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[Wuge Kuangzhong San (Five Obstructions Widening the Middle Powder)]
Take Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma), stir-fry and remove hairs; Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), remove bark and stir-fry with ginger juice (each 16 liang); Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (5 liang); Sharen (Amomi Fructus), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (each 4 liang); Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (3 liang); Baidoukou (Cardamomi Fructus), remove skin (2 liang). Grind all into fine powder. Each dose is 2 qian, add 2 slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and a little salt, decoct with water in a Yangcheng furnace and take as a liquid paste. This formula treats illnesses caused by worry and indignation disturbing Qi, damaging the spirit, leading to Yin-Yang imbalance and organ dysfunction, where pathogenic factors knot in the chest and diaphragm, resulting in the "Five Obstructions" disease:
First is Youge (Worry Obstruction): Qi knots in the chest, fluids fail to circulate, difficulty swallowing food, emaciation, and shortness of breath.
Second is Huige (Indignation Obstruction): Fullness and hardness below the heart, frequent belching with acid regurgitation, indigestion, and obstruction of urination and defecation.
Third is Qige (Qi Obstruction): Rebellious Qi causing fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, choking sensation, belching with the smell of rotten food.
Fourth is Hange (Cold Obstruction): Abdominal distension and fullness, coughing with rebellious Qi, cold pain around the umbilicus resembling thunder rumbling, inability to eat fatty foods.
Fifth is Regge (Heat Obstruction): Heat in the five centers, oral ulcers, heavy and irritable limbs, dry lips and mouth, intermittent body heat, lower back and back pain, Bi syndrome radiating to both sides, inability to eat much.
It treats all these conditions as well as all Qi disorders. In the Ming Dynasty medical text *Mingyi Zazhu*, it is recorded as "Muxiang Kuangzhong Wan". Xue Lizhai stated: For syndromes of Spleen and Stomach deficiency, this formula should not be taken in excess; it should be taken concurrently with Liujunzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction).

[Suhe Xiang Wan (Styrax Pill)]
Take Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Qingmuxiang (Lithospermi Radix), Wuxi Xie (now substituted with Buffalo Horn), Xiangfu Zi (Cyperi Rhizoma, stir-fried and de-haired), Zhusha (Cinnabaris, ground and purified by water flotation), Helile (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus, baked and peel used), Baitanxiang (Santalum Album Lignum), Chenxiang (Aquilariae Resina), Shexiang (Moschus, ground), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Bibo (Piperis Kadsurae Fructus) (each 2 liang); Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, ground), Xunluxiang (Olibanum, ground separately) (each 1 liang). Grind the above into fine powder. Separately, take Anshixiang (Liquidambaris Resina) (2 liang), grind separately, boil with 1 sheng of unadulterated wine to make a paste. Mix the Anshixiang paste with 1 liang of sesame oil, then combine with refined honey to form pills. Each liang of powder makes 10 pills, sealed in wax shells. Take one pill per dose, dissolved in boiling water or warm wine. It treats sudden collapse from evil pathogens, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, cramping abdominal pain, ghostly infestations, epilepsy, palpitations, or injuries from falls causing Qi stagnation and near-syncope. It treats all sudden acute emergencies.

[Anshixiang Wan (Anshixiang Pill)]
Take Rougui (Cinnamomi Cortex, remove coarse bark, 2.5 liang), Hezi (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus, processed and peel used, 2 liang), Awei (Ferulae Resina, finely ground), and a little Bai mian (Tritici aestivi Farina), mix and knead into cakes, roast until fragrant and cooked.
Separately, take Fuling (Poria), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, washed in decoction, sliced, dried), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma, processed and peeled), Roudoukou (Myristicae Semen, shell removed), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dingxiang Pi (Caryophylli Flos peel), Suosharen (Amomi Fructus), Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, lightly stir-fried), Bajitian (Morindae Officinalis Radix, remove heart, stir-fried with flour), Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus, peel removed), Baidoukou (Cardamomi Fructus, peel removed) (each 1.5 liang); Sha ren jiu (Sandar wine) half a cup to dissolve stones, add to honey; Binglang (Arecae Semen, processed), Bidengqie (Piperis Betle Fructus), Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba/O Rubra), Ezhu (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma), Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, processed)... [Text ends abruptly here, mentioning dysphagia and clear water].