凡饮食冷物太过，脾胃被伤，则心下作痞，此为易治，宜全真丹一服全好，大抵伤胃则胸满，伤脾则腹胀。
腹胀者易治，宜草神丹、金液、全真、来复等皆可服，寒甚者姜附汤。此证庸医多用下药，致一时变生，腹大
水肿，急灸命关二百壮，以保性命，迟则难救。（此证乃《内经》所谓阳蓄积病死之证，不可以误治也。若腹
胀，所谓藏寒生满病是也，苟不重温，危亡立至。）
治验
一人因暑月食冷物，以致胸腹胀闷欲死，服金液丹百丸，少顷加全真丹百丸，即有气下降而愈。（夏月伏
阴在内，一切冷物在所禁食，若不慎，而致伤者，不重剂温化，恶得不变。）
一小儿食生杏致伤脾，胀闷欲死，灸左命关二十壮即愈，又服全真丹五十丸。（生杏在大人尚不可食，况
小儿乎！温中药内入些少麝香为妙。）
一人每饭后饮酒，伤其肺气，致胸膈作胀，气促欲死，
服钟乳粉、五膈散而愈。若重者，灸中府穴亦好。服凉药则成中满难治矣。（酒后吃饭，中气不伤，若饭后饮
酒，清气浊乱，所以致胀。）
一人慵懒，饮食即卧，致宿食结于中焦，不能饮食，四肢倦怠，令灸中脘五十壮，服分气丸、丁香丸即愈。
（修养书云∶饭后徐徐行百步，自然食毒自消磨。食后即卧，食填中宫，升降有乖，焉得不病。）
Whenever excessive consumption of cold foods injures the Spleen and Stomach, a sensation of fullness and obstruction (Pi) arises in the epigastrium. This is easy to treat; taking one dose of Quanzhen Dan (Complete True Pill) will result in a complete recovery. Generally speaking, injury to the Stomach manifests as chest fullness, while injury to the Spleen manifests as abdominal distension.
Abdominal distension is easy to treat. Caoshen Dan (Grass Spirit Pill), Jinye Dan (Golden Fluid Pill), Quanzhen Dan (Complete True Pill), Laifu Dan (Returning to Origin Pill), etc., can all be taken. If the cold pathogen is severe, Jiangfu Tang (Ginger and Aconite Decoction) should be used. In this syndrome, quack doctors often use purgative drugs, causing sudden complications such as massive abdominal enlargement and edema. At this point, it is urgent to moxa the Mingguan acupoint for two hundred moxibustion cones to preserve life; delay makes it difficult to save. (This syndrome is what the Huangdi Neijing refers to as death caused by the accumulation of Yang qi; it must not be treated incorrectly. If there is abdominal distension, it refers to the disease of fullness generated by internal cold of the Zang organs. If warming therapy is not employed, danger and death will ensue immediately.)
Clinical Cases:
One person, due to eating cold food during the summer months, suffered from severe chest and abdominal distension and oppression, nearly dying. After taking one hundred pills of Jinye Dan (Golden Fluid Pill), he subsequently took one hundred pills of Quanzhen Dan (Complete True Pill). Soon after, Qi descended, and he recovered. (In summer, Yin cold lurks within the body; all cold foods are forbidden. If one is careless and gets injured, without heavy doses of warming and resolving agents, how could transformation not occur?)
A child, having eaten raw apricots, injured the Spleen, suffering from severe distension and oppression, nearly dying. Moxibustion was applied to the left Mingguan acupoint for twenty cones, resulting in immediate recovery, followed by the administration of fifty pills of Quanzhen Dan (Complete True Pill). (Raw apricots should not even be eaten by adults, let alone children! It is advisable to add a small amount of Moschus (She Xiang, 麝香) to warming herbal medicines.)
Another person drank alcohol after every meal, injuring his Lung Qi, leading to distension in the chest and diaphragm and rapid breathing, nearly dying. He was cured by taking Zhuru Fen (Calcitri Powder) and Wuge San (Five Obstructions Powder). For severe cases, moxaing the Zhongfu acupoint is also effective. Taking cooling herbs would lead to Middle Fullness syndrome, which is difficult to treat. (Drinking alcohol before meals does not injure Middle Qi; however, drinking after meals causes confusion between clear and turbid Qi, thus leading to distension.)
One person was lethargic and lazy, lying down immediately after eating, causing retained food to knot in the Middle Jiao. He could not eat, and his four limbs were weary and weak. He was instructed to moxa the Zhongwan acupoint for fifty cones and take Fenqi Wan (Qi-Dispersing Pill) and Dingxiang Wan (Clove Pill), resulting in recovery. (Health preservation books state: "Walk slowly for a hundred steps after meals, and naturally the toxins of food will dissipate." Lying down immediately after eating fills the Central Palace with food, disrupting ascending and descending functions; how can illness not arise?)