治小便不通 用朴硝为末，每服二钱，茴香汤下。
又方 用蚯蚓杵，以冷水滤过，浓服半碗立通。大解热疾，不知人事欲死，服之甚效。
又方 用扁竹一握，水盅半，煎一盅，热服。
又方 用莴苣捣如泥，贴脐上；或用盐填脐内，艾灸三壮。
又方 用甜酸草捣汁，入砂糖水调服；或用磨刀交股水一盏服。
治腹胀小便不通 用琥珀一钱，研极细，人参汤调下。
治小腹胀满痛不得小便 用雄黄细研，蜜丸如枣核，纳溺孔中，及疗天行病。
治小便不利，茎中痛 用牛膝一大握，酒煮饮之，立愈，及治卒暴症，腹中石刺并妇人
血结坚痛。
治小便不利，膀胱水气留滞 用浮萍日干，为末。每服方寸匕，日三服。
治小便不通 用针头草晒干三钱，灯心十茎，水一盏，煎八分，去渣，空心食前服。
治小便不出，胞转膨满欲死者 用乱发烧灰，冷水调下方寸匕。
又方 用发灰二钱，滑石末一钱，桃白皮煎汤调下，日进二服，大效。
治小便不通 用葱白三斤切细，慢火炒香熟，以帛包作两处，更熨脐下即通。
又方 用乌 木皮煎汤，调五苓散服，立通；如无药，只以 皮煎汤服亦可。
又方 用荆芥九钱，大黄一钱。煎服。
治水肿及全身暴肿，小便涩 用葶苈三两捣烂，大枣三十枚，水一升半，煎一升，去枣
内葶苈于汁中熬稠，丸如桐子大。空心木香汤或米饮下三十丸。
治卒肿满，身面皆洪大 用甘遂一钱为末，猪肾一枚作七片，涂末炙熟，食至四五片当
觉腹肠鸣，小便利。一方更入木香一钱，共内肾中，以薄荷叶裹定，再用湿纸裹煨，临卧细
嚼，温酒送下，当下黄水是效。
又方 用皂角炙黄、锉三升，酒一斗渍之，合器煮沸、澄清，服一升，日三服。
又方 用菟丝子一升，酒五升，渍二三宿，每服一升，日三服。
又方 用生猪肝一具，细切，顿食之。勿用盐，只可用苦酒。
又方 用苦瓜瓤实捻如大豆，以面裹煮一沸，空心服七枚，至午当出水一斗，三日水自
出不止，大瘦乃瘥。三年内慎口味。用瓜须择妍净者，不尔有毒，勿用。
又方 用榆皮捣屑，杂米作粥食，小便利。
治风水肿，腹大脐腰，重痛不可转动 用冬麻子半升，水研滤取汁，米二合煮粥，着葱、
椒
治水蛊腹大，摇动水声，皮肤黑色 用巴豆去皮心熬黄，捣丸如小豆大。水下一丸，以
利为度，勿饮酒。
治水蛊病不问年月深者 用大戟、当归、陈皮各一两细锉。水二升，煮七分，顿服，利
二三斗勿怪，至重不过再服。
治水气遍身浮肿，气促坐卧不安 用牵牛二两微炒，捣末，乌牛尿浸一宿，平旦入葱白
一握，煎十余沸，去渣，空心分为二服，水从小便中出。
又方 用东引花桑枝烧灰淋汁，煮赤小豆，空心食，饱饥即食尽，不得吃饭。
治水气皮肤痒 用枳壳一两为末，如茶前呷。兼明目。
治水肿 用白商陆细切一升，羊肉六两。水一斗，煮六升，去渣，将肉和葱豉作 ，如
常法食。
又方 用白商陆六两，取汁半合，和酒半升，看大小相度与服，当利下水。
又方 用白商陆根去皮，切如小豆许一大盏。水二升，煮一升，入粟米一盏，煮成粥，
空心服，即微利，不得杂食。
又方 用乌豆一升，水五升，煮三升，去渣，入酒五升，更煎取三升，分温三服，未瘥
再合。
又方 用鲤鱼一头极大者，去头尾及骨，惟取肉。以水二斗，赤小豆一升，合煮取二升。
以
治十种水肿病 用鲤鱼一头，重一斤以上，和冬瓜、葱白作羹食之。
治十种水病肿满，气喘促不得卧 用蝼蛄五枚，干为末。食前汤调半钱匕至一钱，小便
通效。
治水肿从脚起，入腹则难疗 用赤小豆一斗，水煮极熟，取汁四五升温渍膝以下，冷则
重暖；若已入腹，但服小豆，勿杂食亦愈。凡豆不可合鱼 食，令人患消渴，生口疮。
治乳肿喘促，小便涩 用杏仁一两去皮尖，熬、研、和米煮，空心服二合。
治水病初得危急 用冬瓜不限多少，任吃极效。
治水病肚胀四肢肿 用黄瓜一个，破作二片不去子，醋煮一半，水煮一半，俱烂，空心
顿服，须臾水下。
治水病洪肿，气胀不消食 用香薷五十斤细锉，内釜中，水浸上数寸煮，使味尽、去渣、
澄
治水肿坐卧不得，头面身体悉肿 用蒴 根刮去皮捣汁一合，和酒一合空心暖服，当微
吐利。
治中水气，已服药未平复 用麝香如大豆三枚细研，乳汁调，分为四、五服。
治脚腿肿 用瓠子种空壳煎汤，空心服。
治水肿 用水戟、木通、木香各二钱为末，以猪肾一个，劈开入药末在内，仍合住用线
缠缚，湿纸裹，于灰火中煨熟，去纸嚼服。少顷利四五行，即愈。必须忌口。
又方 用乌鲤鱼一个，不去鳞甲，只去肚肠，入大蒜满鱼腹，以黄泥裹固，煨熟。食鱼
蒜尽，则小便通利，病愈。
治身体手足浮肿 用蚯蚓粪为末，隔年醋调涂患处，即愈。
治遍身肿满如囊里裹浆，疾行则濯濯有声或咳喘不定 用葶苈子炒、泽泻、椒目、桑白
皮、杏仁去皮麸炒、猪苓去黑皮各半两，为末，炼蜜丸如桐子大。每服二十丸，葱白汤下无
时，以利为度。一方用黑牵牛头末一两，不用桑皮、杏仁。以葱白、浆水、酒煎三钱服。
治通身黄肿 用瓜蒂三四钱，焙干为末。用半字吹鼻内，日一度，并吹三四日；如不愈，
后用黄芩末五钱，煎汤下。
治水气，四肢浮肿，上气喘急，大小便不通 用甘遂、大戟、芫花等分为末，枣肉丸如
桐子大。空心热汤送下四十丸，以利去黄水为度，否则次早再服。
又方 用郁李仁、杏仁炮去皮尖、薏苡仁各一两，为末，米糊丸如桐子大。每服四十丸，
不
治水肿从腰以上俱肿 用麻黄四两去根节，甘草一两。每服三钱，水一盏，先煮麻黄，
沸后入甘草，煎七分服，取汁避风。老虚者勿轻用。
治一切湿热肿满 用黑牵牛、黄芩、大黄、滑石、大椒各等分，为末，酒糊丸如桐子大。
每
治一切水气，通身肿满 用人参一两半，葶苈四两锅内铺纸炒黄，为末，枣肉丸如桐子
大。每服十五丸，桑白皮汤下，空心、食前日三服。
治水肿腹大如鼓或遍身皆肿 用大戟、白牵牛头末、木香等分为末。每服三钱，以猪腰
一对批开，掺药在内烧熟，空心食之。如食左腰子塌左肿，右腰子塌右肿；如未全去，于腹
绕脐涂甘遂末，饮甘草汤少许，其肿尽去。
治水气鼓胀 用楮实子一斗五升熬膏，白丁香一两，茯苓二两，为末，以膏丸如桐子
大。每服三四十丸，服至小便清利及腹胀消为度。
治一切肿 用蓖麻子捣烂敷之。
又方 用紫檀末醋调，敷肿上。
治水肿 用赤小豆五合，大蒜一个，生姜一分，商陆根一条并切细。水煮豆烂，去姜、
蒜细嚼豆，空腹食之，旋啜汁令尽，肿立消。
治水症 用蓖麻子二十枚水研，服之吐恶沫，加至三十枚，三日一服，瘥则止。
又方 用甘遂、大戟等分为末。每服一钱，大麦面一两和作饼子，灰火烧熟，临卧细嚼，
茶
治水肿 用甜葶苈、川椒、雄黄、泽泻、芫花醋浸炒，大戟、甘遂、赤茯苓、桑白皮、
穿心巴戟各一两，为末。桑白皮浸水一盏，煎八分，空心温服，小便多为效。凡肿手心无纹，
面
从脚肿起，其根在心，加葶苈一两；
从阴肿起，其根在肾，加泽泻一两；
从肠肿起，其根在肚，加川椒一两；
从口唇肿起，其根在小肠，加巴戟一两；
从面肿起，其根在脾，加桑白皮一两；
从胁肿起，其根在骨，加甘遂二两；
从顶肿起，其根在膈，加茯苓一两。仍审察虚实加减，忌食杂物。
Treatment for retention of urine: Use Piao Xiao (Natrii Sulfas) ground into powder, take 2 qian each time, administered with Fennel Decoction.
Another prescription: Crush earthworms, filter through cold water to obtain the juice, drink half a bowl thickly; urine will flow immediately. It is very effective for heat diseases characterized by constipation, and for patients in a coma or near death.
Another prescription: Take a handful of Bian Zhu (Bambusa Textilis), add half a cup of water, decoct until one cup remains, and take hot.
Another prescription: Mash Wo Ju (Lactuca Sativa) into a paste and apply it to the umbilicus; alternatively, fill the umbilicus with salt and moxibustion with three cones.
Another prescription: Juice of Tian Suan Cao (Oxalis Corniculata) mashed, mixed with sugar water for oral administration; or drink one cup of water from grinding knives where the blades cross.
Treatment for abdominal distension with retention of urine: Take Hu Po (Amber) 1 qian, grind extremely fine, and mix with Ginseng Decoction for administration.
Treatment for lower abdominal fullness, pain, and inability to urinate: Grind Xiong Huang (Realgar) finely, make pills like jujube pits with honey, insert into the urethral opening; also treats epidemic febrile diseases.
Treatment for difficult urination and pain in the glans penis: Take a large handful of Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), boil in wine and drink; immediate cure. Also treats sudden acute conditions, stone-like stabbing pain in the abdomen, and firm painful blood accumulation in women.
Treatment for difficult urination due to fluid qi stagnation in the bladder: Take Fu Ping (Spirodela Polyrrhiza) dried in the sun, ground into powder. Take one fang cun bi each time, three times a day.
Treatment for retention of urine: Take Zhen Tou Cao (Eclipta Prostrata) dried 3 qian, Deng Xin (Junci Medulla) 10 stems, add one cup of water, decoct to 0.8 cups, remove dregs, take on an empty stomach before meals.
Treatment for complete absence of urine, with bladder torsion, swelling, and impending death: Take human hair burned to ash, mix with cold water, take one fang cun bi.
Another prescription: Take hair ash 2 qian, Hua Shi (Talcum) powder 1 qian, mix with decoction of Tao Bai Pi (Pruni Persicae Cortex), take twice a day, highly effective.
Treatment for retention of urine: Take 3 jin of Cong Bai (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus), chop finely, stir-fry slowly until fragrant and cooked, wrap in cloth into two packs, alternate compressing below the umbilicus until urine flows.
Another prescription: Decoct Wu La Pi (Eucommiae Ulmoidis Bark? Note: Context suggests Wu Jia Pi or similar bark, literal translation Wu Mu Pi) bark, mix with Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria) for administration, urine flows immediately; if this medicine is unavailable, simply decoct the bark alone.
Another prescription: Take Jing Jie (Schizonepetae Herba) 9 qian, Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) 1 qian, decoct and take.
Treatment for edema and sudden whole-body swelling with scanty urine: Take Ting Li (Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae) 3 liang, crush; Da Zao (Jujubae Fructus) 30 pieces, add 1.5 sheng of water, decoct to 1 sheng, remove dates, put Ting Li into the juice, cook until thick, make pills like sesame seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with Mu Xiang Decoction or rice drink.
Treatment for sudden generalized swelling, body and face greatly enlarged: Take Gan Sui (Kansui Radix) 1 qian, powder; pig kidney 1 piece, cut into 7 slices, coat with powder, roast and eat. After eating 4-5 slices, bowel sounds should be heard, and urine should flow. Another method adds Mu Xiang 1 qian, places them together in the kidney, wraps in mint leaves, then in wet paper, and simmers. Chew finely before bed, send down with warm wine; passing yellow water indicates efficacy.
Another prescription: Take Zao Jiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) roasted yellow, chopped 3 sheng, soak in 1 dou of wine, boil in a covered vessel, clarify, take 1 sheng, three times a day.
Another prescription: Take Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen) 1 sheng, wine 5 sheng, soak for 2-3 nights, take 1 sheng each time, three times a day.
Another prescription: Take one raw pig liver, cut finely, eat all at once. Do not use salt, only vinegar is allowed.
Another prescription: Roll bitter melon pulp into balls the size of soybeans, wrap in flour, boil briefly, take 7 on an empty stomach; by noon, one dou of water should pass; for three days, water will flow continuously, significant weight loss occurs, then recovery. Be cautious with diet for three years. If using melon tendrils, select clean ones, otherwise they are toxic and should not be used.
Another prescription: Yu Pi (Ulmus Macrocarpa Hance Bark) pounded into dust, mixed with rice to make porridge, eat; promotes urination.
Treatment for wind-water edema, abdominal distension, heavy and painful umbilicus and waist, immobility: Take Dong Ma Zi (Ricini Semen) half sheng, grind in water, filter juice, add 2 he of rice to cook porridge, add scallion and pepper.
Treatment for Shui Gu (water gu disease) with abdominal distension, splashing sound when moving, black skin: Take Ba Dou (Crotonis Semen) peeled and cored, roasted yellow, make pills like small beans. Send down one pill with water, stop when diarrhea occurs, do not drink alcohol.
Treatment for Shui Gu disease regardless of duration: Take Da Ji (Euphorbiae Pekinensis Radix), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) each 1 liang, finely chopped. Add 2 sheng of water, boil to 0.7 parts, take all at once; passing 2-3 dou of stool is normal, severe cases may require a second dose.
Treatment for water qi causing whole-body edema, shortness of breath, restlessness in sitting and lying: Take Qian Niu (Pharbitidis Semen) 2 liang, lightly fried, pounded to powder, soaked overnight in black bull urine. At dawn, add a handful of Cong Bai, boil over ten boils, remove dregs, divide into two doses on an empty stomach; water exits via urine.
Another prescription: Burn branches of mulberry trees growing eastward to ash, leach juice, cook Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean) in it, eat on an empty stomach, finish when full or hungry, do not eat other food.
Treatment for water qi causing skin itching: Take Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus) 1 liang, powder, sip like tea before meals. Also improves vision.
Treatment for edema: Cut Bai Shang Lu (Phytolaccae Radix) finely 1 sheng, mutton 6 liang. Add 1 dou of water, boil to 6 sheng, remove dregs, make soup with meat, scallion, and fermented soybean, eat as usual.
Another prescription: Take Bai Shang Lu 6 liang, extract juice half he, mix with half sheng of wine, adjust dosage according to patient's size, should promote urination and water passage.
Another prescription: Peel Bai Shang Lu root, cut into pieces the size of small beans, one cup measure. Add 2 sheng of water, boil to 1 sheng, add 1 cup of millet, cook into porridge, take on an empty stomach, slight diarrhea ensues, avoid other foods.
Another prescription: Take Hei Dou (Black Soybean) 1 sheng, water 5 sheng, boil to 3 sheng, remove dregs, add 5 sheng of wine, boil again to 3 sheng, divide into three warm doses, prepare again if not cured.
Another prescription: Take one large carp, remove head, tail, and bones, keep only meat. Add 2 dou of water, Chi Xiao Dou 1 sheng, boil together to get 2 sheng.
Treatment for ten types of edema disease: Take one carp weighing over 1 jin, make soup with winter melon and Cong Bai, eat.
Treatment for ten types of water disease with swelling, shortness of breath, inability to lie flat: Take Lou Gu (Aselli Carapax et Squama) 5 pieces, dry and powder. Before meals, mix with decoction, take half qian bi to 1 qian, effective when urine flows.
Treatment for edema starting from feet, entering abdomen is hard to treat: Take Chi Xiao Dou 1 dou, boil in water until very soft, take 4-5 sheng of juice, warm soak knees and below, rewarm if cold; if already entered abdomen, just eat beans, avoid other foods, will also heal. Beans must not be eaten with fish, causes Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst) and mouth ulcers.
Treatment for breast swelling, shortness of breath, scanty urine: Take Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) 1 liang, remove skin and tip, fry, grind, mix with rice to cook, take 2 he on an empty stomach.
Treatment for critical early stage of water disease: Eat Dong Gua (Benincasae Exocarpium) without limit, highly effective.
Treatment for water disease with abdominal distension and limb swelling: Take one cucumber, split into two halves, do not remove seeds, half boiled in vinegar, half in water, both cooked soft, take all at once on an empty stomach, water passes shortly after.
Treatment for massive edema, abdominal distension, indigestion: Take Xiang Ru (Moslae Herba) 50 jin, finely chopped, put in pot, cover with water several inches above, boil until flavor is exhausted, remove dregs, clarify.
Treatment for edema preventing sitting or lying, swelling of head, face, and body: Scrape skin off Suo Luo Gen (Fici Radix), pound to juice 1 he, mix with 1 he of wine, take warm on an empty stomach, mild vomiting and diarrhea should occur.
Treatment for contracting water qi, medication failed to resolve: Take She Xiang (Musk) amount of three soybeans, finely grind, mix with milk, divide into 4-5 doses.
Treatment for leg swelling: Decoct empty shell of Hu Zi (Calabash) seeds, take on an empty stomach.
Treatment for edema: Take Shui Ji (Euphorbiae Humifusae Radix), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) each 2 qian, powder. Take one pig kidney, split open, put powder inside, tie back with thread, wrap in wet paper, roast in ash fire until cooked, remove paper and chew. Diarrhea 4-5 times soon after, then cured. Must observe dietary restrictions.
Another prescription: Take one black carp, do not remove scales/shell, only remove guts, fill belly with garlic, wrap firmly in yellow mud, roast. Eat all fish and garlic, urine becomes clear and abundant, disease heals.
Treatment for swelling of body, hands, and feet: Powder Earthworm Feces, mix with aged vinegar, apply to affected area, heals immediately.
Treatment for whole-body swelling like bag holding fluid, gurgling sound when walking fast, or irregular cough/asthma: Fry Ting Li Zi, Ze Xie, Jiao Mu, Sang Bai Pi, Xing Ren (skin removed, bran fried), Zhu Ling (black skin removed) each half liang, powder, refine honey to make pills like sesame seeds. Take 20 pills each time, send down with Cong Bai decoction anytime, stop when diarrhea occurs. Another formula uses Qian Niu head powder 1 liang, no Sang Pi or Xing Ren. Decoct 3 qian with Cong Bai, Jiang Shui, and wine.
Treatment for generalized yellow swelling: Dry Gua Di (Cucumeritis Fructus) 3-4 qian, powder. Blow half zi into nose once daily, continue for 3-4 days; if ineffective, later take Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) powder 5 qian, send down with decoction.
Treatment for water qi, limb swelling, upper asthma urgency, blockage of urine and stool: Gan Sui, Da Ji, Yuan Hua equal parts, powder, jujube flesh to make pills like sesame seeds. Send down 40 pills with hot decoction on empty stomach, stop when yellow water passes, otherwise take next morning.
Another prescription: Yu Li Ren, Xing Ren (fried, skin/tip removed), Yi Yi Ren each 1 liang, powder, rice paste to make pills like sesame seeds. Take 40 pills each time... (text cuts off).
Treatment for edema swelling from waist up: Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba) 4 liang remove roots/joints, Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix) 1 liang. Take 3 qian each time, add 1 cup water, boil Ma Huang first, add Gan Cao after boiling, decoct to 0.7 parts, take, avoid wind. Elderly and weak should not use lightly.
Treatment for all damp-heat swelling: Hei Qian Niu, Huang Qin, Da Huang, Hua Shi, Da Jiao equal parts, powder, wine paste to make pills like sesame seeds. Every... (text cuts off).
Treatment for all water qi, whole-body swelling: Ren Shen 1.5 liang, Ting Li 4 liang fried yellow on paper in pot, powder, jujube flesh to make pills like sesame seeds. Take 15 pills each time, send down with Sang Bai Pi decoction, on empty stomach/before meals, three times a day.
Treatment for edema with drum-like abdomen or whole-body swelling: Da Ji, Bai Qian Niu head powder, Mu Xiang equal parts, powder. Take 3 qian each time, take two pig kidneys, slice open, sprinkle powder inside, roast, eat on empty stomach. If left kidney reduces left swelling, right kidney reduces right swelling; if not fully resolved, apply Gan Sui powder around umbilicus on abdomen, drink little Gan Cao decoction, swelling disappears completely.
Treatment for water qi鼓胀 (drum distension): Chu Shi Zi (Broussonetiae Fructus) 1.5 dou boiled into paste, Bai Ding Xiang 1 liang, Fu Ling 2 liang, powder, paste to make pills like sesame seeds. Take 30-40 pills each time, until urine is clear/abundant and abdominal distension resolves.
Treatment for all swellings: Bi Ma Zi (Ricini Semen) pounded and applied.
Another prescription: Zi Tan (Pterocarpi Santalinus Lignum) powder mixed with vinegar, apply to swelling.
Treatment for edema: Chi Xiao Dou 5 he, one garlic clove, 1 fen ginger, one Shang Lu root, all chopped. Boil beans until soft, remove ginger/garlic, chew beans finely, eat on empty stomach, drink remaining liquid until finished, swelling disappears immediately.
Treatment for water syndrome: 20 Bi Ma Zi ground in water, take to vomit bad foam, increase to 30, take once every three days, stop when cured.
Another prescription: Gan Sui, Da Ji equal parts, powder. Take 1 qian each time, mix with 1 liang barley flour to make cake, roast in ash fire, chew finely before bed, tea... (text cuts off).
Treatment for edema: Tian Ting Li, Chuan Jiao, Xiong Huang, Ze Xie, Yuan Hua (vinegar-soaked fried), Da Ji, Gan Sui, Chi Fu Ling, Sang Bai Pi, Chuan Xin Ba Ji each 1 liang, powder. Soak Sang Bai Pi in 1 cup water, decoct to 0.8 parts, take warm on empty stomach, increased urination indicates efficacy. For swelling with no palm lines, face... (text cuts off).
Swelling starting from feet, root in heart, add Ting Li 1 liang;
Swelling starting from yin organs, root in kidney, add Ze Xie 1 liang;
Swelling starting from intestines, root in abdomen, add Chuan Jiao 1 liang;
Swelling starting from lips, root in small intestine, add Ba Ji 1 liang;
Swelling starting from face, root in spleen, add Sang Bai Pi 1 liang;
Swelling starting from hypochondrium, root in bone, add Gan Sui 2 liang;
Swelling starting from vertex, root in diaphragm, add Fu Ling 1 liang. Still examine deficiency/excess to adjust, avoid miscellaneous foods.