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To rescue cases of hanging, drowning, "ghost pressing" (sudden loss of consciousness attributed to supernatural causes in folklore), or death by nightmare, provided the body has not been left overnight and warmth remains in the heart region, it is appropriate to grind medicine with cold water and administer it orally; life can be restored.

Another prescription: For treatment of falling from a height where blood stasis attacks the heart leading to near-death. Use one large cup of fermented soybean paste (Douchi), decocted in two cups of water, and take orally. If the injury is severe and the patient cannot speak, and there is no time to prepare medicine, urgently pry open the mouth and administer hot urine.

Method for treating accidental swallowing of needles: If someone accidentally swallows a needle into the abdomen and physicians are unable to treat it, boil fava beans until cooked, consume them together with Chinese chives (Jiucai); the needle will pass out naturally.

Another method: If a fish bone is stuck in the throat, eating Chinese chives will cause the bone to descend; dried vegetables may also work.

Yet another method: Eating white sugar will cause the bone to descend.

Another method: Treating Jiaochang Sha (a syndrome characterized by severe abdominal pain and intestinal cramping). If it is Yin Sha type with abdominal pain, cold hands and feet, and red spots on the body, use a rush light dipped in oil to burn/moxibustion the affected area. If it is Yang Sha type, there is abdominal pain but warm hands and feet; prick the dorsal aspect of the ten fingers near the fingertips to a depth of about 1.5 fen until blood flows, and relief will follow. Still, first use the shoulder blades to... [text appears incomplete].

Yet another method: When pain is unbearable and death occurs within moments, named Gan Huoluan (Dry Cholera). Urgently use one liang of salt, mixed with boiling water and taken orally, or stir-fried Shisha (stone sand) thrown into wine and taken.

Another method: For cases of death by nightmare, hanging, drowning, or fainting/collapse after childbirth. Use Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia) ground into powder, insufflated into the nose; the effect is very rapid.

Another method: Treating bleeding from all nine orifices, limbs, and spaces between fingers, caused by sudden fright. Splash cold water vigorously onto the face to stop the bleeding. Do not let the patient... [text appears incomplete].

Radix Rehmanniae Preparata (Dahuang) (one liang) Gypsum Fibrosum (Hanshui Shi) (one liang) Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai) (five qian)
Grind into powder, mix with water, and apply externally. Also effective for burns from fire.

Another method: Treating fish bones stuck in the throat. Use Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Sharen) and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) ground into powder, wrap a small amount in cotton cloth, and swallow; after a while, the bone will come out with phlegm.

Another method: Treating awns of grain (wheat/oat) stuck in the throat. Take goose saliva and administer orally, as geese are good at digesting awns.

Another method: Treating all injuries caused by metal blades, all Biao Chuang (skin sores/ulcers), and wounds like Ma Duanliang. Take one gallbladder from a black cow in winter, fill it with four liang of newly calcined iron oxide (Duanshi) and one liang of Alum (Baifan), keep in a cool place for twenty-one days until dry, then remove. Then take one liang of Lead Monoxide (Huandan), stir-fry separately until purple, grind finely, mix uniformly with the previous mixture, and apply to the sore; healing will occur immediately.