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Shang Han Lun · Treatise on Cold Damage
22. After Sweating, Emesis or Purging · Pulses, Signs and Treatment
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This is scroll ten, chapter twenty-two, comprising forty-eight presentations, all fully recorded earlier in the three yin and three yang chapters.
The following formulas have already appeared under their presentations in the respective scrolls, but some were described only by additions and removals and were not entirely clear, making consultation inconvenient. They have therefore been collated again and are listed fully below.
Guizhi Jia Gegen Tang formula:
Gegen, four liang; Shaoyao, two liang; Gancao, two liang; Shengjiang, three liang, sliced; Dazao, twelve fruits, split; Guizhi, two liang, outer bark removed; Mahuang, three liang, nodes removed.
For these seven ingredients, first boil Mahuang and Gegen in one dou of water until the volume has decreased by two sheng. Skim off the foam, add the other ingredients and boil until three sheng remain. Remove the dregs and take one sheng warm. Cover to obtain the slightest appearance of sweat; rice gruel need not be sipped. Other care follows the Guizhi method.
Guizhi Jia Houpo Xingzi Tang formula:
To the Guizhi Tang formula add two liang of Houpo and fifty Xingren kernels with skins and tips removed. The rest follows the preceding method.
Guizhi Jia Fuzi Tang formula:
To the Guizhi Tang formula add one Fuzi, roasted, peeled and broken into eight pieces. The rest follows the preceding method.
Zhu Fu Tang formula is appended here: remove Guizhi from this formula and add four liang of Baizhu, following the preceding method.
Guizhi Qu Shaoyao Tang formula:
Remove Shaoyao from the Guizhi Tang formula. The rest follows the preceding method.
Guizhi Qu Shaoyao Jia Fuzi Tang formula:
Remove Shaoyao from the Guizhi Tang formula and add one Fuzi, roasted, peeled and broken into eight pieces. The rest follows the preceding method.
Guizhi Mahuang Geban Tang formula:
Guizhi, one liang and sixteen zhu, outer bark removed; Shaoyao, Shengjiang sliced, Gancao roasted, and Mahuang with nodes removed, one liang each; Dazao, four fruits, split; Xingren, twenty-four kernels, soaked in hot water, with skins, tips and double kernels removed.
For these seven ingredients, first boil Mahuang in five sheng of water for one or two boils and skim off the foam. Add the other ingredients and boil until one sheng and eight he remain. Remove the dregs and take six he warm.
Guizhi Er Mahuang Yi Tang formula:
Guizhi, one liang and seventeen zhu, outer bark removed; Shaoyao, one liang and six zhu; Mahuang, sixteen zhu, nodes removed; Shengjiang, one liang and six zhu, sliced; Xingren, sixteen kernels, skins and tips removed; Gancao, one liang and two zhu, roasted; Dazao, five fruits, split.
For these seven ingredients, first boil Mahuang in five sheng of water for one or two boils and skim off the foam. Add the other ingredients and boil until two sheng remain. Remove the dregs and take one sheng warm, twice daily.
Baihu Jia Renshen Tang formula:
Add three liang of Renshen to the Baihu Tang formula. The rest follows the Baihu Tang method.
Guizhi Qu Gui Jia Fuling Baizhu Tang formula:
Remove Guizhi from the Guizhi Tang formula and add three liang each of Fuling and Baizhu. Decoct and take by the preceding method. Free urination brings recovery.
The presentations for the preceding nine formulas are all in scroll two.
Gegen Jia Banxia Tang formula:
Add half a sheng of Banxia to the Gegen Tang formula. The rest follows the Gegen Tang method.
Guizhi Jia Shaoyao Shengjiang Renshen Xinjia Tang formula:
To the Guizhi Tang formula in scroll two, add a further one liang each of Shaoyao and Shengjiang and three liang of Renshen. Take by the Guizhi Tang method in all other respects.
Zhizi Gancao Chi Tang formula:
Add two liang of Gancao to the Zhizi Chi Tang formula. The rest follows the preceding method. If vomiting occurs, stop the remaining dose.
Zhizi Shengjiang Chi Tang formula:
Add five liang of Shengjiang to the Zhizi Chi Tang formula. The rest follows the preceding method. If vomiting occurs, stop the remaining dose.
Chaihu Jia Mangxiao Tang formula:
Add six liang of Mangxiao to the Xiao Chaihu Tang formula. The rest follows the preceding method. If taking it does not resolve the illness, take it again. The six-liang addition is retained as supplied here, distinct from the earlier full formula's two liang.
Guizhi Jia Gui Tang formula:
To the Guizhi Tang formula in scroll two, add a further two liang of Gui, making five liang in all. The rest follows the preceding method.
The presentations for the preceding six formulas are all in scroll three.
Chaihu Guizhi Tang formula:
Guizhi with outer bark removed, Huangqin and Renshen, one and a half liang each; Gancao, one liang, roasted; Banxia, two and a half he; Shaoyao, one and a half liang; Dazao, six fruits, split; Shengjiang, one and a half liang, sliced; Chaihu, four liang.
Boil these nine ingredients in seven sheng of water until three sheng remain. Remove the dregs and take warm. No individual dose volume is supplied here.
Fuzi Xiexin Tang formula:
Dahuang, two liang; Huanglian and Huangqin, one liang each; Fuzi, one piece, roasted, peeled, broken up and separately decocted to obtain its liquid.
Of these four ingredients, cut the first three and steep briefly in two sheng of vigorously boiling water. Squeeze out and discard the dregs, add the Fuzi decoction, divide, and take warm in two doses. The supplied Fuzi amount here is one piece, distinct from the earlier formula's one liang.
Shengjiang Xiexin Tang formula:
Shengjiang, four liang, sliced; Gancao, three liang, roasted; Renshen, three liang; Ganjiang, one liang; Huangqin, three liang; Banxia, half a sheng, washed; Huanglian, one liang; Dazao, twelve fruits.
Boil these eight ingredients in one dou of water until six sheng remain. Remove the dregs and decoct again until three sheng remain. Take one sheng warm, three times daily.
Gancao Xiexin Tang formula:
Gancao, four liang; Huangqin, three liang; Ganjiang, three liang; Banxia, half a sheng, washed; Huanglian, one liang; Dazao, twelve fruits, split.
Boil these six ingredients in one dou of water until six sheng remain. Remove the dregs and decoct again until three sheng remain. Take one sheng warm, three times daily.
Huangqin Jia Banxia Shengjiang Tang formula:
Add half a sheng of Banxia and one and a half liang of Shengjiang to the Huangqin Tang formula. Take by the Huangqin Tang method in all other respects.
The presentations for the preceding five formulas are all in scroll four.
Guizhi Jia Dahuang Tang formula:
Guizhi, three liang, outer bark removed; Dahuang, one liang; Shaoyao, six liang; Shengjiang, three liang, sliced; Gancao, two liang, roasted; Dazao, twelve fruits, split.
Boil these six ingredients in seven sheng of water until three sheng remain. Remove the dregs and take one sheng warm, three times daily. The supplied Dahuang amount here is one liang, distinct from the earlier formula's two liang.
Guizhi Jia Shaoyao Tang formula:
To the Guizhi Tang formula in scroll two, add a further three liang of Shaoyao, making six liang including the original amount. The rest follows the Guizhi Tang method.
Danggui Sini Jia Wu Zhuyu Shengjiang Tang formula:
Danggui, three liang; Shaoyao, three liang; Gancao, two liang, roasted; Tongcao, two liang; Guizhi, three liang, outer bark removed; Xixin, three liang; Shengjiang, half a jin, sliced; Dazao, twenty-five fruits, split; Wu Zhuyu, two sheng.
Boil these nine ingredients in a mixture of six sheng of water and six sheng of clear wine until five sheng remain. Remove the dregs, divide, and take warm in five doses. One version uses four sheng each of water and wine.
The presentations for the preceding three formulas are all in scroll six.
Sini Jia Renshen Tang formula:
Add one liang of Renshen to the Sini Tang formula. Take by the Sini Tang method in all other respects.
Sini Jia Zhudanzhi Tang formula:
Add half a he of pig gall liquid to the Sini Tang formula. Take by the preceding method in all other respects. If pig gall is unavailable, substitute sheep gall.
The presentations for the preceding two formulas are all in scroll seven.
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