积气在腹中久。不瘥牢固。推之不移者症也。此由寒温失宜。饮食不节。致脏腑气虚弱。
饮
不
方
蜥蝎丸(出千金方)治症坚水肿。蜚尸、遁尸。百注、尸注。骨血相注。恶气
鬼忤。蛊毒、
服药已消。杀其毒
蜥蜴 蜈蚣(各二枚) 地胆(五十枚) 虫 虻虫 杏仁〔各二(三)十枚〕 蜣
螂(十
四枚)
督邮
(各十一铢)
为末。
别治巴豆、杏
加之。不敢吐
干漆丸(出圣济总录)破症块。消积气。
干漆(四两捣为末炒令烟尽) 茴香子(炒令香) 木香 槟榔(结实者锉) 桂(去
粗皮)
附子
纹者炒)
蓬莪
瓶子
盛地
子大。
每
半夏礞石丸(出圣济总录)治症块气积。下结胸一切积滞。
半夏(四十枚汤洗七遍) 巴豆(四十粒去皮心膜) 杏仁(去皮尖双仁四十枚) 猪
牙皂荚
(
香
在前
膏子
砂丸(出圣惠方)治症病不消。四肢羸困。不欲饮食。久不瘥。
砂(一两细研) 硫黄(一两细研水飞过) 木香(半两) 槟榔(一两) 川大黄
(三两锉
碎微
微煨锉)
当归(
醋炙令
黄去裙
及晚食
巴豆丸(出圣惠方)治症病久不消。令人萎黄羸瘦。不欲饮食。
巴豆(一两去皮心研纸裹压去油) 硫黄(细研) 附子(炮裂去皮脐) 五灵脂 干
姜(炮
裂锉)
半两)
上件
物为
大黄丸(出圣惠方)治症病心腹妨闷。不欲饮食。四肢不和。
川大黄(半两锉碎微炒) 木香(半两) 肉豆蔻(半两去壳) 砂(半两细研) 干
姜(半
两炮
两)
桂心(
研令
匀。以
鳖甲丸(出圣济总录)治症块冲心。气满食不下。胸膈烦闷。
鳖甲(去裙 醋蘸炙黄色) 诃黎勒(微煨去核各二两) 防葵 甘草(炙锉) 人参 大
黄
(锉
研如膏
各一
酒下
没药丸(出圣济总录)治症积五积。食气诸药。无效者。
没药 硫黄 白丁香(生) 当归(切焙) 芫花(醋浸半日炒) 砂(通明者研) 乳
香
(研)
炊饼。
和剂捣
心头
与
取积一块气丸 治男子妇人气积。
牵牛末(二两) 槟榔末(一两) 杏仁末(一两) 羌活末(一两) 神曲(半两)
丸。
木香扁丸(出圣济总录)治症块。消食积。止心腹疼。
木香 砂(通明者各一钱) 半夏(中等者一十枚生姜浆水洗七遍) 桂(去粗皮三
钱)
荜茇
双仁)
上
再入枣肉丸绿豆大。捏扁丸。常服。食后良久。一丸生姜汤下。要转三丸。男子妇人心痛。
炒莱菔醋汤下。
破积丸 疗积聚坚症。
大黄(一斤) 牡蛎(三两熬) 凝水石 石膏 石钟乳 理石(各一两) 上捣合下
筛。和
蜜丸
治腹中积症方(出千金方)
上葶苈子一升炒。以酒五升浸七日。每服三合。日三服。
粉砂饼(出圣济总录)治症块。
粉霜 胡粉(各一两) 砂 丹砂 白丁香 腻粉(各半两) 上件研为末。入面一
两。
水和
五灵脂丸(出圣惠方)治症病。腹中结硬。
五灵脂(一两) 防葵(半两) 桂心(半两) 猪牙皂荚(半两去黑皮涂酥炙令黄焦
去子)
巴豆
更研
令匀
木香丸(出圣济总录)治积年症块。血气凝滞。
吴茱萸(陈者淘七遍炒干) 木香 青橘皮(去白焙各半两) 巴豆(去皮九十粒研如
膏纸
裹压
末。
入
即
朱砂丸(出圣惠方)治症病腹中硬痛。不欲饮食。经久不瘥。羸弱无力。
朱砂(一两细研水飞过) 肉桂(一两去皴皮为末) 巴豆(二十枚去皮心研纸裹压去
油)
禹余
饼和
丸。
治积年症块。及血块方。(出圣惠方)
砒霜 粉霜(各一分) 砂(一分半) 腻粉(三钱) 上件药细研令匀。用肥枣去
核。入
药在
豆大
治症病。腹中结硬。(出圣惠方)
硫黄(一两细研) 砂(一两细研) 巴豆(一两) 附子(一两炮裂去皮脐捣为末)
上件
药。
又以
姜末
续随子丸(出圣济总录)治积聚症块。及涎积等。
续随子(三十枚去皮) 腻粉(二钱) 青黛(炒一钱匕研) 上先研续随子令烂。次
下二
味。合
药一丸
治症坚心下有物。大如杯。不得食。食则腹满。心腹绞痛方。
葶苈子 大黄(各二两) 泽漆(四两) 上二味别研葶苈为膏。入蜜捣千杵。和丸如
梧桐
子大
治两胁下有气结者。
野狼毒(二两) 旋复花(一两) 附子(二两炮) 上捣筛蜜和丸。如梧桐子大。服二
丸稍加
至三
疗症病丸
射罔(二两熬) 蜀椒(三百枚去目炒出汗) 上捣末细筛。以鸡子白和丸。半如麻子
大。
半如
熨症方
灶中黄土(一斤) 生葫(一斤) 上先捣葫熟。纳土复捣。以好苦酒浇冷 。 先以
涂布
一面
熨症方
上以吴茱萸三升碎之。酒和煮。热布裹。以熨症上。冷更炒。更番用之。症移走逐熨。
都消
熨症法
上铜器受二升许。贮鱼膏令深二三寸。作大火炷六七枚燃之。令膏暖。重纸覆症上。以
器熨之。昼夜勿息。膏尽更益也。
凡症坚之起。多以渐生。而有觉便牢大者。自难疗也。腹
瘦。
可得石余。净洗干之。捣作末以秫米五升。炊饭内搅之。好酒五升。渍封药消饭浮可饮一斤
半。勿食他鱼盐。症当出。亦可但取其根一升。干捣千杵。酒渍饮之。从少起。日三。亦佳。
此酒疗症。乃胜诸大药。
又方
大黄(半斤) 朴硝(三两) 蜜(一斤) 上合于汤上。煎可丸。如梧桐子大。服十
丸日三。
备
破症散 治心腹宿症。及猝得症。并治久积症癖不瘥。渐至羸弱。宜服此方。
上以朱砂细研。搜饭。令朱多。以雄鸡一只。先饿二日。后以朱饭饲之。却置鸡于板上。
收
鸡
治症积满腹。诸药不瘥者。人屎服之。血片块皆下。二十日即尽也。
椒熨方 治患症结病。及病目瓜形、日月形、或在脐傍左右。或在脐上下。或若鳖
在左
上取一新盆子。受一斗者底钻一百二十孔。孔上着椒三合。上着一重纸。纸上着冷灰上
着热
大热
停止
保安丸 治症积心腹内结如拳。渐上不止。抢心疼痛。久不止。及绕脐腹痛。不可
忍者。
川大黄(三两新水浸一宿蒸熟切作片子焙) 干姜(一两炮) 大附子(半两去皮脐) 鳖
甲
(一
丸至
京三棱汤(出圣济总录)治积年症块。
京三棱(炮锉一两) 青橘皮(去白焙半两) 桂(去粗皮一两) 大黄(锉碎炒半两)
木香
(一
腹
日午
治诸瘕结气。(出本草)
上取赤龙浴水服之。此泽间小泉。赤蛇在中者。经雨取之。
枳术汤(出卫生宝鉴)治心下坚大如盘。饮水所作。
枳实(十枚) 白术(三两) 上以水一斗。煎至三升。分三服。腹中软即稍减之。对
病增
损。
治症结。(出本草)
上用磨石烧赤。热投酒中饮之。
Accumulated Qi remains in the abdomen for a long time, stubbornly refusing to heal. If pushing on it does not move the mass, it is classified as a **Zheng** (Mass) syndrome. This condition arises from improper regulation of cold and warmth, and unregulated diet, leading to deficiency and weakness of the **Zang-Fu** organs' Qi.
**Xi Xie Wan** (Lizard Scorpion Pill) (from *Qianjin Fang*): Treats hard masses with edema, Fei Shi (Flying Corpse), Dun Shi (Escaping Corpse), Bai Zhu (Hundred Notes), Shi Zhu (Corpse Note), Gu Xue Xiang Zhu (Bone and Blood Transmission), Evil Qi, Gui Wu (Ghost Intrusion), and Gu Du (Gu Poison). After taking the medicine, the accumulation dissipates, and its toxicity is neutralized.
Ingredients: Xi Yi (Lizard), Wugong (Centipede) (2 each), Di Dan (Ground Beetle) (50 pieces), Meng Chong (Blue Bottle Fly Larva), Xing Ren (Apricot Seed) (20 or 30 each), Qiang Lang (Dung Beetle) (14 pieces), Shui Zhi (Leech) (11 zhu each).
Preparation: Grind into fine powder. Process Ba Dou (Croton Seed) and Xing Ren separately, then add to the powder mixture. Handle with caution if vomiting occurs.
**Gan Qi Wan** (Dry Lacquer Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Breaks down masses, eliminates accumulated Qi.
Ingredients: Gan Qi (Dry Lacquer) (4 liang, pounded to powder, stir-fried until smoke ceases), Huixiang Zi (Fennel Seed) (stir-fried until fragrant), Mu Xiang (Costus Root), Bing Lang (Areca Nut) (select firm ones, sliced), Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig) (remove coarse bark), Fu Zi (Aconite Root) (select those with clear grain patterns, stir-fried).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Banxia Mengshi Wan** (Pinellia and Calcareous Schist Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats mass formations with Qi stagnation, and all types of accumulations in Jie Xiong (Chest Binding) syndrome.
Ingredients: Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber) (40 pieces, washed seven times with decoction), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (40 grains, remove skin, core, and membrane), Xing Ren (Apricot Seed) (remove skin and tip, double-kernel type, 40 pieces), Zhu Ya Zao Jiao (Pig's Tooth Soap Pod) (appropriate amount), Chen Xiang (Agarwood) (appropriate amount).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Nao Sha Wan** (Ammonium Chloride Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*): Treats Zheng disease that persists despite treatment, causing emaciation and fatigue of the four limbs, anorexia, and chronic non-healing.
Ingredients: Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (1 liang, finely ground), Liu Huang (Sulfur) (1 liang, finely ground, purified by water flotation), Mu Xiang (Costus Root) (0.5 liang), Bing Lang (Areca Nut) (1 liang), Chuan Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (3 liang, sliced, lightly stir-fried), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) (appropriate amount, stir-fried with vinegar), Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel) (remove pith, lightly baked and sliced).
Preparation: Form into pills. Take before evening meal.
**Ba Dou Wan** (Croton Seed Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*): Treats persistent Zheng disease, causing sallow complexion, emaciation, and anorexia.
Ingredients: Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (1 liang, remove skin and core, grind and press between paper to remove oil), Liu Huang (Sulfur) (finely ground), Fu Zi (Aconite Root) (processed until cracked, remove skin and navel), Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterus Dung) (appropriate amount), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) (processed until cracked, sliced, 0.5 liang).
Preparation: Grind ingredients into powder, mix uniformly, and form into pills.
**Da Huang Wan** (Rhubarb Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*): Treats Zheng disease causing chest and abdominal fullness and oppression, anorexia, and disharmony of the four limbs.
Ingredients: Chuan Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (0.5 liang, sliced, lightly stir-fried), Mu Xiang (Costus Root) (0.5 liang), Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg) (0.5 liang, remove shell), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (0.5 liang, finely ground), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) (0.5 liang, processed), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Heart) (small amount, ground uniformly).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Bie Jia Wan** (Softshell Turtle Shell Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats masses pressing against the heart, feeling of fullness preventing swallowing, and chest/epigastric irritability.
Ingredients: Bie Jia (Softshell Turtle Shell) (remove skirt edge, dip in vinegar and roast until yellow), He Li Le (Chebula Fruit) (lightly baked, remove core, 2 liang each), Fang Kui (Peucedanum Root), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) (roasted, sliced), Ren Shen (Ginseng Root), Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (sliced, ground to paste-like consistency).
Preparation: Form into pills, take with wine.
**Mo Yao Wan** (Myrrh Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats Zheng accumulation among the Five Accumulations, as well as Food Qi disorders, when other medicines are ineffective.
Ingredients: Mo Yao (Myrrh), Liu Huang (Sulfur), Bai Ding Xiang (White Civet Cat Feces) (raw), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis) (cut and roasted), Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flower) (soaked in vinegar for half a day, then roasted), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (transparent variety, ground), Ru Xiang (Frankincense) (ground).
Preparation: Use steamed bun dough as a binder, mix and knead thoroughly to form pills.
**Qu Ji Yi Kuai Qi Wan** (Remove One Mass of Qi Pill): Treats Qi accumulation in men and women.
Ingredients: Qian Niu Mo (Morning Glory Seed Powder) (2 liang), Bing Lang Mo (Areca Nut Powder) (1 liang), Xing Ren Mo (Apricot Seed Powder) (1 liang), Qiang Huo Mo (Notopterygium Root Powder) (1 liang), Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven) (0.5 liang).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Muxiang Bian Wan** (Costus Flat Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats masses, digests food accumulation, and stops epigastric/abdominal pain.
Ingredients: Mu Xiang (Costus Root), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (transparent, 1 qian each), Ban Xia (Pinellia Tuber) (medium size, 10 pieces, washed seven times in ginger juice), Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig) (remove coarse bark, 3 qian), Bi Bo (Long Pepper) (appropriate amount, double-kernel apricot seeds).
Preparation: Grind into powder, add jujube flesh to form green-bean-sized pills, flatten them. Take regularly, long after meals, with fresh ginger decoction (one pill). For efficacy, take three pills. If men or women experience heart pain, take with stir-fried radish seed and vinegar decoction.
**Po Ji Wan** (Break Accumulation Pill): Treats hard masses formed from accumulations.
Ingredients: Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (1 jin), Mu Li (Oyster Shell) (3 liang, calcined), Ning Shui Shi (Halloysitum), Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Shi Zhong Ru (Stalactite), Li Shi (Magnesite) (1 liang each).
Preparation: Pound and sieve, mix with honey to form pills.
**Formula for Abdominal Accumulation Masses** (from *Qianjin Fang*):
Ingredients: Ting Li Zi (Lepidium Seed) 1 sheng, stir-fried. Soak in 5 sheng of wine for seven days.
Usage: Take 3 he per dose, three times daily.
**Fen Shuang Bing** (Powdered Frost Cake) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats masses.
Ingredients: Fen Shuang (Basic Lead Carbonate), Hu Fen (Lead White) (1 liang each), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride), Dan Sha (Cinnabar), Bai Ding Xiang (White Civet Cat Feces), Ni Fen (Calomel) (0.5 liang each).
Preparation: Grind ingredients to powder, add 1 liang of flour, mix with water to form cakes.
**Wu Ling Zhi Wan** (Trogopterus Dung Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*): Treats Zheng disease, hardness forming in the abdomen.
Ingredients: Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterus Dung) (1 liang), Fang Kui (Peucedanum Root) (0.5 liang), Gui Xin (Cinnamon Heart) (0.5 liang), Zhu Ya Zao Jiao (Pig's Tooth Soap Pod) (0.5 liang, remove black skin, coat with lard, roast until charred yellow, remove seeds), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (appropriate amount, re-grind uniformly).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Muxiang Wan** (Costus Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats chronic masses, stagnation of Blood and Qi.
Ingredients: Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) (aged, rinsed seven times, stir-fried dry), Mu Xiang (Costus Root), Qing Ju Pi (Green Tangerine Peel) (remove white pith, roast dry, 0.5 liang each), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (remove skin, 90 grains, grind to paste, press between paper to remove oil).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Zhu Sha Wan** (Cinnabar Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*): Treats Zheng disease with hard, painful abdomen, anorexia, chronic non-healing, emaciation, and weakness.
Ingredients: Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) (1 liang, finely ground, purified by water flotation), Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark) (1 liang, remove rough bark, grind to powder), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (20 grains, remove skin and core, grind and press between paper to remove oil), Yu Yu Liang (Yucca Litharge) (appropriate amount, mixed with cake dough to form pills).
Preparation: Form into pills.
**Formula for Chronic Masses and Blood Masses** (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*):
Ingredients: Pi Shuang (Arsenic Trioxide), Fen Shuang (Basic Lead Carbonate) (1 fen each), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (1.5 fen), Ni Fen (Calomel) (3 qian).
Preparation: Grind ingredients finely and uniformly. Remove pits from fat jujubes, insert the medicinal powder inside, form into green-bean-sized pills.
**Treat Zheng Disease, Hardness in Abdomen** (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*):
Ingredients: Liu Huang (Sulfur) (1 liang, finely ground), Nao Sha (Ammonium Chloride) (1 liang, finely ground), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (1 liang), Fu Zi (Aconite Root) (1 liang, processed until cracked, remove skin and navel, grind to powder).
Preparation: Mix ingredients, combine with ginger juice.
**Xu Sui Zi Wan** (Spurge Seed Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats accumulations, masses, and Phlegm-Rheum retention.
Ingredients: Xu Sui Zi (Spurge Seed) (30 grains, remove skin), Ni Fen (Calomel) (2 qian), Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis) (roast 1 qian-bi, grind).
Preparation: First grind Xu Sui Zi until soft/paste-like, then add the other two ingredients, mix uniformly, and form into pills.
**Formula for Hard Mass under Heart, Size of a Cup, Inability to Eat, Abdominal Fullness upon Eating, Severe Cardiac/Abdominal Colic**:
Ingredients: Ting Li Zi (Lepidium Seed), Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (2 liang each), Ze Qi (Euphorbia Helioscopia) (4 liang).
Preparation: Grind Ting Li Zi separately into a paste. Add honey, pound 1000 times, and form pills like sophora seeds.
**Treat Qi Knots under Both Hypochondria**:
Ingredients: Ye Lang Du (Radix Dichroae) (2 liang), Xuan Fu Hua (Inula Flower) (1 liang), Fu Zi (Aconite Root) (2 liang, processed).
Preparation: Pound and sieve, mix with honey to form pills like sophora seeds. Take 2 pills initially, gradually increase to 3 pills.
**Pill for Treating Zheng Disease**:
Ingredients: She Wang (Aconite Paste) (2 liang, processed), Shu Jiao (Sichuan Pepper) (300 grains, remove eyes, stir-fry until sweat appears).
Preparation: Pound to powder, sieve finely, mix with egg white to form pills. Half the size of sesame seeds, half... (text incomplete).
**External Application Formula for Zheng I**:
Ingredients: Zao Zhong Huang Tu (Yellow Earth from Hearth) (1 jin), Sheng Hu (Raw Garlic) (1 jin).
Preparation: Pound garlic until cooked/soft, add earth and pound again. Pour good sour vinegar (Ku Jiu) to cool. Apply to one side of cloth first, then apply heat compress.
**External Application Formula for Zheng II**:
Ingredients: Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) 3 sheng, crushed.
Preparation: Mix with wine, boil. Wrap in hot cloth and apply to the mass. Reheat when cool, alternate applications. Follow the moving mass with the compress until it dissipates.
**External Application Method**:
Preparation: Use a copper vessel holding about 2 sheng of fish grease, depth 2-3 cun. Light 6-7 large candle wicks to warm the grease. Cover the mass with multiple layers of paper, then use the copper vessel to apply heat compress. Do not stop day or night; replenish grease when exhausted.
Generally, the formation of hard masses begins gradually. However, if they become noticeable and rapidly enlarge/harden from the start, they are naturally difficult to treat. The abdomen... (text missing here, likely referring to abdominal thinning or changes).
Take over a stone [weight], wash clean, dry, grind to powder. Mix with 5 sheng of millet rice, cook into rice, stir in. Soak in 5 sheng of good wine, seal and store. When the medicine dissolves and rice floats, drink 1.5 jin. Avoid other fish and salt; the mass should exit. Alternatively, take 1 sheng of the root, dry and pound 1000 times, soak in wine and drink. Start with small doses, three times daily; this is also good. This wine therapy for Zheng surpasses major medicines.
Another Formula:
Ingredients: Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (0.5 jin), Po Xiao (Mirabilite) (3 liang), Mi (Honey) (1 jin).
Preparation: Combine and simmer over water bath until suitable for pill formation, like sophora seeds. Take 10 pills, three times daily.
Prepare... (text incomplete)
**Po Zheng San** (Break Zheng Powder): Treats chronic masses in heart/abdomen, sudden onset masses, and long-standing Ji/Pi accumulations that do not heal, leading to gradual emaciation. This formula is suitable.
Preparation: Finely grind Zhu Sha (Cinnabar), mix into rice so the cinnabar content is high. Starve a rooster for two days, then feed it the cinnabar rice. Place the chicken on a board, collect... (text incomplete, likely chicken droppings).
For cases where Zheng accumulation fills the abdomen and all medicines fail, administer human feces. Blood clots and masses will be discharged; complete resolution within twenty days.
**Jiao Yun Fang** (Pepper Compress Formula): Treats Zheng knot diseases, and conditions resembling melon shape, sun/moon shape, located left/right of umbilicus, above/below umbilicus, or resembling turtle... (text incomplete), on the left...
Preparation: Take a new basin, capacity 1 dou, drill 120 holes in the bottom. Place 3 he of pepper on the holes, cover with a layer of paper, place cold ash on the paper, then place hot... (text incomplete, likely hot material) on top. Very hot... stop.
**Bao An Wan** (Security Pill): Treats Zheng accumulation knotting in the heart/abdomen like a fist, rising continuously, seizing heart pain, persistent pain, and periumbilical abdominal pain unbearable.
Ingredients: Chuan Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (3 liang, soak in fresh water overnight, steam until cooked, slice, bake dry), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger) (1 liang, processed), Da Fu Zi (Large Aconite Root) (0.5 liang, remove skin and navel), Bie Jia (Softshell Turtle Shell) (appropriate amount, ... pills to ...).
**Jing San Leng Tang** (Kyushu Curcuma Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*): Treats chronic masses.
Ingredients: Jing San Leng (Curcuma Kwangsiensis Rhizome) (processed, sliced, 1 liang), Qing Ju Pi (Green Tangerine Peel) (remove white pith, roast dry, 0.5 liang), Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig) (remove coarse bark, 1 liang), Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) (sliced, stir-fried, 0.5 liang), Mu Xiang (Costus Root) (appropriate amount, ... abdomen ... noon ...).
**Treat Various Jia Qi Knots** (from *Bencao*):
Preparation: Drink water from "Chi Long" (Red Dragon) bath. This refers to small springs in marshes where red snakes pass through; catch the water after rain.
**Zhi Zhu Tang** (Immature Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Decoction) (from *Weisheng Baojian*): Treats hardness below the heart as large as a plate, caused by drinking water.
Ingredients: Zhi Shi (Immature Bitter Orange) (10 grains), Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (3 liang).
Preparation: Decoct in 1 dou of water until reduced to 3 sheng. Divide into three doses. Reduce dosage slightly once the abdomen becomes soft; adjust according to the disease.
**Treat Zheng Knots** (from *Bencao*):
Preparation: Heat a whetstone until red-hot, throw it into wine, and drink.