (each 1 liang)
Kansui Root (Gansui, wrapped in flour preventing water penetration, boiled over hundred times, removed, soaked in cold water, flour removed, roasted dry, 1 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Each dose: 3 qian, take with warm water, before bed.
"Wai Tai" Kulian Tang (Melia Decoction): Treats roundworms.
Melia Radix (Kulian Gen) growing eastward and not emerging from soil, scrape off bark and soil, take inner white bark 2 liang, three bowls of water, decoct to one and a half bowls, remove dregs, cook three he of evening rice into porridge. On empty stomach, chew a slice of roasted meat first to draw worms upward, then take one or two mouthfuls of medicine porridge, eat again shortly, gradually increasing to one bowl, until worms pass completely and cure is achieved.
"Xuan Ming" San Hua Shen You Wan (Three Flowers Divine Protection Pill): Treats all sedimentary phlegm-fluids, transformed diseases, qi-blood congestion, damp-heat depression, wandering pain, wind-phlegm distension, etc. Heizi's Shen You Wan uses 1 liang Heiqiu, no Qingfen.
Black Morning Glory Seed (Heiqiu, head powder, 2 liang)
Rhubizon Rhizome (Dahuang, 1 liang)
Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, vinegar-soaked and fried)
Kansui Root (Daji, vinegar-soaked and fried)
Kansui Root (Gansui, flour-wrapped and roasted) (each 5 qian)
Calomelas (Qingfen, 1 qian)
Grind into powder, make pills with drops of water, size of mung bean. Initial dose: 5 pills, increase by 5 pills per dose, take with warm water, three times daily, until rapid purging. For faster purging, 80-90 pills or over 100 pills. For severe fullness with excessive phlegm-saliva, sudden attack may cause increased pain/oppression; advance gradually. Initial dose 3 pills, increase by 2 pills, stop at rapid purging.
Mu Xiang Binglang Wan (Costus and Areca Seed Pill): Kills lower body parasites.
Areca Seed (Binglang, 1 liang)
Costus Root (Muxiang)
Nemesis Fruit (Heshi)
Chinese Holly Root (Guanzhong)
Tin Ash (Xihui)
Dry Resin (Ganxi, burned until smoke ceases)
Quisqualis Fruit (Shijunzi) (each 5 qian)
Calomelas (Qingfen, 1 qian)
Wormseed Melon Seed (Leiwang)