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Huangjupi (Exocarpium Citri Grandis, four liang) Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, two liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with a paste made from wine and flour to form pills the size of *Cotinus coggygria* seeds. Take thirty pills before meals, administered with Mugwort Decoction (Muxiang Tang).

If there is fullness in the heart and abdomen, where one can eat in the morning but not in the evening, this is due to the deficiency of Spleen Yuan (the fundamental energy of the Spleen), which fails to control Water Qi (fluid metabolism). Consequently, Water Qi ascends and infiltrates the Earth (Spleen/Stomach). When the Earth is damp, it cannot transform and transport water and grain.
The pulse is deep, solid, and slippery. The disease is named Gu Zhang (Grain Distension). It is suitable to use Jishi Li (Chicken Dropping Fermented Liquid) and Sanleng Wan (Burreed Pill).

Jishibai (White excrement of Gallus gallus domesticus, half sheng)
Soak in ten dou of good wine for seven days. Take one zhan warm. It is best to rinse the mouth thoroughly with warm wine after taking.

Jingsanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii Stoloniferi), Peng'ezhu (Rhizoma Curcumae Phaeocaulis), Qingjupi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride), Chenjupi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae) (each in equal parts)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with a white flour paste to form pills the size of *Cotinus coggygria* seeds. Take twenty pills with Ginger Decoction; if ineffective, increase to thirty pills.

If abdominal distension occurs intermittently, accompanied by gurgling sounds in the intestines during attacks, pain radiating to the hypochondrium, occasional dizziness and headache, constipation with dry stools, chest and epigastric stuffiness, nausea, and thirst.
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Fuzi (Prepared Radix Aconiti Lateralis, half liang) Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, one liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey, pound three hundred times, and form pills the size of *Cotinus coggygria* seeds. Take thirty pills with water before meals. If the abdomen is distended like a drum, with prominent abdominal veins, sallow complexion, and a hollow sound upon percussion that does not indent upon pressure, this is due to long-term deficiency of the Spleen and Kidney, stagnation of Qi that fails to disperse, obstruction of the Qi pathway, and transverse flooding of Water Qi.
Cases with mild symptoms are difficult to treat; cases with umbilical protrusion are difficult to treat; cases with free stool are adverse. There are also cases of generalized edema, originally originating from Water Qi.
Dan (likely referring to edema or related condition), with difficulty in urination and defecation, is suitable for Shanglu Wan (Phytolacca Root Pill).

Shanglu (Radix Phytolaccae Acinospermae), Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli), Jupi (Exocarpium Citri Reticulatae), Fuzi (Prepared Radix Aconiti Lateralis), Binglang (Semen Arecae) (each half liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with a white flour paste to form pills the size of sesame seeds. Take thirty pills with Pepper Kernel Decoction. If there is difficulty in urination and defecation accompanied by irritability, remove Fuzi and add Qumai (Herba Dianthi) and Mutong (Caulis Akebiae) each half liang.

Lianshu Liu Huang (Refined Sulfur, one liang) Yinzhu (Vermilion, one fen)
Soak in water, mix with steamed dough, and form pills the size of *Cotinus coggygria* seeds. Take thirty pills with water before meals.

The patient feels internal abdominal distension, but externally appears normal. The stool is black, and the urine is red. This is caused by Wind-Cold pathogenic factors invading and binding with Blood, leading to Blood stasis and stagnation. The pulse is deep and choppy. This disease often occurs in women.
Taoren (Semen Persicae, twenty kernels) Mengchong (Bloodsucking Fly), Shuizhi (Hirudo) (each fifty units) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, three liang)
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of mung beans or rice grains. Take twenty pills with water. Continue until therapeutic effect is achieved.