This section is from the book "The Beverages of the Chinese; Kung-fu or Tauist Medical Gymnastics; the Population of China; A Modern Chinese Anatomist and A Chapter in Chinese Surgery.", by John Dudgeon. Also available from Amazon: Kung Fu, or Taoist Medical Gymnastics.
Prescription. - Take of chi'h-ch'ioh ( roasted), chieh-keng, fu-ling, pan-hsia, orange peel, hou-p'o, hsiang-fu, sha-jen, - of each the same quantity. Add a few slices of ginger, and make a decoction.
No. 19. - Wang Yu-yang's Method of dispersing Pain. - To cure periodical air and a painful condition of the whole body.
Stand upright firmly, let the left foot be carried to the front, the right to the back, place the two fists on the belly, move the air in 24 mouthfuls. The exercise is the same on the right and left.
 
Continue to: