主治。散风。通窍。破痰。利水咳逆。百节拘挛。凡血虚内热。气虚有汗者忌之。
细辛散。细辛甘草各六钱。枳实生姜栝蒌实干地黄白术各一两。桂心茯苓各一两五钱。
研末。每服方寸匕。温酒下。治胸痹连背痛。
细辛汤。细辛陈皮川芎半夏独活白茯苓白 炙
主治。和血。补血。破瘀。舒筋。疗痈疽金疮。尤能使子宫健全。故妇女一切病有关
子宫者。必以此药为主。
当归丸。当归赤芍熟地川芎蓬莪术京三棱各三钱五分。神曲百草霜各二钱五分。研末酒
丸梧子大。每服二三钱。熟汤下。治经水不调血积。
当归川芎散。当归川芎柴胡白芍白术各一钱。栀子(炒)一钱二分。丹皮茯苓各八分。
蔓
荆子甘草各五分。水煎服。治血虚疮症。或风热。耳内痒痛生疮出水。或头目不清。寒热食
少。妇女经水不调。胸膈不利。腹胁痞痛。凡肝气实者去白术加柴胡黄芩。气血虚去柴胡栀
子蔓荆子。加人参黄 地黄。倍当归。脾虚。饮食少。去柴胡栀子蔓荆子。加茯苓白术。脾
虚胸膈不利。加人参黄 。痰滞胸膈不利。加白术半夏。肝气不顺胸膈不利。或小腹痞满。
时时攻痛去当归白术。加青皮。肝血不足。胸膈不利。或小腹痞满。或时作痛。去栀子。加
熟地。肝血虚寒。小腹时痛。加肉桂。日晡发热。加地黄。倍当归。
当归六黄汤。当归生地(炒)熟地黄柏黄芩黄连(三味均炒黑)各一钱。黄 (炒)二
钱。水
二杯煎至一杯。临卧服。不效加人参白术。治血虚盗汗。内热。晡热。如心血不足。加酸枣
仁。(炒)
当归木香汤。当归一两。木香五钱。青皮五加皮陈皮海桐皮丁香皮桑白皮地骨皮丹皮棕
榈皮(煨存性)各一两。赤芍五钱。研末。每服一钱。水一盏。入香油一二滴。(或用古钱
一
枚洗净入之。)煎至七分。不拘时温服。治妇人血气虚劳。头目昏眩。音声沉重。舌根强硬。
言语謇涩。困睡盗汗。恍惚惊悸。面色萎黄。喘嗽频发。遍身疼痛。香港脚走注。四肢困惫。
背胛拘急。时发寒热。五心烦躁。唇干多渴。胸膈不利。咽喉噎塞。 羸瘦弱。
当归玄胡索汤。当归尾玄胡索各一钱五分。五灵脂蒲黄各一钱。赤芍肉桂红花各五分。
水酒各一盏。煎至一盏。入童便一盏同服。或用山楂肉一两。水煎一钟。加红砂糖五六钱。
好酒一二小杯。空腹时热服。治妇人产后腹中有块。上下时动。痛不可忍 当归芍药汤。归
身白芍白术苍术(米泔水浸去皮)各五钱。黄 一两五钱。炙草生地各三分。柴胡二分。熟
地
陈皮各五分。研粗末。分作二服。水煎空腹服。治妇人劳役过度。脾胃虚弱。气短自汗。身
热烦闷。不思饮食。四肢无力。大便时泻。崩中漏下。当归和血散。当归二钱。乳香五分。
没药一钱五分。白芍三钱。研细末。每服一钱。水煎温服。治疮疡未发出。内痛不可忍。及
产前产后腹痛。
当归散。当归黄芩芍药川芎各一斤。白术八两。研末。酒下方寸匕。日再服。清热安胎。
妊娠宜常服。并治产后百病。
又方。当归川芎白芍(炒)黄芩(炒)各一两。白术山茱萸肉各一两五钱。研末。每
服二钱。
空腹温酒下。日三次。治经水不调或三四日一行。或一月数行。如冷。去黄芩。
当归汤。当归麻黄附子细辛防风独活等分。水酒煎服。治贼风口噤。角弓反张成痉。口
不开者。撬口灌之。一服当苏。二服小汗。三服大汗。
当归黄 汤。当归黄 地黄川芎地骨皮芍药各五分。水煎服。治疮疡痛不可忍。发热加
黄芩。烦躁不睡加栀子。作呕加白术。
又方。当归二钱。黄 (酒浸)三钱。人参升麻各二钱。甘草一钱。水煎服。日三次。
治
阴脱。
[Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma)]
Indications: Disperses wind, unblocks orifices, breaks up phlegm, promotes urination, directs rebellious qi downward to stop cough, and relieves spasms and stiffness in all joints. Contraindicated in cases of blood deficiency with internal heat or qi deficiency with spontaneous sweating.
Xixin San (Cinnamon Twig and Asari Powder): Composed of Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) and Gancao (Licorice Root), each 6 qian; Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Gualougen (Dried Trichosanthes Root), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root), and Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), each 1 liang; Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) and Fuling (Poria), each 1.5 liang.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take one fangcunbi (a square-inch measure) per dose, washed down with warm wine. Indicated for chest bi (chest obstruction) pain radiating to the back.
Xixin Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Composed of Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root), Baifuling (White Poria), Zhi [Gancao] (Honey-fried Licorice Root)... [Text cuts off here].
[Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix)]
Indications: Harmonizes blood, tonifies blood, breaks up stasis, relaxes sinews, treats carbuncles and sores, and metallic wounds. It particularly strengthens uterine function; therefore, it must be the primary herb for all women's diseases related to the uterus.
Danggui Wan (Angelica Pill): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Chishao (Red Peony Root), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Peng'ezhu (Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome), and Jingsanleng (Burreed Tuber), each 3.5 qian; Shenqu (Medicated Leaven) and Baicaoshuang (Herb Ash), each 2.5 qian.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, make pills the size of wutong seeds using wine. Take 2-3 qian per dose, washed down with hot rice soup. Indicated for irregular menstruation and blood accumulation (stasis).
Danggui Chuanxiong San (Angelica and Szechwan Lovage Powder): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Baishao (White Peony Root), and Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), each 1 qian; Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit, stir-fried) 1.2 qian; Danpi (Moutan Cortex) and Fuling (Poria), each 8 fen; Manjingzi (Vitex Fruit) and Gancao (Licorice Root), each 5 fen.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct in water and take. Indicated for sores due to blood deficiency, or ear itching, pain, sores, and discharge due to wind-heat; unclear head and eyes; alternating chills and fever; poor appetite; irregular menstruation; chest and diaphragm discomfort; and distending pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium.
Modifications: For excess liver qi, remove Baizhu and add Chaihu and Huangqin (Scutellaria Root); for qi and blood deficiency, remove Chaihu, Zhizi, and Manjingzi, add Renshen (Ginseng Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), and Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), double the dosage of Danggui; for spleen deficiency with reduced food intake, remove Chaihu, Zhizi, and Manjingzi, add Fuling and Baizhu; for spleen deficiency causing chest/diaphragm discomfort, add Renshen and Huangqi; for phlegm stagnation causing chest/diaphragm discomfort, add Baizhu and Banxia; for disharmonious liver qi causing chest/diaphragm discomfort, or lower abdominal distension and intermittent attacking pain, remove Danggui and Baizhu, add Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel); for insufficient liver blood causing chest/diaphragm discomfort, or lower abdominal distension or occasional pain, remove Zhizi, add Shudihuang; for cold due to liver blood deficiency causing occasional lower abdominal pain, add Rougui (Cinnamon Bark); for afternoon fever (at shen hour), add Dihuang and double Danggui.
Danggui Liu Huang Tang (Angelica Six-Yellow Decoction): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root, stir-fried), Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), and Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) [all three stir-fried until black], each 1 qian; Huangqi (Astragalus Root, stir-fried) 2 qian.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct two cups of water to one cup, take before sleep. If ineffective, add Renshen and Baizhu. Indicated for night sweats due to blood deficiency, internal heat, and afternoon fever. For insufficient heart blood, add Chao Suanzaoren (Stir-fried Ziziphus Seed).
Danggui Muxiang Tang (Angelica and Costus Decoction): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) 1 liang; Muxiang (Aucklandia Root) 5 qian; Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel), Wujia Pi (Eucommia Bark), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Haitong Pi (Formosana Privet Bark), Dingxiang Pi (Clove Bark), Sangbaipi (Mulberry Root Bark), Digupi (Lycium Bark), Danpi (Moutan Cortex), and Zonglupi (Date Palm Stem Fiber, charred but retaining substance), each 1 liang; Chishao (Red Peony Root) 5 qian.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 1 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water with 1-2 drops of sesame oil (or one cleaned ancient coin), reduce to 0.7 cup, take warm at any time. Indicated for women's qi and blood deficiency consumption, dizziness, heavy voice, stiff tongue root, slurred speech, somnolence, night sweats, mental confusion, palpitations, sallow complexion, frequent asthma and cough, generalized body pain, podagra (gouty rheumatism) moving around, fatigue of limbs, stiffness of shoulder blades, intermittent chills and fever, five-palm heat, dry lips and excessive thirst, chest/diaphragm discomfort, throat obstruction, emaciation, and weakness.
Danggui Yanhusuo Tang (Angelica and Corydalis Decoction): Composed of Dangguiwei (Tail of Angelica Root) and Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizome), each 1.5 qian; Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung) and Puhuang (Lygodium Spore), each 1 qian; Chishao (Red Peony Root), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), and Honghua (Carthamus Flower), each 5 fen.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct one cup of water and one cup of wine to one cup, mix with one cup of child's urine and take together. Alternatively, decoct 1 liang of Shanrenzao (Hawthorn Flesh) in water to one zhong, add 5-6 qian of brown sugar and 1-2 small cups of good wine, take hot on an empty stomach. Indicated for postpartum abdominal masses that move up and down and cause unbearable pain.
Danggui Shaoyao Tang (Angelica and Peony Decoction): Composed of Guishen (Body of Angelica Root), Baishao (White Peony Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Cangzhu (Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome, soaked in rice water and peeled), each 5 qian; Huangqi (Astragalus Root) 1.5 liang; Zhi Cao (Honey-fried Licorice Root) and Shengdihuang (Rehmannia Root), each 3 fen; Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) 2 fen; Shudihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root) and Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), each 5 fen.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into coarse powder, divide into two doses, decoct in water, take on an empty stomach. Indicated for women suffering from overwork, weak spleen and stomach, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, fever, restlessness, loss of appetite, limb weakness, intermittent diarrhea, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea.
Danggui Hexue San (Angelica Blood-Harmonizing Powder): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) 2 qian; Ruxiang (Olibanum) 5 fen; Moyao (Myrrha) 1.5 qian; Baishao (White Peony Root) 3 qian.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, decoct in water and take warm. Indicated for unbearable internal pain when sores have not yet erupted, and abdominal pain before and after childbirth.
Danggui San (Angelica Powder): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), and Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), each 1 jin; Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) 8 liang.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, take one fangcunbi with wine, twice daily. Clears heat and calms the fetus; suitable for regular use during pregnancy, and also treats various postpartum diseases.
Another Formula: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Baishao (White Peony Root, stir-fried), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, stir-fried), each 1 liang; Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) and Shanzhuyu (Cornus Fruit), each 1.5 liang.
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, take 2 qian per dose, wash down with warm wine on an empty stomach, three times daily. Indicated for irregular menstruation, occurring every 3-4 days or multiple times a month. If cold constitution, remove Huangqin.
Danggui Tang (Angelica Decoction): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Mahuang (Ephedra Herb), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), and Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root) in equal parts.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct in water and wine, take. Indicated for facial paralysis (wind-stroke) causing lockjaw, opisthotonos, and spasm where the mouth cannot open. Pry the mouth open and administer; one dose should restore consciousness, two doses induce slight sweating, three doses induce profuse sweating.
Danggui Huangqi Tang (Angelica and Astragalus Decoction): Composed of Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), Chuanxiong (Szechwan Lovage Rhizome), Digupi (Lycium Bark), and Shaoyao (Peony Root), each 5 fen.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct in water and take. Indicated for unbearable pain from sores. Add Huangqin for fever; add Zhizi for restlessness and insomnia; add Baizhu for vomiting.
Another Formula: Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Radix) 2 qian; Huangqi (Astragalus Root, wine-soaked) 3 qian; Renshen (Ginseng Root) and Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), each 2 qian; Gancao (Licorice Root) 1 qian.
Preparation and Administration: Decoct in water, take three times daily. Indicated for prolapse of the yin organs.