四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.159

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二受通四藥不。手受通四藥，為防盜相故；口受局三，除其時藥。亦有口受不通手受，唯局中前。餘之三藥，手受亦爾；若加口法，通時、非時。《十誦》云：時分藥（猶是非時別名）、七日、盡形，是三種藥，必須有病，非舉宿、惡捉者，手、口二受，得服。

Second: whether the two receipts apply to all four types of medicines. Physical receipt into the hand applies to all four medicines in order to prevent the appearance of theft. Verbal receipt is restricted to three, excluding food for the proper time. There is also verbal receipt that does not extend to physical receipt, being restricted only to the period before midday. For the remaining three medicines, physical receipt is likewise so; if one adds the verbal procedure, it applies to both the proper time and the improper time. The *Daśādhyāya-vinaya* states: Time-limited medicine (which is an alternate name for improper-time medicine), seven-day medicine, and lifetime medicine—these three types of medicine require that one be ill, and as long as they have not been kept overnight or improperly handled, one may consume them with both physical and verbal receipts.