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Answer: The disease of vomiting and spitting is caused by the dysfunction of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner, the channels for water metabolism and Qi movement) and the disharmony of the Spleen and Stomach, resulting in the interference between clear and turbid Qi. Generally speaking, vomiting and spitting are originally two syndromes. "Ou" (vomiting with sound) refers to vomiting accompanied by sound, commonly known as dry heaving. "Tu" (spitting) refers to vomiting with food expulsion. If the stomach is deficient and cold, spitting occurs. If there is a hardness below the heart like a cup, or alternating chills and fever, eating in the morning and vomiting in the evening, with a pulse that is wiry and tight, this indicates a struggle between deficiency and cold, leading to the daily depletion of Stomach Qi, so that it cannot retain water and grain. This condition is named "Wei Fan" (Stomach Reversal).

Zijin Dan (Purple Gold Pill) treats vomiting and pain in the heart and abdomen.
Ingredients: Dingxiang (Clove), Muxiang (Costus Root), Bichengqie (Long Pepper Fruit), Hujiao (Black Pepper), Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung, from the West), Roudoukou (Nutmeg, baked), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed), Banxia Mo (Pinellia Powder, half tael), Fuzi (Aconite Root, processed), Liuhuang Shui (Sulfur Water), Yinshazi (Silver Cinnabar, one tael of the two items fried until green-gold color according to the Lingsha method).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Use Banxia Mo mixed with Ginger Juice to make paste pills, sized like tung tree seeds. Take 70 pills each time, swallowed with rice drink on an empty stomach.

Jianghe Wan (Ginger Combined Pill) treats cold stagnation in the Zhongwan (Middle Jiao), chest and diaphragm obstruction, vomiting, nausea, and loss of appetite.
Ingredients: Muxiang (Costus Root), Rougui (Cinnamon Bark), Fuzi (Aconite Root), Naosha (Sal Ammoniac, refined on paper, one tael each), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Dingxiang (Clove), Chenxiang (Agarwood), Bichengqie (Long Pepper Fruit), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel, without white pith, one tael each), Huixiang (Fennel Seed, one fen, stir-fried).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, then mix with ground Naosha. Use wine-boiled wheat paste to form pills. One tael of powder makes twenty pills. Take one pill each time. Hollow out a piece of fresh ginger like a box, place the medicine inside, wrap in wet paper, and bake until fragrant. Remove the paper, let it cool to warm temperature, chew thoroughly, and swallow with salt water.

Answer: Qi relies on the body to carry it, and the body relies on Qi to fill it. Only when Qi and Body support each other can life be sustained; if Qi becomes perverse, disease arises. Accumulation and mass formation occur due to Qi not flowing freely; mania and syncope occur due to Qi not descending; pain occurs when blockage prevents flow; Yi (goiter) and Liu (tumor) remain due to Qi condensation. The Neijing states: Anger causes Qi to rise; Joy causes Qi to slacken; Grief causes Qi to dissipate; Fear causes Qi to sink; Cold causes Qi to contract; Heat causes Qi to leak; Labor causes Qi to consume; Thought causes Qi to knot; Shock causes Qi to disorder. These nine types of Qi changes differ, therefore women's diseases often arise from Qi disorders.

Daqi Qi Tang (Great Seven Qi Decoction) treats pain caused by the struggle between fright/anger and resentment.
Ingredients: Jing Sanleng (Burreed Tuber), Ezhu (Curcuma Rhizome), Qing Ju Pi (Green Tangerine Peel, washed clean), Chenpi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Huoxiang Ye (Patchouli Leaf), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Guanzi Gui (Cassia Twig), Yizhi (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit, one tael each), Xiangfu Zi (Cyperus Rhizome, de-haired, two taels), Gancao (Licorice Root, half tael).
Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take five qian each time, add two zhan of water, three slices of ginger, and one jujube. Decoct to one zhan, remove dregs, and take warm.

Muxiang Shunqi San (Costus Regulating Qi Powder) regulates Wei Qi (Defensive Qi) and smooths the Sanjiao.
Ingredients: Wuyao (Lindera Root), Muxiang (Costus Root), Xiangfu Zi (Cyperus Rhizome), Jianghuang (Turmeric Rhizome), Sharen (Amomum Fruit), Gancao (Licorice Root).
Crush the above ingredients into coarse particles. Take half liang each time, add two zhong of water, five slices of ginger, and two jujubes. Decoct to eight parts, remove dregs, and take warm. Take at any time.

Zijin Dan (Purple Gold Pill) treats Qi Pi (Qi accumulation), Qi Jia (Qi mass), and Gu Zhang (Ascites/Gu Distension). (This prescription was transmitted by Chen Xiushan from Tiantai and is not specifically for obstetrics.)
Ingredients: Zhen Sha (Needle Sand, ten taels), Yuliang Shi (Kaolinite, two taels), Liuhuang (Sulfur, two taels).
First, boil the three ingredients with good vinegar in an iron pot until dry, then grind into powder.
Add Pingwei San (Stomach-Pacifying Powder, ten taels), Ezhu (Curcuma Rhizome, two taels), Suosharen (Cardamom), Dingxiang (Clove), Muxiang (Costus Root), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, one tael each), Baifuling (Poria, three taels), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Heiqianniu (Black Morning Glory Seed), Gancao (Licorice Root), Zhuyu (Evodia Fruit), Binglang (Areca Seed), Poguzhi (Cistanche Stem, three taels each), Ganqi (Dry Lacquer, one tael, preferably good quality; raw lacquer two taels is also acceptable).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder, mix with the previous powder, and use wine paste to form pills sized like tung tree seeds. Take three to five times daily, no fixed number. If the illness is severe, take more. Avoid salt, soy sauce, oil, noodles, and raw/cold foods.