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It is said that when the Stomach Qi is full, heat is generated. Heat causes the Earth Qi (Spleen and Stomach Qi) to become dry internally, and the flow of Body Fluids (Jin Ye) becomes obstructed. This leads to irritability and fullness in the throat and diaphragm, resulting in thirst and a desire to drink. The *Nei Jing* states: "When the Spleen Qi has heat, the Stomach becomes dry and there is thirst." This is because the True Yin of the Zang organs moistens the Spleen, and the Spleen, harmonizing with the Stomach, transports its fluids. Once the Spleen is affected by heat, the fluids cannot moisten the Stomach. When the Stomach becomes dry, the thirst will not cease.

**Recipe for Treating Dry Stomach and Unremitting Thirst, Even After Drinking Water: Gouqi Gen Tang (Cinnamon Root Decoction)**
Ingredients: Gouqi Gen (Radix Lycii), Gualugen (Radix Trichosanthis), Maidong (Radix Ophiopogonis, heart removed), Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis, fibrous roots removed, each 1.5 liang), Tugua Gen (Radix Citrulli Lanati, dried), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), Cheqianzi (Fructus Plantaginis, dirt removed, each 1 liang).
The above seven herbs are chopped like hemp seeds. For each dose, take 5 qianbi (approx. 15-20g depending on era/measurement), add 1.5 zhan (approx. 300ml) of water, plus 0.5 fen of freshly cut Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), and decoct together until 0.8 zhan remains. Strain and take warm. Three times daily.

**Recipe for Treating Stomach Heat and Thirst: Zhudu Wan (Pig Stomach Pill)**
Ingredients: Zhu Du (One pig stomach, cleaned thoroughly removing fat membrane and impurities), Huanglian (fibrous roots removed, 5 liang), Gualugen (4 liang), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, woody core removed), Maidong (heart removed, baked, each 2 liang), Zhimu (chopped, 3 liang), Bailiang Mi (White high-quality rice, washed clean, 5 liang).
The above seven ingredients: First, pound and sieve the six herbs (excluding the pig stomach) into powder. Place the powder inside the pig stomach, sew the opening with thread, and place it in a steamer. Cover tightly to prevent steam leakage. Steam until extremely soft. While hot, finely chop the stomach and herbs together, then pound evenly in a wooden mortar. Form into pills if possible. If too hard, add refined honey and pound together. Make pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with millet beverage, at any time. Twice daily, gradually increasing to 40 pills.

**Recipe for Treating Heat in Spleen and Stomach with Unremitting Irritable Thirst: Huanglian Yangru Wan (Coptis and Sheep Milk Pill)**
Ingredients: Huanglian (fibrous roots removed, pounded separately, 4 liang), Sheng Gualugen (skin removed, half jin, pounded and juice extracted through raw cloth), Sheng Dihuang (half jin, washed clean, pounded and juice extracted through raw cloth).
The above four ingredients: Take the juices from Dihuang and Gualugen, mix with the Huanglian powder, and form pills the size of mung beans. Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with wheat soup.

**Recipe for Treating Stomach Heat and Dry Thirst: Gancao Tang (Licorice Decoction)**
Ingredients: Gancao (roasted and chopped), Gualugen (each 2 liang), Maidong (heart removed, baked, 2 fen), Banxia (washed in water to remove slipperiness seven times, sun-dried, stir-fried with bran, 2 liang).
The above four ingredients: Coarsely crush and sieve. First, take 2 zhan of water, rinse 0.5 he of wheat, and decoct until 1.5 zhan remains. Remove the wheat, add 5 qianbi of the herb powder, two split Da Zao (Jujube fruits), 0.5 qian of fresh Dihuang, and one date-sized piece of Pao Po (smashed) Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger). Decoct again until 0.8 zhan remains. Strain and take warm. Twice daily.

**Recipe for Treating Dry Thirst in the Stomach: Gualugen Tang (Trichosanthes Root Decoction)**
Ingredients: Gualugen (3 liang), Zhimu (baked, 2 liang), Gancao (roasted and chopped), Renshen (each 1 liang).
The above four ingredients: Coarsely crush and sieve. For each dose, take 3 qianbi, add 1 zhan of water, and decoct until 0.7 zhan remains. Strain, add a small amount of Bai Mi (white honey), stir well, and take at any time. Can be taken multiple times daily.

**Recipe for Treating Stomach Thirst with Desire to Drink, Clearing Heat: Fushen Tang (Poria Decoction)**
Ingredients: Fushen (woody core removed, 2 liang), Gualugen, Maidong (heart removed, baked, each 5 liang), Zhimu (chopped), Weirui (Radix Polygonati Odorati, each 4 liang).
The above five ingredients: Coarsely crush and sieve. First, take 3 zhan of water, rinse one spoonful of wheat, add 50 washed and chopped leaves of Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Herb), and boil together until 1.5 zhan remains. Strain, add 4 qianbi of herb powder, two split Da Zao, and 0.5 fen of fresh Dihuang. Decoct together until 1 zhan remains. Strain and take warm. Three times daily.

**Recipe for Treating Dry Stomach Thirst: Huangqi Tang (Astragalus Decoction)**
*(Note: Original text has a missing character after 'Huang', likely Huangqi based on context and common pairings)*
Ingredients: Huangqi (radicle removed, chopped), Fushen (woody core removed), Gualugen, Gancao (roasted), Maidong (heart removed, baked, each 1.5 liang), Sheng Gan Dihuang (Dried Fresh Rehmannia Root).
The above six ingredients: Coarsely crush and sieve. For each dose, take 3 qianbi, add 1 zhan of water, and decoct until 0.7 zhan remains. Strain and take warm. Three times daily.