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Whenever there is vomiting of sour fluid after eating, use 2 liang of dried ginger (Ganjiang) and 2 liang of Evodia fruit (Zhuyu), grind and sieve them, take a dose equivalent to a square-inch spoonful with wine, twice daily. This prescription yields immediate results for cold stomach.

For vomiting or hiccups, cut 3 sheng of reed rhizome (Lugen), boil in 1 dou of water until 4 sheng remains, divide into four doses.

For dry retching accompanied by salivation, use equal parts of pinellia tuber (Banxia) and dried ginger (Ganjing), chop them, boil in 1.5 sheng of fermented grain water until 7 he remains, take all at once, three times daily.

For dry retching, soak horse manure in wine overnight, extract the juice and drink it.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on the Pericardium meridian points; Chize (LU5) is also suitable.

Another prescription: Moxibustion one cun below the nipple, thirty moxa cones.

If dry retching persists and cannot stop vomiting even porridge, food, or decoctions, moxibustion on Neiguan (PC6) [Note: Text says "Jianshi" which is PC5, but context implies intercostal/forearm point] thirty moxa cones. If there are four extremities coldness (Sijue) and the pulse is deep and imperceptible, moxibustion will restore circulation. This is a method to revive the dead.

To treat hiccups, boil 3 sheng of soybeans (Douchi), drinking the juice is beneficial.

Another prescription: Drink one sheng of ginger juice on an empty stomach.

Another prescription: Drink concentrated decoction of reed rhizome (Lugen).

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Chengjiang (CV24) seven moxa cones. The moxa cone should be the size of a wheat grain. Also moxibustion four finger-widths below the umbilicus, seven moxa cones.

For nausea, crush 1 sheng of bitter gourd pulp and seeds, boil in 3 sheng of mixture of wine and water until 1 sheng remains, take all at once. Soon after, vomit or purge approximately 3 sheng of material resembling shrimp skins.

Another prescription: Drinking human urine for one hundred days is beneficial.

Another prescription: Take 1 sheng of hemp seed (Huomazi), stir-fry until fragrant, pound thoroughly, mix with 3 sheng of wine, grind well, filter to obtain 1 sheng, drink completely, twice daily. Consuming one dan (unit of volume) will lead to recovery.

If eating immediately causes vomiting, taking a large dose of raw and cooked soup (Shengshu Tang) of 3 sheng will stop it.

For vomiting and regurgitation where food cannot stay down, moxibustion on Zhongwan (CV12) [Text says "Weiguan"] one hundred moxa cones, repeated three times.

For vomiting and regurgitation where food comes back up, moxibustion on the Spleen Mu-Alarm point (Pishu/Mu point Zhangmen) one hundred moxa cones, repeated three times. This refers to Zhangmen (LR13).

For sore throat, rebellious qi preventing eating, take 1 sheng of hemp seed (Huomazi), stir-fry until black, pour 1 sheng of wine over it to extract the juice, drink one sheng on an empty stomach, gradually increasing to two sheng. Sweat profusely and keep warm, avoiding wind and cold. This formula also treats postpartum women and men suffering from stroke with opisthotonos (arched back like a bow) and trismus (lockjaw).

To treat Qi disorder in women, drink black ox urine at dawn, once daily until cured.

For lower back pain, take deer antler (Lurong) mixed with horn powder, one square-inch spoonful, taken alone with wine, three times daily.

Qigong method for lower back pain: Sit facing east, hands clasped over the heart. One person holds the knees from the front, another supports the head from behind, gently pulling until the patient lies supine.

Acupuncture method for lower back pain: Prick the green and red collateral vessels at the knee and waist flexion area to bleed; the condition will improve.

Another prescription: Moxibustion ten moxa cones on the white flesh margin at the transverse crease above the heel; this is effective.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Kunlun (BL60) [Text says "Juyang", located below lateral malleolus] seven moxa cones. Juyang is located below the lateral malleolus.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Yaomu (lower back eyes) seven moxa cones. Located on both sides above the sacrum.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on the Baliao points and the middle of the bone above the lateral malleolus.

For sudden acute lower back pain, moxibustion one cun above the coccyx, seven moxa cones; one cun to the left and right, seven moxa cones each side.

For headache due to wind (Toufeng), stir-fry 3 sheng of soybeans until silent. Place clear wine (9 sheng) in a vessel capable of holding 12 sheng. Pour the hot beans into the wine, seal the neck tightly with mud, and let stand for seven days. Take warm.

Another prescription: Drink Jingli (extract from Akebia stem), unlimited amount, stop when cured.

Another prescription: Pound 1 sheng of Fatsia root (Shuozhai), soak in 2 sheng of wine and drink, stop when sweating occurs.

Another prescription: Mix 2 sheng of powdered Vitex fruit (Manjingzi) with 1 sheng of wine, place in a silk bag, soak for seven nights. Take 3 he of warm liquid, three times daily.

Another prescription: Take 1 sheng of black chicken manure collected in the twelfth lunar month, stir-fry until yellow and powder it, place in a silk bag. Soak in 3 sheng of wine, take warm as desired, keeping the patient slightly intoxicated.

Another prescription: On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, take 3 sheng of hemp pollen (Mabo) and one dan of powdered hemp seeds, steam them together. Pour five dou and three sheng of boiling water over them three times to extract. Boil to obtain one dan of liquid. Add twenty jin of Shenqu (medicated leaven), soak to ferment, then brew with two dan and five sheng of millet. Seal tightly and mature for twenty-one days. Drink one sheng of the clear liquor. After one hundred days, latent wind in the body, chest, diaphragm, five zang organs, and bone marrow will be eliminated.

Headache washing formula: Boar radish seed (Tinglizi) decoction for hair washing; cure within three or four washes.

Another prescription: Boil 2 sheng of Sichuan pepper (Shujiao) in water, use the juice to wash the hair; this is excellent.

For dandruff, wash the head with ash lye from mulberry branches; this miraculously removes dandruff.

To turn white hair black: Process black sesame seeds through nine steaming and nine sun-drying cycles, powder them, form pills with jujube paste, and take long-term for best results.

Another prescription: Use 1 sheng of Angelica dahurica (Baizhi) from Longxi, 1 sheng of Inula flower (Xuanjinfhua), 1 sheng of Zanthoxylum (Qinjiao), and one chi of Cinnamon twig heart (Guixin). Grind and sieve, take a square-inch spoonful with well water, three times daily. White hair turns black in thirty days; abstain from sexual intercourse.