典藏书目

The formula is found in the "Dampness" section. It treats edema by promoting urination.

To treat abdominal distension and swelling, shortness of breath with rapid breathing, and edema of the four limbs:
Wujiapi (Cortex Acanthopanacis), Digupi (Cortex Lycii), Dafupi (Pericarpium Arecae), Fulingpi (Cortex Poriae), Shengjiangpi (Cortex Zingiberis Recens).
Add two zhong (approx. 400-500 ml) of water, decoct until eight fen (approx. 320-400 ml) remains. Take at any time without restriction.
Another prescription removes Digupi (Cortex Lycii) and adds Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) and Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori Radicis).

To treat edema, wheezing, and abdominal distension caused by Yin Water (Yin-type edema):
Tinglizi (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Fuling (Poria), Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), Zhuling (Polyporus), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae), Huashi (Talcum), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae).
Decoct and take without using a guiding agent (yinyin).

For the same condition as above:
Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Chixiaodou (Semen Phaseoli Angularis), Shanglu (Radix Phytolaccae), Qianghuo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii), Dafupi (Pericarpium Arecae), Jiaomu (Semen Zanthoxyli), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae), Qinjiao (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae).
Add three slices of fresh ginger, decoct and take.

To treat edema and distension caused by Yang Water (Yang-type edema), accompanied by obstruction of urination and defecation:
Heiqianniu (Semen Pharbitidis), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Zhuling (Polyporus), Jiaomu (Semen Zanthoxyli), Tinglizi (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae).

For the same condition as above:
Gansui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui), Daji (Radix Euphorbiae Lathyris), Yuanhua (Flos Genkwa).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Boil red dates until soft, remove skins and pits, mash into a paste, and mix with the powder to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take forty pills each time on an empty stomach, washed down with boiling plain water.

For the same condition as above:
Gansui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui), Daji (Radix Euphorbiae Lathyris), Yuanhua (Flos Genkwa), Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Qianniu (Semen Pharbitidis), Qingfen (Calomelas).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder and make water-honey pills the size of mung beans. Take ten pills each time.

For the same condition as above:
Chifuling (Poria cum Rubro), Fangji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae), Tinglizi (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae), Zisuzi (Fructus Perillae), Hupo (Electrum), Yuliren (Semen Pruni Armeniacae Laevigati), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder and make honey pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take sixty pills each time, washed down with decoction of Renshen (Radix Ginseng).

For the same condition as above:
Haijinsha (Concretio Silicea Urinae), Gansui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui), Heiqianniu (Semen Pharbitidis).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take two qian (approx. 6-10 g) each time, mixed with decoction of daoliushui (flowing water taken from upstream while facing downstream), taken on an empty stomach.

To treat edema, wheezing, and abdominal distension caused by Yin Water (Yin-type edema):
Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Zhuling (Polyporus), Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Mutong (Caulis Akebiae), Guangui (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae), Chifuling (Poria cum Rubro), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), Binglang (Semen Arecae), Huashi (Talcum).
Decoct and take without using a guiding agent (yinyin).

For the same condition as above:
Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae), Chifuling (Poria cum Rubro), Suisuizi (Semen Crotonis Tiglii), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Binglang (Semen Arecae), Haijinsha (Concretio Silicea Urinae), Tinglizi (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder, mix with date flesh, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifty pills each time, washed down with decoction of Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori Radicis).

To treat Yin Water (Yin-type edema), first strengthen the Spleen:
Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis), Mugua (Fructus Chaenomelis), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaoko), Dafuzi (Semen Arecae), Baifuling (Poria), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae).
Add three slices of fresh ginger and one jujube, decoct and take.