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Treats severe abdominal distension and loss of appetite due to Spleen-Stomach deficiency (Spleen-Stomach Qi Deficiency). If caused by Water-Qi (pathogenic fluid retention), treating it according to methods for resolving water-dampness will result in recovery.
Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, four liang, peeled, navel removed, sliced; boiled with four sheng of adzuki beans and one dou of water until the water is exhausted; remove the Fuzi and grind into powder)
Take the above powder, cook fresh ginger juice into a paste, mix with the powder to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose, washed down with Chenpi Tang (Tangerine Peel Decoction).

Treats severe cutting pain in the lower abdomen caused by Stomach-Qi stagnation, when hot-natured medicines have been ineffective. Take the oily part of women's hair, burn it to ash, mix with warm wine, and take two qian. The pain will stop immediately.

Treats Spleen-Stomach weakness and inability to eat. Sun Zhao said: "Tonifying the Kidney is not as effective as tonifying the Spleen." When the Spleen and Stomach are strong, digestion improves; once food intake increases, Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi) become robust; when Ying and Wei are robust, they nourish the body and promote Qi transformation.
Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, one jin, peeled, sliced together with half a jin of fresh ginger; boiled with seven sheng of water until the water is exhausted; discard the ginger, dry-roast the Houpo)
Ganjiang (Radix Zingiberis Preparata, four liang; those imported from overseas are preferred, slightly stir-fried)
Grind the above into fine powder, mix with jujube flesh to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 30-50 pills per dose, washed down with rice drink before meals on an empty stomach.

Treats Spleen-Stomach weakness and reduced dietary intake.
Rudoukou (Fructus Myristicae, two fruits: one wrapped in flour and roasted thoroughly, one raw) Caodoukou (Fructus Cardamomi, two fruits: processed similarly, one raw, one cooked) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis... [text fragment])
Grind the above into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, boil with one and a half zhan of water, adding fresh ginger and jujubes, reduce to one zhan, strain, and take warm; decoct the dregs again for a second dose.

Indicated for chronic cold masses (Su Leng Pi Qi), where taking hot medicines causes fever, palpitations, and false palpitations, presenting with cold below and heat above, inability to eat or drink, and cephalalgia with vertigo. Take with rice drink, before meals on an empty stomach.
Baizhu (Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae, six fen) Houpo Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis Juapi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae) Xiong (Radix Chuanxiong) Shuyu (Rhizoma Dioscoreae) Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) Damai (Hordei Fructus Germinatus) Ganjiang (Radix Zingiberis Preparata) Fangkui (Radix Adenophorae seu Platycodonis) (each four liang)
Grind the above into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 15 pills per dose, increasing up to 20 pills. Avoid peaches, plums, sparrow meat, seaweed, Chinese cabbage, vinegar products, and raw green onions.

Indicated for mass-like accumulations (Zheng Xi Qi), inability to eat, accompanied by emaciation and weakness.
Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, six liang) Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae Recens, nine liang) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae) Baizhu (Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) (each three liang) Guixin (Cinnamoni Ramulus, four liang) Congrong (Herba Cistanches, six liang) Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, five liang) Qumoi (Endosperm Ziziphi Jujubae Fermentatum, five he) Damai (Hordei Fructus Germinatus, one sheng five he) Fuling (Poria, six liang)
Grind the above into fine powder. Take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) with warm wine on an empty stomach, twice daily. Gradually increase to one bi. If unsuitable, take with decoction of ginger boiled with Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) and Binglang (Fructus Arecae), or add Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis, six liang); not suitable for those with deficiency and obstruction.