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To warm the middle jiao, promote qi circulation, and digest retained food. It treats cold pain in the heart and abdomen, intestinal hernia (Xiao Chang Qi) in men, and pain caused by attacking and pouring blood and qi in women.

She Xiang (Moschus, 1 qian), Hu Jiao (Piperis Fructus, 1 liang), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus, 4 qian, remove skin and core, grind), Quan Xie (Scorpio, 4 qian, remove toxicity, slightly stir-fry). The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder. Form pills with steamed dough soaked in decoction, sized like mung beans. Take 3 pills per dose: for heart and abdominal pain, take with decoction of baked ginger; for blood and qi pain in women, take with decoction of stir-fried raw ginger and vinegar; for abdominal and hypochondriac pain due to intestinal hernia, take with fennel decoction. Regular use helps dissipate alcohol and transform food; take with warm water at any time.

Treats nine types of heartache.

Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus, 1 pill, extract frost/rasp), Ban Mao (Mylabris, 2 pieces, remove wings and feet), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos, 7 pieces), Hu Jiao (Piperis Fructus, 49 grains). The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder. Form pills with mushy rice, sized like small mung beans, coated with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha). Take 2 pills per dose, send down with warm vinegar decoction, at any time.

Treats all kinds of heart and abdominal pain as well as intestinal hernia.

Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus, remove skin and membrane, wrap in paper to squeeze out all oil), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum, processed), Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterori Faeces, remove sand and stones, each 2 qian). The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder. Form pills with wheat paste boiled in vinegar, sized like millet seeds. Take 5 pills per dose, send down with vinegar decoction. For excess patterns, take 10 pills per dose, at any time.

Treats long-term deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, inability to eat, stuffiness and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, incessant vomiting, fatigue and desire to lie down; also suitable for those who are emaciated after serious illness, have weak stomachs and little appetite.

Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix, remove rhizome head), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, remove skin and navel), Bi Bo (Longani Pericarpium), Hong Dou (Adzuki Bean), Hu Jiao (Piperis Fructus), He Zi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus, roast and remove core), Suo Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus Rotundus), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, half liang), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried, 1.5 liang). The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder. Form pills with refined honey, making ten pills from one liang of powder. Take one pill per dose, dissolve in white boiling water, or boil in water for five to seven minutes; take on an empty stomach or before meals.

Regulate the middle, nourish qi, harmonize the Stomach, and strengthen the Spleen. Treats accumulated cold in the middle jiao, qi stagnation and stuffiness in the chest and diaphragm, retching and nausea, abdominal and hypochondriac pain, deficiency and slipping of the zang-fu organs with frequent injury, lassitude and lack of strength, and flaccidity and heaviness of the limbs.

Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Hou Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, remove rough bark, finely chop, soak with 1 liang of sliced fresh ginger overnight, stir-fry until fragrant), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Hu Jiao (Piperis Fructus), Dou Kou (Cardamomi Fructus Rotundus) (the above twelve herbs). The above ingredients are ground into a fine powder. Form pills with refined honey, making ten pills from one liang of powder. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, send down with warm rice drink, before meals.