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Treats epigastric pain with extreme efficacy. Honghua (Carthami Flos) 1 liang, Zhike (Aurantii Fructus) 1 liang, Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces) 1 liang, Guangmuxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) 3 qian (not roasted), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) 3 qian, Hujiao (Piperis Longi Fructus) 3 qian, Mingxionghuang (Realgar) 3 qian, Badoushuang (Euphorbiae Seminis Exsuccatum) 3 qian (i.e., Euphorbia seed from which all oil has been removed until it resembles frost). All the above herbs are ground into a fine powder and stored in a porcelain bottle.

Combined Formula: Yazao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina) 1 liang (cleaned of all tendons), Chenshenqu (Medicated Leaven) 5 qian, ground together into powder; then use another 5 qian of Chenshenqu to make a paste and form pills the size of seeds of Euryale ferox. Take... [text incomplete].

Another Prescription: Ruxiang (Olibanum) 1 qian, Moyao (Myrrha) 1 qian (roasted between two tiles until smoke and grease are gone, retaining medicinal properties), Dazao (Jujubae Fructus) 7 pieces (pitted), Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) (roasted, peeled... [text truncated]).

Another Prescription: Wulingzhi (Trogopterori Faeces) (sand removed, purified by water flotation) 1 liang, Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (ground into clean powder) 3 qian, Badoushuang (Euphorbiae Seminis Exsuccatum) 3 qian, Shexiang (Moschus) 2 fen, May... [text truncated], take it.

Muxiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) 4 liang, Sharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) 4 liang, Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma) 16 liang, Nongpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) 16 liang, Guangpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) 16 liang, Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) 4 liang, ground together into a fine powder, mixed with honey to form pills, each weighing 2 qian. For anyone suffering from distension and pain in the epigastrium, take two pills after breakfast and dinner, washed down with boiled water. It will be cured in just a few doses. For chronic cases, long-term use also leads to cure; it is miraculously effective.

Also attached are treatments for hiccups, various qi pains, and diseases of the five Zang organs.

Two cups of Jiucai juice (Allii Tuberosi Juice), add one cup of Jiangzhi (Zingiberis Recensis Juice) and one cup of Niurou (Bovis Lac). Take slowly while warm. This is because Jiucai juice dissipates blood stasis, Jiangzhi directs Qi downward, resolves phlegm, and harmonizes the Stomach, and Niurou clears heat, moistens dryness, and tonifies deficiency.

For someone suffering from regurgitation and vomiting food, unable to swallow medicines, with constipation lasting seven or eight days due to intestinal obstruction, approaching death in critical condition: Use one throat of a white water buffalo. Remove the joints at both ends as well as fat membranes, muscles, and sinews. Slice it, soak it in one cup of rice vinegar, roast it over low fire until dry, then dip it back into the vinegar, roasting and dipping again until the vinegar is exhausted. Grind into powder. Take 1 qian before meals, mixed with aged rice decoction. Mild cases may be cured with a single dose. The buffalo throat can be purchased from butchers; do not slaughter a buffalo specifically for this purpose.

Dried leaves of Dianqingye (Indigo Naturalis Leaf) should be dried in the sun and stored in advance. Use 3 qian each time, with 1 qian of fresh ginger. Decoct in one bowl of water until reduced to one teacup volume. Separately, take one wine-cup measure of rice and cook one bowl of congee daily. Once the medicine is ready, prepare the congee immediately. After taking the medicine, eat the congee right away; do not eat other foods. Re-decoct the dregs, and after half a day, take the medicine again, still following with congee. Three doses over three days will lead to a cure. Do not take other medicines. Eat two to three bowls of congee daily. Only after ten days may you resume eating solid food. For one hundred days, do not consume salt. If salt is consumed, the disease will relapse and become incurable.