小建中汤 少阴恶寒,手足蜷而温。
桂枝 甘草(各二钱) 芍药(三钱)
上加姜三、枣二,水煎,入饴三匙,服。
黄 建中汤 身痛尺脉迟,汗后脉弱。加黄 (二钱),余同。
黄芩汤 阳明协热自利,太阳、少阳合病下利。
黄芩(三钱) 白芍 甘草(各一钱)
加枣二枚煎。呕加半夏(一钱)。
竹叶石膏汤 阳明汗多而渴,渴欲饮水,饮入即吐,及病后渴。
石膏(六钱) 麦冬(五钱) 人参 甘草(各一钱) 半夏(一钱五分) 竹叶(七钱)
水二钟半,煎钟半;入粳米一撮,煮米熟去渣,入生姜自然汁三匙,服。
栀子豉汤 吐下后心中懊 ,身热不去,心中痛。
肥栀子(四个) 香豉(五钱)
水二钟,煮栀至一钟,纳豉煮七分服,得吐,止后服。
桃花汤 少阴下利脓血;温毒下利(协热自利。赤脂、干姜各一两,黄连、当归各二两,丸服。)
赤石脂(二两,用半煎、半为末) 干姜(一钱五分) 糯米(一合)
上水二钟,煮米熟去渣,取半杯,调脂末二钱服,日三服。
乌梅丸 蛔厥。
乌梅(肉,十个) 细辛 附子 人参 黄柏 桂枝(各一钱五分) 干姜(二钱五分) 黄
连(四钱) 蜀椒 当归(各一钱)
上为末,醋煮梅,加蜜捣,和丸桐子大,每服三十丸,白汤送下。
鳖甲散 十余日头疼骨痛,恶寒,表证悉除,胸腹全宽,二便皆通,小柴胡、白虎、凉膈
等药尽服。惟身热,口渴舌苔,名曰坏证。
鳖甲 升麻 前胡 乌梅(一个) 黄芩 犀角(锉) 枳实(各七分) 生地(一钱) 甘
草(五分)
上水煎服。未效,服养荣汤。
归地养荣汤 坏证身热,口渴舌苔及舌如煨熟猪腰子。
当归 生地(怀庆,极大) 鳖甲(醋炙,研细) 麦冬(各五分) 芍药 青蒿 阿胶(各三
钱) 五味子(一钱五分) 加枇杷叶(五片,去毛蜜炙) 灯心(二十枝)
上煎成,烊化阿胶服,日二、三剂。甚者,人中黄、人中白研细,各一钱调服。加知母、地骨
皮、苦参亦可。虚人加人参、黄 、炙甘草。患人服药安卧,竟日热除渴止。
苦参汤 伤寒大热多日及时疫。
苦参(一两)煎服。楝树子煎服亦可。
桃仁汤 失汗狐惑。
桃仁 槐子 艾(各五钱) 枣(十枚) 水煎服。
雄黄锐散 唇疮声哑。
雄黄 青葙子 苦参 黄连(各二钱) 桃仁(一钱)
上为末,生艾汁蜜和如小指,绵裹,纳下部中。
白头翁汤 治肠垢、协热自利,渴而下利。
白头翁 黄柏 黄连 秦皮(各一钱)上水煎服。
大青龙汤 伤寒见风,伤风见寒,太阳无汗,脉浮紧,烦躁,服。
麻黄(二钱) 桂枝 甘草 杏仁(各七分) 石膏(二钱)
加姜、枣煎服,取微汗出。
葛根汤 太阳无汗恶风,刚 。太阳、阳明合病。
葛根(一钱三分) 桂 芍药 甘草 麻黄(各八分)
加姜、枣煎服,取微汗。
芍药附子甘草汤 汗下后恶寒拘急,切戒再汗。
芍药 附子 甘草(各三钱)
上水二钟,煎八分,去渣服。
橘皮半夏生姜汤 咳逆。即小橘皮汤加半夏。
独参汤 气虚脱阳等证,及吐血去多,孤阳不能独存,阳欲飞越,服。人参(一两) 水煎服。
胆草一物汤 及黄连、百合、青木香之类,凡一物者单味煎服。
参苏饮(方见伤风)五苓散(方见便癃)藿香正气散(二卷)二陈汤(
痰门)六一散(暑门)凉膈散 黄连解毒汤(火门)茵陈五苓散(即五苓加菌陈,方见泄泻)防
风通圣散 稀涎散(方见中风)四逆汤 茱萸四逆汤 理中汤 枳实理中丸(并见中寒)
蜜导法 自汗、大便秘,或虚、老,不胜攻下。
蜜(一杯) 铜杓熬如饴,勿焦,捻作挺如指,内肛门中即通。加皂角末尤效。
猪胆法 阳明自汗,小便利,勿攻。
大猪胆,入醋少许,芦管扎紧,灌入谷道中。
香油法 甚有日久不解,多以香油灌谷道,至鼻中油气即通。
熏阴毒 大豆(二升,炒极热。)先桶内置热醋(三升,)扶病患坐桶上熏少时,次倾豆入,熏囊下。
葱熨法 阴毒,以索缠葱白,如臂大,切去根及青,先以火胁一面热,着脐,熨斗熨。
姜葱熨 伤寒初起,必有食积。先接患人胸腹,略觉胀闷作痛,即是病。时饮食停滞,变成结
胸杀人,及诸结胸、痞满等证。凡男、妇、老、幼食积气滞,痰凝冷痛,悉效。
用生姜、葱(连须叶,各八两另切、捣细,麻布绞汁、并置一处听用。二渣内入铅粉(二两,漆匠
用者)研匀,起油锅炒极热,布包着实,顺气揉熨胀处。先隔布,次贴肉重熨;如冷,拌入姜葱汁
调匀,)少许炒,又熨多次,全畅为度。
阴毒灸法 干艾搓软,竖箸顶上捺成炷,灸关元二百壮(方见中寒。)
阳毒渍法 内外结热,舌卷唇焦,鼻孔如煤,用青布以新水渍湿,搭于患人胸腹,燥再渍
。以手足浸水,患人要饮水可与饮。
咳逆 硫黄、乳香研末入瓶,充热酒入,患人 。或雄黄调 ;或雄黄末服。
灸期门 呃逆,妇人热入血室。妇起乳房处,男乳下一寸动处是。男左女右,炷如麦大,灸三壮。
扑汗法 汗多不止。
白术 本 川芎 白芷(等分)为末,米粉对和,绢包,周身扑。
蒸汗法 薪火烧地热透,去火洒水,铺蚕沙、柏叶三寸浓;不足,桃叶、糠麸凑之。放席
令患人卧,浓盖,令汗至足(凡服药取汗,必至足即安。)
灸结胸 黄连(二寸,为末) 巴豆肉(七粒,捣。) 入黄连末,捻作饼,放脐中,艾灸。泻恶积。
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang (Minor Construct the Middle Decoction): Shaoyin disease presents with aversion to cold, curling up of the hands and feet, yet the body remains warm.
Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 2 qian), Shaoyao (Peony Root) (3 qian).
Add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, 3 slices) and Dazao (Jujube, 2 pieces), decoct in water, add Yitang (Maltose, 3 spoons), and take orally.
Huangqi Jian Zhong Tang (Astragalus Minor Construct the Middle Decoction): Body pain, slow Chi pulse, weak pulse after sweating. Add Huangqi (Astragalus Root, 2 qian), others remain the same.
Huangqin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction): Yangming disease with collaborative heat causing spontaneous diarrhea; Shaoyang-Shaoyin combined disease causing diarrhea.
Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, 3 qian), Baishao (White Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 qian).
Add 2 Jujubes and decoct. If vomiting occurs, add Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, 1 qian).
Zhuye Shigao Tang (Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction): Yangming disease with profuse sweating and thirst, desire to drink water but vomiting immediately after ingestion, and post-illness thirst.
Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 6 qian), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber, 5 qian), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 qian), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, 1.5 qian), Zhuye (Bamboo Leaf, 7 qian).
Decoct 2.5 zhong of water to 1.5 zhong; add a pinch of Jingmi (Rice Grain), cook until rice is tender, strain, add 3 spoons of fresh juice of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), and take orally.
Zhizi Chi Tang (Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction): After emesis or purgation, mental restlessness and regret, persistent fever, and heart pain.
Fei Zhizi (Large Gardenia Fruit, 4 pieces), Xiangchi (Prepared Fermented Soybean, 5 qian).
Decoct 2 zhong of water until Zhizi reduces to 1 zhong, add Xiangchi, boil for 0.7 portion, and take. If vomiting occurs, stop subsequent doses.
Taohua Tang (Peach Blossom Decoction): Shaoyin disease with diarrhea containing pus and blood; Warm toxin diarrhea (collaborative heat spontaneous diarrhea. Chishizhi and Ganjiang each 1 liang, Huanglian and Danggui each 2 liang, made into pills.)
Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum, 2 liang, half for decoction, half for powder), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 1.5 qian), Nuomi (Glutinous Rice, 1 he).
Decoct 2 zhong of water until rice is tender, strain, take half cup, mix with 2 qian of Chishizhi powder, take three times daily.
Wumei Wan (Mume Pill): Ascariasis convulsion (Hui Jue).
Wumei meat (Mume Fruit, 10 pieces), Xixin (Asarum), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig) (each 1.5 qian), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 2.5 qian), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 4 qian), Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis) (each 1 qian).
Grind all into powder, boil Wumei in vinegar, add honey and pound into paste, mix and form pills the size of tung seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with plain warm water.
Biejia San (Softshell Turtle Powder): Illness lasting over ten days with headache and bone pain, aversion to cold, all exterior symptoms resolved, chest and abdomen relaxed, urination and defecation unobstructed, having taken Xiao Chaihu Tang, Baihu Tang, Liangge San etc. Only fever, thirst, and abnormal tongue coating remain, termed "ruined syndrome" (Huai Zheng).
Biejia (Softshell Turtle Shell), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Wumei (Mume Fruit, 1 piece), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Xijiao (Rhinoceros Horn, crushed), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange) (each 0.7 fen), Shengdi (Rehmannia Root, 1 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root, 0.5 fen).
Decoct in water and take. If ineffective, take Yangrong Tang.
Guidi Yangrong Tang (Angelica and Rehmannia Nourishing Glory Decoction): Ruined syndrome with fever, thirst, abnormal tongue coating, and tongue texture like stewed pig kidney.
Danggui (Angelica Sinensis), Shengdi (Rehmannia Root from Huaiqing, large size), Biejia (Softshell Turtle Shell, vinegar-fried and finely ground), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (each 0.5 fen), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Qinghao (Artemisia Annua), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) (each 3 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, 1.5 qian). Add Pipaye (Loquat Leaf, 5 pieces, de-hairy and honey-fried), Dengxincao (Juncus Medulla, 20 branches).
After decoction, melt Ejiao and take. Two to three doses daily. For severe cases, Renzhonghuang (Human Waste Precipitate) and Renzhongbai (Human Urine Sediment), finely ground, each 1 qian, mixed and taken. Adding Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome), Digupi (Lycium Bark), Kushen (Sophora Root) is also acceptable. For deficient patients, add Renshen (Ginseng Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Zhigancao (Honey-fried Licorice Root). The patient lies quietly after taking medicine, and fever and thirst cease throughout the day.
Kushen Tang (Sophora Decoction): Severe fever in Shanghan for many days and seasonal epidemics.
Kushen (Sophora Root, 1 liang) decocted and taken. Lianzishu (Chinaberry Seed) decocted and taken is also acceptable.
Taoren Tang (Peach Kernel Decoction): Huxu disease resulting from failure to induce sweating.
Taoren (Peach Kernel), Huaizi (Buckwheat Seed), Aiye (Mugwort Leaf) (each 5 qian), Zaoju (Jujube, 10 pieces). Decoct in water and take.
Xionghuang Rui San (Realgar Sharp Powder): Lip sores and hoarseness.
Xionghuang (Realgar), Qingxiangzi (Celosia Seed), Kushen (Sophora Root), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (each 2 qian), Taoren (Peach Kernel, 1 qian).
Grind all into powder, mix with fresh Aiye (Mugwort Leaf) juice and honey to form a shape like a little finger, wrap in cotton, and insert into the lower orifice.
Baitouweng Tang (Pulsatilla Decoction): Treats intestinal mucus, collaborative heat spontaneous diarrhea, thirst with diarrhea.
Baitouweng (Pulsatilla Root), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Qinpi (Ash Bark) (each 1 qian). Decoct in water and take.
Da Qinglong Tang (Major Blue Green Dragon Decoction): Shanghan exposed to wind, Shangfeng exposed to cold, Taiyang disease with no sweat, floating and tight pulse, irritability. Take this formula.
Mahuang (Ephedra Stem, 2 qian), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Gancao (Licorice Root), Xingren (Apricot Seed) (each 0.7 fen), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 2 qian).
Add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Dazao (Jujube), decoct and take to induce slight sweating.
Gegen Tang (Kudzu Decoction): Taiyang disease with no sweat and aversion to wind, Gangjing (Stiff Spasm). Taiyang-Yangming combined disease.
Gegen (Kudzu Root, 1.3 fen), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Mahuang (Ephedra Stem) (each 0.8 fen).
Add Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Dazao (Jujube), decoct and take to induce slight sweating.
Shaoyao Fuzi Gancao Tang (Peony, Aconite, and Licorice Decoction): Aversion to cold and spasms after sweating and purging. Strictly forbid further sweating.
Shaoyao (Peony Root), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 3 qian).
Decoct 2 zhong of water to 0.8 zhong, strain, and take.
Jupi Banxia Shengjiang Tang (Tangerine Peel, Pinellia, and Fresh Ginger Decoction): Cough and upward rushing of Qi. This is Xiao Jupi Tang plus Banxia.
Dushen Tang (Single Ginseng Decoction): For Qi deficiency with Yang collapse, excessive hematemesis, solitary Yang unable to exist alone, and Yang about to fly away. Take Renshen (Ginseng Root, 1 liang). Decoct in water and take.
Dancao Yiwu Tang (Gentian Single Herb Decoction): And single herbs such as Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Baihe (Lily Bulb), Qingmuxiang (Aucklandiae Radix). Any single herb should be decocted and taken alone.
Shensu Yin (Ginseng and Perilla Drink) (Formula seen in Shangfeng), Wuling San (Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) (Formula seen in Bi Long), Huoxiang Zhengqi San (Agastache Powder to Rectify Qi) (Volume 2), Erchen Tang (Two Aged Decoction) (Phlegm Section), Liuyi San (Six-to-One Powder) (Summer Heat Section), Liangge San (Cooling Chest Powder), Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Decoction to Resolve Toxins) (Fire Section), Yinchen Wuling San (Artemisia Capillaris Five Ingredient Powder) (i.e., Wuling San plus Yinchen, Formula seen in Diarrhea), Fangfeng Tongsheng San (Saposhnikovia Universal Wellness Powder), Xixian San (Thin Saliva Powder) (Formula seen in Stroke), Sini Tang (Reverse Cold Decoction), Zhuyu Sini Tang (Cornelian Cherry Reverse Cold Decoction), Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction), Zhishi Lizhong Wan (Immature Bitter Orange Regulate the Middle Pill) (All seen in Cold Damage to the Middle).
Mi Dao Fa (Honey Suppository Method): Spontaneous sweating, severe constipation, or in cases of deficiency/old age where harsh purgatives are not tolerated.
Mi (Honey, 1 cup), boil in a copper spoon until like maltose, do not burn, shape into a finger-sized stick, insert into anus to promote bowel movement. Adding Zaofen (Gleditsia Sinensis Powder) is more effective.
Zhu Dan Fa (Pig Gallbladder Method): Yangming disease with spontaneous sweating and clear urination; do not purge.
Large pig gallbladder, add a little vinegar, tie tightly with a reed tube, and enema into the anus.
Xiangyou Fa (Sesame Oil Method): For long-standing unresolved constipation, use much sesame oil to enema into the anus; once the odor reaches the nose, stool will pass.
Xun Yindu (Fumigation for Yin Toxin): Da Dou (Soybean, 2 sheng, stir-fried until very hot). First place hot Cu (Vinegar, 3 sheng) in a bucket, have the patient sit on the bucket to fumigate briefly, then pour in beans to fumigate the lower body.
Cong Wei Fa (Green Onion Moxibustion/Ironing Method): Yin Toxin. Tie Congbai (Green Onion White) with rope to arm thickness, cut off roots and green parts. Heat one side with fire, apply to umbilicus, and iron with a moxibustion iron.
Jiang Cong Wei (Ginger and Green Onion Ironing): Early stage of Shanghan must have food retention. Palpate the patient's chest and abdomen first; slight bloating and pain indicate the pathology. Food stagnation at this time can transform into Jie Xiong (Chest Binding) which kills, as well as various Jie Xiong and Pi Man (Fullness) syndromes. Effective for food retention and Qi stagnation in men, women, old, and young, phlegm condensation, and cold pain.
Use Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) and Cong (Green Onion, including roots and leaves, each 8 liang, separately cut, pounded fine, squeezed for juice with hemp cloth, set aside together. To the two dregs, add Qianfen (Lead Powder, 2 liang, used by painters), grind evenly, stir-fry in oil until very hot, wrap in cloth tightly, rub and iron the bloated area along the Qi flow. First iron through cloth, then directly on skin with heavy pressure; if cold, mix with Jiangcong juice, stir-fry a little more, iron repeatedly until completely smooth.)
Yin Du Jiu Fa (Moxibustion for Yin Toxin): Dry Ai Ye (Mugwort Leaf) rubbed soft, stood upright on top of a chopstick, pressed into a moxa cone. Moxibustion on Guan Yuan (CV-4) for 200 cones (Formula seen in Cold Damage to the Middle).
Yang Du Zi Fa (Soaking for Yang Toxin): Internal and external binding heat, curled tongue, scorched lips, nostrils like coal. Use Qing Bu (Blue Cloth) soaked in new water, place on patient's chest and abdomen, re-soak when dry. Soak hands and feet in water; if patient desires water, give it.
Ke Ni (Cough and Upward Rushing Qi): Liu Huang (Sulfur) and Ruxiang (Frankincense) ground to powder, put in bottle, pour in hot wine, let patient inhale fumes. Or mix Xionghuang (Realgar) for application; or take Xionghuang powder.
Jiu Qimen (Moxibustion on Qimen): Hiccups, Heat entering Blood Chamber in women. Starting from woman's breast, for men it is 1 cun below nipple where there is pulsation. Left for men, right for women. Moxa cone size of wheat grain, moxa 3 cones.
Pu Han Fa (Patting Sweat Method): Profuse sweating that does not stop.
Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Ben Cao (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome - Note: likely refers to Gaoben here given context of exterior), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica) (equal parts) ground to powder, mixed with rice flour, wrapped in silk, pat over whole body.
Zheng Han Fa (Steaming Sweat Method): Burn firewood until ground is hot, remove fire, sprinkle water, spread Can Sha (Silkworm Excrement) and Bai Ye (Cypress Leaf) 3 cun thick; if insufficient, add Tao Ye (Peach Leaf) and Bran. Place mat, let patient lie, cover thickly to induce sweating to feet (When inducing sweat via medicine, it must reach feet for safety.)
Jiu Jie Xiong (Moxibustion for Chest Binding): Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 2 cun, ground to powder), Badou Rou (Croton Seed Meat, 7 grains, pounded). Mix with Huanglian powder, shape into cake, place on umbilicus, moxa. Purges evil accumulation.