用常麦竹叶煎 专治瘟疟热多。
常山（一钱） 小麦（三钱） 淡竹叶（一钱）
水煎，五更服，不愈再服。
山果酒 治瘴疟寒热。
常山（一寸） 草果（一枚）
热黄酒一碗，浸一夜，五更往东服之。盖卧，酒醒即愈。
又方 常山、槟榔、甘草各三钱，黑豆百粒，水煎服。名常槟草豆煎。
萍犀散
紫背浮萍（晒干，一钱） 犀角屑（五分） 钩藤钩（三七个）
共末，每服钱半，蜜水调下，连进三服，出汗为度。（如要多和，药味加倍。）
（音匿，小虫。）
桃枝煎 用桃枝煮浓汁，含之。下部有疮，纳入之。
（兼治瘟疫。）
地荷煎
生地（无鲜用干） 薄荷（等分）
研烂，干者入水取汁，入麝少许，井华水调服，觉心下清凉，毋再服，病笃一剂见效。
葱白一把，水三盅，煮熟服汁，食葱令尽，取汗。
世之言疫者，将瘟疫二字读滑，随曰疫止有瘟而无寒也。岂知疫有三而瘟其一
焉。尚有寒疫、杂疫二者，而人自不体认耳。兹专说寒疫，吴又可言∶春夏秋三时，偶感暴寒，
但可谓感冒，不当另立寒疫之名固已，但感训触，冒训犯，系人不慎风寒自取之。至于当天气方温
热之时，而凄风苦雨骤至，毛窍正开，为寒气所束，众人同病，乃天实为之，故亦得以疫名也。
其症则头痛身痛身热，脊强恶寒拘急，无汗，（感冒所有。）或则往来寒热，气壅痰喘，咳嗽胸
痛，鼻塞声重，涕唾稠粘，咽痛齿痛，（俗云寒逼生火，感冒所无。）苏羌饮主之。（自定新方。）
苏羌饮 （治四时寒疫，历有奇效，屡试屡验。并治伤寒、伤风，可代麻、桂、青龙、羌活、
十神等汤，诚诸路之应兵也。）
紫苏（三钱） 羌活（二钱） 防风（一钱） 陈皮（一钱） 淡豉（二钱） 葱白（数段）
水煎服，不应再服。初觉，速服必愈，迟则生变。
此足太阳药也。紫苏温中达表，解散风寒；羌活直入本经，治太阳诸症；淡豉解肌发汗，兼
治疫瘴；防风能防御外风，随所引而至；陈皮利气而寒郁易解；姜可驱邪，葱能发汗，辅佐诸药，
以成厥功。四时风寒，皆能治疗，甚毋以药味平
浅而忽之。（惟不治瘟疫。）
如兼阳明症者，加白芷一钱；兼食积者，加炒麦芽、神曲各一钱；肉积者，加山楂一钱；风
痰气壅，涕唾稠粘，加前胡一二钱；咳嗽喘急，加杏仁一钱；（泡去皮、尖，研。）心腹膨胀，加姜
炒浓朴一钱；胸臆闷寒，加炒枳壳五六分；呕逆恶心，酌加藿香、制半夏、生姜一钱；年高者，
虚怯者，加人参一钱；阴虚血虚者，加熟地三钱，当归一钱；脾虚者，中气不足者，加参、术各一
钱。此汗散之方，故不入柴胡。若现少阳症，当另作主张，用和解之剂。（锦志。）
Changmai Zhuye Decoction is specifically used to treat warm-malaria with predominant heat.
* Changshan (Dichroae Radix, 1 qian)
* Xiaomai (Tritici Venirei Fructus Immaturus, 3 qian)
* Danzhuyez (Lophatheri Herba, 1 qian)
Decoct in water and take at Wugeng (approx. 3-5 AM). If not cured, take again.
Shanguo Wine treats miasma-malaria characterized by alternating chills and fever.
* Changshan (Dichroae Radix, 1 cun)
* Caoguo (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, 1 piece)
Soak in one bowl of hot yellow wine overnight. Take facing east at Wugeng. Cover with a blanket and sleep; upon waking from the effects of the wine, the illness will be cured.
Another prescription: Changshan (Dichroae Radix), Binglang (Arecae Semen), and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) each 3 qian, with 100 Heidou (Phaseoli Vulgaris Semen). Decoct in water and take. Named Changbing Caodou Decoction.
(Caused by consuming five pungent foods after recovery from febrile disease.)
Jiyu (Cyprini Carassii Corpus): Use crucian carp to prepare food, consume until finished.
Pingxi San
* Zibeifuping (Spirodherae Herba, sun-dried, 1 qian)
* Xijiaoxie (Rhinocerotis Cornu, sliced, 5 fen)
* Goutenggou (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis, 30-70 hooks)
Grind into powder. Take 1.5 qian per dose, mixed with honey water. Administer three consecutive doses until sweating occurs. (If preparing larger quantities, double the dosage of all herbs.)
(Tone 'ni', referring to small insects.)
Taozhi Jian: Boil peach branches to make a concentrated decoction. Hold in the mouth. For sores in the lower body, insert it locally.
(Also treats plague.)
Dihé Jian
* Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix; use dried if fresh is unavailable)
* Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba, equal parts)
Pulverize thoroughly. For dried herbs, extract juice with water. Add a small amount of Shexiang (Moschus). Mix with Jinghua Water (well water drawn at dawn) and take orally. Stop taking when a cooling sensation is felt in the epigastrium; do not continue. In severe cases, one dose yields results.
Take one bunch of Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) and three bowls of water. Cook until done, drink the broth, and consume all the scallions to induce sweating.
Honghua Wine: Boil Honghua (Carthami Flos) in yellow wine. Drink two or three cups.
People discussing epidemics often slur the term "Wenyi" (Plague/Epidemic) and claim that epidemics consist only of warm pathogens without cold. They fail to realize that epidemics are divided into three categories, with Wen (Warm) being just one. There remain Cold Epidemic (Hanyi) and Mixed Epidemic (Zayi), which people simply fail to recognize. Here, we specifically discuss Cold Epidemic. Wu Keyi stated: In spring, summer, and autumn, occasional exposure to sudden cold should merely be called common cold (Ganmao) and not given a separate name for Cold Epidemic. This is correct because "Gan" implies contact and "Mao" implies violation, suggesting the illness is self-inflicted due to negligence against wind and cold. However, when the weather is warm but sudden cold winds and bitter rains arrive while pores are open, causing everyone to fall ill simultaneously under the constraint of cold air, this is caused by Heaven. Thus, it can also be named an epidemic.
Symptoms include headache, body pain, fever, stiffness of the spine, aversion to cold, rigidity, and absence of sweating (symptoms present in common cold). Alternatively, there may be alternating chills and fever, qi stagnation with phlegm and wheezing, cough, chest pain, nasal congestion with heavy voice, thick sticky sputum and nasal discharge, sore throat, and toothache (commonly said to be fire generated by cold constraint, symptoms absent in common cold). These are treated primarily with Suqiang Yin (Author's new formula).
Suqiang Yin (Treats cold epidemics in all four seasons with remarkable efficacy, repeatedly tested and verified. Also treats Taiyang Shanghan and Wind-Cold invasion; can replace Mahuang Tang, Guizhi Tang, Qinglong Tang, Qianghuo Shengshi Tang, and Shishen Tang; truly a versatile army for various fronts.)
* Zisu (Perillae Folium, 3 qian)
* Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 2 qian)
* Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 1 qian)
* Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 1 qian)
* Danshi (Sojae Preparata, 2 qian)
* Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus, several segments)
Decoct in water and take. If ineffective, take again. Take promptly at the first sign of discomfort for certain cure; delay leads to complications.
This formula acts on the Foot-Taiyang channel. Zisu warms the interior and reaches the exterior, dispersing wind-cold; Qianghuo enters its own channel directly, treating various Taiyang symptoms; Danshi releases the muscle layer and induces sweating, also treating miasma; Fangfeng defends against external wind, following the guiding herbs to the site; Chenpi regulates qi, making cold stagnation easier to resolve; Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) drives out evil, and Congbai induces sweating, assisting the other herbs to achieve success. It treats wind-cold in all four seasons; do not neglect it because the herbs seem mild and simple. (It does not treat Warm Plague.)
If accompanied by Yangming symptoms, add Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) 1 qian; if accompanied by food stagnation, add Chao Maiya (Hordei Fructus Germinatus) and Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) each 1 qian; for meat stagnation, add Shanzha (Crataegi Fructus) 1 qian; for wind-phlegm qi stagnation with thick sticky sputum, add Qianhu (Peucedani Radix) 1-2 qian; for cough and urgent wheezing, add Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) 1 qian (soaked, skin and tip removed, ground); for abdominal distension, add Jiangchao Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex processed with ginger) 1 qian; for chest oppression and cold, add Chao Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) 5-6 fen; for vomiting and nausea, add Huoxiang (Agastaches Herba), Zhibanxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum), and Shengjiang each 1 qian as appropriate; for the elderly, weak, or deficient, add Renshen (Ginseng Radix) 1 qian; for yin deficiency and blood deficiency, add Shudi (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) 3 qian and Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) 1 qian; for spleen deficiency or insufficient middle qi, add Renshen and Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) each 1 qian. This is a diaphoretic formula, hence Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) is not included. If Shaoyang symptoms appear, one must adopt a different approach and use harmonizing agents. (Note by Jin Zhi.)