老少火丹（黄芩二十八，验方二。）
五色丹毒（苎根九十二，验方七。）
火丹赤肿（大黄一百二十八，验方三。）
赤游风丹（五味一百五十八，验方一。）
赤游丹毒（麻仁一百九十六，验方十七。）
丹毒如火（小豆二百零九，验方二十二。）
丹毒如火（马苋二百三十二，主治。）
赤从背起（柳枝三百零七，验方九。）
五色游丹（败蒲三百四十四，验方一。）
丹毒（猪肉三百九十二，验方七。）
一切丹毒（蚯蚓三百六十五，验方一。）
丹毒火热（锻石四百四十，验方十八。）
丹毒火热（芒硝四百五十四，验方三。）
诸疔初起俱用雄黄散（雄黄四百三十三。）
内服俱用蟾酥丸（蟾酥三百六十三，诸方一。）
蛇头疔起 紫硬痛（蟾酥三百六十三，诸方一。）
天蛇无 肿红痛（雄黄四百三十三，验方十八。）
蛇眼疔生指甲旁
蛇背疔生甲根后
蛇节中节绕指肿痛
蛇腹中节前面肿
泥鳅一指通肿痛
诸毒溃后俱用琥珀膏（银朱四百三十二，诸方一。）
蜣螂蛀漫肿不红痛生指节（胆矾四百五十九，诸方一。）
去赤皮切用。蜜炙补中，生用泻火。苦参、干漆为使，恶远志，反大戟、芫花、
甘遂、海藻。大而紧结者良。
味甘，气平，性缓，无毒。入脾胃二经。和诸药，解百毒；养育二土，培植中州。上行
宜
头，下行宜梢。生用泻火热，熟用散表寒。咽喉肿痛，一切疮疡，并宜生用。
生河西山谷积沙山及上郡。枝叶如槐状，结角如相思子。二八月采根。
满家忌之，呕家无用。（按仲景治满家诸症，俱用之，是满家不忌甘草也。）
甘草梢治胸中积热，止茎中疼痛。
阴头生疮，蜜炙频敷。（验方第一。）
代指肿痛，煎汤渍之。（第二。）
阴下湿痒，煎汤常洗。（第三。）
痘疮烦渴，蜜炙，同花粉煎服。（第四。）
一切痈疽，热酒冲，不常服。（第五。）
舌肿塞口，煎汤热漱，频吐。（第六。）
痈疽发背，熬膏服之。（第七。）
口疮发白，同白矾嚼咽。（第八）。
乳痈初起，蜜炙煎服。（第九。）
大人羸瘦，小便煎服。（第十。）
小儿尿血，水煎服。（十一。）
小儿羸瘦，蜜丸黍米大，每汤下二十丸。（十二。）
一切咽痛，水煎服。（十四。）
肺痿多涎，同干姜煎服。（十五。）
小儿热嗽，胆汁浸，蜜丸，薄荷汤下。（十六。）
肺痿久嗽，涕唾多，骨节烦闷，寒热，炙末、小便调服。（十七。）
下疳溃烂，同黑豆、槐枝、葱根水煎洗之。（十八。）
代指溃烂，同琥珀、血余、轻粉、银朱、花椒、黄蜡、麻油熬膏敷之。（二十。）
复脉汤 炙草 桂枝 人参 生地 阿胶 麻仁 生姜 大枣 麦冬
酒水煎服。治脉结代，心动悸者。（诸方第一。）
泻心汤 炙草 大枣 半夏 黄连 黄芩 生姜
治心下痞硬，呕烦，雷鸣下利。（第二。）
四逆汤 炙草 干姜 附子
治脉沉腹胀，自利不渴者。膈上有寒饮，干呕者。外热内寒，内拘急，四肢痛，厥利者。
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第三。）
通脉四逆汤 炙草 干姜 附子
治下利清谷、厥逆脉欲绝者。下利清谷，外热内寒，汗出而厥者。（第四。）
四逆散 炙草 枳实 柴胡 白芍
末服。治泄利下重，四逆，或咳或悸，或癃或腹中痛者。（第五。）
甘草干姜汤 炙草 干姜
治烦躁吐逆厥冷。（第六。）
甘草附子汤 炙草 白术 附子
治骨节烦痛，汗出短气，小便不利，恶风不欲去衣，或身微肿者。（第七。）
甘草麻黄汤 甘草 麻黄
治皮水一身面目黄肿，小水不利者。（第八。）
调胃承气汤 炙草 大黄 芒硝
治发汗不解，蒸蒸发热者。（第九。）
甘草汤 生甘草
治少阴咽痛。（第十。）
甘草蜜粉汤 甘草 官粉
蜜水煎后入粉。治蛔虫为病，吐涎，心痛发作有时。（十一。）
甘麦大枣汤 甘草（二钱） 大枣（七个） 小麦（一把）
治脏躁悲哭。（十二。）
奔豚汤 甘草 半夏 生姜 白芍 当归 川芎 黄芩 葛根 李根白皮
治奔豚上冲胸腹，往来寒热。（十三。）
All ages suitable for treating Huodan (Huangqin, 28; Verified Formula 2.)
Five-color Dandu (Zhu Gen, 92; Verified Formula 7.)
Huodan redness and swelling (Dahuang, 128; Verified Formula 3.)
Chiyou Fengdan (Wuweizi, 158; Verified Formula 1.)
Chiyou Dandu (Maren, 196; Verified Formula 17.)
Dandu like fire (Chixiaodou, 209; Verified Formula 22.)
Dandu like fire (Maxian, 232; Main indication.)
Redness starting from the back (Liuzhi, 307; Verified Formula 9.)
Five-color Youdan (Baipu, 344; Verified Formula 1.)
Dandu (Zhurou, 392; Verified Formula 7.)
All kinds of Dandu (Qiuyin, 365; Verified Formula 1.)
Dandu with heat and fire (Duanshi, 440; Verified Formula 18.)
Dandu with heat and fire (Mangxiao, 454; Verified Formula 3.)
All types of Ding (furuncle) in early stage should use Xionghuang San (Xionghuang, 433.)
Internal administration should all use Chansu Wan (Chansu, 363; Various Formulas 1.)
She Tou Ding (Snake Head Ding) onset: purple, hard, painful (Chansu, 363; Various Formulas 1.)
Tian She Tou (Heaven Snake Head) without fixed shape: swollen, red, painful (Xionghuang, 433; Verified Formula 18.)
She Yan Ding (Snake Eye Ding) grows beside the nail
She Bei Ding (Snake Back Ding) grows behind the nail root
She Jie Ding (Snake Joint Ding) surrounds the middle joint of the finger with swelling and pain
She Fu Ding (Snake Belly Ding) swells on the front of the middle joint
Ni Qiu Ding (Loach Ding) causes swelling and pain throughout one finger
After all toxic sores ulcerate, Hupo Gao (Amber Ointment) should be used (Yinzhu, 432; Various Formulas 1.)
Danlang Zhu (Beetle Bore) causing diffuse swelling without redness or pain at the finger joint (Danfan, 459; Various Formulas 1.)
Remove the red skin and slice. Honey-fried to tonify the Middle Jiao (Middle Burner/Spleen-Stomach system); raw to purge fire. Kushen (Sophora Root) and Ganxi (Dry Lacquer) are auxiliaries; it is antagonistic to Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), and incompatible with Daji (Euphorbia Pekinensis), Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower), Gansui (Kansui Root), and Haizao (Sargassum). Large and tightly knotted roots are of good quality.
Taste is sweet, nature is neutral, action is mild, non-toxic. Enters the Spleen and Stomach meridians. Harmonizes various herbs, resolves hundred toxins; nourishes Earth elements, cultivates the Central Region (Middle Jiao). Upward direction favors the tip; downward direction favors the tip. Raw purges heat and fire; cooked disperses exterior cold. For sore throat and swelling, and all sores/ulcers, raw usage is appropriate.
Grows in He Xi valleys, Ji Sha Mountain, and Shang Jun. Branches and leaves resemble locust tree; pods resemble acacia seeds. Roots harvested in the second and eighth lunar months.
Manchu people avoid it; those vomiting find it useless. (Note: Zhang Zhongjing treated Manchu-related syndromes using it, indicating Manchu people do not avoid Licorice.)
Licorice tip treats accumulated heat in the chest, stops urethral pain.
Sores on the glans penis: apply honey-fried frequently. (Verified Formula First.)
Daizhi (Paronychia) swelling and pain: soak in decoction. (Second.)
Scrotal dampness and itching: wash regularly with decoction. (Third.)
Smallpox with irritability and thirst: honey-fried, decocted with Huafen (Trichosanthes Root). (Fourth.)
All carbuncles and ulcers: taken with hot wine, do not take frequently. (Fifth.)
Swollen tongue blocking mouth: rinse with hot decoction, spit out frequently. (Sixth.)
Back carbuncle: decoct into paste and take. (Seventh.)
Oral ulcers turning white: chew and swallow with Bai Fan (Alumen). (Eighth.)
Breast abscess in early stage: honey-fried and decocted. (Ninth.)
Emaciated adults: decocted with urine. (Tenth.)
Children with hematuria: decocted with water. (Eleventh.)
Emaciated children: honey-pilled size of millet grains, twenty pills per dose with soup. (Twelfth.)
All sore throats: decocted with water. (Fourteenth.)
Fei Fei (Lung Withering) with excessive saliva: decocted with Ganjiang (Dried Ginger). (Fifteenth.)
Children's hot cough: soaked in bile, honey-pilled, taken with Bohe Tang (Mint Decoction). (Sixteenth.)
Chronic cough due to Lung Withering, excessive sputum, bone/joint restlessness, alternating chills and fever: powdered after frying, mixed with urine for administration. (Seventeenth.)
Chancre ulceration: wash with decoction of Heidou (Black Soybean), Huaizhi (Locust Twig), Conggen (Scallion Root). (Eighteenth.)
Ulcerated Daizhi: make ointment with Hupo (Amber), Xueyu (Burnt Hair), Qingfen (Calomel), Yinzhu (Cinnabar), Huajiao (Sichuan Pepper), Huangla (Yellow Beeswax), Mayou (Sesame Oil), and apply. (Twentieth.)
Fumai Tang (Pulse Restoring Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Renshen (Ginseng), Shengdi (Rehmannia Root), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Maren (Hemp Seed), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Dazao (Jujube), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber).
Decoct with wine and water. Treats irregular pulse (Jiedai Mai) and palpitations. (Various Formulas First.)
Xiexin Tang (Drain Heart Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Dazao (Jujube), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger).
Treats epigastric fullness and hardness, vomiting and irritability, borborygmus and diarrhea. (Second.)
Sini Tang (Reverse Cold Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root).
Treats deep pulse, abdominal distension, spontaneous diarrhea without thirst. Cold-fluid retention above diaphragm with dry retching. Exterior heat with interior cold, interior cramping, limb pain, cold extremities with diarrhea. (Third.)
Tongmai Sini Tang (Pulse-Connecting Reverse Cold Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root).
Treats diarrhea with undigested food, cold extremities with faint pulse. Diarrhea with undigested food, exterior heat with interior cold, sweating with cold extremities. (Fourth.)
Sini San (Reverse Cold Powder): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Baishao (White Peony Root).
Take as powder. Treats heavy sensation during dysentery/diarrhea, cold extremities, or cough, palpitations, urinary difficulty, or abdominal pain. (Fifth.)
Gancao Ganjiang Tang (Licorice and Dried Ginger Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger).
Treats irritability, vomiting, reversal, and cold limbs. (Sixth.)
Gancao Fuzi Tang (Licorice and Aconite Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root).
Treats painful joints, sweating with shortness of breath, difficult urination, aversion to wind preferring to keep clothes on, or slight body swelling. (Seventh.)
Gancao Mahuang Tang (Licorice and Ephedra Decoction): Gancao (Licorice), Mahuang (Ephedra Herb).
Treats Pi Shui (Skin Water Edema) with yellowish swelling of face and body, difficult urination. (Eighth.)
Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Regulate Stomach and Purge Qi Decoction): Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root), Mangxiao (Mirabilite).
Treats persistent condition after sweating, steaming fever. (Ninth.)
Gancao Tang (Licorice Decoction): Sheng Gancao (Raw Licorice).
Treats Shaoyin sore throat. (Tenth.)
Gancao Mifen Tang (Licorice and Flour Paste Decoction): Gancao (Licorice), Guanfen (Refined Starch).
Decoct with honey-water, add flour paste. Treats ascariasis with salivation, intermittent heart pain. (Eleventh.)
Ganmai Dazao Tang (Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Decoction): Gancao (Licorice, 2 qian), Dazao (Jujube, 7 pieces), Xiaomai (Wheat, 1 handful).
Treats Zang Zao (Visceral Agitation) with sadness and crying. (Twelfth.)
Ben Tun Tang (Running Piglet Decoction): Gancao (Licorice), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Baishao (White Peony Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Gegen (Pueraria Root), Li Gen Baipi (Li Root Bark).
Treats Ben Tun (Running Piglet Syndrome) rushing up to chest and abdomen, alternating chills and fever. (Thirteenth.)