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Bitten by a horse, burn a single chestnut to ash and apply it to the wound.
Bitten by a rat, mix musk with saliva and apply, or wrap the wound with cat hair burnt to ash.
Bitten by a cat, apply mint juice.
Bitten by a dog, if the saliva enters the wound causing dizziness and faintness, soak in pepper water and apply mixed with herb powder (text implies a specific herb but only says "herb powder").
Bitten by a pig, melt pine resin into a cake and apply.
Alternatively, apply mud from under eaves.
In late spring and early summer, if bitten by a rabid dog, one will immediately go mad, and recovery takes over a hundred days.
Naturally, one must avoid eating dog meat; if silkworm pupae are eaten, this poison may also manifest, making it incurable. One should observe dietary restrictions.
First, remove the evil blood, moxa-ignite ten moxa cones on the wound, then one cone daily starting the next day, continuing for a hundred days until stopping.
Avoid alcohol. Every seven days, drink one or two cups of freshly pressed Chinese chive juice.

Shen Yue's *Book of Song* records: Zhang Shou was once bitten by a dog. The physician advised eating mince made from toad (*Xia ma kuai*). Zhang Shou found it difficult. The physician smiled and tasted it first, after which Zhang Shou ate it, and the wound healed immediately.

For dog bites, depending on the size of the injury, chew apricot kernels thoroughly and apply to the broken skin, binding firmly with cloth until healed, ensuring no suffering (*Bencao Yan Yi*).

When encountering an aggressive dog, use the left hand to start from the Yin direction, blow a breath, rotate to the Xu direction, and make a scooping motion; the dog will retreat and lie down (*Sui Sui Lu*).

For bites from tigers or dogs, insert alum powder into the wound and bandage it; pain stops and healing occurs immediately.

*Wei Zhi* records: Lady of Pengcheng went to the toilet at night and was stung by a scorpion on her hand. She groaned in pain, helpless. Hua Tuo instructed her to soak her hands in warm water, changing the water frequently to keep it warm. By morning, she had recovered (*Tai Ping Yu Lan*).

One liang of Alum (*Fan Shi*) and half a sheng of vinegar, boiled together. Add alum powder to the vinegar, soak the stung area, and apply mud from the bottom of a well; this also heals.

The earwig (*Qu Sou*) is an insect that hides in walls. Its urine sprayed onto a person's shadow causes sores all over the body, resembling burns from boiling water or fire. The treatment is to burn feathers from a black chicken's wing to ash, mix with oil, and apply. Since chickens are feared by hundred insects, they can cure this (*Sui Sui Lu*). Someone suffering from this used an egg, drilled a small hole in the large end, took out the white, and applied it around the edges; it also healed.

Huang Xi, courtesy name Zhaodu, a scholar from Jianchang, said: A fellow townsman, a merchant, moored his boat in Xunyang. Under the moonlight, he vaguely heard two people conversing: "Last night, the offerings at Jinshan were grand. I went to attend, but the food smelled of blood and was inedible. I angrily blamed the cook for carelessness and dipped my hand into the cauldron; it has now ulcerated." Another said, "He certainly deserved blame, but your punishment was excessive." One replied, "I regret it, but there is nothing I can do." Another said, "What difficulty? I have medicine. Crush fresh Rehmannia root (*Sheng Di Huang*), mix with rice vinegar, and apply to the sore. It not only relieves pain but also removes scars. This prescription is excellent, but there is no way to let anyone know." The merchant, intending to go to Jinshan, heard their words and felt it was a supernatural intervention through him. He went to the temple to inquire and learned that a Water-Land Dharma Assembly was held that night. The cook had accidentally cut his finger with a knife, and blood fell into the food. In his trance, he felt as if a hand pulled his into the pot, causing bone-piercing pain and screams of despair. The merchant treated him according to the divine words, and he healed in two days (*Yi Jian Zhi*).