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Formula for treating dry-dampness hemorrhoids and those classified as male or female:
Huai Zi (Sophorae Fructus), Wuzhuyu Genpi (Evodiae Radix Cortex), Ganqi (Resina Draconis) [each 4 liang, roasted], Jili (Tribuli Fructus) [3 liang], Qinjiao (Gentianae Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Muli (Concha Ostreae) [roasted], Leiwan (Alumen), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Longgu (Os Mastodi seu Ossis Femoris), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli), Qingmuxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Bajiao Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata with eight angles) [processed, skin removed, each 2 liang].
The above fifteen ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take 20 pills with warm water, three times a day.

Formula for treating five types of hemorrhoids persisting for ten years:
Huai Zi (Sophorae Fructus) [3 jin], Baitang (White Sugar) [2 jin], Fanshi (Alumen) [calcined], Liuhuang (Sulfur) [each 1 jin], Longgu (Os Mastodi seu Ossis Femoris), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Ganqi (Resina Draconis) [each 10 liang, roasted].
The above seven ingredients: crush and sift four of them; finely chop the alumen and sugar. Place them in a copper vessel with one shi of rice and steam. Squeeze out the juice using cotton cloth, mix with the powdered medicine to form pills, roll by hand into the size of sophora seeds. Dry in the shade and take 20 pills with wine, twice a day, gradually increasing to 30 pills.

Formula for treating five types of hemorrhoids not healing after ten years:
Huai Dongnan Zhi (Branches of Sophora japonica from the southeast direction) [finely chopped, 1 shi], Huai Dongnan Gen (Roots of Sophora japonica from the southeast direction) [finely chopped, 1 shi], Huai Baipi (Bark of Sophora japonica) [finely chopped, 1 shi], Huai Zi (Sophorae Fructus) [1 dou].
Place the above four ingredients in a large cauldron with sixteen hu of water. Boil until five hu remain. Clarify the liquid and boil again until one shi six dou remains. Cook two hu of broomcorn millet, add two dou of yeast starter to brew. Stir well, seal with mud. After seven days, when the wine is ready, drink the clear liquor moderately, aiming for a slight intoxication. Simultaneously, boil the dregs again to extract juice. Wash vessels with rinsed rice water; do not use raw tap water. This method is used because the medicine avoids raw water.

Divine Formula for Hemorrhoids:
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, harvest ripe sophora fruits, crush them thoroughly to extract juice, squeeze through multiple layers of cotton cloth. Place in a copper vessel and dry in the sun on a high gate in the courtyard for over twenty days. Boil down to form pills the size of mouse droppings. Insert into the anus three times a day. This formula also treats fistulas and various sores.

Another Formula:
Take intestines from three carp, roast over fire until fragrant, wrap in cotton cloth, and insert into the anus. After the time it takes to eat one meal, parasites will be expelled. Replace the fish intestines several times. After using three sets, the condition will heal.

Another Formula:
Roast fish intestinges until fragrant and sit upon them; parasites will be expelled.

Another Formula:
Hutou Gu (Ossis Tigris Capitis) [roasted], Xijiao Mo (Cornu Rhinocerotis Pulvis).
Crush each ingredient into powder, form into masses the size of chicken eggs, mix with lard that has not been in contact with water, and apply topically.

Treatment for Hemorrhoids:
Harvest sophora fruits in August, crush to extract juice, boil into pills, and apply topically.

Another Formula:
Apply Xiongdan (Ursi Fel) topically. Stop when healed; reapply immediately upon recurrence.

Another Formula:
Wrap a small melon in paper, then in clay about three to four cun thick. Bury in fire and bake until thoroughly cooked. Fast overnight to induce extreme hunger. Remove, eat heartily while hot, then cover warmly and lie down for the duration of cooking a meal. The hemorrhoids will heal.

Formula for Five Types of Hemorrhoids:
Collect Xiancao stems and leaves on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, crush into powder. Take one fangcun bi with water, three times a day until healed. Dry in the shade during collection.

Another Formula:
Burn sheep horns, grind into powder, take one fangcun bi with wine, three times a day.

Another Formula:
Regularly consume Puhuang (Spora Typhae) one fangcun bi, three times a day; this is effective.

Discussion:
Generally, blood in stool indicates hemorrhoidal disease. Do not neglect it. Avoid dried dates, greasy foods, pork, and fish. When suffering from hemorrhoids, most medicines taken internally are ineffective, wasting effort without benefit. If one wishes to take medicinal food therapy, dietary restrictions must first be observed. The first formula, Huai Zi Ren Wan (Sophora Seed Pill), is highly effective; see the formula in the previous chapter. It must be trusted and not doubted.

Formula for Rectal Prolapse:
Puhuang (Spora Typhae) [2 liang].
Mix the single ingredient with lard, apply to the anus, and insert. Do this two to three times a day until healed.

Another Formula:
For rectal prolapse that cannot be reduced, extract juice from fresh Gualou (Trichosanthis Fructus), mix with equal parts lard, warm over boiling water, apply, and reduce the prolapse. Condition heals.

Another Formula:
Apply Tiejing Fen (Iron Powder) topically every time prolapse occurs. Stop when healed.