治痰因火动，胃口作嘈。
甘草（炙） 山栀（炒） 南星（炮） 黄连（姜炒） 黄芩（炒） 陈皮 茯苓 半
夏（姜制） 热多
上水一钟半，姜三片煎。
一方 心嘈索食。
白术（炒） 黄连（姜炒） 陈皮（各等分）
上为末，作丸，白汤下七八十丸。
一方 心嘈不喜食，此湿痰气郁。用三补丸加苍术，倍香附丸服。方见虚损门。
一方 治肥人嘈杂。二陈汤少加抚芎、苍术、白术、炒栀子，水煎服。
一方 五更时嘈杂，因人多思虑，以致血虚有痰。四物汤加香附、栀子仁、黄连、贝母、
栝蒌仁。
吞酸与吐酸不同，吐酸是平日津液随上升之气郁积而成，郁积之久，湿中生热，故从火
化，遂成酸水而出。吞酸者，湿热郁于肝而出，伏于肺胃之间，必用 食菜蔬自养。
治吞酸或宿食不化。
苍术（不制） 陈皮 浓朴 甘草 神曲（炒） 麦芽（炒） 每五钱，姜三片煎。
一方 治郁积酸。
陈皮 半夏 茯苓（各一两） 吴茱萸（炒，一两） 黄连（炒，一两半） 苍术（一
两） 枳实（
上末，蒸饼丸梧子大。每二三十丸，食远服。冬月倍茱萸，夏月倍黄连。
一方 治嗳气，此胃中有郁火，膈上有稠痰故也。
南星 半夏 软石膏 香附 栀子（炒） 或作丸，或作汤，俱可服。
一方 治吐清水。
苍术（土炒） 茯苓 滑石（ ） 白术（炒） 陈皮 水煎服。
Treats gastric discomfort (gastric flutter) caused by phlegm stirred up by fire.
Zhi Gancao (Prepared Licorice Root), Chao Shanzhi (Fried Gardenia Fruit), Pao Nanting (Pounded Arisaema Rhizome), Jiang Chao Huanglian (Ginger-fried Coptis Rhizome), Chao Huangqin (Fried Scutellaria Root), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Fuling (Poria), Jiang Zhi Banxia (Ginger-processed Pinellia Tuber). If heat is predominant:
Take one and a half zhong of water, add three slices of fresh ginger, and decoct.
Another prescription: Treats cardiac discomfort with craving for food.
Chao Baizhu (Fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Jiang Chao Huanglian (Ginger-fried Coptis Rhizome) in equal parts.
Grind the above into powder, make pills, and swallow 70–80 pills with warm water.
Another prescription: Treats cardiac discomfort without appetite, due to damp-phlegm and qi stagnation. Use Sanbu Wan (Three Tonics Pill) added with Cangzhu, and double the amount of Xiangfu, made into pills. (See this formula under the section on Deficiency Diseases.)
Another prescription: Treats gastric discomfort in obese individuals. Add small amounts of Fujiong (Jiangxi Ligusticum Rhizome), Cangzhu, Baizhu, and Chao Zhizi (Fried Gardenia Fruit) to Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction), decoct in water, and take.
Another prescription: Treats gastric discomfort occurring at dawn, caused by excessive worry leading to blood deficiency with phlegm. Use Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) added with Xiangfu, Zhizi Ren (Gardenia Seed), Huanglian, Beimu (Fritillaria Bulb), and Gualou Ren (Trichosanthes Seed).
Swallowing acid differs from vomiting acid. Vomiting acid results from body fluids accumulating due to ascending qi stagnation; over time, dampness generates heat, transforming via fire, thus becoming acidic fluid that is vomited out. Swallowing acid arises from damp-heat stagnating in the Liver and manifesting externally, while lying latent between the Lungs and Stomach. One must self-nourish by consuming vegetables.
Treats swallowing acid or undigested retained food.
Cangzhu (Unprocessed Atractylodes Rhizome), Chenpi, Houpo (Magnolia Bark), Gancao, Chao Shenqu (Fried Medicated Leaven), Chao Maiya (Fried Sprouted Barley Grain). Five qian per dose, decoct with three slices of fresh ginger.
Another prescription: Treats accumulated acidity due to stagnation.
Chenpi, Banxia, Fuling (each one liang), Chao Wuzhuyu (Fried Evodia Fruit, one liang), Chao Huanglian (Fried Coptis Rhizome, one and a half liang), Cangzhu (one liang), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange).
Grind into powder, make pills using steamed bread paste, sized like wu-tong seeds. Take 20–30 pills far from meals. In winter, double the Wuzhuyu; in summer, double the Huanglian.
Another prescription: Treats belching, caused by stagnant fire in the Stomach and thick phlegm above the diaphragm.
Nanting, Banxia, Ruangao (Soft Gypsum), Xiangfu, Chao Zhizi (Fried Gardenia Fruit). Can be made into pills or decoction; both are acceptable.
Another prescription: Treats vomiting clear fluid.
Tu Chao Cangzhu (Earth-fried Atractylodes Rhizome), Fuling, Huashi (Talcum), Chao Baizhu (Fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Chenpi. Decoct in water and take.