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Gancao (Licorice Root) 4 liang, Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) 3 liang, Dazao (Jujube Fruit) 12 pieces (split open), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) half sheng (washed), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) 3 liang, Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) 1 liang.
Take the above six herbs, add ten dou of water, decoct to obtain six sheng of liquid, remove the dregs, and further decoct to obtain three sheng of liquid. Take one sheng warm per dose, three times a day.

Ganxie Xin Tang (Licorice Decoction for Draining the Epigastrium) is not intended to drain accumulated heat pathogens. It is used because stomach qi deficiency fails to regulate the ascending and descending mechanisms, causing cold-water qi to rebel upward while fire-heat qi cannot descend, resulting in the formation of a pi syndrome (epigastric fullness and obstruction). Therefore, [missing text] serves as the sovereign herb.

Fuzi (Aconite Lateral Root) one piece (processed, skin removed and broken, decocted separately to extract juice), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) 1 liang, Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) 1 liang, Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome) 2 liang.
Take the above four herbs, chop three of them, soak them in two sheng of boiling hemp tea water for a moment, then wring out and remove the dregs. Add the Fuzi juice, and take warm in divided doses. [Missing text regarding dosage frequency].

Fuzi is not a primary herb for draining the epigastrium; it is included here only when forced to use cold-cool herbs to drain the heart/epigastrium, hence the name includes Fuzi. Because qi pi syndrome presents with aversion to cold, indicating that yang qi has retreated outward, at this time... use again... qi... [Text is fragmented and incomplete].

Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) half sheng (washed), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) 3 liang, Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) 1 liang, Renshen (Ginseng Root) 3 liang, Gancao (Licorice Root) 3 liang (honey-fried), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) 3 liang, Dazao (Jujube Fruit) 12 pieces (split open).
Take the above seven herbs, add ten dou of water, decoct to obtain six sheng of liquid, remove the dregs, and further decoct to obtain three sheng of liquid. Take one sheng warm per dose, three times a day.

The formula is named Banxia [Xixin Tang], not merely because of vomiting. The disease originated in the yin channels, but was incorrectly treated with purgatives, leading to pi syndrome. This results from incorrectly using purgation on a Shaoyin exterior pattern, causing cold pathogens to enter the interior, obstructing... Jun... [Text is fragmented and incomplete].

Banxia Xixin Tang (Pinellia Decoction for Draining the Epigastrium).

Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit) 14 pieces (split open), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) 2 liang.
Take the above two herbs, add three and a half sheng of water, decoct to obtain one and a half sheng of liquid, remove the dregs, and divide into two doses. Take one dose warm; if vomiting occurs, stop taking the remaining dose.

Restlessness (Fan) is mostly caused by heat pathogens, but cold patterns can also present with restlessness, though mild. Ganjiang harmonizes the damaged yang qi within the Taiyin interior, thereby resolving the exterior heat as well. Zhizi clears the slight... [Text is fragmented and incomplete].

Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) 3 liang, Shaoyao (Peony Root) 2 liang, Gancao (Licorice Root) 2 liang (honey-fried), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) 12 pieces.
Take the above four herbs, add ten dou of water, decoct to obtain three sheng of liquid, remove the dregs. Take one sheng warm, twice during the day and once at night.

Huangqin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) is indicated for combined diseases of Taiyang and Shaoyang presenting with spontaneous diarrhea. This occurs because pathogenic heat does not exit via the Shaoyang pivot mechanism but instead sinks inward through the pivot. Therefore, treatment abandons the yang aspect and focuses on the yin aspect. Shaoyao... [Text is fragmented and incomplete].