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[Nine Formulas]

Formula for treating internal deficiency and exhaustion of the Five Zang organs, shortness of breath, cough with counterflow qi, physical damage, depression, insufficiency, aiming to unblock the descending qi and restore body fluids:
Ophiopogonis Radix (remove the heart) Tritici Semen (one sheng each) Oryza Sativa (three ge) Lycii Cortex (one jin each) Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma Schisandrae Fructus
The above ten herbs are coarsely crushed. Decoct in twelve sheng of water until three sheng remain. Divide into three doses. If there is dry mouth, first decoct a handful of Bambusa Leaves (Zhuye), reducing the water volume by one sheng. Strain, then add the remaining herbs and decoct.

Formula for treating five labors and seven injuries in men, fullness and counterflow in the chest, impaired digestion, lack of qi, vomiting and belching, distension under both hypochondria, acute pain in the lower abdomen, rolling in agony, aiming to harmonize the middle, regulate the zang organs, and repair severed vitality:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma Poria Cocos Paeoniae Radix Alba Angelicae Sinensis Radix Saccharum Cinnamomi Ramulus Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (roasted, two liang each) Zanthoxyli Pericarpium (remove eyes and closed-mouth varieties, remove sweat) Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens Peucedani Radix Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Schisandrae Fructus (one liang each) Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (three fen, roasted) Ophiopogonis Radix (three ge, remove the heart) Jujubae Fructus (fifteen pieces, split)
The above fifteen herbs are coarsely crushed. Soak in fifteen sheng of east-flowing water for half a day. Gently decoct using reeds aged three years until four sheng remain. Strain, then add sugar and dissolve. For those aged twenty to sixty, take one sheng; for those under twenty or over sixty, take seven to eight he; for those chronically emaciated, take seven he. Take three times daily and once at night.

Danggui Zhuyu Sini Tang (Angelica and Evodia Four Reversal Decoction) for treating cold extremities, fine and nearly imperceptible pulse, and internal cold in the patient:
Angelicae Sinensis Radix Paeoniae Radix Alba Cinnamomi Ramulus Evodiae Fructus Zingiberis Rhizoma (half a jin, sliced) Asari Radix et Rhizoma Tetrapanacis Medulla Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (roasted, two liang each) Jujubae Fructus (twenty-five pieces, split)
The above nine herbs are coarsely crushed. Decoct in four sheng of water and four sheng of wine until three sheng remain. Divide into four doses.

Tongmai Sini Tang (Pulse-Restoring Four Reversal Decoction) for treating diarrhea with undigested food, interior cold with exterior heat, cold extremities, faint and nearly imperceptible pulse, aversion to cold despite the condition, red face, abdominal pain with dry heaving, sore throat, cessation of dysentery with absent pulse:
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (roasted, one liang) Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (one raw piece, peeled, broken into eight slices) Zingiberis Rhizoma (three liang; four liang for robust individuals)
The above three herbs are coarsely crushed. Decoct in three sheng of water until one sheng and two he remain. Divide into two doses; the pulse will emerge. If the face is red, add nine stems of Allii Tuberosi Bulbus. If there is abdominal pain, remove Allii Tuberosi Bulbus and add two liang of Paeoniae Radix Alba. If there is vomiting, add two liang of Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens. If there is a sore throat, remove Paeoniae Radix Alba and add one liang of Platycodonis Radix. If dysentery has ceased but the pulse is absent, remove Platycodonis Radix and add two liang of Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma.