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Water retention accumulates in the Bladder. When it encounters a struggle between cold and hot qi, it forms zheng pi (abdominal masses). This type is caused by cold qi. Cold qi long invades the Spleen; the Spleen suffers from damp-cold.

Treatment for indigestion forming zheng pi, causing emaciation, weakness, and poor appetite: Shenqu San Formula.
Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven, 1 liang, stir-fried until slightly yellow), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart, 0.5 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 1 fen, honey-fried), Damai (Barley, 1 liang, stir-fried until slightly yellow), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 0.5 liang, processed).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into a powder. Each dose consists of 2 qian, taken with clear rice broth, three to four times daily.

Treatment for indigestion forming zheng pi: Baizhu Wan Formula.
Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, 3 qian), Chuan Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 2 liang, cut into pieces and lightly stir-fried), Zhike (Immature Bitter Orange, 3 qian, bran-fried until slightly yellow, placenta removed), Houpo (Magnolia Bark, 3 qian, coarse bark removed, coated with fresh ginger juice and roasted).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and pounded 200-300 times to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills before meals with warm wine.

Treatment for indigestion forming zheng pi, causing dry and emaciated limbs and loss of appetite: Binglang Wan Formula.
Binglang (Areca Seed, 1.5 liang), Chuan Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, 2 liang, cut into pieces and lightly stir-fried), Baizhu (Atractylodes Rhizome, 3 qian), Zhike (Immature Bitter Orange, 3 qian, bran-fried until slightly yellow, placenta removed), Muxiang (Vladimiria Root, 0.5 liang).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey, and pounded 200-300 times to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills before meals with warm wine.

Treatment for indigestion forming zheng pi, causing abdominal distension and pain: Pengsha Wan Formula.
Pengsha (Borax, 1 liang, finely ground), Jingsanleng (Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome, 0.5 liang, roasted and cut), Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 0.5 liang, mixed with vinegar and fried until yellow), Zhuya Zaojiao (Chinese Tallow Tree Pod, 0.5 liang, black skin removed, coated with lard and roasted).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed evenly with the ground ingredients. In a silver pot, add 1.5 sheng of first-run vinegar, simmer over slow fire until suitable for pill-making... [text incomplete].

Treatment for spleen deficiency failing to transform grains, with retained food stagnation leading to zheng pi: Muxiang Wan Formula.
Muxiang (Vladimiria Root, 0.5 liang), Roudoukou (Nutmeg, 0.5 liang, shell removed), Binglang (Areca Seed, 0.5 liang), Badou (Croton Seed, 30 seeds, bran-fried, skin and heart removed, pressed on paper to remove oil), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 0.5 liang, processed), Renshen (Ginseng Root, 0.5 liang, rhizome removed, soaked in water, white core removed).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder. Add Badou and Zhusha (Cinnabar) and grind evenly. Mix with paste made from flour boiled in vinegar to form pills the size of mung beans. Take on an empty stomach with Shengjiang Jupi Tang (Fresh Ginger and Tangerine Peel Decoction).

Another formula:
Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 1 liang, mixed with vinegar, fried dry, and powdered), Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven, 1 liang, fried until yellow and powdered).
Mix and pound into one pill, wrap in oil paper. Take as needed, forming pills the size of mung beans. Take 3 pills on an empty stomach with Shengjiang Jupi Tang.

Another formula:
Muxiang (Vladimiria Root, 3 qian), Peng Ezhu (Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome, 1 liang), Jingsanleng (Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome, 1 liang, lightly roasted and cut), Badou (Croton Seed, 20 seeds, skin and heart removed, ground, pressed on paper to remove oil), Zhusha (Cinnabar, 0.5 liang, levigated).
The first three herbs are powdered. Add the latter two and grind evenly. Mix with flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take on an empty stomach with Shengjiang Jupi Tang.

Treatment for indigestion accumulating into zheng pi masses, with facial edema, abdominal distension, and inability to eat: Xiangmo Wan Formula.
Xiangmo (Soot Ink, 3 qian), Roudoukou (Nutmeg, 3 qian, shell removed), Binglang (Areca Seed, 3 qian), Gansui (Euphorbia Lathyris Root, 3 qian, bran-fried until slightly yellow), Xusui Zi (Spurge Seed, 0.5 qian), Zhusha (Cinnabar, 0.5 liang, levigated), Shexiang (Musk, 0.5 fen, ground), Zhuya Zaojiao (Chinese Tallow Tree Pod, 0.5 liang, skin removed, coated with lard and roasted).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder. Add the ground Shexiang, Zhusha, Badou, etc., and grind evenly. Mix with paste made from flour boiled in vinegar to form pills the size of mung beans. Take on an empty stomach with Shengjiang Jupi Tang.

For retained food not digesting, forming hard zheng masses resembling cups or eggs, swollen and hard as stone, this formula is suitable:
Badou (Croton Seed, 1 liang, raw ground after removing skin and heart, mixed with a little lard and applied to Zaojiao), Xingren (Apricot Seed, 0.5 liang, soaked in water, skin and tip removed, double-kernel removed, bran-fried until slightly yellow), Zaojiao (Chinese Tallow Tree Pod, 0.5 liang, skin removed, coated with lard and roasted).
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder. Mix with paste made from flour boiled in vinegar to form pills the size of mung beans. Take on an empty stomach daily with warm wine.

Treatment for indigestion with abdominal zheng masses: Yuhua Wan Formula.
Xiaoshi (Niter/Potassium Nitrate, 0.5 liang), Liuhuang (Sulfur, 0.5 liang), Baifan (Alum, 0.5 liang), Pengsha (Borax, 1 fen).
The above herbs are powdered. Place in a crucible and heat over gentle fire until red hot, continuing until dry and hard. Stop heating. After cooling, take the medicine and place it in a moist environment... [text incomplete].