凡在人前不食，必于密地背人偷食，见人则畏置之，肌瘦面黄，是食过夜鼠馋之涎，名
为鼠膈。用十大功劳叶（一名鼠怕草，叶形似薄扇、有五角、角有刺），焙干为末。每服一
钱
慕抚军天颜，其母太夫人曾患膈气，异人传授此方，服之而愈。大黄（酒制九次）二两，
上沉香末六钱，桃仁（泡去皮尖，研去油）六钱，乌药（腐水煮、炒）一两，硼砂二钱，以
上各
治膈气，其症咽喉噎塞，饮食不下。用打米碓杵上细糠刮下，炼蜜为丸如弹子大，常含
一丸，以津咽下，久服自愈。
羊粪一两瓦焙为末，甘草一钱，二味开水泡，澄清，逐渐饮之。俟开关，以阴糯米入麻
仁、真苏子煮稀粥食之。半月后方可食饭，若遽食浓味一反难治。
顶细料破碗瓷片（烧七次醋淬七次）用一钱，铁锈、铅粉、 各一钱，砂仁二粒，母丁
香二粒，各研极细，方可合共又研。每日酒送下三五分，极效。
乌梅、辣椒、香豆豉、蒸 肉常吃。
又方∶翻毛鸡（又名倒毛鸡），蒸糯粟，吃二三只自愈。
又方∶用老姜一斤，放童便内浸七日，埋土内七日，洗净，烘燥为末，又白术用土炒，
各等分，共研末，饭丸桐子大。每晨空心服一钱，米饮送下。
又方∶用甘蔗汁二碗，姜汁一碗和匀。每服一碗，日三服，即愈。
Whenever a person refuses to eat in front of others but must secretly eat in private places, and fears putting down food when seeing people, with emaciation and sallow complexion, this is caused by saliva left by greedy rats on overnight food. This condition is named "Rat Diaphragm" (Shu Ge). Use leaves of Mahonia fortunei (also known as Rat-Afraid Grass; the leaf shape resembles a thin fan with five angles, each angle having thorns), bake until dry, and grind into powder. Take one qian per dose.
Governor Mu Tianyan's mother, the Lady Tai, once suffered from Qi obstruction in the diaphragm. An extraordinary person transmitted this prescription, and she recovered after taking it. Rhubarb (prepared nine times with wine) 2 liang, Powder of Aquilaria Sinaris (Chenxiang) 6 qian, Peach Kernel (soaked, skin and tip removed, ground to remove oil) 6 qian, Lindera Root (Wuyao) (boiled in fermented water and stir-fried) 1 liang, Borax (Pengsha) 2 qian, each of the above...
Treating Qi obstruction in the diaphragm, its symptoms include throat blockage and inability to swallow food. Use fine bran scraped from the top of a rice pounder pestle, mix with refined honey to make pills the size of a bullet. Frequently hold one pill in the mouth and swallow with saliva. Long-term use will lead to spontaneous recovery.
Sheep dung 1 liang, baked on a tile until dry and ground into powder; Licorice Root (Gancao) 1 qian. Soak these two ingredients in boiling water, let settle, and drink gradually. Once the throat opens, cook a thin porridge using yin-stored glutinous rice mixed with Hemp Seed (Haren) and True Perilla Seed (Zhen Suzi). Only after half a month can regular rice be eaten. If rich-flavored foods are consumed hastily and relapse occurs, it becomes difficult to treat.
Extremely fine fragments of broken porcelain bowls (calcined seven times and quenched in vinegar seven times) 1 qian, Iron Rust (Tiexiu) 1 qian, Lead White (Qianfen) 1 qian, Amomum Fruit (Sharen) 2 grains, Mother Clove (Mudingxiang) 2 grains. Grind each separately to an extremely fine powder, then mix and grind together again. Take 3-5 fen daily delivered with wine. Extremely effective.
Eat Myrobalan (Wumei), chili peppers, fragrant fermented soybeans (Xiang Douchi), and steamed meat frequently.
Another prescription: Feather-reversing chicken (also known as Inverted Feather Chicken), steamed with glutinous millet. Eat two or three chickens for spontaneous recovery.
Another prescription: Take 1 jin of old ginger, soak in child's urine for seven days, bury in soil for seven days, wash clean, dry, and grind into powder. Earth-fried Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Baizhu) in equal amounts. Grind together into powder and form pills the size of Torreya seeds with rice paste. Take one qian every morning on an empty stomach, delivered with rice drink.
Another prescription: Mix two bowls of Sugarcane Juice (Ganzhe Zhi) with one bowl of Ginger Juice (Jiang Zhi). Take one bowl per dose, three times a day, for recovery.