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Sanleng Jian Wan (Three-Spined Decoction Pill)
Indicated for spleen deficiency complicated by injury from meat consumption, where food stagnates for a long time without dispersing, resulting in abdominal distension, swelling, and pain, or diarrhea. Take 35 pills per dose, administered with light ginger decoction. (See "Various Qi Disorders" category for the formula.)

Awei Wan (Asafoetida Pill)
Indicated for spleen and stomach weakness, where consumption of meat, flour products, or raw fruits causes stagnation in the middle jiao, leading to indigestion, abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, or constipation.
Ingredients: Asafetida (dissolved in wine), Cinnamon Twig (avoid direct fire heating), Curcuma Zedoaria (processed), Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-fried), Massae Fermentatae Sojae et Farinae (stir-fried), Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae (remove white pith), Semen Raphani (stir-fried).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix evenly, and bind with thin starch paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills per dose at any time, washed down with ginger decoction. For injuries caused by flour products, use noodle water for administration;

Didang Tang (Resisting Decoction)
Indicated for blood stasis coagulation and stagnation, causing stabbing pain inside the abdomen, bladder pain, or slight yellowing of the body and face.
Ingredients: Hirudo (cut and stir-fried), Ocyrrhoe (remove wings and feet, stir-fried, 30 units), Persicae Semen (37 units, stir-fried, remove skin and tips), Rheum Palmatum (steamed, 3 qian).
Cut the herbs into pieces. Take 4 qian per dose, boil in 1.5 cups of water until reduced to 0.7 cups, strain, and take warm. If blood stasis has not been expelled, take again.

Muxiang Liuqi Yin (Costus Flowing Qi Decoction). Indicated for heat patterns. Fenxin Qi Yin (Heart-Dividing Qi Decoction). (Both formulas are detailed in the "Various Qi Disorders" category.)

For severe cases, Shizao Tang (Ten Jujube Decoction) is indicated. It treats conditions caused by excessive intake of liquids combined with frequent exposure to cold-dampness, resulting in chest and abdominal fullness and distension, borborygmus (gurgling sounds), panting, shortness of breath, and sallow complexion.
Ingredients: Genkwa Flos (stir-fried until red), Kansui Radix, Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix, Black Pharbitis Seed (stir-fried, taken as powder).
Take equal parts of each, grind into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose. First, decoct 10 red dates in one cup of water, warm the solution, drink the date decoction alone first, then use it to wash down the medicine powder. Administer on an empty stomach in the early morning.
For mild cases, Qingmuxiang Wan (Green Costus Pill) is indicated. (See "General Treatment of Hernia" category for the formula.)

Chaofen Wan (Stir-Fried Powder Pill)
Indicated for accumulation of phlegm-fluid masses, knotting between the heart and abdomen, causing stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen that persists for a long time. Or presenting with dry retching and reduced appetite.
Ingredients: Concha Meretricis Cyclinae Pulvis (1 liang), Crotonis Fructus (7 seeds, remove shell and membrane).
Stir-fry these two ingredients together until red, remove the Crotonis Fructus and discard it. Use only the remaining powder, bind with vinegar to form pills the size of Chinese honeylocust seeds. For men with umbilical abdominal pain, swallow 2 pills with wine infused with stir-fried Foeniculum Vulgare.

Kongxian Dan (Control Phlegm-Fluid Pellet)
Take 3-7 pellets on an empty stomach, washed down with clear tea infusion. (See "Arm Pain" category for the formula.)