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Treating the condition where the divine qi of the zang-fu organs fails to maintain its proper position, leading to stagnation due to emotions such as joy, anger, worry, thought, sorrow, fear, and fright. This causes phlegm-fluids to accumulate and form hard, firm masses, resulting in severe colicky pain in the heart and abdomen, inability to eat, intermittent onset, and extreme suffering during attacks.

Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed with hot water to remove slipperiness, 5 liang) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) Gancao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, each 1 liang)

The above ingredients are crushed into a powder. Each dose consists of 4 qian, boiled with 1.5 cups of water, 7 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube, until reduced to 70% volume. Strain the dregs and take before meals.

Treating conditions caused by unregulated joy and anger, combined with worry and thought, often generating sorrow and fear, or occasional tremors and fright, leading to imbalance of visceral qi. Symptoms include aversion to cold and fever, abdominal distension and fullness, qi rushing laterally to both hypochondria, upward obstruction of the throat feeling like a roasted meat lump that cannot be vomited or swallowed. All these arise from the "Seven Qi" (seven emotional factors).

Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed seven times with hot water, 5 liang) Baifuling (Poria, 4 liang) Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, processed with ginger juice and fried, 3 liang) Zisu (Perillae Folium, 2 liang)

The above ingredients are crushed into a powder. Each dose consists of 4 qian, boiled with 1.5 cups of water and 7 slices of fresh ginger, until reduced to 70% volume. Strain the dregs and take before meals.

The term "Five Yi" refers to Qi Yi, You Yi, Lao Yi, Si Yi, and Shi Yi. Although these five types differ, they are all primarily governed by qi stagnation. Qi Yi is characterized by palpitations, blockage of qi flow up and down, incomplete belching or hiccups, and chest and back pain. You Yi occurs when encountering cloudy or cold weather, resulting in cold extremities that cannot warm themselves. Lao Yi involves qi rising against the diaphragm, distension and fullness under the hypochondria, a sense of filling in the chest, and radiating back pain. Si Yi presents with palpitations, forgetfulness, and blurred vision. Shi Yi manifests as cold pain in the chest regardless of food intake, and inability to breathe normally. All result from irregular emotions, excessive worry and thought, constant fear and anxiety, leading to qi stagnation and generation of saliva/phlegm. The phlegm and qi contend, ascending but not descending, obstructing diet. This is similar to the Five Ge (epigastric fullness) syndromes, but located in the throat, hence named Five Yi.

Treating the five types of Yi, where food and drink cannot pass down, accompanied by chest and back pain, incomplete vomiting and hiccups, stabbing pain, and simultaneous tearing and salivation.

Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Fuling (Poria) Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, coarse skin removed, cut, processed with ginger juice and fried) Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, bran-fried, pith removed) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) Gancao (Licorice Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried) Hezi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus, roasted, pit removed) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Chuanpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Baijiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, roasted) Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, roasted) Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata, fried) Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix, fried, each 2 liang) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, roasted) Binglang (Arecae Semen) Zhuansu (Curcumae Radix, roasted, each 0.5 liang)

The above ingredients are ground into powder. Each dose consists of 2 qian, boiled with 1 cup of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube, until reduced to 70% volume. Take warm on an empty stomach; alternatively, it can be taken with salted water.