Shensu Yin

太平惠民和劑局方

Ren Shen Zi Su Gan Ge Qian Hu Ban Xia (stir-fried with ginger juice) Fu Ling — seven qian and a half; Chen Pi (remove the white) Gan Cao Zhi Ke (bran-fried) Jie Geng Mu Xiang — two qian; each dose five qian, decoct with ginger and jujube. (Yi Fang Ji Jie)

The above drugs are fu ju (cut into coarse pieces). Each dose is four qian (12 g); with one and a half cups of water, seven slices of ginger, and one jujube, decoct to six fen, remove the dregs, and take slightly warm, regardless of time. (Modern usage: add 7 slices of fresh ginger and 1 jujube, decoct in water and take warm.)

湯劑

Boosts qi and releases the exterior, regulates qi and resolves phlegm.

Qi deficiency with external contraction of wind-cold, internal damage by phlegm and retained fluids. Aversion to cold and fever, headache and nasal congestion, cough with profuse phlegm, absence of sweating, chest oppression and nausea, shortness of breath and fatigue, pale tongue with thin white coating, floating and weak pulse.

Dizziness and headache: add Chai Hu (Bupleurum) and Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum). -- Cough with expectoration of phlegm: add Sang Bai Pi (Morus root bark) and Di Gu Pi (Lycium root bark). -- Lung heat: add Xing Ren (apricot kernel), Huang Qin (Scutellaria), and Sang Bai Pi. -- Aversion to cold, absence of sweating, cough with panting: add Ma Huang (Ephedra), Xing Ren, and Xuan Fu Hua (Inula flower). -- Lung cold cough: add Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra) and Gan Jiang (dried ginger). -- Chest fullness with profuse phlegm: add Gua Lou (Trichosanthes fruit). -- Shortness of breath and panting cough: add Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena) and Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria). -- Nosebleed: add Wu Mei (Mume fruit), Bai Mao Gen (Imperata rhizome), and Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon). -- Excess heart heat with fever: add Chai Hu and Huang Qin. -- Headache: add Chuan Xiong, Xi Xin (Asarum), Bai Zhi (Angelica dahurica), and Gao Ben (Ligusticum sinense). -- Abdominal pain with diarrhea and dysentery: add Guang Huo Xiang (Patchouli) and Sha Ren (Amomum).