\r虎掌草\pb6.bmp\r，味苦、辣，性寒。有小毒。行经络，攻热毒，攻胃中痰毒，胃
有痰毒，饮食呕吐。消疽疖诸疮红肿，血风疥癞癣疮。治瘰 核疮、结核、痰核、气瘰。或
有溃烂，痰入
（奇方） 名五虎汤，治痰咳、结气，瘰核肿硬如桃李，未破，绕项生者。
虎掌草（二两） 小九牯牛（一两） 紫夏枯草（一两） 白头翁（一两） 威灵仙（五
钱） 好酒２斤泡，每晚上炖热服三杯，二十一日痊愈，核自消散。气实者可用，气虚者禁
忌。
（增补附方） 治同前症
贝母 香附 川芎 连翘 牛膝 牛蒡子 夏枯草 防风各等份引点水酒服。气虚者佐
以四君子汤，血虚四物汤。
──丛本卷上
虎掌草，形似天南星，昔东山老人在滇，滇万民个个染瘟疫，身上忽起一疔红线，线穿
心则亡，速用此敷之，神效。若红疔破，内有一白刺，似毛形，用针挑去，周遭用此药搽之，
可救万民。滇中火地多染此症。
\r升麻\pb7.bmp\r，味苦、平，性寒。升也，阴中之阳也。引诸药游行四经。发表伤
寒无汗，发表小儿痘疹要药。解诸毒疮疽，止阳明齿痛，祛诸风热。
升麻（五分） 前胡（八分） 甘葛（五分） 黄芩（一钱） 栀子（八分 炒） 牛
蒡子（一钱） 甘草（三分） 桔梗（五分） 薄荷（五分） 川芎（一钱） 引用灯芯一
束煎服。咳嗽加桑皮 陈皮 杏仁。喘加苏子 川贝母。
肺
前胡（一钱） 升麻（三分） 茯苓（一钱） 连翘（一钱） 防风（五分） 桔梗（八
分） 薄荷（五分） 淡竹叶（一钱） 水煎服。
Huzhang Cao (Pinellia ternata Herb), with a bitter and pungent taste, is cold in nature. It possesses slight toxicity. It promotes the circulation of meridians, attacks heat-toxins, and eliminates phlegm-toxins in the stomach; when phlegm-toxins exist in the stomach, it leads to vomiting after eating. It reduces redness and swelling of various sores such as carbuncles and furuncles, and treats blood-wind, scabies, leprosy, and tinea. It treats scrofula nodules, tubercles, phlegm-nodules, and qi-scrofula. If there is ulceration, (Extraordinary Formula) named Wuhu Tang (Five Tiger Decoction) is used to treat phlegm-cough, qi-stagnation, and scrofula nodules that are swollen and hard like peaches or plums, unruptured, and growing around the neck.
Huzhang Cao (2 liang), Xiao Jiuguniu (1 liang), Zi Xiakucao (1 liang), Baitouweng (1 liang), Weilingxian (5 qian). Soak in 2 jin of good wine, warm and take three cups every night. Recovery occurs in twenty-one days, and nodules dissipate naturally. It can be used for those with excess qi, but is contraindicated for those with deficient qi.
(Added Supplementary Formulas) For the same symptoms as above:
Beimu, Xiangfu, Chuanxiong, Lianqiao, Niuxi, Niubangzi, Xiakucao, Fangfeng in equal parts, taken with water and wine as a guide. For qi deficiency, assist with Sijunzi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction); for blood deficiency, use Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction).
── Congben Volume Upper
Huzhang Cao resembles Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome). In the past, when the Old Man from Dongshan was in Yunnan, every citizen in Yunnan was infected with plague, suddenly developing a ding (carbuncle) with a red line on the body. If the line penetrated the heart, death would ensue. Quickly applying this herb externally yields miraculous effects. If the red ding ruptures, a white thorn-like hair appears inside; remove it with a needle, and apply this herb around the area to save the people. This condition is common among people living in fiery lands in Yunnan.
Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), with a bitter and neutral taste, is cold in nature. Its property is ascending, belonging to yang within yin. It guides other herbs to circulate through the four meridians. It releases the exterior to treat exogenous cold without sweating, and is an essential herb for releasing the exterior to treat childhood smallpox/rashes. It resolves toxins from various sores and ulcers, stops toothache in the Yangming meridian, and dispels wind-heat.
Shengma (5 fen), Qianhu (8 fen), Gange (5 fen), Huangqin (1 qian), Zhizi (8 fen, stir-fried), Niubangzi (1 qian), Gancao (3 fen), Jiegeng (5 fen), Bohe (5 fen), Chuanxiong (1 qian). Decoct with a bundle of lamp wick (Dengxin) as a guide. For cough, add Sangpi (Morus Alba Root Bark), Chenpi (Citrus Reticulata Pericarpium), and Xingren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed). For wheezing, add Suzi (Perilla Fructus) and Chuan Beimu (Fritillaria Cirrhosa Bulb).
Lung
Qianhu (1 qian), Shengma (3 fen), Fuling (1 qian), Lianqiao (1 qian), Fangfeng (5 fen), Jiegeng (8 fen), Bohe (5 fen), Danzhuye (1 qian). Decoct with water and take.