五苓散治暑湿为病发热头疼烦躁而渴
方见泄泻门
桂苓丸治冒暑烦渴饮水过多心腹胀满小便赤少
肉桂(去皮) 茯苓(各一两)
上为末蜜丸每两作十丸每细嚼一丸白汤下
按以上足太阳例药也
缩脾饮解伏热除烦渴消暑毒止吐泻霍乱
砂仁 草果 乌梅肉 甘草(炙各四两) 扁豆(炒) 干葛(各二两)
上 咀每服四钱水煎冷服
按此手足太阴少阴足阳明经药也
消暑十全饮
香薷 扁豆 浓朴 甘草 紫苏 白术 茯苓 藿香 木瓜 檀香
上 咀水煎
按此手足太阴之剂气药也然以上二方今世俗多用姑存之以备取择
消毒丸治伤暑发热头疼
半夏 甘草 茯苓(各半斤)
上为末生姜汁作薄糊丸如梧桐子大每五十丸水下
易简方以好醋煮半夏姜汁作糊丸
按此足三阳少阴手太阴经药也
大顺散治冒暑伏热引饮过多脾胃受湿水谷不厘清浊相干阴阳气逆霍乱呕吐脏腑不调
甘草 干姜 杏仁(去皮尖) 桂(去皮)
上先将甘草用白砂炒次入姜却下杏仁炒过筛去沙净合桂为末每服二三钱汤点服
按此太阳例药
冷香饮子治伤暑 霍乱腹痛烦躁脉沉微或伏
方见霍乱门
来复丹治伏暑泄泻身热脉弱
硝石(一两同硫黄火上微炒用柳条搅结砂子不可大) 太阴玄精石(研) 舶上硫黄(各一
两) 五灵脂(去砂石) 青皮 陈皮(各二两)
上为末和匀好醋糊为丸菀豆大每服二十丸空心米饮下
按此出厥阴例药也通利三焦分理阴阳温胃开结治挥霍变乱神志昏愦元气下陷者甚捷然病
因暑火湿热者勿用
五苓散治疗因暑湿致病,出现发热、头痛、烦躁且口渴的症状。
方剂见“泄泻”章节。
桂苓丸治疗中暑烦渴,饮水过多导致心腹胀满、小便色赤量少。
药材:肉桂(去皮)、茯苓(各一两)。
制法与用法:将上述药材研为细末,用蜂蜜制成丸剂,每两药粉制成十丸。服用时细嚼一丸,用白开水送服。
按语:以上属于足太阳经的用药范例。
缩脾饮解除潜伏之热,消除烦渴,消暑毒,止吐泻及霍乱。
药材:砂仁、草果、乌梅肉、甘草(炙,各四两)、扁豆(炒)、干葛(各二两)。
制法与用法:将药材切碎,每次服用四钱,加水煎煮,冷却后服用。
按语:此方涉及手太阴、足太阴、足少阴及足阳明经的用药。
消暑十全饮
药材:香薷、扁豆、浓朴、甘草、紫苏、白术、茯苓、藿香、木瓜、檀香。
制法与用法:将药材切碎,加水煎煮。
按语:此方为手足太阴经的气分药。然而以上两个方剂如今世俗多用,暂且保留以供选择。
消毒丸治疗伤暑引起的发热、头痛。
药材:半夏、甘草、茯苓(各半斤)。
制法与用法:将药材研为细末,用生姜汁制成薄糊状丸剂,大小如梧桐子。每次服用五十丸,用水送下。
简易方:用好醋煮半夏,再用姜汁制成糊状丸剂。
按语:此方涉及足三阳、足少阴及手太阴经的用药。
大顺散治疗中暑潜伏之热,因引饮过多导致脾胃受湿,水谷不分,清浊相干,阴阳之气逆乱,出现霍乱呕吐、脏腑不调。
药材:甘草、干姜、杏仁(去皮尖)、桂(去皮)。
制法与用法:先将甘草用白砂炒制,其次加入干姜,再放入杏仁炒过,筛去沙子,洗净后混合桂枝研为细末。每次服用二三钱,用汤水冲服。
按语:此属太阳经用药范例。
冷香饮子治疗伤暑、霍乱腹痛、烦躁、脉象沉微或伏匿。
方剂见“霍乱”章节。
来复丹治疗伏暑引起的泄泻,身体发热、脉弱。
药材:硝石(一两,同硫黄在火上微炒,用柳条搅拌结成砂状,不可炒得过大)、太阴玄精石(研碎)、舶上硫黄(各一两)、五灵脂(去除砂石)、青皮、陈皮(各二两)。
制法与用法:将药材研为细末并混合均匀,用好醋调糊制成丸剂,大小如菟丝子。每次服用二十丸,空腹时用米饮送服。
按语:此方出自厥阴经用药范例。具有通利三焦、分理阴阳、温胃开结的功效,治疗挥霍变乱、神志昏愦、元气下陷者非常快捷。然而,若病因是暑火湿热者,切勿使用。
Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) treats diseases caused by summerheat-dampness, presenting with fever, headache, restlessness, and thirst.
The formula is found in the section on Diarrhea.
Guiling Wan (Cinnamon and Poria Pill) treats heatstroke with vexation and thirst, excessive drinking leading to epigastric and abdominal fullness, and scanty dark urine.
Ingredients: Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi, peeled), Fuling (Poria, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind the above ingredients into powder, form pills with honey, making ten pills per liang of powder. Chew one pill thoroughly and swallow with warm water.
Note: The above are examples of herbs for the Foot-Taiyang channel.
Suopi Yin (Spleet-Spleen Decoction) resolves latent heat, relieves vexation and thirst, clears summerheat toxicity, and stops vomiting, diarrhea, and cholera.
Ingredients: Sharen (Fructus Amomi), Caoguo (Fructus Tsaoko), Wumei Rou (Endocarpium Pruni Mume), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, each 4 liang), Biandou (Semina Dolichoris), Gange (Radix Puerariae Lobatae, each 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the herbs into small pieces. Take 4 qian per dose, decoct with water, and take cold.
Note: This formula involves herbs of the Hand-Taiyin, Foot-Taiyin, Foot-Shaoyin, and Foot-Yangming channels.
Xiaoshu Shiquan Yin (Summerheat-Clearing Ten-Ingredient Decoction)
Ingredients: Xiangru (Herba Elsholtziae), Biandou (Semina Dolichoris), Nongpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Zisu (Folium Perillae), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria), Huoxiang (Herba Agastachis), Mugua (Fructus Chaenomelis), Tanxiang (Lignum Santali Rubrum).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the herbs into small pieces and decoct with water.
Note: This is a qi-regulating formula for the Hand-Taiyin and Foot-Taiyin channels. However, since these two formulas are widely used in common practice today, they are retained here for reference.
Xiaodu Wan (Toxin-Dispersing Pill) treats injury from summerheat causing fever and headache.
Ingredients: Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Fuling (Poria, each half jin).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, make pills using ginger juice as a binder to the consistency of a thin paste, sized like sophora seeds. Take 50 pills with water.
Simple Prescription: Boil Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) in good vinegar, then use ginger juice to make pills.
Note: This involves herbs of the Foot-Sanyang, Foot-Shaoyin, and Hand-Taiyin channels.
Dashun San (Great Harmony Powder) treats heatstroke with latent heat, excessive drinking causing dampness in the spleen and stomach, failure to separate clear from turbid, rebellion of yin and yang qi, resulting in cholera, vomiting, and disharmony of the zang-fu organs.
Ingredients: Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), Jiangjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, dried), Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum, peeled and tip removed), Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi, peeled).
Preparation and Administration: First stir-fry Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) with white sand. Then add Jiangjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, dried), followed by Xingren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum). Stir-fry, sieve to remove sand, wash clean, mix with Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi), and grind into powder. Take 2-3 qian per dose, mixed with decoction.
Note: This is an example of Taiyang channel medication.
Lengxiang Yinzi (Cold-Fragrance Infusion) treats injury from summerheat, cholera with abdominal pain, restlessness, and a deep, faint, or hidden pulse.
The formula is found in the Cholera section.
Laifu Dan (Restoring Return Pellet) treats persistent summerheat causing diarrhea, body heat, and weak pulse.
Ingredients: Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitras, 1 liang, lightly stir-fried with Liuhuang (Sulfur) over fire, stirred with willow twig until it forms sand-like grains, do not over-cook), Taiyin Xuanjingshi (Gypsum Fibrosum, ground), Boshang Liuhuang (Sulfur imported by ship, 1 liang), Wulingzhi (Excrement Trogopteri, free of sand/stones), Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, each 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind all ingredients into powder, mix evenly, and bind with good vinegar paste to make pills the size of rabbit seeds. Take 20 pills per dose on an empty stomach with rice drink.
Note: This formula originates from Jueyin channel prescriptions. It effectively unblocks the Triple Burner, regulates yin and yang, warms the stomach, and opens stagnation. It is very swift in treating sudden chaotic disorders, confusion of spirit, and sinking of primordial qi. However, it should not be used if the cause is summerheat-fire or damp-heat.