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A sore the size of a cherry grows on the upper neck, presenting five colors. Once the sore breaks and the neck skin is severed, daily drinking of cow's milk will cause it to resolve spontaneously. If chills and fever persist for days without cessation, followed by limbs becoming hard as stone, producing a sound like bells or chimes when struck, and with gradual emaciation, decocting equal parts of Corni Fructus (Shanzhuyu) and Costus Root (Muxiang) in water and drinking it will lead to recovery. If the rectum protrudes more than one cun with severe pain, waiting for it to dry and fall off naturally, only to recur, is termed "Jiechang Disease" (Intestinal Amputation Disease). If the entire intestine protrudes, it is incurable; however, if only an inch or two protrudes initially, it is treatable. Place sesame oil in a vessel and have the patient sit on it with their buttocks, while drinking several sheng of hemp seed juice will cure it. A foul-smelling watery fluid flows from the mouth and nose; collecting it in a bowl reveals iron-colored shrimp-like fish, the size of rice grains, jumping incessantly. Catching them with hands turns them into water, indicating muscle necrosis. Eating chicken meat at will will cure this. Numbness and insensitivity on the abdomen can be cured by consuming large amounts of boiled scallion whites. In women, defecation through the urethra is named "Jiaochang" (Crossed Intestines). Taking Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) is effective. If not fully cured, burning old headscarves to ash and taking them with wine works. The soles of both feet bulge like swelling, with black bean-like sores appearing on top, hard as nails driven in, preventing walking. The tibia fractures, heel marrow flows out, the body shakes with cold, and there is a strong desire for alcohol. This is caused by the conflicting hot and cold qi of the Liver and Kidney. Applying powdered prepared Sichuan Aconite Root (Chuanwu) externally and drinking Decoction of Allii Tuberosi Seeds (Jiu Zi) internally is effective. For abdominal distension that persists and suddenly leads to profuse diarrhea of several sheng, day and night, unresponsive to medication, this is Qi Collapse (Qi Tuo). Drinking thick decoction of Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yizhi Ren) brings immediate recovery. Dislocation of limb joints where only skin remains connecting them, rendering movement impossible, is called "Jinjie" (Sinew Unbinding). Soaking three liang of Huanglu (likely referring to a specific root, possibly *Asparagus* or similar contextually) in wine overnight, drying, powdering, and taking two qian mixed with wine cures it. Persistent penile erection without flaccidity, continuous seminal emission, frequent needle-like pain upon palpation, and brittle hardness indicate "Shen Man Lou Ji" (Kidney Fullness and Leakage Disorder). Taking powders of Allii Tuberosi Seeds (Jiu Zi) and Psoralea Fructus (Puguzhi), one liang each, three qian per dose, decocted in one cup of water to six-tenths, taken three times daily until cured, then stopping, is effective. Flesh growths in the throat, layered and gradually swelling without pain, developing orifices after many days emitting foul odor and reducing appetite, are cured by continuously drinking decoction of Foliage of Aurantium Indica (Chou Ju Ye). Abdominal hardness like iron or stone, with water flowing from the umbilicus turning into worm-like movements circling the body causing unbearable itching and pain, is treated by bathing in strong decoction of Atractylodes Rhizome (Cang Zhu) and taking Cang Zhu powder mixed with a little Moschus (Shexiang) dissolved in water. Visual hallucinations of flying birds and insects that vanish upon reaching for them indicate a disorder of the Liver and Gallbladder meridians. Taking powders of Ziziphus Seed (Suanzaoren), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo), Mirabilite (Xuanmingfen), and Celosia Flower (Qingxianghua), one liang each, two qian per dose, decocted in a large cup of water to seven-tenths, taken with dregs three times daily, cures it. Rectal worms that regenerate after being cut, causing restlessness, are cured by taking five qian of Carpesium Seed (Heshi) powder mixed with water. Eyelids prolapse to the tip of the nose, black in color, with unbearable pain or frequent bloody stools, is named "Ganzhang" (Liver Distension). Drinking decoction of Notopterygium Rhizome (Qianghuo) in several cups cures it. An object in the abdomen making sounds echoing human speech is known as "Yingsheng Chong" (Echoing Sound Worm). Drinking one cup of Isatis Root (Banlan) juice divided into five doses, or taking Pill of Omphalia (Leiwang), cures it. Consuming five sheng of oil brings relief; long-term consumption ensures health, otherwise illness arises. This is hair entering the stomach, wrapped by blood and qi, transforming into a worm. Taking half a liang of Realgar (Xionghuang) powder mixed with water expels the worm. Live worms placed in oil and thrown into the Yangtze River disappear. Bedridden patients unable to move limbs but able to eat, who boast about food, suffer from "Shishuo Wangbing" (Loss of Food Expectation Disease). When they speak of eating pork, tell them they have eaten a meal of pork; seeing the meat but not being allowed to eat it causes them to salivate in sleep and recover. Broken finger joints connected only by sinews, with worm-like extrusions resembling rush pith, long and green-haired, is called "Xueyu". Decoction of Poria (Fuling) and Picrorhiza Rhizome (Huhuanglian) cures it. Subcutaneous wave-like sounds over the whole body with unbearable itching and bleeding upon scratching is "Qiben". Taking one dose of Ginseng Radix (Renshen), Gentiana Scabra (Kuzhang), Green Salt (Qingyan), and Asarum Root (Xixin), each one liang, decocted in two bowls of water, strained and drunk, cures it. Cloudy black sclera with preserved vision, stiff hair like iron rods, muttering like a drunkard despite eating, is "Xuekui". Taking two qian of Trogopterus Dung (Wulingzhi) powder mixed with wine cures it. After moxibustion, if scabs fall off revealing fresh flesh flying like butterflies with unbearable pain, indicating heat in blood and flesh, taking half a liang each of Rhubarb (Dahuang) and Mirabilite (Piaoxiao) powder mixed with water, inducing mild purgation, cures it. Lying down at night, thousands of lice emerge, worsening tissue damage, with uncontrollable itching/pain, weeping day and night, bleeding tongue tip, black teeth/body, moving lips/open nostrils. Drinking salt-vinegar soup resolves it. Red eyes, enlarged nostrils, panting, body spots, copper-like hair indicates Heat-Toxin accumulation in the Lower Jiao due to Stomach heat. Taking alum (Baifan) and Talcum (Huashi) powder, one liang each, decocted in three bowls of water to half, consumed continuously, resolves it. Crab-like worms moving under skin making infant crying sounds are transformations of muscles/flesh. Taking Pill of Omphalia (Leiwang) and Realgar (Xionghuang) powder, one liang each, sprinkled on roasted pork slices, cures it. Sudden ingrown toenails causing cone-like piercing pain are cured by eating Malva Vegetables (Kuicai). Nose hairs growing rapidly like ropes causing pain, recurring after plucking due to excessive pig/sheep blood consumption, are cured by pills of Frankincense (Ruxiang) and Sand (Sha), made with rice paste, taken with water. Skin ulcers resembling cat eyes, shiny, no pus/blood, variable pain/itch, reduced diet, penetrating shins, are "Hanchuang" (Cold Ulcers). Eating fish, chicken, garlic, and leeks cures them. Ruptured ribs with eviscerated foul intestines require immediate application of sesame oil and manual reduction, followed by pouring decoction of Ginseng Radix (Renshen) and Goji Berry (Gouqi); eating lamb kidney porridge cures it within ten days. Swirling breath from mouth/nose with black ink-like saliva spreading to shoulders/chest, hard as metal, preventing eating after malaria, is cured by drinking Ze Xie Tang (Alisma Decoction) three cups daily for five days. Sudden conical flesh protuberances on the body, painful/itchy, preventing eating, is "Xue Yong" (Blood Congestion). Without rapid treatment, it suppurates. Washing with ash from red onion and drinking fermented soybean tea (Chi Tang) relieves it. Trembling eyebrows, blindness, closed eyelids, unresponsiveness but able to eat, is cured by garlic juice mixed with wine. Spontaneous bleeding from pores causing drum-like swelling and closure of orifices by gas is "Maiyi". Drinking ginger juice relieves it. Sudden dyspnea, aphasia, drooling, loose teeth, and syncope upon deep breathing, recovering similarly, is "Shanghan Bing Re Huoluan" (Cold Damage complicated by Hot Cholera). Taking Rhubarb (Dahuang) and Ginseng Radix (Renshen) powder, half a liang each, decocted in three cups of water to one cup, taken hot, relieves it. Oral fleshy balls with foul odor, rooted, with a five-cun thread like a hairpin, swallowing the thread causes heart-piercing pain. Taking Musket (Shexiang) powder mixed with water for three days is effective. Generalized blisters like pears containing nail-sized stones upon rupture, with muscle wasting, is incurable. Rapidly taking Curcuma Zedoaria Rhizome (Jingsanleng) and Turmeric Rhizome (Peng'ezhu) powder, five liang each, divided into three doses with wine, cures it. Feverish face with radiant heat felt by others is cured by garlic juice mixed with wine, inducing snake-like vomiting. Perception of dual existence, inability to distinguish reality, mutism, is "Lihun" (Separate Soul). Taking Cinnabar (Chensha), Ginseng Radix (Renshen), and Poria (Fuling) decoction clarifies the true self and dissipates the false. Chronic alcoholism in men, leading to emaciation and agitation without alcohol, is cured by binding limbs, exposing raw strong wine to the patient's nose until they vomit a liver-like mass with numerous holes, which is discarded in the river, restoring normal diet and aversion to alcohol. Accidental ingestion of leeches causing monthly birth of small leeches feeding on liver blood, intestinal pain, jaundice, and anorexia, is cured by pills of dried mud, dead fish, lard, and castor beans (Badou), swallowed with field water, followed by Siwu Tang plus Scutellaria (Huangqin) to nourish blood. Postpartum elongation of breasts hanging like intestines below the navel with severe pain, "Ruxuan", is treated by decocting Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong) and Angelica Sinensis Radix (Danggui), half drunk, half burned for smoke inhalation by the patient leaning over the source. If unresolved, apply crushed castor bean (Bimazi) to the vertex. Prolapsed uterine membrane post-partum due to premature induction and excessive effort, pulling heart/abdomen with pain, is treated first with Shixiao San, then applying warm ginger-oil mixture via fumigation and ironing for a day and night to retract the tissue, followed by Bu Li (Supplementing Regulation) with Shixiao San and Xiong Gui Tang. Do not let the tissue break. Consumption disease (Laizhai) for two years unresponsive to drugs, relieved by smelling meat, resolving with sneezing out a red-thread-like worm after cooking eggs, is cured by discarding the worm. Residents escaping stone rooms from smoke inhalation recover by chewing radish. Radish prevents carbon monoxide poisoning. Self-inflicted tongue severing with bleeding is stopped by brushing vinegar on the wound, followed by holding powder of Polygonatum (Puhuang), Apricot Kernel (Xingren), and Borax (Pengsha) in honey. Snake-like subcutaneous swelling is cured by applying moss from rain-drip pillars. Tooth discoloration, white tongue, sialorrhea, loss of sensation, or dysentery requires urgent lower body treatment; neglect leads to anal worms and death. Moxibustion on the lower body with Realgar (Xionghuang) is recommended (*Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang*). Spider bites causing pregnancy-like abdominal distension are cured by sheep's milk (*Gu Jin Lu Yan*). Demonic possession refusing to speak is cured by deer antler powder (*Wai Tai Mi Yao*). Dragon larvae from celery are expelled by malt-rice/almond/milk porridge. Ghost strike (Guiji) with sudden stabbing pain and bleeding is cured by drinking fresh blood from a white dog's head. [Dan] Ma Xisheng, 50+, addicted to alcohol, excreting waste from wrong orifices, deep/choppy pulses. Cured by Siwu Tang plus Desmodium (Haijinsha), Costus Root (Muxiang), Areca Nut (Binglang), Akebia Stem (Mutong), and Peach Kernel (Taoren). His condition was excess Yang deficiency and Yin deficiency due to damp-heat from alcohol. He survived temporarily due to robust constitution and grain qi in alcohol but died three months later as predicted.