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Formula 36, with one discussion.

Prescription for treating hemorrhoids:
Take one ox spleen from the twelfth lunar month, roast it until cooked and consume it entirely; the disease will be cured.

Another prescription:
Boil one ox spleen thoroughly, consume it on an empty stomach without salt or soy sauce. If one spleen does not cure the condition, administer another, ensuring it is consumed completely from morning until afternoon (Wei hour).

Prescription for external hemorrhoids:
Crush four sheng of hemp seeds, place them in a raw cloth bag, steam them over rice until fully steamed, then squeeze out the oil. Keep the oil warm in a copper dish. Make a pad from cotton wool, sit on it so that the pad aligns directly with the hemorrhoid opening. Change it after a short while; sitting again will cause worms to exit.

Another prescription:
Crush Polygonum aviculare (Baiji) and extract its juice to make dough into food. Consume on an empty stomach, three times a day. Regular consumption is beneficial.

Prescription for treating hemorrhoids:
Cut three sheng of Fomes fomentarius (Sang'er), add fifteen dou of water, boil down to three sheng. Take one sheng in the morning, three times daily. One dose is completed in three days.

Another prescription:
Make a soup with Fomes fomentarius (Sang'er), season it to taste. Eat until full with rice on an empty stomach. Do not exceed three doses; the disease will be cured.

Another prescription:
Pizhi (one piece, stir-fried), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Gan Dihuang, five liang), Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao Zi), Sophorae Semen (Huai Zi, three liang each), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Gan Jiang), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, processed), Dipsaci Radix (Xuduan), Alumen (Fanshi, calcined), Astragali Membranacei Radix (Huangqi, one liang each).
The above ten ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, and made into pills the size of sophora seeds using refined honey. Take ten pills with warm water, twice daily, gradually increasing to thirty pills. This formula also treats fistula.

Another prescription:
Take ten liang of fresh Phellodendri Cortex (Huai Baipi), crush it thoroughly, and form pills the size of bullet shots. Wrap in cotton and insert into the lower orifice. Continuously consume Polygonum aviculare (Baiji) vegetables and drink their decoction as soup or porridge; this is highly effective.

Prescription for treating itching and pain in the lower region, caused purely by swelling and protrusion of internal flesh:
Soybeans (three sheng, boiled with seven sheng of water over high heat to obtain four sheng of liquid), Phellodendri Cortex (Huai Baipi, cut, six sheng), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, three liang, roasted).
Boil the above ingredients in the soybean liquid to obtain two sheng. Soak old thin cloth in it and apply to the affected area. Replace when cool. Apply three to five times daily.

Phellodendri Cortex Ointment, for treating itching, pain, and hemorrhoids in the lower region:
Phellodendri Cortex (Huai Baipi, five liang), Vigna angularis (Chixiaodou, two he), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Zhishi), Persicam Semen (Taoren, fifty pieces each), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui, three liang), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, two liang each).
The above seven ingredients are simmered gently in one jin of rendered lard from aged pork. When Baizhi turns yellow, remove the dregs. Massage onto the lesion and also use as a suppository inserted into the lower orifice.

Prescription for treating hemorrhoids:
Take one old chisel tooth, burn it to ash, and take one fen amount with well water drawn at dawn on an empty stomach.

Another prescription:
Apply powder of Rehmanniae Radix (Dihuang) to the lower region, three times daily and once at night; this is effective.

Another prescription:
Zingiberis Rhizoma (Gan Jiang), Genkwa Flos (Yuanhua), Zanthoxyli Pericarpium (Shujiao, one and a half liang each, perspired), Sus Scrofa Unguis (Zhu Xuantí, ten pieces, burned), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, three pieces, processed), Paeoniae Radix (Shaoyao), Cynanchi Atrati Radix (Baiwei).
The above twelve ingredients are crushed and sifted into a powder. Take one cunbi with wine, twice daily.

Prescription for treating hemorrhoids with pus and blood discharge from the lower region, presence of worms, and perforations on the sides:
Take one dan of Phellodendri Cortex (Huai Baipi), boil in water until extremely soft. Remove and place in a wooden basin. Sit in the basin; when the urge to defecate arises, worms will all emerge. Replace when cool. Repeat no more than two or three times.

Another prescription:
Wash with decoction of Sophorae Radix (Huai Genzhi).

Another prescription:
Wash with decoction of Persicae Radix (Tao Genzhi).

For various hemorrhoids with excessive blood loss, weak breath, inability to eat, or abdominal pain radiating to the lower region, use Danggui Decoction:
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Gan Jiang), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, three liang each, roasted), Sugar (eight liang), Moutan Cortex (Mudan), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, processed), Paeoniae Radix (Shaoyao), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, two liang each), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Gan Dihuang, four liang).
The above eleven ingredients are chopped, boiled in one dou of water to obtain three sheng and two he. Remove dregs, dissolve sugar, and divide into four doses.

For various hemorrhoids with massive blood loss and chronic deficiency/weakness, use Neibu Tang:
Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), Dipsaci Radix (Xuduan), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Paeoniae Radix (Shaoyao), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, processed), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, three liang each, roasted), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin), Poria (Fuling), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Gan Jiang), Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Gan Dihuang), Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi), Ophiopogonis Tuber (Mendong, dehearted, three liang each), Jujubae Fructus (Dazao, twenty pieces, pitted).
The above fifteen ingredients are chopped, boiled in one dou of water to obtain four sheng. Divide into four doses.

For various hemorrhoids with bloody stool, use Puhuang Tang:
Polygoni Cathartici Semen (Puhuang, one sheng), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Halloysit Rubra (Baishizhi, three liang each), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian), Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong), Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (Gan Dihuang), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, two liang each).
The above eight ingredients are chopped, boiled in one dou of water to obtain three sheng. Divide into three doses.

For various hemorrhoids with severe deficiency and sallow complexion due to blood loss, use Huangqi Tang:
Astragali Membranacei Radix (Huangqi), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui), Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong, three liang each), Longgu (Longgu, one liang), Paeoniae Radix (Shaoyao), Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin, four liang each), Sugar (one jin), Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, processed, peeled), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, two liang each, roasted).
The above nine ingredients are chopped, boiled in one dou of water to obtain three sheng and two he. Remove dregs, dissolve sugar, and divide into five doses.