No. 11.—Chang Tze-yung driving the Pestle
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Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics, by John Dudgeon, [1895], at sacred-texts.com
No. 11.—Chang Tze-yung (#) driving the Pestle.—To cure indigestion, distension and rumbling of the abdomen, with pain each time.
p. 164
Stand firmly, with the two hands support heaven, stamp the earth, and circulate the air 9 times.
This Figure corresponds with Amiot's No. 20, against intestinal movements and disquiet in the whole body.
The Soup for widening the Middle (Thorax).
Prescription.—Take of tzŭ-su, kêng-yeh (#), Hemiptelea Davidi (Zelkora Davidi), cardamons, chih-ch‘ioh, ch‘ing-p’i (#), immature fruits (dried) of a species of citrus, orange peel, betel-nut, mu-hsiang (#), root of Aplotaxis auriculata (putchuck), pan-hsia, lo-fu-tse, hou-p‘o (#), flowers of the Szechuen hou-p‘o-tzŭ, ts‘ang-shu, tsĕ-hsieh (#), Alisma plantago, mu-t’ung (#), Clematis, of each the same; crude ginger, 2 slices boiled in water.
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