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Treatment for heart pain, vomiting, and counterflow qi caused by emotional stagnation:
Curcuma zedoaria Rhizoma (Pengzhu), Sparganium Rhizoma (Sanleng), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), Agasteghis Herba (Huoxiang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guangui), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qingpi), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu), Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Yizhiren), Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng).
Add two zhong of water and three slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), decoct until eight fen remains. Take at any time.

Treatment for umbilical abdominal pain:
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, used raw), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guangui), Poria (Fuling), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao).

Treatment for hypogastric pain:
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qingpi), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guangui), Gardeniae Fructus (Chao Shanzhi), Paeoniae Radix (Shaoyao), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu).

Treatment for heart-spleen pain due to deficiency and weakness:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), Caryophylli Flos (Dingxiang), Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Sharen), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Cardamomi Albi Fructus (Baidoukou), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang).
Add two zhong of water, three slices of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang), and one Jujubae Fructus (Zao), decoct until eight fen remains. Take well after meals.

Treatment for unbearable severe cold pain of the heart qi:
Trogopterori Excrementum (Wulingzhi), Typhae Pollen (Puhuang, 1 qian each), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Rougui), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Shichangpu), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang), Piperis Longi Fructus (Hujiao, 1.5 qian each), Aconiti Radix (Chuanwu, processed, 2 qian).
Add two zhong of water, decoct until eight fen remains. Take well after meals. Alternatively, grind into powder and take.

Treatment for pain caused by food retention obstructing the intestines and stomach, leading to indigestion:
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qingpi), Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian), Rhe palmatae Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang, 3 liang each), Arecae Semen (Binglang), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhike), Curcumae Zedoariae Rhizoma (Pengzhu, 1 liang each), Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex (Huangbai, 3 liang), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu, 3 liang).
Grind the above into powder, mix with water to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose, well after meals, delivered with ginger soup.

Treatment for pain caused by food or cold/raw substances stagnating in the intestines and stomach:
Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang, 1 qian), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (Qingpi, 5 qian), Crotonis Fructus (Badou, 25 grains, peeled, core removed, wrapped in paper, ground, oil removed).
Grind the above into powder, mix with clear water to form pills the size of mung beans. Adults and children adjust dosage accordingly; deliver with light ginger soup.

Treatment for the same condition [food stagnation]:
Crataegi Fructus (Shanzha, 6 liang), Poria (Fuling, 3 liang), Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum (Banxia, 1 liang, prepared with decoction), Fried Massae Medicamentosa Fermentata (Chao Shenqu, 3 liang), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 2 liang), Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao, 1 liang).

For waist and flank pain involving cold-dampness, damp-heat, kidney deficiency, blood stasis, phlegm accumulation, trauma/stagnation: Flank pain is often Liver Fire, associated with Wood excess, fixed blood stasis, or damp-phlegm retention, frequently triggered by anger.