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When the functions of the Five Zang Organs (Five Viscera) are harmonious, the Ying and Wei Qi (Nutritive and Defensive Qi) circulate smoothly. When the Ying and Wei Qi circulate smoothly, the Jin Ye (Body Fluids) flow without obstruction. When the Jin Ye nourish the skin and muscles, the Spleen and Stomach transport and transform normally. Even with excessive intake of water and food, it will not lead to the accumulation of dampness and water into Pi masses (abdominal lumps).

Da Wu Ming Yelangdu Wan (Giant Five Bright Wolfbane Pill), sourced from *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold), treats hard Pi masses. Symptoms present as lump-like obstructions in the chest and hypochondrium, or in the heart and abdomen.
Herbs: Radix Stellerae Chamaejasme (Yelangdu), Dried Rehmannia Root (Dihuang, four liang), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi), Rhubarb (Dahuang), Cistanche Stem (Rongshu), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Asarum Root (Xixin), Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao), Schisandra Berry (Wuweizi), Dried Ginger (Jiangyu, roasted until yellow, one liang).
Usage: The above herbs are ground into powder, mixed with wine and honey to form pills, sized like Sophora seeds. Take five pills per dose, with warm wine. Three times daily, once at night. If diarrhea occurs after taking the medicine, it can be resolved by taking Huanglian Tang (Coptis Decoction).

Biejia Dahuang Wan (Turtle Shell and Rhubarb Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu* (General Records of the Holy Radiance), treats Pi accumulation. Its efficacy lies in strengthening the Spleen and Stomach, and eliminating retained food stagnation.
Herbs: Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, remove skirt edge, roast with vinegar until yellow, two liang), Rhubarb (Dahuang, roasted, crushed), Areca Seed (Binglang), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, cracked by roasting, remove skin and umbilicus), Wheat Bran (Maifu, fried, one liang each), Linder Fruit (Wuyao), Burreed Tuber (Sanleng, crushed, three fen each).
Usage: The above herbs are ground into powder. Take three qian bi per dose, with Ginger Decoction. Strain and take the liquid.

Liao Pi Lei Ji Gao Sui Jiu Fang (Prescription for Treating Pi with Emaciation using Marrow Wine Paste), treats emaciation caused by Pi Qi.
Herbs: Pig Fat Paste (Zhufang Gao), Ginger Juice (Jiangzhi), Fresh Rehmannia Juice (Sheng Dihuang Zhi, three sheng each), Ox Marrow (Niusui, two sheng), Oil (You, five sheng), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao, sweated, four fen each), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu, six fen).
Usage: The aforementioned nine herbs are chopped and pounded, then sifted three times to become powder. Take the five types of liquids (paste, marrow, etc.), add one dou of water, and decoct together until the medicinal juice and water are completely evaporated, leaving only the paste. Wait until slightly cool, then add the herbal powder, stir evenly, and decoct over fire, stirring repeatedly three times (three up, three down). Store in a dry container to solidify. Cool and form into cakes. Take one fang cun bi per dose, heated with one sheng of clear wine. Take twice during the day and once at night. It not only treats Pi Qi but also manages various diseases. Avoid raw green onions and coriander.

Fang Kui Wan (Aristolochia Root Pill), sourced from *Shenghui Fang* (Holy Wisdom Prescriptions), treats Pi Qi causing hardness under both hypochondria, pain upon pressure, coughing and counterflow qi in the chest, inability to eat, emaciation of the four limbs, and chronic non-healing conditions.
Herbs: Radix Aristolochiae Fangkuib (Fang Kui, three fen), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong, half liang), Red Poria (Chi Fuling, three fen), Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, one liang, coated with vinegar, roasted until yellow, remove skirt edge), Peach Kernel (Taoren, three fen, soaked in water, lightly roasted), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Burreed Tuber (Sanleng, three liang, soaked in vinegar, taken with porridge drink).

Fang Kui Wan (Aristolochia Root Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats Pi Qi accumulation in the hypochondrium, fullness and discomfort in the ribs, abdominal distension, and loss of appetite.

Sha Jian Wan (Realgar Fried Pill), sourced from *Wangshi Boji Fang* (Wang's Universal Prescriptions), treats Pi Qi accumulation, blood stasis causing stabbing pain.
Herbs: Costus Root (Muxiang, one fen), Realgar (Sha, dissolved in one cup of vinegar, filtered to remove sand, half liang), Croton Seed (Badou, remove skin and membrane, do not release oil, pounded), Rhubarb (Dahuang, roasted), Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, roasted, remove umbilicus), Cassia Twig (Guixin, remove rough bark).
Usage: Grind the above herbs into fine powder, pound in a mortar for a thousand times, and form pills sized like mung beans. Take five pills per dose, with fried ginger tea. For internal gas lump accumulation and pain, use Dried Ginger Decoction or Tangerine Peel Decoction. Avoid cold noodles; warm wine is suitable.

Biejia Wan (Turtle Shell Pill), sourced from *Shenghui Fang*, treats Pi Qi causing hardness under both hypochondria like stone, pain upon pressure, epigastric and abdominal fullness, inability to eat, mental restlessness, coughing and counterflow qi, and chronic non-healing conditions.

Prescription for Treating Abdominal Pi Qi
Herbs: Achyranthes Bidentata Root (Niuxi), Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, roasted), Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia), Poria (Fuling, eight fen each), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Ginseng Root (Renshen), Magnolia Bark (Nongpi, roasted), Rhubarb (Dahuang), Cinnamon Twig (Guixin).
Usage: Grind the above herbs into powder. Take three qian bi per dose, with warm water.

Sanleng Wan (Burreed Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats food-Qi Pi lumps, chest and diaphragm blockage, cold Qi attacking and stabbing, vomiting sour fluid, aversion to food, and abdominal/hypochondriac distension.
Herbs: Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, roasted, crushed), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng, fried), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, roasted), Areca Seed (Binglang, raw crushed), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu, soaked in water, dried, fried), Aconite Root (Wutou, roasted), Peach Kernel (Taoren, fried), Tangerine Peel (Jupi, fried).

Biejia Sanleng Wan (Turtle Shell and Burreed Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats deficiency in men, women, and children suffering from Pi Qi, disharmony of Zang-Fu organs, indigestion, leading to chronic emaciation, blood stasis, postpartum labor injury, and extreme wasting.
Herbs: Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, nine-rib type, weighing over four liang, soak in water, wash away spine bone and skirt edge, soak in vinegar overnight, roast into powder), Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, soak in water for two nights, crush, soak in vinegar for one night, make into powder), Myrrh (Moyao, pounded).
Usage: Take three qian per dose, with warm water.

Niuhuang Tang (Cow Bezoar Decoction), treats Pi Qi.
Herbs: Cow Bezoar (Niuhuang, size of three large soybeans), Musk (Shexiang, size of one door leaf), Cinnabar (Zhusha, amount equal to Musk), Fresh Rhinoceros Horn (Sheng Xijiao, equal parts, size of small dates, pounded separately into powder).
Usage: The above herbs... (text missing here, presumably mixed and taken). Additionally add Rhubarb (Dahuang), Uncaria Ramulus cum Uncis (Gouteng), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma) (one liang each), Roasted Licorice Root (Gancao, roasted), Roasted Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, roasted, half liang each), Clove Flower Bud (Dingxiang, fifty pieces). Chop the herbs, decoct in three sheng of water... (text missing here).

Bixiao Lianzhong Wan (Effectively Refining Middle Pill, also known as Guixin Wan), sourced from *Shenghui Fang*, mainly treats empty-heat caused by Pi Qi, pain of Pi in the hypochondria, hunger but inability to eat, soreness and weakness of the four limbs, dry mouth, hair loss, and tinnitus.
Herbs: Rhubarb (Dahuang, one jin), Mirabilite (Puxiao, ten liang), Peony Root (Shaoyao, eight liang), Cassia Twig (Guixin, four liang).
Usage: Pound and sieve the above herbs, mix with honey to form pills sized like Sophora seeds.

Sha Wan (Realgar Pill), sourced from *Shenghui Fang*, treats Pi Qi in the hypochondria, accumulating and not dispersing.
Herbs: Realgar (Sha, half liang, finely pounded), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, half liang, cracked by roasting, crushed), Sichuan Aconite Root (Chuan Wutou, one liang, cracked by roasting, remove skin and umbilicus), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, half liang, mixed with vinegar, fried until dry), Soybean (Dou, half liang, remove skin).
Usage: Form into pills sized like Sophora seeds. Take... (text missing here).

Chaihu Yin (Bupleurum Drink), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats Pi Qi abdominal pain, distension of both hypochondria, and loss of appetite. (Formula see Chaihu Tang entry).

Xiao Yelangdu Wan (Small Wolfbane Pill), sourced from *Qianjin Fang*, treats hard Pi masses, lump-like obstructions in the chest and hypochondria, or in the heart and abdomen.
Herbs: Radix Stellerae Chamaejasme (Yelangdu, three liang), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi), Inula Flower (Xuanjinhua), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia), Dried Ginger (Jiangyu), White Aconite Root (Baifuzi) (each three liang).
Usage: Grind the above herbs into powder, mix and pound with honey.

Gouqizi San (Goji Berry Powder)
Herbs: Goji Berry (Gouqizi, any amount, harvested in summer, five sheng, red ones are better), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Tangerine Peel (Jupi) (each five liang), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu, one sheng), Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao, three he).
Usage: Sun-dry for seven days... (text missing here). This formula can... (text missing here).

Biejia Wan (Turtle Shell Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats chronic Pi Qi and Qi lumps attacking the heart and abdomen.
Herbs: Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, remove skirt edge, vinegar-roast, one liang), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, roasted, half liang), Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, roasted, crushed, one liang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Jupi, soaked in water, remove white pith, dried, half liang), Croton Seed (Badou)... (text missing here).
Usage: Take... (text missing here).

Ruyi Wan (As-You-Wish Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats empty accumulation, guides stagnant Qi, and eliminates Pi lumps.
Herbs: Realgar (Sha, size of half soap seed, twelve pieces), Croton Seed (Badou, thirty-six pieces, remove skin), Jujube (Dazao, twelve pieces, remove pits, select six pieces, insert one Croton Seed into each piece, meat three... remainder... boil in water... take...).

Yuliren Wan (Prunus Larix Seed Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats Pi Qi in the abdomen of men and women.
Herbs: Prunus Larix Seed (Yuliren, remove skin), Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, crushed), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua), Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome (Peng Ezhu, crushed), Costus Root (Muxiang) (each one liang).
Usage: Use one sheng of vinegar, boil together until vinegar is exhausted... (text missing here).

Wuzhuyu Wan (Evodia Fruit Pill), sourced from *Shenghui Fang*, treats Pi Qi distension and pain.
Herbs: Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu, half liang, soaked in water seven times, dried, lightly fried), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, one liang, cracked by roasting, remove skin and umbilicus), Peach Kernel (Taoren, one liang, soaked in water, remove skin and tip, double-kernel ones, bran-fried, cracked by roasting, crushed).
Usage: ...Pi Tang... (text missing here).

Sha Wan (also known as Yuanhua Wan), treats Pi Qi pain, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, intermittent attacks, and loss of appetite.
Usage: Liao Pi Yin combined with vinegar swallowing, expectoration of water and foam, indigestion, counterflow Qi and distension.

Large Areca Nut (Dafubinglang, ten liang, use ripe seeds, powder them), Galangal (Gaoliangjiang, three liang), Peach Kernel (Taoren, one sheng, remove skin, double-kernel ones, roasted, pounded separately into paste).
Usage: Mix well... (text missing here).

Yingtong Wan (Pain-Relieving Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats sudden painful attacks of Pi Qi that are unbearable. Take urgently.
Herbs: Cassia Twig (Gui, remove rough bark), Dry Lacquer (Ganqi, fried until smoke appears), Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, large ones, baked, crushed), Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui, sliced, fried).
Usage: Grind the above into powder equally, cook with vinegar and wheat paste to form pills... (text missing here).

Po Pi Wan (Break Pi Pill)
Herbs: Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu), Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, roasted), Bupleurum Root (Chaihu) (each three liang).
Usage: Chop the above herbs, decoct in five sheng of water, obtain two sheng. Divide into three warm doses. Take thirty doses, and it will be permanently cured.

Jingsanleng San (Cyperus Rotundus Powder), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats Pi Qi under the hypochondria, long-standing pain that does not go away.
Herbs: Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng, baked, crushed, half jin), Aurantium Imperiale (Zhiqiao, remove pulp, bran-fried, one liang), Roasted Licorice Root (Gancao, roasted, crushed, three liang).
Usage: Pound and sieve into powder. Take three qian bi per dose. Add... (text missing here).

Xiao Pi Wan (Eliminate Pi Pill, also known as Zaojia Wan), treats hardened Pi Qi that does not resolve, chest and hypochondriac oppression. (Sourced from *Shenghui Fang*).
Herbs: Croton Seed (Badou, remove skin and heart, pound, press to remove oil, pound separately, one fen), Realgar (Sha, dissolve in one cup of wine, slow-fire boil into paste, half liang), Tooth-shaped Soap Pod (Zhuya Zaojia, four liang, remove skin... later...).

Peng Ezhu San (Curcuma Phaeocaulis Powder), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats Pi Qi attacking suddenly to the heart, causing pain and unconsciousness.
Herbs: Curcuma Phaeocaulis Rhizome (Peng Ezhu, baked, crushed, half liang), Black Pepper (Hujiao, one fen), Prepared Aconite Root (Fuzi, cracked by roasting, remove skin and umbilicus, half liang).
Usage: Pound and sieve into powder. Take half qian bi per dose. Vinegar soup... (text missing here).

Liao Pi (Treatment for Pi), sourced from *Zhouhou Fang* (Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies).
Usage: Use ten liang of Rhubarb (Dahuang), pound and sieve. Mix with three sheng of vinegar, two spoons of white honey, decoct into pills sized like Sophora seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, with Ginger Decoction... (text missing here).

Treat abdominal fullness, Pi hard as stone, not healing for many years. (Sourced from *Shenghui Fang*).
Usage: Use White Poplar Wood (Baiyangmu), southeast branches, remove gray bark, finely chop five sheng, bake until yellow. Pour five sheng of wine over it. Place the dregs in a silk bag and return to the wine... (text missing here).

Treating Pi Qi
Usage: Press one jin of Ginger Taro (Shengjiang Yuzi), soak in five sheng of wine for two weeks and seven days. Take one cup on an empty stomach. Highly effective.

Bixiao Liao Pi Fang (Effectively Treat Pi Prescription)
Usage: Take plums from under the cart, slightly scald to remove skin and kernels. Mix with dry flour, pound into cakes. If too dry, add fresh water as usual for kneading dough. Size... or drink... one or two... flour face... (text missing here).

Qianjin San (Thousand Gold Powder), treats adult and pediatric Spleen Pi, accompanied by Gan disease. Suitable for use.
Usage: Jinwen Rhubarb (Jinwen Dahuang) three liang, grind into very fine powder. Two large bowls of aged vinegar, use a clay pot, high heat to boil into paste, pour onto new brick tiles, sun-dry by day... powder one... mix with soup... time... (text missing here).

Biejia Wan (Turtle Shell Pill), mainly treats Pi Qi activation causing inability to eat, abdominal distension, or occasional fever.
Herbs: Roasted Turtle Plastron and Carapace (Biejia, roasted), Roasted Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi, roasted), Ophiopogon Tuber (Maidong, remove heart), Ginseng Root (Renshen) (eight fen each), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu, ten fen), Peony Root (Shaoyao), Platycodon Root (Qianhu), Magnolia Bark (Nongpi, roasted).
Usage: Extremely... effective... (text missing here).

Zige Wan (Purple Creeper Pill), treats Pi Qi, hardness and pain under the hypochondria, mental restlessness, inability to eat.

Rushen Wan (Miracle Pill), sourced from *Shengji Zonglu*, treats long-term accumulated Pi Qi, disharmony of heart and chest, vomiting of phlegm and counterflow, distension and pain of hypochondria and ribs.
Herbs: Aconite Root (Wutou, remove skin and umbilicus), Dry Lacquer (Ganqi), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang), Cassia Twig (Gui, remove rough bark, one liang each, these three herbs made into powder equally), Realgar (Sha, half liang, pounded separately), Croton Seed (Badou)... (text missing here).
Usage: Paper... size... take... (text missing here).

Treat Pi Qi accumulation and stagnation, occurring at specific times, irregular bowel movements, or abdominal/hypochondriac distension, unpredictable pain, fullness and discomfort between both hypochondria. This is due to Zang-Fu disharmony... (Sourced from *Huming Fang*).
Herbs: Angelica Sinensis Root (Danggui), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua, one bowl of vinegar, fry in earthenware until yellow-black), Aurantium Imperiale (Zhiqiao, use green), Official Cinnamon (Guangui), Areca Seed (Binglang), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Jupi) (one fen each), Pinellia Tuber (Banxia)... Platycodon Root (Jie)...
Usage: Take three qian per dose... (text missing here).

Tongling Wan (Spirit-Passing Pill), sourced from *Wangshi Boji Fang*, treats long-standing Pi lumps, or pain attacks due to Qi disharmony, chest fullness and blockage, digestion... highly effective for Zheng Jia (masses).
Herbs: Cyperus Rotundus (Jingsanleng), Sour Pomegranate (Suan Shiliu, two large ones), Apricot Kernel (Xingren), Kansui Root (Gansui), Great Euphorbia Root (Daji), Rhubarb (Dahuang), Croton Seed (Badou), Semen Lepidii et Descurainiae (Kutingli), Genkwa Flower (Yuanhua), Trogopterorus Faeces (Wulingzhi)... (each one... inside same... boil. Wait... paste to form pills... warm water soup... (text missing here).

Treat Qi knot breaking Pi Qi, and water in four limbs. (Sourced from *Bencao*).
Usage: Use forty-nine Prunus Larix Seeds (Yuliren), take with wine. Diarrhea afterwards is even better.

Treat Pi Accumulated Qi (Sourced from *Bencao*).
Usage: Grind Arsenic Yellow (Pi Huang), drink with wine.

Treat Qi Pi (Sourced from *Bencao*).
Usage: Make wine from Tu Luo Cao (Earth Falling Grass) and decoct, or pound and squeeze juice, take warm.

Treat all Blood and Qi Zheng Pi.
Usage: Burn Clam Shells (Hanke) in any amount, quench in rice vinegar three times, bury in the ground to rot. Take out, grind into powder, make into pills with vinegar paste, take with wine.

Dao Yin Method
Yangsheng Fang says: Do not drink water upon waking and then sleep again, which causes Water Pi. Also says: Swallow drinking water quickly, which over time becomes Water Pi. Also says: Lift both knees and clamp... old abscess... (text missing here)