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The symptoms manifest as sudden collapse with loss of consciousness, inability to speak, cold and inverted limbs that cannot be lifted, resembling Stroke (Zhong Feng). This is caused by excessive dietary intake; after drunkenness or overeating, if one contracts Wind-Cold or experiences emotional anger, it leads to Qi and Blood stagnation. The food cannot be transformed and transported, filling the chest and blocking the middle Jiao, causing a blockage between Yin and Yang, and obstructing the ascending and descending mechanisms. If mistakenly treated as Stroke or Qi Stagnation using drugs for expelling Wind and moving Qi, death will follow immediately. (Because the Stomach Qi has already been injured, it cannot withstand further dispersing and moving actions.) Whenever encountering such acute and violent diseases, one must carefully inquire whether there was excessive drunkenness or overeating. If so, accompanied by a tight and full pulse at the Qi Kou (Cunkou, governing Spleen and Stomach), it should be treated as Food Retention. First, decoct salt water to induce vomiting to expel the food; if phlegm is involved, use Gouti San (see Injury from Diet) to induce vomiting. After regaining consciousness, observe and examine: if accompanied by Wind-Cold symptoms, resolve them with Huoxiang Zhengqi San (see Stroke); if accompanied by Qi Stagnation, regulate with Bawei Shunqi San (see Qi Stagnation); if there are no other symptoms, simply use Pingwei San (see Injury from Diet) added with Baizhu, Banxia, Shenqu, etc., for regulation.

(Attached: Gui Ji [Ghost Strike], Shi Zhu [Corpse Transmission])
The symptoms manifest as sudden collapse, clenched jaws, cold limbs, gooseflesh on the skin, cyanotic and black head and face, coma with loss of consciousness, and upon waking, mental instability with delirious speech. This arises from offending improper Qi, such as during mourning visits, entering temples, or climbing tombs, where such conditions are common. Suhe Xiang Wan (see Various Zhong) can be administered via enema or gavage. Upon recovery, administer Tiaoqi San and Pingwei San together, named Tiaoqi Pingwei San. (Pingwei San contains Cangzhu, which can ward off evil.) The following describes evil conditions like Fei Shi [Flying Corpse] and Gui Ji.
These mostly occur due to deficiency of Spirit and Qi, allowing evil ghosts to strike or attach to the body, causing drowsiness, delirium, leaking of personal affairs, or predicting future fortune and misfortune. They often know when a person has a thought, enabling the victim to climb heights and traverse dangers as if walking on flat ground, or to weep, moan, and avoid people. This is possession by ghostly entities. In ancient times, there were five types of Shi [Corpse]. One is Fei Shi [Flying Corpse]: onset is abrupt without gradual progression, arriving suddenly in a stupor. (Shi refers to ghostly entities.) The patient suffers from stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, panting, urgency, and distension. Two is Dun Shi [Escaping Corpse]: lingers in the muscles and blood vessels, triggered upon contact, with symptoms identical to the previous type, recurring after recovery. Three is Chen Shi [Sinking Corpse]: onset also involves severe colic in the heart and abdomen, distension, and panting; even after remission, it remains deeply entrenched in the Zang-Fu organs. Four is Feng Shi [Wind Corpse]: located in the four limbs, circulating through the meridians, characterized by cold throbbing sensations, coming and going in a daze, silently unaware of the pain site, triggered by wind exposure. Five is Fu Shi [Hidden Corpse]: hidden within the five Zang organs, persisting for years without removal; when latent, it resembles health, but upon onset, causes stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, distension, and panting. Furthermore, various Shi Zhu are infectious energies from dead bodies, such as Tuberculosis germs, flowing through the body, causing alternating chills and fever, abdominal pain, distension, and panting, or jumping up, or pulling the waist and spine into spasms, or general heaviness, mental confusion, worsening significantly at solar term changes. Over years and months, this gradually leads to stagnation and death; after death, it transfers to others, potentially wiping out a family. All the above conditions can be treated by chopping several jin of Honeysuckle Vine and Leaves (Jinyinhua Tengye), boiling them into a thick decoction, taken three times daily until cured. Taiyi Jingshen Dan and Suhe Xiang Wan are most excellent. Yu Jiayan’s formula for treating Gui [Evil Spirits] uses Rhinoceros Horn (Xi Jiao), Antelope Horn (Ling Yang Jiao), Dragon Teeth (Long Gu), Tiger Bone (Hu Gu - note: modern substitutes used), Deer Antler Frost (Lu Jiao Shuang), Oyster Shell Powder (Mu Li Fen), Ginseng (Renshen), Astragalus (Huangqi), etc., powdered. Half a jin of mutton is decocted into a thick broth, mixed with the powder, and taken once for immediate effect. The rationale is that Gui attaches to the body, interacting with human Shen-Qi, creating an uncomfortable pressure but lacking an exit. Therefore, using remnants of spiritual animals guides the evil to attach to bones and horns, facilitating its expulsion via stool through the flavor of mutton. This explanation is quite reasonable.