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The *Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Symptoms of All Diseases* (Bingyuan Lun) states: Various hemorrhoids refer to five types: Mu hemorrhoids (Male hemorrhoids), Pin hemorrhoids (Female hemorrhoids), Mai hemorrhoids (Vascular hemorrhoids), Chang hemorrhoids (Intestinal hemorrhoids), and Xue hemorrhoids (Blood hemorrhoids).

Mu hemorrhoids: Flesh growths appear at the anal margin, resembling rat nipples, with pus and blood occasionally discharging.
Pin hemorrhoids: Swelling occurs at the anal margin, with sores forming and bleeding.
Mai hemorrhoids: Sores form at the anal margin, accompanied by itching and pain.
Chang hemorrhoids: Swollen nodules and pain occur at the anal margin; attacks are accompanied by alternating chills and fever along with bleeding.
Xue hemorrhoids: Clear blood flows out during defecation.

Additionally, there are Jiu hemorrhoids (Alcohol-induced hemorrhoids), where sores form at the anal margin with blood discharge. There are also Qi hemorrhoids (Qi-related hemorrhoids), characterized by difficult defecation with bleeding, prolapse of the anus that fails to retract for a long time.

All types of hemorrhoids arise from wind-pathogen invasion, imprudent sexual activity, coitus after drunkenness and fullness, leading to exhaustion and disturbance of Qi and Blood, causing overflow in the meridians, leakage into the intestines.

The *Regimen for Nourishing Life* (Yangsheng Fang) states: Forcing oneself to retain stool for a long time eventually leads to Qi hemorrhoids.

The *Longmen Formulas* (Longmen Fang) state: First, a swelling forms, appearing polypoid like a date pit, with pus and blood in the orifice, named Xiong hemorrhoids (Male hemorrhoids); second, sores form beside the orifice, pulling inward... [text missing] ... excessive...

Dietary and lifestyle taboos for hemorrhoids:
The *Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold* (Qianjin Fang) states: Avoid cold foods, pork, raw fish, vegetables, and sexual intercourse. After recovery, abstain from sexual intercourse for one hundred days.
It further states: Also avoid eating... [text missing] vegetables.

The *Jiyao Formulas* (Jiyao Fang) states: Avoid fatty meat and raw fish.

Permissible foods:
The *Qianjin Fang* states: Dried white meat may be consumed.
The *Ge Shi Formulas* (Ge Shi Fang) states: Prepare mackerel sashimi with ginger and garlic paste; consume according to appetite.
The *Food Classic* (Shi Jing) states: Torreya seeds (Torreya grandis) treat the five hemorrhoids; Tuna (Tunyu) treats hemorrhoidal worms; Li fish (Li yu) treats the five hemorrhoids; Sea mouse (Hai shu) effectively treats hemorrhoids; Bamboo shoots (Zhusun) treat the five... [text missing].

The *Materia Medica* (Bencao) states: Rumex leaves (Yangti) treat hemorrhoids.
The *Supplement to Materia Medica* (Shiyi) states: Raw minced carp (Ji kuai) treats dysentery (red and white) and the five hemorrhoids.

The *Sutra on Treating Hemorrhoidal Diseases* (Liao Zhibing Jing) states: The Buddha told Ananda, "Listen carefully. This sutra on treating hemorrhoidal diseases should be recited, upheld, and kept in mind without forgetting. It should also be widely..." [text missing] "...teeth..." [text missing].
Those who receive and uphold it will experience dryness, shedding, and elimination of the disease, undoubtedly achieving cure. One should practice holding such divine mantras. Thus the mantra is said:
Tadyatha, Alandi, Aladai, Shili HT, Shiliji, Shiliji, Mojieshi Zhi Sanpo, Badupohe.

The *Wuzhi Powder* (Five-Hemorrhoids Powder) from the *Short Drama Formulas* (Duanju Fang) treats alcoholics and those with injuries from labor and cold, having paraproctal fistulas with spontaneous bleeding during daily activities, and those with flesh growths. It primarily treats... [text missing].
Adzuki beans (Chi Xiaodou) (4 fen, roasted) Shu Huang... [text missing] Shu Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Root) (1 liang, processed) Paeonia lactiflora root (Shaoyao) (2 fen) White Peony Root (Bailian) (1... [text missing] Scutellaria baicalensis root (Huangqin) (2... [text missing].
Grind the seven herbs into powder and sift. Take one fangcun bi (square-inch spoonful) with wine, three times a day. It is effective for stopping bleeding.

Furthermore, the Huapi Ointment (Cork Tree Bark Ointment) for treating anal itching and pain due to hemorrhoids:
Cork tree bark (Huapi) (5 liang) Chinaberry fruits (Lianzi) (50 pieces) Peach kernels (Taoren) (50 pieces) Licorice root (Gancao) (2 liang) Angelica sinensis root (Danggui) (2 liang) Adzuki beans (Chi Xiaodou) (2 he) Bai... [text missing].
Chop the seven herbs, decoct in 2 sheng of lard until the angelica turns yellow. Strain off the dregs and apply to the affected area multiple times a day. It is beneficial. (Note: The *Jiyao Fang*...) [text missing].

The *Qianjin Fang* states: Among the five hemorrhoids, Qi hemorrhoids are triggered by warmth, cold, dampness, and fatigue. Snake slough (Shetui) treats this. Mu hemorrhoids involve flesh growths like rat nipples located in... [text missing] the orifice... [text missing] intestine... [text missing] sieve... [text missing] five... [text missing].

Furthermore, a formula for treating hemorrhoids with pus and blood discharge from the lower orifice and worms emerging from adjacent openings:
One dan (a large unit of weight) of white cork tree bark, ... [text missing], place in a cauldron and boil until the flavor is fully extracted. Pour into a wooden basin, adjust to a comfortable temperature, and sit in it. When feeling the urge to defecate, all worms will... [text missing].

Furthermore, a formula for the five hemorrhoids:
Apply bear bile (Xiongdan) until cured. It is highly efficacious; no other formula surpasses this one.

Another formula: Wash with decoction of peach roots (Tao gen).

The *Seng Shen Formulas* (Seng Shen Fang) for treating hemorrhoids:
Powdered cork tree fungus (Huai er). Take one fangcun bi orally, or sprinkle powder into the anus. It is very effective.

The *Lu Yan Formulas* (Lu Yan Fang) for treating hemorrhoids:
Apply white honey (Baimi). If there is an opening, insert the honey into it. This was presented to the court by Zhang Wenbiao from Shu.

Another formula: Wash with decoction of cork tree roots (Huai gen).

The *Qie Po Formulas* (Qie Po Fang) for treating heat in the lower body, wind-deficiency resulting in hemorrhoids that persist for a long time, causing bloody stools, sallow complexion, emaciation, and weakness:
White maltose (Bai xingtang). Consume small amounts on an empty stomach until cured. It is particularly suitable in autumn.

The *Ji Yan Formulas* (Ji Yan Fang) for treating hemorrhoids:
Raw cork tree bark (Shi huapi) (10 liang, scraped to remove outer skin).
Cook and pound the single herb into pills the size of marbles. Wrap in cotton and insert into the anus.

The *Jiyao Formulas* (Jiyao Fang) states: A divine formula for treating hemorrhoids:
Three male snakehead fish (Li yu). Cut open the belly, take out the intestines, roast slightly until fragrant, wrap in cotton wadding, and insert into the anus. Within the time of one meal, worms should emerge. Eating the fish intestines further... [text missing].

The *Ge Shi Formulas* (Ge Shi Fang) for treating intestinal hemorrhoids with constant blood loss during defecation:
Regularly take Coptis chinensis rhizome (Huanglian)... [text correction based on context usually implies Huanglian or similar hemostatic, but text says 'Pu Huang' later? Text says 'Pu Huang' here actually. Let's stick to text: 'Pu Huang' (Polygonum multiflorum seed / Spermum Polygoni Multiflori)]. Take one fangcun bi, three times a day, stop when cured.

The *Yimen Formulas* (Yimen Fang) for treating persistent bleeding from the five hemorrhoids regardless of cold or heat patterns:
Huang... [text missing] (12 fen) Posterior pig trotters suspended and dried (Zhu hou xuantí) (14 pieces, roasted) Ash of hair (Fa hui) Ash of blue cloth (Qing bu hui) Ash of red cloth (Fei bu hui) (2 fen each) Ben... [text missing] (5 fen) Da... [text missing].
Pill with honey. Take thirty pills with water on an empty stomach, twice a day. Increase dosage until efficacy is observed. Very effective.

The *Jiuji Dan Yan Fang* (Emergency Single-Effect Formulas) for treating the five hemorrhoids:
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, collect cocklebur stems and leaves, shade-dry, and powder. Take two fangcun bi with water, three times a day.

Another formula: Burn cow horn bristles (Niujiao sai) to ash, mix with wine, and take one fangcun bi, three times a day. Secretly verified as effective.

The *Chuanxin Formulas* (Chuanxin Fang) for treating pheasant... [text missing]:
Up... [text missing], wash the hemorrhoids with cork branch decoction. After cleaning, apply moxibustion seven moxa cones (zhuang) to the area, stop when effective.

Wang Ji, the Pacification Commissioner, upon taking office, rode a mule/horse into Luogu Valley for several days. He had a pre-existing hemorrhoid condition, described as feeling like foreign claws piercing the intestine, hot as fire... [text missing].
Washed with cork decoction... [text missing].
Emerged all at once... [text missing].