（此下诸方于虚损初病者，宜酌用之）
增损四物汤 治妇人气血不足，四肢怠惰，乏力少气，兼治产后下血过多，荣卫虚损，
阴阳不和，乍寒乍热。
当归 川芎 白芍 人参 干姜（炮） 甘草（炙，各等分）
上 咀，每服四钱，水一盏煎至六分，去滓热服。（夫血病治血，气病治气，人所易也。
而血病补气，气病补血，人未尽知，故四物复
有增损之法。盖以地黄滞气而损脾，非四肢怠惰、乏力少气者所宜，故当损；而人参、甘草所
以益脾也，故当增；若炮姜既能温中，又能引血以归气，此增损之妙也）
六神汤 治脾气不和，荣卫不足，怠惰困倦，不嗜饮食，服之补养真气，进美饮食，充泽肌肤。
当归 川芎 白芍药 熟地黄 黄 地骨皮（各等分）
上为粗末，每服五钱，水煎，空心温服。（按充肌泽肤者，卫气也，气不可热。此方以黄
益卫气，而又以地骨皮清卫热，则无壮火食气之虞。又以四物引卫气，以归四脏而主血，
则又有少火生气之用，如是则荣卫足而困倦去矣。其曰脾不和，不嗜食，亦为气不足之病，
气足则愈也，宜知之）
圣愈汤 治血虚心烦，睡卧不宁，或五心烦热。
黄 当归（酒洗，各一钱） 人参 川芎 熟地（酒洗） 生地（酒洗，各五分）
上水煎服。（圣愈汤重在血虚心烦四字，然去白芍而用生地者，所以凉心生血也，川芎
之用，岂为火郁宜散欤？不若以麦门冬易之）
加减大建中汤 治妇人胎前产后一切虚损，月水不调，脐腹绞痛，往来寒热，自汗，口
干烦渴。
芍药（二两） 当归 川芎 黄 肉桂（各一两） 白术 炙草（各七钱）
上为末，每服二钱五分，加姜枣水煎，食前服。（按前三方一用参、姜以温中，一用黄
、地骨以益卫清热，一以参、 并用，而中外两补均以四物加减，为血分居多，此名建中，
又重在气也，然桂之色可以通荣血，桂之气味可以通卫气，故本经以之通血脉，又同 、术、
甘草、姜、枣等，则建中之功尤大矣，以其兼中土也）
当归建中汤 治妇人一切血气不足，虚损羸乏。
当归（四两） 白芍（炒六两） 肉桂（去皮） 甘草（炙，各二两）
上 咀，每服三钱，加生姜三片，枣一枚，水煎，空心服。（此方以归、芍为主，而无 、
术，虽姜、枣和中，然在血分建业，知配合之妙，则知古人之心。）
双和散 治一切大病之后，虚劳乏力，补血益气。（双和者，专和荣卫而非建中意也。然
即大建中汤以白术易熟地而分两亦殊，要知古人不执方，不泥法，读之令人有言外之意）
黄 熟地黄 当归 川芎 白芍药（炒各一钱） 肉桂 甘草（炙各五分）
上 咀，每服四钱，加生姜三片，枣二枚，水煎服。
补中益气汤 治形神劳倦，或饮食失节，以致脾胃虚损，清气下陷，发热头痛，四肢倦
怠，心烦肌瘦，日渐羸弱。
黄 人参（有嗽去之） 白术（各一钱） 甘草（炙，五分） 当归 陈皮（各七分） 升麻 柴胡（各三分）
上作一服，水煎，食远稍热服，（夫形劳者，气伤于外，神劳者，气伤于内，饮食不节
者，中气受伤，伤则水谷衰少，后天气病，而上下二焦亦无所养。故以甘温之剂，以益上中之
气，而又妙在升荣，以举下陷之阳，使荣卫和而气自益也，气益则何病之有？故东垣先生一
生得力尽在于此。其本方加减法，更妙，详之）
八珍汤 治脾胃亏损，气血俱伤。盖人之生，以脾胃为主，脾胃一虚，诸脏失所，百病生
焉，即四君子合四物汤，加姜枣煎服。
归脾汤 治脾经失血少寐，发热盗汗，或思虑伤脾，不能摄血妄行，或健忘、怔忡、惊
悸，或心脾伤痛，怠惰嗜卧，饮食不思。
方见血崩门（劳伤条。）
黄 散 治劳气食后身疼倦，夜间盗汗。此因失血荣卫损也。
黄 （一两） 防风 当归 白芍 干地黄（各七钱半） 甘草（炙，半两）
上每服五钱，姜三片，枣一枚，水煎，食前温服。（夫肾液入心为汗，而汗者阳之气也，阳
气者，卫气也，卫气昼行阳则为气为汗，行阴则为液为血，若盗汗者，为行阴之气，反窃而
外出以行阳也。此方用黄 益阳气而固表，防风为之使，归、芍、地黄引气药以归阴，甘草从
中以和荣卫，故诸症愈矣）
桔梗引子 治心不足，解劳倦，益血。
黄 人参 麦门冬（去心） 桔梗 甘草（炙，各一两） 青皮（半两）
上为末，每服三钱，水一盏煎七分，温服。（桔梗饮，治气不足也，故以参、 、甘草为君，
加麦门者，所以通心而清火，苦梗载诸药以益上焦之气，青皮利膈气以制诸药之壅，所谓血生于气。
劫劳散 治心肾俱虚，劳嗽二三声无痰，遇夜发热，热过即冷，时有盗汗，四肢倦怠，体
劣黄瘦，饮食减少，夜卧恍惚，神气不宁，睡多异梦。此药能治微嗽有唾，中有红线，名曰肺
痿，失治便成羸劣之疾。
白芍药（六两） 黄 （蜜炙四两） 人参（去芦） 白茯苓 半夏（汤泡七次） 甘草（炙）
当归（去芦，酒洗） 五味子 阿胶（炒） 熟地黄（洗净焙干，各二两）
上 咀，每服三钱，生姜七片，枣三枚，水煎温服，日三。（人身以气血为用，五脏以心肾
为主，心肾者，气血之父母。此方以三物补气，以三物补血，以三物止嗽，消痰敛肺，似矣。然
半夏性燥损血，用之何居？盖气以黄 为君，血以白芍为君，而又以熟地、阿胶润燥，五味、
人参生津，则又何害于燥？然以之治微嗽，有唾则可，若以之治红线则非今人所敢及也。幸
斟酌之，况同人参、黄 ，尤未敢轻用）
补肺汤 治劳嗽，五脏亏损，晡热发热，盗汗自汗，唾痰喘嗽。
人参 黄 （炒） 紫菀 五味子（炒，各五分） 熟地黄 桑白皮（炒，各一钱）
上锉，水煎入蜜少许，食后服。（有谓嗽忌参、 ，痰忌熟地，而此方概用之，非得知也）
补方丸 治妇人虚损诸疾。
白术 熟地（各一两） 当归 白芍药（炒） 川芎 黄 人参 陈皮（各半两）
上为细末，炼蜜丸，如桐子大，每服五七十丸，温水下。（此即八珍意，而陈皮、茯苓之
取舍，当思之）
人参丸 养阴，生血，补虚。
人参 白术 鹿角胶（炒） 当归 芍药 川芎 熟地黄（各等分）
上为末，炼蜜丸，如桐子大，每服三十丸，空心米饮下。（此亦八珍意也，以为丸，故去甘
草，以淡渗，故去茯苓，而鹿角胶之用，非以其为气血之属，而补督脉，充脑髓乎）
七补丸 治妇人气血虚弱，冲任不和，腹中经结，状若怀孕，月候尚来，未分经脉，宜服
此方。
当归 川芎 芍药（各三钱） 熟地 白术 白芷 阿胶（炒，各二分）
上为细末，炼蜜丸，桐子大，每服五六十丸，空心米饮下。（四物、阿胶可以补任脉之
虚，白术、白芷可以调冲脉之气，以其经结如孕，经脉未分，故制方如此）
十补丸 治妇人诸虚百损，荣卫不调，形体羸瘦，面黄背倦，口苦舌干，心忪多汗，血衰
气盛，寒热往来，一切血崩带下，堕胎落孕，此药皆治，孕妇服之，尤有神效。
熟地黄（净洗酒浸，蒸过焙于称重，四两） 肉苁蓉（洒浸焙干） 人参 黄 （去芦，蜜炙）
当归（酒浸） 川芎 白芍药（洗） 白茯苓 白术（去芦炒，各二两） 肉桂（去皮，一两） 甘草（半两）
上为细末，用好酒调山药末打糊丸，如桐子大，每服六七十丸，食前米汤或温酒下。（此
即十全大补汤加肉苁蓉也，本草以苁蓉为黑司命，能治男子绝阳不兴，妇人绝阴不产，故
加之。然丸方用甘草者甚少，而此乃如方用之，又不以蜜丸，而以酒调山药为糊者，欲使
丸无太缓之能，功有十全之验也）
滋阴百补丸 治妇人劳伤气血，诸虚百损，五劳七伤，阴阳不和，乍寒乍热，心腹疼
痛，不思饮食， 羸乏力。
香附（一斤，用酒、醋、盐汤、童便各浸四两，焙干） 益母草（半斤） 当归（酒洗，六两）
川芎 熟地黄（姜汁炒） 白术（各四两） 白芍药（炒，三两） 玄胡索（炒） 人参 白茯苓
（各二两） 甘草（炙，一两）
上为细末，炼蜜丸，如桐子大，每服五六十丸，砂仁汤或酒或醋汤白滚水任下，空心
服。（此方不惟理气补虚，而且善调经种子，然有甘草，而又以蜜为丸者，为以香附、益母为
君，故无伤于甘丸而缓也）
羊乳丸 治虚劳羸瘦。
黄 （蜜炙） 地黄（酒浸蒸） 秦艽 山茱萸肉 柴胡 地骨皮（等分）
上为末，炼蜜丸，如桐子大，每服五十丸，煎人参汤下，不拘时候，日进一服。（此方以黄
补上焦元气，而配以地骨之苦寒，是补气不补火，以熟地补下焦之水，而配以山茱之温
涩，是补水而又生肝，柴胡散结热之气，秦艽利一身之机，方以羊乳名者，以参、 有羊肉
之功也）
六味丸（一名地黄丸，一名肾气丸） 治肾经不足，发热作渴，小便淋闭，气壅痰嗽，头目眩
晕，眼花耳聋，咽燥舌痛，齿牙不固，腰腿痿软，自汗盗汗，便血诸血，失音，水泛为痰，血
虚发热等证，其功不能尽述。
熟地黄（半斤，杵膏） 山茱萸肉 干山药（各四两） 牡丹皮 白茯苓 泽泻（各三两）
上各另为末，和地黄膏，加炼蜜丸，如桐子大，每服七八十丸，空心食前滚汤下。
八味丸 治命门火衰，不能生土，以致脾胃虚弱，饮食少思，大便不实，脐腹疼痛，夜多
漩溺等症。
即六味丸加肉桂、附子（各一两）。（此方原名肾气丸，为以肾中有生气也，肾为坎，命门同
之。命门之气，宜藏而不宜泄，故日悭脏，以其受五脏六腑之精而藏之也。本方以地黄滋肾
阴，以山茱、山药、茯苓、泽泻补四脏之气，降而归肾，而丹皮以泻阴中伏火，火去而气生精
长，所以四脏皆有廪而生生不穷也。名曰肾气，岂无谓乎？若八味者，又温生气于阴之中，
以补火生土也，故下元虚而腹痛漩溺者宜之）
益阴肾气丸 治诸脏亏损，发热晡热，潮热盗汗，或寒热往来，五心烦热，或口干作渴，
月经不调，或筋骨酸倦，饮食少思，或头目不清，痰气上壅，咳嗽晡甚，胸膈痞闷，或小便赤
数，两足热痛，或脚足痿软，肢体作痛等症。此壮水之主，以制阳光之剂。
熟地黄（八两，杵膏） 山茱萸肉 山药（各四两） 白茯苓 牡丹皮 泽泻（各三两） 当归 五味子（炒，各
二两） 生地黄（酒浸杵膏）
上为末，入二膏，加炼蜜丸，如桐子大，朱砂为衣，每服五十丸，空心淡盐汤下。（按肾气
丸立自仲景，主作纳气归元，故名之，今加益阴二字乃添蛇足也，岂立方之旨哉？若五味犹
能敛气生津，生地尚可凉血泻火，或少佐之，庶几近理。而当归之用，殊失之矣！或曰当归
味辛，可以润肾燥，殊不知辛温之味，乃流行之物，非所以纳气也。盖肾为水藏而阴生，所
谓水深土浓也，动则气散而水溢，所谓失藏其用也，观水归冬旺而反涸，长夏火旺而水行，
可想命名之义矣！辛温之物，加于纳气丸中，宜乎否乎）
乌鸡煎丸 治妇人百病，血气虚劳，赤白带下等证。
黄 当归（各六两） 香附子（四两） 白茯苓（三两） 人参 官桂 熟地黄 生地黄 地骨
皮（各二两）
上为乌骨白鸡一只，男用雌，女用雄，笼住，将黄 末和暖面丸鸡头实大，喂鸡眼生
眵，吊死，去肠肚及毛，洗净捶碎骨，入前药并纳鸡腹内，用酒醋各一瓶，煮一宿，取骨焙干，
并研为末，用汁打糊丸，如桐子大，每服五十丸，盐汤下（鸡巽木也，乌骨白毛，金水相生，
木无火燥之义，于妇人所宜者，肝木为用，而阴生阳长也。但此方所配诸药，虽以气血为
主，然参、 同官桂，则温补太过，苟非血虚气
弱者不可）
人参鳖甲丸 治妇人一切虚损，肌肉瘦瘁，盗汗心忪，咳嗽上气，经脉不调，或作寒
热，不思饮食。
人参 当归 赤芍药 杏仁（汤浸去皮尖，炒） 甘草（炙） 桔梗（去芦） 柴胡（各一两）地骨皮
宣黄连 胡黄连（各七钱半） 肉桂（去粗皮） 木香（各半两） 麝香（另研，五分） 鳖甲（一枚重
二两者，醋炙黄色）
上为细末，用青蒿一斤，研烂绞汁，童子小便五升，酒五升，同熬至二升，次入真酥三
两，白沙蜜三两，再熬成膏冷，方下众药末，搜和令匀，丸如桐子大，每服五十丸，温酒送下
无时。（此方谓治虚损者，为气血不足也，故用参、归，惟不足，则津液枯而肌肉瘦，故用酥，
蜜以润之，且酥、蜜同杏仁、甘、桔又可润肺下气而除嗽也。然气不足则寒而心忪，血不足则
热而盗汗，故又于补气血之中，一加柴胡、地骨、黄连以除热，一加肉桂、木香以温寒，赤芍
散血中之瘀，杏仁破气中之滞，胡连、鳖甲、青蒿、童便搜骨蒸之热，而以麝香为引者，是欲
内外通而结热散也，又何不足之有）
艾煎丸 治妇人诸虚。
杜艾叶 大当归（各二两） 香附子（四两）
(The following prescriptions are suitable for the initial stage of deficiency and damage; they should be used with discretion.)
Zengsun Siwu Decoction (Modified Four Substances Decoction): Treats women with Qi and Blood deficiency, manifesting as lethargy and weakness in the four limbs, fatigue, and shortness of breath. It also treats excessive lochia after childbirth, deficiency and damage of Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi), disharmony of Yin and Yang, and alternating chills and fever.
Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), all in equal parts.
The above herbs are chopped. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with one cup of water until reduced to 60%, remove the dregs, and take hot. (Treating blood diseases by treating blood, and Qi diseases by treating Qi, is easily understood by people. However, treating blood diseases by tonifying Qi, and Qi diseases by tonifying Blood, is not fully known by everyone. Hence, there are methods of modification for Siwu Tang. Since Dihuang is cloying and impedes Qi, damaging the Spleen, it is not suitable for those with limb lethargy and shortness of breath, so it should be removed. Renshen and Gancao tonify the Spleen, so they should be added. Paojiang (prepared Ginger) can warm the Middle Jiao and guide Blood back to Qi; this is the subtlety of modification.)
Liushen Tang (Six Spirits Decoction): Treats disharmony of the Spleen Qi, deficiency of Ying and Wei, lethargy and exhaustion, and poor appetite. Taking it tonifies True Qi, improves appetite, and nourishes the skin.
Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), all in equal parts.
The above herbs are made into a coarse powder. Take 5 qian per dose, decoct with water, and take warm on an empty stomach. (Note: Nourishing muscles and moistening skin is the function of Wei Qi. Wei Qi should not be treated with heat. This prescription uses Huangqi to tonify Wei Qi, and Digupi to clear heat from the Wei level, avoiding the danger of "flaming fire consuming Qi." It further uses Siwu Tang to guide Wei Qi back to the Four Zang Organs to govern Blood, utilizing the function of "mild fire generating Qi." Thus, Ying and Wei become sufficient, and exhaustion disappears. The mention of Spleen disharmony and poor appetite refers to a disease of Qi deficiency; when Qi is sufficient, the condition resolves. This should be understood.)
Shengyu Tang (Sage's Recovery Decoction): Treats irritability due to Blood deficiency, restless sleep, or five-palm heat.
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - wine-washed), each 1 qian; Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - wine-washed), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix - wine-washed), each 5 fen.
Decoct with water and take. (Shengyu Tang focuses on "Blood deficiency causing irritability." However, removing Baishao and using Shengdihuang is to cool the Heart and generate Blood. Is the use of Chuanxiong merely for dispersing constrained Fire? It would be better to replace it with Maidong.)
Jiajian Dajianzhong Tang (Modified Great Middle-Jiao Building Decoction): Treats all deficiencies before and after childbirth in women, irregular menstruation, colic and severe abdominal pain, alternating chills and fever, spontaneous sweating, dry mouth, and thirst.
Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix) 2 liang; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), each 1 liang; Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Zhicao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), each 7 qian.
Make into a powder. Take 2.5 qian per dose, add ginger and jujube, decoct with water, and take before meals. (Note: The previous three prescriptions use Renshen and Jiang to warm the Middle, or Huangqi and Digupi to tonify Wei and clear heat, or Renshen and Huangqi together, supplementing both interior and exterior, mostly modifying Siwu Tang for the Blood aspect. This prescription is named Jianzhong (Building the Middle) and emphasizes Qi. Rougui's color can unblock Ying Blood, and its aroma/flavor can unblock Wei Qi. Thus, the Classic uses it to unblock blood vessels. Combined with Huangqi, Baizhu, Gancao, ginger, and jujube, its Jianzhong effect is even greater because it combines with the Earth element.)
Danggui Jianzhong Tang (Angelica Building the Middle Decoction): Treats all conditions of Qi and Blood deficiency in women, resulting in deficiency, emaciation, and fatigue.
Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) 4 liang; Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba - stir-fried) 6 liang; Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex - bark removed); Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), each 2 liang.
Chop the herbs. Take 3 qian per dose, add 3 slices of fresh ginger and one jujube, decoct with water, and take on an empty stomach. (This prescription takes Danggui and Baishao as the main ingredients, without Huangqi or Baizhu. Although ginger and jujube harmonize the Middle, it builds in the Blood aspect. Understanding the subtlety of combination reveals the ancients' intent.)
Shuanghe San (Double Harmony Powder): Treats deficiency and fatigue after any major illness, tonifying Blood and benefiting Qi. (Shuanghe means specifically harmonizing Ying and Wei, rather than building the Middle. However, this formula is essentially Dajianzhong Tang with Baizhu replaced by Shudihuang, and the dosages differ. One must know that ancients did not adhere rigidly to formulas or methods; reading it yields meanings beyond the words.)
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Chao Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba - stir-fried), each 1 qian; Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), each 5 fen.
Chop the herbs. Take 4 qian per dose, add 3 slices of fresh ginger and two jujubes, decoct with water, and take.
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Benefit Qi Decoction): Treats physical and mental exhaustion, or irregular diet leading to Spleen and Stomach deficiency, sinking of Clear Qi, fever, headache, limb fatigue, irritability, muscle wasting, and gradual emaciation.
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix - remove if coughing), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), each 1 qian; Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried) 5 fen; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), each 7 fen; Shengma ( Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), each 3 fen.
Take as one dose, decoct with water, and take slightly warm well after meals. (Physical labor injures Qi externally; mental labor injures Qi internally; irregular diet injures Middle Qi. Injury leads to decline in grain essence, disease of the Post-Heaven foundation, and lack of nourishment for the Upper and Lower Jiao. Therefore, sweet-warm agents are used to tonify Upper and Middle Qi, cleverly lifting Ying Qi to raise sunken Yang, harmonizing Ying and Wei so Qi naturally recovers. When Qi recovers, what disease remains? Mr. Dongyuan's life work relies entirely on this. Its modifications are even more subtle; see details.)
Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasures Decoction): Treats Spleen and Stomach damage with simultaneous injury to Qi and Blood. Human life depends primarily on the Spleen and Stomach; once they are deficient, the Five Zang Organs lose their support, and hundred diseases arise. It is Sizijunzi Tang combined with Siwu Tang, decocted with ginger and jujube.
Guipi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction): Treats bleeding from the Spleen meridian, insomnia, fever, night sweats; or Spleen injury from overthinking, failing to control Blood leading to hemorrhage; or forgetfulness, palpitations, fright; or Heart-Spleen pain, lethargy, desire to lie down, and loss of appetite.
See Blood Flooding Section (Labor Injury Clause).
Huangqi San (Astragalus Powder): Treats body pain and fatigue after eating due to laborious Qi, and night sweats. This is due to Ying and Wei damage from blood loss.
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix) 1 liang; Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Ganyedi (Rehmanniae Radix), each 7.5 qian; Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried) 0.5 liang.
Take 5 qian per dose, add 3 slices of ginger and one jujube, decoct with water, and take warm before meals. (Kidney fluid entering the Heart becomes sweat, and sweat is the manifestation of Yang Qi. Yang Qi is Wei Qi. During the day, Wei Qi travels through Yang levels, becoming Qi and sweat; at night, it travels through Yin levels, becoming fluid and Blood. Night sweats occur when the Qi traveling in Yin secretly escapes outward to travel in Yang. This prescription uses Huangqi to tonify Yang Qi and secure the exterior, Fangfeng as a guide, Danggui, Baishao, and Dihuang to guide Qi medicines back to Yin, and Gancao to harmonize Ying and Wei in the center, thus curing all symptoms.)
Jiegeng Yinzi (Platycodon Guide Potion): Treats Heart Qi deficiency, relieves fatigue, and benefits Blood.
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix - heart removed), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), each 1 liang; Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride) 0.5 liang.
Make into a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct with one cup of water until reduced to 70%, and take warm. (Jiegeng Yin treats Qi deficiency, so Renshen, Huangqi, and Gancao are the Sovereign herbs. Maidong is added to unblock the Heart and clear Fire. Jiegeng carries the other herbs to tonify Upper Jiao Qi. Qingpi promotes Diaphragm Qi to prevent congestion from the other herbs. This reflects that Blood is born from Qi.)
Jie Lao San (Robbing Labor Powder): Treats dual deficiency of Heart and Kidney, labor-induced coughing (two or three sounds, no phlegm), nighttime fever followed by cold, occasional night sweats, limb fatigue, sallow and thin complexion, decreased appetite, vague sleep at night, unsettled Spirit, and vivid dreams. This medicine treats slight cough with saliva containing red threads, known as Fei Wei (Lung Atrophy). If untreated, it becomes a debilitating disease.
Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) 6 liang; Honey-fried Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix) 4 liang; Renshen (Ginseng Radix - rhizome removed), Baifuling (Poria), Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma - boiled seven times), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - rhizome removed, wine-washed), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla - stir-fried), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - washed and dried), each 2 liang.
Chop the herbs. Take 3 qian per dose, add 7 slices of ginger and three jujubes, decoct with water, take warm, three times daily. (The human body utilizes Qi and Blood; the Five Zang Organs prioritize Heart and Kidney. Heart and Kidney are the parents of Qi and Blood. This prescription uses three items to tonify Qi, three to tonify Blood, and three to stop cough, eliminate phlegm, and astringe the Lung, which seems appropriate. However, Banxia is drying and damages Blood; why use it? Presumably, Huangqi is the Sovereign for tonifying Qi, Baishao for tonifying Blood. Adding Shudihuang and Ejiao moistens dryness, while Wuweizi and Renshen generate fluids. Thus, there is no harm from dryness. It is suitable for slight cough with saliva, but treating red threads (hemoptysis) is beyond the courage of modern practitioners. Use with discretion. Especially when combined with Renshen and Huangqi, do not use lightly.)
Bufei Tang (Tonify Lung Decoction): Treats labor-induced cough, deficiency of the Five Zang Organs, afternoon fever, spontaneous and night sweats, expectoration, and wheezing cough.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Fried Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Ziwan (Asternatis Radix), Fried Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), each 5 fen; Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Fried Sangbaipi (Morus Cortex Radicis), each 1 qian.
Cut into pieces, decoct with water, add a little honey, and take after meals. (Some say人参 and Huangqi are contraindicated for cough, and Shudihuang for phlegm. Using them all here indicates ignorance.)
Bufang Wan (Tonifying Pill): Treats various deficiency diseases in women.
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), each 1 liang; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Fried Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), each 0.5 liang.
Make into fine powder, refine honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50-70 pills per dose, wash down with warm water. (This follows the principle of Bazhen Tang. The choice to include or exclude Chenpi and Fuling should be considered.)
Renshen Wan (Ginseng Pill): Nourishes Yin, generates Blood, and tonifies deficiency.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fried Lujiaojiao (Cervi Cornu Colla), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), all in equal parts.
Make into fine powder, refine honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, wash down with rice drink on an empty stomach. (This also follows the principle of Bazhen Tang. Made into pills, Gancao is removed. Due to its diuretic nature, Fuling is removed. The use of Lujiaojiao is likely because it belongs to the category of Qi and Blood, tonifying the Du Mai and filling the brain marrow.)
Qibu Wan (Seven Tonics Pill): Treats women with weak Qi and Blood, disharmony of Chong and Ren meridians, abdominal knots resembling pregnancy, yet menstruation has not arrived and meridians are undifferentiated. This prescription is suitable.
Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), each 3 qian; Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Fried Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla), each 2 fen.
Make into fine powder, refine honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50-60 pills per dose, wash down with rice drink on an empty stomach. (Siwu Tang and Ejiao tonify Ren Mai deficiency; Baizhu and Baizhi regulate Chong Mai Qi. Because the menstrual knot resembles pregnancy and meridians are undifferentiated, the formula is constructed thus.)
Shibu Wan (Ten Tonics Pill): Treats all deficiencies and damages in women, disharmony of Ying and Wei, emaciation, sallow face, back fatigue, bitter taste, dry tongue, palpitations, excessive sweating, Blood deficiency with excess Qi, alternating chills and fever, all types of metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, miscarriage, and abortion. This medicine treats all these conditions. Pregnant women taking it have miraculous effects.
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - washed, wine-soaked, steamed, dried, weighed) 4 liang; Roushoucong (Cynomorii Folii - wine-soaked, dried); Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix - rhizome removed, honey-fried); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - wine-soaked), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba - washed), Baifuling (Poria), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma - rhizome removed, stir-fried), each 2 liang; Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex - bark removed) 1 liang; Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried) 0.5 liang.
Make into fine powder, use good wine to mix with Yam powder paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 60-70 pills per dose, wash down with rice soup or warm wine before meals. (This is Shiquan Dabu Tang plus Roushoucong. Materia Medica states Roushoucong is the Black Life Master, treating male impotence and female infertility. Hence it is added. Few pill formulas use Gancao, but this one does. Instead of honey, it uses wine-mixed Yam paste to ensure the pills do not act too slowly, achieving tenfold efficacy.)
Ziyin Baibu Bu Wan (Nourishing Yin Hundred Tonics Pill): Treats women with labor-injured Qi and Blood, all deficiencies and damages, five labors and seven injuries, Yin-Yang disharmony, alternating chills and fever, Heart/abdominal pain, loss of appetite, emaciation, and fatigue.
Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma) 1 jin (soaked in wine, vinegar, salt water, and child's urine, 4 liang each, dried); Yimucao (Leonuri Herba) 0.5 jin; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix - wine-washed) 6 liang; Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - ginger juice stir-fried), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), each 4 liang; Fried Baishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) 3 liang; Fried Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizoma), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Baifuling (Poria), each 2 liang; Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried) 1 liang.
Make into fine powder, refine honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50-60 pills per dose, wash down with Sandaren (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) soup, wine, vinegar soup, or plain boiling water, on an empty stomach. (This prescription not only regulates Qi and tonifies deficiency but also excels at regulating menstruation and promoting conception. Although it contains Gancao and is honey-pilled, since Xiangfu and Yimucao are Sovereign, it avoids the slowing effect of sweet pills.)
Yangru Wan (Sheep Milk Pill): Treats deficiency-labor and emaciation.
Honey-fried Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Wine-soaked and steamed Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix), Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), in equal parts.
Make into fine powder, refine honey into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, wash down with Ginseng decoction, anytime, once daily. (This prescription uses Huangqi to tonify Upper Jiao Yuan Qi, paired with Digupi's bitter-cold to tonify Qi without heating. Shudihuang tonifies Lower Jiao Water, paired with Shanzhuyu's warm-astringent to tonify Water and generate Liver Wood. Chaihu dissipates constrained heat Qi; Qinjiao facilitates whole-body mechanism. Named Sheep Milk because Renshen and Huangqi share the merit of mutton.)
Liuyi Wan (Six Ingredients Pill) (Also known as Dihuang Wan or Shenqi Wan): Treats Kidney Meridian deficiency, fever with thirst, dysuria, Qi stagnation with phlegm-cough, vertigo, blurred vision, deafness, dry throat, tongue pain, loose teeth, weak waist and legs, spontaneous and night sweats, hematochezia and other bleeding, aphonia, water overflowing as phlegm, and fever due to Blood deficiency. Its merits cannot be fully described.
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - pounded into paste) 8 liang; Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Dry Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), each 4 liang; Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Baifuling (Poria), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), each 3 liang.
Each herb is made into powder separately, mixed with Dihuang paste, refined honey added, and formed into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 70-80 pills per dose, wash down with boiling water on an empty stomach before meals.
Bawei Wan (Eight Ingredients Pill): Treats Mingmen Fire decline failing to generate Earth, leading to Spleen-Stomach weakness, poor appetite, loose stools, umbilical/abdominal pain, and frequent nocturia.
It is Liuyi Wan plus Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex) and Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), each 1 liang. (Originally named Shenqi Wan because the Kidney contains generating Qi. Kidney corresponds to Kan trigram, same as Mingmen. Mingmen Qi should be stored, not leaked, hence called "stingy organ" as it stores essence from Five Zang and Six Fu. This formula uses Dihuang to nourish Kidney Yin, Shanzhuyu, Shanyao, Fuling, Zexie to tonify Qi of Four Zang, descending back to Kidney. Mudanpi clears latent Fire in Yin. With Fire gone, Qi generates and Essence grows, so Four Zang have granaries and generation is endless. Named Shenqi, is it meaningless? Bawei Wan warms generating Qi within Yin to tonify Fire and generate Earth, suitable for lower origin deficiency with abdominal pain and frequent urination.)
Yiyin Shenqi Wan (Nourishing Yin Kidney Qi Pill): Treats deficiency of all Zang organs, fever, afternoon fever, tidal fever, night sweats, alternating chills and fever, five-palm heat, dry mouth/thirst, irregular menstruation, soreness/weakness of bones/tendons, poor appetite, unclear head/eyes, Phlegm-Qi obstruction, worsening cough in afternoon, chest oppression, red/frequent urination, hot/painful feet, weak legs, body pain. This is a formula to strengthen the Master of Water to control Solar Flare.
Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata - pounded into paste) 8 liang; Shanzhuyu (Corni Fructus), Shanyao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), each 4 liang; Baifuling (Poria), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma), each 3 liang; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Fried Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus), each 2 liang; Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix - wine-soaked, pounded into paste).
Make into powder, add the two pastes, refined honey, form pills the size of paulownia seeds, coat with Cinnabar. Take 50 pills per dose, wash down with light salt water on an empty stomach. (Note: Shenqi Wan was established by Zhang Zhongjing, focusing on guiding Qi back to the root, hence the name. Adding "Nourishing Yin" is superfluous and contradicts the original intent. Wuweizi can astringe Qi and generate fluids; Shengdihuang can cool Blood and drain Fire. Used sparingly, it might be reasonable. However, the use of Danggui is flawed! Some say Danggui's pungency moistens Kidney dryness, but pungent-warm substances are circulating, not suitable for guiding Qi. Kidney is a Water organ generating Yin ("deep water, thick soil"). Movement scatters Qi and overflows Water, losing its storing function. Observing water flourishing in winter but drying up, or flowing in summer when Fire is strong, clarifies the naming meaning. Should pungent-warm substances be added to a Qi-guiding pill? Consider carefully.)
Wuji Jian Wan (Black Chicken Decoction Pill): Treats hundred diseases in women, Blood-Qi deficiency-labor, red and white leukorrhea.
Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), each 6 liang; Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma) 4 liang; Baifuling (Poria) 3 liang; Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Guanzi Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Digupi (Lycii Cortex), each 2 liang.
Take one black-boned white-feathered chicken. Males use female, females use male. Cage it. Make balls of Huangqi powder mixed with warm dough, size of chicken head, feed to chicken until eyes produce discharge. Hang to die. Remove entrails and feathers, wash, crush bones. Add the above herbs into the chicken belly. Cook overnight in one bottle of wine and one bottle of vinegar. Take bones, bake dry, grind to powder. Use the cooking liquid to make paste pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, wash down with salt water. (Chicken corresponds to Xun Wood. Black bone, white feathers represent Metal-Water mutual generation. Wood without Fire dryness is suitable for women, as Liver Wood functions through Yin generating Yang. However, although this prescription focuses on Qi and Blood, combining Renshen, Huangqi, and Guanzi Gui is overly warming-tonifying. It should only be used for Blood deficiency and Qi weakness.)
Renshen Biejia Wan (Ginseng Softshell Turtle Pill): Treats all deficiency diseases in women, emaciated muscles, night sweats, palpitations, cough with rebellious Qi, irregular menstruation, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite.
Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chishaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum - soaked in water, peel and tip removed, stir-fried), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - honey-fried), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix - rhizome removed), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), each 1 liang; Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Xuanhuanglian (Scutellariae Radix), Huhuanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), each 7.5 qian; Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex - rough bark removed), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), each 0.5 liang; Shexiang (Moschus - ground separately) 5 fen; Biejia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum - one weighing 2 liang, vinegar-fried to yellow).
Make into fine powder. Use 1 jin Qinghao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba), pound and squeeze juice. Combine with 5 sheng child's urine and 5 sheng wine, boil down to 2 sheng. Add 3 liang real Su (Butyrum) and 3 liang Baisha Mi (Saccharum), boil again into paste, cool, then add herb powders, mix evenly, form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, wash down with warm wine anytime. (This prescription treats deficiency due to Qi and Blood insufficiency, using Renshen and Danggui. Insufficiency leads to dry fluids and emaciated muscles, so Su and Mi are used to moisten. Su and Mi, along with Xingren, Gancao, and Jiegeng, also moisten the Lung, direct Qi downward, and relieve cough. Qi deficiency causes cold and palpitations; Blood deficiency causes heat and night sweats. Thus, within Qi-Blood tonification, Chaihu, Digupi, and Huanglian are added to clear heat, while Rougui and Muxiang warm cold. Chishaoyao disperses Blood stasis; Xingren breaks Qi stagnation. Huhuanglian, Biejia, Qinghao, and child's urine search out bone-steaming heat. Shexiang acts as a guide to connect interior/exterior and scatter constrained heat. How can there be insufficiency?)
Ai Jian Wan (Mugwort Decoction Pill): Treats all deficiencies in women.
Du Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium), Da Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), each 2 liang; Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma) 4 liang.