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1. A sore grows on the upper neck, as large as a cherry, displaying five colors. When the sore breaks, the skin of the neck is severed. Daily consumption of cow's milk will cause it to subside naturally.

2. Chills and fever persist without cessation. After one month, the four limbs become hard as stone; striking them with an object produces a sound like bells or chimes. The body becomes increasingly emaciated and wretched. Decocting equal parts of Cornus officinalis (Corni Fructus) and Costus root (Aucklandiae Radix) in water and drinking the decoction leads to recovery.

3. The head of the large intestine protrudes by more than one cun, causing severe pain. It eventually dries up, falls off, and then regrows. This condition is named "Jie Chang" (Intestinal Severance Disease). If the entire intestine protrudes, it is incurable. However, if only one cun protrudes initially, it is treatable. Place sesame oil in a vessel and have the patient sit on it with their buttocks. Drinking several sheng of hemp seed juice will cure the condition.

4. Foul-smelling fluid flows from the mouth and nose. When collected in a bowl, iron-colored fish, as large as rice grains, are seen jumping incessantly. Picking them up with fingers causes them to dissolve into water, indicating necrotic flesh. Consuming chicken meat at will will lead to recovery.

5. Numbness and insensitivity occur in the abdomen. Boiling and consuming a large amount of white onion stalks will result in self-healing.

6. In women, feces pass through the urethra during urination. This is called "Jiao Chang" (Crossed Intestines). Taking "Wu Ling San" (Five Spirit Powder) is effective. If not fully cured, burning old hair into ash and taking it with wine can be used.

7. Both soles of the feet protrude as if swollen, with a cyan-black surface. Bean-like sores are hard as nails, making walking painful. The tibia feels shattered, and marrow flows from the heels. The body experiences cold tremors, yet there is only a desire for food. This is caused by the conflicting interaction of cold and heat in the Liver and Kidney Qi. Applying powder of processed Sichuan aconite root (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) externally and decocting leek soup for internal use is effective.

8. Abdominal distension persists for a long time, followed by sudden profuse diarrhea of several sheng, continuing day and night. Medications fail. This indicates Qi collapse. Decocting Alpinia oxyphylla (Alpiniae Oxyphyllii Fructus) in thick soup and drinking it brings immediate recovery.

9. Dislocation of the joints in the four limbs, with only skin connecting them, rendering movement impossible. This is named "Jing Jie" (Meridian Unbinding). Soaking three liang of Phytolacca acinosa (Phytolaccae Radix) in wine overnight, removing it, drying it over low heat, and grinding it into powder. Take two qian each time, mixed with wine. Completion of the dose ensures safety.

10. The penis remains erect and flaccid, seminal flow is unceasing, and there is a constant sensation of needle pricks. Pinching reveals fragility. This is "Shen Man Lou Ji" (Kidney Fullness and Leakage Disease). Grind two liang each of Allium tuberosum (Broomrape Seed/Leek Seed - Note: Text says Jiu Cai which is Leek, but traditionally Bu Gu Zhi is paired here. Translating literally as Leek) and Psoralea corylifolia (Psoraleae Fructus) into powder. Take three qian each time, decocted in one cup of water until reduced to six-tenths. Drink in three doses. Stop medication upon recovery.

11. Flesh growths appear in the throat, stacking layer upon layer, gradually swelling without pain. After many days, pores open, emitting foul odor, leading to loss of appetite. Decocting aged tangerine peel (Chen Pi) and drinking continuously cures the condition.

12. The abdomen feels hard as iron or stone. Water flows from the navel, transforming into worm-like movements circling the body, causing unbearable itching and pain that cannot be cleared by sweeping. Bathing in a strong decoction of Atractylodes lancea (Atractylodis Rhizoma) and taking a mixture of Atractylodes powder with a small amount of Moschus (Musk) dissolved in water leads to recovery.

13. Various birds and insects are constantly seen flying before the eyes, but vanish when grasped. This is a disorder of the Liver and Gallbladder meridians. Grind one liang each of Ziziphus jujuba seed (Zizyphi Spinosomi Semen), Notopterygium root (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Glaucophyllous Mirabilite (Glaucophyllous Mirabilite), and Celosia flower (Celosiae Flos) into powder. Take two liang (Note: likely a textual error for smaller dose, translating as written) each time, decocted in one large cup of water until reduced to seven-tenths. Drink with the dregs, three times a day.

14. Worms from the large intestine do not stop coming out; cutting them results in regrowth, making sitting and walking difficult. Taking five qian of Necator powder mixed with water leads to self-healing.

15. The eyeball droops out to the tip of the nose, appearing black, with unbearable pain. Frequent bleeding from stool may occur. This is named "Gan Zhang" (Liver Distension). Decocting Notopterygium root and drinking several cups leads to self-healing.

16. An object in the abdomen makes sounds echoing human speech. This is also known as "Ying Sheng Chong" (Echoing Sound Worm). Drinking one cup of Isatis root juice (Isatidis Radix) divided into five doses cures it. Alternatively, taking Polyporus umbellatus (Polypori mycelium - Note: Lei Wan is Melia Toosendan Fruit, text says Lei Wan) leads to self-healing. *Correction*: Text says Lei Wan (Meliae Fructus). Taking Meliae Fructus leads to self-healing.

17. Someone drank five sheng of oil before feeling comfortable. Eating/drinking more brings peace; otherwise, illness returns. This is because hair entered the stomach, wrapped by Qi and Blood, and transformed into worms. Taking half a liang of Realgar (Realgar) powder mixed with water causes the worms to exit naturally. If the worms are alive, place them in oil; shortly after, throw the oil and worms into the Yangtze River.

18. Treatment for lying in bed, unable to move limbs, able only to eat, and boasting about food, termed "Shi Shuo Wu Wang Bing" (Disease of Lost Expectation of Food). Method: When the patient speaks of eating pork, tell them they have eaten a meal of pork. The patient becomes happy. Place the meat before them to see, but do not give it to eat when the time comes. This deprives them of their expectation. Saliva will flow during sleep, leading to self-healing.

19. Finger joints are broken and destroyed, connected only by tendons. No bones remain. Worms move like lamp wicks, several chi long, covering the body in green curly hair. This is named "Xue Yu" (Blood Remainder). Decocting Poria cocos (Poria) and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Picrorhizae Rhizoma) in water and drinking leads to recovery.

20. Suddenly, a gurgling sound like waves is heard under the skin all over the body. Unbearable itching, scratching draws blood but provides no relief. This is named "Qi Ben" (Qi Rushing). Take one dose consisting of Ginseng radix (Ginseng Radix), Platycodon grandiflorus (Platycodi Radix), Green Salt (Green Salt), and Asarum heterotropoides (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), one liang each. Decoct in two bowls of water for ten boils. Strain and drink completely for recovery.

21. The whites of the eyes turn turbid and black, but vision remains normal. Hair stands straight like iron rods. Although able to eat and drink, the patient does not speak, resembling drunkenness. This is named "Xue Kui" (Blood Collapse). Take two qian of Trogopterus dung (Trogopterori Faeces) powder mixed with wine.

22. After moxibustion, large scabs fall off. Fresh meat pieces inside the wound fly like butterflies, soaring away. Unbearable pain indicates both flesh and blood are hot. Take half a liang each of Rheum palmatum (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) and Mirabilite (Mirabilite) powder mixed with water. Mild purging leads to recovery.

23. Upon retiring to bed, approximately five sheng of lice emerge from the whole body, causing flesh and blood damage. They increase nightly. Itching and pain are indescribable. Even drinking water and lying in bed, the patient cries day and night. Bleeding from the tongue tip does not stop. Teeth turn black. Lips tremble, nostrils flare. Drinking ten to twenty bowls of salt vinegar soup brings peace.

24. Red eyes, large panting through nostrils, spots all over the body, hair like copper wires. This is heat toxin and vapor accumulating in the Lower Jiao due to Stomach heat. Take one dose of Alum (Alumen) and Talcum (Talcum), one liang each, ground into powder. Decoct in three bowls of water. Drink continuously while half-cool until finished for peace.

25. Worms like crabs crawl under the skin, making sounds like crying infants. This is transformation of muscle and tendon. Take one liang each of Realgar (Realgar) and Meliae Fructus (Meliae Fructus) ground into powder. Sprinkle on slices of pork and consume while hot for peace.

26. Toenails suddenly grow inward as fleshy spurs like cones, causing unbearable pain. Eating Malva verticillata (Malvae Verticillatae Herba) leads to self-healing.

27. Hairs grow from the nose, lengthening one to two cun day and night, becoming thick and round like ropes. Unbearable pain. Plucking one causes regrowth. This is due to excessive consumption of pork and mutton. Take one liang each of Frankincense (Olibanum) and Myrrh (Myrrha) ground into powder. Make pills with rice paste, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take one dose empty-stomached and before bed. Swallow ten pills with water for natural shedding.

28. Sores appear on the face and whole body, resembling cat's eyes, shiny, without pus or blood. Pain and itching vary. Appetite decreases. Over time, it penetrates the shin. This is named "Han Chuang" (Cold Sore). Eating fish, chicken, leeks, and onions leads to self-healing.

29. Intestine ruptures and protrudes with foul odor. Immediately lubricate the intestine with sesame oil foam and manually reduce it. Decoct Codonopsis pilosula (Codonopsis Radix) and Lycium barbarum (Lycii Fructus) to irrigate. The skin will heal naturally. Eat sheep kidney porridge for ten days for recovery.

30. Gas spirals in the nose without dissipating. Saliva is black like ink. After ten days, it spreads to shoulders and chest, connecting to flesh, harder than metal, preventing eating. This often occurs after malaria. Decoct Alisma orientale (Alismatis Rhizoma) and drink three cups daily for five days for recovery.

31. Flesh spurs suddenly appear all over the body, causing itching and pain, preventing eating. This is named "Xue Yong" (Blood Stagnation). If not treated quickly, it ulcerates and suppurates. Wash with ash from burning Qingpi (Citrus reticulata 'Chachi' Pericarpium) and scallions. Drink Fermented Soybean Decoction (Chi Tang) several cups for peace.

32. Eyebrows tremble, vision is lost, eyelashes cross, unresponsive to calls, but able to eat. Some cases last days without effect. Take juice from three liang of garlic, mixed with wine for recovery.

33. Blood oozes sequentially from hair follicles. If blood does not exit, skin swells like a drum. Soon, eyes, nose, and mouth close due to Qi distension. This is named "Mai Yi" (Vessel Overflow). Drink one to two cups each of Ginger juice and water for peace.

34. Sudden Qi rebellion causing panting, inability to speak, salivation and vomiting, loose teeth. Exhaling deeply causes fainting and recovery. This is named "Shang Han Bing Re Huo Luan" (Cold Damage combined with Hot Cholera). Take half a liang each of Rheum palmatum (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) and Ginseng radix (Ginseng Radix) powder. Decoct in three cups of water until one cup remains. Strain and drink hot for peace.

35. A foul-smelling flesh ball grows in the mouth, repulsive to the self. It has a root thread over five cun long, like a hairpin shaft. Vomiting the ball obstructs eating. Swallowing the thread causes heart-piercing pain when pinched. Dissolve one qian of fresh Moschus (Musk) in water and take for three days for verification.

36. Blisters like sand pears appear all over the body. Each breaks releasing water containing a stone piece the size of a fingernail. New blisters regenerate. Removing flesh is untreatable. Urgently take five liang each of Curcuma phaeocaulis (Curcumae Phaeocaulis Rhizoma) and Curcuma wenyujin (Curcumae Wenyujin Rhizoma) ground into powder. Divide into two doses, taken with wine for recovery.

37. Head and face feel hot with glowing color. Hands near it feel like fire. Take half a liang of garlic juice mixed with wine. Vomiting snake-like substances brings peace.

38. A person perceives their own form as two people lying together, unable to distinguish true from false. Silent and unresponsive to questions. This is "Li Hun" (Separating Soul). Decoct Cinnabar (Cinnabaris), Ginseng radix (Ginseng Radix), and Poria cocos (Poria) in thick soup. The true Qi refreshes, the false dissolves.

39. A man loved alcohol since childhood. Adulthood brought drinking one to two sheng daily without intoxication. Without wine, he screams incessantly. He eats nothing, growing weaker daily. His father bound his limbs with a towel to prevent movement, supporting him slightly standing. Open a jar of raw spicy wine near his mouth. The aroma enters his nose. He desperately wants to drink but is denied. Suddenly, he vomits a lump directly into the jar. Seal the jar. Boil vigorously until half the wine evaporates. Open to find a lump weighing about three liang, like pig liver, with countless needle-like holes. Discard in the river. Diet returns to normal; he can no longer drink wine.

40. Drinking water at night, accidentally swallowing a leech into the abdomen. After a month, small leeches are born, feeding on liver blood. Unbearable intestinal pain. Yellow and thin face. Complete loss of appetite. Untreated, it is fatal. Take a small piece of dry field mud, three or four dead fish, melt pig fat, mix with ten crushed husked Croton tiglium (Crotonis Fructus) seeds. Form pills the size of mung beans. Swallow ten pills with cold field water (three to five for children). Shortly after, bowel movement expels all leeches. Then take Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) plus Astragalus membranaceus (Astragali Radix) decocted to nourish blood and repair. (Formula seen in Tonification section.)

41. Postpartum woman, breasts suddenly elongate and thin like intestines, hanging down past the lower abdomen. Unbearable pain, imminent danger. Named "Ru Xuan" (Breast Suspension). Take two jin each of Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizome) and Angelica sinensis (Angelicae Sinensis Radix). Slice half a jin, decoct strongly in water. Drink warm anytime. Slice remaining one and a half jin into large pieces. Burn slowly in an incense burner to produce smoke. Place under the table before the patient. Patient leans forward, inhaling smoke through nose/mouth and exposing breasts to smoke. Continue until this dose is used. Assess condition. If not fully safe, repeat another dose similarly. If still not restored after two doses, grind one castor bean (Ricinus communis) in cold water and apply to the crown of the head. Wash off after a moment for full recovery.

42. Woman in labor takes parturition-inducing medicine too early. Excessive effort during delivery injures the Hui membrane. After birth, a flesh line about three chi long hangs from the urinary tract. Pulling it causes unbearable heart and abdominal pain. Moving it slightly causes near-fainting. First, take Shi Xiao San (Laughing Out Powder) several doses. Then, wash three slices of old ginger (Zingiber officinale) clean, leave skin on. Pound in a stone mortar. Mix with two jin of clear oil. Stir-fry in a pot until oil is dry and charred. Fold five chi of cooked silk into a knot. Have a steady woman gently lift the flesh line, coil it into a ball, place at a level junction. Wrap in a silk bag. When oil-ginger mixture is slightly warm, fumigate the flesh line. When cool, reheat with an iron. Maintain ginger aroma. Replace ginger when scent fades. Fumigate and press for one day and night. Flesh line shrinks by half. Repeat method. Two days later, flesh retracts completely into abdomen. Condition resolves. Take Shi Xiao San (Laughing Out Powder) and Xiong Gui Tang (Ligusticum and Angelica Decoction) to tonify. Do not let the flesh line break in two, or it becomes incurable.

43. Person suffers from Lao Zhai (Consumption/Tuberculosis) for two years, medicines ineffective. One day, smelling meat causes unbearable abdominal pain. Fearing contagion, moved to an empty room. After death, three days later, patient (ghost/spirit?) feels abdominal pain, breath failing, urgently craving meat smell. Someone gives three eggs. Patient struggles to light fire, uses a clay pot to boil eggs. Fire keeps extinguishing. Something blocks the nose. Just before cooking, a sneeze occurs. A red thread emerges from the nose, pulling down about two chi long into the pot. Patient knows it is a monster, covers pot with a bowl. Burning intensely cracks the pot. Open to find a small worm, head and eyes visible, dead like an iron wire. Show family, discard in river. Illness resolves.

44. Residents hiding in a stone chamber are smoked out by thieves with fire/smoke to kill them. In confusion, finding radish, chewing juice and swallowing revives them. Coal smoke poisoning often causes death. Holding a slice of radish in the mouth prevents smoke toxicity. Or dry radish powder for preparation. Or grind fresh radish with new water and drink.

45. Self-mutilation by biting through the tongue center during epilepsy. Bleeding does not stop. Brush the cut area with rice vinegar using a chicken feather. Bleeding stops. Use genuine Polygonum multiflorum pollen (Polygoni Multiflori Caulis Pollen - Note: Pu Huang is Typha pollen), peeled Apricot kernel (Armeniacae Semens Amarum), and Borax (Borax) ground fine. Mix with refined honey to appropriate consistency. Hold in mouth to dissolve for peace.

46. Edema on body and head resembling a coiled snake. Take one qian of moss from rain-drenched steps, dissolve in water. Hold in mouth over the snake-head area for instant resolution.

47. Patient has colorless teeth, white tongue. May prefer sleeping, unaware of pain/itch, or have diarrhea. Urgently treat the Lower Jiao. Ignoring this and attacking only the Upper Jiao leads to worms in the Lower Jiao eating the anus, rotting to reveal viscera, causing death. Moxa smoke inserted into a tube fumigates the Lower Jiao. Adding a little Realgar (Realgar) is good.

48. Person bitten by a spider, abdomen swells like pregnancy. Family abandons them. Eating on the road, a monk encounters them, advises drinking goat milk. Within a few days, they recover.

49. Patient possessed by demon/cat ghost refuses to admit it. Grind deer horn fragments into powder. Mix with water and take one fang cun bi (square inch spoonful). Truth is spoken.

50. Dragon sons are born on celery. Eating them enters the abdomen, transforming into dragon sons. Be cautious. Cook Congee with Tin Rice (Note: Xi Jing Mi likely refers to a specific grain or typo, possibly just Rice), almonds, and milk cakes. Eat two sheng. Three doses cause vomiting of the dragon son, which has two heads.

51. Gui Ji disease (Ghost Strike). Sudden onset without gradual cause. Pain like knife stabbing in chest, ribs, abdomen. Unbearable, cannot be pressed. May include hematemesis, epistaxis, or rectal bleeding. Also named Gui Pai. Cut off the head of a white dog, take one sheng of hot blood, and drink.

52. Ma Xisheng, over fifty years old. Loved alcohol, could drink heavily without getting drunk. Dregs exited anterior orifice, urine/feces posterior orifice. Six pulses were deep and choppy. Prescribed Si Wu Tang (Four Substances Decoction) added with Jin Sha (Gold Dust/Sand - likely Chrysocolla or similar mineral, but context suggests diuretic/stasis breaker, possibly misidentified herb, translating as Jin Sha), Mu Xiang (Costus Root), Bing Lang (Areca Nut), Mu Tong (Akebia Stem), Tao Ren (Apricot Seed). Recovered. This person had excessive Qi stagnation from alcohol. Alcohol rose but did not descend. Yang extreme deficiency. Damp-heat from alcohol accumulated, boiling blood dry. Yin also extremely deficient. Both Yin and Yang deficient, requiring tonification. After middle age, temporarily alive due to solid physique and residual grain Qi in alcohol. Died after three months. Factually correct.