治肠胃因虚，气癖于盲膜之外，流于季胁，气逆息难， 日频年，医所不
治，久则荣卫停凝，一旦败浊，溃为痈脓，多致不救。
胡椒（一百五十粒） 木香（一分） 全蝎（十个，去毒)
上为末，粟米饮丸，如绿豆大。每服十五丸，橘皮汤下。
治息积，癖于腹胁之下，偏胀膨满，不妨饮食，诸药不能取转。及治心脾疼
痛，呕吐酸水，丈夫小肠气，妇人脾血气。
缩砂仁 桂心 木香（各一分） 甘草(炙) 茴香(炒) 丁香皮 青皮(炒) 陈皮 生干姜
蓬术(炮，各半两） 胡椒 沉香（各一钱一字）
上为末。每服二钱，姜苏盐汤调下；妇人醋汤调服。
以两手母指压无名指本节作拳，按髀趺坐，扣齿三十六，屏气二十一息，咽气
三口；再屏息，再咽，如是三作，以气通为效，遇子午卯酉时则行。然按摩导引之法甚多，
随意行之皆可，不必拘此法。
五劳者，皆用意施为，过伤五脏，使五神不宁而为病，故曰五劳。以其尽力谋虑则肝劳
，曲运神机则心劳，意外致思则脾劳，预事而忧则肺劳，矜持志节则肾劳。是皆不量禀赋，
临事过差，遂伤五脏。以脏气本有虚实，因其虚实而分寒热。世医例以传尸骨蒸为五劳者，
非也。彼乃瘵疾，各一门类，不可不知。
治肝劳实热，关格牢涩，闭塞不通，毛悴色夭。
猪膏 生姜汁（各二升） 青蒿汁 天门冬汁（各一升）
上以微火，银石器内熬成膏。每服一匙，酒汤调下，不拘时候，。
治疗因肠胃虚弱，气机郁结于盲膜之外，流注于季胁部位，导致气逆、呼吸困难的病症。此病逐年发作，常规医生难以治愈。若病程长久，会导致营卫之气停滞凝结，一旦败坏浑浊，溃烂形成痈脓，大多导致死亡无法救治。
将上述药物研为细末，用粟米汤送服丸药，制成如绿豆大小的丸剂。每次服用十五丸，用橘皮汤送下。
治疗息积病，气癖结于腹胁之下，表现为偏侧腹胀膨满，但不影响饮食，各种药物无法使其消散转动。同时也用于治疗心脾疼痛、呕吐酸水、男子小肠疝气、女子脾血气痛等症。
缩砂仁 桂心 木香（各一分） 甘草（炙制） 茴香（炒制） 丁香皮 青皮（炒制） 陈皮 生干姜 蓬术（炮制，各半两） 胡椒 沉香（各一钱一字）
将上述药物研为细末。每次服用二钱，用生姜、紫苏、盐汤调服；妇女则用醋汤调服。
用双手拇指按压无名指本节处握拳，采取髀趺坐姿势（类似盘腿坐），叩齿三十六次，闭气二十一次呼吸的时间，吞咽气息三口；再次闭气，再次吞咽，如此重复三次，以气息通畅为见效标准，在子时、午时、卯时、酉时进行练习。然而按摩导引的方法很多，随意施行皆可，不必拘泥于这一种方法。
五劳病，都是由于过度使用意念和行为，损伤五脏，使五神不安宁而致病，所以称为五劳。因为尽力谋虑会伤肝，故称肝劳；曲运神机（精细思考）会伤心，故称心劳；意外致思（思虑过度）会伤脾，故称脾劳；预事而忧（预先担忧）会伤肺，故称肺劳；矜持志节（刻意坚守节操意志）会伤肾，故称肾劳。这些都是不衡量自身禀赋，在处理事情时过度偏差，从而损伤五脏。由于脏气本来就有虚实之分，根据其虚实进而区分寒热属性。世俗医生通常将传尸骨蒸（肺结核类消耗性疾病）归为五劳，这是错误的。那属于瘵疾（痨病），各有其门类，不可不知道。
治疗肝劳实热证，表现为关格牢涩（上下不通，脉象坚涩）、闭塞不通、毛发憔悴、面色枯槁。
用微火，在银器或石器中熬制成膏状。每次服用一匙，用酒汤调下，不限定时间。
Treats conditions caused by deficiency of the intestines and stomach, where Qi stagnates outside the blind membrane (a layer of connective tissue in the abdomen) and flows into the hypochondriac region. This leads to rebellious Qi and difficulty breathing. The condition recurs frequently over years and is often beyond the cure of ordinary physicians. If prolonged, Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi) stagnate and coagulate; once they deteriorate and become turbid, they ulcerate into abscesses and pus, often leading to untreatable death.
Hu Jiao (Pepper, *Piperis Fructus*) (150 grains) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (1 fen) Quan Xie (Scorpio, *Scorpius*) (10 pieces, detoxified)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Form pills with millet drink, sized like mung beans. Take 15 pills per dose, administered with Tangerine Peel Decoction (*Chen Pi Tang*).
Treats Xi Ji (Accumulation of Qi), where Qi is fixed below the abdomen and hypochondrium, causing unilateral abdominal distension and fullness, without affecting appetite or digestion, and resistant to various medications. It also treats Heart-Spleen pain, vomiting of sour fluid, Xiao Chang Qi (Small Intestine Qi disorder/hernia in men), and Pi Xue Qi (Spleen Blood Qi disorder in women).
Suo Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus Rotundus) Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Cortex) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) (each 1 fen) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, roasted) Hui Xiang (Foeniculi Fructus, stir-fried) Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos) Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, stir-fried) Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Sheng Gan Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia, processed) Hu Jiao (Pepper, *Piperis Fructus*) Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) (each 1 qian 1 zi)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with Ginger, Perilla, and Salt decoction; for women, mix with Vinegar decoction.
Press the base joint of the ring finger with both thumbs while forming a fist. Sit in Bi Fu posture (cross-legged), click teeth 36 times, hold breath for 21 breaths, and swallow Qi three times. Repeat holding breath and swallowing twice more, totaling three cycles. The effect is achieved when Qi circulation is unobstructed. Practice during Zi, Wu, Mao, and You hours. However, there are many massage and Dao Yin (guiding and pulling) methods; one may practice them at will, without being restricted to this specific method.
Wu Lao (Five Exhaustions) result from excessive mental and physical exertion that injures the Five Zang organs, causing the Five Spirits to become unsettled and diseased. Thus, it is called Wu Lao. Excessive planning and deliberation injure the Liver, causing Liver Lao; intricate mental operations injure the Heart, causing Heart Lao; excessive thinking about external matters injures the Spleen, causing Spleen Lao; worrying about future events injures the Lungs, causing Lung Lao; rigid adherence to moral principles injures the Kidneys, causing Kidney Lao. These injuries occur because individuals do not assess their innate constitution and act excessively inappropriately when dealing with affairs. Since Zang Qi inherently has Deficiency and Excess patterns, Cold and Heat are differentiated based on these deficiencies and excesses. Conventional physicians erroneously classify Chuan Shi Gu Zheng (Transmitted Corpse Bone Steaming/Tuberculosis) as Wu Lao. That belongs to Zhai Ji (Lao Disease/Consumption), which has its own categories; this distinction must be known.
Treats Liver Lao with Excess-Heat, characterized by Guan Ge (obstruction of upper and lower pathways) with firm and sluggish pulse, blockage and inability to pass, with withered hair and sallow complexion.
Zhu Gao (Porcine Fat) Sheng Jiang Zhi (Ginger Juice) (each 2 sheng) Qing Hao Zhi (Artemisiae Annuae Herba Juice) Tian Men Dong Zhi (Asparagi Radix Juice) (each 1 sheng)
Simmer gently in a silver or earthenware vessel until it becomes an ointment/paste. Take one spoonful per dose, mixed with Wine Water decoction, at any time.