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This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) with added Hawthorn Fruit (Crataegi Fructus, Shanzha) and Amomum Fruit (Amomi Fructus, Sharen), used to treat dysphagia caused by food stagnation.

This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) with Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodis Rhizoma, Cangzhu) removed, and Green Tangerine Peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Qingpi) and Licorice Root (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Gancao) added, capable of resolving various types of Qi stagnation.

This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) with Floating Limestone (Pumex, Haishi), Arisaema Rhizome (Arisaematis Rhizoma, Nanxing), Trichosanthes Fruit (Trichosanthis Fructus, Gualou), and Indigo Naturalis (Indigotidis Folium, Qingdai) added, used to treat phlegm disorders caused by fire disturbing the phlegm, leading to miscellaneous symptoms.

This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) with Indigo Naturalis (Indigotidis Folium, Qingdai) added, used to treat acid regurgitation, dark urine, and a deep-rapid pulse resulting from emotional stagnation (stagnation of the Seven Emotions).

This is a combination of Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) and Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction) with Amomum Fruit (Amomi Fructus, Sharen) added, used to treat various stagnations: Blood Stagnation adds Peach Kernel (Persicae Semen, Taoren), Safflower (Carthami Flos, Honghua), and Moutan Bark (Moutan Cortex, Mudanpi); Qi Stagnation adds Lindera Root (Linderae Radix, Wuyao) and Costus Root (Aucklandiae Radix, Muxiang); Phlegm Stagnation adds Arisaema Rhizome (Arisaematis Rhizoma, Nanxing), Immature Bitter Orange (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, Zhike), and Small Soap Pod (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina, Xiaozaojia); Dampness Stagnation adds Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Baizhu) and doubles the dose of Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodis Rhizoma, Cangzhu); Heat Stagnation adds Coptis Rhizome (Coptidis Rhizoma, Huanglian) and doubles the dose of Gardenia Fruit (Gardeniae Fructus, Shanzhi); Food Stagnation adds Hawthorn Fruit (Crataegi Fructus, Shanzha), Barley Sprout (Hordei Fructus Germinatus, Maiya), Green Tangerine Peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Qingpi), and doubles the dose of Medicated Leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, Shenqu).

This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) without Medicated Leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, Shenqu) and Gardenia Fruit (Gardeniae Fructus, Shanzhi), combined with Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction), and adding Scutellaria Root? No, Scutellaria is Huangqin. Here it is Fritillaria Bulb (Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus, Beimu), Perilla Leaf (Perillae Folium, Ziyè), Aucklandia Root (Aucklandiae Radix, Muxiang), Areca Seed (Arecae Semen, Binglang), and Fresh Ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, Shengjiang) decocted. It treats Qi Stagnation caused by unfulfilled desires, forced compliance, sudden anger, grief, or excessive longing. The manifestations include chest fullness, hypochondriac pain, and a deep-choppy pulse.

This is Yueju Wan (Yueju Pill) without Medicated Leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, Shenqu) and Gardenia Fruit (Gardeniae Fructus, Shanzhi), combined with Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction), and adding Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Baizhu), Magnolia Bark (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, Houpo), Notopterygium Rhizome and Root (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, Qianghuo), and Saposhnikovia Root (Saposhnikoviae Radix, Duhuo). It treats Dampness Stagnation caused by exposure to rain and dew, mountain mist, sitting or lying on damp ground, or wearing damp clothes. The manifestations include heavy and painful body, fatigue, desire to sleep, exacerbation in cold and yin weather, and a deep-slow-wiry pulse.

Take Prepared Cyperus Rhizome (Cyperi Rhizoma, Xiangfu) processed with bran liquor, 2 qian; Peony Root (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, Mudanpi), Red Yeast Rice (Monascus Purpureus, Chiqu), Thoroughwort Herb (Eupatorii Herba, Tongcao), Hawthorn Fruit (Crataegi Fructus, Shanzha), Barley Sprout (Hordei Fructus Germinatus, Maiya), Liverwort Tree Wood (Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum, Sumu), Pangolin Scales (Manis Squama, Chuanshanjia), and Agarwood (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, Jiangxiang), each 1 qian; Safflower (Carthami Flos, Honghua), 7 fen. Decoct with half water and half wine, strain, add Peach Kernel Paste (Persicae Semen, Taoren), 7 fen, and Chinese Chive Juice (Allii Tuberosi Juice, Jiuhan), half zhan. Mix evenly and take warm. It treats Blood Stasis caused by emotional stagnation, loud shouting in rage, improper living habits, trauma, or irregular eating. The pulse is deep-choppy and hollow, and the chest and hypochondrium feel like needle pricks.

This is Liangge San (Cooling the Diaphragm Powder) without Mirabilite (Natrii Sulfas, Xiaofen) and Rhubarb (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, Dahuang), adding Ophiopogon Tuber (Ophiopogonis Tuber, Maidong), Turmeric Tuber (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma, Yujin), and Trichosanthes Peel (Trichosanthis Pericarpium, Gualoulou), used to treat cases that are neither Yin deficiency nor Yang sinking, nor accompanied by fever, but characterized by constant feeling of heat steaming outwards. Alternatively, do not use Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodis Rhizoma, Cangzhu), Cyperus Rhizome (Cyperi Rhizoma, Xiangfu), or Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, Fuxiong), because fire tends towards dryness, and drying herbs can assist fire, hence they are not used.

Treats hardness and distension in the epigastrium as large as a plate, with edges like a rotating dish, caused by fluid retention.
Immature Bitter Orange (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, Zhishi) [Seven pieces, bitter, cold], Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Baizhu) [Two liang, sweet, warm].
These two ingredients are boiled in five sheng of water to obtain three sheng, taken in three warm doses. The abdominal stagnation will dissipate. Jiegu's (Zhang Yuansu's) Zhiju Wan uses Bran-fried Immature Bitter Orange (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, Zhishi) four liang and Earth-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Baizhu) eight liang, ground into fine powder. Use lotus leaf-wrapped rice paste as a binder, pound into a paste, strain, and form pills the size of mung beans. Take 50-60 pills per dose, washed down with clear rice drink. Or, decoct lotus leaf and aged rice to wash down the pills for better effect.