气温。味辛。无毒。主温中。消食止泄。治积冷心腹胀痛。霍乱。中恶鬼气冷
疰。呕沫冷气。小儿乳霍。（面包煨）
肉蔻气温。禀天春和之木气。入足厥阴肝经。味辛无毒。得地西方燥金之味。入足阳明
燥
金
胃经、手阳明大肠经。气味俱升。阳也。胃者中州也。辛温温胃。所以温中。胃温则食易化
。故主消食。大肠寒则 溏。辛温温肠。所以止泄。日积月累。积冷于肠。冬日重感于寒。
则大肠病胀。胃亦妨于食而胃胀。胀则腹满而心胃痛矣。肉蔻温肠胃。胃阳充而胀平也。霍
乱。胃有湿热也。辛温燥胃。霍乱自止。胃者阳气之原也。胃阳衰则阴邪乘之。而患中恶冷
疰矣。肉蔻温胃。胃阳充则阴邪消。而中恶冷疰愈也。肝寒而阴气上升。则呕沫而冷气出矣
。肉蔻温肝。肝平呕逆定也。小儿乳霍。胃寒不纳也。辛温散寒。所以亦主之也。
制 方:
肉蔻同人参、补骨、吴茱萸、五味、砂仁。治冷泄。同砂仁、陈皮、人参、红曲、查肉、
藿香
、麦芽。治泄消食。同木香、枣肉丸。治久泻。同川附米糊丸。治寒泄。
气温大热。味辛。有大毒。主风寒咳逆邪气。寒湿痿 拘挛。膝痛不能行步。破症
坚积聚血瘕。金疮。（便浸水煮去皮脐用）
附子气温大热。温则禀天春和之木气。入足厥阴肝经。大热则禀天纯阳炎烈之火气。入
足少
阴肾经。补助真阳。味辛而有大毒。得地西方燥酷之金味。入手太阴肺经。气味俱浓。阳也
。其主风寒咳逆邪气者。肺受风寒之邪气。则金失下降之性。邪壅于肺。咳而气逆也。附子
入肺。辛热可解风寒也。寒湿之气。地气也。感则害人皮肉筋骨。而大筋软短。小筋舒长。
拘挛痿 之症成焉。附子入肝。肝主筋。辛可散湿。热可祛寒。寒湿散。而拘挛痿 之症愈
矣。膝痛不能行步者。肝肾阳虚。而湿流关节也。温热益阳。辛毒行湿。所以主之。症坚积
聚
血瘕者。凡物阳则轻松。阴则坚实。坚者皆寒凝而血滞之症也。附子热可软坚。辛可散结。
温可行滞也。金疮寒则不合。附子温肺。肺主皮毛。皮毛暖。则疮口合也。
制 方
附子佐人参、肉桂、五味。补肾真阳。佐白术。除寒湿。同人参、白芍、甘草、砂仁、
陈皮
。治慢惊。同白术、肉桂、牛膝、木瓜、青皮。治寒疝。同人参、陈皮。治久病呕哕。同人
参、白芍、甘草、桂枝、北味。治伤寒误汗下。真阳虚脱症。
[Rou Dou Kou / Nutmeg]
Qi is warm. Flavor is pungent. Non-toxic. Primarily warms the middle jiao (middle burner), resolves food stagnation, and stops diarrhea. Treats heart and abdominal distension and pain caused by accumulated cold, cholera-like disorders (huoluan), zhong'e (sudden illness due to evil qi) and lengzhu (cold malarial or infectious disease), vomiting of saliva/phlegm, and upward rush of cold qi. Also treats xiao'er ru huo (infantile vomiting and diarrhea due to cold). Preparation: Roast wrapped in bread dough.
Rou Dou Kou has a warm qi, inheriting the mild Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its flavor is pungent and non-toxic, acquiring the dry Metal flavor of the West, entering the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Both its aroma and flavor are ascending, belonging to Yang. The Stomach is the central earth. Pungent-warmth warms the Stomach, thereby warming the middle. When the Stomach is warm, food digests easily; thus, it resolves food stagnation. Cold in the Large Intestine leads to loose stools. Pungent-warmth warms the intestines, thereby stopping diarrhea. Accumulated over time, cold gathers in the intestines. If exposed to cold again in winter, the Large Intestine becomes diseased with distension, and the Stomach is also hindered from digesting food, leading to gastric distension. Distension causes abdominal fullness and heart/stomach pain. Rou Dou Kou warms the stomach and intestines; when Stomach Yang is sufficient, distension subsides. Huoluan is caused by damp-heat in the Stomach. Pungent-warmth dries the Stomach, and huoluan stops naturally. The Stomach is the source of Yang Qi. When Stomach Yang declines, Yin pathogens invade, causing zhong'e and lengzhu. Rou Dou Kou warms the Stomach; when Stomach Yang is sufficient, Yin pathogens dissipate, and zhong'e/lengzhu heal. Liver cold causes Yin Qi to rise, leading to vomiting of saliva and emission of cold qi. Rou Dou Kou warms the Liver; when the Liver is balanced, vomiting and rebellious Qi subside. Xiao'er ru huo is due to Stomach cold failing to receive food. Pungent-warmth disperses cold, hence it also treats this condition.
Prescription Methods:
Combine Rou Dou Kou with Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Buguzhi (Fructus Psoraleae), Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae), Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae), and Sharen (Fructus Amomi) to treat cold diarrhea. Combine with Sharen, Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Renshen, Hongqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata Rubra), Zhaurou (Sarcocarpus Crataegi), Huoxiang (Herba Pogostemonis), and Maiya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus) to treat diarrhea and resolve food stagnation. Combine with Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae) and Zao Rou (Sarcocarpus Jujubae) to make pills for treating chronic diarrhea. Combine with Chuan Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) and rice paste to make pills for treating cold diarrhea.
[Fu Zi / Prepared Aconite Root]
Qi is greatly hot. Flavor is pungent. Highly toxic. Primarily treats wind-cold cough with rebellious Qi, pathogenic factors, wind-damp bi syndrome with flaccidity and spasms, knee pain preventing walking, breaking masses, firm accumulations, and blood stasis masses (xiejia), and metallic wounds. Preparation: Soak in fecal water, boil, remove skin and umbilicus before use.
Fu Zi has a greatly hot qi. Its warmth inherits the mild Wood Qi of spring, entering the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Its great heat inherits the pure Yang fiery Qi, entering the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian to supplement True Yang. Its flavor is pungent and highly toxic, acquiring the dry and harsh Metal flavor of the West, entering the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. Both its aroma and flavor are dense, belonging to Yang. It treats wind-cold cough with rebellious Qi because when the Lung is invaded by wind-cold pathogens, Metal loses its descending nature, pathogens obstruct the Lung, causing cough and rebellious Qi. Fu Zi enters the Lung; pungent-heat can resolve wind-cold. Wind-damp Qi is Earth Qi; contracting it harms skin, flesh, sinews, and bones, causing large sinews to shorten and small sinews to lengthen, resulting in spasms and flaccidity. Fu Zi enters the Liver; the Liver governs sinews. Pungency disperses dampness, heat dispels cold. When wind-damp disperses, spasms and flaccidity heal. Knee pain preventing walking is due to deficiency of Liver-Kidney Yang and dampness flowing into joints. Warmth benefits Yang, pungent toxicity moves dampness, hence it treats this. Firm masses and blood stasis occur because things with abundant Yang are light/loose, while those with abundant Yin are solid/firm. Firmness results from cold coagulation and blood stasis. Fu Zi's heat softens hardness, pungency scatters nodules, warmth moves stagnation. Metallic wounds fail to close in cold. Fu Zi warms the Lung; the Lung governs skin and hair. When skin/hair are warm, wound edges unite.
Prescription Methods:
Fu Zi assists Renshen, Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), and Wuweizi to tonify Kidney True Yang. Assists Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) to eliminate wind-damp. Combine with Renshen, Baishao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Sharen, and Chenpi to treat slow convulsion (man jing). Combine with Baizhu, Rougui, Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), Mugua (Fructus Chaenomelis), and Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride) to treat cold hernia (han shan). Combine with Renshen and Chenpi to treat chronic vomiting and hiccup. Combine with Renshen, Baishao, Gancao, Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), and Bei Wei (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis) to treat True Yang collapse due to erroneous sweating and purging in Shanghan (Cold Damage).