气温，味辛，气浓味轻，入足阳明少阴经药也。诸冷能除，丹气堪顺。止翻胃，缩小便。
辟疫瘴时行，解蛊毒卒中。佐香附，能治妇人诸般气症，君平胃，能消男妇诸般食积。用于
风药能疏风，用于胀满能降气，用于气阻能发阻，用于腹痛能止痛。又主肾间冷气攻冲，此
又为足少阴药也。然此剂无滋益人，不可多服，但取其辛散凝滞而已。煎汁同豆腐煮硫黄，
治手足风疾。
气平，味酸涩，带甘辛，无毒。利痰消食，下积气，散滞血。疗 疝，止腹疼。专治肉
积，能开脾健胃。又能治妇人儿枕疼痛，浓煎汁入砂糖少许立效。理脾用之，膨胀立消。予
尝用平胃散同山楂煎汁浸晒乌药，治诸般气痛腹痛。痘家用之，行气化痰，起胀解毒。又能
破人参之滞气，痘家不得已用参，多以此监之。
气平，味甘温，无毒。助天五真气，走阳明胃经。下气调中，止泻开胃。消宿食，健脾
胃，进饮食。下滞气，破症结，逐积痰。疗妇人胎动不安，治小儿胸腹坚满。不制，性温入
胃中，能消宿食。微炒，性凉入大肠，能除深积。作糊丸痰药，治诸痰气如神。作糊丸嗽药，
理诸咳嗽最妙。何也？盖痰与嗽，俱因气动上逆而致也，今用此剂为佐使，则气顺而脾胃之
津液
气温，味甘咸。此剂代戊己土，以腐热水谷之要领也。气虚者，取粉服之，大补元气。
盖五谷禀天地生发之气以养人也，麦而曰 ，尤含生发之机于未尽露者也，故取粉服之，所
以借五谷生发之气，以助育吾人之元气耳。此剂能行上焦之滞血，除腹中之雷鸣，惟其甘也，
能
Lindera Root (Wuyao): The nature is warm, and the flavor is pungent. Its qi is strong while its flavor is light; it enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian and the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. It can eliminate various cold pathogens and regulate Dan Qi (referring to the fire of the lower jiao or ministerial fire). It stops regurgitation and reduces urination. It wards off epidemics, miasma, and seasonal infectious diseases, and resolves gu poison and sudden stroke. Assisted by Cyperi Rhizome (Xiangfu), it can treat various qi stagnation syndromes in women; as the sovereign herb combined with Pingwei Powder, it can resolve various types of food accumulation in both men and women. When used with wind-dispelling herbs, it can disperse wind; when used for distension and fullness, it can direct qi downward; when used for qi obstruction, it can unblock stagnation; when used for abdominal pain, it can relieve pain. It also primarily treats cold qi attacking and rushing from between the kidneys, thus making it a herb for the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. However, this formula lacks nourishing properties and should not be taken in large amounts; it is used only for its pungent and dispersing action to resolve stagnation. Decocted with tofu and cooked with Sulfur (Liuhuang), it treats wind diseases of the hands and feet.
Barley (Damai): The nature is neutral, the flavor is sour and astringent, with hints of sweet and pungent, and it is non-toxic. It promotes phlegm resolution and digestion, directs accumulated qi downward, and dissipates stagnant blood. It treats hernia and stops abdominal pain. It specializes in treating meat accumulation, can open the spleen and strengthen the stomach. It can also treat postpartum "child pillow" pain in women; decocted strongly with a small amount of Sugar (Shatang), it produces immediate results. When used to regulate the spleen, abdominal distension disappears immediately. I once used Lindera Root soaked and sun-dried in a decoction of Pingwei Powder and Crataegi Fructus (Shanzha) to treat various types of qi pain and abdominal pain. Pediatricians using it for smallpox can promote qi movement and resolve phlegm, helping the rash to erupt and detoxify. It can also break the stagnant qi of Ginseng Radix (Renshen); when pediatricians are forced to use Ginseng, they often use this herb to monitor and mitigate its side effects.
The nature is neutral, the flavor is sweet and warm, and it is non-toxic. It assists the True Qi of Heaven and Earth, travels through the Yangming Stomach Meridian. It directs qi downward and regulates the middle jiao, stops diarrhea, and opens the appetite. It eliminates retained food, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and promotes food intake. It directs stagnant qi downward, breaks masses, and drives out accumulated phlegm. It treats restless fetus in women and hard, full chest and abdomen in children. Unprocessed, its nature is warm entering the stomach, capable of eliminating retained food. Lightly stir-fried, its nature becomes cool entering the Large Intestine, capable of removing deep-seated accumulation. Made into paste pills for phlegm remedies, it treats various phlegm-qii conditions with miraculous effect. Made into paste pills for cough remedies, it manages various coughs excellently. Why? Because both phlegm and cough are caused by qi moving upward in rebellion. Now, using this agent as an assistant or guide, the qi becomes smooth, and the fluids of the spleen and stomach [are distributed properly].
The nature is warm, the flavor is salty and sweet. This agent substitutes for Wu-Ji Earth (referring to the Spleen and Stomach), serving as the key to rotting and ripening water and grain. For those with qi deficiency, taking the powder orally greatly tonifies primal qi. Since the five grains inherit the generating qi of heaven and earth to nourish humans, and wheat (Mai) specifically contains the mechanism of generation before it is fully revealed, taking its powder allows one to borrow the generating qi of the five grains to assist in nurturing our human primal qi. This agent can move stagnant blood in the upper jiao and remove borborygmus (rumbling) in the abdomen. Due to its sweetness, it can [text cuts off]