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(Based on the prescription of Mr. Lin Chao, presented by Wang Yuanlan in the 7th year of Tianbao) It treats accumulations and masses within the abdomen, long-standing conditions where the abdomen is swollen as large as a cup, yellowish emaciation with retained fluid, morning and evening coughing, chronic cold qi accumulation, frequent coiling pain and knotting in the lower abdomen, with painful qi rushing to the heart and both hypochondria, penetrating through the back to connect with the heart, with unceasing painful qi; qi circling below the umbilicus, feeling like insect bites which are unbearable. It also treats ten types of water qi disorders, regurgitation with vomiting and retching, difficulty swallowing food with frequent choking, five types of hemorrhoids, qi moving like wind with sensations resembling insects crawling, vexed heat in hands and feet, restlessness at night, incoherent speech during sleep without restraint. It further treats pediatric jing gan (malnutrition with accumulation), women's wu xie (five pathological factors), dreams of intercourse with ghosts, heaviness of body with loss of appetite, drowsiness as if dreaming, unawareness of surroundings, strong sense of impending death, unpredictable singing or crying, irregular menstruation, mental agitation like madness, extreme emaciation, symptoms difficult to distinguish. Simply taking this medicine ensures absolute safety, curing all diseases, details not enumerated further.

Sheng Gan Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata, chopped, dried), Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus, decentered), Zi Wan (Asteris Radix, washed, degerminated, chopped, dried), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix, deaerated, chopped, dried), Gan Qiao (Dried Ginger Shell, soaked in decoction, drained seven times), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted, peeled, chopped, dried), Nong Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, removed coarse bark), Wu Tou (Aconiti Radix, processed), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, washed, chopped, dried, each two liang). Note: Huang Lian should not have its oil removed; when boiling, one must personally count thirty boils, then pour out the liquid. Grind the above herbs into fine powder, make pills with flour paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take five pills per dose, two pills for children. For phlegm disorders in the heart, take with ginger decoction. For heart pain, take with sour pomegranate peel decoction. For mouth ulcers, take with honey water. For headache, take with gypsum decoction plus scallion tea. For all spleen qi disorders, take with tangerine peel decoction. For watery diarrhea and qi diarrhea, take with boiled tangerine peel drink. For bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction. For white dysentery, take with dried ginger decoction. For bloody and white dysentery, take with licorice and dried ginger decoction. For chest and diaphragm oppression and fullness, take with Tongscao (Tetrapanacis Medulla) decoction. For women's blood and qi disorders, take with Angelica sinensis wine; if alcohol is not consumed, Angelica sinensis decoction is also acceptable. For hernia qi, Lan qi, small intestine qi, and prolapse sensation, take with Aconite decoction. For daily use and emergency treatment of various ailments, simply take with rice drink, tea, wine, or warm water as preferred. For cold-injury abdominal pain, damage from wine and food, Jiu Dan (wine jaundice), Huang Dan (jaundice), Qi jie (qi stagnation obstruction), He Xi (crane knee), take with salt water or salt wine.