点吹药
济生二圣散治缠喉风急喉痹
鸭嘴胆矾(二钱半) 白僵蚕(炒去丝嘴半两)
上为末每用少许以竹管吹入喉中
白矾散治急喉闭
白矾(一钱) 巴豆(二个去壳作六瓣)
上将矾于铫内慢火熬化为水置巴豆其内候干去巴豆取矾研为末每用少许吹入喉中立愈
杨氏一字散治时气缠喉风渐入咽塞水谷不下牙关紧急不省人事者
雄黄(研) 蝎梢 白矾(枯) 藜芦 猪牙皂角(炙各等分)
上为末每用一豆大鼻内 之立效
三因玉钥匙治风热喉闭及缠喉风
焰硝(一两半) 硼砂(半两) 白僵蚕(一钱) 脑子(一字)
上研匀以竹管吹半钱许入喉中立愈或加雄黄二钱名密钥匙
三因解毒雄黄丸治缠喉风及喉痹卒然仆倒失音不出声或牙关紧急者
雄黄(一两) 巴豆(去油十四个) 郁金(一钱)
上研醋糊丸绿豆大热茶清下七丸吐出顽涎即苏省未吐再服至如死者亦以物斡开口灌之下
咽无有不活者吐泄些小不妨
丹溪方用射干汁和逆流水吐之 用桐油以鹅翎蘸探吐之 用灯火油脚吐之
局方龙脑鸡苏丸治上焦热咽肿嗌痛
(方见热门)
澹寮牛蒡子散治风热上壅咽喉肿痛或生乳蛾
牛蒡子(研) 玄参 升麻 桔梗 犀角 黄芩 木通 甘草(各等分)
上 咀每半两水煎入生姜二片
拔萃桔梗汤治热肿喉痹
桔梗 甘草 连翘 栀子 薄荷 黄芩
上为 咀入竹叶煎
百一选方治咽喉肿闭
出豆根洗净新汲水浸少时
上以一块入口中含之咽下苦汁未愈再用
Pointing and Blowing Medicines
Jisheng Ersheng San (Two-Hero Powder from the Medical Creation Bureau) treats Chan Hou Feng (Wind-Entangling Throat Wind) and Ji Hou Bi (Acute Throat Obstruction).
Ya Zui Dan Fan (Duck-Bill Alum), Ban Liang (half tael); Bai Jiang Can (White Silkworm, stir-fried, removing silk and mouth parts), Ban Liang (half tael).
Grind the above into powder. For each use, take a small amount and blow it into the throat using a bamboo tube.
Bai Fan San (Alum Powder) treats Ji Hou Bi (Acute Throat Closure).
Bai Fan (Alum), Yi Qian (one qian); Ba Dou (Croton Seed, two seeds, shelled and divided into six segments).
First, slowly heat the alum in a ding (a type of cauldron) until it melts into water. Place the ba dou inside and wait for it to dry. Remove the ba dou, grind the remaining alum into powder. For each use, take a small amount and blow it into the throat; recovery is immediate.
Yang Shi Yi Zi San (Yang's One-Character Powder) treats Shi Qi (Seasonal Pathogenic Factors) causing Chan Hou Feng that gradually obstructs the throat, preventing the intake of water and food, with tight jaw clenching and loss of consciousness.
Xiong Huang (Realgar, ground), Xie Shao (Scorpion Tail Tip), Bai Fan (Calcined Alum), Li Lu (Veratrum Root), Zhu Ya Zao Jiao (Ziziphus Spinosus Fruit, roasted), all in equal proportions.
Grind the above into powder. For each use, take an amount the size of a bean and blow it into the nose; efficacy is immediate.
San Yin Yu Yao Chi (Jade Key from the Three Causes) treats wind-heat caused Hou Bi (Throat Obstruction) and Chan Hou Feng.
Yan Xiao (Saltpeter), Yi Liang Ban (one tael and a half); Peng Sha (Borax), Ban Liang (half tael); Bai Jiang Can (White Silkworm), Yi Qian (one qian); Nao Zi (Borneol, one zi, a traditional unit of weight).
Grind the above uniformly. Blow about half a qian into the throat using a bamboo tube; recovery is immediate. Alternatively, add Er Qian (two qian) of Xiong Huang (Realgar) to name it Mi Yao Chi (Secret Key).
San Yin Jie Du Xiong Huang Wan (Three Causes Detoxifying Realgar Pill) treats Chan Hou Feng and Hou Bi, where patients suddenly collapse, lose their voice, or have tight jaw clenching.
Xiong Huang (Realgar), Yi Liang (one tael); Ba Dou (Croton Seed, oil removed, fourteen seeds); Yu Jin (Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome), Yi Qian (one qian).
Grind the above into powder and bind with vinegar paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take seven pills with hot tea broth. Vomiting out stubborn phlegm leads to revival. If vomiting does not occur, administer again. Even if the patient appears dead, pry open the mouth with a tool and pour the medicine down; there is no case that cannot be saved. Slight vomiting or diarrhea is acceptable.
Dan Xi Fang (Method of Danxi): Use She Gan Juice (Belamcanda Rhizome Juice) mixed with Ni Liu Shui (counter-flowing water) to induce vomiting. Or dip a goose feather in Tong You (Tung Oil) to probe the throat and induce vomiting. Or use Deng Huo You Jiao (lamp wick oil residue) to induce vomiting.
Ju Fang Long Nao Ji Su Wan (Official Formula Dragon Brain Chicken Mint Pill) treats Shang Jiao Re (Heat in the Upper Jiao) causing Yan Zhong (swollen throat) and Sai Tong (throat pain).
(See the Hot Disease chapter for the formula.)
Dan Liao Niu Bang Zi San (Dan Liao Arctium Seed Powder) treats wind-heat congestion leading to throat swelling and pain, or Ru E (tonsillar hypertrophy/abscess).
Niu Bang Zi (Arctii Fructus, ground), Xuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix), Sheng Ma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Xi Jiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), all in equal proportions.
Cut the herbs coarsely. Decoct half a liang with water, adding two slices of Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger).
Ba Cui Jie Geng Tang (Extraction of Excellence Platycodon Decoction) treats heat-induced swelling and Hou Bi.
Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructus), Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus), Bo He (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix).
Cut the herbs coarsely and decoct with Zhu Ye (Bambusae Folium).
Bai Yi Xuan Fang (Selection from Hundred Choices Formula) treats throat swelling and closure.
Take Dou Gen (Kudzu Root), wash clean, and soak briefly in Xin Ji Shui (freshly drawn water).
Take one piece, hold it in the mouth, and swallow the bitter juice. If not healed, repeat.