治肠胃因虚，气癖于盲膜之外，流于季胁，气逆息难， 日频年，医所不
治，久则荣卫停凝，一旦败浊，溃为痈脓，多致不救。
胡椒（一百五十粒） 木香（一分） 全蝎（十个，去毒)
上为末，粟米饮丸，如绿豆大。每服十五丸，橘皮汤下。
治息积，癖于腹胁之下，偏胀膨满，不妨饮食，诸药不能取转。及治心脾疼
痛，呕吐酸水，丈夫小肠气，妇人脾血气。
缩砂仁 桂心 木香（各一分） 甘草(炙) 茴香(炒) 丁香皮 青皮(炒) 陈皮 生干姜
蓬术(炮，各半两） 胡椒 沉香（各一钱一字）
上为末。每服二钱，姜苏盐汤调下；妇人醋汤调服。
以两手母指压无名指本节作拳，按髀趺坐，扣齿三十六，屏气二十一息，咽气
三口；再屏息，再咽，如是三作，以气通为效，遇子午卯酉时则行。然按摩导引之法甚多，
随意行之皆可，不必拘此法。
五劳者，皆用意施为，过伤五脏，使五神不宁而为病，故曰五劳。以其尽力谋虑则肝劳
，曲运神机则心劳，意外致思则脾劳，预事而忧则肺劳，矜持志节则肾劳。是皆不量禀赋，
临事过差，遂伤五脏。以脏气本有虚实，因其虚实而分寒热。世医例以传尸骨蒸为五劳者，
非也。彼乃瘵疾，各一门类，不可不知。
治肝劳实热，关格牢涩，闭塞不通，毛悴色夭。
猪膏 生姜汁（各二升） 青蒿汁 天门冬汁（各一升）
上以微火，银石器内熬成膏。每服一匙，酒汤调下，不拘时候，。
Treats conditions caused by deficiency of the intestines and stomach, where Qi stagnates outside the blind membrane (a layer of connective tissue in the abdomen) and flows into the hypochondriac region. This leads to rebellious Qi and difficulty breathing. The condition recurs frequently over years and is often beyond the cure of ordinary physicians. If prolonged, Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi) stagnate and coagulate; once they deteriorate and become turbid, they ulcerate into abscesses and pus, often leading to untreatable death.
Hu Jiao (Pepper, *Piperis Fructus*) (150 grains) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (1 fen) Quan Xie (Scorpio, *Scorpius*) (10 pieces, detoxified)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Form pills with millet drink, sized like mung beans. Take 15 pills per dose, administered with Tangerine Peel Decoction (*Chen Pi Tang*).
Treats Xi Ji (Accumulation of Qi), where Qi is fixed below the abdomen and hypochondrium, causing unilateral abdominal distension and fullness, without affecting appetite or digestion, and resistant to various medications. It also treats Heart-Spleen pain, vomiting of sour fluid, Xiao Chang Qi (Small Intestine Qi disorder/hernia in men), and Pi Xue Qi (Spleen Blood Qi disorder in women).
Suo Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Cortex) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (each 1 fen) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, roasted) Hui Xiang (Foeniculi Fructus, stir-fried) Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos) Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, stir-fried) Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Sheng Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia, processed) Hu Jiao (Pepper, *Piperis Fructus*) Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) (each 1 qian 1 zi)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with Ginger, Perilla, and Salt decoction; for women, mix with Vinegar decoction.
Press the base joint of the ring finger with both thumbs while forming a fist. Sit in Bi Fu posture (cross-legged), click teeth 36 times, hold breath for 21 breaths, and swallow Qi three times. Repeat holding breath and swallowing twice more, totaling three cycles. The effect is achieved when Qi circulation is unobstructed. Practice during Zi, Wu, Mao, and You hours. However, there are many massage and Dao Yin (guiding and pulling) methods; one may practice them at will, without being restricted to this specific method.
Wu Lao (Five Exhaustions) result from excessive mental and physical exertion that injures the Five Zang organs, causing the Five Spirits to become unsettled and diseased. Thus, it is called Wu Lao. Excessive planning and deliberation injure the Liver, causing Liver Lao; intricate mental operations injure the Heart, causing Heart Lao; excessive thinking about external matters injures the Spleen, causing Spleen Lao; worrying about future events injures the Lungs, causing Lung Lao; rigid adherence to moral principles injures the Kidneys, causing Kidney Lao. These injuries occur because individuals do not assess their innate constitution and act excessively inappropriately when dealing with affairs. Since Zang Qi inherently has Deficiency and Excess patterns, Cold and Heat are differentiated based on these deficiencies and excesses. Conventional physicians erroneously classify Chuan Shi Gu Zheng (Transmitted Corpse Bone Steaming/Tuberculosis) as Wu Lao. That belongs to Zhai Ji (Lao Disease/Consumption), which has its own categories; this distinction must be known.
Treats Liver Lao with Excess-Heat, characterized by Guan Ge (obstruction of upper and lower pathways) with firm and sluggish pulse, blockage and inability to pass, with withered hair and sallow complexion.
Zhu Gao (Porcine Fat) Sheng Jiang Zhi (Ginger Juice) (each 2 sheng) Qing Hao Zhi (Artemisiae Annuae Herba Juice) Tian Men Dong Zhi (Asparagi Radix Juice) (each 1 sheng)
Simmer gently in a silver or earthenware vessel until it becomes an ointment/paste. Take one spoonful per dose, mixed with Wine Water decoction, at any time.