Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Xian Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 772, Entry 03 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), pronounced xian. Collected Rimes (Jiyun), pronounced xian. Pronounced xian. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Xian refers to a physical ailment or mass. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): A type of chronic abdominal pain. Explanations of the Six Writings (Liushu Gu): An accumulation of ailment causing a sensation of tension like a bowstring. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Zangqi states: In the past, there was a person suffering from abdominal masses. He took large garlic, removed both ends while keeping the skin intact, and swallowed it. This was called internal moxibustion, and it was indeed effective.