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Treats spleen and stomach deficiency with weakness, internal invasion of wind-cold, or injury to the spleen and stomach due to consumption of raw and cold food and drink, resulting in vomiting and diarrhea, pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, empty rumbling in the hypochondriac area, as well as dampness invading the intestines and stomach causing pus and blood mixed in stool, discharge resembling bean dregs, or passage of stasis blood, tenesmus (urgent need to defecate with a feeling of incomplete evacuation), frequent episodes day and night without restraint, and progressive emaciation. This formula is effective for all such conditions.

Chenpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparatae, half raw, half honey-fried) Ying Susu Ke (Pericarpium Papaveris, calyx and lid removed, half raw, half honey-fried, equal parts)

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder. For each dose of four qian, first steep the cup in boiling water to heat it. Place the cup inside a bowl filled with hot water to keep warm. Add the coarse powder to the cup, pour boiling water until it is seven-tenths full, cover the cup with its lid, let it stand for a while, then filter out the dregs using gauze. Take warm on an empty stomach or before meals.

Treats deficiency-cold of the zang-fu organs, dampness affecting the spleen and stomach, uncontrolled diarrhea, borborygmus and abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and progressive emaciation.

Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatae, soaked in water seven times to remove acridity) Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae, soaked in rice washings, black skin removed, dried by baking, half jin each) Chuanwu (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, soaked in rice washings until soft, impurities removed)

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use ginger juice to make a paste and form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take fifty pills per dose on an empty stomach or before meals, swallowed with rice gruel.

Treats deficiency and timidity of the visceral qi in adults and children, imbalance of cold and heat, accumulation in the zang-fu organs leading to dysentery. Symptoms may include passage of fresh blood, discharge resembling fish brains, passage of stasis blood, passage of purple-black blood, mixture of red and white, or five-colored discharges, accompanied by tenesmus, frequent episodes day and night, unbearable severity, as well as anorexic dysentery (Jinkou Li), gan-gu dysentery, and various types of epidemic dysentery. It is effective for both new and old cases regardless of type.

Baidiandou (Semen Dolichoris, stir-fried) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae, equal parts, two liang each) Fuling (Poria, cortex removed) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita, cortex removed, four liang each) Chenpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed)

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take three da qian per dose, mixed with warm rice gruel. Take at any time; miraculous effects will be seen immediately.

Treats constipation and dryness of stool in elderly people.

Huangqi (Radix Astragali, referred to as Mianhuang in text) Chenpi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae, white pith removed, half liang each)

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take three qian per dose. Take one he of hemp seeds, grind them thoroughly, add water to extract one zhang of liquid, filter out the residue, and boil in a silver or earthenware vessel. When foam rises, add one large spoonful of white honey, boil again, mix with the powder, and take on an empty stomach or before meals. Severe constipation usually resolves within two doses; regular use prevents constipation. This medicine is neither cold nor drying, and its efficacy is miraculous.