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Treatment for Cough.
Take Tao Ren (Prunus persica Seed) three qian, remove the skin and tips, pound into a paste, place in a vessel, seal tightly, steam for the duration of one meal, then dry in the sun. Place in a silk bag, immerse in two dou of wine for six to seven days; it is ready to drink. Consume four or five he at a time, with slight moderation.

Guo Zhongmei, Palace Attendant-in-Chief, aged ten, suffered from an illness where the abdominal color remained unchanged, but upon palpation, the abdomen was distended without depression. There was fullness and obstruction in the epigastrium and lower abdomen. This condition resulted from excessive use of purgatives. The disease had persisted for over a month. I diagnosed this according to the "Zhang Xiao" (Distension and Consumption) chapter of the *Jia Yi Jing* (*The Classic of Jia Yi*).
Hou Po (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), half jin, remove coarse bark, stir-fry with bran; Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), half jin, finely sliced; Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum), two liang and a half, washed; Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Preparatum), two liang, stir-fried; Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), one liang.
Cut the above five herbs, add one dou of water, decoct to obtain three sheng. Strain. Take one sheng per dose, three times daily. Modern practitioners should reduce the dosage accordingly.

The mother of Li Shu, Chief Clerk, suffered from chest oppression and urgency, inability to breathe, and pain upon palpation. Her pulse was rapid and choppy. I stated this was Xiong Bi (Chest Bi Syndrome). Therefore, I administered San Wu Xiao Xian Xiong Tang (Three-Ingredient Minor Decoction for the Chest) by Zhang Zhongjing, one dose.

Lei Daoju, Writer in the Bureau of Education, suffered from vomiting phlegm, accumulating more than a sheng in a short while. His cough was not severe, his complexion was dull, and his spirit was low. I informed him: "There is phlegm in the lungs, causing obstruction in the chest and diaphragm." He was instructed to take [missing text, likely a formula from Zhang Zhongjing]...

A person suffered from chronic cough, lung deficiency generating cold and heat. They burned three liang of Kuan Dong Hua (Farfarae Flos). As soon as smoke appeared, they inhaled the smoke through a brush tube until the mouth was full, then swallowed it. They stopped when tired. This was repeated for several days.

Wang, State Scholar... suffered from throat obstruction, chest and diaphragm discomfort, intermittent chills and fever, night sweats, sudden chest stuffiness, and hemoptysis of two or three mouthfuls which stopped quickly. In the evening, the pulse was rapid, and the mouth was dry... All due to... [text missing].

Treatment for cough with expectoration of pus and blood, pain under the ribs, and inability to lie on the back.
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), each two liang; Zi Wan (Asteris Radix); E Jiao (Colla Corii Asini), each one liang; Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex), one jin; Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), four liang.
Pound the above into fine powder. Take three qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water, decoct to one zhan. Extract the clear juice, add one spoon of Jiao Yi (Brown Sugar Paste), re-warm and mix well. Take two or three times daily after meals.

Treatment for rebellious qi and cough, hardness and pain in the epigastrium, foul odor in the throat, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, blocked qi flow, edema of the face and eyes, wheezing sounds in the throat, cough with air rushing upward, shortness of breath, suffocating respiration, and hoarseness... [text missing].
Shu Jiao (Szechwan Pepper Fruit), Wu Zhu Yu (Evodiae Fructus), each one liang; Kuan Dong Hua (Farfarae Flos), Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Zi Wan (Asteris Radix), each three fen; Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum), Zao Jiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina), Fan Shi (Alumen), Chang Pu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma)... [text missing].
Pound the above into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take five pills per dose, with rice water, at any time.