治热伤元气,肢体倦怠,气短口渴,汗出不止,或金为火制水失所生,而
致咳嗽喘促,肢体痿弱,脚软眼黑等症。
人参(五钱) 麦冬 五味(各三钱)
水煎服。
治血枯经闭。
乌贼鱼骨(四两,去甲) 茹(一两,即茜根)
上为末,以雀卵捣丸小豆大,每服五丸或十丸,鲍鱼煎汤下,以饭压之。鲍鱼即今
之淡干鱼也。
治妇人血虚凝滞,蓄积不行,小腹痛急,产难经滞,及痘疮血虚寒滞等症。
当归(三五七钱) 熟地(三四钱) 芍药(二钱) 川芎(一钱) 肉桂(一二三钱)
水一盅半,煎服。兼胃寒或呕恶者,加干姜炮用。水道不利,加泽泻或猪苓。气滞者
,加香附或丁香、木香、砂仁、乌药之类。
治太阴病,自利不渴,阴寒腹痛,短气咳嗽,霍乱呕吐,饮食难化,胸膈噎
塞,或疟疾,瘴气,瘟疫,中气虚损,久不能愈,或中虚生痰等症。
人参 白术(炒) 干姜(炒) 炙甘草(各三两)
上四味,捣筛为末,蜜丸鸡黄大,以沸汤数合和一丸,研碎温服之,日三四,夜二服
未热,益至三四丸,然不及汤,汤法以四物根据数切,用水八升,煎取三升,去渣温服一升,
日三服。
Treats symptoms such as fever caused by blood deficiency in the Spleen Meridian. It is the previous formula with added Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix) and Shan Zhi (Gardeniae Fructus), each one qian.
Treats damage to Yuan Qi (Primal Qi) by heat pathogens, resulting in limb fatigue, shortness of breath, thirst, and incessant sweating; or when Fire controls Metal (Lung), causing Water to lack its source of generation, leading to coughing and wheezing, flaccidity and weakness of limbs, soft legs, and darkened vision.
Ren Shen (Codonopsis Radix / Ginseng Radix) (five qian) Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) (each three qian)
Decoct in water and take orally.
Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix) Bai He (Lilii Bulbus) Bei Mu (Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus) Xuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix) Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix) Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma)
Treats amenorrhea due to blood exhaustion.
Hai Piao Xiao (Sepiae Endoconcha) (four liang, remove the hard shell) Qian Cao Gen (Rubiae Radix) (one liang, i.e., Qian Gen)
Grind the above into powder, mix with sparrow eggs to form pills the size of small beans. Take five or ten pills per dose, washed down with decoction of Bao Yu (Abalone/Dried Fish), followed by a meal to suppress the medicinal action. Bao Yu refers to dried fish today.
Treats women with blood deficiency leading to blood stasis and accumulation, acute lower abdominal pain, difficult labor, menstrual obstruction, as well as conditions like acneiform eruptions due to blood deficiency and cold stagnation.
Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (three to seven qian) Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) (three to four qian) Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix) (two qian) Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (one qian) Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex) (one to three qian)
Decoct in one and a half zhang of water and take orally. For those with concomitant Stomach cold or nausea/vomiting, add Pao Gan Jiang (Prepared Zingiberis Rhizoma). For poor urinary flow, add Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma) or Zhu Ling (Polyporus). For Qi stagnation, add Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma) or Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus), Wu Yao (Linderae Radix), etc.
Treats Taiyin Disease presenting with spontaneous diarrhea without thirst, Yin-cold abdominal pain, shortness of breath and cough, Huoluan (cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea), difficulty digesting food, chest and diaphragm blockage, or malaria, miasma, epidemic febrile diseases, chronic deficiency of Middle Qi that fails to heal, or phlegm generation due to Middle Jiao deficiency.
Ren Shen (Codonopsis Radix / Ginseng Radix) Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (stir-fried) Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (stir-fried) Zhi Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle) (each three liang)
Crush and sieve the above four ingredients into powder. Mix with honey to form pills the size of a chicken egg. Take one pill mixed with several he of boiling water, crush it, and take warm. Take three to four times during the day and twice at night. If not effective, increase to three or four pills. However, this method is inferior to the decoction. For the decoction method, cut the four ingredients according to the original dosage, use eight sheng of water, decoct to obtain three sheng, remove the dregs, and take one sheng warm, three times a day.