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(Attached to Dysphagia)

Zhengqi Sanhe San (Upright Qi Three-Harmony Powder)
Indicated for disharmony of blood and qi, excess in the upper and deficiency in the lower, dysfunction of yin and yang ascending and descending, leading to stuffiness and oppression in the chest and epigastrium, distension of both hypochondria, dissatisfaction with mood, lack of taste in food, bitter taste in the mouth, and rough tongue. Soreness and pain in hands and feet; taking warm herbs causes qi to rush upward resulting in stagnation in the chest and heart, with sluggish qi; taking cold herbs causes deficiency-cold in the zang organs. This formula regulates and smooths the Triple Burner, warms and nourishes the four limbs, and harmonizes the body.
Dried Perilla Leaf (Luo Le Ye, 1 liang), Dried Papaya (Mu Gua, 1 fen), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Clove (Ding Xiang, 0.5 liang each), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo, 3 liang), White Cardamom Seed (Bai Dou Kou), Tsaoko Fruit (Cao Guo), Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuan Xiong, 0.5 liang).
The above twenty-five ingredients are ground into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add 1 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and one large jujube. Decoct until reduced to 8/10 volume. Take warm at any time. If there is shortness of breath and chest oppression, add Jiahe San.

Jiahe San (Harmonizing Grain Powder)
Indicated when there is a sensation of a foreign body in the throat, like a kernel, that cannot be swallowed down or spat out. If untreated for a long time, it gradually interferes with eating. This may be due to irregular thoughts causing qi knotting without dispersal, blocking yin and yang; or sudden obstruction of the airway during eating, leading to retention and knotting. When caused by qi stagnation, it is called "Qi Ge" (Qi Dysphagia), with a slow and choppy pulse. When caused by food retention, it is called "Shi Ge" (Food Dysphagia), with a short and choppy pulse. Both conditions are suitable for this formula. For Food Dysphagia, Shenqu Wan is also appropriate (formula follows later).
Loquat Leaf (Pi Pa Ye, 1 liang), Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Dendrobium Stem (Shi Hu, 0.3 fen each), Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren, 1 liang), Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong, peeled, crushed, soaked in ginger juice overnight, stir-fried until scorched, 0.3 fen), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Ju Pi, 1 liang), Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu, 1 fen), Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi, 0.3 fen).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add 1 zhan of water and half a dried persimmon. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm before meals.

Jupi Jian Wan (Tangerine Peel Decoction Pill)
Indicated for chronic cold qi, fixed masses, accumulations, weakness in the four limbs, rebellious qi with cough, pain in waist and legs, frequent urination, diarrhea, five types of leakage, nine types of malaria, women's blood wind disorders, red and white leukorrhea, infertility, and skin sores. (Corrected: Use 3 sheng of wine to decoct tangerine peel powder into a paste, then mix with good flour to form pills).
Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi, 15 liang), Morinda Root (Ba Ji Tian), Dendrobium Stem (Shi Hu), Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi), Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong), Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu), Yangqishi (Yang Qi Shi), Cistanche Stem (Rong Rong), Eggplant Stamen (Qie Rong), Magnolia Bark (Hou Po), Aconite Root (Fu Zi), Cuscuta Seed (Tu Si Zi).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Use the tangerine peel paste to coat pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, empty stomach, with warm wine.

Dansha Chenxiang Jian Wan (Cinnabar and Agarwood Decoction Pill)
Indicated for long-standing accumulation of deficiency-cold and latent stagnation, expansion caused by inhaling cold qi, sudden pain in the heart and abdomen, stabbing pain in both hypochondria, and pain from qi and blood disorders in women.
Agarwood (Chen Xiang, 1 liang, ground into powder, decocted with 0.5 jin of honey for 5-7 boils), Asafoetida (A Wei, 1 fen, ground finely with 0.5 sheng of wine, boiled dry in a silver vessel), Myrrh (Mo Yao, 1 liang, ground into powder), Zanthoxylum Fruit (Hua Jiao, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, add sulfur (Liu Huang) and cinnabar (Dan Sha), and grind evenly. Coat with the previous honey paste into pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 2-3 pills per dose with tangerine peel decoction. For heart pain, chew the pill and take with warm wine at any time.

Bo Shang Huixiang Wan (Imported Fennel Pill)
Indicated for bladder and small intestine injured by wind-cold-dampness, where pathogenic qi resides in the lower abdomen, causing pulling pain radiating up and down.
Imported Fennel (Bo Shang Huixiang), Local Fennel (Tu Huixiang), Chinaberry Seed (Chuan Lian Zi), Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed (Hu Lu Ba), Morinda Root (Ba Ji Tian, 1 liang each), Fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang, 2 liang), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 0.5 liang), Plantago Seed (Che Qian Zi), Red Adzuki Bean (Chi Xiao Dou, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in wine to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30-40 pills per dose, empty stomach, with warm wine. Salt water is also acceptable.

Jiangqi Tang (Descending Qi Decoction)
Indicated for stuffiness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and fatigue of the limbs.
Perilla Seed (Zi Su Zi), Peucedanum Root (Qian Hu), Magnolia Bark (Hou Po), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 1 liang each), Aconite Root (Fu Zi), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng).
Cut the above ingredients into coarse pieces. Take 2 qian per dose, add 1 da zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and Perilla leaves. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm before meals.

Da Dingchen Jian (Large Clove and Agarwood Decoction)
This is the Jufang Dingchen Wan. Indicated for pain in the heart and abdomen, and indigestion.
Clove (Ding Xiang), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), White Cardamom Seed (Bai Dou Kou), Licorice Root (Gan Cao, 5 liang each), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu, 4 liang), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 2 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take 1 pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with rice drink at any time.

Fenqi Wan (Separating Qi Pill)
Indicated for spleen and stomach deficiency in men and women, epigastric stuffiness, failure of cold qi to descend, fatigue and weakness in the four limbs, excessive drowsiness, indigestion. In women, deficiency of Ying and Wei fluids, irregular menstruation, stabbing pain in both hypochondria, abdominal distension and fullness, joint pain, alternating chills and fever, sallow complexion, gradual emaciation, and complete loss of appetite.
Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi), Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), Ligusticum Rhizome (Xiong), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi), Curcuma Rhizome (Peng E Zhu), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Corydalis Rhizome (Yan Hu Suo), Cinnamon Twig (Gui), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi), Angelica Dahurica Root (Bai Zhi), Bletilla Rhizome (Bai Ji), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yi Zhi Ren).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in vinegar to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20-30 pills per dose before meals with ginger water.

Shige San (Ten Dysphagia Powder)
Indicated for ten types of dysphagia caused by cold, heat, sorrow, joy, anger, worry, and dietary issues. All are essentially the same disease, caused by fright, emotional disturbance, imbalance of cold and heat, improper care, and excessive indulgence in food and drink, leading to indigestion and stagnation in the chest. Symptoms include wheezing, phlegm and cough, deepening over years, chest dysphagia, gradual emaciation. If not treated for long, it may become a malignant disease.
Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Poria (Fu Ling), Magnolia Bark (Hou Po), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng), Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi), Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Chebula Fruit (He Zi), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, seasoned with salt. For spleen deficiency with abdominal distension and chest fullness, use 1 zhan of water, 3 slices of ginger, 2 jujubes, and a little salt. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Take with dregs.

Ruxiang Wan (Frankincense Pill)
Indicated for pain in the heart and abdomen, and coagulation/sluggishness of qi channels (one formula adds Evodia and Corydalis).
Curcuma Rhizome (Peng E Zhu), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), Cinnamon Twig (Gui), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng, 0.2 fen each), Myrrh (Mo Yao, 0.1 fen), Moutan Cortex (Mu Dan Pi), Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Peach Kernel (Tao Ren, 0.2 fen each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in wine to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, empty stomach, with warm wine.

Zhu Dan (Moxa Pill)
Indicated for unbearable onset of Small Intestine Yuan Qi disorder, pain and weakness in feet and knees, cold pain in umbilical and abdominal region, and cold qi in Spleen Yuan.
Sulfur (Liu Huang, 0.3 fen), Fennel (Hui Xiang, 0.5 liang), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha, 0.3 fen), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi, 0.5 liang each), Chinaberry Seed (Chuan Lian Zi, 10 units), Star Anise (Tian Xian Zi, 10 units).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in water to form pills, coat with cinnabar. Take 3 qian of madder root ash per dose, mixed with hot wine. Chew one pill for immediate effect. Abstain from sexual activity for 49 days.

Wan'an Wan (Myriad Peace Pill)
Indicated for formed masses in the abdomen that do not move upon pressing or pushing, accompanied by slight shortness of breath upon walking, alternating chills and fever, intermittent abdominal pain, gradual emaciation. If untreated for long, it may lead to edema or consumptive fever. Initially caused by worry, fear, anger, or condensation of cold and heat, leading to stagnation of yin and yang, and coagulation of Ying and Wei fluids. The pulse should be knotted and choppy, termed "Ji Qi" (Accumulated Qi). This formula...
Kansui Root (Da Ji), Kansui Root (Gan Sui), Yellow Phytolacca Root (Huang Qian Niu), Trogopterus Dung (Wu Ling Zhi), Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu), Corydalis Rhizome (Xuan Hu Suo, 1.5 liang), Genkwa Flower (Yuan Hua), Gypsum (Shi Gao, 0.1 fen each), Arsenic Trioxide (Pi Shuang), Chalcanthite (Dan Fan).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in water to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 1 pill per dose with ginger and tangerine peel decoction, twice daily.

Beiji Hongwanzi (Emergency Red Pill)
Indicated for Small Intestine Qi and all cold qi pains, resolving alcohol and food stagnation.
Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Amomum Fruit (Sha Ren), Canarium Fruit (Shi Jun Zi), Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), Curcuma Rhizome (Peng E Zhu, 0.5 liang each), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), Costus Root (Mu Xiang, 0.1 fen each), Areca Seed (Bing Lang, 1 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Form pills with wheat paste the size of mung beans, coat with cinnabar. Take 3 pills per dose with fennel wine. Increase to 5-7 pills if necessary. Mild diarrhea will stop pain immediately. Suitable for men and women.

Fuling Tang (Poria Decoction)
Indicated for Qi鼓 (Qi Drum) distension, swelling above and below, hardness of heart and abdomen, wheezing and shortness of breath, swelling of genitals making sitting difficult, and continuous passage of dark red-black bloody fluid day and night.
Poria (Fu Ling, 8 qian), Stepnolepis Root (Fang Ji, 6 fen), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Scrophularia Root (Xuan Shen, 4 fen each), Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin), Alisma Rhizome (Ze Xie), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Polyporus (Zhu Ling, 6 fen each), Apricot Seed (Xing Ren).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose with 1 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm after meals. Add Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi, 2 liang) for cough.

Shige San (Stone Dysphagia Powder)
Indicated for dysphagia and epigastric stuffiness, spitting saliva, and poor appetite.
Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Magnolia Bark (Hou Po), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Nutmeg (Rou Dou Kou, 0.5 liang each), Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yi Zhi), Burreed Tuber (San Leng), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi), Curcuma Rhizome (Peng E Zhu).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Add a little salt, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 1 jujube, and 1 zhan of water. Add 2 qian of medicine. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm after meals.

Xiao Huixiang Wan (Small Fennel Pill)
Indicated for retention of cold and heat pathogens in the bladder and small intestine, pulling pain in hypochondria with thirst, swelling, fullness, and pain.
Imported Fennel (Bo Shang Huixiang), Local Fennel (Tu Huixiang, 2 liang each), Dried Ginger (Gan Sheng Jiang, 4 liang), Aconite Root (Fu Zi, 1 unit), Peach Kernel (Tao Ren, 1.5 liang), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Chinaberry Seed (Chuan Lian Zi).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in wine to form pills the size of pea seeds. Take 20-30 pills per dose, empty stomach, with warm wine or salt water.

Houpo Jianzhong Tang (Magnolia Bark Rebuilding Middle Decoction)
Indicated for spleen and stomach deficiency, sudden attack of damp-cold, sudden pain in heart and abdomen, distension of hypochondria, delayed digestion of water and grain, borborygmus, diarrhea with tenesmus, cold pain in umbilical and abdominal region, vomiting and nausea, disharmony of hands and feet, heavy body and joint pain, hiccups, belching, acid regurgitation, loss of appetite, lethargy, drowsiness, and weakness in four limbs. This formula greatly harmonizes yin and yang, builds the middle, and resists wind-cold-dampness and abnormal seasonal qi.
Magnolia Bark (Hou Po), Fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang), Jujube (Da Zao, 1 jin each), Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia), Licorice Root (Gan Cao, 4 liang each), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen, 1.5 liang), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi, 2 liang), Galangal Rhizome (Liang Jiang), Tsaoko Fruit (Cao Guo).
Cut the above ingredients into coarse pieces. Take 3 qian per dose with 1 da zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take after meals.

Kuanzhong Liqi Wan (Broad Middle Regulating Qi Pill)
Smooths various qi, benefits chest and diaphragm, harmonizes spleen and stomach, resolves stagnation. Indicated for abdominal distension and fullness, stabbing pain in abdomen and ribs, vomiting and retching with phlegm-water, belching with food odor, complete loss of appetite. It promotes qi circulation, broadens diaphragm, resolves fluid retention, eliminates phlegm, guides ascending and descending of qi, harmonizes yin and yang, improves diet, and is suitable for Hong Kong foot (gout) and other diseases.
Costus Root (Mu Xiang, 0.5 liang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi, 1 liang each), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), White Cardamom Kernel (Bai Dou Kou Ren), Radish Seed (Luo Bo Zi), Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed (Hu Lu Ba), Clove (Ding Xiang).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in water to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills per dose with ginger water after meals.

Yinqi Dan (Guiding Qi Pill)
Indicated for all stagnant qi.
Benzoin Resin (An Xi Xiang), Cinnabar (Zhu Sha), Musk (She Xiang, 0.1 fen each), White Mustard Seed (Bai Jie Zi, 360 units), Powdered Kansui Root (Da Ji Mo), Powdered Phytolacca Root (Qian Niu Mo), Trogopterus Dung (Wu Ling Zhi), Frankincense (Ru Xiang), Myrrh (Mo Yao).
Grind the above ingredients evenly. Form pills with rice drink the size of hemp seeds. Take 1-2 pills per dose before bed with rice drink.

Zuanwei Wan (Drilling Stomach Pill)
Warms and nourishes spleen and stomach, treats all dysphagia, promotes appetite, and manages all qi disorders.
Large Black Prepared Aconite Root (Da Hei Fu Zi, 1 unit, remove heart, scoop open like a pot, add 0.5 fen realgar, 0.5 fen saltpeter, wrap in steamed dough, slow-roast until surface is scorched). Roast together with half a sheng of rice in a pot over slow fire until cooked. Do not use Croton Seed, only keep Tangerine Peel. Pinellia Fermented Dough (Ban Xia Qu), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi, 1 liang each), Clove (Ding Xiang, 120 units), Star Anise (Tian Nan Xing, 1 liang), Pepper (Hu Jiao).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with jujube flesh to form pills the size of a bullet. Take 1 pill per dose. Place one pill inside a large piece of fresh ginger, wrap in wet paper, roast until cooked, chew with ginger. Take on an empty stomach.

Danshen Gao (Salvia Ointment)
Indicated for sudden pain in the body resembling bruising, named Qi Pain, unbearable, wandering, occurring at specific times. Pain brings slight heat; after pain subsides, cold sets in. Often caused by warm qi invasion, followed by violent cold wind in spring, failing to become a warm disease but manifesting as Qi Pain. First take Wuxiang Liaoqiao Tang and Danshen Gao, then apply warm compress with white wine-decocted willow branches. If red spots appear, prick to bleed. Wuxiang Liaoqiao Tang and Xiaozhuli Tang can be taken for several doses; do not stop after one dose, lest disaster ensue.
Salvia Root (Dan Shen), Dodder Vine (Shuo Luo), Poisonous Herb (Mang Cao), Sichuan Pepper (Shu Jiao), Rhododendron Flower (Zhi Zhu), Gentian Root (Qin Jiao), Angelica Pubescens Root (Du Huo), Bletilla Rhizome (Bai Ji), Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi), Chrysanthemum Flower (Ju Hua), Smoked Plum (Wu Mei), Stepnolepis Root (Fang Ji, 1 liang each).
Cut the above twelve ingredients. Soak in 1 sheng of vinegar overnight (half a day in summer). If urgent, boil directly. Add 4 sheng of lard. Boil until vinegar smell dissipates, then simmer slowly. Remove dregs and apply to affected area.

Dingxiang Qizhen Wan (Clove Qi-Needle Pill)
Expels long-standing accumulated qi, chest Zhu qi, abdominal distension, hypochondriac fullness, and all qi disorders.
Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Clove (Ding Xiang), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Old Tangerine Peel (Chen Ju Pi), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Ju Pi), Amomum Fruit (Suo Sha Ren), Curcuma Rhizome (Peng E Zhu), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng), Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yi Zhi Ren, 0.5 fen each), Apricot Seed (Xing Ren).
Grind all ingredients except Croton Seed Frost into fine powder. Add Croton Seed Frost and apricot seeds, mix evenly. Boil wheat paste in vinegar to form pills the size of millet seeds. Take 20 pills per dose with ginger water.

Bichengqie Wan (Galangal Fruit Pill)
Nourishes spleen and stomach, promotes qi, aids digestion. Indicated for spleen-stomach disharmony, delayed digestion, chest dysphagia, difficulty in belching, vomiting, nausea, abdominal distension and pain, constipation or blockage.
Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), White Cardamom Seed (Bai Dou Kou), Amomum Fruit (Suo Sha Ren), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Ju Pi), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi, 3 liang each), Radish Seed (Lai Fu Zi), Nutmeg (Rou Dou Kou), Fennel (Hui Xiang), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in water to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 30 pills per dose with tangerine peel decoction at any time.

Tuoyao Wan (Bag and Key Pill)
Indicated for qi stagnation and pain.
Rhubarb Root (Da Huang, 2 liang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Pogostemon Herb (Huo Xiang), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Clove (Ding Xiang), Sulfur (Liu Huang), Mercury (Shui Yin), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Separately take 1 liang of Agarwood (Chen Xiang), cut into fragments, decoct in 2 sheng of water until reduced to 0.5 sheng. Remove dregs, add honey, and boil into a paste. Mix with powder to form pills the size of a bullet, coat with cinnabar. Take with ginger and rice drink.

Jianchang Tang (Strengthen Intestine Decoction)
Warms middle, promotes qi, enhances appetite.
Old Rice (Chen Mi, 1 sheng), Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu), Wheat (Xiao Mai, 3 liang each), Fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang, 1 jin dry weight), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi, 5 liang), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng, 2 liang), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 1-2 qian per dose, mixed with strong ginger water decoction. For chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, robust individuals can use warm wine; weak individuals should use rice drink.

Sanhe San (Three-Harmony Powder)
Harmonizes Triple Burner, unblocks and regulates five zang organs. Indicated for abdominal and chest stuffiness, hypochondriac distension, wind-q stagnation, joint pain, facial edema, mild hand-foot swelling, intestinal sluggishness, and frequent constipation. Suitable even for elderly with weak qi. Also treats back pain interfering with eating, Hong Kong foot attacking chest and abdomen with fullness and constipation.
Greater Burdock Fruit (Da Fu Pi), Perilla Leaf (Zi Su Ye), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo), Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Areca Seed (Bing Lang, 0.5 liang each), Papaya (Mu Gua, 0.8 fen), Costus Root (Mu Xiang).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose with 1 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm after meals.

Huluba San (Trigonella Powder)
Indicated for spleen yuan accumulation of cold, tight and painful umbilical and abdominal region radiating to back, sallow complexion, cold extremities, hypochondriac distension and pain, frequent urination. Also treats blind intestine and small intestine Qi pain.
Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seed (Hu Lu Ba), Dodder Seed (Po Gu Zhi), Morinda Root (Ba Ji Tian), Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), Chinaberry Seed (Chuan Lian Zi), Agarwood (Chen Xiang), Fennel (Hui Xiang), Cinnamon Heart (Gui Xin, 1 liang each), Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi, 4 liang, prepared), Peach Kernel (Tao Ren, 3 liang), Aconite Root (Wu Tou, 0.5 liang).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose with 1 zhan of water and a pinch of salt. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Take on an empty stomach.

Fangji Tingli Wan (Stepnolepis and Lepidium Pill)
Indicated for damp-heat in abdomen, mild swelling of hands and feet, chest fullness, and shortness of breath.
Lepidium Seed (Ting Li), Black Phytolacca Root (Hei Qian Niu), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu, 0.5 liang each), Stepnolepis Root (Fang Ji, 0.3 fen), Prunus Seed (Yu Li Ren), Mulberry Root Bark (Sang Bai Pi), Poria (Fu Ling), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Alisma Rhizome (Ze Xie).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Swallow 20 pills with warm water, slightly on an empty stomach. If no effect after 5 days, increase by 5 pills, max 30 pills.

Huanhun Tang (Returning Soul Decoction)
Indicated for adverse qi flow, uncertain vomiting, loss of appetite, dark face and yellow eyes, gradual emaciation, progression to malaria. Nine out of ten cases are untreatable; urgently use this.
Long Pepper (Bi Ba), Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng), Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), Cardamom Seed (Cao Dou Kou), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Galangal Rhizome (Liang Jiang), Pinellia Cake (Ban Xia Bing Zi).
Grind the above ingredients evenly into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose with 1 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 6/10 volume. Remove dregs and take warm at any time.

Dingchen Jian Wan (Clove and Agarwood Decoction Pill)
Moves stagnant qi, descends phlegm-fluid.
Clove (Ding Xiang), White Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Pinellia Fermented Dough (Ban Xia Qu, 1 liang each), Calcined Alum (Duan Shi Mo), Yangqishi (Yang Qi Shi), Malachite (Meng Shi, 0.5 liang each), Asafoetida (A Wei, 0.5 fen), Apricot Seed (Xing Ren).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with steamed dough to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take 2 pills per dose with plain water.

Hezi Wan (Chebula Pill)
Resolves food, transforms qi.
Chebula Fruit Skin (He Zi Pi), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), White Cardamom Seed (Bai Dou Kou), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Poria (Fu Ling), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 2 liang each), Black Phytolacca Seed (Hei Qian Niu Zi), Licorice Root (Gan Cao, 1 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in wine to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 15-20 pills per dose. If qi disorder flares up after overeating, causing chest oppression, chew tea leaves and swallow with them.

Hezhong Jian (Harmonize Middle Decoction Pill)
Regulates qi, broadens middle, unblocks stagnation, smooths Triple Burner, benefits chest and diaphragm, warms spleen and stomach, digests retained food. Indicated for spleen-stomach weakness, easy injury by food, dysphagia, bloating, stabbing abdominal pain, belching with acid taste, vomiting, nausea, and pregnancy-related deficiency-phlegm rebellion, delayed digestion.
Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu), Malt (Mai Ya), Poria (Fu Ling), Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia, 1 liang each), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu, 0.5 liang each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Boil wheat paste in ginger water to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose with ginger water.

Kuanqi Wan (Relax Qi Pill)
Indicated for middle-jiao deficiency-fullness, poor appetite, excessive phlegm, chest oppression, vomiting, nausea, hard distension of ribs, irregular bowel movements, nine types of heart pain, five types of dysphagia, and women's cold-induced abdominal pain.
Fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang, 1 jin), Asafoetida (A Wei, 1 fen), Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Licorice Root (Gan Cao, 4 liang each), Large Amomum Fruit (Da Suo Sha, 100 units), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Costus Root (Mu Xiang, 0.1 fen each).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a chicken head. Take 1-2 pills per dose before meals, chew thoroughly with plain water. Or boil wheat paste to form pills the size of Sophora seeds, take 20 pills.

Shen Gui Wan (Ginseng and Cinnamon Pill)
Ge Xian Gong said: Most women's diseases stem from worry and resentment; treatment must address these emotions. No dysphagia case remains untreated. Ancient and Modern Recorded Five-Dysphagia Pill: Treats long-standing rebellious qi in chest, inability to swallow food, unresolved knotted qi. Qi Dysphagia: palpitations, blockage above and below, incomplete belching, painful hypochondria, worsening on cloudy days with cold reversal, palpitations and cold below heart. Labor Dysphagia: distressing qi obstruction, fullness under ribs, chest stuffing, cold extremities unable to self-warm. Food Dysphagia: constant cold pain in chest, inability to breathe deeply. Thought Dysphagia: palpitations, forgetfulness, blurred vision, all caused by worry, thought, anger, and cold qi entering chest and hypochondria.
Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Sichuan Pepper (Shu Jiao), Edible Dogwood Fruit (Shi Zhu Yu), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi, 0.5 fen each), Asarum Root (Xi Xin), Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Poria (Fu Ling), Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi, 0.4 fen each), Yellow Tangerine Peel (Huang Ju Pi).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 3 pills with wine, twice daily. If ineffective, gradually increase. Avoid peach, plum, sparrow meat, strongly acidic pork, cold water, raw green onions, vegetables, and vinegar products.

Binglang Wan (Areca Seed Pill)
Treats Worry Dysphagia, Food Dysphagia, Cold Dysphagia, Qi Dysphagia, Heat Dysphagia, undigested old alcohol, cholera, heart pain, acid regurgitation, abdominal and hypochondriac distension, anorexia, or overeating.
Cinnamon Heart (Gui Xin), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Poria (Fu Ling), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Licorice Root (Gan Cao), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Asarum Root (Xi Xin), Chebula Fruit Skin (He Zi Pi), White Peony Root (Bai Shao Yao), Bitter Orange (Zhi Ke).
Grind the above ingredients evenly into fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 15 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine. Chewing is also acceptable.

Bichengqie San (Galangal Fruit Powder)
Indicated for minor distension due to qi deficiency, unbearable pain.
Galangal Fruit (Bi Cheng Qie), Areca Seed (Bing Lang), Costus Root (Mu Xiang), Chinaberry Tree Bark (Ku Lian Zi), Fragrant Seed (Xiang Zi), Amomum Fruit (Sha Ren, 1 liang each), Asafoetida (A Wei), Dried Scorpion (Gan Xie), Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu, 0.5 liang each), Peach Kernel (Tao Ren).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with ginger wine at any time.

Jinling San (Golden Bell Powder)
Indicates all cold qi minor distension, Yuan Organ and Bladder Qi pain, Spleen Yuan cold accumulation, women's blood stabbing and Qi attack, heart and abdominal pain, vomiting, distension, umbilical twisting, shortness of breath.
Golden Bell (Jin Ling, 40 units), Fennel (Hui Xiang), Burreed Tuber (Jing San Leng), Atractylodes Rhizome (Zhu), Bitter Orange (Zhi Ke), Tangerine Peel (Ju Pi), Stemona Root (Bai Bu, 0.1 fen), Costus Root (Mu Xiang, 0.5 fen).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Mix with roasted ginger, salt water, and wine to take 1 da qian. Can also be formed into pills.

Zhonghe Wan (Central Harmony Pill)
Indicated for spleen-stomach disharmony, cold qi accumulation, reduced appetite, limb fatigue.
Galangal Rhizome (Liang Jiang, 4 liang), Dried Plum Flesh (Wu Mei Rou, 1 liang), Fennel (Hui Xiang, 1.5 liang), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang), Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu), Wheat (Xiao Mai, 0.5 liang each), White Poria (Bai Fu Ling), Licorice Root (Gan Cao).