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Treating edema, wheezing, and abdominal distension caused by water qi invading the lungs:
*Ophiopogonis Radix* (Mendong), *Perillae Fructus* (Zisuzi), *Morus Cortex* (Sangbaipi), *Poria* (Fuling), *Prunus Armeniaca Seed* (Xingren), *Descurainiae Semen et Lepidii Semen* (Kutingli), *Arecae Pericarpium* (Dafupi), *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium* (Chenpi), *Akebia Caulis* (Mutong).
Decoct with ten stalks of *Juncus effusus* (Dengxincao) and take orally.

Treating yang-water causing edema, distension, and scanty, dark, and painful urination:
*Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix* (Qinjiao), *Poria* (Fuling), *Akebia Caulis* (Mutong), *Alismatis Rhizoma* (Zexie), *Pruni Semen* (Yuliren), *Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix* (Fangji), *Areca Seed* (Binglang), *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium* (Chenpi), *Citri Unshiu Pericarpium* (Qingpi), *Plantaginis Seed* (Cheqianzi).

Treating edema:
*Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang, 3 qian), *Descurainiae Semen et Lepidii Semen* (Qianniu, head powder, stir-fried, 5 qian).
Grind into fine powder, make pills with water, size of mung beans. Take 50 pills each time on an empty stomach, washed down with *Juncus effusus* (Dengxincao) decoction.

Treating kidney water failing to control heart fire, heart fire failing to nourish spleen earth, and spleen earth failing to restrain water, leading to rampant water overflow causing swelling and fullness:
*Amomi Fructus Rotundus* (Muxiang), *Poria* (Chifuling), *Angelicae Sinensis Radix* (Danggui), *Cinnamomi Cortex* (Guixin), *Akebia Caulis* (Mutong), *Areca Seed* (Binglang), *Paeoniae Radix Rubra* (Chishaoyao), *Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma* (Baizhu), *Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium* (Chenpi), *Moutan Cortex* (Mudanpi).
Add five leaves of *Perillae Folium* (Zisuye) and one slice of *Chaenomelis Fructus* (Mu Gua), decoct and take.

Treating spleen dysfunction failing to circulate and unblock, resulting in edema of the face, eyes, hands, and feet:
*Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium* (Chenpi), *Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma* (Baizhu), *Amomi Fructus Rotundus* (Muxiang), *Poria* (Fuling), *Morus Cortex* (Sangbaipi).
Decoct without guiding herbs.
Another prescription adds *Alismatis Rhizoma* (Zexie).

Treating damp-heat damaging qi, causing middle jiao fullness, rapid breathing, edema of lower legs and shins, cough with phlegm and wheezing, and difficult urination:
*Descurainiae Semen et Lepidii Semen* (Qianniu, head powder, 1 liang), *Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex* (Houpo, 5 qian).
Add two zhong of water, decoct to eight fen, take at any time.

Treating edema:
*Areca Seed* (Binglang), *Descurainiae Semen et Lepidii Semen* (Qianniu, head powder).
Grind these two ingredients in equal parts into fine powder. Take 2 qian each time on an empty stomach, mixed with wine. Avoid salt, soy sauce, and raw/cold foods.

Treating edema and distension:
Take one black male pig's stomach. First clean it thoroughly with tea-flavored fragrant oil. Take one large living toad, place a copper coin in its mouth, sprinkle a small amount of *Coptidis Rhizoma* (Huanglian) powder inside. Insert the toad into the pig's stomach, tie both ends tightly. Boil for one day using alternating mild and strong heat. Remove and discard the toad. Consume the entire pig's stomach, washing it down with good wine. Avoid salt, soy sauce, fish, and goose meat; consume pork and duck meat sparingly.

Blood deficiency, qi deficiency, food retention, phlegm-fluid retention:
Zhu Danxi said: Fanwei (reverse vomiting) is Ge'ye (esophageal obstruction); Ge'ye is the gradual onset of Fanwei.
The pathology of Ge'ye varies. Some cases arise from excessive thinking stirring spleen fire; some from extreme anger stirring liver fire; some from long-term consumption of spicy and hot foods stirring stomach fire; some from sexual excess stirring kidney fire. Generally, fire qi flares upward, steaming body fluids to form phlegm. Initially, phlegm-fire has not yet congealed; the throat is dry, and food and drink cannot pass smoothly, manifesting as Ge or Ye syndromes. Over time, phlegm congeals in the epigastrium, blocking stomach qi; food intake becomes difficult, and what is eaten is vomited out shortly after. In some cases, food stagnates in the stomach and is vomited out only after a long delay, constituting vomiting. This is how Ge'ye gradually develops into Fanwei. Fanwei characterized by blazing fire invariably originates from Ge'ye. These diseases are all caused by sorrow, anger, depression, and phlegm-fluid retention obstructing the chest and diaphragm, blocking the airway and throat, and causing spontaneous constipation. Constipation leads to qi rebelling upward instead of descending; food cannot enter, and if it does, it comes back out. This results in the withering and drying of the intestines and stomach, eventually becoming an incurable disease.