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If a person's diet is irregular and excessive intake of raw and cold foods leads to spleen and stomach deficiency, the inability to digest food causes it to contend with the qi of the zang-fu organs, condensing into masses that grow day by day.

To treat Shi Zheng (food stagnation forming masses), break up accumulations, and address long-standing food masses as well as accumulated evil blood and qi, this Chanshanjia Wan (Pangolin Pill) formula is suitable.
Chanshanjia (1 fen, roasted until yellow) Ganjiang (1 fen, processed, cracked, and cut) Pengsha (1 fen, finely ground) Banxia (1 fen, washed seven times in boiling water to remove slipperiness)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Badou (Croton Seed) and Pengsha, and ground evenly. Form pills using glutinous rice paste, sized like small beans. Take before meals, decocting Jupi (Tangerine Peel) soup for delivery.

For treating Shi Zheng with severe pain, Jing Sanleng Wan (Burreed Rhizome Pill) formula.
Jingsanleng (1 liang) Binglang (Areca Nut, 1 liang) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, 1 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 1 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Biejia (Softshell Turtle Shell, 0.5 liang, coated with vinegar and roasted)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, and formed into pills using vinegar-boiled wheat paste, sized like paulownia seeds. Take at any time, delivering twenty pills with Shengjiang Jupi (Ginger and Tangerine Peel) soup.

For treating Shi Zheng and indigestion after eating, Muxiang Wan (Aucklandia Pill) formula.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 liang) Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart, 1 liang) Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, 1 liang) Ganjiang (1 liang, processed, cracked, and cut) Xiangmo (Incense Ink, 1 liang) Badou (Croton Seed, 0.5 liang, shell removed)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Badou, and ground evenly. Form pills using soft glutinous rice paste, sized like mung beans. Take before meals, delivering with Shengjiang Jupi (Ginger and Tangerine Peel) soup.

For treating long-standing Shi Zheng, Shexiang Wan (Musk Pill) formula.
Shexiang (Musk, 1 fen, finely ground) Pengsha (1 banliang, finely ground) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 0.5 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, 1 liang, lightly stir-fried) Badou (Croton Seed, 30 seeds, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with the previously ground ingredients to ensure uniformity. Form pills using Yi Zhou ink juice, sized like paulownia seeds. For food masses lasting ten to fifteen years... [text incomplete].

For treating Shi Zheng, Pi Qi (flank accumulation), Shi Lao (dietary fatigue/stagnation), retained food not digesting, and phlegm reversal, Jing Sanleng Wan (Burreed Rhizome Pill) formula.
Jingsanleng (Burreed Rhizome, 0.5 liang, lightly roasted and cut) Ruxiang (Frankincense, 0.5 liang) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 0.5 liang) Dingxiang (Clove, 0.5 liang) Roudoukou (Nutmeg, 0.5 liang, shell removed) Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, 1 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 1 liang, processed, skin and umbilicus removed) Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, 0.5 liang) Zhusha (Cinnabar, 0.5 fen, finely ground) Pengsha (1 liang, finely ground) Zhuyazaojia (Chinese Tamarisk Pod, 1 liang, skin and membrane removed)
Crush Ruxiang and Badou together into a paste. Crush the remaining herbs into powder. Dissolve Pengsha in one sheng of strong vinegar, filter out sediment, and boil down to a thick consistency. Mix with the herb powders to form pills.

For treating Shi Zheng and Pi Qi, spleen and stomach deficiency, edema of the head, face, and limbs, which may develop into Shui Bing (water disease/edema), Zeqi Wan (Euphorbia Helioscopia Pill) formula.
Zeqi (Euphorbiae Helioscopiae Herba, 0.5 liang) Binglang (Areca Nut, 1 liang) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 1 liang, processed, skin and umbilicus removed) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 0.5 liang) Rougui (Cinnamon Bark, 0.5 liang, wrinkled skin removed) Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel, 0.5 liang, soaked in water, white pith removed, dried) Zexie (Alisma Rhizome, 0.5 liang) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 0.5 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Yuliren (Prunus Armeniaca Seed, 0.5 liang, soaked in water, skin removed, lightly stir-fried) Nongpo (Magnolia Bark, 0.5 liang, coarse bark removed, coated with ginger juice, roasted until fragrant)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder. Mix with refined honey and pound three to two hundred times. Form pills sized like paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills with warm water, three to four times daily.

Divine Efficacy Formula for Treating Shi Zheng.
Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 0.5 liang, mixed with vinegar and roasted until dry) Baitouweng (Pulsatilla Root, 0.5 liang) Ganjiang (1 fen, processed, cracked, and cut) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, 0.5 liang, roasted until slightly yellow) Maiya (Barley Sprout, 0.5 liang, roasted until slightly yellow)
The above herbs are crushed and sifted into powder. Take one qian per dose, add half a qian of fresh ginger, one xiao zhan of water, and decoct until five fen remains. Strain. Take warm before meals.

Formula for Treating Long-Standing Shi Zheng, Badou Wan (Croton Seed Pill).
Badou (Croton Seed, 10 seeds, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil) Chenmian (Aged Wheat Flour, 1 liang, roasted until cooked) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 3 qian, cut and lightly stir-fried) Pengsha (1 qian, finely ground)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Badou, and ground evenly. Use concentrated ink juice from incense ink to mix and pound the powder uniformly. Form pills sized like paulownia seeds. Take before bed... [text incomplete].

For treating Shi Zheng and Qi Kuai (qi masses) causing unbearable stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, Pengsha Wan (Borax Pill) formula.
Pengsha (Borax, 0.5 liang) Badou (Croton Seed, 0.5 liang, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil) Ganjiang (1 liang, processed, cracked, and cut) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 1 liang, processed, skin and umbilicus removed, smoked)
Each herb is separately crushed and finely sifted. Separately grind Pengsha and Badou finely. Decoct in two wan of first-press vinegar until a paste forms. Then mix all herb powders into the paste.

For treating Shi Zheng and evil blood/qi, Tongling Wan (Spirit-Passing Pill) formula.
Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, 1 liang) Badou (Croton Seed, 1 liang, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil) Xingren (Apricot Kernel, 1 liang, soaked in water, skin and tips removed, double-kernel bran-roasted until slightly yellow) Pishuang (Arsenic Trioxide, small amount, black skin removed, roasted in lard)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Badou, and ground evenly. Add two liang of raw black soybean flour, mix thoroughly. Drop water to form pills, sized like mung beans.

For treating Shi Zheng that does not resolve for a long time, Mengshi Wan (Calamine Pill) formula.
Mengshi (Calamine, 0.5 liang, finely ground) Pengsha (Borax, 0.5 liang) Ganqi (Dried Lacquer, 1 liang, crushed and roasted until smoke appears) Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 1 liang, processed, skin and umbilicus removed) Jingsanleng (Burreed Rhizome, 1 liang, lightly roasted and cut) Badou (Croton Seed, quantity unspecified, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder. Dissolve Pengsha in three sheng of first-press vinegar. Grind Badou. Place in a silver pot, simmer over low heat until a paste forms. Mix in the herb powders.

For treating Shi Zheng where masses form in the abdomen, inability to eat, and sallow complexion, take this formula.
Pengsha (Borax, 0.5 liang) Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 1 liang, mixed with vinegar and roasted until dry) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven, 0.5 liang, roasted until slightly yellow) Maiya (Barley Sprout, 0.5 liang, roasted until slightly yellow) Qingjupi (Green Tangerine Peel, 0.5 liang, soaked in water, white pith removed, dried)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Badou, and ground evenly. First, slowly boil Zaojia (Tamarisk Pod) juice in a pot until it becomes a paste. Then add one qian of herb powder... [text incomplete].

Formula for Treating Long-Standing Shi Zheng.
Qingmengshi (Blue Calamine, 1 liang, finely ground) Pengsha (Borax, 0.5 liang, finely ground) Yuanhua (Genkwa Flower, 0.5 liang, mixed with vinegar and roasted until dry) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1 fen) Dingxiang (Clove, 1 fen)
The above herbs are crushed, sifted into powder, and mixed thoroughly. Decoct in two sheng of first-press vinegar until thick enough to form pills. Form pills sized like mung beans. Take before meals... [text incomplete].

For treating Shi Zheng with abdominal distension and pain, sallow complexion, and anorexia, take this formula.
Badou (Croton Seed, 0.5 liang, skin and heart removed, pressed between paper to remove oil) Jingsanleng (Burreed Rhizome, 1 liang, lightly roasted and cut) Ganqi (Dried Lacquer, 0.5 liang, crushed and roasted until smoke appears) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 1 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried) Pengsha (1 qian, finely ground)
The above herbs are crushed and finely ground into powder. Form pills using vinegar-boiled wheat paste, sized like paulownia seeds. Take five pills before meals, delivered with vinegar water.

Formula for Treating Gu Shi Zheng (Parasitic Food Mass).
Lüfan (Green Vitriol, appropriate amount)
Decoct one large bowl of rice vinegar in a porcelain vessel. Stir with a willow wood spatula until it forms a paste. Add one liang of Chiwu jiao (Red Goose Foot? *Note: Likely a specific local herb or ingredient, literal translation "Red Goose Foot"*), grind finely, and mix to form pills sized like mung beans.

For treating fish and raw meat stuck in the chest and diaphragm, undigested, unable to vomit, often leading to Shi Zheng.
Chuanpu xiao (Mirabilite, 0.5 liang) Chuandahuang (Rhubarb Root, 1 liang, cut and lightly stir-fried)
The above herbs are coarsely crushed and sifted into powder. Take three qian per dose. Decoct in one zhong zhan of wine until six fen remains. Strain. Take warm on an empty stomach. Diarrhea indicates recovery.

Formula for Treating Shi Zheng.
Take two Qingzhou dates, remove pits. Insert one qian of Nifen (Calomel/Mercurous Chloride) into each date. Wrap in white flour. Roast until the flour is cooked. Remove the flour wrapper. Chew the date thoroughly on an empty stomach, deliver with warm water.