治疟疾 用生姜四两,连皮捣碎取汁,夜露至晓,空心冷服。
又方 用狗蝇一个,去翅足,以蜡丸之,当发日,冷酒吞下。
又方 用牛膝草根,水煮,不时服。
又方 名截疟丹 五月五日,取独蒜,不拘多少,舂烂,入好黄丹再舂,干湿适匀,丸如圆眼大,晒干收贮。但疟
疾二三发后,临发日,鸡鸣时,以药一丸略捶碎,取井花水,面东服之即止,不再发。
又方 用雄黄、人参、神曲各五钱,上三味为末,五月五日午时,用棕尖子七个,和为丸,如赤豆大。病未发
时,面东服七丸,无根水送下。
治发热口干、小便赤 用甘蔗捣汁服。
又方 用鸡子三个,白蜜一合,和服之。
又方 用天麻子五合,研碎,水二升,煮去半分服,四五剂,瘥。
又方 治烦热少睡用小麦作饭食之。
又方 治烦闷用野红花苗根绞汁饮,或水煎服。
又方 用葛根捣汁饮,亦治孕妇热病心闷。
又方 用大豆半升,水二升,煮浓汁,食后服。
治黄胆、黑疸、酒疸、食疸 用猪脂八两,乱头发如鸡子大二块,同煎,临服绞去发,分二服,病从小便出。
又方 治黄胆 用丝瓜连子烧灰为末。因面得病,面汤下;因酒得病,酒调下。数服可愈。
又方 治黑疸 急用土瓜根一斤,捣碎绞汁,温服,当有黄水从小便出,未出,更服。
又方 治通身黄胆 用丝瓜蒂焙干三四钱,为细末。每用半字于鼻内吹入,一日一度,并三日。如不愈,用黄芩末
煎汤,下五钱。
又方 治黄胆,身眼黄如金色者 用东引桃树根一握,如箸大者,切细,以水一碗,煎取半碗,空心温服。后三日,
疸黄离离渐散。忌食猪鱼肉麸面。
又方 治食劳黄、目黄、身黄者 用皂矾不拘多少,放砂锅子内,木炭烧通赤,用米醋点赤,为末,枣肉为丸,如
梧桐子大,每服二三十丸,食后姜汤下。或治目黄,用苍耳子安舌上出涎。
又方 治酒疸 用田螺七枚,水养去土,捶碎,取螺头切碎,以热酒浸服。或用田螺煮服。
治好饮茶并干茶叶而黄无力 用花椒去核为末,糊丸如梧桐子大,茶汤下,一十丸。
又方 用苦草为末,和炒热芝麻,不时干服。
治疗疟疾:取生姜四两,保留外皮捣碎取汁,夜间露天放置至天亮,空腹时冷服。
另一方:取一只狗蝇,去掉翅膀和足,用蜡包裹成药丸。在疟疾发作当天,用冷酒吞服。
又一方,名为“截疟丹”:在农历五月初五,取独头蒜,数量不限,捣烂后加入优质黄丹再次捣匀,干湿程度适中,制成如龙眼核大小的药丸,晒干后收藏保存。只要疟疾发作二三次后,在下次发作当天的鸡鸣时分,将一丸药略加捶碎,取清晨的井水,面向东方服下即可停止发作,且不再复发。
又一方:取雄黄、人参、神曲各五钱,将这三味药研成细末。在农历五月初五午时,取七根棕榈尖端,与药末混合制成如赤豆大小的药丸。在病未发作时,面向东方服用七丸,用无根水(如雨水)送服。
又一方:取天麻子五合,研碎,加水二升,煮至剩余一半量时服用,连续服用四五剂可痊愈。
治疗黄疸、黑疸、酒疸、食疸:取猪脂八两,加上如鸡蛋大小的一块乱头发,一同煎煮,临服前滤去头发,分两次服用,病邪从小便排出。
又一方:治疗黄疸,取丝瓜连同种子烧成灰,研成细末。因面部受邪致病者,用面汤送服;因饮酒致病者,用酒调服。服用数次即可痊愈。
又一方:治疗黑疸,急用土瓜根一斤,捣碎绞汁,温服。应当有黄色液体从小便排出,若未排出,继续服用。
又一方:治疗全身黄疸,取丝瓜蒂焙干三四钱,研成细末。每次取少量吹入鼻内,每日一次,连续三天。如果无效,用黄芩末煎汤,送服五钱药粉。
又一方:治疗黄疸,身体及眼睛黄如金色者,取向东生长的桃树根一握,粗细如筷子,切细,加水一碗,煎取半碗,空腹温服。此后三日,黄疸逐渐消退。忌食猪肉、鱼肉、麸皮面食。
又一方:治疗食劳黄、目黄、身黄者,取皂矾不拘多少,放入砂锅内,用木炭烧至通红,滴入米醋淬炼,研成细末,用枣肉制成如梧桐子大小的药丸。每次服用二三十丸,饭后用姜汤送服。或者治疗目黄,可将苍耳子放在舌上以引出涎液。
又一方:治疗酒疸,取田螺七枚,用水养去泥土,捣碎,取螺头切碎,用热酒浸泡后服用。或者将田螺煮熟后服用。
Treatment of malaria: Take four liang of fresh ginger, retain the skin, crush to extract juice, leave exposed to the night air until dawn, and take cold on an empty stomach.
Another prescription: Take one dog fly, remove wings and legs, wrap in wax into a pill. On the day of onset, swallow with cold wine.
Another prescription: Take the root of Achyranthes bidentata (Niuxi), boil in water, and take as needed.
Another prescription, named "Jie Nue Dan" (Malaria-Cutting Pill): On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, take single-clove garlic, quantity unrestricted, pound into a paste, add high-quality red lead oxide (Huangdan) and pound again until uniformly mixed with appropriate moisture. Form pills the size of longan seeds, dry in the sun, and store. After the malaria has attacked two or three times, on the day of the next attack at cockcrow time, slightly crush one pill, take well-water drawn early in the morning, face east, and swallow; the attack will cease and not recur.
Another prescription: Take five qian each of Realgar (Xionghuang), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), and Massamedica Fermentata (Shenqu). Grind these three ingredients into powder. At noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, mix with seven tips of palm fiber to form pills the size of red beans. Before the disease manifests, face east and take seven pills, delivered with unrooted water (e.g., rainwater).
Treatment for fever with dry mouth and reddish urine: Crush sugarcane to extract juice and drink.
Another prescription: Take three chicken eggs and one he of honey, mix and consume.
Another prescription: Take five he of Gastrodia elata seeds (Tianmazǐ), grind finely, add two sheng of water, boil down to half volume, and take. Four or five doses will result in recovery.
Another prescription: For treatment of irritability, heat, and insomnia, cook wheat into rice and eat.
Another prescription: For treatment of irritability and oppression, crush wild safflower seedlings and roots to extract juice and drink, or decoct in water and take.
Another prescription: Crush Pueraria lobata root (Gegen) to extract juice and drink; this also treats heart oppression caused by febrile diseases in pregnant women.
Another prescription: Take half sheng of soybeans (Dadou), add two sheng of water, boil to a thick decoction, and take after meals.
Treatment for jaundice, black jaundice, alcoholic jaundice, and food-stagnation jaundice: Take eight liang of lard (Zhuzhi) and a piece of tangled hair the size of a chicken egg. Boil together, strain out the hair before taking, divide into two doses; the pathogen exits via urination.
Another prescription: For treatment of jaundice, burn loofah fruit including seeds to ash, grind into powder. If the disease originated from facial exposure, deliver with noodle soup; if from alcohol consumption, deliver with wine. Several doses can cure it.
Another prescription: For treatment of black jaundice, urgently use one jin of Trichosanthes kirilowii root (Tugua gen), crush and extract juice, take warm. Yellow fluid should exit via urination; if not discharged, continue taking.
Another prescription: For treatment of generalized jaundice, bake dried loofah pedicels (Sigua di) to 3–4 qian, grind into fine powder. Blow a small amount into the nostrils once daily for three consecutive days. If ineffective, decoct Scutellaria baicalensis root (Huangqin) powder and take five qian with the decoction.
Another prescription: For treatment of jaundice where the body and eyes are yellow like gold, take one handful of peach tree roots growing towards the east, cut into pieces the thickness of chopsticks, add one bowl of water, decoct to half a bowl, and take warm on an empty stomach. Within three days, the jaundice will gradually dissipate. Avoid pork, fish, meat, and bran/wheat products.
Another prescription: For treatment of food-labor jaundice, yellow eyes, and yellow body, take any amount of Vitriol (Zaofan), place in a clay pot, roast over charcoal until red-hot, quench with rice vinegar, grind into powder, and bind with jujube flesh to form pills the size of maple seeds. Take 20–30 pills per dose, delivered with ginger tea after meals. Alternatively, for treating yellow eyes, place Xanthium sibiricum seeds (Cangerzi) on the tongue to induce salivation.
Another prescription: For treatment of alcoholic jaundice, take seven river snails, raise in water to clean soil, crush, separate the head/snail meat, cut finely, soak in hot wine, and take. Alternatively, boil and take the snails.
For treatment of yellowing and weakness caused by long-term tea drinking and consumption of dry tea leaves: Remove pits from Sichuan pepper (Huajiao), grind into powder, bind with paste to form pills the size of maple seeds, deliver with tea water, ten pills per dose.
Another prescription: Grind bitter herbs (Kucǎo) into powder, mix with roasted sesame seeds, and take dry as needed.