Library

Take Sheng Bohe (Raw Menthae Haplocalycis Herba, 0.5 liang) and Zhu Ya Zao Jiao (Toothed Soap Pod, 2 liang), crush them, add one sheng of water, soak the two herbs together, extract the juice, and grind into a paste. Add Gua Di powder (1 liang), Li Lu (Veratrum nigrum, 2 liang), and Zhu Sha (Cinnabar, 0.5 liang). Mix with the paste to form pills the size of longan fruits, coated with Zhu Sha. Dissolve one pill in warm wine for administration; for severe cases, administer two pills. The treatment should cease once vomiting occurs. If the patient vomits, they will regain consciousness; if they do not vomit, rescue is impossible. Some argue that apoplexy (Zhong Feng) does not warrant emetic therapy, citing Jin Hu and Bi Xia as warnings. However, in cases of sudden accumulation of phlegm-fluids causing a sawing sound, locked jaw, blocked qi mechanism, and inability to ingest decoctions, with life hanging by a thread, can one insist on prohibiting emetics? One should merely avoid using Yin Fen (Silver Powder) as it may damage the spleen and stomach and impair the limbs. Luo Qianfu's formula contains Fen Shuang (Calomel) and Qian Fen (Lead White) but excludes Li Lu; the therapeutic principle remains the same.

Take Gua Di (75 seeds), Chi Xiao Dou (Red Adzuki Beans, 75 grains), Ren Shen (Ginseng Root, 5 fen, rhizome removed), and Gan Cao (Licorice Root, 2.5 qian, raw). This formula treats phlegm-fluids, excessive alcohol consumption, food stagnation, labor-induced retained fluids, or cold binding in the chest transformed by heat depression.

Take Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 3 liang), Gua Di (7.5 grams equivalent), and Li Lu (Veratrum nigrum, 1 liang or 5 qian). Treat copious phlegm-fluids obstruction. Use this formula to induce vomiting until the limit is reached; there is no need to consume the entire dose. Administer in a warm room without drafts. After inducing vomiting, resolve the toxicity with vinegar and scallion soup.

Take Gua Di (7 pieces) and Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos, 7 pieces). Grind Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean) into powder. Insert a quantity the size of a black soybean into the nostril. After a short while, yellow fluid will discharge, indicating recovery. Treat edema of the body, face, and limbs; expel parasites; remove nasal polyps; treat Yin Jaundice, Dan Huang (Jaundice), and acute sudden Jaundice.

Ku Shen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix, 2 fen), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, 1.5 fen), Gua Di (20 pieces), and Chi Dou (Adzuki Bean, 14 grains). Treat Tai Yang disease where sweating has occurred without thirst, persisting for three to four days, requiring emesis for chest discomfort. If vomiting persists, resolve it with Cong Chi Jiang (Scallion and Fermented Soybean Decoction). Avoid Hai Zao (Sargassum) and Song Cai (Pine vegetables).

Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean, 30 pieces), Fu Ling (Poria, 6 zhu), Gua Di (4 zhu), Xiong Huang (Realgar, 2 zhu), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, 5 zhu, honey-fried), and Gua Lou (Trichosanthis Fructus, 4 zhu). Add three sheng of water. First decoct Chi Xiao Dou and Fu Ling to obtain eight he of juice. Combine with the other four herbs, pound into a powder. Mix half a qian bi (measure) of the powder with the previously obtained juice. Take at a suitable temperature. Vomiting should occur shortly after, resulting in normal black stool and urine. Another source states this treats chronic Dan Huang (Jaundice).

Gua Di (3 fen), Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean, 4 fen, roasted), and Xiong Huang (Realgar, 4 liang, finely ground). Pound and sieve into a powder. Take one and a half qian bi with warm Jiang Shui (fermented grain liquid) on an empty stomach. Stop when vomiting occurs. If ineffective, increase to two qian bi. Treat sudden attack of evil qi, causing heart and abdominal colic, stabbing pain,急促 breathing, abdominal distension, and a critical state resembling imminent death.