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In cases of sudden death with absent pulse and no other obvious symptoms, bring a cow to hover over the nose for two hundred breaths; if the cow licks the patient, they will recover. If the cow refuses to lick, apply salt juice to the patient's face, and the cow will lick.

Another prescription: Squeeze juice from fresh or dried cattle or horse manure and drink it. Alternatively, use human urine to detoxify.

Another method: Heat an ironing iron and apply it to the hypochondriac regions. This also treats *Shi Jue* (Corpse-like Coma).

For death due to nightmare (*Yan*), ensure safety regarding lights and prevent hand movement. Bring a cow near the nose to awaken the patient.

Another prescription: Crush fresh garlic chives (*Jiu Cai*) to extract juice and instill into the nostrils. For severe cases, instill into both ears. Another version suggests instilling into the mouth.

For being possessed by malevolent spirits without waking up, grind *Fu Long Gan* (Caulis Cinnamomi / Hearth Soil) into powder and insufflate into the nose.

Another prescription: Grind *Zao Jiao* (Gleditsiae Fructus) into powder the size of soybeans and insufflate into the nose. Sneezing restores Qi flow and revives the dead. This also treats *Zhong E* (Sudden Evil Invasion).

Another prescription: Moxibustion on the tufted hair area of the big toes of both feet, 14 moxa cones (7 pairs). This also saves sudden death and *Zhong E*.

For *Zhong E*, pierce the nostril with the yellow center of a green onion stalk until bleeding occurs, which indicates recovery. Another view suggests inserting 7-8 cun deep to induce congestion in the eyes. Another specifies left nostril for males and right for females.

Another prescription: Urinate on the patient's face to cure.

For *Zhong E* combined with Gu poison, mix *Fu Long Gan* with cold water to the size of an egg yolk and ingest; vomiting is expected.

Another prescription: Warm and ingest 2 sheng of pork fat at once.

Another prescription: Ingest vehicle grease the size of an egg yolk with wine.

Another method: For *Zhong E*, moxibustion on the Weiguan point (CV12) for 50 cones cures the condition.

*Cu Wu* (Sudden Shock/Attack), a form of *Zhong E*: Boil 8 he of salt in 3 sheng of water until reduced to 1.5 sheng. Divide into two doses. Vomiting leads to recovery. For urinary retention, burn 7 brush tips to ash, powder them, and take with water to restore urination.

Another prescription: Boil half a cup of calf dung in 3 sheng of wine and drink. This also treats Huoluan (Cholera-like disease) or Gui Ji (Ghost Strike). Large cow dung may also be used.

Another prescription: Take ink powder and swallow with water using a dose of one Qian Bi.

Another method: For sudden death from shock, moxibustion on the ten fingernail beds (3 cones each). Also moxibustion on Renzhong (GV26, 3 cones), Jianjing (GB21, 100 cones), Jianshi (PC5, 7 cones), and Juque (CV14, 100 cones).

For sudden Ghost Strike or blade injuries with blood leaking into the abdomen, causing extreme fullness and distress, administer Xiong Huang powder (Realgar) mixed with wine, one Dao Gui dose, three times a day. The blood transforms into water and exits.

Symptoms of Ghost Strike include sudden stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, or passage of chicken-white stool like a date. Take one handful of Qing Hua Ma, boil in 7 sheng of wine until reduced to 3 sheng, and drink hot. Sweating should occur. If not, apply heat via ironing iron to the hypochondriac regions until sweating ensues, indicating recovery.

Another prescription: Boil three pieces of Ai Ye (Artemisiae Argyi Folium) the size of an egg in 5 sheng of water until reduced to 2 sheng, and ingest at once.

Another prescription: Insufflate a small amount of Cu (Vinegar) into the nose.

To save someone who died by hanging, press firmly on the heart region, do not cut the rope immediately, but slowly untie and embrace them. If the lower chest is still warm, cover the mouth and nose with a woolen rug and have two people blow air into the openings...

Another prescription: For a rigid corpse, block both ears. Insert a bamboo tube into the mouth and have two people blow forcefully into it while sealing the sides of the mouth to prevent air escape. After half a day, the person may revive...

Another prescription: Crush Zao Jiao (Gleditsiae Fructus) and Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma) into particles the size of broad beans and insufflate into both nostrils.

Another prescription: Instill Lan Qing juice (Indigofera tinctoria juice).

Another prescription: Pierce a rooster's comb to draw blood and drip it into the mouth to revive. Use a hen for a male deceased and a rooster for a female deceased.

Another prescription: Apply chicken blood to the throat area.

Another prescription: Mix chicken droppings white part the size of a date with half a cup of wine and instill into the mouth and nose.

Another prescription: Blow Zao Jiao powder into the nostrils using green onion leaves. Repeat if airflow is obstructed.

Another prescription: Collect dust from roof beams, place equal amounts in four small bamboo tubes, and have four people simultaneously insufflate into both ears and nostrils to revive.

Another prescription: Urinate into the nose, mouth, eyes, and ears. Grab a fistful of hair the thickness of a brush handle and press/stimulate to revive immediately.

Another prescription: For hanging death, moxibustion on the depressions of the large joints of the four limbs. Specifically, the Di Shen point on the big toe, 7 cones each.

For death due to heatstroke, collect hot dust from the road and apply to the heart region. Replace when cool. Stop when Qi flows.

Another prescription: Lay the patient supine, cover the umbilicus with hot earth, and have someone urinate into the navel. Warmth in the navel indicates recovery.

Another prescription: Drink hot soup, or decoct dried ginger, tangerine peel, and licorice root. Swallow gradually without overfilling. Applying hot soil or burnt ash to the umbilicus is preferred.

Another prescription: Decoct Liao Cao (Polygonum hydropiper) strongly, take 3 sheng of juice, and drink. Repeat if necessary.

Another prescription: Ingest one cup of Di Huang Zhi (Rehmanniae Radix Juice) for recovery.

Another prescription: Mix half a cup of water with a large scoop of flour and ingest.

Another prescription: Open the deceased's mouth, slowly pour warm water into the mouth, gently lift the head to allow water into the stomach, and revival occurs shortly.

Another prescription: Ingest one cup of Di Jiang (Earth Slurry) for recovery.

Another prescription: Have someone exhale warmth onto the heart, rotating persons.

Another prescription: Hold a puppy or chicken against the heart to provide warmth.

Another prescription: Heat tiles from the south side of the roof and apply to the heart, replacing when cool.

To save drowning victims, spread stove ash five inches thick on the ground. Place a steamer basket on its side on the ash. Position the victim prone on the steamer with the head slightly lowered. Take two Fang Cun Bi of salt, put it in a bamboo tube, and blow it through the hole to induce vomiting of water. Once water drains, remove the steamer, place the victim on the ash, covering the body but leaving the nose and mouth exposed to revive.

Another prescription: Dig a pit, fill with several hu of heated ash, place the victim on top, and cover with ash. Replace when wet. Avoid excessive heat that might burn the body. Replace when ash cools...

Another prescription: Invert a large steamer, place the victim prone on it with the mouth near the opening. Burn fourteen bundles of reeds inside the steamer so smoke rises from the heart area and enters the nose/mouth. When water clears from the nose/mouth, the person revives. Add fire as needed. Monitor body temperature and steamer heat constantly to ensure warmth reaches the heart and feet without overheating. If no steamer is available, dig a steamer-shaped depression in the bank, heat it like a stove, and place the victim on it. A wheel hub can also be used. Ensure the abdomen is not fully covered to allow drainage, and keep the head low. Coat the body with warm fried ash. Replace wet ash with warm ash.

Another prescription: Bury the victim completely in warm ash, head to toe, exposing only the seven orifices.

Another prescription: Hang the victim upside down, instill good wine into the nose and lower orifices. Vinegar instillation into the nose is also effective.

Another prescription: Wrap Zao Jiao in cotton and insert into the lower orifice; water will drain shortly.

Another prescription: Wrap Duan Shi (Lithargyrum) and insert into the lower orifice; revival occurs when fluid drainage stops.

Another prescription: Cover the face with heated sand, leaving only nose, mouth, and ears exposed. Replace sand when it becomes cool and damp.

Another prescription: Hang upside down, undress, clean the umbilicus, and blow forcefully into both ears until revival.

Another prescription: Bury the victim in two dan of stove ash from head to toe, exposing the seven orifices, to revive.

Another prescription: Bend the legs over the shoulders of a living person, with the victim's back against the living person's back. Carry the victim while walking; expulsion of water leads to revival.

Another prescription: For drowning death, undress and moxibustion on the umbilicus. Victims drowned overnight may still be revived.

For winter drowning with stiff limbs, clenched jaw, and faint breath: Heat ash in a large vessel, place in a bag, and apply thinly to the heart. Replace when cool.

Once heart warmth returns, eyes move, and mouth opens, feed warm thin porridge gradually for revival. Failure to warm the heart first before applying external heat may trap cold qi...

For sudden attack of Evil Wind causing chest oppression, toxicity, and near-death state: Urgently moxibustion the transverse crease below the big toe, number of cones based on age.

For conditions involving tendon stiffness preventing walking: For inner ankle tendon stiffness, moxibustion 40 cones above the medial malleolus. For outer ankle tendon stiffness, moxibustion 30 cones above the lateral malleolus for immediate relief.

For sudden Evil Wind with upward staring eyes (Dai Jing): Moxibustion behind both eyes, 14 cones each.

For conditions where the patient does not recognize people: Moxibustion on the tip of the costal margin, 7 cones.

For sudden *Zhong E* with heart pain: San Bai Fen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) 3 liang, crushed, decocted in 1 sheng of good vinegar to yield 8 he. Strong adults take at once; elderly and children divide into two doses.

Another prescription: Gui Xin (Cinnamomi Cortex) 8 liang, crushed, decocted in 4 sheng of water to yield 1.5 sheng. Divide into two doses.