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Treats cough with rebellious Qi, vomiting, and hiccups caused by deficiency-cold in the Stomach. Each episode of hiccup consists of eight or nine consecutive sounds, with Qi failing to return after contraction, which can be startling.
Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, two liang) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, one liang) Gancao (Licorice Root and Rhizome, roasted, half liang)
The above are processed into a coarse powder. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water, a small piece of Zhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam), five slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and two dates. Decoct until seven parts remain, filter out the dregs, and take at any time.

Stops cough with rebellious Qi.
Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, peel and umbilicus removed) Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus, roasted, half liang each) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos, one liang each)
The above are ground into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, add seven-tenths of a zhan of water and a little salt. Boil for several boils and take on an empty stomach.

Treats cough with rebellious Qi accompanied by dysphagia and sweating.
Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) Shidi (Kaki Calyx, one qian each) Gancao (Licorice Root and Rhizome, roasted) Liangjiang (Galangal Rhizome, half qian each)
The above are ground into fine powder. Mix two qian with hot boiled water and take while hot, at any time.
Another prescription treats postpartum cough with rebellious Qi. (Prescription see Women's Department)

If there is fluid retention in the Zhongwan (CV12) area, there is a sensation of hunger pangs (caozhong); if there is retained food, there is acidity. Belching with acid regurgitation after eating are all signs of retained food, commonly known as "swallowing acid."

Treats retained food and fluid accumulation in the Zhongwan, causing acid stinging pain in the heart region, spitting clear saliva, and belching of rotten food odor.
Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, roasted, three liang) Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, soaked in rice water for three nights, washed, dried, and roasted, one and a half liang) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, one liang)
The above are ground into powder. Use ginger juice to decoct the Shenqu powder separately to make a paste for binding, forming pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take thirty to fifty pills per dose, with ginger soup, at any time.

Treats retained food and fluid accumulation gathering in the Zhongwan, causing foul-smelling belching and acid regurgitation, and pain in the heart and abdomen. Also treats accumulation due to middle-jiao deficiency, as well as undigested diarrhea (xunxie) and bloody or white dysentery.
Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) Badou (Crotonis Semen, peel removed and ground separately) Suosharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) Hujiao (Piperis Longi Fructus) Wumei (Mume Fructus, pit removed)
Take one hundred of each of the above ingredients, grind into fine powder, and use steamed wheat cake paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take five to seven pills per dose, with warm water, after meals and before bedtime.

Pathogenic factors from cooked grains enter through the mouth and constitute retained food. The five flavors entering the mouth are meant to nourish the Five Zang organs; obtaining them ensures life, lacking them leads to death, but damaging them becomes a harm. Thus, retained food is the precursor to miscellaneous diseases. If the Five Zang organs are imbalanced, food cannot be transported and transformed, leading to blood stasis and Qi stagnation, causing various symptoms to arise like swarms of insects, all due to retained food. Treatment should be based on the deficiency or excess and depth of the Zang-Fu organs. The *Yangsheng Fang* warns against using Badou (Croton Seed), suggesting Qingmuxiang Wan instead. However, if there is a food mass (shipi), only Badou can resolve it. This is referred to as "disturbing what can be disturbed; disturbance causes no true disorder." Qingmuxiang Wan uses Qianniuzi (Pharbitidis Semen), which most severely drains Kidney Qi. It not only fails to eliminate food accumulation but also harms the primordial essence; those who understand this will know better. Symptoms include headache, aversion to wind, fear of cold, abdominal distension and fullness, diarrhea, loss of appetite, acid regurgitation, and belching of rotten food odor. If there is excess heat in the Stomach with food stagnation, the pulse is rapid and slippery, and purgation is appropriate for cure. If there is Spleen deficiency, the pulse is floating and large, but feels choppy upon pressure, and the Chi position is also slightly choppy, indicating that warming herbs for digestion and guidance are appropriate.