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(Zhang Zhongjing)
Treats the condition after Taiyang disease (Taiyang disease) has been treated with sweating, vomiting, or purging methods. After the pathogenic factors are resolved, the patient experiences epigastric fullness and hardness (epigastric fullness and hardness), along with persistent belching (belching). (This is because after sweating, vomiting, or purging, although the major pathogenic factors have resolved, the Stomach Qi (Stomach Qi) is weak and disharmonious.)

Xuanfuhua (Inulae Flos, i.e., Jinfecao. 3 liang) Daizheshi (Hematitum. 1 liang) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma. 2 liang) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma. 3 liang) Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma. half sheng) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens. 5 slices) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus. 12 pieces)

This prescription consists of herbs entering the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Cheng Wuji stated: Fullness and hardness indicate that Qi is firm; Xuanfuhua's salty flavor softens the fullness and hardness. Weakness indicates that Qi floats upward; Daizheshi's heavy nature anchors the deficient rebellious Qi (Daizheshi is red in color and heavy, and can also nourish Yin-blood and stop regurgitation). Pungent flavors disperse; Shengjiang's pungency disperses deficient fullness. Sweet flavors moderate; Renshen, Gancao, and Dazao's sweetness tonifies the weakness of the Stomach (Bencao Gangmu states: If after the resolution of disease there is fullness, hardness, and belching without diarrhea, this decoction is used; if there is diarrhea, Shengjiang Xiexin Tang is used. Huoren Shu states: For patients with Xuanfu Daizhe syndrome or cough with Qi deficiency, Sini Tang should be taken first; for those with Cold-Stomach, Lizhong Tang should be taken first; then this decoction is administered).

(Yan Yonghe)
Treats chronic hiccups due to Cold (Note: The character "e" (hiccup) does not appear in ancient medical texts; it is sometimes written as "ke ni" (cough/rebellious Qi) or "yue qi" (yue Qi). Zhang Zhongjing's texts also use "yue". Shuowen Jiezi states: Yue means Qi rebellion. Hai Zang and Dong Yuan both considered Yue to be dry heaving, a view many oppose; currently, we follow the common term "hiccup". This condition may be caused by Phlegm obstructing Qi stagnation; by Blood stasis; by Fire depression; or by Stomach Heat failing to descend, all of which are Excess patterns. It may also be caused by severe deficiency of Middle-Jiao Qi; or by excessive purging leading to Stomach deficiency and Deficient Fire rushing upward, all of which are Deficiency patterns. The treatment methods differ for Cold, Heat, Excess, and Deficiency. Ancient formulas used this decoction for Cold-type hiccups. Although the root cause is Cold, Fire may also be present. Hiccups originating in the Middle-Jiao involve failure of Grain Qi to circulate; the sound is short and small, triggered by eating. Hiccups originating in the Lower-Jiao involve insufficiency of True Qi; the sound is long and loud, occurring even without eating).

Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) Shidi (Kaki Calyx. 2 qian) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma. 1 qian) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens. 5 slices). Another formula adds Chenpi, Banxia, Fuling, Gancao, and Liangjiang.

This prescription consists of herbs entering the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian and Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Dingxiang vents Lung Qi, warms the Stomach, and warms the Kidneys. Shengjiang eliminates Phlegm, opens depression, and disperses Cold. Shidi is bitter and astringent, directing Qi downward. Renshen assists True Qi to spread and distribute. This formula can also be used for Fire-type hiccups, employing the method of "following treatment" (treating heat with heat, known as following treatment). Zhu Danxi stated: Human Yin-Qi relies on the Stomach for nourishment. When Earth (Spleen/Stomach) is damaged, Wood (Liver) carries Ministerial Fire straight up the clear pathways, causing hiccups. Ancients attributed this to Stomach Cold and used Dingxiang Shidi Tang, but this cannot be applied universally.

Take several qian per dose, boil with one and a half cups of water until seven-tenths remain, and take warm.

If Renshen and Shengjiang are removed from this formula, it is also called Dingxiang Shidi Tang (Yan Shi): Indications are the same. If Renshen and Shengjiang are removed and Zhuru, Juhong are added, it is named Dingxiang Shidi Zhuru Tang, also known as Juhong Zhuru Tang. Baojian removes Renshen and adds Qingpi, Chenpi. Sanyin removes Renshen and adds Liangjiang...