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For lumbar pain due to deficiency-cold, internal use:
Foeniculum Vulgare Fruit (Bajiao Huixiang)
Grind into powder, take with wine.
External use: Stir-fry glutinous rice until hot, place in a bag, and apply as a compress to the painful area.

Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, removed nodes), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, honey-fried) each two liang; Angelicae Pubescentis Radix (Duhuo), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guixin), Trichosanthis Radix (Gualou), Puerariae Radix (Gange), each three liang; Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao) four liang; Rehmanniae Radix Secunda Preparata (Sheng Dihuang) five liang; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang) six liang.
Take the above herbs, add eight sheng of water and two sheng of wine, decoct to obtain three sheng, divide into three doses. If not cured, prepare again.

Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Sheng Fuzi) [Note: Text says Sheng but context implies processed for external use or specific preparation]
Grind into powder, mix with water, apply to both soles (Yongquan acupoint area), immediate effect.

Terminalia Chebula Fruit (Helilei, roasted, pitted) four pieces; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) two fen.
Pound the above herbs into powder, boil in two sheng of cow's milk for three to four boils, take all at once. Dividing into two doses is also acceptable.

Pain on one side of the hypochondrium accompanied by fever, pulse tight and string-taut, this is cold. It should be treated with warm purgatives. Formula:
Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Dahuang) three liang; Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin) two liang; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, roasted) three pieces.
Take the above herbs, add five sheng of water, decoct to obtain two sheng, divide into three doses. For robust individuals, decoct to obtain three and a half sheng, divide into three doses. After taking the medicine, wait for the time it takes to walk four or five li, then eat.

Fresh Lycii Cortex (Di Gu Pi), Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Sheng Jiang) each four liang.
Pound into paste, wrap in silk cloth, apply to the affected area. Endure even if extremely itchy. Also use:
Luffae Fructus Retinervus (Laosigua, with pedicel, carbonized):
Grind into powder, take three qian per dose, wash down with hot wine. For severe cases, no more than two or three doses are needed for cure.

Painful area feels like fire burning, dark urine, difficult defecation, dry mouth, aversion to heat, this is heat hernia. Use:
Hibisci Mutabilis Folium (Furong Ye), Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai) each three qian.
Grind into powder, grind Momordicae Semen (Mubiezi) in vinegar to make a paste, apply to the scrotum, extremely effective.

Severe pain around the umbilicus, sweating cold sweat during attacks, cold limbs, pulse deep and string-taut, this is cold hernia. Treatment uses:
Aconiti Radix (Wutou) fifteen pieces; Mel (Baimi) two jin.
First, boil Wutou in three sheng of water, obtain two sheng, remove Wutou. Add honey and simmer until moisture evaporates completely, obtaining two sheng. Robust individuals take seven he, weak individuals take five he. If one dose does not cure, take again the next day. Only one dose per day, do not repeat excessively.

During an attack, the heart region feels as if pierced by awls or knives, or limbs are cold, or lips and mouth turn blue. The origin is accumulation of yin qi internally, cold qi failing to dissipate, rushing upward to the heart, thus causing heart pain, hence named Heart Hernia. Treatment uses:
Paeoniae Radix Alba (Shaoyao), Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin), Zanthoxyli Pericarpium (Shujiao), Cinnamomi Cortex (Guixin), Zingiberis Rhizoma (Ganjiang) each three fen; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi) one fen.
Pound the above into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of wu zi (tree seeds). Take seven pills, wash down with wine, twice daily.