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The term "yue" (Hiccups/Inverted Qi) refers to hiccups or inverted coughing. In ancient prescriptions, it is called "yue". It often occurs after vomiting or diarrhea. Generally, stomach excess leads to belching (yi), while stomach deficiency leads to hiccups. This is caused by deficiency in the stomach.

Dingxiang Zhuyu Decoction (Clove and Evodia Decoction)
Treats hiccups, vomiting, and rebellious qi due to stomach deficiency, accompanied by obstruction in the chest, diaphragm, throat, and pharynx.
Ingredients: Dingxiang (Clove, 5 qian), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit, 1 qian), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, 2 qian), Caodoukou (Black Cardamom Seed, 1 qian, peeled), Renshen (Ginseng Root, 1 qian), Gancao (Licorice Root), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), Jupi (Tangerine Peel), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Cangzhu (Atractylodes Rhizome), Maidong (Ophiopogon Tuber) (all equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Crush the ingredients into particles the size of hemp seeds or beans. Take half a cup of the powder, add one cup of water, boil down to one cup, filter out the dregs, and take hot before meals. Avoid cold foods. Another version excludes Banxia and Shengjiang.

Huma Yin (Sesame Drink)
Treats vomiting and hiccups.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Humaren (Sesame Seed), Jupi (Tangerine Peel), Pipaye (Loquat Leaf) (all equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Sieve and mix evenly. Boil Pipaye in ten dou of water to obtain five sheng of liquid, then add the other ingredients and boil to obtain three sheng. Add Humaren and drink slightly.

Jupi Tang (Tangerine Peel Decoction)
Treats incessant vomiting.
Ingredients: Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Gancao (Licorice Root), Pipaye (Loquat Leaf) (all equal parts).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the ingredients. Boil in five sheng of water to obtain two sheng and five he. Strain and take warm in divided doses. The interval between doses should be equivalent to walking six or seven li. Slightly avoid consuming Haizao (Seaweed) and Songcai (Chinese Cabbage).

Treatment for Vomiting and Hiccups:
Make pills using wheat flour and vinegar, twenty to thirty pills at a time. Boil them in boiling water, remove them, place them in two dou of Jiangshui (fermented grain liquid), and swallow.

Treatment for Vomiting, Hiccups, and Nausea after Huoluan (Cholera-like disease):
Use Putaogen (Grape Root), boil thickly to extract juice, and drink slowly.

Lugen Fang (Reed Rhizome Prescription) (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Treats vomiting and hiccups.
Administration: Chop Lugen (Reed Rhizome), boil in twelve sheng of water to obtain four sheng, divide into four doses. Another version adds Tongbian (Child's Urine, 1 liang). Not exceeding three doses will result in recovery.

Treatment for Hiccups (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Break fresh Geteng (Kudzu Vine), collect the exuding juice in a vessel, and drink one sheng. Fresh Geteng is particularly effective.

Xiao Banxia Jia Fuling Tang (Minor Pinellia Decoction with Added Poria) (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Treats hiccups, inability to swallow food, dizziness, and palpitations.

Zaorou Wan (Date Flesh Pills) (from *Yonglei Qianfang*)
Treats hiccups due to spleen and stomach deficiency-cold.

Banxia Shengjiang Tang (Pinellia and Fresh Ginger Decoction) (from *Huo Ren Shu*, also known as Banxia Tang)
Treats severe hiccups causing extreme distress.
Treats dry heaves; if accompanied by cold limbs.
Ginger is suitable to eat; it is the sacred medicine for treating vomiting.

Prescription for Qi-Jue Vomiting and Dyspnea (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Ingredients: Chishao (Fermented Soybean Paste), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) (each 2 liang), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, 2 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum Root), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the ingredients, boil in nine sheng of water.

Another Prescription (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Ingredients: Dazao (Jujube, 15 pieces), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, 1 piece), Jupi (Tangerine Peel, 2 liang), Chishao (Fermented Soybean Paste, 1 sheng), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the ingredients, boil in water.

Prescription for Sudden Vomiting/Hiccups with Cold Limbs (from *Qianjin Fang*)
It is best to drink three sheng of newly drawn cold water.

Treatment for Reverse Vomiting (from *Bencao*)
Take six Lotus Seeds (Lianshiren), stir-fry until yellow, grind into powder, mix with half a cup of cold boiled water, and take to stop symptoms.

Prescription for Sudden Hiccups
Use Zhisshi (Immature Bitter Orange, 3 pieces), roast and remove the core. Cut, take one sheng of milk from three households, add five liang of Mazi (Sheep Fat), boil Zhisshi until boiling, then add milk and boil again. Filter out the dregs.

Xiebai Tang (Allium Macrostemon Decoction) (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Treats sudden persistent nausea.
Ingredients: Xiebai (Allium Macrostemon Bulb, 0.5 jin), Zhuyu (Evodia Fruit, 1 liang), Chishao (Fermented Soybean Paste, 0.5 jin), Mi (Rice, 1 ge), Dazao (Jujube, 4 pieces), Zhisshi (Immature Bitter Orange, 2 pieces), Yan (Salt) a little.
Preparation and Administration: Grind/mix the ingredients.

Another Prescription (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Simply chew more Doukou (Cardamom) or Binglang (Areca Nut), which is also good.

Prescription for Hiccups (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Boil Chishao (Fermented Soybean Paste, 3 sheng) and drink the juice.

Another Prescription (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Drink one sheng of Jiangzhi (Ginger Juice) on an empty stomach.

Prescription for Nausea (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Use Ku Gua Rang (Bitter Melon Pulp) and seeds (1 sheng), crush, boil in three sheng of water and wine to obtain one sheng, take in one dose. Soon vomit and pass material resembling frog skin (three sheng).

Another Prescription (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Use Maziren (Hemp Seed, 1 sheng), roast until fragrant and cooked, crush, extract with wine (three sheng), finely grind and filter to obtain one sheng, drink completely. Take twice daily. Consuming a stone (hyperbole) will cure it, and all diseases will naturally resolve.

Another Prescription (from *Qianjin Fang*)
Taking urine for one hundred days is good.

Treatment for Hiccups
Use Niukoushui Cao (Cow Saliva Grass - likely referring to a specific herb associated with cow saliva or tongue moss), squeeze out the juice and take.

Prescription for Persistent Sudden Hiccups (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Painfully scratch the center between the eyebrows, hold the breath, and recover.

Another Prescription (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Stimulate the nose with an object, or insert a small amount of Zhaojiao (Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit) into the nose to induce sneezing, which will cure it.

Another Prescription (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Take Ermi Fen (Millet Flour, 2 sheng), take well water.

Stop Vomiting and Hiccups (from *Bencao*)
Use sweet Zaocao (Fermented Rice Cake) that is three years old, containing wine underneath.盛 it in a vessel and take.

Sansheng San (Three Sages Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups.
Ingredients: Dingxiang (Clove, 49 grains), Hujiao (Black Pepper, 14 grains), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, 7 large ones, pierced through the center with an awl, threaded with hemp string, soaked in well water for seven days)...
Preparation and Administration: ... (Text breaks off here, presumably drying and grinding).

Shilian Wan (Stone Lotus Pills) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats hiccups due to stomach cold.
Ingredients: Shilianrou (Lotus Plumule, heart removed), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, roasted, peeled, navel removed), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted, each 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, make pills with millet porridge paste, size of mung beans, add Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper)... (Text breaks off here).

Xiao Dingchen Wan (Small Clove and Agarwood Pills) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups and inability to eat.
Ingredients: Dingxiang (Clove), Chenxiang (Agarwood), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root), Binglang (Areca Seed), Baidoukou (White Cardamom Seed, peeled, each 0.5 liang), Shexiang (Musk, 1 qian, separately ground), Renshen (Ginseng Root, 2 liang), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, bark removed...), Jupi (Tangerine Peel, white part removed... 0.5 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, 4 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, make pills with refined honey, size of small marbles. Take one pill per dose, chew with fried ginger salt soup. If Chenxiang is unavailable, use Wuyao (Lightweight Aquilaria Root).

Chenxiang Wuyao Wan (Agarwood and Lightwood Pills) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups and loss of appetite.
Ingredients: Chenxiang (Agarwood), Wuyao (Lightweight Aquilaria Root, cut), Qingjupi (Green Tangerine Peel, white part removed, roasted), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, cut and roasted), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Baifuling (Poria, black skin removed), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Gancao (Licorice Root)..., Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Zisu (Perilla Leaf)... (Text breaks off here, implying equal parts or specific ratios).

Lizhong San (Regulate the Middle Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats cold qi in the stomach, abdominal distension, hiccups, and loss of appetite. (See Spleen Organ Section, Spleen Qi Abdominal Distension Category).
(Note: Original formula: Ganjiang (Roasted), Renshen, Baizhu (each 1 liang). Gancao (Roasted and cut), Wuzhuyu (Washed with decoction, roasted dry), Binglang (Cut) (each 0.5 liang), Chenjupi (Soaked in decoction, white part removed, roasted), Houpo (Bark removed, roasted with ginger juice) (each 1 liang), Bibo (Long Pepper Fruit, 0.5 liang). Grind and sieve into powder. Take one qian bi per dose, mixed with ginger soup, before meals, three times daily.)

Doukou Tang (Cardamom Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats hiccups and rising qi due to dual deficiency of spleen and stomach.
Ingredients: Caodoukou (Black Cardamom Seed, peeled), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted), Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Root), Suosha (Amomum Fructus, peeled), Yizhi (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit, peeled), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel)... (Text breaks off here).
Administration: ... (Text breaks off here, presumably decocting).

Baizhu Tang (Atractylodes Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats stomach qi affected by cold. Rebellious qi rushing upward. Unstable hiccups.
Ingredients: Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, cut), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut), Shacaogen (Cyperus Rotundus Rhizome, roasted, de-haired, each 1 liang), Caodoukou (Black Cardamom Seed, 5 large ones, peeled and roasted), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel)... (Text breaks off here).
Administration: Break 2 Dazao (Jujubes), decoct to 70% volume... (Text breaks off here).

Jiangqi Wan (Descending Qi Pills) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Descends yang qi, allows yin qi to rise, unimpeded ascending and descending, harmonizes yin and yang, promotes digestion, prevents various diseases... (Text breaks off here).
Ingredients: Qianniuzi (Morning Glory Seed, 20 liang, roasted with flour, take 10 liang), Bidengqie (Chebulic Myrobalan Fruit, 10 liang), Binglang (Areca Seed, cut 2 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root, 4 liang), Chi Fuling (Red Poria, black skin removed...) (Text breaks off here).
Preparation and Administration: Make pills, take with warm water, no fixed time.

Dingxiang Tang (Clove Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats stomach cold hiccups and loss of appetite.
Ingredients: Dingxiang (Clove), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut), Chenqu (Medicated Leaven, roasted, each 0.5 liang), Caodoukou (Black Cardamom Seed, peeled and roasted, 1 liang), Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel, white part removed, roasted, 1 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root)... (Text breaks off here).

Renshen Tang (Ginseng Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups.
Ingredients: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome), Baifuling (Poria), Huoxiang (Patchouli Herb) (each 0.5 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, 1 fen, roasted and cut).
Preparation and Administration: Sieve and mix evenly. Take 3 qian per dose, one cup of water, 5 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger)... (Text breaks off here, presumably decocting).

Qianghuo Tang (Notopterygium Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats wind-cold invading spleen and stomach, causing persistent hiccups.
Ingredients: Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, remove rhizome base), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, roasted, peel and navel removed), Xiangzi (Fennel Seed or similar, roasted, each 0.5 liang), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted, each 1 fen).
Preparation and Administration: Sieve and mix evenly, take per dose... (Text breaks off here).

Houpo Zhusan (Magnolia Bark Boiled Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*, also known as Tiaowei San)
Treats persistent hiccups, nausea, and qi failing to descend. (See Spleen Organ Section, Simultaneous Regulation of Spleen and Stomach Category).
(Note: Original formula: Banxia (Processed), Gancao (Roasted), Houpo (Magnolia Bark, peel removed), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel, white part removed), Huoxiang (Patchouli Herb), all equal parts. Grind into powder. Take 1 qian per dose, 3 slices of Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), 2 Dazao (Jujubes), one cup of water, decoct together and take warm, before meals. Another version omits Jujube.)

Ganjiang Wan (Dried Ginger Pills) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats dual deficiency of spleen and stomach, internal wind-cold, hiccups and rising qi.
Ingredients: Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted, 1.5 liang), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, roasted, peel and navel removed), Hujiao (Black Pepper), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, bark removed, each 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, mix with refined honey to make pills, size... (Text breaks off here, presumably wutong zi size).

Doukou San (Cardamom Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats stomach cold. Persistent hiccups and vomiting.
Ingredients: Caodoukou (Black Cardamom Seed, peeled and cut, 8 fen), Gancao (Licorice Root, 4 liang, roasted and cut), Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel, white part removed, roasted, 1 liang), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, with skin sliced, 1 jin).
Preparation and Administration: ... (Text breaks off here).
In summer, decoct and take cold or warm water.

Shuiyin Gao (Mercury Ointment) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats various types of hiccups.
Ingredients: Shuiyin (Mercury, not forming sand crystals), Huang (Sulfur, finely ground), Taiyin Xuanjingshi (Taiyin Crystal Stone, each 1 liang, finely ground).
Preparation and Administration: Use five sheng of strong vinegar, decoct over mild and moderate fire into a thick paste... (Text breaks off here).

Pipaye San (Loquat Leaf Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups and inability to eat.
Ingredients: Pipaye (Loquat Leaf, roasted, brushed to remove hairs, 4 liang), Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel, soaked in water, white part removed, roasted, 5 liang), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut, 3 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the ingredients, take 3 qian per dose... (Text breaks off here).

Liangshun Zhusan (Two-Harmony Boiled Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats dual deficiency of spleen and stomach, abdominal distension and hiccups.
Ingredients: Gaoliangjiang (Galangal Root), Muxiang (Aucklandia Root, separately pounded).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 1 qian of Gaoliangjiang and 0.5 qian of Muxiang per dose, one cup of water, decoct to 70%, strain and take warm... (Text breaks off here).

Fuxiang Zhusan (Aconite and Aucklandia Boiled Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats persistent hiccups.
Ingredients: Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root, one piece weighing one liang), Helile (Chebulic Myrobalan Fruit, 3-7 pieces).
Preparation and Administration: Fry both together with Ge Fen (Clam Powder) until Fuzi cracks, remove navel tip, remove pit from Helile, grind into... (Text breaks off here, presumably powder).

Treatment for Cold Stomach Opening and Persistent Hiccups (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Ingredients: Dazao (Jujube, one piece from Qingzhou, pitted), Hujiao (Black Pepper, 7 grains, placed inside jujube and sealed).
Preparation and Administration: Wrap in wet paper and bake/roast until cooked, place on ground lined with paper to remove fire toxicity... (Text breaks off here).

Chenpi Ganjiang Tang (Tangerine Peel and Dried Ginger Decoction)
Treats persistent hiccups.
Ingredients: Chenpi (Tangerine Peel), Tongcao (Tetrapanax Pith), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, roasted), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, each 2 liang), Guixin (Cinnamon Heart, bark removed), Renshen (Ginseng Root, 1 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut the ingredients, take 4 qian per dose... (Text breaks off here).

Wenzhong Baizhu Wan (Warm Middle Atractylodes Pills)
Treats stomach cold vomiting and hiccups.
Ingredients: Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, 2.5 liang), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, 2 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, 1 liang), Dingxiang (Clove, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder, make pills with ginger juice, size of wutong seeds, each... (Text breaks off here, presumably dosage).

Dabanxia Tang (Major Pinellia Decoction)
Treats stomach cold vomiting and reverse flow.
Ingredients: Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, processed with ginger), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (each 5 liang), Renshen (Ginseng Root, 0.5 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into coarse powder, take 5 qian per dose, three cups of water, decoct to one cup, add honey... (Text breaks off here).

Miaogong Cangyong Wan (Miraculous Function Hidden Use Pills) (from *Xuanming Lun*, also known as Shenxiong Wan or Xianren Wan)
Treats vomiting/hiccups with inability to eat, flaccidity and difficult transport, blood extravasation and bloody strangury, fullness and obstruction, or diarrhea, triple burner congestion, abnormal transmission and transformation. Efficacy cannot be fully described; all are suitable for taking this.
Ingredients: Dahuang (Rhubarb Root), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (each 0.5 liang), Hei Qianni (Black Morning Glory Seed), Jingjie Sui (Schizonepeta Spike), Huashi (Talcum) (each 3 liang), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, 1 fen), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, 1 liang)... (Text breaks off here, presumably Shengdihuang or other ingredients, and preparation method).