Wuji San

仙授理傷續斷祕方

-- Treats the five consumptions and seven damages. Whenever there is headache due to injury, or wind damage with cold, decoct two qian with ginger, also add scallion white, and take warm after meals. (From Xian Shou Li Shang Xu Duan Mi Fang, 'Secret Formulas Bestowed by Immortals for Treating Injuries and Mending Fractures')

Bai Zhi, Chuan Xiong, Gan Cao, Fu Ling, Dang Gui, Rou Gui, Shao Yao, Ban Xia, each 3 liang; Chen Pi, Zhi Ke, Ma Huang, each 6 liang; Cang Zhu 24 liang; Gan Jiang 4 liang; Jie Geng 12 liang; Hou Po 4 liang. Of the above, except Rou Gui and Zhi Ke, which are separately made into coarse powder, the remaining thirteen ingredients are made into coarse powder together, stir-fried over low heat until the color changes, spread out to cool, then add the powders of Rou Gui and Zhi Ke and mix evenly. Take 3 qian per dose with 1.5 cups of water, add 3 slices of fresh ginger, decoct to 1 medium cup, remove the dregs, and take slightly warm. Take warm without regard to time.

Decoct nine bowls of water down to three bowls. Gui Zhi: Add later, decoct for only 15 minutes. After meals, take one bowl warm each time.

湯劑

Release the exterior and dissipate cold, warm the middle and resolve accumulation.

1. Patterns of externally contracted wind-cold and internal damage from raw and cold [foods], with generalized heat and no sweating, headache and body pain, contracture of the nape, back, waist, and thighs, chest fullness, aversion to food, vomiting, and abdominal pain. 2. Heart and abdominal pain in women, irregular menstruation, etc., that belongs to cold congelation and qi stagnation. 3. Four major chief symptoms: cold pain in the waist, spasm and contracture of the waist and thighs, upper heat and lower cold, and lower abdominal pain.

For Yang deficiency with externally contracted wind-cold: add prepared Fu Zi: 10, Xi Xin: 6. -- For severe Yang deficiency, in women with pain in both thighs, cold feet, and deficiency sweating: add prepared Fu Zi: 15. -- For severe deficiency-cold abdominal pain, or upper heat and lower cold: add purple oil Rou Gui: 3. -- For women's strangury: add Mu Tong: 6, Che Qian Zi: 6. -- For red and white leukorrhea, lower abdominal pain, and severe interior cold: add Wu Zhu Yu: 10, vinegar-processed Xiang Fu: 10. -- For women's dysmenorrhea: add vinegar-processed Xiang Fu: 10, Yu Jin: 10, vinegar-processed Yan Hu Suo: 10, Dan Shen: 30.

1. When Ma Huang is used at 15 g or more, it must be decocted for a long time, at least two hours. 2. Prescriptions containing Ma Huang should not be taken after 8 p.m.; otherwise, it easily causes insomnia. If insomnia still occurs when doing so, change to taking it after breakfast and lunch. 3. This formula tends to be warm and dry; use with caution in those with a thin body, mental restlessness and thirst, and dark red lips and tongue. 4. Different ratios of Cang Zhu to Ma Huang produce different effects: Cang Zhu 2 : Ma Huang 1 --> mild sweating Cang Zhu 3 : Ma Huang 1 --> increased urine volume Cang Zhu 4 : Ma Huang 1 --> no obvious sweating or diuresis, but damp pathogens can resolve on their own.