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To treat upward-rebellious Qi causing vomiting and inability to take food.
Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed with decoction, dried, 3 fen) Chenshi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, white pith removed, dried) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, cut and roasted) Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex, each 0.5 liang) Renshen (Panacis Ginseng Radix, 1 liang)
Crush the above herbs. For each dose, use 5 qian, add 1 zhan of water, 5 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and 3 dates. Decoct until 7/10 remains, strain, and take warm. Three times a day.

To treat upward-rebellious Qi causing retching, as well as deficiency Qi attacking upward due to excessive purgation, shortness of breath, scanty Qi, and dysphagia/stuffiness. This is suitable for consumption.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Renshen (Panacis Ginseng Radix) Baifuling (Poria, pelt removed) Huoxiangye (Agastachis Herba) Chenshi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, white pith removed, dried) Zhike (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, bran-fried) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, roasted, each 1 liang)
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. For each dose, use 2 qian, mix with decoction made from Zisu (Perillae Folium), Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus), and Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens). Place in a silver cup and heat over boiling water for five or seven boils. Take warm.

To treat men and women injured by various pathogens, wandering pain throughout the body persisting for years without dissipating, accompanied by vomiting, nausea, chest and diaphragm pain, chronic dysentery, hypochondriac distension and fullness, all types of cold Qi disharmony, and various diseases before and after childbirth in women. All are treated.
Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) Tanxiang (Santalum Album Lignum) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Ruxiang (Olibanum) Moyao (Myrrha) (each 0.5 liang) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma, fried, trichomes removed) Bajiaohuixiang (Illicii Fructus) Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma, processed) Wutou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed) Caowu (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix, processed)
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use vinegar-boiled wheat paste to make pills the size of cherries. For each dose, take one pill. Roast one date until cooked, remove the pit, chew together with the pill finely, and swallow with cold rice drink. For acute heart and abdominal pain, swallow with cold water. For internal intestinal pain due to injury, swallow with Ruxiang (Olibanum) decoction. For accumulations, follow the same method. After taking the medicine, press the stomach with dry food; avoid hot food. It has great miraculous effect. Take after meals and before bedtime.

The disease of Ge-Ye (dysphagia and obstruction), according to Chao Yuanfang, consists of five types of Ye (choking) caused by worry, thought, labor, diet, and Qi stagnation, and five types of Ge (obstruction) caused by anger, fear, cold, and heat. Although Ge and Ye are divided into two categories, their treatment methods were not described. The *Neijing* states: "Obstruction of the three Yang meridians is called Ge." The three Yang refer to the Large Intestine, Small Intestine, and Bladder. "Jie" refers to heat accumulation. Heat in the Small Intestine causes blood vessels to become dry; heat in the Large Intestine causes difficulty in defecation; heat in the Bladder causes depletion of body fluids. When the three Yang suffer from heat accumulation, the anterior and posterior orifices become blocked and unpatent, Qi rebels upward, food is obstructed and cannot go down. These are all heat syndromes. The *Neijing* also says: "All Qi belongs to Yang. Qi stagnation leads to pulse stagnation. If the pulse is stagnant in the Yang portion, it will be slow, choppy, deep, and hidden at the Cun and Guan positions. This is called Yang Jie." Jie means aggregation. Ge refers to the area between the Heart and Spleen, where upper and lower passages are blocked, resembling rejection. Or it may aggregate at the throat, causing a sensation of obstruction, unable to vomit out or swallow down. This results from Qi depression and phlegm binding. Over time, it gradually hinders eating and becomes Ge syndrome. Ye refers to sudden Qi blockage during eating, preventing food from going down, resulting in Ye syndrome. Generally, worry and anger stem from thought. Thought injures the Spirit, causing Qi to fail to circulate freely. Qi aggregates and does not disperse, forming stagnation, fullness, Ge, and Ye. This is due to deficiency of righteous Qi, causing blockage of the Qi pathway and throat, and natural constipation of stool. Stagnation causes Qi to rise but not descend, food cannot enter, and if it enters, it comes back up. This dries the intestines and empties the stomach, leading to upper vomiting and lower stagnation, eventually forming Colon Obstruction and Regurgitation. The disease of Qi Ge involves chest Qi stagnation, fullness, and irritability, inability to eat, or bitter fullness below the heart, belching with acid regurgitation, frequent smell of food, blockage of urination and defecation, and frequent vomiting and reflux. All are caused by worry and thought injuring Qi, leading to Yang pulse stagnation, hence called Qi Ge. Joy disperses Qi, anger causes Qi to rebel, worry causes Qi to aggregate, thought causes Qi to knot, grief causes Qi to rush, fear causes Qi to sink, shock causes Qi to scatter. Disharmony of these seven Qi leads to hundreds of diseases. In Ge-Ye syndromes, the more abundant the pathogenic Qi, the slower and choppier the pulse in Qi Ye, and the shorter and choppier the pulse in Food Ye. The treatment method is to penetrate the diaphragm, soothe Qi, resolve phlegm, and harmonize the Stomach. Future scholars should strive to distinguish them. The medicinal categories for treating these syndromes are listed below.