典藏书目

[Background Information]
Book: *Waitai Miyao* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies)
Author: Wang Tao
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty, Tianbao 11th Year
Chapter: Eight Formulas for Wind Evil
Category: Formulas

[English Translation]

In the etiology of disease, "Wind Evil" refers to the pathogenic influence of wind Qi invading the human body. The body's healthy Qi is constituted by blood and Qi within, while external wind is considered evil. If living conditions are improper, diet is unregulated, and labor is excessive... [Text continues with formulas]

**Guangji Fang**: Anshen Dingzhi Fang (Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing Will Formula) for treating wind evil causing mania, madness, and loss of heart-mind control.
Ingredients: Silver foil and gold foil (each 100 pieces, ground together), Shigypsum Fibrosum (Gypsum, calcined or raw depending on context, here likely calcined or prepared), Longgu (Fossilized Mammal Bones, ground), Tiejing (Iron Essence, ground), Diguxin (Cortex Lycii Radicis), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Sheng Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens or dried, text says Sheng Gan Di Huang - Dried Rehmannia Root), Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each 8 fen); Hu Jing (Tiger Eye, one piece, lightly roasted); Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis), Shengjiang Xie (Dried Ginger Scrapings) (each 4 fen); Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 10 fen, heart removed); Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, roasted); Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted); Weirui (Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba/Rubra) (each 6 fen); Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed); Baiziren (Biota Seed), Baixianpi (Dictamni Cortex) (each 5 fen).
Process: Grind the above 24 herbs into powder. Mix with honey to make pills. Take shortly after meals, washed down with juice from fresh Goji root (Gouqigen). Start with 20 pills the size of a tung tree seed, twice daily. Gradually increase to 30 pills. Discontinue if diarrhea occurs. Dietary restrictions: Avoid hot noodles, seaweed, Songcai (Chinese cabbage), Wu Yi (Euodia fruit), roasted meat, vinegar, garlic, sticky foods, and old, smelly, greasy foods. (From Volume 1)

**Shenshi Fang**: Zhenxin Wan (Heart-Calming Pill) for treating insufficient heart Qi and weakness in the elderly and children, characterized by frequent muttering, worsening with exertion. This formula treats various diseases caused by wind evil.
Ingredients: Yinqian (Silver Powder, 1.5 fen, ground); Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 9 zhu); Dansha (Cinnabar, ground); Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted); Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed); Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed, each 5 fen); Fangkui (Araliae Radix); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma); Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix); Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); Fushen (Poria with Hostwood); Jiao (Zanthoxylum Fruit, processed/sweated); Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix); Zishiyingshi (Fluorite, ground, each 4 fen); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) (each 6 fen); Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma); Ziwan (Asterae Radix) (each 3 fen).
Process: Grind the above 18 herbs into powder. Mix with white honey to make pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 3 pills before meals, three times daily. If ineffective, gradually increase the dose. Dietary restrictions: Avoid seaweed, Songcai (Chinese cabbage), raw vegetables, pork, raw green onions, raw blood products, vinegar substances, and maltose syrup. (Note: Dansha may be substituted with Danshen in some versions).

**Another Formula**: Wushi Zhenxin Wan (Five-Stone Heart-Calming Pill) for treating men and women suffering from wind-deficiency, insufficient heart Qi, wind evil entering the viscera, nightmares, fright, palpitations, and other related disorders.
Ingredients: Zishiyingshi (Fluorite, ground), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang); Fuling (Poria), Haige (Concha Arcae), Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Bai Shiyingshi (White Fluorite), Xingren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed, skin and tip removed, double-kernel ones roasted), Liuhuang (Sulfur, ground), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix, heart removed), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis), Tiejing (Iron Essence, ground), Juanbai (Selaginellae Herba), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, roasted, each 4 fen); Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed); Congrong (Cynomorii Herba), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Shuyu (Dioscoreae Hypoglauca Rhizoma), Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Baiziren (Biota Seed), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart), Wutou (Prepared Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateralis Radix, each 3 fen); Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix, 6 fen); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 8 fen, washed); Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 5 fen, steamed with rice water); Huangqi (Astragali Radix, 6 fen).
Process: Grind the above 40 herbs into powder. Mix with jujube paste and honey to make pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 10 pills per dose. Increase if ineffective. Dietary restrictions: Avoid seaweed, Songcai (Chinese cabbage), pork and mutton, maltose syrup, raw green onions, peaches and plums, sheep blood, Wu Yi (Euodia fruit), and vinegar substances. (From Volume 10)

**Zhouhou Fang**: Mazitang (Hemp Seed Decoction) for treating wind evil accumulation causing various calamities, mental confusion, insecurity, impending collapse of Qi, and inability to take fluids.
Ingredients: Maziren (Cannabis Seed, 5 he, roasted); Ju Pi (Citrus Reticulatae Pericarpium); Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix); Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart); Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, each 3 liang); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 5 liang, washed); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang).
Process: Cut the above 9 herbs. Boil in 9 sheng of water until reduced to 3 sheng. Divide into three doses. Dietary restrictions: Avoid seaweed, Songcai (Chinese cabbage), mutton, maltose syrup, raw green onions, etc. (Same as Jin Gu Lu Yan, From Volume 3)

**Qianjin Yi Fang**: Xuming Tang (Continuing Life Decoction) for treating severe wind, wind evil entering the heart, causing chest pain radiating to the back and back pain radiating to the chest, alternating chest pain moving up and down, or lower abdominal distension... [Text fragment].
Ingredients: Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba, 6 fen, nodes removed); Dazao (Jujubae Fructus, 10 pieces, split); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart); Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix); Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma); Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted); Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma); Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix); Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix); Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix); Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix) (each 1 liang); Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix); Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (each 3 fen); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 5 fen).
Process: Cut the above 16 herbs. Boil in 13 sheng of water. First boil Mahuang until it boils once, skim off the foam. Add the remaining herbs. Boil until reduced to 5 sheng. Strain. Add jujubes... [Text fragment]. Dietary restrictions: Avoid peaches, plums, sparrow meat, etc.

**Another Formula**: Zhenxin Wan (Heart-Calming Pill) for treating excess syndrome of rebellious Stomach Qi, wind evil entering the viscera, emotional instability (anger, joy, sorrow, worry), indecisiveness, mental confusion, forgetfulness, insomnia, and other pathological conditions.
Ingredients: Qinjiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix, 1 liang); Baishi (Biota Seed); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix); Ganqi (Dammar Resin, roasted); Bailian (Trollii Bulbus); Xingren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed, skin and tip removed, roasted, each 3 fen); Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma, 1 liang); Gan Dihuang (Dried Rehmannia Root, 6 fen); Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each 4 liang); Gancao (Licorice Root, 1 liang); Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma); Shuyu (Dioscoreae Hypoglauca Rhizoma); Fuling (Poria); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) (each 2 fen); Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, heart removed, 2 liang); Qianhu (Peucedani Radix, 4 fen).
Process: Grind the above 18 herbs into powder. Mix with honey to make pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 10 pills with water before meals, three times daily. Increase if ineffective. Dietary restrictions: Avoid peaches, plums, sparrow meat, seaweed, Songcai (Chinese cabbage), Wu Yi (Euodia fruit), and vinegar substances. (From Volume 16)

**Cui Shi**: Zhenxin Tang (Heart-Calming Decoction) for treating wind evil causing deficiency palpitations, mental confusion, sadness, or restless sleep.
Ingredients: Fushen (Poria with Hostwood); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed); Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger) (each 4 liang); Lingyangjiao (Saiga Tatarica Horn, powdered); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix); Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma); Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix); Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma); Xingren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed, skin and tip removed); Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) (each 2 liang); Longgu (Fossilized Mammal Bones, crushed, wrapped in silk); Shigypsum Fibrosum (Gypsum, crushed, each 3 liang, wrapped in silk); Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart) (each 1.5 liang); Zhuli (Bamboo Juice, 1 sheng).
Process: Cut the above 15 herbs. Boil in 10 sheng of water until reduced by half. Add Zhuli (Bamboo Juice). Simmer until 2.8 sheng remains. Strain. Divide into three warm doses. Interval between doses should be equivalent to the time it takes a person to walk ten li. Dietary restrictions: Avoid vinegar substances, mutton, pork, maltose syrup, raw green onions, etc.

**Another Formula**: Biesan Li (Separating and Dispelling Formula) for treating men and women suffering from wind evil, where men dream of women and women dream of men, leading to chronic exhaustion from prolonged sexual activity, sorrow, resentment, emotional volatility, progressive emaciation, long-term incurability, or recurrent symptoms every half month or month.
Ingredients: Yang Shang Ji Sheng (Viscum Coloratum, 3 liang, roasted); Changpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma); Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma); Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix); Ganjiang (Dried Ginger); Ji Gen (Leonuri Japonici Radix, or Zhu Gen/Bambusa Textilis Root); Tianxiong (Prepared Aconitum Kusnezoffii Lateralis Radix); Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart) (each 1 liang); Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 2 liang); Yinyu (Skimmiae Cortex, 2 liang, roasted).
Process: Grind the above 10 herbs together into powder. Take half a fangcun bi (approx. 1-2 grams) with wine, three times daily. If unable to drink alcohol, mix with urine from a young boy. During preparation, ensure no women, chickens, or dogs see the process, and the patient must not witness the preparation; seeing it will prevent the expulsion of evil Qi. This prohibition is verified as effective. Dietary restrictions: Avoid raw green onions, raw vegetables, pork and mutton, peaches and plums, sparrow meat, maltose syrup, etc.