夫肺主于气。通于呼吸。而气之行。循环表里。流注经络也。若脏腑虚弱。风冷之气。
相并
久上
治久上气喘急。坐卧不得。麻黄散方。
麻黄（一两去根节） 杏仁（一两汤浸去皮尖双仁麸炒微黄） 赤茯苓（一两） 桑根
白皮
（一两
色）
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一盏。入生姜半分。煎至五分。去滓。不计时候。
温服
治久上气。胸中痰滞。妨闷。不能饮食。宜服杏仁散方。
杏仁（一两汤浸去皮尖双仁麸炒微黄） 麻黄（一两去根节） 柴胡（一两去苗） 木
香（半
两）
分锉）
枳壳（
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入生姜半分。枣三枚。煎至五分。去滓。
不计
治久上气。心膈不利。吃食全微。咳嗽不止。宜服赤茯苓散方。
赤茯苓（一两） 桂心（半两） 紫苏茎叶（三分） 陈橘皮（三分汤浸去白瓤焙） 杏
仁（三
分汤
两）
浓朴
紫
菀（
上件药。捣筛为散。每服五钱。以水一大盏。入生姜半分。枣三枚。煎至五分。去滓。
不计时候。温服。
治久上气。心腹虚冷。胸满不食。时复呕沫。胡椒丸方。
胡椒（一两） 荜茇（一两） 干姜（三分炮裂锉） 白术（一两） 桂心（三分） 诃
黎勒皮
（三分）
微赤锉）
赤茯苓
上件药。捣罗为末。炼蜜和捣三二百杵。丸如梧桐子大。每服。以姜橘汤下三十丸。日
三四
治久上气。痰唾。气壅喘闷。旋复花丸方。
旋复花（一两） 皂荚（一两皮黑皮涂酥炙微黄去子） 川大黄（一两半锉碎微炒） 杏
仁
（一两
上件药。捣罗为末。炼蜜和捣三五百杵。丸如梧桐子大。每于食后。以温浆水下二十丸。
治久上气。时唾痰涎。不得眠卧方。
长大皂荚（一挺去黑皮涂酥炙微黄焦去子）
上件药。捣罗为末。炼蜜和丸。如梧桐子大。每于食后。煮枣粥饮下五丸。
治积年上气不瘥。垂死者。宜服此方。
莨菪子（一两水淘去浮者水煮冷芽出候干炒令黄黑色） 熟羊肺（一具晒干）
上件药。捣罗为末。以七月七日神醋。拌令相着。夜不食。空腹服。以热水调一钱服之。
须
治久上气不瘥方。
大枣（五十枚煮熟去皮核） 豉（一百二十粒） 杏仁（一百二十枚汤浸去皮尖双仁） 川
椒
〔三（
上件药。都捣熟为丸。如莲子大。不计时候。以绵裹一丸。含咽津。
治久上气不止。累疗不瘥方。
猪KT （三具切） 枣（五十枚切） 甜葶苈（一两隔纸炒令紫色）
上件药。都以酒五升。浸三五日。每服。暖一小盏。日三服。
The Lung governs Qi and connects with respiration. The movement of Qi circulates between the interior and exterior, flowing into the meridians. If the Zang-Fu organs are weak, wind-cold pathogens may combine and cause chronic upward rebellion of Qi (a condition characterized by long-term rebellious flow of Qi upwards).
Formula for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with panting and urgency, where sitting or lying down is uncomfortable: Mahuang San (Ephedra Powder).
Ingredients: Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄) (1 liang, remove roots and nodes), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (1 liang, soak in water, remove skin and sharp points, discard twin kernels, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow), Poria Cocos with Red Bark (Chifuling, 赤茯苓) (1 liang), Cortex Morus Radicis (Sangbaipí, 桑白皮) (1 liang, scrape off outer rough bark).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one zhan of water and half a piece of fresh Ginger Rhizome (Shengjiang, 生姜). Decoct until five fen of liquid remains. Strain out the dregs. Take warm at any time.
Formula suitable for taking when treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with phlegm stagnation in the chest, chest oppression, and inability to eat: Xingren San (Armeniacae Semen Powder).
Ingredients: Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (1 liang, soak in water, remove skin and sharp points, discard twin kernels, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄) (1 liang, remove roots and nodes), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 柴胡) (1 liang, remove shoots), Aucklandiae Radix (Muxiang, 木香) (0.5 liang, sliced), Aurantii Fructus (Zhiqiao, 枳壳) (0.5 liang, remove pith, sliced).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large zhan of water, half a piece of fresh Ginger Rhizome (Shengjiang, 生姜), and three Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, 大枣). Decoct until five fen of liquid remains. Strain out the dregs. Take warm at any time.
Formula suitable for taking when treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with disharmony in the heart and diaphragm, extremely poor appetite, and incessant coughing: Chifuling San (Poria with Red Bark Powder).
Ingredients: Poria Cocos with Red Bark (Chifuling, 赤茯苓) (1 liang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, 桂心) (0.5 liang), Perillae Caulis et Folium (Zisushenye, 紫苏茎叶) (3 fen), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Vetus (Chenjuapi, 陈橘皮) (3 fen, soak in water, remove white pith, bake dry), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (3 fen, soak in water, remove skin and sharp points, discard twin kernels, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow), Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Houpo, 厚朴) (3 fen, scrape off rough bark, process with ginger juice), Asteris Radix et Rhizoma (Ziwan, 紫菀) (3 fen, remove shoots and soil).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them to make a powder. Take 5 qian per dose. Add one large zhan of water, half a piece of fresh Ginger Rhizome (Shengjiang, 生姜), and three Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, 大枣). Decoct until five fen of liquid remains. Strain out the dregs. Take warm at any time.
Formula: Hujiao Wan (Pepper Pills) for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with deficiency-cold in the heart and abdomen, chest fullness, anorexia, and occasional vomiting of saliva.
Ingredients: Piperis Longi Fructus (Hujiao, 胡椒) (1 liang), Pipernigris Fructus (Bibo, 荜茇) (1 liang), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, 干姜) (3 fen, processed until cracked, sliced), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, 白术) (1 liang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, 桂心) (3 fen), Terminalia Chebulae Pericarpium (Helilepi, 诃黎勒皮) (3 fen, slightly red, sliced), Poria Cocos with Red Bark (Chifuling, 赤茯苓) (1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them into powder. Mix with refined honey and pound 200-300 times. Form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, administered with decoction of Ginger Rhizome and Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium. Take 3-4 times daily.
Formula: Xuanfuhua Wan (Inula Flower Pills) for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with excessive phlegm-sputum, qi obstruction causing panting and chest oppression.
Ingredients: Inulae Flos (Xuanfuhua, 旋复花) (1 liang), Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina (Zaojiao, 皂荚) (1 liang, select black-skinned ones, coat with butter, roast until slightly yellow, remove seeds), Rheum Palmatum Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang, 大黄) (1.5 liang, crushed, lightly stir-fried), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (1 liang, soak in water, remove skin and sharp points, discard twin kernels, stir-fry with bran until slightly yellow).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them into powder. Mix with refined honey and pound 300-500 times. Form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 pills after meals, administered with warm water.
Formula for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi with frequent expectoration of phlegm-saliva and inability to sleep or lie down.
Ingredients: Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina (Zaojiao, 皂荚) (one stick, remove black skin, coat with butter, roast until slightly yellow and scorched, remove seeds).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredient and sieve it into powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 5 pills after meals, administered with porridge made from boiled Jujubae Fructus.
For patients suffering from chronic upward rebellion of Qi that has not healed over many years and is in a critical state resembling death, this formula is suitable.
Ingredients: Hyoscyami Semen (Langdangzi, 莨菪子) (1 liang, wash with water to remove floating seeds, boil in water until sprouts emerge, dry, and stir-fry until yellow-black), Ovis Pulmo (Yangfei, 羊肺) (one set, sun-dried).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the above ingredients and sieve them into powder. Mix thoroughly with vinegar brewed on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Do not eat dinner; take one qian of the powder mixed with hot water on an empty stomach.
Formula for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi that does not heal.
Ingredients: Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, 大枣) (50 pieces, cooked, peeled, and pitted), Glycines Sojae Semen Preparatum (Chidou, 豆豉) (120 grains), Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren, 杏仁) (120 pieces, soak in water, remove skin and sharp points, discard twin kernels), Zanthoxyli Fructus (Chuanjiao, 川椒) (3 he, remove closed-mouth and sweat-out specimens, stir-fry to remove moisture).
Preparation and Administration: Pound all ingredients together until well-mixed and form pills the size of lotus seeds. Take at any time. Wrap one pill in silk, hold in the mouth, and swallow the saliva.
Formula for treating chronic upward rebellion of Qi that persists despite repeated treatments.
Ingredients: Sus Stomach (Zhuzi, 猪胃) (3 units, sliced), Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, 大枣) (50 pieces, sliced), Descurainiae Semen Lepidii et Lepidii Semen (Tinglili, 葶苈子) (1 liang, stir-fry between papers until purple).
Preparation and Administration: Soak all ingredients in 5 sheng of wine for 3-5 days. Take one small zhan per dose, three times daily.