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Take Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu) and Linderae Radix (Wuyao), grind them into fine powder in equal proportions. Take 1-2 qian per dose. If there is loss of appetite, take with Ginger and Jujube Decoction; for malaria, take with Dried Ginger and White Salt Decoction; for intestinal parasites, take with Arecae Semen Decoction; for head wind causing deficiency swelling, take with Tea Decoction; for cold qi syndrome in women, take with Rice Drink; for postpartum blood attacking the heart and spleen causing pain, take with Infant Urine; for blood sea pain in women and hernia in men, take with Fennel Decoction.

Use Ginseng Radix (Renshen), Linderae Radix (Wuyao), Arecae Semen (Binglang), and Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang). Grind each into thick juice, mix seven parts together, simmer slightly, and swallow slowly. It treats panting and urgency due to emotional stagnation.

This is Simo Tang (Four-Gathering Decoction) without Ginseng Radix, added with Immature Bitter Orange Fructus (Zhishi) and Costi Radix (Muxiang). It treats sudden death due to Qi syncope.

This is Simo Tang (Four-Gathering Decoction) added with Costi Radix (Muxiang) and Aurantii Fructus (Zhike). Another version has no Ginseng Radix but includes Rheum Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang); it is also called Liumo Tang (Six-Gathering Decoction). It treats abdominal urgency and constipation due to Qi stagnation.

Use Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Yizhiren, stir-fried, 60 liang), Casimiroaeviridis Cortex (Gansong, stir-fried, 80 liang), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu, stir-fried and de-haired), Zanthoxyli Pericarpium (Dingpiao), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, stir-fried, 120 liang each), Curcumae Longae Rhizoma (Ezhu), and Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Suanshiren, 20 liang each). Grind into powder, soak in water, steam with steamed bread dough to make pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills per dose with warm wine, ginger soup, or boiled water as desired. For stagnant Qi distension, take with aged tea.

Use Linderae Radix (Wuyao), Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (Yizhiren), Cardamomi Fructus Albicus (Baishadoukou), Amomi Fructus (Sharen), Pogostemonis Herba (Huoxiang), Eugeniae Flos (Dingxiang), Santali Albi Lignum (Baitanxiang), Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang), Ginseng Radix (Renshen), Poria (Fuling), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao). One method adds Diospyros Fruit Frost (Shishuang) for dysphagia; one method adds Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu); one method adds Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu); one method adds Dried Ginger (Ganjiang). Determine the dosage according to symptoms, grind into powder, and administer by sprinkling. Haizang said: For those whose Qi is damaged, use this medicine to restore it.

Use Costi Radix (Muxiang), Eugeniae Flos (Dingxiang), Frankincense (Ruxiang), Pogostemonis Herba (Huoxiang), and Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang) in equal proportions. Crush the dregs, grind into powder, take 3 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water, decoct to 0.8 cup, remove dregs, and take warm after meals. It can regulate the ascending and descending of all Qi, promote the free flow of the Sanjiao, unblock stagnation, and disperse pathogenic heat. It treats Yin-Yang Qi stagnation that does not dissipate, various heat toxins causing swelling, pain, and nodules, or conditions resembling carbuncles and boils but not being so, as well as headache, nausea, alternating chills and fever, and aversion to wind.

This is Wuxiang San (Five-Aromatics Powder) added with Santali Albi Lignum (Tánxiāng) and Polianthes Tuberosa Flower (Linglingxiang) in equal proportions, and half the amount of Ginseng Radix (Renshen) and Arecae Semen (Binglang). Grind into powder, make honey pills the size of Chinese wolfberry seeds, chew thoroughly, and swallow with rice drink. It treats invisible pulse and severe pain approaching extinction.

This is Wuxiang San (Five-Aromatics Powder) removing Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang) and Frankincense (Ruxiang), adding Santali Albi Lignum (Tánxiāng), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao), Cardamomi Fructus Albicus (Baikou), and Amomi Fructus (Sharen) in equal proportions. Grind into powder, mix with plain water. It treats uneven Qi stagnation, deficiency fullness in the chest and diaphragm, lingering cold failing to resolve, stabbing abdominal pain, relieving distension and fullness, stopping dysphagia, vomiting, and nausea. Regular consumption regulates the Spleen and Stomach and improves appetite.