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Indicates a prescription for treating chest and heart qi rebellion with fullness, pain radiating to the lower back, and reduced appetite.
Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange, roasted), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, each 4 liang), Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 1 fen, roasted), Fuling (Poria, 2 liang), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 0.5 liang), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, washed), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, each 0.5 fen, core removed).
The above eleven ingredients are cut into small pieces. Decocted in one dou of water until three sheng remain; divide into three doses.

Indicates a prescription for nourishing the spirit, tonifying deficiency, promoting muscle growth, increasing appetite, harmonizing the five zang organs, unblocking blood vessels, and regulating qi.
Renshen (Ginseng Root), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Xixin (Asarum Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, each 1 liang).
The above six ingredients are cut into small pieces. Decocted in four sheng of water until one sheng eight he remain; take three he per dose.

Indicates seventeen prescriptions with one discussion.
Taiyi Bai Wan (Great One White Pill): Indicates treatment for eight types of pi syndrome (obstruction), accumulations in both hypochondriac regions resembling plates or basins, chest pain penetrating to the back, profound distress, abdominal urgency, qi fullness, belching, neck stiffness and pain, severe cases involving deafness, xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome), diarrhea and dysentery, vexation in hands and feet, edema, painful and frequent urination with incomplete emptying, inability to eat, shortness of qi with fluid retention, occasional stuffiness, coldness in the lower abdomen, heat in the large intestine, mental confusion and forgetfulness, unstable mind, wu huan and liu ji syndromes (five slackness and six urgency conditions), food failing to transform into muscle, and dark complexion.
Yelangdu (Stemmacanthus Radix), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig, each 0.5 liang), Wutou (Aconite Lateral Root, processed, skin removed), Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root, processed, skin removed), Shaoyao (Peony Root, each 1 liang).
The above five ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and pounded for three thousand strokes to form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take two pills with wine in the morning and three in the evening. Stop when warmth is felt. This formula promotes digestion, increases muscle mass, strengthens the middle jiao, and is highly beneficial for long-term use.

Indicates a prescription for tonifying deficiency-cold, harmonizing the five zang organs, balancing ying and wei (nutritive and defensive qi), facilitating digestion, promoting muscle growth, moderating the middle jiao, and unblocking orifices.
Fuling (Poria), Xixin (Asarum Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, washed), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, each 1 liang), Congrong (Cistanche Stem), Tingli (Descurainia Seed, roasted, each 2 liang), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, 3 liang), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 1 jin, steamed).
The above nine ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and pounded for ten thousand strokes to form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take five pills with warm water, gradually increasing to fifteen pills, taken twice daily, adjusting according to response. For those with stagnant qi due to sorrow, add Songziren (Pine Nut Kernel, 1 liang). (Qianjin Yaofang uses Qianhu).
For cases of heavy body, inability to eat, epigastric vacuous fullness, frequent urge to defecate, and preference for lying down, first needle the Weiguan (Taicui) acupoint, then administer Jianzhong Tang (Middle-Jiao Building Decoction) and this Pingwei Wan (Stomach-Pacifying Pill); recovery is certain.
Xingren (Apricot Seed, 50 units, skin and tips removed, double-kernel ones excluded, roasted), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 4 liang), Tingli (Descurainia Seed, roasted), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, core removed), Xuanshen (Scrophularia Root), Kushen (Sophora Root), Danshen (Salvia Root, each 2 liang), Shashen (Glehnia Root, 1.5 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Wuweizi (Schisandra Fruit), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig, each 1 liang).
The above thirteen ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and formed into pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take five pills with wine on an empty stomach, twice daily, stopping when efficacy is achieved.