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To prevent the spread of plague: Tie a seven-cun long rope to the water-drawing bottle, secretly place it under the bedding mat of the patient; this is effective.

Another prescription: Measure the wall of the residence with a rope, bend the rope, and cut it.

Another prescription: Powder the excrement of peach tree borers, take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) with water.

Another prescription: Equal parts of Atractylodis Rhizoma (Baizhu) and Fermented Soybean (Chidou), soaked in wine and taken orally; this is excellent.

Another prescription: On the first day of the New Year, swallow twenty-one seeds of Cannabis Fructus (Mazi) and twenty-one Semen Phaseoli Vulgaris Rubrum (Chixiaodou). Also, throw fourteen seeds into the well.

Another prescription: Place one sheng of Glycine Max (Dadou) in a new cloth bag, put it in the well overnight, take it out, and consume seven seeds.

Another prescription: Powder the leaves of Pinus (Songye), take one fangcun bi with wine, three times a day.

Another prescription: On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the whole family faces the sun and swallows fourteen Semen Phaseoli Vulgaris Rubrum (Chixiaodou).

Another prescription: On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, men swallow seven seeds of Glycine Max (Dadou), and women swallow fourteen Semen Phaseoli Vulgaris Rubrum (Chixiaodou).

Another prescription: On the first day of the New Year, take mulberry roots growing eastward, about the thickness of a finger and seven cun long, coat them with cinnabar, hang them on the door, and also wear them.

Another prescription: On the full moon day of each month, finely chop bamboo branches growing eastward, boil them to make a decoction for bathing.

For miasma qi (pestilential pathogen): Crush five cloves of garlic with their skins, mix with one sheng of Fermented Soybean (Chidou), boil with two sheng of urine from a three-year-old boy for five or six boils, strain, and take; this is good.

Another prescription: Boil two sheng of Bambusa Textilis Retz. Internode (Qingzhuru) in four sheng of water until three sheng remain, divide into three doses. For excessive sweating, make a tea from Atractylodis Macrocephalae Folium (Baizhuye), take one fangcun bi.

For night sweats: Boil forty-nine Allii Tuberosi Radix et Rhizoma (Jiugen) in two sheng of water until one sheng remains, take all at once.

Another prescription: Soak one sheng of Fermented Soybean (Chidou) in two sheng of wine for three days. If not cured, prepare another dose; do not exceed three doses.

For Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst syndrome): Take two liang of Glycyrrhizae Radix (Gancao) and two liang of Zingiberis Radicis Preparata (Ganjiang), crush them, boil in three sheng of water until half a sheng remains, strain, and divide into two doses. Another method includes twelve large dates.

For Ke Li (Thirst and Polyuria): Take thirty jin of fresh Trichosanthis Radix (Gualougen), slice it, boil in one dan of water until one dou and a half remain, strain, add five he of beef tallow, and simmer until the water is gone. Form pills the size of chicken eggs, take with warm wine, three times a day.

For thirst with normal urination but not Lin syndrome: Take two jin of Ulmi Cortex (Yubaipi), slice it, boil in one dou of water until five sheng remain, take three he per dose, three times a day.

Another prescription: Take a handful of young bean shoots, crush to extract juice, take three sheng all at once.

Another prescription: Decoct Rosa Multiflora Root (Qiangweigen) in water; this is good.

Another prescription: Burn a magpie's nest that has been used for three years to ash, take with water.

Another prescription: Contain a piece of Pruni Resin (Taojiao) the size of a pellet, suck and swallow the saliva.

Another prescription: Take wax the size of an egg, boil with one sheng of vinegar for two boils, let it cool to a suitable temperature, and take all at once.

For heat-thirst, headache, high fever, and women suffering from severe chest oppression due to blood and qi rushing upward: Slice three sheng of Imperatae Rhizoma (Maogen), crush to extract juice. Drink it all when thirsty.

For Xiao Ke syndrome lasting more than one hundred days, moxibustion and acupuncture are prohibited.

For Xiao Ke: Equal parts of dry Spirodela Polyrrhiza (Ganfuping) and Trichosanthis Radix (Gualougen), powder them, mix with human breast milk to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take twenty pills with water on an empty stomach, three times a day. For patients with a three-year history...

To treat thirst: Take one jin of Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian) and one jin (or ten jin) of Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Shengdihuang). Extract juice from the fresh Rehmannia, soak the Coptis in it, remove, dry it, put it back in, until the juice is exhausted and dry. Powder it, mix with honey to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, three times a day, regardless of meals. It can also be made into a powder, taken with wine, one fangcun bi per dose.

For extreme thirst: Dig up a large Trichosanthes root, peel it thickly down to the white part, slice into inch-long pieces, soak in water for one day and night changing the water daily. After five days, take out, mash thoroughly, grind, filter through a silk bag like starch extraction, and dry. Take one fangcun bi with water, three to four times a day. It can also be eaten in porridge, milk, or yogurt without limit...

Another prescription: Take the knot near the bucket opening from well ropes of seven households, burn to ash, take with spring well water; cure within three doses.

Another prescription: Take the juice from soaked Fermented Soybean (Chidou), drink as much as desired.

Another prescription: Boil Phyllostachys Edulis Rhizome (Zhugen) strongly, take the juice, stop when cured.

Another prescription: Boil fine millet (Qiangliangmi), take the juice, stop when cured.

For Xiao Zhong (Consuming-Internal syndrome) with polyuria of seven to eight sheng day and night: Roast Cervi Cornu (Lujiao) until charred, take five fen bi with wine, three times a day. Gradually increase to one fangcun bi.

Another prescription: Take fermented hemp juice, one sheng is good.

Another prescription: Two bundles of Abutilon Theophrasti Radix (Kuigen) the size of a five-sheng basin (or five to six jin), boil in five dou of water until three dou remain. Fast overnight, take three sheng at dawn.

For various Lin syndromes: Stir-fry three sheng of fine white sand until extremely hot, pour three sheng of wine over it to extract the juice, take one he.

For painful Lin: Equal parts of Polygoni Catalpae Semen (Puhuang) and Talcum (Huashi), powder them, take one fangcun bi with wine, three times a day.

For Qi Lin (Qi-type Lin): Take ship bottom sediment the size of a duck, boil in three sheng of water until two sheng remain, take all at once.

Another prescription: Boil one sheng of Fermented Soybean (Chidou) in three sheng of water for one boil, strain, add one he of salt, take all at once. Alternatively, drink the decoction of Fermented Soybean alone.

Another prescription: Boil three hundred Bi-luan coins in one dou of water until three sheng remain, take warm.

Another prescription: Powder Abutilonis Semen (Kuizi), take one fangcun bi with soup.

Another prescription: Chew a mouthful of Malva Verticillata (Shukui) on an empty stomach to stop symptoms.

Another prescription: Apply hot roasted salt to the lower abdomen, replace when cold. This also treats hematuria.

Another prescription: Place salt in the umbilicus and apply moxibustion for three zhu.

For Shi Lin (Stone Lin): Take two sheng of Plantaginis Semen (Cheqianzi), put in a silk bag, boil in nine sheng of water until three sheng remain, take all at once; stones will pass. Fast overnight beforehand.

Another prescription: Take enough pumice to fill one hand, sieve it, boil with three sheng of water and one sheng of vinegar until two sheng remain, clarify, take one sheng; stones will pass within three doses.

Another prescription: Take Pruni Resin (Taojiao) the size of a date. In summer, mix with three he of cold water; in winter, mix with three he of hot water. Take once, three times a day. Stones like beans or eggs should pass; stop when stones are gone. This also treats hematuria.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Shuiquan (KI5) for thirty zhu. (Note: Text mentions Dazhun, usually Liver 1, but context implies specific point application).

For Gao Lin (Fat Lin): Crush two sheng of Persicaria Hydropiper Juice (Bianxu), mix with two he of vinegar, take on an empty stomach all at once. Urine should resemble red bean juice. Also, drink strong decoction; this treats dribbling Lin.

For Re Lin (Heat Lin): Take one sheng of Abutilon Theophrasti Radix (Kuigen); use seeds in winter, seedlings in summer. Slice, add twenty-seven large dates, boil in three sheng of water until one sheng and two he remain, divide into two doses. If heat is severe, add one liang of Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin); if difficult to urinate, add two liang of Talcum (Huashi) powder; if blood is present, add three liang of Qiancao Radix (Qiancao); if pain is severe, add two liang of Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao). Increase water amount accordingly when adding herbs.

Another prescription: Slice four jin of Imperatae Rhizoma (Baimaogen), boil in one dou and five sheng of water until five sheng remain. Take one sheng, three times by day and twice by night.

Another prescription: Regularly boil and drink Osmunda Japonica Radix (Dongkuigen).

For Xue Lin (Blood Lin): Take ten fresh Cannabis Radix (Damagen), boil in five sheng of water until two sheng remain, take all at once. This also treats hematuria.

Another prescription: Boil one handful of Glycine Max Folium (Dadouye) in four sheng of water until two sheng remain, take all at once.

Another prescription: Boil one sheng of Abutilonis Semen (Kuizi) in three sheng of water until juice is extracted, take three times a day. This also treats hematuria due to deficiency and exhaustion.

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Dantian according to age in zhu. Also moxibustion on Fuliu for fifty zhu, or according to age.

For Wu Lin (Five Types of Lin): Moxibustion on Xuanquan for fourteen zhu. The point is located one cun anterior to the medial malleolus on the oblique vessel, also known as Zhongfeng (SP4).

Another prescription: Moxibustion on Dazhun (LR1) for thirty zhu.

For acute Lin: Moxibustion on the tip of the lateral malleolus for seven zhu.

For hematuria: Take three sheng of Sesamum Indicum (Huma), powder finely, soak in two sheng of flowing water from the east overnight, squeeze out the dregs at dawn, boil for two boils, take all at once.

For bleeding in urine: Powder Longgu (Longgu) finely, take one fangcun bi with warm water, five to six times a day. Some say take with wine.

Another prescription: Crush Vitex Negundo Leaf (Jingye) to extract juice, take two he with wine.

Another prescription: Boil four liang of Angelica Sinensis (Shudanggui) in three sheng of wine until one sheng remains, take all at once.

Another prescription: Boil Plantago Asiatica Root, leaf, and seed; drinking more is better.

Another prescription: Scrape Talcum (Huashi) into powder, mix with water to apply around the lower abdomen and genital area; this is good. This also treats urinary retention.

Another prescription: Take ash of tangled hair with wine. Some say take with water.

Another prescription: Take one fangcun bi of ash from Abutilon stem with wine, three times a day.