《仙傳外科祕方》Vol. 10

This passage documents several emergency treatment methods primarily for accidents such as hanging, drowning, frostbite, and heatstroke. The author is Zhao Yizhen (Daoist name: Yuanyangzi), a Yuan Dynasty Daoist physician who compiled these folk remedies.

Rescuing a Hanging Victim: Within the timeframe from morning to evening, revival is possible even if the body has turned cold. If there remains warmth in the chest, there is hope even after more than a day. Immediately lift the victim, slowly untie the rope (avoid cutting it), and gently adjust the throat to its proper position. Lay the person flat, cover them with a quilt, and promptly blow air into both ears using a bamboo tube. One rescuer should continuously pull the hair without releasing it, while another steps on the shoulders with their feet. Simultaneously, massage the chest and flex the limbs. After revival, feed the person thin porridge. This method is highly effective.

Rescuing a Drowning Victim: First, use a knife to pry open the victim’s teeth and place a chopstick horizontally in the mouth to facilitate drainage. Position the victim face-down over an overturned jar or steamer to let the head hang low for drainage. If these tools are unavailable, use a rounded log to elevate the abdomen as a substitute. After draining, have a strong person carry the victim upside-down with the feet over their shoulders, walking back-to-back to fully expel the water. Next, spread earth from a wall on the ground, lay the victim on their back, and cover the entire body with more earth (leaving only the mouth and eyes exposed), utilizing the soil’s absorbency to aid recovery. Simultaneously, use a bamboo tube to blow air alternately into the mouth, ears, nose, navel, and anus to maintain airflow. A small amount of banxia (pinellia) powder can also be blown into the nose. Once revived, feed clear porridge.

Sun Simiao’s (a renowned Tang Dynasty physician revered as the "King of Medicine") Drowning Rescue Method: Quickly remove wet clothing and moxibust the navel with an Artemisia (mugwort) stick.

Rescuing Someone Frozen from Winter Drowning: If the limbs are icy and the person cannot speak but still breathes, avoid direct exposure to fire. Instead, use a cloth bag filled with hot ashes and apply it to the chest, replacing it when cooled. Once the eyes can open, feed warm wine or rice soup.

Rescuing Heatstroke-Induced Unconsciousness: Never use cold water directly, as it may be fatal. Instead, continuously massage the chest and abdomen with warm water. If outdoors, apply sun-warmed earth to the navel and have someone urinate on the navel to stimulate revival.

Treating Dehydration from Heatstroke: The original text here is incomplete, possibly missing specific treatment details. Based on other records, such cases typically require replenishing fluids with salt and resting in a shaded, cool area.

This scripture records several practical remedies for emergency treatment of critical illnesses, all being time-tested methods summarized by ancient physicians.

For stroke-induced unconsciousness caused by phlegm obstruction, grind two qian of alum into fine powder, mix with ginger juice, and force-feed the patient after prying open their jaw. This will either induce vomiting or dissolve the phlegm, restoring consciousness.

For sudden syncope with loss of consciousness, extract juice from pounded leeks and administer through the nostrils. In winter, use the entire leek plant including roots for juicing.

For near-fatal cases of blood stasis attacking the heart after falling from heights, boil one large cup of fermented black beans in two bowls of water, reducing it through three boilings. Strain and administer the decoction. If the patient has already lost breath and speech makes decoction preparation impossible, directly administer warm urine by mouth.

For five types of sudden death (crush injuries, hanging, drowning, nightmare death, and postpartum fainting), blow pinhead-sized powdered pinellia (banxia) into the nostrils for rapid revival.

The Divine Physician Hua Tuo said: Ten critical conditions strike like sudden storms, requiring famous prescriptions for treatment.

First is cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, caused by consuming cold water, exposure to cold, extreme hunger, anger, or motion sickness damaging stomach Qi (vital energy). Symptoms include incessant vomiting/diarrhea, dizziness, limb convulsions, and cold extremities. Fry 0.5 liang each of evodia fruit, chaenomeles fruit, and salt until charred. Boil three sheng of water first, then add these three ingredients and reduce to two sheng for administration. Alternatively, take one large qian of powdered dried alum with boiled water. Another method: simmer a pinch of salt with one cup vinegar until 70% heated for warm administration, or prepare decoction from salt-preserved sour plums.

Second is life-threatening laryngeal obstruction with throat swelling and cold extremities. Pound three pieces of gleditsia sinensis (soap pod), mix with one cup water for immediate administration. Alternative: combine one soap pod slice with one qian of plant ash powder, mix with cold water, add a few drops of clear oil for administration. Another method: boil four liang of sliced cimicifuga in four bowls water reduced to one bowl for administration.

This scripture records nine methods for treating critical illnesses:

The first concerns internal injuries with blood vomiting, often caused by excessive alcohol and sexual indulgence damaging the heart and lungs, leading to bleeding from mouth and nose. Burn Schizonepeta (Jingjie) to ashes, remove its fire toxicity, then grind into fine powder—take three qian doses with aged rice water. Another prescription uses soot from hundred herbs (Bai Cao Shuang) finely ground, taken with thick rice water three times.

The second addresses poisoning symptoms: restlessness, abdominal pain, dizziness with unproductive vomiting, bluish complexion, and cold limbs. Grind indigo plant (Qing Lan Cao) and take one bowl with well water. Alternatively, administer two liters of sesame oil orally, or consume three bowls of "earth slurry water" (stirred muddy water from yellow earth pits).

The third describes sudden syncope—loss of consciousness with thunderous bowel sounds. Boil half-cup ginger juice with one cup wine for oral administration, while applying moxibustion at three acupoints: Dantian, Baihui, and Qihai.

The fourth treats demonic possession: sudden collapse, icy limbs, clenched fists, and bloody orifices. Take one qian of realgar powder (Xionghuang) with peach leaf decoction. Another method uses two qian of ash from burned undergarments of the opposite sex, taken with boiling water.

The fifth addresses sudden Yang collapse: severe lower abdominal pain, retracted testicles, dark complexion, panting, and cold sweats. Pound scallion whites (Cong Bai) with wine, boil into two liters of liquid for two doses, while applying heated salt compresses to warm the Qihai point below the navel.

The sixth handles ghost oppression or beatings—screaming unconsciously indoors. Take two qian of stove heart earth (Zaoxin Tu) powder with freshly drawn well water, then blow a small amount into the nose. Apply moxibustion twenty-one times at the toe hair clusters of both big toes. Alternatively, decoct twenty-one inches each of peach and willow branches into three cups for warm ingestion.

The seventh assists difficult childbirth. Grind seven sophora seeds (Huai Shu Zi) finely, administer with newly drawn well water flowing downstream.

Here are several proven remedies and precautions for difficult childbirth:

The first method involves burning one black snake molt, fourteen cicada molts, and a bundle of hair into ashes. Mix the ashes with warm wine and administer in three doses. Have the mother lie on her back briefly, after which delivery should proceed smoothly.

Another technique is to gently prick the soles of the infant's feet three to five times with fine needles, then immediately apply salt to the pricked areas. This helps facilitate the baby's passage.

For retained placenta or unconsciousness caused by toxic blood attacking the heart, fry one liter of red adzuki beans, then boil with three liters of water until reduced to two liters of liquid. Strain and drink the hot decoction—the placenta will expel immediately. Alternatively, burn the mother's own fingernail and toenail clippings to ashes, mix with wine for a single dose. Have a strong woman support the mother while using a bamboo tube to gently press downward from the heart area—this proves remarkably effective.

Important childbirth precautions:

When labor pains begin in the waist and abdomen, avoid hastily using birth-hastening talismans (Fulu) or medicines. The mother shouldn't lie down immediately—maintain walking or standing without panic. If the fetus is fully developed, birth will occur naturally. Forcing premature delivery risks dangerous transverse or breech positions. Below are verified effective prescriptions:

Perilla Decoction treats various prenatal conditions, both stabilizing pregnancy and hastening labor with miraculous results. Formula: Perilla leaves (1 liang), Areca peel, Ginseng (0.5 liang), Tangerine peel (0.5 liang), Chuanxiong rhizome (0.8 liang), Roasted licorice (0.5 liang), White peony root (0.4 liang), Chinese angelica (1 liang). Take 3 qian per dose boiled with 3 ginger slices and 3-inch scallion white, consumed on an empty stomach. During months 7-8 of pregnancy, add 0.5 liang of bitter orange and 3 qian of amomum fruit—one dose daily. At delivery time, boil with running water.

When contractions begin, grind a fingertip-sized piece of premium frankincense into thick juice and take with warm water. Only administer labor-hastening medicine after the amniotic sac ruptures.

For hastening delivery: Take one handful of oak twigs (1 chi long), cleaned thoroughly, and combine with 5 cun of licorice root.

The text records several secret formulas for treating gynecological emergencies. For difficult labor, one prescription involves finely chopping medicinal herbs, placing them in an earthenware jar with seven cups of water, sealing it with paper, and simmering over low heat until reduced by half. When the labor pains become intense, the mother should take a warm cup (about two ounces) of the decoction. A sensation of heaviness in the lower abdomen after ingestion indicates successful delivery. This formula proves effective for critical conditions such as transverse presentation, malpositioned fetus, retained dead fetus, or even cases where the fetus has decomposed for several days without expulsion.

Another emergency remedy combines equal parts of "hundred-herb frost" (soot from a pot's bottom) and angelica root powder, mixed with healthy boy's urine and a small amount of vinegar to form a paste, taken with hot water. A folk remedy involves charring wood shavings from an ax handle into charcoal powder, which is then dissolved in swiftly flowing water and ingested—specifically for life-threatening cases where the fetus presses against the mother's heart.

For retained placenta, three methods are provided: First, burn snake slough into ash, mix with a pinch of musk, and take with warm wine. Second, use three egg whites (yolks removed) mixed with a small cup of vinegar, held in the mouth before swallowing. Third, the mother bites the ends of her own hair to induce vomiting, which helps expel the placenta. An external application method involves crushing fourteen castor beans (shells removed) and applying the paste to the soles of the feet. The placenta should be expelled shortly after; if the paste is not washed off promptly, it may cause uterine prolapse. In such cases, applying the paste to the crown of the head can help the uterus retract—this remedy can be used liberally without harm.

For postpartum fainting due to blood loss (hematogenic syncope), an immediate remedy is to decoct aged mugwort leaves into a soup mixed with vinegar and administer it. Treatments for metrorrhagia (excessive bleeding) include: Taking two qian of scutellaria root powder with wine quenched by a red-hot steelyard weight; or consuming charred dried lotus seedpod ash (preserving its medicinal properties) mixed with wine; or burning cotton cloth, palm bark, and hair together into ash, combining it with "hundred-herb frost," and taking it with ash-free wine.

Lastly, the "Ji Yin Dan" (Beneficent Yin Elixir) is a versatile gynecological formula: Four liang each of cyperus rhizome, black soybeans (stir-fried), dried ginger, and atractylodes rhizome—each soaked in rice vinegar for varying durations, sliced, and soaked again—are combined with one liang of angelica root and half a liang of evodia fruit. All ingredients are then dried, ground into powder, and formed into phoenix tree seed-sized pills using glutinous rice paste. Take twenty to thirty pills on an empty stomach with warm wine or vinegar soup. Its efficacy matches that described in the Formulary of the Bureau of Imperial Physicians.

This records the secret formulas used by ancient Daoist priests to treat various poisonings and illnesses—what we might call a comprehensive antidote compendium in modern terms. The methods are simple and practical, primarily utilizing common herbs and food ingredients as antidotes:

For neutralizing general toxins and food poisoning: Take two liang of licorice root, finely chopped, and boil in three bowls of water until reduced by half. Strain and cool the decoction, consuming half a bowl slowly. If ineffective, repeat the dose—vomiting may occur but is harmless. An enhanced version combines soybeans in the decoction.

An extraordinary remedy for Gu poison (the legendary insect sorcery of antiquity): Take forty-nine seven-inch-long licorice roots, soak them in a latrine for forty-nine days, then wash, sun-dry, and grind them into powder. Mix with honey to form sealed pills. When poisoned, dissolve one in the mouth by chewing.

Multiple arsenic antidotes exist: Filter ash from burned early-harvest rice stalks through newly drawn well water and drink chilled; or consume white hyacinth bean powder mixed with fresh well water; alternatively boil indigo, licorice, and black beans in three bowls of water. The most peculiar method involves grinding a tin vessel against coarse stone to produce metallic-infused water, said to be exceptionally effective. Bayberry tree bark decoction (two-three bowls) also counteracts drug poisoning.

For narcotic poisoning, the simplest cure is cold water.

Rat poison antidotes require several bowls of pounded indigo root (from the dye plant) infusion, or alternatively, sap pounded from Chinese tallow tree roots. Another formula uses heartleaf juice mixed with a little wine and clear oil—this expels toxins, after which meat congee should be consumed to restore vitality.

Croton seed poisoning is treated with coptis root decoction.

Another Gu poison solution: Bake and grind sweetflag rhizomes into powder, taken with licorice tea until recovery.

Finally, a protective incantation against Gu poison: Before entering potentially dangerous households, silently recite this charm three to seven times: "Your father the earthworm, your mother the rakshasi demon—I know all seven thousand members of your household." When entering, feign courtesy while fixing gaze toward the left hand direction.

Though seemingly peculiar, these formulas demonstrate ancient wisdom in utilizing local resources. However, modern poisoning cases should always seek immediate medical attention.

Here are recorded several secret formulas and treatment methods for detoxification:

The first method deals with gu poison (an ancient legendary venomous insect curse). If one suspects gu poisoning, they should count the rafters on the ceiling to divert attention. When bowing the head, if abnormal phenomena appear in tea or food, secretly take a single pubic hair from one's clothing with the left hand and place it on the plate while silently reciting an incantation three times. If worm-like creatures manifest on the plate, binding them with the pubic hair will reveal the poisoner.

A simple poison detection method involves having the patient bite alum. If the alum tastes sweet, gu poisoning is confirmed. At this point, administering dirt scraped from between comb teeth can induce vomiting to expel the toxins.

Specific antidotes exist for different poisons: For aconite, Sichuan aconite root or similar Chinese herb poisoning, boil black soybean juice as antidote; cantharides poisoning also uses black soybean juice, while crushed jade hairpin flower roots in water work too; wild mushroom poisoning requires digging a pit in yellow earth, pouring in cold water to create muddy "earth slurry," then drinking the clear water after sedimentation; fried licorice nodes in sesame oil serve as antidote; for pufferfish poisoning, immediately induce vomiting with large quantities of clear oil.

A universal detox powder combines equal parts alum and grassleaf sweetflag rhizome ground into powder—take two qian (about 6 grams) with freshly drawn well water, effective within two doses.

Finally recorded is the "Immortal's Detoxification Pill" formula containing thirteen ingredients including natural indigo, native copper, arrowhead, cyrtomium, and Szechuan lovage. Among these, new tiles must be soaked in a latrine for fourteen days, then in running water for another fourteen before drying. All ingredients are powdered, mixed with water ground in a tin vessel, combined with glutinous rice flour paste, pounded three thousand times, and formed into pellet-sized pills to be taken with ground water.

Also appended is the "Celestial Bestowed Great Unity Powder" effective against cold damage disorders regardless of yin or yang syndrome types. These methods collectively demonstrate ancient physicians' observational insights and response strategies toward various poisoning symptoms.

This passage records several ancient medicinal formulas and treatments for cold damage (shanghan) and malaria.

The first formula is a general remedy for undifferentiated exterior-interior symptoms, comprising herbs such as shengma (Cimicifuga), baishao (white peony root), zisuye (perilla leaf), gange (kudzu root), chenpi (tangerine peel), chuanxiong (Ligusticum), qingpi (green tangerine peel), gancao (licorice), xiangfu (Cyperus), and baizhi (Angelica dahurica). These ingredients are ground into powder, with three qian (about 9 grams) per dose, decocted with three slices of ginger. For headaches, scallion whites are added; for chest tightness and abdominal distension, zhike (bitter orange peel) is included. This formula is safe even for postpartum women, infants, and the elderly.

The second treatment addresses cold damage with abdominal masses: grind dahuang (rhubarb) and badou (croton seeds) into powder, mix with saliva to form a cake, and place it on the navel. Then apply moxibustion with an Artemisia stick until heat penetrates the abdomen. After moxibustion, cleanse the area with a warm, wet cloth. This method has saved many lives.

For malaria, multiple formulas are provided:

1. Grind changshan (Dichroa root) and binglang (betel nut) into powder, mix with egg white to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take one the night before and another at dawn on the day of an attack.

2. Slice changshan, steam it three times with egg white, dry in the sun, grind into powder, and form pills for morning and evening use.

3. Adjust the ratio of qinghao (Artemisia annua) and rougui (cinnamon) based on whether symptoms lean toward cold or heat, taken with ginger juice and warm wine.

4. A single-ingredient changshan remedy effective regardless of disease duration: soak in vinegar, boil dry, grind into powder, and take at dawn with cold water.

5. A decoction of equal parts zhimu (Anemarrhena), beimu (Fritillaria), changshan, and binglang, left outdoors overnight before consumption.

These formulas emphasize precise timing (often at dawn or before an attack) and modifications for specific symptoms. Some also detail intricate preparation methods.

This passage documents several traditional Chinese medicinal formulas and administration methods for treating dysentery, with targeted therapeutic approaches for different symptoms.

For red-white dysentery (characterized by bloody or white mucus in stool):

Take six Terminalia chebula fruits (hezi), half roasted and half raw, remove the pits, dry the flesh, and grind into powder. For bloody dysentery, take with decoction of raw licorice (gancao); for white dysentery, take with decoction of roasted licorice. Consume on an empty stomach, with severe cases requiring no more than two doses.

Dysentery Pill Formula:

Two pinellia tubers (banxia), seven croton seeds (badou, shelled), one qian of plant soot (baicaoshuang), and one stick of ink (jingmo, the size of a pinellia tuber). Grind these ingredients into powder, mix with three qian of yellow wax (huangla) and a small amount of clear oil, melt together, and form into mung bean-sized pills. Take seven pills per dose: for bloody dysentery, swallow with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with dried ginger (ganjiang) decoction.

For "forbidden mouth" dysentery (a severe form where the patient cannot eat), differentiate between cold and heat syndromes:

• Heat syndrome: Palms feel hot, eyes appear red—treat with Baidu San (antidote powder) decocted with aged rice.
• Cold syndrome: Palms feel cold or purely white dysentery—grind lotus seeds (lianzi, unpeeled) into powder, take three qian per dose with rice water.

Additional Supportive Formulas:

• Dry red hibiscus flowers (mujinhua, calyx removed) in shade, grind into powder, and sprinkle on pan-fried cakes. Consume after taking an opening decoction first.
• Heat-type dysentery: Use equal parts bupleurum (chaihu) and skullcap (huangqin), decoct in half wine, half water until reduced by 30%. Cool and take on an empty stomach or in the morning. For severe bloody dysentery, increase skullcap dosage.
• Mix one salted plum (meizi, pitted) with high-quality spring tea powder, take with vinegar decoction.
• Cramping diarrhea: Decoct aged mugwort (chenai) and papaya (mugua), add a little vinegar and salt before drinking.
• Another method: Decoct Evodia rutaecarpa (wuzhuyu, three qian) with mugwort leaves (aiye) in three divided doses for effect. If unavailable, use mugwort alone, simmered with ginger (shengjiang).

These formulas emphasize selecting herbs and administration methods based on specific symptoms (cold/heat, bloody/white dysentery), reflecting the principle of pattern differentiation and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.

The Secret Formulas of Immortal Physicians records several emergency treatment methods:

For "intestinal sand colic" (acute abdominal pain):

Yin-type sand manifests with abdominal pain accompanied by cold extremities. Treatment involves locating red spots on the patient's body and cauterizing them with oil-soaked rush pith wicks. Yang-type sand shows abdominal pain with warm extremities, treated by pricking the back of fingers near nails to a depth of about half a centimeter until bleeding occurs. Before treatment, push downward along the arms to concentrate stagnant blood in fingertips before bloodletting. This violent colic could be fatal—ancients called it "dry cholera." In emergencies, administer one liang (about 30g) of salt dissolved in hot water; the salt's Qi reaching the abdomen relieves pain. Alternatively, heat stones until red-hot, immerse in cold water, then drink one to two ge (100-200ml) of the settled clear water.

For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea:

When patients vomit immediately after taking medicine, decoct and administer 49 mung beans and 49 peppercorns ground together. For severe thirst, grind into powder and take with well water for excellent effect. For persistent cholera diarrhea, boil a handful of fresh mugwort in two bowls of water until reduced to one bowl for single-dose consumption; use aged mugwort leaves for strong decoction if fresh unavailable. Another prescription combines one liang of papaya, half liang of evodia (steeped seven times in hot water), two qian of fennel, and two qian of licorice—take four qian of this mixture decocted with three ginger slices and ten perilla leaves on an empty stomach.

For moxibustion treatment of early-stage abscesses (suppurative swellings):

When detecting red, swollen, hot, and painful abscesses on the back—regardless of suppuration—first apply wet paper to the affected area; the first spot to dry indicates the abscess apex. Cut garlic into slices about three-qian-coin thickness, place on the lesion, and perform moxibustion with moxa cones. Replace garlic after every three zhuang (about 15-20 minutes) of moxibustion. Treat painful cases until pain ceases, and non-painful cases until pain appears. Early detection is crucial: within 1-2 days, ten moxibustion sessions bring complete recovery; 3-4 days require six to seven sessions; 5-6 days need three to four sessions for effect.

This passage explains ancient surgical methods for treating boils and abscesses. Here's a modern interpretation:

Early-stage boil treatment:

When a newly formed red swelling appears on the back with a millet-sized yellow spot at its center, slice a single-clove garlic and apply moxibustion as described earlier. Remove the scab the next day to allow natural pus drainage. Note that moxibustion becomes ineffective after seven days of infection. For clustered small boils, pound garlic into paste, form cakes to cover the affected area, then cauterize with mugwort for healing.

Bamboo suction method (for malignant sores):

Select 1-2 inch sections of bitter bamboo nodes, scraping the green skin until paper-thin, adjusting size to match the wound. Prepare a decoction with equal parts (5 qian each) of:

• Tribulus terrestris (白蒺藜)
• Atractylodes rhizome (苍术)
• Sapium sebiferum bark (乌桕皮)
• Magnolia bark (厚朴)

Boil these herbs with bamboo tubes. Apply the hot bamboo directly to the wound—it will adhere naturally. Replace with fresh hot tubes after cooling. This suction process extracts pus for recovery.

Shixuan Powder for abscesses:

All abscesses stem from Qi-blood stagnation and accumulated wind-toxins. This formula:

• Expels pathogenic wind
• Regulates Qi-blood flow
• Drains pus while relieving pain
• Accelerates tissue regeneration

It rapidly disperses unformed pus or ruptures matured abscesses, proving so effective that alternatives become unnecessary.

Case studies:

1. A man with persistent back boils unresponsive to other medicines took 5-6 qian doses with heated wine—70% improvement occurred swiftly. Repeated doses caused pus discharge, achieving full recovery in half a month.

2. A woman with bowl-sized thigh swelling experienced complete resolution.

3. Another patient's head abscess vanished after medicated sleep induced by the formula.

Administration guidelines:

• Use premium-quality herbs
• Continue dosage until complete wound closure to repair damage and prevent recurrence
• For alcohol-intolerant patients, substitute with concentrated Aucklandia decoction, though wine enhances efficacy

Herb specifications:

• Ginseng (人参): Use freshly sliced Korean varieties (新罗产), removing rhizomes before drying
• Angelica (当归): Select Sichuan-sourced specimens thick as horsetails (马尾), washed and sliced before roasting

This passage describes several traditional Chinese medicinal formulas and preparation methods for treating toxic sores and abscesses (chuangdu yongju). Here's the detailed explanation:

Regarding the processing of Astragalus (Huangqi) and other herbs: Select high-quality Astragalus roots that are over one chi long (about 33cm), straight like arrow shafts without branches. After washing, cut them into one-cun segments (about 3cm), crush and tear into fibers, then soak in salt water. Gently roast until crisp, then chop finely. Choose premium Chuanxiong rhizomes (Ligusticum), wash, slice and dry. Select fresh Fangfeng roots (Saposhnikovia), similarly washed, sliced and dried. For Magnolia bark (Houpo), choose thick purple varieties—remove the coarse outer bark, soak overnight in ginger juice, then dry-fry. Use Platycodon roots (Jiegeng) with bitter cores, washed with tops removed, sliced and dried. Cinnamon (Rougui) should be thin curled pieces with outer bark removed, avoiding direct fire exposure.

Ten-ingredient formula proportions: Ginseng (Renshen), Angelica (Danggui) and Astragalus (Huangqi)—two liang each (about 75g); the other seven ingredients—one liang each (about 37g). Grind all except cinnamon into powder, then mix cinnamon in last. Dosage: 3-5 qian (9-15g) per serving, with extra cinnamon prepared. The text emphasizes that sincere preparation and repeated doses will ensure efficacy.

Yellow Wax Pill preparation: Effective for back abscesses and malignant sores—even snakehead-like body sores respond. Grind raw alum (Baifan) into powder, using 1 liang alum to 0.7 liang yellow wax (preferably mountain wax for quality). Melt wax, remove from heat, stir in alum powder, and form pills the size of phoenix tree seeds (wutongzi). Take 10-30 pills anytime with rice water or warm water. Unruptured sores will dissipate internally; ruptured ones will heal. Results appear within 10+ doses. Also treats mineral-based elixir poisoning. Alternatively, take 10-20 spoonfuls of plain alum powder with warm water. These wax pills don't harm organs, relieve pain, and suit all ages/constitutions—primarily protecting inner membranes, heart, and preventing internal heat-toxin attacks.

Oak Leaf Decoction formula: Treats back abscesses regardless of suppuration (a simple, affordable option). Ingredients: 4 liang dried oak leaves (Zuomu), plus 1 liang each of dried lotus leaf centers with stems (Heye), daylily roots (Xuancaogen), licorice nodes (Gancaojie), and burnet roots (Diyu). Chop ingredients, decoct 0.5 liang per dose in 2 bowls of water until reduced to half. Divide into two servings—morning and evening—until cured. Effective even for suppurated cases.

This scripture records several secret formulas for treating external ailments such as abscesses, scrofula, malignant boils, and chronic leg ulcers. For abscesses that have not yet suppurated, patients must abstain from all toxic foods. The treatment involves pounding cage cherry leaves into a paste, adding a small amount of salt, and applying it externally while leaving space for pus drainage.

For scrofula (lymphatic tuberculosis): Make a small hole at the top of a black chicken egg, thoroughly mix the yolk and egg white, then insert one blister beetle (a toxic insect) with its head, wings, and legs removed. Seal the opening with paper and steam until cooked. Remove both the shell and beetle before consuming the egg on an empty stomach—one per day until recovery. Another method involves bundling thirty insect-free皂角 (soap pods) together, wrapping them in palm leaves, and soaking them in a cesspit for one month followed by another month in running water. After sun-drying, grind them into powder. For every two qian of皂角 powder, add half qian of麝香 (musk) and seven whole scorpions. Take two qian doses with warm wine or broth.

For malignant boils, the critical step is piercing them to drain toxins, otherwise the poison may invade the intestines. One approach is grinding蝉蜕 (cicada molting) into powder—half taken with honey water and half applied topically after mixing with saliva. Alternatively, pound乌梅 (smoked plum) flesh into a paste for external application while drinking wine or decoction infused with chrysanthemum roots. Another remedy combines fresh honey and aged scallions pounded into an ointment. After piercing the boil, apply the mixture and bandage. Walk approximately five li (Chinese miles), then wash with hot vinegar water.

Chronic leg ulcers can be treated with powdered血竭 (dragon’s blood resin) applied externally. Another formula uses kiln-fired yellow earth, combined with黄柏 (amur cork tree bark),赤石脂 (red halloysite),黄丹 (lead oxide), and轻粉 (calomel), ground into powder and blended with clear oil for application. Even if itching occurs, scratching must be avoided—continuous application for dozens of days is required for healing. For scabies, formulas incorporate雄黄 (realgar),硫黄 (sulfur),黄连 (goldthread),蛇床子 (cnidium seeds), and剪刀草 (scissor grass) in varying combinations.

This records several traditional Chinese medicinal formulas for treating skin ulcers and sores, all prepared by grinding herbs into fine powder to make ointments or medicinal powders.

The first formula, "Hezhang San" (Clapping Powder), specifically treats various scabies and leprosy sores. The prescription consists of 1.5 liang of Aristolochia seeds, 2.5 qian of alum, and 3 qian of sulfur—each ground separately—then mixed with clear oil. The mixture is applied to the hands, rubbed until warm, and then cupped over the nose to inhale the medicinal Qi (vital energy). This method is said to naturally resolve the sores.

For treating malignant sores and swellings the size of plums or small beans, combine 1 liang of Evodia fruit with 2 liang of small garlic, grind them together, and apply externally to the affected area. Change the dressing three times daily until healed.

For chronic sores that haven't healed for years, drying and grinding wax gourd leaves into powder for external application proves effective. For mastitis (breast abscess), burn 1 qian of snake slough into ashes, mix with 0.5 qian of roasted licorice powder, and take with warm wine. If the abscess has ruptured, apply the mixture with raw oil.

Other simple remedies include: mixing soapberry ashes with clam shell powder, taking with wine and massaging the affected area; burning Dragon Boat Festival zongzi leaves into ashes and taking with wine; crushing verbena and ginger, taking hot while applying the dregs warm to the sore.

For "water balance sores" (a type of damp sore), hollow out gardenia fruits, fill them with alum, burn the whole thing to ashes, grind into powder, and apply after washing the affected area. For gan sores (ulcerative skin lesions), calcine calamine with vinegar quenching, grind into powder, mix with oil for external application—adding fragrant tea and child's clay enhances the effect.

Other minor remedies include: crushing raw ginkgo nuts for topical rubbing (also effective against pubic lice); frying phellodendron bark with egg white, grinding into powder, and applying with clear oil; burning whole olives to ashes and mixing with oil for external use; frying cooked egg yolks to extract oil and mixing with calomel for application; mixing Pingwei San with calomel and oil for topical use.

For mouth ulcers, two methods are suggested: 1) grinding equal parts licorice and alum into powder to dissolve in the mouth; 2) grinding Evodia fruit into powder, mixing with vinegar, and applying to the soles of the feet.

This text records several traditional Chinese medicinal formulas for treating various ailments:

For oral ulcers: Grind together minerals including crude saltpeter, schisandra, talc, honey-fried phellodendron bark, alum, processed yellow lead, calcined gypsum, and corydalis rhizome into powder. Apply directly to the ulcer for rapid healing.

For abscesses and carbuncles: Finely grind monkshood root and mix with well water to form a paste. Apply to swollen areas (avoid broken skin). Adding hibiscus leaf enhances effectiveness.

For scrotal itching: Consume roasted pig bladder dipped in salted wine on an empty stomach. Alternatively, fumigate the affected area 10+ times with smoke from rice straw-wrapped soapberry pods. May combine with Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Drink.

For herpes zoster (snake-like rash): Apply either (1) powdered stove hearth earth mixed with clear oil, (2) chewed glutinous rice flour with salt as poultice, or (3) water-ground rusty nails. Crushed kalimeris herb with vinegar also cures.

For felon (finger abscess): Apply centipede powder (roasted then ground) mixed with pig bile. Alternative method: fill gardenia pod with black bean powder and bind to affected finger.

For eyebrow-area sores: Extract marrow from 5-7 pig leg bones, combine with fragrant resin powder to make ointment. After cooling, grind with calomel and apply with oil base.

For throat disorders: Gargle then swallow decoction of 30g cimicifuga rhizome—effective within three applications. Alternatively, dissolve alum in mouth.

For acute laryngitis: Remove seeds from one soapberry pod, chop and soak to extract thick juice. Blend with small amount of raw sesame oil before use.

These formulas employ common medicinal ingredients through topical application, oral administration, or fumigation to treat various external conditions.

This text records several remedies for oral and throat ailments, along with dietary treatments for regurgitation disorders.

For swollen, painful throat conditions, one method involves using a goose feather to induce vomiting of toxic saliva, combined with wind-dispersing and detoxifying herbs. Another effective approach is to grind the medicinal herb Baiyao with vinegar and hold it in the mouth before spitting out the toxic fluids.

To treat sublingual gland swelling (known as "double tongue"), create a paste from powdered alum, processed Shengudan (a mineral medicine), and gallnut mixed with honey. Apply this to the tongue, rinse after a while, and repeat until symptoms subside. A simpler version uses just a small amount of cattail pollen rubbed directly on the swollen area.

For severe tongue swelling with breathing difficulty, mix equal parts plant ash (from stove bottoms) and salt with well water to make a topical application. Throat inflammation can also be treated by dusting the affected area with powdered mirabilite and alum, or by gargling with a solution of chalcanthite (a mineral medicine) ground in vinegar.

Regarding regurgitation disorders (reverse stomach qi), this condition can be dangerous. The crucial principle is to avoid forcing food or liquids, which worsens vomiting. Begin treatment with Laifu Dan (a summer-heat remedy), then switch to Yangzheng Lingsha if heatstroke is ruled out. Patients should eat only fragrant fried rice when hungry, completely avoiding liquids for three days until vomiting ceases.

Specific dietary remedies include: 1) A mixture of seven sheng of sugarcane juice with one sheng of ginger juice, taken in three doses. 2) Stuffing a cantharides beetle (toxic insect) into a pitted date, slow-roasting it, then removing the insect and consuming the date on an empty stomach with warm water. Surprisingly, drinking a small cup of donkey urine daily also proves effective.

Finally, the recipe for Nine Immortals Cakes: Combine ginseng, costus root, licorice, processed arisaema (with ginger juice), processed pinellia (with ginger juice), bitter orange, alum, fermented soybeans, and magnolia bark in specified proportions. Grind into powder, expose to night dew, then form into coin-sized cakes using a decoction of ginseng and magnolia bark. Slowly bake until dry. Take one cake per dose with a large slice of fresh ginger.

This text records several medicinal formulas and administration methods for treating various ailments:

For treating gastric reflux (rebellious stomach Qi) and persistent vomiting in children: Take half an ounce of high-quality sulfur and grind it finely, then mix with two and a half qian of mercury, grinding until fully blended. Take three qian of this powder each dose, first heating a cup of ginger juice wine, then taking the medicine on an empty stomach while hot. When mixing the medicine, slowly add the wine while stirring evenly. After taking, cover with blankets to induce sweating.

There are two formulas for treating wasting-thirst disorder (similar to diabetes): The first uses equal parts of white peony root and roasted licorice ground into coarse powder. Take three qian boiled in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to 80% volume, strain and take without time restrictions, three times daily until cured. The second uses two ounces of litharge and one ounce of de-bearded coptis root ground fine, made into phoenix tree seed-sized pills using steamed cake paste. Begin with five pills daily, increasing by five each day up to thirty, taken with strong silkworm cocoon peel salt broth or wine.

An anecdote tells of a traveler with wasting-thirst who, finding no water at night, accidentally drank boiled silkworm cocoon broth and recovered. Another folk remedy uses the wooden nose-ring of oxen burned to ash with properties preserved, ground and taken with wine or decocted in broth for several doses.

For urinary blockage: Use Chinese tallow tree bark decoction to take Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria. Without the powder, the bark decoction alone suffices. Another formula uses nine qian of schizonepeta with one qian of rhubarb decocted together.

For constipation and senile deficiency-type constipation: Burn aged soapberry pods to ash with properties preserved, leave covered in a bowl overnight, then take on empty stomach with wine. Alternatively, crush radish seeds in cold water. Another formula uses nine qian of rhubarb with one qian of schizonepeta decocted in water and taken fasting.

For acute cases of urinary and fecal blockage lasting three to five days: Use worm-free soapberry pods burned to ash, taken with five qian of rice water for immediate effect.

This text records several folk remedies for treating urinary system disorders and edema conditions. The first prescription addresses bloody urine: Take fresh plantago asiatica (cheqianzi) roots and leaves, wash thoroughly and extract the juice. Regular consumption promotes urination and proves effective against all five types of strangury (lin syndrome).

For painful urination with sand-like particles, two options exist: First, roast soft-shelled turtle carapace (jiuleibiejia) until crisp, grind into powder, and take one spoonful mixed with wine. Alternatively, boil a handful of achyranthes root in water, then add small amounts of musk and frankincense before ingestion.

Three methods treat hematuria (bloody strangury): 1) Boil 120 black beans with licorice, add talcum powder while hot and consume on empty stomach. 2) Decoct Pingwei Powder with dragon bones. 3) Burn white mume plum into charcoal, mix with musk to form pills.

For turbid urine (white strangury): Dry-fry aged winter melon seeds, grind into powder, and take five qian with rice water on empty stomach. Another method involves boiling poria cocos and polyporus umbellatus to make wax pills, taken with decoction of rush pith, jujube, and ophiopogon root.

Chronic diarrhea from spleen deficiency: Slowly fry ginger and coptis until ginger dries, grind coptis into powder, and take two qian with tea. Alternatively, consume the previously mentioned yellow wax pills.

Edema treatments: Boil black beans, remove skins, dry-roast and powder them, take two qian mixed with rice water. The specialized "Cart-Pushing Pills" for yellow edema: Make pills from white flour, alum, and green vitriol fried until reddish, take thirty pills with jujube decoction. Another yellow edema formula combines vinegar-boiled sparganium, zedoary, and rice-washed fried atractylodes.

This medical prescription records several herbal formulas for treating edema conditions.

The first formula involves grinding six herbs including magnolia bark, aged tangerine peel, and licorice into powder, then mixing with green vitriol and rice flour to form a paste-shaped pill. Take 50-60 pills each dose with rice water. During treatment, avoid consuming triggering foods like sow meat, rooster, goose, and beef/mutton. This secret formula treats yellow swelling, edema, alcohol-induced jaundice, and accumulative pain.

The second formula combines green vitriol with rice vinegar, calcined dry in an earthenware basin. Add half-ounce each of Pingwei Powder and Wuyao Shunqi Powder, optionally including stove ashes if dietary restrictions aren't observed. Grind these ingredients into powder, form large pills using vinegar paste, and take 9-11 pills per dose (maximum 20-30), swallowed on an empty stomach with southern wine or ginger-salt decoction.

The third is the Nameless Pill secret formula, treating edema-induced symptoms like hardened abdominal distension, whole-body swelling pain, coughing, and breathlessness. Ingredients include red poria, knoxia root, kansui root, genkwa flower, areca nut, green tangerine peel, and black morning glory seeds, ground and formed into firmiana seed-sized pills using thin flour paste. Take 30 pills per dose, adjusting according to severity. Different swelling locations require specific decoctions: seaweed and psoralea-atractylodes decoction for body edema, tangerine peel decoction for facial swelling, cimicifuga decoction for abdominal distension, lepidium seed decoction for lumbar swelling, and mulberry root-bark decoction for limb edema. Foot edema requires raw rice washed, pounded, and steeped in boiling water as the delivery liquid. If excessive bowel movements occur after taking, soak hands/feet in cold water to relieve. Strictly prohibited for pregnant/postpartum women, and must be taken during the fifth watch (3-5am) on empty stomach. Those with knee swelling should lie flat with feet together after taking to discharge dampness through urination/defecation. No other medicines should be taken the same day, avoid licorice, and abstain from salt for six months to prevent recurrence. This formula must not be overdosed.

This text records several medicinal formulas and therapies for treating conditions such as edema, bloody stool, and hemorrhoids:

For treating edema, medication should be taken daily. In severe cases, take it every three days. After two days of medication, one may take Sheng Liao Wuling San and Jiahe San (two traditional Chinese herbal formulas), decocted with ginger and jujubes. This combination regulates the spleen and stomach, improves appetite, and promotes diuresis to reduce swelling.

For bloody stool treatments:

1) Charred dark plum (retaining its medicinal properties) is boiled with vinegar and mixed with rice paste to form pills, taken with soup or wine.

2) Another formula uses dried and powdered coptis root and cypress leaves, taken with wine on an empty stomach.

3) A third method involves powdered schizonepeta spikes and amomum fruit, three qian (approx. 9g) per dose taken with glutinous rice soup three times daily.

Hemorrhoid-related bloody stool remedies:

1) Powdered gallnut mixed with salt-pickled plum forms a paste, shaped into firmiana seed-sized pills. Take fifty pills with wine or soup.

2) Alternatively, use partially charred and partially raw Baijianjian (a medicinal herb), powdered and mixed with soft rice to make thirty pills per dose, taken with rice soup.

Hemorrhoid treatments:

1) Angelica dahurica soaked overnight in rice-washing water, sliced, dried on heated ground, and powdered—taken daily with wine.

2) Honey-fried皂角 (Gleditsia sinensis) with seeds and peel removed, powdered and mixed with rice paste into pills taken with rice soup.

3) Roasted and powdered cocklebur leaves or seeds taken with honey.

Topical applications:

1) Mirabilite dissolved in well water for washing affected areas. For ointment, mix with honey and Jisu Wan (an herbal pill).

2) Another topical blend combines one qian each of malachite and litharge with a trace of musk, powdered and applied with saliva.

For prolapsed hemorrhoids:

1) Hot leek decoction in earthenware for steam treatment proves highly effective.

2) Similarly, boiled watermelon rind can be used for steaming.

3) Another method places sliced ginger on the affected area, topped with three moxa cones (a unit in moxibustion therapy). Yellow discharge indicates resolution. Multiple hemorrhoids can be treated sequentially.

For rectal prolapse:

Mix roof beam dust with rat droppings and fumigate the affected area using smoke in a bucket.

This passage records a traditional Chinese herbal formula for treating cough and its flexible application methods. The main ingredients include:

• Ginseng (with rhizome removed)
• Saposhnikovia root (with rhizome removed)
• Pinellia tuber (soaked in hot water)
• Licorice root
• Tangerine peel (white inner layer removed and stir-fried)
• Platycodon root (rhizome removed and stir-fried)
• Apricot kernel (skin and tip removed)
• Ephedra (nodes removed)
• Mulberry root bark (coarse outer layer removed and stir-fried)
• Perilla fruit stalk (membrane removed and stir-fried; if unavailable, poppy capsule can substitute)
• Dark plum (half per dose)

Preparation:

Equal parts of these herbs are combined. For each dose, take 3 qian (approx. 9g) with five slices of fresh ginger, decoct until 70% liquid remains, then strain. Consume warm during the first night watch (7–9 PM). The dregs may be taken together or reserved for re-decoction the following evening.

Modifications based on symptoms:

• Exertion-induced cough: Add schisandra berry
• Restlessness/fever: Add wolfberry root bark
• Dry mouth: Add ginseng and ophiopogon root
• Excessive phlegm: Add processed arisaema rhizome
• Abdominal bloating: Add stir-fried bitter orange peel
• Chest tightness: Add bitter orange peel
• Lung distension: Add stir-fried mulberry root bark
• Constipation: Add betel nut husk
• Night terrors/dreams: Add ginseng and polygala root (pith removed)
• Labored breathing: Add lepidium seed
• Wheezing with weak knees: Add chaenomeles fruit and lindera root
• Limb numbness: Add lindera root and stephania root
• Cold-induced cough: Add dried ginger, cinnamon bark, and asarum root
• Hoarseness: Add chebule fruit and mint
• Severe cough: Decoct Jiubao Yin separately with child’s urine
• Coughing blood: Add cogongrass flowers and lotus node
• Blood-streaked sputum: Add burnt cattail pollen and cogongrass flowers
• Pink-tinged phlegm: Add burnt lily bulb, gallnut, and cogongrass flowers
• Poor appetite: Add white peony root and atractylodes rhizome, decocted with ginger and jujube
• Sudden hemoptysis/palm/sole fever: Decoct Poria Heart-Tonifying Decoction with cogongrass flowers and cattail pollen
• Dry throat/mouth: Add ginseng and pueraria root
• Cold-induced wheezing cough: Decoct Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
• Seasonal colds: Use Jinfiecao Powder with mulberry root bark and poppy capsule
• Wind-cold cough/headache: Add ligusticum rhizome and angelica root, decocted with ginger and scallion
• Cold/fever cough: Omit poppy capsule; add bupleurum root and scutellaria root
• Tidal fever cough: Slowly decoct Ginseng-Perilla Decoction
• Pregnant women: Use Lily Bulb Powder exclusively

This formula exemplifies Chinese medicine’s principle of pattern differentiation and treatment, adapting flexibly to cough variants and root causes, embodying personalized therapeutic adjustments.

Notes on the use of these prescriptions and their contraindications:

For ingredients that must be burned to ash before use, simply place the ash in a cup and take it with the other medicines. After taking this medicine, swallow Pinglao Pill with rice water. Take it on an empty stomach.

During treatment, follow strict dietary restrictions. Avoid raw or cold foods, salty or sour foods, fried or grilled foods, rich foods, and alcohol. In particular, avoid flour-based foods, mutton, duck, fishy foods, tofu, and other foods considered to aggravate illness.

Ginseng and Dragon-Joining Powder treats persistent coughing. Use equal amounts of ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin stir-fried, coltsfoot flower, and poppy capsule stir-fried with rice. Take three qian (about 9 grams) per dose, with one smoked plum. Boil and take at midnight.

Two-Mother Powder treats wheezing and profuse phlegm. Grind anemarrhena and fritillaria into powder. Take before bed with warm water. For severe wheezing, add powder made from bitter drab-seed; for a persistent cough, add powder made from douling. If douling is unavailable, poppy capsule may be used instead; remove the fibers and do not process it.

Black Dragon Pill is a general remedy for relieving cough and transforming phlegm. It contains one liang each of withered alum and pool alum; two qian of processed arisaema and of decoction-fermented gallnut; one qian of Chinese gallnut soaked overnight in rice-washing water and of pig-tusk honeylocust fruit with its skin and fibers removed; two qian of dried, stir-fried smoked-plum flesh and of processed pinellia. Make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 30 pills per dose: for a cold cough, swallow with weak ginger tea; for a hot cough, with plain tea.

Phlegm-Transforming Pill, basic formula: one qian of withered alum, arisaema that is half raw and half cooked, and processed pinellia. Use ginger juice to make a thick paste and form small pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 20–30 pills after meals with ginger tea.

Old Edition’s One-Pinch Gold, an emergency cough-suppressing remedy: one liang each of anemarrhena and fritillaria, and ten grains of croton with the oil removed. Grind finely and mix well. Take a small amount (about 0.5 grams), place it on a slice of ginger, and chew slowly while lying in bed before swallowing; then go to sleep. It should take effect by the next day. Give children half the dose.

Emergency Remedy for Loss of Voice: Take one honeylocust fruit with its skin removed and three sliced radishes. Boil in one bowl of water until reduced to half a bowl, then drink. The voice should recover within no more than three doses.

Note: “qian” is an ancient unit of weight, equivalent to about 3 grams; “one zi” is about 0.5 grams. Some ingredients, such as poppy capsules and croton, are now controlled substances and should be used only under medical supervision.

Here are several ancient remedies for common ailments, all prepared with natural medicinal ingredients.

For treating nosebleeds: Mix half a cup of radish juice with half a cup of wine, heat it, and drink it for immediate effect. Another remedy involves burning women's hair into ashes, mixing it with cyperus rhizome powder, and taking it with hot water. Alternatively, you can char gardenia until it turns to charcoal, grind it into fine powder, and blow it into the nostrils to stop bleeding instantly. Another method is to take curcuma powder with cogongrass flowers decocted in water, or even roll axle grease into small pills and insert them into the nostrils for miraculous results.

For severe headaches, the "Divine Elixir" is made by grinding equal parts sulfur and saltpeter (one liang each) into fine powder, mixing with water to form thumb-sized pills, and taking them with tea on an empty stomach. Another remedy, "Three Spirits Powder," combines equal parts aconite and asarum with a small amount of yellow lead, ground into powder and blown into the nose. There's also the "Purple Void Primordial Lord's Head Wind Elixir": boil Sichuan aconite in river water seven times, then stir-fry it with salt until yellow, mix with asarum, musk, and high-mountain tea buds, and take three qian each time with tea. Effectiveness is marked by sweating or nasal discharge after taking the medicine, followed by drinking hot water.

For heart and stomach pain: grind cinnamon bark into powder and take it with plain water or wine. Another remedy is to steep silkworm excrement in boiling water, filter it, and drink it for quick relief. Alternatively, mix corydalis rhizome and pepper powder with wine.

For hernia pain, the "Divine Response Powder" is made by grinding corydalis rhizome and pepper into powder, taking two qian each time with half wine and half water. For lower abdominal and bladder swelling, take cyperus rhizome powder with sargassum decoction. Another remedy, "Four Saints Powder," combines equal parts roasted fennel, roasted pangolin scales, roasted scorpion, and costus root, ground into powder—take two qian with wine for excellent pain relief. A simpler method is to boil a handful of lantern plant (with stems and leaves) with a piece of fresh ginger in raw wine and drink it hot on an empty stomach.

These remedies emphasize specific preparation methods (such as roasting or charring) and administration techniques (taking with wine or tea), reflecting ancient medical principles that valued the nature of medicines and their methods of use.

Here are several medicinal formulas for treating various ailments:

For hernia treatment, there are two prescriptions: The first involves modifying Wuling Powder by removing cinnamon bark and adding black morning glory, platycodon root, and plantago seeds. This modified formula is called Pan Cong Powder, which shows excellent efficacy after several doses. The second prescription uses equal parts of fennel, frankincense powder, polyporus, platycodon root, akebia stem, and licorice, decocted with a handful of rush pith and lophatherum leaves. Multiple doses prove effective. The specific administration method involves first taking Fuyuan Tongqi Powder, followed by Wuling Powder (3 qian each dose), with cinnamon bark removed and black morning glory and evodia fruit (soaked in hot water) added. For bloating, add stir-fried bitter orange peel; for severe pain, add star anise and decoct together.

For treating pityriasis versicolor (a skin condition): Boil 1 liang of sulfur in vinegar for one day, then grind with three cuttlefish bones into fine powder. After bathing, repeatedly rub the affected area with ginger dipped in this powder until warm. Avoid wind exposure after application - several treatments can eradicate the condition. Another method uses anemarrhena rhizome ground in vinegar for topical application.

For hematemesis and hemoptysis: Roast cypress leaves on a tile until dry, then grind into powder. Take 3 qian doses with rice water - effective within three to five doses. Another method uses dried lotus leaves roasted and ground, taking about 2 qian with rice water. Alternatively, drink fresh warm urine (referring to children's urine), or take powdered ink scraped from a pot's bottom after calcination, mixed with well water.

For fishbone obstruction: Swallow several mouthfuls of 2 qian frankincense powder mixed with water. Alternatively, slowly dissolve and swallow granulated sugar - the bone will descend. One may also decoct ramie root (the textile variety) with meat from the same fish species as the lodged bone for oral administration. Chewing and swallowing amomum fruit with dried licorice, or taking crude saltpeter also works. For fishbone throat obstruction, placing the same fish's bone atop the head's crown can make the obstruction descend.

Another universal method for poultry or fishbone obstruction: Grind crude saltpeter finely, mix with chicken su pills to form pellet-sized doses. Lying supine, hold 3-5 pills in the mouth to dissolve naturally. For accidental needle swallowing, hold a magnet near the mouth to attract it out, or consume copious fatty pork/mutton - the needle will pass with stool.

For children swallowing copper coins: Quickly pulverize red-hot charcoal, decoct into soup for immediate effect. For critical cases of swallowed metal, stones, or bones: Grind equal parts cowherb seed and phellodendron bark (with coarse skin removed), soak in steamed cake to form pellet-sized pills coated with natural indigo. String these to dry in ventilated areas. Administer one pill dissolved in cold water when needed.

When bitten by a venomous snake, immediately drink one or two bowls of good-quality vinegar to prevent the venom from spreading through the bloodstream. Alternatively, drinking one or two small cups of clear oil can serve as an emergency measure before proper medical treatment. First, tightly bind the areas above and below the wound with a rope, then grind Baizhi (Angelica dahurica) into powder and take about half a liang (approx. 25g) mixed with clean water. Soon, yellow fluid will drain from the wound, the swelling will subside, and the wound will heal.

Another remedy involves applying realgar powder externally to the wound or taking it mixed with water. Another method is to grind equal parts of alum, realgar, and yellow wax into powder and form it into pill-sized balls (about the size of a fingertip). In case of a snakebite, melt the pill on an incense spoon and drip the liquid onto the wound. Alternatively, use a bamboo tube to direct the liquid precisely onto the wound for better efficacy, preventing the toxin from spreading.

For treating insects lodged in the ear:

• Pour a mixture of leek juice and vinegar into the ear.
• Or stuff the ear with peach leaves warmed over fire.
• Alternatively, pour in clear oil.
• The most direct method is to cut a rooster’s comb and drip the blood into the ear.

If the ear bleeds as a result, stop the bleeding by blowing in a mixture of powdered dragon bone (fossilized bone) or roasted alum powder with musk.

For chronic ear discharge (pus or yellow fluid):

Blow a powdered mixture of roasted yellow lead (1 qian, approx. 3.7g), red peony root (2.5 qian), and trumpet vine flowers (2.5 qian) into the ear. If ineffective, add dried alum (1 qian), rouge (1 zi, approx. 0.3g), roasted gallnut (2.5 qian), and whole scorpion powder before blowing it in.

For long-term deafness:

Take a bean-sized piece of magnetite, a zi of musk, and ostrich oil in a bamboo tube, wrap them in fresh cotton, and insert into the ear while holding a small piece of raw iron in the mouth. When wind and rain-like sounds are heard in the ear, the treatment is working—repeat three to five times if needed.

For venomous insect bites:

Light a large paper twist dipped in sesame oil and fumigate the wound with the smoke—the toxins will be drawn out by the oil fumes.

For stomach pain caused by accidentally swallowing a leech:

Form field mud into pills and swallow them with water; the leech will be expelled with feces.

For spider sores (skin lesions), apply goat’s milk or rub with clear oil. For rabid dog bites:

• Consume large amounts of juice pounded from leek roots.
• Or decoct white peach tree bark and drink the liquid.
• Additionally, apply moxibustion (3–5 cones) to the wound.
• Applying powdered chalcanthite (blue vitriol) directly to the wound yields immediate results.

For a centipede bite, apply evodia fruit (Wuzhuyu) to the wound, or use chicken droppings as a poultice. Another method is to mix ginger juice with powdered clam shell for external application. Alternatively, cut mulberry bark to extract its sap and apply it directly—this brings immediate relief. If the pain is severe, moxibustion with mugwort sticks (Ai tiao) over the wound three to five times can help, or use the smoke from a burning lampwick dipped in clear oil to fumigate the area. These remedies are also highly effective for other venomous insect bites.

For a wasp sting, immediately rinse the wound with heated wine or apply clear oil. If injured by a tiger’s claws, first drink a bowl of clear oil, then cleanse the wound with oil, followed by a wash made from boiled kudzu root (Gegen). Finally, apply a paste of granulated sugar dissolved in water to the wound while drinking one or two bowls of the same sugar water.

Two remedies for snakebites:

1. Grind 5 qian each of asarum (Xixin) and angelica dahurica (Baizhi) with 2.5 qian of realgar (Xionghuang) into a fine powder, add a pinch of musk (Shexiang), and take 2 qian doses with warm wine.

2. Take powdered fritillaria (Beimu) with cold wine—those who tolerate alcohol may drink more. Once clear fluid drains from the wound, apply the leftover dregs to complete the healing.

For burns or scalds:

• Apply a paste of charcoal powder mixed with water, or use cinnabar powder (Zhusha). Pure tung oil (Tongyou) can also be applied directly.
• Alternatively, crush cypress leaves into a poultice, or use mashed yellow hollyhock flowers and leaves.

Important: Immediately after a burn, endure the pain and briefly expose the injury to heat (e.g., near a flame) for the duration of a meal—this prevents lingering pain. Avoid cold water or cooling substances, as trapped heat may cause tissue rot.

For severe bleeding or pain from knife or axe wounds:

• Stir-fry scallion whites (Congbai) until hot, mash them, and bandage the wound while still warm—this stops bleeding and relieves pain instantly. Replace with fresh scallions when cooled.
• Alternatively, fry crushed scallion greens and apply hot.
• Another option: Mix aged lime with equal parts rhubarb powder (Dahuang), fry until pink, and apply.
• Powdered stove-bottom ash (calcined), or a blend of powdered bletilla (Baiji) and fried gypsum sprinkled on the wound aids healing. Pyrolusite powder (Wumingyi) applied externally also works.

For sprains or joint pain:

• Mash ginger, mix with flour, fry until warm, and apply as a compress. Adding scallion whites enhances the effect.
• For foreign objects stuck in the eye: Grind high-quality ink with water and drip the liquid into the corner of the eye to dislodge the particle.

When pus discharges from the ear, grind alum into powder and blow it into the ear three times daily for immediate effect.

For embedded needles, metal shards, or bamboo/wood splinters that cannot be removed, grind about a dozen dried sheep droppings into powder, mix with water to form a thick paste, and apply generously to the wound. The pain will cease immediately, and the foreign object will emerge on its own. Another method is to chew the yellow part of a chestnut and apply it to the affected area. Alternatively, grind black beans into a paste with water and apply to wounds caused by bamboo or wood splinters.

Another remedy involves pounding castor seeds into a fine paste. First, place a cloth under the wound before applying the medicine. Check frequently—if the splinter begins to protrude, discontinue use, as the medicine’s potency is strong and may damage healthy tissue. For better results, mix with the flesh of white mume (Japanese apricot) before application.

For chapped hands and feet in winter, mix bletilla powder with water and pack it into the cracks, avoiding contact with water for three to five days.

To treat frostbite and ulceration on the heels, rub the affected area with ginger, scallion whites, and mugwort leaves at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival for about two hours—this prevents recurrence.

For toothache, boil a handful of wormwood in a bowl of water until reduced by half, then rinse the mouth with the warm liquid for immediate relief. Another method is to grind galangal and monkshood root into powder and rub it on the teeth, spitting out the saliva without swallowing. Rinse afterward with saltwater.

For cavities and tooth pain due to wind-fire imbalance, adjust treatment according to the body’s yin-yang deficiency or excess: in spring, use Zhengqi Powder; in summer, use Baidu Powder with rhubarb and bitter orange peel; in autumn and winter, use Wuji Powder or Xiaofeng Powder.

To expel intestinal parasites, grind betel nut into powder and take with honey water. The patient should eat lightly the day before and fast in the evening, taking the remedy at dawn the next day.

For suppurating palms, mash fresh mulberry leaves and wrap the affected area to promote healing.