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Formula for treating Qi deficiency.
Xingren (Apricot Seed), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) (each 1 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Yizhiren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above four herbs into powder, form pills with honey the size of a wu zi (modern Chinese melon seed), take three pills before meals, adjust dosage until efficacy is observed.

Formula for treating cold qi and shortness of breath:
Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper) 5 liang placed in a silk bag, soaked in 1 dou of wine for fourteen days, drink this wine, quantity unrestricted.

Formula for treating extreme fatigue and exhaustion due to excessive reading/recitation:
Su (Butter/Ghee), You (Oil), Jiu (Wine), Tang (Sugar), Baimi (White Honey) (each 2 sheng).
Combine in a copper vessel, simmer over low heat for twenty boiling cycles, then remove from heat. Consume completely over seven days and nights. Avoid raw and cold foods.

Another formula: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Fuling (Poria), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (each 2 liang), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Gubpi (Phellodendron Bark) (each 3 liang), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (20 pieces).
Chop the above ten herbs, decoct in 1 dou of water to obtain 3 sheng of liquid, divide into three doses. (Another version uses 3 liang of Guixin.)

Formula for treating sudden shortness of breath:
Crush fresh leek juice and take 1 sheng; immediate recovery. (Zhouhou Fang treats sudden upward rushing of qi with panting approaching death.)

Formula for treating lack of qi (fatigue):
Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Gouqiyè (Goji Leaf) (each 2 liang).
Chop the above two herbs, decoct in 3 sheng of water to obtain 1 sheng of liquid, take in one dose.

Formula for treating young men with shortness of breath due to excessive sexual activity:
Chishao (Fermented Soybean), Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit) (14 pieces).
Decoct the Chishao in 2 sheng of water to obtain 1.5 sheng, remove the Chishao, add Zhizi, decoct again to obtain 0.8 sheng, take 0.5 sheng; if not cured, take again.

For cases where upward-rushing qi is triggered by cold, causing rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, vomiting, nausea, and inability to eat, moxa Taichong (LR-3) without limiting the number of cones. Continue moxing from the point of pain to no pain, and from no pain back to pain.
For upward-rushing qi with jue-ni (reversal cold/convulsion), moxa Xiongtang (extra point) 100 cones; the acupoint is located between the two nipples.
For qi stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, moxa Queshu (extra point) according to the patient's age. (Bian Que stated: below the fourth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral on both sides, named Queshu.)
For various heart and abdominal diseases, hardness and fullness, irritability and pain, sorrow and thought leading to qi knotting, cold-induced huoluan (vomiting and diarrhea), heart pain with vomiting and diarrhea, indigestion, borborygmus and diarrhea, moxa Taicang (CV-12) 100 cones. (Taicang, also known as the Front-Mu point of the Stomach, is 4 cun below the heart region, which is 1 cun below the epigastrium.)
For encapsulated nodules or masses beyond the reach of acupuncture and herbal medicine, moxa Huangmu (extra point) according to the patient's age. The two Huangmu points are measured diagonally from the nipple towards the umbilicus, bending out halfway; the location is determined by measuring down from the breast.
To descend rebellious qi, moxa Feishu (BL-13) 100 cones. Also moxa Taichong (LR-3) 50 cones.
For severe cramping pain below the umbilicus radiating into the yin region, occurring at any time, caused by cold qi, moxa Guanyuan (CV-4) 100 cones; the acupoint is 3 cun below the umbilicus.
For shortness of breath preventing speech, moxa Tianjing (SI-11) 100 cones; the acupoint is between the two tendons behind the elbow. Also moxa Dazhui (GV-14) according to the patient's age. Also moxa Feishu (BL-13) 100 cones. Also moxa Ganshu (BL-18) 100 cones. Also moxa Chize (LU-5) 100 cones. Also moxa 7 cones on the intersection vessel above the space between the little finger and the fourth finger. Also moxa the tips of all ten fingers, totaling 10 cones.
For young men with shortness of breath due to excessive sexual activity, moxa Jiawei (CV-15) head 50 cones. Also apply salt-moxibustion to the umbilicus for 14 cones (two sevens).
For lack of qi, moxa below the fifth thoracic vertebra according to the patient's age.

Discussion states: For sudden jue-ni with upward-rushing qi, qi attacking both hypochondria, pain and fullness below the heart, faintness approaching death, this is Ben Tun (running piglet) qi disease. Immediately prepare hot decoction to soak both hands and feet, changing frequently.
For Ben Tun disease, moxa Qihai (CV-6) 100 cones; the acupoint is 1.5 cun below the umbilicus. Also moxa Guanyuan (CV-4) 100 cones; the acupoint is 3 cun below the umbilicus.
For Ben Tun disease, moxa Qimen (LR-14) 100 cones; the acupoint is directly below the nipples at the end of the second rib, 1.5 cun lateral. For Ben Tun with abdominal swelling, moxa Zhangmen (LR-13) 100 cones; Zhangmen is also called Changping. The acupoint is lateral to Dahan (SP-15), directly opposite the umbilicus at the end of the costal margin. For Ben Tun rushing to the heart causing dyspnea, moxa Zhongji (CV-3) 50 cones. Zhongji is also called Yuquan. The acupoint...
For Ben Tun with pulling pain between the upper/lower abdomen and waist, moxa Zhongfu (LU-1) 100 cones; the acupoint is in the third intercostal space above the nipple.
For Ben Tun moving up and down, moxa Siman (KI-12) 14 cones (two sevens); the acupoints flank the Dantian on both sides, 3 cun apart, which corresponds to 8 cun below the heart and the horizontal crease below the umbilicus.