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For all diseases, one should refer to the refined prescriptions with sound rationale by Liu Wansu, Zhang Yuansu, Zhu Danxi, Li Dongyuan, and other famous physicians of ancient and modern times, attaching them at the end for easy reference.

The methods of treatment verification vary according to the disease. Ancient treatments not recorded in classic texts, ancestral legacy methods, and personal experiences accumulated over years are not kept secret but recorded at the end of each section, hoping that readers may infer similar cases from these examples.

Manifesting as bodily tremors or instability; manifesting as dizziness and vertigo; manifesting as convulsions and spasms; manifesting as deviation of the mouth and eye; manifesting as opisthotonos (arching of the back); manifesting as hemiplegia; manifesting as paralysis; manifesting as pruritus; manifesting as hemiparesis; manifesting as lumbar stiffness; manifesting as tendon contraction and shortening; manifesting as tongue rigidity; manifesting as phlegm obstruction; manifesting as limb pain; manifesting as rigidity and stiffness.

Manifesting as clear coldness; manifesting as masses, epilepsy, and hernia; manifesting as hard nodules, abdominal distension; manifesting as difficulty in flexion and extension; manifesting as cold limbs with restriction and immobility; manifesting as cold extremities; manifesting as acute abdominal pain; manifesting as dysentery with clear white discharge; manifesting as vomit and excrement that are fishy and foul.

Manifesting as vomiting, diarrhea, and cholera; manifesting as a sensation of thorns piercing the body; manifesting as limb weakness; manifesting as facial greasiness and dullness; manifesting as spontaneous sweating; manifesting as intense thirst with excessive drinking; manifesting as headache and nausea; manifesting as heat in the five centers (palms, soles, and chest); manifesting as irritability and restlessness.

Materia Medica names involved in the book:

Manifesting as spasm and rigidity with sinew tension; manifesting as epigastric fullness and cholera; manifesting as heavy limbs; manifesting as edematous flesh like mud, leaving an indentation upon pressure; manifesting as jaundice of the body and eyes; manifesting as joint pain; manifesting as flaccid tendons, shortening, contracture, and atrophy; manifesting as retained fluid retention; manifesting as a sensation of sitting in water; manifesting as a muffled voice as if coming from a jar; manifesting as diarrhea.

(Regarding wind syndromes associated with dryness)
Manifesting as dryness and depletion; manifesting as rough and hard skin; manifesting as skin fissures and peeling; manifesting as dry and rough skin; manifesting as Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome); manifesting as scratching due to itching; manifesting as constipation with dry feces and anal fissure pain; manifesting as dry cracking.

Fire syndromes associated with heat
Manifesting as visual confusion and convulsions; manifesting as sudden aphonia; manifesting as dim vision; manifesting as restlessness and agitation; manifesting as inappropriate laughter; manifesting as blurred vision; manifesting as mania and unruliness; manifesting as cursing and shouting; manifesting as fright and terror; manifesting as skin swelling, pain, and soreness; manifesting as vertigo; manifesting as palpitations; manifesting as rebellious Qi; manifesting as jumping sensations; manifesting as vomiting; manifesting as acid regurgitation; manifesting as shivering and trembling; manifesting as excessive talking; manifesting as deafness and tinnitus; manifesting as itching sores; manifesting as chills; manifesting as throat bi (obstruction); manifesting as muscle twitching.

Severe head pain; eyes feeling as if they will fall out; pain on both sides of the head; lower abdominal distension and pain with inability to urinate despite urge; muscle atrophy; neck feeling as if being pulled; umbilical eversion; excessive tearing.