典藏书目

For those with a thin physique, excessive phlegm, and frequent depression: Blood deficiency accompanied by Qi heat. Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction) combined with Kaiyu Erchen Tang (Depression-Opening Two-Chen Decoction) is indicated. Add Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), and Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma). Use fresh ginger as an herbal guide.

Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma), Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (each 1 qian); Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), E Zhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Bing Lang (Arecae Semen) (each 0.7 qian); Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (0.5 qian). Use fresh ginger as an herbal guide.

For those with a thin physique, excessive phlegm, and heat symptoms: This indicates injury to the Chong and Ren vessels. Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction) is indicated. Add Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber), and Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma). Use fresh ginger and jujube as herbal guides. Additionally, administer Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill).

Injury to the Chong and Ren vessels, kidney deficiency leading to blood depletion and amenorrhea. Misuse of acrid-warm uterine-warming medicines causes menstrual irregularities and latent fire in the Chong and Ren vessels. Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction) is indicated. Add Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra) and Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma). Take before meals. Additionally, administer Sanbu Wan (Three-Tonics Pill).

Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) and Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex) (equal parts, all stir-fried with wine). Form honeyed pills and take with plain boiled water.

Those with an irritable, angry, and jealous disposition have both Qi and Blood heat, inevitably accompanied by depression syndromes. Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction) is indicated. Add Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix), wine-stir-fried Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), wine-stir-fried Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), and Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma).

For those with a fat physique, excessive intestinal-phlegm, and obstruction in the collaterals: This leads to amenorrhea and leukorrhea.

Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) (each 1 qian); Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (0.5 qian). Take on an empty stomach.

For those with a thin physique and menstrual irregularities but no other chronic symptoms: This is due to Blood heat. Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction) combined with Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), and wine-stir-fried Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex) (equal parts) is indicated, formed into pills.

For those with a gentle temperament but presence of phlegm-dampness: This indicates dual deficiency of Qi and Blood. Bawu Decoction (Eight Substances Decoction) combined with Qingpi Tang (Green Peel Decoction) is indicated. Add Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma). Additionally, consume Cangsha Wan (Atractylodes-Cyperus Pill).

(Xiang Fu is also known as Sha Cao Gen.)

Cang Zhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) (soaked in rice juice and stir-fried, 2 liang); Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma) (soaked in children's urine and stir-fried, 3 liang); Tiao Qin (Scutellariae Radix) (stir-fried with wine, 1 liang). Grind into powder, bind with dough made from Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven), form pills, and take with plain boiled water.

For those with a thin physique and no other chronic symptoms: This is due to insufficiency of Qi and Blood. Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten Thousand Benefits Great Tonifying Decoction) is indicated.

For those with a thin physique and poor appetite: This is due to spleen-stomach weakness and decline of Qi and Blood. Yigong San (Yi-Gong Powder) combined with Xionggui Tang (Chuanxiong-Angelica Decoction) is indicated. Add Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fu Ling (Poria), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), and Dihuang Wan (Rehmannia Pill).

Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dang Gui Shen (Dorsum Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma), Zhi Qiao (Aurantii Fructus) (stir-fried, each 1.5 qian); Hua Shi (Talcum) (2 qian). Use fresh ginger as an herbal guide.

For those who are obese and overeat: This is due to damp-phlegm stagnation. Excess body fat compresses the meridians. Liujunzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction) combined with Xionggui Tang (Chuanxiong-Angelica Decoction) is indicated. Add Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma). Use fresh ginger and jujube as herbal guides. Take on an empty stomach.