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Cholera with muscle cramps (spasms): Take one handful of *Polygonum hydropiper* (Liao, 蓼), remove the head and tail ends, decoct in two sheng of water until one sheng remains, and take in a single dose. Another prescription uses pear leaves instead.

Another prescription: Burn an old wooden comb to ash, powder it, and administer one small pill-sized amount with wine; this can effect a permanent cure.

Another prescription: Apply grease from the axle of a cart to the soles of the feet for recovery.

Another prescription: Prepare extremely salty brine, warm it in a trough, and soak the feet.

Another prescription: Boil blue cloth in vinegar and apply as a compress; replace when cool.

If spasms persist: For males, pull their genitalia; for females, pull the sides of their breasts near the armpits.

For spasms affecting both arms and the chest: Moxibustion on the white flesh border of the palm (7 moxa cones), followed by moxibustion at Danzhong (CV17), Zhongfu (LU1), Juguanyin (EX-UE1), Weiguan (EX-UE2), and Chize (LU5). These also treat tendon constraint, resolving symptoms in the head and feet.

Cholera with thirst and drinking, followed immediately by dry heaving: Take five liang of fresh ginger, chop it, decoct in five sheng of water until two and a half sheng remain, and divide into two doses. Galangal is highly effective.

Heat-stroke type cholera with violent diarrhea, irritability, rapid pulse, and desire for cold water: Drink one sheng of freshly drawn well water in a single dose for immediate relief. Do not use if the patient has a history of cold stomach.

Cholera with vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain: Decoct peach leaves and drink one sheng for immediate cessation. In winter, use peach bark.

Qi rebellion with spasms: Moxibustion on the white flesh border of the heel/ankle joint (37 moxa cones each side). Also moxibustion at the center of the lower abdomen below the transverse bone, with cone count based on age.

Spasms with four extremities cold: Moxibustion at the black-white junction of the root of both breasts (1 moxa cone each).

Spasms: Moxibustion at Yongquan (KI1) 6-7 cones, located in the depression of the sole, above the large tendon of the big toe. Also moxibustion at the midpoint of the crease under the big toe (1 cone).

Another prescription: For persistent spasms, moxibustion on the white flesh border above the gathered tendons at the heel (7 cones) leads to immediate recovery.

Spasms entering the abdomen with severe pain: Four people hold the limbs steady. Moxibustion at one cun above the umbilicus (14 cones); once movement ceases, release the limbs. Also moxibustion on the large tendon inside the thigh... [text missing].

Cholera with spasms: Have the patient lie prone, extend arms along the body. Measure horizontally between the tips of the elbows with a rope. Mark points on both sides of the spine at 1.5 cun distance according to the rope measurement. Moxibustion of 100 cones at these points ensures recovery.

Cholera with apparent death but residual breath: Moxibustion at Chengjin (BL56). Measure the circumference of the foot from toe to heel, fold in half to determine length. Place one end at the heel's contact point with the ground, mark upward to find the acupoint. Moxibustion of 7 cones revives the dead. Additionally, place salt in the umbilicus and perform 14 cones of moxibustion.

Cholera with incessant watery diarrhea: Decoct one handful of mugwort in three sheng of water until one sheng remains; take in a single dose for good results.

Another prescription: Decoct one handful of lemongrass in four sheng of water until one sheng remains; take in a single dose. Aromatic patchouli is also suitable.

Gu poison, undigested food retention, cholera: Drink one sheng of extremely salty brine hot. Stimulate the throat to vomit undigested food completely. If vomiting does not occur, continue administration. After vomiting, drink again. Repeat until three episodes of vomiting cease. This method surpasses other treatments; laypeople often disdain it as rustic and ineffective, leading to death. Such cases must use this method first.

Another prescription: Decoct one sheng of adzuki bean and one sheng of mosla herb in six sheng of water until two sheng remain; divide doses. Using either herb alone is also acceptable.

Bladder torsion with urinary obstruction: Take tangled human hair the size of two fists, burn to ash, mix with four he of vinegar, and administer one fangcun bi (square-inch measure) of the powder. After ingestion, sit squatting on roasted black soybean leaves.

Another prescription: Decoct three liang of donkey-hide gelatin in three sheng of water until seven he remain; take in a single dose.

Another prescription: Decoct five he of fermented soybeans in three sheng of water until boiling several times; take in a single dose.

Another prescription: Decoct hemp seeds and drink the juice in a single dose.

Another prescription: Burn the ash of the threshing flail hinge and take with water.

Another prescription: Burn pen tips to ash and take with water.

Another prescription: Moxibustion at Yuquan (GV18) 7 cones. The point is one cun below Guanyuan (CV4). For adults, measure eight cun down from the epigastrium to locate Yuquan; adjust proportionally for children.

Another method: Moxibustion at the fifteenth thoracic vertebra (50 cones).

Another method: Moxibustion one cun below the umbilicus, with cone count corresponding to age. One day equals four cun.

Vomiting and qi rebellion, cholera with hematemesis: Moxibustion at Shouxin Zhu (Neiguan, PC6) 50 cones.

Hematemesis: Take five sheng of thick fresh rehmannia root, crush it, boil in one sheng of wine, performing three cycles of heating and cooling. Strain and take in a single dose.

Another prescription: Take cinnamon twig powder, one fangcun bi per dose, up to twenty times daily. Also treats hematochezia.

Sudden hematemesis: Take cooked mugwort equivalent to three chicken eggs, decoct in five sheng of water until two sheng remain; take in a single dose.

Another prescription: Burn tangled hair to ash, take one fangcun bi with water, three times daily. Also treats sudden bleeding from the tongue like needle holes, and hematuria.

Gu poisoning with bloody stool dozens of times daily: Decoct one bitter melon (or bitter gourd) in two sheng of water until one sheng remains; administer gradually. This should expel gu poison and vomit out toad tadpoles.