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Treatment for Wind Constipation (Feng Mi), characterized by dry and difficult defecation.
Xiangbaizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, amount as needed, roasted until dry)
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, with a small amount of honey, mixed with warm rice water to swallow. Continue for two doses to achieve bowel movement; take before meals.

For individuals with Qi deficiency suffering from dry and difficult defecation that is unrelieved, or those who have already taken intestinal moistening medicines without relief.
Take Sha Mi (sand honey) as described above, boil and refine it until it becomes a paste similar to maltose. Coat fingers with Ge Fen (Clam Powder) and roll the paste into suppository sticks. Insert them into the anus.

To clear residual heat in the Lower Jiao (Lower Burner), treating urinary obstruction, strangury with涩 (astringency/difficulty) and pain. (The following are formulas for urinary difficulty.)
Binglang (Arecae Semen), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), Chenjupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, remove white pith), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen), Chifuling (Poria with Red Coir, remove skin), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, wash and roast), Shishi (Talcum), Shiwei (Pyrosiae Folium).
Chop the above ingredients. Take five qian per dose, add two zhan of water, decoct until one zhan remains, strain, and take before meals. Stop when urination is relieved; if not relieved, take again.

Treatment for Heat Accumulation in the Heart Meridian, resulting in red, difficult, and obstructed urination, with strangury and pain.
Hupo (Succinum, amount as needed)
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take half a qian per dose, mixed with thickly decocted Xuancao Gen (Hemerocallis Radix) soup; take before meals.

Treatment for urinary obstruction.
Huanglian Mo (Coptidis Rhizoma powder, half liang), Badou (Crotonis Fructus, half liang, remove shell but keep oil).
Pound the above ingredients together into a paste, shape into cakes of the size and thickness of a coin. First, mix salt with scallion juice and drip it into the umbilicus. Then cover it with the cake. Place a large moxa cone on the cake and moxibustion for fourteen burns (zhuang). Replace the cake and continue moxibustion until urination is relieved.

Treatment for urinary obstruction accompanied by urgent distension of the umbilical and abdominal regions.
Bai Fan (Alumen, amount as needed, ground finely).
Mix with water to make a dough circle, place around the umbilicus about one cun high. Put Bai Fan powder inside. Gradually drip cold water onto the powder until thoroughly wetted. Continue dripping water until a cold sensation penetrates inward, at which point urination will be relieved.

Treatment for heart and abdominal fullness and pain in men and women, vomiting acid water, loss of taste, and all types of Qi disorders. This formula is suitable for such conditions.
Bichengqie (Schizonepetae Fructus? Note: Usually Piperis Betel Fructus/Long Pepper Fruit, here likely referring to Bi Cheng Qie / Long Pepper), Baidoukou Ren (Amomi Rotundus Fructus seed), Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, wrapped in flour and roasted), Caodoukou Ren (Cardamomi Fructus seed), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Suosharen (Amomi Fructus), Hongdou (Adzuki Bean? Or possibly a typo for another spice, kept as Hongdou), Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove rough bark), Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus), Hezi (Chebulae Fructus, roasted, remove core), Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, remove rhizome head), Baifuling (Poria, remove skin), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, remove skin).
(Ten herbs, each one liang) Qingju (Green Tangerine Peel).
Grind the above into a fine powder, bind with refined honey to form pills. Each liang of herbs makes ten pills. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with warm wine or salt water. For women, swallow with Mugwort Vinegar Decoction.