黄芩半夏生姜汤 治胆腑咳呕苦水若胆汁。
黄芩 生姜(各一钱) 甘草(炙) 芍药(各六分) 大枣(二个) 半夏(一钱五分)
上,水煎服。
甘桔汤 治心脏咳,咳而喉中如梗,甚则咽肿喉痹。
粉草 苦梗(各一钱)
上,水煎,食后服。
芍药甘草汤 治小肠腑咳,咳而失气。
芍药 甘草(炙,各一钱)
上,水煎服。
升麻汤 治脾脏咳,咳而右胁下痛,痛引肩背,甚则不可以动,动则咳涎。(方见伤寒)
乌梅丸 治胃府咳,咳而呕,呕甚则长虫出。
乌梅(三十个) 细辛 附子(制) 桂枝 人参 黄柏(各六钱) 干姜 黄连(各一两) 当归 蜀椒(各四
两)
上为末,用酒浸乌梅一宿,去核蒸之,与米饭捣和,丸如桐子大。每服十丸,白汤下。
赤石脂禹余粮汤 治大肠咳,咳而遗屎。
赤石脂 禹余粮(各二两,并打碎)
上每服二钱,水煎。
麻黄附子细辛汤 治肾脏咳,咳则腰背相引而痛,甚则咳涎。又治寒邪犯齿,致脑
齿痛,宜急用之,缓则不救。
麻黄 细辛(各二钱) 附子(一钱)
上,每服一钱,水煎。
茯苓甘草汤 治膀胱咳,咳而遗溺。
茯苓(二钱) 桂枝(二钱半) 生姜(五大片)
上,每服二钱,水煎。
Huangqin Banxia Shengjiang Tang (Scutellaria, Pinellia, and Ginger Decoction): Treats Gallbladder Cough (Ke Sou due to Gallbladder dysfunction), characterized by vomiting bitter fluid resembling bile.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) (each 1 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), each 6 fen; Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) (2 pieces); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) (1.5 qian).
Administration: Decoct the above ingredients in water and take orally.
Ganjie Tang (Licorice and Platycodon Decoction): Treats Heart Cough (Ke Sou due to Heart dysfunction), characterized by a sensation of obstruction in the throat during coughing; severe cases present with sore throat and throat bi syndrome (obstruction and pain in the throat).
Ingredients: Fengan (referring to Gancao, Licorice Root), Kujie (referring to Jiegeng, Platycodonis Radix) (each 1 qian).
Administration: Decoct the above ingredients in water and take after meals.
Shaoyao Gancao Tang (Peony and Licorice Decoction): Treats Small Intestine Cough (Ke Sou due to Small Intestine dysfunction), characterized by coughing accompanied by flatus.
Ingredients: Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted) (each 1 qian).
Administration: Decoct the above ingredients in water and take orally.
Shengma Tang (Cimicifugae Decoction): Treats Spleen Cough (Ke Sou due to Spleen dysfunction), characterized by pain under the right hypochondrium during coughing, radiating to the shoulder and back; severe cases involve immobility, and movement induces expectoration of saliva/phlegm. (See this formula in the "Treatise on Cold Damage" chapter).
Wumei Wan (Mume Pill): Treats Stomach Cough (Ke Sou due to Stomach dysfunction), characterized by coughing and vomiting; in severe cases, long worms (roundworms/Ascaris) are vomited out.
Ingredients: Wumei (Mume Fructus) (30 pieces); Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) (each 6 qian); Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (each 1 liang); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Shuzhao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) (each 4 liang).
Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder. Soak Wumei in wine overnight, remove the pits, steam them, mix with rice flour, and pound into pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with warm water.
Chishizhi Yuyuliang Tang (Kaolin and Hematitum Decoction): Treats Large Intestine Cough (Ke Sou due to Large Intestine dysfunction), characterized by coughing accompanied by fecal incontinence.
Ingredients: Chishizhi (Kaolin), Yuyuliang (Hematitum) (each 2 liang, both crushed).
Administration: Take 2 qian per dose, decoct in water.
Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang (Ephedra, Prepared Aconite, and Asarum Decoction): Treats Kidney Cough (Ke Sou due to Kidney dysfunction), characterized by pulling pain between the waist and back during coughing; severe cases involve expectoration of saliva/phlegm. It also treats toothache caused by cold pathogenic factors invading the teeth, leading to brain-tooth pain; it should be used urgently, as delay renders it ineffective.
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) (each 2 qian); Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (1 qian).
Administration: Take 1 qian per dose from the above ingredients, decoct in water.
Fuling Gancao Tang (Poria and Licorice Decoction): Treats Bladder Cough (Ke Sou due to Bladder dysfunction), characterized by coughing accompanied by urinary incontinence.
Ingredients: Fuling (Poria) (2 qian); Guizhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (2.5 qian); Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) (5 large slices).
Administration: Take 2 qian per dose from the above ingredients, decoct in water.