治肺痿吐涎沫。
桂枝 生姜（各三两。） 甘草（三两） 大枣（十二枚。） 皂荚（一枚。去皮子。
炙焦。）
上五味。以水七升。微火煮取三升。分温三服。
歌曰 桂枝去芍本消阴。痰饮挟邪迫肺金。一个皂驱粘腻浊。桂枝运气是良箴。
元犀按。非辛温之品。不能行阳运气。非甘润之品。不能补土生津。君以姜、桂之辛温。
行阳消阴。佐以大枣、甘草之甘润。补阴生液。若夫开壅塞。涤污垢。以净其涎沫者。则皂
荚丸
（歌解见长沙方歌括。）治咳而胸满振寒。脉数。咽干不渴。时出浊唾腥臭。
如米粥者。为肺痈。
桔梗 贝母（各三分。） 巴豆（一分。去皮熬。研如霜。）
上三味为散。强人饮服半钱匕。羸者减之。病在膈上者吐脓。在膈下者泻出。若下多不
止。
治咳有微热烦满。胸中甲错。是为肺痈。
苇茎（二升。） 薏苡仁（半升。） 桃仁（五十粒。） 瓜瓣（半升。）
上四味。以水一斗。先煮苇茎。得五升。去滓。内诸药。煮取二升。服一升。再服。当
吐如
歌曰 胸中甲错肺痈成。烦满咳痰数实呈。苡瓣半升桃五十。方中先煮二升茎。
元犀按。此方以湿热为主。咳有微热烦满。胸中甲错者。是湿热之邪结在肺也。肺既结。
则
之源。瓜瓣排瘀。开结热之路。方下注云。再服当吐如脓者。指药力行。肺痈溃矣。
Treats Lung Wei (Lung Atrophy) with symptoms of spitting out saliva and foam.
Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (each 3 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root) (3 liang), Dazao (Jujube) (12 pieces), Zaojiao (Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit) (1 piece, peeled and seeded, roasted until charred).
The above five herbs are boiled in 7 sheng of water over low heat to obtain 3 sheng of decoction. Divide into three doses and take warm.
Song says: Removing Shaoyao from Guizhi Tang eliminates Yin pathogens. Phlegm-fluid retention carrying evil forces the Metal of the Lung. One piece of Zaojiao drives away sticky turbidity. Guizhi moving Yang Qi is a good prescription.
Yuexi's commentary: Without acrid-warm substances, one cannot move Yang Qi and eliminate Yin; without sweet-moist substances, one cannot tonify Earth and generate fluids. Using the acrid-warm nature of Jiang (Ginger) and Gui (Cinnamon) as sovereign drugs moves Yang and eliminates Yin. Assisting with the sweet-moist nature of Dazao (Jujube) and Gancao (Licorice) tonifies Yin and generates fluids. As for opening blockages, cleansing filth, and purifying saliva and foam, this is the function of Zaojiao Wan (Gleditsia Pill). (Explanation of the song is found in Changsha Fang Ge Kuo.)
Treats cough with chest fullness, aversion to cold with trembling, rapid pulse, dry throat but no thirst, and occasional expectoration of turbid, foul-smelling sputum resembling rice porridge. This is Fei Yong (Lung Abscess).
Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb) (each 3 fen), Badou (Croton Seed) (1 fen, peeled, roasted, ground into a paste/rime).
The above three herbs are made into a powder. Strong individuals take half a qianbi dose; weak individuals reduce the dose. If the disease is above the diaphragm, pus is vomited; if below the diaphragm, it is discharged via diarrhea. If diarrhea is excessive and does not stop, [treatment should be adjusted].
Treats cough with slight fever, irritability and fullness, and rough, scaly skin on the chest (Xiongzhong Jiacuo). This is Fei Yong (Lung Abscess).
Weijing (Reed Shoot) (2 sheng), Yiyiren (Coix Seed) (0.5 sheng), Taoren (Peach Kernel) (50 grains), Gaban (Melon Seeds) (0.5 sheng).
The above four herbs are boiled in 1 dou of water. First boil Weijing (Reed Shoot) until 5 sheng remains, strain off the dregs, then add the other herbs. Boil until 2 sheng remains. Take 1 sheng per dose, twice daily. One should expectorate material resembling pus.
Song says: Rough, scaly skin on the chest indicates Fei Yong (Lung Abscess) has formed. Irritability, fullness, cough with phlegm, and rapid, excess pulse appear. Half a sheng each of Yiyi (Coix Seed) and Ban (Melon Seed), fifty Taoren (Peach Kernels); first boil two sheng of Jing (Reed Shoot) in the formula.
Yuexi's commentary: This formula primarily addresses damp-heat. Cough with slight fever, irritability, fullness, and rough, scaly skin on the chest indicates damp-heat pathogenic factors knotting in the Lung. Once the Lung is knotted... [text incomplete], Gaban (Melon Seeds) expel blood stasis and open the pathway for knotted heat. The note under the formula states: "After taking again, one should expectorate like pus," referring to the action of the medicine where the Fei Yong (Lung Abscess) ruptures.