酸,温,涩。无毒。入脾、肺、肝、肾。止转筋而平霍乱,退香港脚而消水肿,除呕泻而
却冷
气,治胀痛而强筋骨。助腰肾脚膝之无力,去湿痹烦痞之有余。
处处有之。
香港脚急痛,炙木瓜踏之。(验方第一。)
脚筋挛急,酒水煮烂,捣贴之,冷再易。(第二。)
脐下绞痛,同桑叶、大枣煎服。(第三。)
霍乱转筋,煎服、酒水皆可。(第四。)
霍乱腹痛,同桑叶、大枣煎服。(第五。)
虎骨丸 木瓜(一斤) 天麻(一斤) 苁蓉(一斤) 牛膝(一斤) 附子(一
两) 虎骨(一两)
酒丸豆大。每五十丸,盐汤下。治两脚痿废不行。(诸方第一。)
酸,甘,无毒。健胃补脾,消食活血。除血块气块,滞血痛胀,解食积肉积,痰饮痞满。
洗
头身之疮痒,解产后之儿枕,止小肠之疝痛,发小儿之痘疹。却水痢而疗吞酸,浴漆疮而治
腰痛。
产后儿枕痛,恶露不尽也。同糖服之立效。(验方第一。)
偏坠,同茴香丸服。(第二。)
痘疹不快,水煎服,立出红活。(第三。)
痘疹干黑,为末酒下,紫草汤煎。(第四。)
食肉不化,四两煮食,煎饮汁。(第五。)
肠风下血,寒热攻补诸药不效,为末,艾叶汤下。(第六。)
泻痢脐上痛,楂肉一两焙末,白面一把炒熟,分数服。痢红用红糖水,痢白用白糖水。
(第七。)
Mu Gua (Chaenomeles Fruit): Sour in taste, warm in nature, with astringent properties. Non-toxic. Enters the Spleen, Lung, Liver, and Kidney meridians. Relieves muscle spasms (Zhuanjin) and calms Huoluan (Cholera-like syndrome), reduces Hongxiangjiao (Beriberi/Foot swelling) and eliminates edema, stops vomiting and diarrhea and dispels cold qi, treats distension and pain and strengthens sinews and bones. Assists weakness of the lower back, kidneys, and legs/knees; removes excess damp-bi (Dampness-Bi Syndrome) causing irritability and fullness. Grows everywhere.
For acute pain of Hongxiangjiao (Beriberi), roast Mu Gua and step on it. (Verified Formula 1.)
For cramping and urgency of foot sinews, boil until soft with wine and water, mash, and apply topically; change when cool. (2.)
For colicky pain below the umbilicus, decoct with Sangye (Mulberry Leaf) and Dazao (Jujube) and take orally. (3.)
For Huoluan (Cholera-like syndrome) with spasms, decoct and take; either wine or water may be used for decoction. (4.)
For Huoluan (Cholera-like syndrome) with abdominal pain, decoct with Sangye (Mulberry Leaf) and Dazao (Jujube) and take orally. (5.)
Hugu Wan (Tiger Bone Pill): Mu Gua (Chaenomeles Speciosa Fruit, 1 jin), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome, 1 jin), Rongrong (Cistanche Deserticola, 1 jin), Niuxi (Achyranthes Bidentata Root, 1 jin), Fuzi (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root, 1 liang), Hugu (Tiger Bone, 1 liang).
Make pills the size of beans using wine as a binder. Take 50 pills each time, washed down with salted water. Treats flaccidity and paralysis of both feet, inability to walk. (Various Formulas 1.)
Zha Rou (Hawthorn Flesh): Sour and sweet in taste, non-toxic. Strengthens the stomach and tonifies the Spleen, promotes digestion and invigorates blood. Eliminates blood masses and qi masses, relieves pain and distension caused by stagnant blood, resolves food accumulation and meat accumulation, clears phlegm-fluid retention causing epigastric fullness. Washes head and body sores and itching, resolves Erzhen (Postpartum uterine mass due to lochia stasis), stops Xichang (Small Intestine) hernia pain, promotes eruption of Xia'er (Pediatric) variola/rubella rash. Dispels Shuili (Water Dysentery) and treats Tun Suan (Acid Regurgitation); bathing in Lacchuang (Lac Poisoning) cures Yao Tong (Lower Back Pain).
Postpartum Erzhen pain is due to incomplete expulsion of Lochia. Take with sugar for immediate effect. (Verified Formula 1.)
For Pianzhui (Unilateral testicular swelling/pain), take with Huixiang Wan (Fennel Pills). (2.)
For slow eruption of rash, decoct in water and take; red and vibrant color will appear immediately. (3.)
For dry and blackened rash, grind into powder, take with wine, or decoct with Zicao (Arnebiae Radix seu Lithospermi Radix) soup. (4.)
For indigestion of meat, cook 4 liang and eat, or decoct and drink the juice. (5.)
For Changfeng Xiexue (Intestinal Wind Bleeding/Dysentery with bleeding), when various cold, hot, purgative, and tonic medicines fail, grind into powder, take with Aiyè Tang (Mugwort Leaf Decoction). (6.)
For dysentery/diarrhea with pain above the umbilicus, take 1 liang of Zha Rou, roast and grind into powder; mix with one handful of Bai Mian (Wheat Flour), stir-fry until cooked, divide into doses. For bloody dysentery, take with Red Sugar Water; for mucoid dysentery, take with White Sugar Water. (7.)