黄连（一两） 吴茱萸（浸炒，一钱） 桃仁（三十四个，研） 陈皮（五钱） 半夏（一两五钱）
为末，神曲糊丸，绿豆大，每服百丸，姜汤下。
治吞酸，或宿食不化。
苍术（一钱） 陈皮（八分） 甘草（二分） 神曲（炒） 麦芽（炒） 浓朴（各七分） 上
咀，每服五钱，生姜三片，水煎服。
一方
治嗳气。
南星（五钱） 半夏（五钱，制） 软石膏（六钱） 香附（一两） 上作丸，或作汤服之。一方
有炒栀子五钱。
方书或作 逆，或作哕气。
呃逆有因痰阻气滞者，有因血瘀者，有因火郁者，有因胃热失下者，此皆属实。有
因中气大虚者，有因大下胃虚，阴火上冲者，此皆属虚。然戴复庵曰∶热呃惟伤寒有
之，他病暴起，多属寒也。半夏生姜汤最妙。 呃在中焦，谷气不运，其声短小，
得食即发。呃在下焦，真气不足，其声长大，不食亦然。寒热虚实，治法不一，古人
治阴呃，每用桂附、干姜、吴茱萸、丁香、茴香诸辛热药，多有收效者，治阳呃，用橘
红竹茹汤。《玉机微义》曰∶呃逆本由阴气已虚，阳火暴甚，直冲而上，出于胃，入于
肺，而作声。东垣用凉药者，所以泻热降火也。若阴症呃逆，以阴气先消，阳火亦竭，
浮于胸中，亦欲散也。故不用寒药，而反用温药养胃，留其阳气胃气一和，阳生则阴长
也。大凡咳逆，脉散者不治。产后呃逆，此恶症也。急灸男左女右期门穴，极效，期门
穴在乳下黑尽一指处是也。
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian, 黄连) (one tael), Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸) (soaked and stir-fried, one qian), Persicam Semen (Taoren, 桃仁) (thirty-four kernels, ground), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 陈皮) (five qian), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia, 半夏) (one tael five qian).
Grind into fine powder, use Shenqu paste as a binder to make pills the size of mung beans. Take one hundred pills per dose, washed down with ginger decoction.
Treats acid regurgitation (acid reflux sensation) or undigested food retention.
Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, 苍术) (one qian), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 陈皮) (eight fen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 甘草) (two fen), Melli Fermentum (Shenqu, 神曲) (stir-fried), Hordeum Fructus Germinatus (Maiya, 麦芽) (stir-fried), Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Noupu, 浓朴) (each seven fen). Cut the above herbs into small pieces, take five qian per dose, add three slices of fresh ginger, decoct in water and take orally.
Another prescription
Treats belching (sound of gas escaping from stomach through throat).
Arisaematis Rhizoma (Nanxing, 南星) (five qian), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia, 半夏) (five qian, processed), Gypsum Fibrosum (Ruan Shigao, 软石膏) (six qian), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu, 香附) (one tael). Make into pills or decoct for oral administration. Another version includes Fried Gardenia Fruit (Chao Zhizi, 炒栀子) five qian.
Medical texts sometimes write "Ni" (reverse flow), sometimes "Yue Qi" (ancient term for hiccups).
Hiccups (E Ni, 呃逆) may be caused by phlegm obstruction and qi stagnation, blood stasis, fire constraint, or gastric heat failing to be purged; these all belong to excess patterns. They may also be caused by severe deficiency of middle qi, or excessive purging leading to stomach deficiency with yin fire rushing upward; these all belong to deficiency patterns. However, Dai Fu'an stated: Heat-type hiccups occur only in Shanghan (Cold Damage); sudden onset in other diseases mostly belongs to cold patterns. Banxia Shengjiang Tang (Pinellia and Fresh Ginger Decoction) is most effective. Hiccups originating in the Middle Jiao involve impaired transport of grain qi, producing short sounds, triggered immediately after eating. Hiccups originating in the Lower Jiao involve insufficiency of true qi, producing loud sounds, occurring even without eating. The treatment methods differ for cold, heat, deficiency, and excess patterns. In ancient times, treating Yin-pattern hiccups often involved using acrid-hot herbs such as Cinnamon Twig (Guizhi, 桂枝), Aconite Root (Fuzi, 附子), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜), Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸), and Fennel Seed (Huixiang, 茴香), which were often effective. Treating Yang-pattern hiccups used Juhong Zhuru Tang (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shaving Decoction). *Yuji Wei Yi* states: Hiccups originate from deficient yin qi and sudden hyperactivity of yang fire, rushing straight upward, emerging from the stomach, entering the lungs, and producing sound. Li Dongyuan used cooling herbs to purge heat and descend fire. If it is Yin-pattern hiccups, since yin qi is consumed first and yang fire is also exhausted, floating in the chest, it desires to dissipate. Therefore, cold herbs are not used; instead, warm herbs are used to nourish the stomach, harmonizing yang and stomach qi. When yang generates, yin grows. Generally, if coughing/hiccupping presents with a scattered pulse, it is untreatable. Postpartum hiccups are a malignant condition. Immediately moxa the Qimen point on the left side for males and right side for females, which is extremely effective. The Qimen point is located one finger-width below the nipple at the edge of black hair.