苦参饮 满痛,壮热。
苦参(一两,末)
醋三盅,煎一盅,饮取吐。
牵白饮 心腹 痛。
牵牛子(末,一钱)
白糖汤调服。
地龙饮 按之痛极,或通而复结,喘促狂乱。
生地龙(四条,洗净,研如泥)
入生姜汁少许,蜜一匙,薄荷汁少许,新汲水调服。若热炽,加片脑少许服,揉心下片时,
自然汗出而解,不应,再服,神效。
枳香散
枳壳(五钱) 木香(一钱)
共末,滚水调服一钱。不应,再服。
又方 四花青皮,全者,末,滚白水服一二钱。
又方 黄蜡烧烟,熏二三次即止。
霜连散 治挟热下利脓血。
百草霜 川连
等分,共末。黄酒下二钱,日三。
连梅丸 噤口。
川连(五钱) 乌梅肉(三钱,焙)
共末,蜡蜜丸桐子大。服二十丸,日三。
连艾煎 治同上。
川连(一钱) 熟艾(二钱)
煎服。
豉薤汤 暴痢。
豉(一两) 薤白(一握,冬用根)
水三盅,煮熟,纳豉更煮,色黑去豉,分二服。
龙骨汤 毒痢,大烦渴,作热,三焦疮 ,张口吐舌。生疮,不识人,目烂。
龙骨(半升,水一斗,煮四升)
用器装,蜡封固口,沉井底,过夜取出,徐徐□饮。
又方 下痢欲死。龙骨半斤,研,水一斗,煮取五升,候冷,稍饮,得汗愈。
Kushen Yin (Bitter Sophora Drink): Indicated for fullness and pain in the chest and epigastrium, accompanied by high fever.
Ingredients: Kushen Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (one tael, powdered).
Administration: Decoct three cups of vinegar to one cup; administer orally to induce vomiting.
Qianbai Yin (Morning Glory and White Sugar Drink): Indicated for pain in the heart and abdomen.
Ingredients: Qianzi Semen Pharbitidis (one qian, powdered).
Administration: Mix with white sugar water and take orally.
Dilong Yin (Earthworm Drink): Indicated for severe pain upon pressure, or alternating constipation after initial relief, accompanied by panting, restlessness, and mania.
Ingredients: Dilong Pheretima (four fresh earthworms, washed clean, ground into a paste).
Administration: Add a small amount of ginger juice, one spoonful of honey, and a small amount of mint juice; mix with freshly drawn cold water and take orally. If the heat is intense, add a small amount of Bingpian Borneolum Syntheticum (synthetic borneol); rub the epigastric region for a while until natural sweating occurs and the condition resolves. If ineffective, administer again for miraculous effect.
Zhixiang San (Immature Bitter Orange and Costus Powder):
Ingredients: Zhike Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (five qian), Muxiang Radix Aucklandiae (one qian).
Administration: Grind into powder, mix with boiling water, and take one qian. If ineffective, administer again.
Another prescription: Use intact Sihua Qingpi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, grind into powder, and take one to two qian with boiling water.
Another prescription: Burn Huangla Beeswax, inhale the smoke two or three times to stop the symptoms.
Shuanglian San (Soot and Coptis Powder): Treats dysentery with pus and blood complicated by heat.
Ingredients: Baicaoshang Soot from Grass Fires and Chuanlian Rhizoma Coptidis in equal proportions, ground together into powder.
Administration: Take two qian with yellow wine, three times daily.
Lianmei Wan (Coptis and Smoked Plum Pill): Treats Jin Kou Li (dysentery with inability to eat).
Ingredients: Chuanlian Rhizoma Coptidis (five qian), Wumei Fructus Mume (three qian, baked).
Administration: Grind into powder, make pills with beeswax and honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills, three times daily.
Lianai Jian (Coptis and Mugwort Decoction): Treatment as above.
Ingredients: Chuanlian Rhizoma Coptidis (one qian), Shuaiyi Folium Artemisiae Argyi (two qian).
Administration: Decoct and take orally.
Chixie Tang (Fermented Soybean and Allium Macrostemon Decoction): Treats sudden onset of dysentery.
Ingredients: Chidao Fermented Sojae Semen Preparatum (one tael), Xiebai Bulbus Allii Macrostemonis (a handful; use roots in winter).
Administration: Add three cups of water, boil until cooked; add Chidao and boil further until the liquid turns black. Remove Chidao, divide into two doses.
Longgu Tang (Dragon Bone Decoction): Treats toxic dysentery characterized by extreme irritability and thirst, fever, sores in the Triple Jiao, protruding tongue, skin ulcers, delirium (inability to recognize people), and rotting eyes.
Ingredients: Longgu Os Draconis et Mastodi (half sheng, decocted in ten dou of water to yield four sheng).
Administration: Store in a vessel, seal tightly with wax, submerge at the bottom of a well overnight. Retrieve and drink slowly.
Another prescription: For critical dysentery nearing death. Use half a jin of Longgu Os Draconis et Mastodi, grind it, decoct in ten dou of water to yield five sheng. Wait until cool, drink in small amounts gradually. Recovery occurs with sweating.