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[Jiutong Wan (Nine-Pain Pill)] Treats nine types of heart pain: first, worm-induced heart pain; second, zhuxin heart pain (heart pain caused by exposure to miasma or corpse qi); third, wind-induced heart pain; fourth, jixin heart pain (heart pain caused by palpitations due to fright); fifth, food and drink-induced heart pain (heart pain caused by dietary stagnation); seventh, cold-induced heart pain; eighth, heat-induced heart pain; ninth, recurrent heart pain (pain that comes and goes). It also treats chronic, flowing chest and heart pain. Additionally, it treats conditions such as blood stasis resulting from cold exposure, falling from horses, or accidents.

Daphne genkwa (Zhegen) (roasted until fragrant, 1 liang) Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root praeparatum (Fuzi) (processed, skin and navel removed, 3 liang) Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum (Ganjiang) (processed) Crotonis Fructus (Badou) (skin, core, and membrane removed, stir-fried) [Note: The original text lists four ingredients but states "above six flavors," implying missing text in the source.] The above six ingredients are ground into a fine powder, mixed with refined honey, and formed into pills the size of sophora seeds. Take one pill on an empty stomach with warm wine. In cases of sudden attack causing nausea, abdominal distension and pain, and inability to speak, take two pills for immediate relief.

[Shengqi Tang (Vitality-Generating Soup)] Treats all types of cold qi attacking the heart, abdomen, and hypochondriac regions in men and women, causing distension, fullness, stabbing pain, belching with acid regurgitation, phlegm reversal and vomiting, and loss of appetite in the chest and diaphragm. It also treats five types of ge (obstruction) and five types of ye (dysphagia), as well as all qi disorders. Regular consumption dispels evil cold and generates stomach qi.

Salt (stir-fried, 2.5 liang) Syzygium aromaticum pericarpium (Dingxiangpi) (1 liang) Piperis Fructus (Hujiao) (0.5 qian) Syzygium aromaticum (Dingxiang) Santalum album (Tánxiāng) (each 1.5 liang) Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum (Ganjiang) (processed) [Note: The original text lists five ingredients but states "above seven flavors," implying missing text in the source.] The above seven ingredients are crushed together, heated slowly over low fire until fragrant and cooked, then placed while hot into a porcelain vessel, covered with honey, allowed to cool, ground, sieved into a fine powder, and stored tightly sealed to prevent aroma loss. Take 0.5 to 1 qian each time, mixed with boiling water, at any time.

[Rusheng Bingzi (Like-Sage Cake)] Treats qi jue (syncope due to qi rebellion) in men and women, characterized by excess above and deficiency below, with phlegm-fluids and wind-cold lurking in the yang meridians, causing unilateral or frontal headaches, pain radiating to the vertex, dizziness, blurred vision, and deafness. Regular consumption clears the head and eyes, dissipates wind and transforms phlegm, and warms the stomach.

Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng) Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia) (raw, each 0.5 liang) Arisaematis Rhizoma (Tiannanxing) (washed) Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum (Ganjiang) Aconitum kusnezoffii radix (Chuanwu) (skin and tip removed, each 1 liang) Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Chuanxiong) [Note: The original text lists six ingredients, consistent with the instruction to grind them.] The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder, mixed with steamed wheat cake dough moistened with water, formed into pills the size of a cock's head, shaped into cakes, and dried in the sun. Take five cakes each time, chewed finely with three to five sprigs of Schizonepetae Herba (Jingjie), taken with tea, wine, or warm water, at any time.