热入血室者,冲脉为血之海,即血室也。男女均有此血气,亦均有此冲脉。得热血必妄行,在
男子则为下血谵语,因邪热传入正阳明腑;在妇人则为寒热似疟,邪乃随经而入,皆为热入血室。太
阳不解,热结膀胱,其人如狂而血自下者,愈;不愈,用桂枝汤。阳明下血谵语,胸满如结胸,夜
则如见鬼,此为热入血室,小柴胡汤。下焦蓄血,其人如狂,小腹急结,小便自利,大便黑,与夫
下利,无表里证,脉数不解,消谷易饥,多日不大便,此为瘀血,桃仁承气汤。少阴病,下利脓
血,或腹满,下如鱼脑者,桃花汤主之。
四逆者,手足厥冷不温,谓之四逆。邪在表,则手足热。邪在半表里,则手足温。至于邪传少
阴,则手足冷逆也。然自热而致温,由温而致厥,乃传经之邪,轻则四逆散,重则承气汤下之。若初
起得病便厥者,轻则理中汤,重则四逆汤温之。此为阴经受邪,乃阳不足而阴有余也。若或恶寒厥
逆,蜷卧烦躁,吐利而脉不至者,皆恶候也。
不大便者,因发汗,利小便过多,耗损津液,以致肠胃干燥。盖邪热传入正阳明,里证最多,
惟见发渴谵语,脉实,狂妄,潮热自汗,小水赤,或心腹胀满硬痛,急用三承气汤,选而下之,大
便通而热愈矣。倘脉浮,表证尚在,或带呕者,知邪
未全入腑,尤在半表里间,尚用小柴胡和之。候大便硬实,不得不下者,只得以大柴胡下之。若阳
明汗多,或已经发汗,利小便而大便不通者,此津液枯竭,宜蜜导通之。
热入血室,冲脉是血的汇聚之处,也就是血室。男性和女性都有这种血气,也都有冲脉。遇到热血就会妄行,在男子身上表现为下血和谵语,这是因为邪热传入了正阳明腑;在女子身上表现为寒热往来像疟疾一样,邪气顺着经络而入,这都称为热入血室。如果太阳病不解,热邪结聚在膀胱,病人出现神志恍惚如狂状且血液自行排出(如经血),就会痊愈;如果不愈,使用桂枝汤。阳明病出现下血、谵语,胸部胀满如同结胸证,夜间好像看见鬼怪,这是热入血室,用小柴胡汤治疗。下焦蓄血,病人神志恍惚如狂,小腹部急迫结痛,小便自利,大便色黑,以及伴有下利,没有表证也没有里证,脉数而不解,食物消化快容易饥饿,多日不大便,这是瘀血,用桃仁承气汤治疗。少阴病,下利脓血,或者腹部胀满,排泄物像鱼脑一样,用桃花汤主治。
四逆,是指手足厥冷不温暖,称为四逆。邪气在体表,则手足发热。邪气在半表半里,则手足温暖。至于邪气传入少阴,则手足寒冷逆冷。然而,从发热到转温,再由温转变成厥冷,这是传经之邪,轻症用四逆散,重症用承气汤攻下。如果是初起得病就出现厥冷的,轻症用理中汤,重症用四逆汤温补。这是因为阴经受邪,是阳气不足而阴气有余。如果出现恶寒厥逆,身体蜷缩卧倒,烦躁不安,呕吐下利且脉搏摸不到的情况,都是不良的征候。
不大便,是因为发汗过多,利小便过多,耗损了津液,导致肠胃干燥。大概邪热传入正阳明,里证很多,只要见到口渴、谵语、脉实、狂妄、潮热自汗、小便赤黄,或者心腹胀满硬痛,紧急使用三承气汤,选择其中一种攻下,大便通畅后热邪就消除了。如果脉浮,表证还在,或者带有呕吐症状,知道邪气未完全进入腑,尤其还在半表半里之间,尚且用小柴胡汤和解。等到大便干硬结实,不得不下的时候,只能以大柴胡汤攻下。如果阳明病出汗多,或者已经发过汗,利过小便而大便仍不通的,这是津液枯竭,宜用蜜导法通便。
Heat entering the blood chamber refers to the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel), which is the sea of blood, also known as the blood chamber. Both men and women possess this blood qi and the Chong Mai. When affected by heat pathogen, blood will flow recklessly; in men, it manifests as lower bleeding and delirious speech, because the evil heat has transmitted into the Yangming Fu organ; in women, it manifests as alternating chills and fever resembling malaria, where the pathogen enters along the meridians. Both cases are termed "heat entering the blood chamber." If Taiyang disease does not resolve, and heat binds in the Bladder, with the patient appearing manic-like and bleeding spontaneously, they will recover; if not, Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) is used. In Yangming disease, lower bleeding and delirium accompanied by chest fullness resembling Jie Xiong (chest binding syndrome), and seeing ghosts at night, indicate heat entering the blood chamber, treated with Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction). Lower jiao blood stasis presents with a manic-like state, urgency and binding pain in the lower abdomen, free urination, black stools, or diarrhea without exterior or interior signs, persistent rapid pulse, rapid digestion with easy hunger, and constipation for many days; this is blood stasis, treated with Tao Ren Cheng Qi Tang (Peach Kernel Cathartic Decoction). Shaoyin disease presenting with bloody purulence in stool, or abdominal fullness with discharge resembling fish brains, is primarily treated with Taohua Tang (Peach Flower Decoction).
Si Ni (Four Extremities Cold) refers to cold and unwarmed hands and feet. When the pathogen is in the exterior, hands and feet are hot. When the pathogen is in half-exterior and half-interior, hands and feet are warm. However, when the pathogen transmits to Shaoyin, hands and feet become cold and reversed. Progression from heat to warmth, then from warmth to cold reversal, indicates a pathogen transmitting through the meridians; mild cases are treated with Si Ni San (Four Reversal Powder), while severe cases are purged with Cheng Qi Tang (Cathartic Decoction). If cold reversal occurs immediately upon onset of illness, mild cases are treated with Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction), and severe cases with Si Ni Tang (Four Reversal Decoction) to warm. This is due to pathogen affecting the Yin meridians, representing insufficient Yang and excess Yin. Symptoms such as aversion to cold with cold reversal, curling up in bed, irritability, vomiting, diarrhea, and absent pulse are all ominous prognoses.
Constipation arises from excessive sweating or diuresis, which depletes body fluids, leading to dryness of the intestines and stomach. Generally, when heat pathogen transmits to the Yangming Fu organ, there are many interior syndromes. If thirst, delirium, solid pulse, mania, tidal fever, spontaneous sweating, dark urine, or abdominal distension, fullness, hardness, and pain are observed, urgently use one of the three Cheng Qi Tangs (Cathartic Decoctions) to purge; once stool passes, the heat resolves. If the pulse is floating, indicating residual exterior signs, or accompanied by vomiting, it suggests the pathogen has not fully entered the Fu organs but remains in the half-exterior/half-interior region; Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) should be used to harmonize. When stool becomes hard and dry, necessitating purgation, Da Chaihu Tang (Major Bupleurum Decoction) is used. If Yangming disease involves profuse sweating, or if sweating and diuresis have already occurred yet constipation persists, this indicates exhaustion of body fluids; honey suppositories (Mi Dao) should be used to moisten and unblock.