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The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases) states: Obstruction of urination is caused by heat in both the Bladder and the Kidney. The Kidney governs water metabolism, and the Bladder is the fu-organ responsible for storing body fluids; these two meridians... [text missing]

Ge Shi Fang (Formula from Ge's Manual) for treating obstruction of urination:
Heat salt until hot, place it in a cloth bag, and use it to moxa-compress (warm compress) the lower abdomen.
Another formula: Fill the umbilicus with salt and apply three moxibustion cones upon the salt. (The above methods are identical to those in Duanju Fang.)
Another formula: Powdered Shihwei (Talcum), taken orally with water, one cun-bi per dose.
Another formula: Insert the insect known as "clothes moth" (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) into the urethral orifice.

Qianjin Fang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) for treating obstruction of urination:
Take four sheng of water, wash the bamboo steamer liner, collect the juice, and decoct Kuizi (Abelmoschus esculentus seeds) in it until two and a half sheng remain. Divide into three doses.
Another formula: Use Kuizi (Abelmoschus esculentus seeds) and Cheqianzi (Plantago asiatica seeds), add five sheng of water, decoct until two and a half sheng remain. Take in three doses.
Another formula: Ash of carp teeth, powdered, taken orally with wine, one cun-bi per dose, three times daily.
Another formula: Ash of fish head bones, powdered, taken orally with water, one cun-bi per dose, three times daily.

Xinlu Fang (Newly Recorded Formulas) for treating obstruction of urination:
Soak stones in water and alternately warm-compress the lower abdomen below until urine flows out; or heat stones and warm-compress the lower abdomen, stopping when urine flows out.
Another formula: One sheng of Cheqianzi (Plantago asiatica seeds), add three sheng of water, decoct until one sheng and two he remain. Take in two doses.

Duanju Fang (Short Episode Formulas) for treating obstruction of urination and Guan-Ge syndrome (obstruction and regurgitation):
Take fresh Tuguagen (Trichosanthes kirilowii root), crush and extract the juice. Dilute with a small amount of water, place in a bamboo tube, and blow it into the lower orifice (urethra) to achieve patency. This is a secret formula.
It also states: For treating urinary retention:
Half a sheng of Chishao (Fermented Soybean), add four sheng of water, boil once, remove dregs, take once orally for immediate relief and patency.

Yimen Fang (Medical Gate Formulas) for treating obstruction of urination:
Take hair tangled like a fist, burn it to ash, powder it, and sieve it. Take orally with wine, one cun-bi per dose, for immediate cure.
It also states: For treating obstruction of urination, abdominal fullness and distension, which if not treated urgently can be fatal:
Cut Congbai (Scallion white) to one he, add a little salt, crush and squeeze to obtain juice. Instill an amount equivalent to three to five bean grains into the urethra; urine will flow out. Extremely effective.

Jiyan Fang (Collected Proven Formulas): Shiyewe San (Pyrrosia Leaf Powder) for treating Lin syndrome (dysuria), difficult urination, and genital pain:
Shiyewe (Pyrrosiae Folium) (2 liang) Qumai (Dianthi Herba) (1 liang) Huashi (Talcum) (5 liang) Cheqianzi (Plantaginis Semen) (3 liang) Kuizi (Abelmoschi Semen) (2 liang)
These five herbs are ground and sieved. Take one cun-bi orally before meals, three times daily.

Ling Li Fang (Formulas of Ling Li) for treating Lin syndrome and bladder fullness with inability to urinate, Huashi San (Talcum Powder):
Huashi (Talcum) (1 liang) Tongcao (Tetrapanacis Medulla) (0.5 liang) Shiyewe (Pyrrosiae Folium) (1 liang)
These three herbs are ground and sieved. Take one cun-bi orally with wine, three times daily.

Fan Wang Fang (Formulas of Fan Wang) for treating obstruction of urination:
Take one sheng of aged Kuizi (Abelmoschus esculentus seeds), add three sheng of pure wine, decoct and consume entirely.