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(Causes include: deficiency qi, water retention, insect accumulation)

[Herb Category] Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Haizao (Sargassum) (All treat evil qi in the heart and abdomen, with borborygmus sounding like thunder, murmuring as if water is flowing.) Kunbu (Laminariae Thallus), Nüwan (Polygala japonica), Nüwei (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma) (All treat borborygmus of wandering qi, with pain shifting up and down without a fixed location.) Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Shixiangru (Elsholtziae Herba), Bibo (Long Pepper), Hongdoukou (Galangal Seed), Yuewang Yusan (All treat borborygmus due to deficiency-cold.) Daji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix) (Treats phlegm-fluid retention causing rumbling in the abdomen.) Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) (Treats sounds caused by the clash of fire and water.) Maiya (Hordei Fructus Germinatus), Yitang (Maltose).

[Fruit and Wood Category] Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (Both treat borborygmus.) Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) (Treats chronic cold qi, with rumbling in the abdomen.) Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) (Treats heat-induced borborygmus.)

[Stone Category] Naosha (Sal Ammoniac) (Treats borborygmus and retained food due to disharmony of blood and qi.) Shisui.

[Insect and Shellfish Category] Yuancangsha (Bombyx Batryticatus) (Treats borborygmus with internal heat.) Shanyu (Monopterus albus) (Treats borborygmus due to cold qi.) Dancai (Mytilus edulis) (Treats borborygmus.)

(Causes include: cold qi, heat qi, fire depression, food stagnation, static blood, phlegm, insects, deficiency consumption, sudden evil attack, yin toxicity)

[Warming the Middle and Dispersing Depression Method]
[Herb Category] Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (Treats all types of cold pain and qi pain in the heart and abdomen, nine types of heartache, and stabbing blood-q pain in women; grind and take with wine; for heart-qi stabbing pain, take with Sophorae Flos powder in pill form; for internal hook abdominal pain, take with Frankincense and Myrrh pills.) Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma) (Treats all qi-related heart and abdominal pain, unblocks the Triple Burner, resolves six depressions; take with Amomi Fructus and Licorice powder; for heart-spleen qi pain, take with Galangal Root powder; for blood-q pain, roast lychee, grind, and take with wine.) Aiye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) (Treats all cold qi and ghost qi in the heart and abdomen; crush and drink juice, or take powder; boil with Xiangfu in vinegar to make pills to treat various pains in the heart, abdomen, and lower abdomen.) Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) (Opens depression and moves qi. For various cold pains and sudden evil attacks, take powder with burning wine.) Gaoben (Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma et Radix) (Treats severe excess heartache; after using purgatives, decoct with Atractylodis Rhizoma to thoroughly eliminate toxins.) Canshu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (Treats heart and abdominal distension and pain, resolves depression and broadens the middle.) Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (Removes cold pain in the abdomen.) Gaoliangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma) (Treats sudden or chronic cold pain in the abdomen; decoct and drink. For heart-spleen pain, take with dried ginger in pill form. Can also be processed in four ways to make pills.) Suzi (Perillae Fructus) (Treats all cold qi pain; mix equally with Gaoliangjiang and Jupi, make pills.) Jianghuang (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma) (Treats cold qi pain; take with Cinnamon Twig powder and vinegar; for infantile fetal cold causing abdominal pain and vomiting milk, take with Frankincense, Myrrh, and Muxiang in pill form.) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (Treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen, stomach cold causing roundworm movement; take with stir-fried Zhizi made into pills with wine paste; for cold jue heartache, take with Curcuma aromatica and Tangerine Peel made into pills with vinegar paste.) Xiangru (Elsholtgiae Herba) (Treats abdominal pain in summer months.) Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Zisu (Perillae Folium), Huoxiang (Agastaches Herba), Gansongxiang (Nardostachyos Radix et Rhizoma), Shan Nai (Kaempferiae Rhizoma), Lianjiang, Shanjiang, Baidoukou (Cardamomi Rotundus Fructus), Caodoukou (Cardamomi Fructus), Suosha (Amomi Fructus), Jiang, Bai Maoxiang, Huicao, Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus), Bibo.

[Cereal Category] Hujiao Porridge, Zhuyu Porridge, Congchi Wine, Ginger Wine, Huixiang (Foeniculi Fructus) (All treat all cold qi, heartache, abdominal pain, and heart-abdominal pain.) Shaojiu (Distilled Liquor) (Treats cold pain; take with salt. Especially suitable for yin toxicity abdominal pain.) Heidadou (Black Soybean) (Treats intestinal pain feeling like being beaten; roast until charred, pour wine over it.) Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) (Treats heart and abdominal pain due to food stagnation; heat red-hot, quench in wine, and take.)

[Vegetable Category] Congbai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) (Treats cold qi pain in the heart and abdomen, insect pain, hernia pain, adult yin toxicity, infantile coiled intestine internal hook pain. For sudden heartache with locked jaw nearing death, make paste, send down with sesame oil; insects will turn into yellow water and exit; for yin toxicity pain, roast and apply hot to below the navel, and rub with wine to灌; for coiled intestine pain, roast and apply to the navel, and bathe the abdomen; after a while, urine is discharged, and it heals.) Conghua (Allii Fistulosi Flower) (Treats heart-spleen pain like knife stabbing; decoct with one sheng of Zhuyu.) Suan (Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus) (Treats heartache lasting ten or five years; boil in vinegar, eat until full, and it heals.) Hu (Allii Sativi Bulbus) (Treats cold pain; take with Frankincense in pill form; soak in vinegar and boil to eat; for ghost injection heart-abdominal pain, take with ink and soy sauce juice; for hematemesis heartache, take the juice.) Jiu (Allii Tuberosi Rhizoma) (Treats cold pain in the abdomen; cook and eat; for chest bi pain like needle stabbing, take juice to vomit out evil blood.) Xiebai (Allii Macrostemis Bulbus) (Treats chest bi stabbing pain radiating through to the back; decoct with white wine.) Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) (Treats urgent pain below the heart; decoct with Banxia, or with Xingren.) Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (Treats sudden heartache; take powder. For heart-spleen cold pain, take with Gaoliangjiang in pill form.) Jiezi (Brassicae Semen) (Take with wine to stop cold pain in the heart and abdomen; for yin toxicity, apply to the navel.) Maqinzi. Xiangcai, Jili Zi, Qin Dilí, Manjing, Jie.

[Fruit Category] Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (All treat cold pain in the heart and abdomen.) Wumei (Mume Fructus) (Treats painful distension nearing death; decoct and take.) Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) (Treats urgent heartache; take with Xingren and Wumei in pill form; aged date kernel stops abdominal pain.) Hetao (Juglandis Semen) (Treats urgent heartache; bake with dates, chew, and swallow with ginger soup.) Lizhihe (Litchi Seed) (Treats heartache and spleen pain; roast, grind, and take with wine.) Yezi Pi (Cocos Nucifera Pericarpium) (Treats sudden heartache; roast, grind, and take with water.) Jupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (Treats travel heartache; decoct and take, very effective.) Mugua, Gouyuan (Both treat heart-qi pain.) Hujiao (Piperis Longi Fructus) (Treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen; swallow seven grains with wine.) Zhuyu (Evodiae Fructus) (Treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen, and sudden heart-abdominal pain from evil invasion; rub with wine to take. Leaves can also be used.) Zhizi (Evodiae Fructus) (Same as above.)

[Wood Category] Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (For cold qi abdominal pain in autumn and winter, this herb is indispensable. For nine types of heartache and cold hernia heartache, take powder with wine; for heart and abdominal distension and pain, decoct with water; for postpartum heartache, take with dog gallbladder in pill form.) Wuyao (Litseae Radix et Cortex) (Treats cold pain; grind with water, add Jupi and Zisu, and decoct.) Songjie (Pinus Massoniana Caulis) (Treats yin toxicity abdominal pain; roast until charred, add to wine and take.) Ruxiang (Olibanum) (Treats cold heartache; take with Hujiao, ginger, and wine. Can also be taken with tea powder and deer blood in pill form.) Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (Treats sudden heartache; take with wine.) Anshixiang (Styrax) (Treats frequent heartache; soak in boiling water and take.) Tianzhu Gui, Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum), Tanxiang (Santalum Album Lignum), Suhexiang (Styrax Resina), Bilixiang, Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum), Zhangnao Xiang, Zhangcai, Shancai, Nancai, Awèi (Ferulae Resina), Zaojia (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina), Baiji, Gouqizi, Houpo.

[Metal and Stone Category] Tiehua Fen (Plumbum Subacetatum) (All treat cold qi heart and abdominal pain.) Tongqi (Bronze Vessel) (Roast and apply hot to cold pain.) Lingsha (Cinnabaris Preparata) (Treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen; take with Wulingzhi made into pills with vinegar paste.) Liuhuang (Sulfur) (Treats all cold qi pain; take in honeycomb wax pills. Can also be taken with Xiao Shi, Qingpi, and Chenpi in pill form.) Xiaoshi (Natrii Nitratis Crystal) (With Xionghuang powder applied to eyes, stops various heart and abdominal pains.) Pishi (Arsenolite) (Treats accumulated qi cold pain; take in honeycomb wax pills.) Naosha (Sal Ammoniac) (Treats cold qi, blood qi, accumulated qi, and various pains in the heart and abdomen.) Shenzhenhuo.

[Scale and Beast Category] Baoyuhui (Abalone Ash) (Treats abdominal pain during pregnancy due to cold invasion; take with wine.) Zhu Xin (Porcis Cor) (Treats urgent heartache persisting for years; cook with ten grains of Hujiao and eat. For heart blood deficiency, take with Shu Jiao in pill form.)