治气不足方。
杏仁 桂心（各一两） 干姜 益智仁（各二两）
上四味为末，蜜丸如梧子大，未食服三丸，以知为度。
治冷气短气方∶
蜀椒五两绢袋盛，酒一斗，浸二七日，服之，任意多少。
治读诵劳极疲乏困顿方∶
酥 油 酒 糖 白蜜（各二升）
合铜器中，微火煎二十沸，下之，为准七日七夜服之令尽。宜慎生冷。
又方 人参 甘草 茯苓 当归（各二两） 川芎 芍药 地黄 黄 骨皮（各三两）
大枣（二十枚）
上十味 咀，以水一斗，煮取三升，分三服。（一方用桂心三两。）
治卒短气方∶
捣韭汁服一升，立瘥。（《肘后方》治卒上气喘息便欲死。）
治乏气方∶
生姜 枸杞叶（各二两）
上二味 咀，以水三升，煮取一升，顿服。
治少年房多短气方∶
豉（七合） 栀子（十四枚）
上二味以水二升，煮豉取一升半，去豉纳栀，煮取八合，服半升，不瘥更服。
凡上气冷发腹中雷鸣转叫，呕逆不食，灸太冲不限壮数。从痛至不痛，从不痛至痛止。
上气厥逆，灸胸堂百壮，穴在两乳间。
胸膈中气，灸阙输随年壮。（扁鹊云∶第四椎下，两旁各一寸半，名阙输。）
心腹诸病，坚满烦痛，忧思结气，寒冷霍乱，心痛吐下，食不消，肠鸣泄利，灸太仓百
壮。（太仓穴，一名胃募，在心下四寸，乃胃脘下一寸是。）
结气囊裹，针药所不及，灸肓募，随年壮。肓募二穴从乳头斜度至脐中屈出半，从乳下
行度头是穴。
下气，灸肺俞百壮。又灸太冲五十壮。
凡脐下绞痛，流入阴中，发作无时，此冷气，灸关元百壮，穴在脐下三寸。
短气不得语，灸天井百壮，穴在肘后两筋间。又灸大椎，随年壮。又灸肺俞百壮。又灸
肝俞百壮。又灸尺泽百壮。又灸小指第四指间交脉上七壮。又灸手十指头合十壮。
少年房多短气，灸鸠尾头五十壮。又盐灸脐孔中二七壮。
乏气，灸第五椎下，随年壮。
论曰∶凡卒厥逆上气，气攻两胁，心下痛满，奄奄欲绝，此为奔豚气。即急作汤以浸两
手足，数数易之。
奔豚，灸气海百壮，穴在脐下一寸半。又灸关元百壮，穴在脐下三寸。
奔豚，灸期门百壮，穴直两乳下第二肋端旁一寸五分。 奔豚腹肿，灸章门百壮，章
门一名长平。穴在大横外直脐季肋端。 奔豚抢心不得息，灸中极五十壮。中极一名玉泉，
穴
奔豚上下腹中与腰相引痛，灸中府百壮，穴在乳上三肋间。
奔豚上下，灸四满二七壮，穴挟丹田两旁，相去三寸，即心下八寸，脐下横纹是也。
治疗气不足的方剂。
杏仁、桂心（各一两）、干姜、益智仁（各二两）。
以上四味药研成细末，用蜂蜜制成梧桐子大小的丸药，饭前服用三丸，以见效为度。
治疗冷气短气的方剂：
蜀椒五两装入丝织袋中，用酒一斗浸泡十四天，服用此酒，用量不限。
治疗因诵读过度导致极度疲劳困顿的方剂：
酥、油、酒、糖、白蜜（各二升）。
放入铜器中，用微火煎煮二十次沸腾后离火，连续七日七夜服完。应当禁忌生冷食物。
又一方：人参、甘草、茯苓、当归（各二两）、川芎、芍药、地黄、黄耆、地骨皮（各三两）、大枣（二十枚）。
以上十味药切碎，用水一斗，煎煮取汁三升，分三次服用。（另一版本使用桂心三两。）
治疗突然短气的方剂：
捣取韭菜汁服用一升，立即痊愈。（《肘后方》治疗突然上逆气喘几乎要死去的症状。）
治疗乏气的方剂：
生姜、枸杞叶（各二两）。
以上两味药切碎，用水三升，煎煮取汁一升，一次性服下。
治疗少年房事过多导致短气的方剂：
豆豉（七合）、栀子（十四枚）。
以上两味药用水二升，先煎煮豆豉取汁一升半，去掉豆豉加入栀子，再煎煮取汁八合，服用半升，若未痊愈可再次服用。
凡是上逆之气因寒冷发作，腹中雷鸣作响转动叫喊，呕吐逆气不能进食，灸太冲穴，不限壮数。从感到疼痛灸到不痛，从不痛灸到再次感到疼痛为止。
上逆之气厥逆，灸胸堂穴一百壮，穴位在两乳之间。
胸膈中的气滞，灸阙输穴，按患者年龄决定壮数。（扁鹊说：第四椎骨下方，两旁各一寸半处，名为阙输。）
心腹各种疾病，坚硬胀满烦痛，忧思郁结之气，受寒霍乱，心痛吐泻，食物不消化，肠鸣泄泻，灸太仓穴一百壮。（太仓穴，又名胃募穴，在心下四寸，也就是胃脘下一寸的位置。）
结气囊裹，针药所不能达到的地方，灸肓募穴，按患者年龄决定壮数。肓募两个穴位，从乳头斜向量至脐中弯曲出来一半的距离，从乳下行度量头部位置即是穴位。
降下逆气，灸肺俞穴一百壮。又灸太冲穴五十壮。
凡是脐下绞痛，流入阴部，发作没有定时，这是冷气所致，灸关元穴一百壮，穴位在脐下三寸。
短气不能说话，灸天井穴一百壮，穴位在肘后两筋之间。又灸大椎穴，按患者年龄决定壮数。又灸肺俞穴一百壮。又灸肝俞穴一百壮。又灸尺泽穴一百壮。又灸小指与第四指间交脉上方七壮。又灸手十指尖端共十壮。
少年房事过多导致短气，灸鸠尾穴头五十壮。又在脐孔中用盐灸十四壮。
乏气，灸第五椎骨下方，按患者年龄决定壮数。
论述说：凡是突然厥逆上逆之气，气攻两胁，心下痛满，气息微弱欲绝，这是奔豚气病。应立即制作汤药浸泡双手双脚，多次更换。
奔豚气病，灸气海穴一百壮，穴位在脐下一寸半。又灸关元穴一百壮，穴位在脐下三寸。
奔豚气病，灸期门穴一百壮，穴位直对两乳下第二肋骨端旁开一寸五分。奔豚气腹部肿胀，灸章门穴一百壮，章门又名长平穴。穴位在大横穴外侧，直对脐部季肋端。奔豚气冲心导致呼吸困难，灸中极穴五十壮。中极又名玉泉穴，穴位……
奔豚气上下腹部与腰部相互牵引疼痛，灸中府穴一百壮，穴位在乳上第三肋间。
奔豚气上下走窜，灸四满穴十四壮，穴位夹持丹田两旁，相距三寸，即心下八寸，脐下横纹处。
Formula for treating Qi deficiency.
Xingren (Apricot Seed), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) (each 1 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Yizhiren (Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above four herbs into powder, form pills with honey the size of a wu zi (modern Chinese melon seed), take three pills before meals, adjust dosage until efficacy is observed.
Formula for treating cold qi and shortness of breath:
Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper) 5 liang placed in a silk bag, soaked in 1 dou of wine for fourteen days, drink this wine, quantity unrestricted.
Formula for treating extreme fatigue and exhaustion due to excessive reading/recitation:
Su (Butter/Ghee), You (Oil), Jiu (Wine), Tang (Sugar), Baimi (White Honey) (each 2 sheng).
Combine in a copper vessel, simmer over low heat for twenty boiling cycles, then remove from heat. Consume completely over seven days and nights. Avoid raw and cold foods.
Another formula: Renshen (Ginseng Root), Gancao (Licorice Root), Fuling (Poria), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (each 2 liang), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Shaoyao (Peony Root), Dihuang (Rehmannia Root), Huangqi (Astragalus Root), Gubpi (Phellodendron Bark) (each 3 liang), Dazao (Jujube Fruit) (20 pieces).
Chop the above ten herbs, decoct in 1 dou of water to obtain 3 sheng of liquid, divide into three doses. (Another version uses 3 liang of Guixin.)
Formula for treating sudden shortness of breath:
Crush fresh leek juice and take 1 sheng; immediate recovery. (Zhouhou Fang treats sudden upward rushing of qi with panting approaching death.)
Formula for treating lack of qi (fatigue):
Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Gouqiyè (Goji Leaf) (each 2 liang).
Chop the above two herbs, decoct in 3 sheng of water to obtain 1 sheng of liquid, take in one dose.
Formula for treating young men with shortness of breath due to excessive sexual activity:
Chishao (Fermented Soybean), Zhizi (Gardenia Fruit) (14 pieces).
Decoct the Chishao in 2 sheng of water to obtain 1.5 sheng, remove the Chishao, add Zhizi, decoct again to obtain 0.8 sheng, take 0.5 sheng; if not cured, take again.
For cases where upward-rushing qi is triggered by cold, causing rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, vomiting, nausea, and inability to eat, moxa Taichong (LR-3) without limiting the number of cones. Continue moxing from the point of pain to no pain, and from no pain back to pain.
For upward-rushing qi with jue-ni (reversal cold/convulsion), moxa Xiongtang (extra point) 100 cones; the acupoint is located between the two nipples.
For qi stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, moxa Queshu (extra point) according to the patient's age. (Bian Que stated: below the fourth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral on both sides, named Queshu.)
For various heart and abdominal diseases, hardness and fullness, irritability and pain, sorrow and thought leading to qi knotting, cold-induced huoluan (vomiting and diarrhea), heart pain with vomiting and diarrhea, indigestion, borborygmus and diarrhea, moxa Taicang (CV-12) 100 cones. (Taicang, also known as the Front-Mu point of the Stomach, is 4 cun below the heart region, which is 1 cun below the epigastrium.)
For encapsulated nodules or masses beyond the reach of acupuncture and herbal medicine, moxa Huangmu (extra point) according to the patient's age. The two Huangmu points are measured diagonally from the nipple towards the umbilicus, bending out halfway; the location is determined by measuring down from the breast.
To descend rebellious qi, moxa Feishu (BL-13) 100 cones. Also moxa Taichong (LR-3) 50 cones.
For severe cramping pain below the umbilicus radiating into the yin region, occurring at any time, caused by cold qi, moxa Guanyuan (CV-4) 100 cones; the acupoint is 3 cun below the umbilicus.
For shortness of breath preventing speech, moxa Tianjing (SI-11) 100 cones; the acupoint is between the two tendons behind the elbow. Also moxa Dazhui (GV-14) according to the patient's age. Also moxa Feishu (BL-13) 100 cones. Also moxa Ganshu (BL-18) 100 cones. Also moxa Chize (LU-5) 100 cones. Also moxa 7 cones on the intersection vessel above the space between the little finger and the fourth finger. Also moxa the tips of all ten fingers, totaling 10 cones.
For young men with shortness of breath due to excessive sexual activity, moxa Jiawei (CV-15) head 50 cones. Also apply salt-moxibustion to the umbilicus for 14 cones (two sevens).
For lack of qi, moxa below the fifth thoracic vertebra according to the patient's age.
Discussion states: For sudden jue-ni with upward-rushing qi, qi attacking both hypochondria, pain and fullness below the heart, faintness approaching death, this is Ben Tun (running piglet) qi disease. Immediately prepare hot decoction to soak both hands and feet, changing frequently.
For Ben Tun disease, moxa Qihai (CV-6) 100 cones; the acupoint is 1.5 cun below the umbilicus. Also moxa Guanyuan (CV-4) 100 cones; the acupoint is 3 cun below the umbilicus.
For Ben Tun disease, moxa Qimen (LR-14) 100 cones; the acupoint is directly below the nipples at the end of the second rib, 1.5 cun lateral. For Ben Tun with abdominal swelling, moxa Zhangmen (LR-13) 100 cones; Zhangmen is also called Changping. The acupoint is lateral to Dahan (SP-15), directly opposite the umbilicus at the end of the costal margin. For Ben Tun rushing to the heart causing dyspnea, moxa Zhongji (CV-3) 50 cones. Zhongji is also called Yuquan. The acupoint...
For Ben Tun with pulling pain between the upper/lower abdomen and waist, moxa Zhongfu (LU-1) 100 cones; the acupoint is in the third intercostal space above the nipple.
For Ben Tun moving up and down, moxa Siman (KI-12) 14 cones (two sevens); the acupoints flank the Dantian on both sides, 3 cun apart, which corresponds to 8 cun below the heart and the horizontal crease below the umbilicus.