半夏（汤洗七次，四两） 天南星（炮，去皮） 枳实（去瓤，麸炒） 赤茯苓（去皮） 橘红
（各一两） 甘草（炙，半两）
上 咀，每服四钱，水二盏，姜十片，煎八分，食后温服。
小半夏茯苓汤（《和剂》）
半夏 茯苓（各等分）
每服五钱，水一盏半，姜五片，煎七分，服无时。
丁香五套丸 治胃气虚弱，三焦痞涩，不能宣行水谷，故为痰饮，结聚胸膈，呕吐恶
心，胀满不食。常服温脾顺气。（方见肩背痛。）
二陈汤（《和剂》） 治痰饮为患，或呕逆恶心，或头眩心悸，或中脘不快，或食生冷，饮
酒过度，脾胃不和，并宜服之。
半夏（汤洗七次） 橘红（各五两） 白茯苓（三两） 炙甘草（一两半）
上 咀，每服四钱，水一盏，姜七片，乌梅一枚，煎六分，不拘时热服。
青州白丸子（见中风。） 来复丹（见中暑。）
八神来复丹（《济生》）
硝石（一两，同硫黄为末，瓷器内以微火炒，用柳篦搅，不可火太过，恐伤药力，再研极细，名二气
末） 太阳玄精石（飞研，一两） 五灵脂（水澄清，滤去砂石，晒干） 青皮（去白） 陈皮（去白，各二两）
舶上硫黄（透明） 沉香 木香（坚实者） 天南星粉（白者。各一两）
上为末，飞面糊丸，如梧桐子大。每服三十丸，空心米饮送下。
八味丸（见虚劳。）
六君子汤
人参 白术 茯苓 陈皮 制半夏（各一钱） 炙甘草（五分）
水二盏，姜五片，煎至一盅，去滓，不拘时温服。
理中化痰丸 治脾胃虚寒，痰涎内停，呕吐少食，或大便不实，饮食难化，咳唾痰涎。
此属中气虚弱，不能统涎归源也。
人参 白术（炒） 干姜 甘草（炙） 茯苓 半夏（姜制）
上为末，水丸桐子大。每服四五十丸，白汤下。
补中益气汤（见伤劳倦。） 七气汤（见气。） 越鞠丸（见郁。）
附方
橘皮汤 治胸膈停痰。
橘皮 茯苓 半夏（各一钱半） 旋复花 青皮 桔梗 枳壳（姜制） 细辛 人参（各一钱） 甘草（半钱）
上作一服，用水二盅，姜五片，煎一盅，食远服。
前胡半夏汤 治痰盛。
前胡 半夏（姜制） 茯苓（各二钱） 陈皮 木香 紫苏 枳壳 甘草（各一钱）
上作一服，用水二盅，生姜三片，乌梅一个，煎至一盅，食远服。
桔梗汤 治胸膈胀满，短气，痰盛呕逆，或吐涎沫。
桔梗（炒） 半夏（姜制） 陈皮（去白，各三钱） 枳实（麸炒，一钱半）
上作一服，水二盅，姜五片，煎一盅，不拘时服。
枇杷叶散 治痰逆。此药温胃，可思饮食。
青皮（去白，焙） 草豆蔻（各半两） 前胡 枇杷叶（拭去毛，炙黄） 半夏（汤泡） 茯苓（去皮） 人
参大腹皮 白术 浓朴（去粗皮，姜汁炙。各一两）
上 咀，每服四钱，水一中盏，生姜半分，煎至六分，去滓，不拘时热服。
旋复花散 治心胸痰热，头目旋痛，饮食不下。
旋复花 甘草（炙。各半两） 枳壳（去瓤，麸炒） 石膏（细研。各二两） 赤茯苓 麦门冬（去心）
柴胡（去苗） 人参（各一两） 犀角屑 防风（去叉） 黄芩（各七钱半）
上 咀，每服五钱，水一大盏，生姜半分，煎至五分，去滓，食后良久温服。
化涎散 治热痰，利胸膈，止烦渴。
凝水石（ ，研，一两） 铅白霜（另研） 马牙硝（另研） 雄黄（另研。各一钱） 白矾（枯，研） 甘草
（炙。各二钱半） 龙脑（少许）
上为细末，研匀，每服一钱，不拘时，水调下。小儿风热痰涎，用砂糖水调下半钱。此
药大凉，不可多服。
辰砂化痰丸 治风痰，安神志，利咽膈，清头目。
辰砂（飞研，为衣） 白矾（枯，研。各半两） 天南星（炮，一两） 半夏曲（三两）
上为细末，姜汁煮面糊和丸，如桐子大。辰砂为衣，每服三十丸，食后生姜汤下。
半夏利膈丸 治风痰壅盛，头疼目眩，咽膈不利，涕唾稠粘；并治酒过停饮，呕逆恶
心，胸胁引痛，腹内有声。
半夏（汤洗，三两） 白附子（生用，二两） 白茯苓（去皮） 白矾（生用） 人参（去芦） 白术 滑石
贝母（各一两） 天南星（生用，一两半）
上为细末，面糊和丸，如梧子大。每服三十丸，食后姜汤下。
破痰消饮丸 治一切停痰留饮。
陈皮（去白） 川姜（炮） 京三棱（炮，捶碎） 草果（面裹煨） 良姜（湿纸裹煨） 蓬术（炮） 青皮（各一
两） 半夏（汤泡七次，三两）
上为细末，水煮面糊和丸，桐子大。阴干，每服五十丸，食远姜汤送下。
化痰铁刷丸 治男妇风痰、酒痰、茶痰、食痰、气痰；一切痰逆呕吐，头疼目眩，肺
痿咯脓，声如拽锯，并皆治之。此药坠痰，止嗽定喘。
白附子（炮） 南星（炮） 半夏（洗） 白矾（生用。各半两） 寒水石 皂角（去子。各一两） 干姜（七
钱半） 砂 轻粉（各一钱）
上为细末，水煮面糊和丸，如梧子大。每服二三十丸，食后用淡姜汤下。
沉香堕痰丸 治宿食不消，咽膈不利，咳嗽痰涎，头目昏晕，呕逆恶心，胸膈不快。
沉香 木香（各二钱） 青皮（去白，二钱半） 槟榔（大者二枚，用面裹煨熟） 半夏曲（二两）
上为细末，用生姜汁浸蒸饼和丸，如小豆大。每服二十丸，不拘时，姜汤下。
茯苓丸（一名《指迷》茯苓丸） 本治臂痛，具《指迷方》中，云∶有人臂痛，不能举手足，
或左右时复转移，由伏痰在内，中脘停滞，脾气不流行，上与气搏。四肢属脾，脾滞而气
不下，故上行攻臂，其脉沉细者是也。后人为此臂痛，乃痰证也，但治痰而臂痛自止。及
妇人产后发喘，四肢浮肿者，用此而愈。
半夏（二两） 茯苓（一两） 枳壳（去瓤，麸炒，半两） 风化朴硝（二钱五分，如一时未易成，但以朴硝
撒在竹盘中，少时盛水，置当风处，即干如芒硝，刮取用亦可）
上为细末，生姜汁煮面糊为丸，如桐子大。每服三十丸，姜汤送下。累有人为痰所
苦，夜间两臂如人抽搐，两手战掉，茶盏亦不能举，服此随愈。痰药方多，唯此立见功效。
神仙坠痰丸 治痰饮，胸膈痞塞。此药下痰。
皂角（无虫蛀者，刮去皮弦，酥炙黄色，去子净，一两六钱） 白矾（一两二钱，生用） 黑牵牛（一斤，
取头末四两）
为细末，滴水丸，梧子大。每服三十丸，渐加至百丸，空心温酒送下。看病轻重，轻
者五日、十日愈，重者半月、一月愈。久服永无瘫痪之疾。
搜饮丸 治证同前。
木瓜一枚，切下顶，去瓤作罐，用生白矾、半夏曲等分，为细末，填木瓜内，却用
原顶盖定，麻缕扎缚，于饭甑上炊两次，烂研，以宿蒸饼和丸，如桐子大。每服三五十
丸，不拘时，姜汤下。
治悬饮，心腹气滞，两胁多疼。
半夏（三两，捣为末） 皂角（六两，三两去黑皮，酥炙令黄 捣为末，三两去皮子捣碎，以酒一升，挪
取汁，去滓，煎成膏，将半夏以膏和作饼，以青蒿盖出青衣，如造曲法，捣罗为细末） 旋复花（一两） 木
香槟榔（各二两）
上为细末，酒煮面糊和丸，如桐子大。每服二十丸，食前用姜汤下。
破饮丸 治五饮停蓄胸膈，呼吸之间痛引两胁，胀满气促，胸腹结为 癖，支满胸
膈，旁及两胁，抢心疼痛，饮食不下，反胃吐逆，九种心疼，积年宿食不消，久疟久痢，
遁尸疰忤，颠痫厥运，心气不足，忧愁思虑，妇人腹中诸病，悉能治之。
荜茇 丁香（不见火） 缩砂仁 蝎梢 胡椒 木香（不见火） 乌梅肉 青皮 巴豆（去皮）
上将青皮、巴豆以浆水同浸一宿，次日滤出同炒，青皮焦去巴豆，水淹乌梅肉，蒸
一炊久，细研为膏，入药末和匀，丸如绿豆大。每服五七丸，临睡生姜汤送下。
八珍丸 治膈痰结实，满闷喘逆。
丹砂（研，半两） 犀角（镑） 羚羊角（镑） 茯神（去木） 牛黄（研） 龙脑（研。各二钱半） 牛胆南星
硼砂（研。各一两）
上为细末，研匀，炼蜜和丸，如鸡头实大。每服一丸，食后细嚼，人参、荆芥汤下。
鹅梨煎丸 治热痰，凉心肺，利胸膈，解热毒，补元气。
大鹅梨（二十枚，去皮核，用净布绞取汁） 薄荷（生，半斤，研汁） 皂角（不蛀者十挺，去皮子，浆
水二升，挪取浓汁） 白蜜（半升） 生地黄（半斤，研取汁，同上五味，慢火熬膏，和下药） 人参 白茯
苓（去皮） 白蒺藜（炒，去刺） 肉苁蓉（酒浸，切，焙干） 牛膝（酒浸） 半夏（汤泡） 木香（各一两） 槟榔
（煨，二两） 防风（去杈） 青橘皮（去白） 桔梗（炒） 羌活 白术 山药（各七钱半） 甘草（炙。各半两）
上为细末，同前膏拌匀，杵令得所，丸如梧子大。每服十五丸，加至二十丸，食后
荆芥汤送下，日二服。
麝香丹砂丸 治痰热，咽膈不利，头目昏痛。
麝香（另研） 木香 丁香 犀角 甘草（炙。各二钱半） 龙脑（另研，一钱） 人参 藿香（去梗）
牛胆南星 防风（去叉） 黄 （各半两） 麦门冬（去心，七钱半） 丹砂（另研，一两）
上为细末，炼蜜和丸，如鸡头实大。每服一丸，食后嚼破，用荆芥汤下。
金珠化痰丸 治痰热，安神志，除头痛眩晕，心忪恍惚，胸膈烦闷，涕唾稠粘，咳
嗽，咽嗌不利。
皂角子仁（炒） 天竺黄（另研） 半夏（汤浸洗七次，生姜二两去皮，同捣作饼，炙微黄） 白矾（透明
者，枯过另研。以上各四两） 龙脑（另研，半两） 辰砂（水飞，研，二两）
上将皂角仁、半夏为末，与诸药研匀，生姜汁煮面糊丸，如桐子大，金箔二十片为衣。
每服十五丸，加至二十五丸，食后姜汤下。
皂角化痰丸（东垣） 治劳风，心脾壅滞，痰涎盛多，喉中不利，涕唾稠粘，嗌塞吐逆，不
思饮食，或时昏愦。
皂角木白皮（酥炙） 白附子（炮） 半夏（汤洗七次） 天南星（炮） 白矾（枯） 赤茯苓（去皮） 人
参（各一两） 枳壳（炒，二两）
上为细末，生姜汁面糊丸，如梧子大。每服三十丸，温水送下，食后。
法制清气化痰丸 顺气快脾，化痰消食。
半夏 南星（去皮脐） 白矾 皂角（切） 干姜（各四两）
上先将白矾等三味，用水五碗，煎取水三碗，却入半夏二味浸两日，再煮至半夏、南
星无白点为度，晒干。
陈皮 青皮（去穣） 紫苏子（炒） 萝卜子（炒，另研） 杏仁（去皮尖，炒，研） 葛根 神曲（炒） 麦
（炒） 山楂 香附（各二两）
上为末，蒸饼丸，桐子大。每服五七十丸，临卧食后茶汤下。
薛新甫曰∶一男子素浓味，胸满痰盛，余以膏粱之人，内多积热，兴此丸服之而愈。彼
见有验，修合馈送，脾胃虚者，无不受害。
飞矾丹 化痰神效。
白矾（通明者，二两，枯） 白僵蚕（一两半，用米醋浸一宿，炒） 半夏（汤洗七次） 南星（各一两，切
作片子，用皂角一两半，去皮弦，用水一小碗同熬，水尽去皂角不用，只用南星）
细末，姜汁糊丸，如桐子大，水丸亦可。每服十五丸至二十丸，姜汤下。又治喉闭，用
薄荷两叶，以新汲水浸少时，嚼薄荷吞药，用水送下。咽不得，即用十五丸捣细，用皂角
水调，灌下即开。又治小儿急慢惊风，牙关紧急，不可开者，亦用皂角水调涂牙龈上，入咽即活。
法制半夏（《御药》） 消饮化痰，壮脾顺气。
用大半夏，汤洗泡七遍，以浓米泔浸一日夜，每半夏一两，用白矾一两半，研细，温
水化浸半夏，上留水两指许，频搅，冬月于暖处顿放，浸五日夜，取出焙干，用铅白霜
一钱，温水化，又浸一日夜，通七日尽取出，再用浆水慢火煮，勿令滚，候浆水极熟，取
出焙干，以瓷器收贮。每服一二粒，食后细嚼，温姜汤下。又一法，根据前制成半夏，每
一两，用白矾水少许渍半夏，细飞朱砂末淹一宿，敛干焙用，根据前法。亦可用生姜自然汁渍焙用。
神芎导水丸（《心印》 下同）
黄芩（一两） 黄连 川芎 薄荷（各半两）
大黄（二两） 滑石 黑牵牛（头末。各四两）
河间制，治一切热证，其功不可尽述。设或久病热郁，无问瘦悴老弱，并一切证可下
者，始自十丸以为度。常服此药，除肠胃积滞，不伤和气，推陈致新，得利便快，并无
药燥搔扰，亦不困倦虚损，遂病患心意。或热甚必急须下者，使服四五十丸，未效再服，
以意消息。常服二三十丸，不动脏腑，有益无损。或妇人血病下恶物，加桂半两，病微
者常服，甚者取利，因而结滞开通，恶物自下也，凡老弱虚人，脾胃经虚，风热所郁，色
黑齿槁，身瘦萎黄，或服甘热过度，成三消等病，若热甚于外则肢体躁扰，病于内则神
志躁动，怫郁不开，变生诸证，皆令服之。惟脏腑滑泄者，或里寒脉迟者，或妇人经病，产
后血下不止，及孕妇等，不宜服。
十枣汤（见水肿。）
舟车神 丸
Banxia (Washed with boiling water seven times, 4 liang) Tian Nanxing (Pao'd, peeled) Zhishi (Pulp removed, stir-fried with bran) Chi Fuling (Peeled) Juhong
(each 1 liang) Gancao (Honey-fried, half liang)
The above herbs are chopped. For each dose of 4 qian, add 2 zhan of water and 10 slices of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 8/10 volume, and take warm after meals.
Xiao Banxia Fuling Tang (Small Pinellia and Poria Decoction) (from *Heji*)
Banxia Fuling (equal parts)
For each dose of 5 qian, add 1.5 zhan of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume, and take at any time.
Dingxiang Wutao Wan (Clove Five-Sleeve Pill)
Treats weak Stomach Qi, stagnation and obstruction in the Triple Burner, inability to transform and transport water and grain, leading to Phlegm-Fluid retention accumulating in the chest and diaphragm, accompanied by vomiting, nausea, abdominal distension, and anorexia. Regular use warms the Spleen and regulates Qi. (Formula see Shoulder and Back Pain section.)
Erchen Tang (Two-Cured Decoction) (from *Heji*)
Treats diseases caused by Phlegm-Fluid, or retching and nausea, or dizziness and palpitations, or discomfort in the epigastrium, or Spleen-Stomach disharmony due to excessive consumption of raw/cold foods or alcohol. It is suitable for all these conditions.
Banxia (Washed with boiling water seven times) Juhong (each 5 liang) Bai Fuling (3 liang) Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried, 1.5 liang)
The above herbs are chopped. For each dose of 4 qian, add 1 zhan of water, 7 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 Smoked Plum (Wumei), decoct until reduced to 6/10 volume, and take hot at any time.
Qingzhou Bai Wanzi (Qingzhou White Pills) (see Stroke section.) Laifu Dan (Laifu Elixir) (see Heatstroke section.)
Bashen Laifu Dan (Eight-God Laifu Elixir) (from *Jisheng Fang*)
Xiaoshi (Niter, 1 liang, ground together with Liuhuang into powder, stir-fried in a porcelain vessel over mild fire, stirred with a willow twig; do not overheat as it may damage medicinal potency, then grind extremely fine, called "Erqi Mo" [Two-Qi Powder]) Taiyang Xuanjingshi (Sun Spirit Stone, flown and ground, 1 liang) Wulingzhi (Clarified with water, filtered to remove sand/stones, dried) Qingpi (White pith removed) Chenpi (White pith removed, each 2 liang)
Bo Shang Liuhuang (Translucent imported sulfur) Chenxiang Agarwood Muxiang (Solid and firm) Tian Nanxing Fen (White Tian Nanxing powder, each 1 liang)
Grind all into powder. Use Feimian (flown wheat flour) paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with rice water.
Bawei Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pill) (see Consumption section.)
Liu Junzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction)
Renshen Ginseng Baizhu Atractylodes Rhizome Fuling Poria Chenpi Tangerine Peel Zhi Banxia Prepared Pinellia (each 1 qian) Zhi Gancao Honey-fried Licorice Root (0.5 qian)
Add 2 zhan of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct to 1 zhong, strain, and take warm at any time.
Lizhong Huatan Wan (Regulate the Middle Phlegm-Resolving Pill)
Treats Spleen-Stomach deficiency-cold with internal retention of Phlegm-Saliva, vomiting, poor appetite, loose stools, difficulty digesting food, and coughing up Phlegm-Saliva.
This belongs to deficiency of Middle Qi, failing to control saliva and return it to its source.
Renshen Ginseng Baizhu Atractylodes Rhizome (Stir-fried) Ganjiang Dried Ginger Gancao Licorice Root (Honey-fried) Fuling Poria Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Processed with Ginger Juice)
Grind into powder. Make water-honeyed pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 40-50 pills with plain boiled water.
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) (see Injury from Labor and Fatigue section.) Qi Qi Tang (Seven-Qi Decoction) (see Qi Disorders section.) Yueju Wan (Resolve Depression Pill) (see Depression section.)
Supplementary Formulas
Jupi Tang (Tangerine Peel Decoction)
Treats Phlegm retention in the chest and diaphragm.
Jupi Tangerine Peel Fuling Poria Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (each 1.5 qian) Xuanfuhua Inula Flower Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel Jiegeng Platycodon Zhiqiao Bitter Orange Fruit (Processed with Ginger Juice) Xixin Asarum Renshen Ginseng (each 1 qian) Gancao Licorice Root (0.5 qian)
One dose. Add 2 zhong of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct to 1 zhong, and take well after meals.
Qianhu Banxia Tang (Peucedanum and Pinellia Decoction)
Treats abundant Phlegm.
Qianhu Peucedanum Radix Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Processed with Ginger Juice) Fuling Poria (each 2 qian) Chenpi Tangerine Peel Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix Zisu Perilla Leaf Zhiqiao Bitter Orange Fruit Gancao Licorice Root (each 1 qian)
One dose. Add 2 zhong of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 smoked plum, decoct to 1 zhong, and take well after meals.
Jiegeng Tang (Platycodon Decoction)
Treats chest and diaphragmatic fullness, shortness of breath, abundant Phlegm with vomiting and retching, or expectoration of saliva.
Jiegeng Platycodon Root (Stir-fried) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Processed with Ginger Juice) Chenpi Tangerine Peel (White pith removed, each 3 qian) Zhishi Immature Bitter Orange Fruit (Stir-fried with bran, 1.5 qian)
One dose. Add 2 zhong of water and 5 slices of fresh ginger, decoct to 1 zhong, and take at any time.
Pipaye San (Loquat Leaf Powder)
Treats rebellious Phlegm. This medicine warms the Stomach and stimulates appetite.
Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel (White pith removed, baked) Caodoukou Tsaoko Fruit (each half liang) Qianhu Peucedanum Radix Pipaye Loquat Leaf (Brush off hairs, honey-fried to yellow) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Soaked in boiling water) Fuling Poria (Peeled) Renshen Ginseng Dafupi Areca Peel Baizhu Atractylodes Rhizome Houpo Magnolia Bark (Coarse bark removed, processed with Ginger Juice, each 1 liang)
Chop herbs. For each dose of 4 qian, add 1 zhan of water and half a liang of fresh ginger, decoct to 6/10 volume, strain, and take hot at any time.
Xuanfuhua San (Inula Flower Powder)
Treats Phlegm-Heat in the chest and heart, spinning headache, and inability to eat.
Xuanfuhua Inula Flower Gancao Licorice Root (Honey-fried, each half liang) Zhiqiao Bitter Orange Fruit (Pulp removed, stir-fried with bran) Shigypsum Fibrosum (Fine ground, each 2 liang) Chi Fuling Red Poria Maidong Ophiopogon Radix (Heart removed)
Chaihu Bupleurum Radix (Aerial part removed) Renshen Ginseng (each 1 liang) Xijiao Horn Rhinocerotis Fengfang Saposhnikovia Radix Huangqin Scutellaria Radix (each 7.5 qian)
Chop herbs. For each dose of 5 qian, add 1 large zhan of water and half a liang of fresh ginger, decoct to 5/10 volume, strain, and take warm long after meals.
Huaxian San (Phlegm-Resolving Powder)
Treats Phlegm-Heat, unblocks the chest and diaphragm, stops irritability and thirst.
Ningshuishi Stilbitum (Ground, 1 liang) Qianbaishuang Lead White Frost (Separately ground) Mayaxiao Horse Tooth Nitre (Separately ground) Xionghuang Realgar (Separately ground, each 1 qian) Baifan Alum (Calcined, ground) Gancao Licorice Root (Honey-fried, each 2.5 qian) Longnao Borneol (A small amount)
Grind into fine powder and mix evenly. Take 1 qian at any time, mixed with water. For children with Wind-Heat Phlegm-Saliva, mix with sugar water and take 0.5 qian. This medicine is very cold; do not take excessively.
Chensha Huatan Wan (Cinnabar Phlegm-Resolving Pill)
Treats Wind-Phlegm, calms the Shen, benefits the throat and diaphragm, clears the head and eyes.
Chensha Cinnabar (Flown and ground, used as coating) Baifan Alum (Calcined, ground, each half liang) Tian Nanxing Arisaema Rhizome (Pao'd, 1 liang) Banxia Qu Pinellia Fermented Paste (3 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Mix with Ginger Juice and wheat flour paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Coat with Chensha. Take 30 pills after meals with Ginger Tea.
Banxia Lige Wan (Pinellia Diaphragm-Benefiting Pill)
Treats abundant Wind-Phlegm, headache and dizziness, obstructed throat and diaphragm, thick sputum and nasal discharge; also treats fluid retention due to excessive drinking, vomiting, nausea, pain radiating to the hypochondrium, and borborygmus.
Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Washed in boiling water, 3 liang) Baifuzi Typhonii Rhizoma (Used raw, 2 liang) Bai Fuling White Poria (Peeled) Baifan Alum (Used raw) Renshen Ginseng (Radicle removed) Baizhu Atractylodes Rhizome Huashi Talcum Beimu Fritillaria Bulb (each 1 liang) Tian Nanxing Arisaema Rhizome (Used raw, 1.5 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Mix with wheat flour paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills after meals with Ginger Tea.
Potan Xiaoyin Wan (Break Phlegm and Eliminate Fluid Pill)
Treats all retained Phlegm and lingering fluids.
Chenpi Tangerine Peel (White pith removed) Chuanjiang Sichuan Ginger (Pao'd) Jingsanleng Burret's Jaggedhead Rhizome (Pao'd, crushed) Caoguo Tsaoko Fruit (Wrapped in flour and baked) Liangjiang Galangal Rhizome (Wrapped in wet paper and baked) Pengzhu Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome (Pao'd) Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel (each 1 liang) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Soaked in boiling water seven times, 3 liang)
Grind into powder. Mix with water-boiled wheat flour paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Dry in shade. Take 50 pills well after meals with Ginger Tea.
Huatan Tie Shua Wan (Phlegm-Resolving Iron Brush Pill)
Treats Wind-Phlegm, Wine-Phlegm, Tea-Phlegm, Food-Phlegm, and Qi-Phlegm in men and women; all rebellious Phlegm with vomiting, headache, dizziness, Lung Abscess with purulent expectoration, and stridor resembling sawing wood. This medicine descends Phlegm, stops cough, and calms wheezing.
Baifuzi Typhonii Rhizoma (Pao'd) Nanxing Arisaema Rhizoma (Pao'd) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Washed) Baifan Alum (Used raw, each half liang) Hanshuishi Calcite Zaojiao Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (De-seeded, each 1 liang) Ganjiang Dried Ginger (7.5 qian) Sha Sand Light Powder (each 1 qian)
Grind into fine powder. Mix with water-boiled wheat flour paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20-30 pills after meals with light Ginger Tea.
Chenxiang Tuotan Wan (Agarwood Descending Phlegm Pill)
Treats undigested old food, obstructed throat and diaphragm, cough with Phlegm-Saliva, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, and chest discomfort.
Chenxiang Agarwood Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix (each 2 qian) Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel (White pith removed, 2.5 qian) Binglang Areca Seed (2 large ones, wrapped in flour and baked thoroughly) Banxia Qu Pinellia Fermented Paste (2 liang)
Grind into powder. Soak steamed leaven cake in Ginger Juice and mix to make pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills at any time with Ginger Tea.
Fuling Wan (Poria Pill, also known as *Zhi Mi* Fuling Pill)
Originally treats arm pain, detailed in *Zhi Mi Fang*: Someone had arm pain, unable to lift limbs, or pain shifting left and right, caused by latent Phlegm inside, stagnation in the Zhongwan area, and stagnant Spleen Qi fighting upward with Qi. The limbs belong to the Spleen; when Spleen Qi stagnates and does not descend, it attacks the arms upwards. The pulse is deep and thin. Later generations recognized this arm pain as a Phlegm syndrome; treating the Phlegm cures the arm pain naturally. It also cured postpartum asthma and limb edema in women.
Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (2 liang) Fuling Poria (1 liang) Zhiqiao Bitter Orange Fruit (Pulp removed, stir-fried with bran, half liang) Fenghua Po Xiao Weathered Mirabilite (2.5 qian; if difficult to prepare immediately, sprinkle ordinary Mirabilite in a bamboo basket, add a little water, place in a windy spot until dry like Mangxiao, scrape and use)
Grind into fine powder. Boil wheat flour paste in Ginger Juice to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills with Ginger Tea. Repeatedly, people suffering from Phlegm experienced their arms twitching at night, hands trembling, unable to hold a tea cup; taking this formula brought immediate relief. Among many Phlegm-resolving formulas, only this one acts instantly.
Shenxian Zhuitan Wan (Immortal Descending Phlegm Pill)
Treats Phlegm-Fluid and chest diaphragm stuffiness. This medicine expels Phlegm downwards.
Zaojiao Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Free of wormholes, scrape off outer skin and strings, bake with lard until yellow, remove seeds cleanly, 1.6 liang) Baifan Alum (1.2 liang, used raw) Hei Qianniu Black Morning Glory Seed (1 jin, take the first extraction powder, 4 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Add drops of water to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills initially, gradually increasing to 100 pills, on an empty stomach with warm wine. Depending on severity: mild cases heal in 5-10 days, severe cases in half a month to a month. Long-term use prevents paralysis forever.
Souyin Wan (Search for Fluid Pill)
Indications same as above.
Take 1 Papaya, cut off the top, remove pulp to form a jar. Mix equal parts of raw Baifan Alum and Banxia Qu into fine powder, fill into the Papaya jar, replace the top, tie tightly with hemp thread, and steam twice over a rice steamer. Mash thoroughly, mix with overnight steamed leaven cake to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30-50 pills at any time with Ginger Tea.
Treats Xuan Yin (Hanging Fluid), Qi stagnation in heart and abdomen, and frequent pain in both hypochondria.
Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (3 liang, pounded into powder) Zaojiao Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (6 liang; 3 liang remove black skin, bake with lard until yellow, pound into powder; 3 liang remove skin and seeds, pound, soak in 1 sheng of wine, squeeze out juice, strain, boil into a paste. Mix Banxia powder with this paste to make cakes, cover with Qinghao Artemisia Annua leaves to produce green clothes, like making yeast, pound and sieve into fine powder) Xuanfuhua Inula Flower (1 liang) Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix Binglang Areca Seed (each 2 liang)
Grind into powder. Boil wheat flour paste in wine to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills before meals with Ginger Tea.
Poyin Wan (Break Fluid Pill)
Treats five types of fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm, pain radiating to both hypochondria during breathing, distension and shortness of breath, formation of Ji and Pi masses in chest/abdomen, fullness in chest/diaphragm extending to hypochondria, stabbing heart pain, inability to eat, regurgitation and vomiting, nine types of heartache, chronic indigestion, chronic malaria and dysentery, Dun Shi Zhu Wu (parasitic/wandering pathogens), epilepsy and syncope, insufficient Heart Qi, sorrow and overthinking, and various abdominal diseases in women. All can be treated.
Bibo Long Pepper Fructus Dingxiang Clove (Not exposed to open fire) Suosharen Borneo Camphor Fruit Xiescorpion Tail Hulao Black Pepper Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix (Not exposed to open fire) Wumei Meat Smoked Plum Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel Badou Croton Seed (Skin removed)
First, soak Qingpi and Badou in Jiangshui (fermented grain water) overnight. Next day, filter and stir-fry together. When Qingpi is scorched, remove Badou. Soak Wumei meat in water, steam for the duration of one meal, grind finely into a paste. Mix with herb powders evenly. Make pills the size of mung beans. Take 5-7 pills before sleep with Ginger Tea.
Bazhen Wan (Eight-Treasure Pill)
Treats solidified Phlegm in the diaphragm, fullness, oppression, and wheezing.
Dansha Cinnabar (Ground, half liang) Xijiao Horn Rhinocerotis (Sliced) Lingyanghorn Antelope Horn (Sliced) Fushen Poria with Pine Root (Wood removed) Niuhuang Calculus Bovis (Ground) Longnao Borneol (Ground, each 2.5 qian) Niudan Nanxing Ox Gall-Arisaema Rhizome Pengsha Borax (Ground, each 1 liang)
Grind into powder and mix evenly. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Chinese Wolfberry fruits. Take 1 pill after meals, chew thoroughly, and swallow with Renshen-Jingjie Decoction.
Elie Jian Wan (Goose Pear Decoction Pill)
Treats Phlegm-Heat, cools Heart and Lungs, benefits the chest and diaphragm, resolves heat toxins, and tonifies Yuan Qi.
Da Elie Large Goose Pear (20 pieces, peel and core, squeeze juice with clean cloth) Bohe Mentha Haplocalyx (Fresh, half jin, crush for juice) Zaojiao Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (10 non-wormy spikes, remove skin and seeds, squeeze thick juice with 2 sheng Jiangshui) Baimi White Honey (Half sheng) Shengdihuang Rehmannia Root (Fresh, half jin, crush for juice. Combine with previous five ingredients, slow-fire boil into paste, add below herbs) Renshen Ginseng Bai Fuling White Poria (Peeled) Baijili Tribulus Fruit (Stir-fried, remove spines) Roucongrong Cistanche Stem (Soaked in wine, sliced, baked dry) Niuxiu Achyranthes Root (Soaked in wine) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Soaked in boiling water) Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix (each 1 liang) Binglang Areca Seed (Baked, 2 liang) Fangfang Saposhnikovia Radix (Rootlets removed) Qingjupi Green Tangerine Peel (White pith removed) Jiegeng Platycodon Root (Stir-fried) Qianglive Notopterygium Rhizome Baizhu Atractylodes Rhizome Shanyao Dioscorea Rhizome (each 7.5 qian) Gancao Licorice Root (Honey-fried, each half liang)
Grind into powder. Mix with the prepared paste, pound appropriately, make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 15 pills, increasing to 20, after meals with Jingjie Decoction, twice daily.
Shexiang Dansha Wan (Musk and Cinnabar Pill)
Treats Phlegm-Heat, obstructed throat and diaphragm, dizziness and headache.
Shexiang Musk (Separately ground) Muxiang Aucklandiae Radix Dingxiang Clove Xijiao Horn Rhinocerotis Gancao Licorice Root (Honey-fried, each 2.5 qian) Longnao Borneol (Separately ground, 1 qian) Renshen Ginseng Huoxiang Pogostemon Stem (Remove stalk) Niudan Nanxing Ox Gall-Arisaema Rhizome Fangfang Saposhnikovia Radix (Rootlets removed) Huangastragalus Root (each half liang) Maidong Ophiopogon Radix (Heart removed, 7.5 qian) Dansha Cinnabar (Separately ground, 1 liang)
Grind into powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of Chinese Wolfberry fruits. Take 1 pill after meals, chew thoroughly, and swallow with Jingjie Decoction.
Jinzhu Huatan Wan (Golden Pearl Phlegm-Resolving Pill)
Treats Phlegm-Heat, calms the Shen, relieves headache and dizziness, palpitations, chest oppression, thick sputum, cough, and throat discomfort.
Zaojiao Zi Ren Soapberry Seed Kernel (Stir-fried) Tianzhuhuang Calamus Tuber (Separately ground) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Soaked and washed seven times in boiling water, 2 liang Ginger peeled, pounded together into a cake, lightly fried yellow) Baifan Alum (Transparent, calcined and separately ground. Above four each 4 liang) Longnao Borneol (Separately ground, half liang) Chensha Cinnabar (Water-flown, ground, 2 liang)
First, grind Zaojiao Zi Ren and Banxia into powder, mix evenly with other herbs. Boil wheat flour paste in Ginger Juice to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Coat with 20 sheets of Gold Foil. Take 15 pills, increasing to 25, after meals with Ginger Tea.
Zaojiao Huatan Wan (Gleditsia Phlegm-Resolving Pill) (Dong Yuan)
Treats Lao Feng (Wind from Overwork), Heart-Spleen stagnation, abundant Phlegm-Saliva, throat discomfort, thick sputum, choking sensation, vomiting, anorexia, or occasional fainting.
Zaojiao Mu Baipi Gleditsia Wood White Bark (Baked with lard) Baifuzi Typhonii Rhizoma (Pao'd) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Washed in boiling water seven times) Tian Nanxing Arisaema Rhizome (Pao'd) Baifan Alum (Calcined) Chi Fuling Red Poria Renshen Ginseng (each 1 liang) Zhiqiao Bitter Orange Fruit (Stir-fried, 2 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Mix with Ginger Juice and wheat flour paste to make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills after meals with warm water.
Fazhi Qingqi Huatan Wan (Standardized Clear-Qi Phlegm-Resolving Pill)
Regulates Qi, strengthens Spleen, resolves Phlegm, and digests food.
Banxia Pinellia Rhizome Nanxing Arisaema Rhizome (Remove skin and navel) Baifan Alum Zaojiao Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Cut) Ganjiang Dried Ginger (each 4 liang)
First, decoct Baifan Alum, Zaojiao, and Ganjiang in 5 bowls of water until reduced to 3 bowls. Soak Banxia and Nanxing in this liquid for two days. Then boil again until no white spots remain on Banxia and Nanxing. Dry.
Chenpi Tangerine Peel Qingpi Green Tangerine Peel (Remove pulp) Zisuzi Perilla Seed (Stir-fried) Luobozio Radish Seed (Stir-fried, separately ground) Xingren Apricot Seed (Remove skin and tip, stir-fried, ground) Gegen Kudzu Root Shenqu Medicated Leaven (Stir-fried) Mai Barley (Stir-fried) Shanzhaw Hawthorn Fruit Xiangfu Cyperus Rhizome (each 2 liang)
Grind into powder. Make pills with steamed leaven cake, size of Sophora seeds. Take 50-70 pills after supper with tea.
Xue Xinpu said: A man accustomed to rich flavors had chest fullness and abundant Phlegm. I considered him a person of rich food who had accumulated internal heat, so I prescribed this pill, which cured him. Seeing its efficacy, he prepared and gifted it to others. However, those with deficient Spleen-Stomach were harmed by it.
Fei Fan Dan (Flying Alum Elixir)
Miraculously effective for resolving Phlegm.
Baifan Alum (Clear and transparent, 2 liang, calcined) Baijiangcan Silkworm (1.5 liang, soaked in rice vinegar overnight, stir-fried) Banxia Pinellia Rhizome (Washed in boiling water seven times) Nanxing Arisaema Rhizome (each 1 liang, sliced. Use 1.5 liang Zaojiao, remove skin and strings, decoct with 1 small bowl of water. When water is gone, discard Zaojiao, keep only Nanxing)
Grind into fine powder. Make pills with Ginger Juice paste, size of Sophora seeds. Water pills are also acceptable. Take 15-20 pills with Ginger Tea. Also treats Hou Bi (throat closure): Chew 2 leaves of Bohe Mentha Haplocalyx soaked in fresh water, swallow the pill with water. If unable to swallow, grind 15 pills finely, mix with Zaojiao water, and instill to open the throat. Also treats infant acute/chronic convulsions with locked jaw: Mix Zaojiao water, apply to gums, and once swallowed, the patient revives.
Fazhi Banxia (Standardized Pinellia) (*Yuyao*)
Eliminates fluids, resolves Phlegm, strengthens Spleen, and regulates Qi.
Use large Banxia, wash and soak seven times in boiling water. Soak in thick rice wash water for one day and night. For every 1 liang of Banxia, use 1.5 liang Baifan Alum, grind fine, dissolve in warm water to soak Banxia. Leave water level about two fingers high, stir frequently. In winter, place in a warm spot. Soak for five days and nights, take out and bake dry. Use 1 qian Qianbaishuang Lead White Frost, dissolve in warm water, soak again for one day and night. After seven days total, take out. Slowly boil in Jiangshui (fermented grain water) without rolling. When Jiangshui is fully cooked, take out and bake dry. Store in porcelain. Take 1-2 pills after meals, chew thoroughly, swallow with warm Ginger Tea. Another method: Based on the previously made Banxia, for every 1 liang, soak in a little Baifan Alum water, immerse in finely flown Zhusha Cinnabar powder overnight, drain and bake. Follow previous methods. Can also use fresh Ginger Juice to soak and bake.
Shenxiong Daoshui Wan (Kunming Guiding Water Pill) (*Xinyin*, same below)
Huangqin Scutellaria Radix (1 liang) Huanglian Coptis Rhizome Chuanxiong Ligusticum Rhizome Bohe Mentha Haplocalyx (each half liang)
Dahuang Rheum Palmatum Rhizome Huashi Talcum Hei Qianniu Black Morning Glory Seed (First extraction powder, each 4 liang)
Formulated by Hejian. Treats all Heat syndromes; its merits cannot be fully described. If there is long-standing Heat depression, regardless of whether the patient is emaciated, frail, old, or weak, and for all syndromes suitable for purgation, start with 10 pills as a dose. Regular use removes intestinal and gastric stagnation without damaging Harmonious Qi, pushes out the old and brings in the new, promotes smooth bowel movements without causing dryness or agitation, and does not cause fatigue or deficiency, satisfying the patient. If Heat is severe and urgent purgation is needed, take 40-50 pills; if ineffective, take again, adjusting according to judgment. Regular use of 20-30 pills does not disturb the Zang-Fu organs, offering benefit without harm. For women with Blood disorders discharging foul matter, add half liang of Guizi Cassia Bark. For mild cases, regular use; for severe cases, induce purgation, thereby opening blockages and allowing foul matter to pass down. For all elderly, frail, and deficient persons with Spleen-Stomach meridian deficiency, Wind-Heat depression, dark complexion, dry teeth, emaciation, and sallow complexion, or those who have taken too much sweet/hot substances developing Sanxiao (Three Consumptions) diseases: if Heat is severe externally causing limb restlessness, or internally causing Shen agitation, depression, and transformation into various syndromes, all should take this. Only contraindicated in those with slippery intestines/loose bowels, interior Cold with slow pulse, women with menstrual disorders, continuous postpartum bleeding, and pregnant women.
Shizao Tang (Ten Jujube Decoction) (see Edema section.)
Zhouche Shen Wan (Boat-Chariot Divine Pill)