这就是本方(四物汤)加入桂枝,并将当归的用量加倍。这四首方剂可以四季常服,根据证候灵活选用。
这就是四物汤加入官桂、蓬术,用于治疗月经不通、腹部急痛、腰腿沉重疼痛。
这就是四物汤加入羌活;另一版本加入白术、茯苓,海藏对此进行了改正:将上述五味药与苍术拌合使用,治疗各种疼痛有奇效。
这就是四物汤(四两)加入羌活、防风(各一两),用于治疗妇女筋骨疼痛及头痛、脉象弦紧、恶寒如疟疾发作的症状;另一版本加入秦艽、羌活,也称为风六合汤,用于治疗风虚引起的眩晕。
这就是四物汤(四两)加入木香、槟榔(各半两),用于治疗妇女血气上冲导致的心腹、胁下闷胀不适;另一版本加入厚朴、陈皮,也称为气六合汤,用于治疗气虚弱导致的起身无力、突然昏倒的症状;再一版本加入厚朴(一两)、枳实(半两),也名为气六合汤,又名四物加味方。
这是在四物汤内加入玄胡索、苦楝子(炒制,各一两),用于治疗妇女脐下冷痛、腹痛、腰脊疼痛。
这是在四物汤内加倍加入芍药,用于治疗妇女气机郁结侵犯经脉、月经频发、脐下疼痛的症状。
这是在四物汤内加入玄胡索、苦楝子(各一两)、槟榔、木香(各半两),用于治疗妇女月经欲行时出现的脐腹绞痛,以及经期疼痛严重的症状。
这就是四物汤(四两)内加入黄芩、白术(各一两),用于治疗妇女月经量过多。
这就是四物汤(四两)加入葵花(一两),用于治疗妇女经血涩滞量少;另一版本加入红花、血见愁。
这就是四物汤加入黄芩、黄连(各一两),用于治疗经血颜色如黑豆汁般黑黯的症状。
这就是四物汤(四两)加入熟地黄、当归(各一两),用于治疗经血量少但色泽正常的症状。
这就是四物汤(四两)内加入生地黄、大黄(酒浸,各五钱),用于治疗妊娠期间伤寒蓄血证。不宜使用堕胎药物攻下,以免损伤胎儿;妇人妊娠期间若出现血瘀阻滞,勿妄用抵当汤、桃仁承气汤等峻猛之剂,要确保母子均无损伤。此时可用大黄与四物汤对服。
This is the base formula (Siwu Tang, Four Substances Decoction) with Fangfeng added and the dosage of Chuanxiong doubled.
This is the base formula (Siwu Tang, Four Substances Decoction) with Huangqin added and the dosage of Shaoyao doubled.
This is the base formula (Siwu Tang, Four Substances Decoction) with Tianmendong added and the dosage of Dihuang doubled.
This is the base formula (Siwu Tang, Four Substances Decoction) with Guizhi added and the dosage of Danggui doubled. These four formulas can be taken regularly throughout the four seasons, used flexibly according to the syndrome differentiation.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Guigui and Pengzhu added, treating amenorrhea, acute abdominal pain, and heaviness/pain in the waist and legs.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Qianghuo added; another version adds Baizhu and Fuling. Haicang corrected this: mixing the aforementioned five herbs with Cangzhu treats various pains with miraculous effect.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Qianghuo and Fangfeng (1 liang each) added, treating women's bone and tendon pain, headache, wiry pulse, aversion to cold resembling malaria; another version adds Qinjiao and Qianghuo, also known as Fengliuhe Tang (Wind Six-Harmony Decoction), treating dizziness caused by wind deficiency.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Muxiang and Binglang (0.5 liang each) added, treating women's blood and qi rushing upward causing stifling sensation in the heart, abdomen, and hypochondrium; another version adds Houpo and Chenpi, also known as Qiliuhe Tang (Qi Six-Harmony Decoction), treating weakness upon rising and sudden fainting due to qi deficiency; yet another version adds Houpo (1 liang) and Zhishi (0.5 liang), also named Qiliuhe Tang, or Siwu Tang plus modifications.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Yanhusuo and Koushen (stir-fried, 1 liang each) added, treating cold pain below the umbilicus, abdominal pain, and lower back/spine pain in women.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with increased dosage of Shaoyao, treating women's qi stagnation invading the meridians, frequent menstruation, and pain below the umbilicus.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Yanhusuo and Koushen (1 liang each), Binglang and Muxiang (0.5 liang each) added, treating colicky pain in the umbilical and abdominal region when menstruation is about to start, and severe pain during menstruation.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Huangqin and Baizhu (1 liang each) added, treating menorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow) in women.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Kuihua added (1 liang), treating scanty and sluggish menstrual flow; another version adds Honghua and Xuejianchou.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Huangqin and Huanglian (1 liang each) added, treating menstrual blood that resembles black bean juice in color.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Shudihuang and Danggui (1 liang each) added, treating scanty menstrual flow with normal color.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction, 4 liang) with Shengdihuang and Dahuang (soaked in wine, 5 qian each) added, treating blood stasis syndrome due to cold-heat complex in pregnancy. It is not advisable to use abortifacient purgatives; if a pregnant woman presents with blood stasis, do not recklessly administer Didang Tang or Taoren Chengqi Tang. Ensure no harm comes to mother and child. In such cases, Dahuang may be taken concurrently with Siwu Tang.
This is Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) with Dihuang removed and Ganjiang added, treating heart pain and abdominal pain unbearable in intensity due to blood deficiency in women; this formula is also named Sishen San (Four Spirits Powder).