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To treat severe pain in the hypochondriac region as a highly effective prescription. It is indicated for cases involving pulling pain in the epigastrium, hypochondriac region, and lower abdomen.

Tongcao (Vetiveria Radix, remove skin and nodes) Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, remove white pith) Chuanlianzi (Toosendan Fructus, remove skin and seeds; these three herbs are stir-fried with half an ounce of Dadou (Crotonis Fructus) until yellow, then discard the Dadou) Luobozhongzi (Brassicae Semen, stir-fried) Bo Shang Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus, one tael, stir-fried) Ezhu (Curcumae Rhizoma) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Huashi (Talcum, each half an tael).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix three qian with decoction of Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) prepared with wine. One dose cures it. For severe cases, no more than two doses are needed.

To treat deficiency-type stagnation and fullness in the Middle Jiao, Qi pain in both hypochondria, edema of the face, eyes, hands, and feet, and constipation with difficult defecation. Also treats Hongjiaojiao (Gouty Arthritis / Beriberi).
Dafupi (Arecae Pericarpium) Zisu (Perillae Folium) Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) Gan Mugua (Chaenomelis Fructus) Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, each one tael) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Binglang (Arecae Semen, each three fen).
Cut the herbs into small pieces. Take three qian per dose. Add one盏 (approx. 200ml) of water, decoct until seven-tenths remains, strain, and take hot on an empty stomach, with another dose at midday.
In the autumn of the Wuwu year, there was a woman in the capital suffering from deficiency-type stagnation in the Middle Jiao, abdominal and hypochondriac distending pain, and constipation. Her six pulses were weak. After consulting several physicians without effect, I administered this prescription, and she recovered before finishing one dose.

Abdominal distension and fullness in women arises from long-standing cold in the Zang-Fu organs, deficiency and damage to Qi and Blood, allowing pathogenic factors to lodge and invade the Heart and Spleen. This involves the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian; when the Spleen is deficient, distension occurs. It also involves the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, which originates below the little toe, slants toward the sole, enters the heel, ascends along the posterior medial aspect of the thigh, penetrates the Kidney, and connects with the Bladder. From the Kidney, it ascends through the Liver and Diaphragm, enters the Lung. Its branch emerges from the Lung and connects with the Heart. When the Zang organs are deficient, pathogenic factors lodge in these three meridians, battling with healthy Qi and accumulating internally. Qi converges on the Spleen; Spleen deficiency leads to distension, causing vexation and fullness in the Heart and Abdomen. If the pulse is slow and slippery upon diagnosis, it indicates distension and fullness.

To treat Qi deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach in women, manifesting as abdominal distension and fullness, loss of appetite, and weakness in the four limbs.
Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) Caoguoren (Myristicae Semen, each three fen) Hezirou (Terminaliae Fructus, each three fen) Chi Fuling (Poria cum Risus, half an tael) Binglang (Arecae Semen, half an tael) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus, half an tael) Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, each one tael) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, one fen).
Grind into coarse powder. Take four qian per dose. Add three slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and one Zao (Jujubae Fructus), decoct until seven-tenths remains, strain, and take hot before meals.