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Treating abdominal pain and deficiency-type diarrhea caused by coldness of the Zang organs: Use 5 liang of raw Realgar (Shi Liu Huang), and 1 liang of Green Salt (Qing Yan), grind them together, and make pills the size of mung beans using steamed bread. Take 15 pills each time, with hot wine on an empty stomach, followed by food to settle the medicine. Adding 1 liang of Calcined Alum (Ku Fan) is even better.

Treating Bi syndrome due to Qi and Dampness, with pain in the waist and knees: Use 1 jin of Lacquer Tree Leaf (Qi Ye), finely chopped, and 3 he of rice. Boil in Fermented Soybean Juice (Chi Zhi) to make porridge, mix with salt and soy sauce, and eat on an empty stomach.

Treating lower back pain: Use Powder of Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zhi, Buchang seed), mixed with warm wine for administration of 3 qian bi, twice a day.

Treating chronic lower back pain from long-standing illness: Use Powder of Kochia Fruit (Di Fu Zi), taken with wine, one fang cun bi per dose, five to six times a day.

Treating Bone-Softening Wind (Gu Ruan Feng), causing pain in the waist and knees, inability to walk, and generalized pruritus: Use 1 jin of large Polygonum Multiflorum Root (He Shou Wu) and 1 jin of Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi). Soak in 1 sheng of good wine for seven nights, then dry in the sun. Pound into powder in a wooden mortar, and make pills the size of paulownia seeds using honey. Take 30–50 pills each time, before meals on an empty stomach, mixed with wine.

Treating pain in the waist and feet: Use Powder of Clematis Root (Wei Ling Xian), mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach for one qian bi per dose. Continue daily until mild purgation occurs.

Another prescription: Use 1 jin of Clematis Root (Wei Ling Xian), washed and dried, soaked in good wine for seven days, then powdered. Make pills the size of paulownia seeds using wheat paste. Take 20 pills each time with medicinal wine.

Treating unbearable lower back pain: Use 2 liang of Celtis Bark (Hai Tong Pi), 1 liang each of Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi), Ligusticum Rhizome (Xiong), Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo), Lycium Cortex (Di Gu Pi), Acanthopanax Bark (Wu Jia Pi), and Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren), and 0.5 liang of Licorice Root (Gan Cao). Wash, bake dry, and finely chop 10 liang of Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang). Wrap 1 liang of cotton around the herbs, soak in 2 dou of unadulterated wine. Soak for 14 days in winter or 7 days in summer. When ready, take one large cup warm on an empty stomach.

Treating pain in the waist and feet: Steam Huang Jing leaves until cooked, place in a jar, and heat. Have the patient lie on the leaves; sweating will occur shortly. Eat gradually while in the treatment, stopping when slightly fatigued. Cover with cotton clothes to avoid wind, and drink Scallion and Moutan Decoction Wine (Cong Chi Jiu) until recovery.

Treating sudden onset of lumbar and leg pain: Use 1 liang of Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong), remove coarse bark, and roast until yellow. Add 2 zhan of water, decoct to 1 zhan, remove dregs. Slice 1 pair of Sheep Kidneys (Yang Shen), removing membranes, and cook with the decoction. Add 10 stems of Broad-leaved Allium Bulb (Xie Bai), and season with salt, vinegar, Sichuan pepper, and ginger. Eat on an empty stomach.

Treaching accumulation of cold pain in the waist or numbness and weakness: Use 1 liang of washed Dodder Seed (Tu Si Zi), soak in wine in a silver vessel for five days, dry in the sun, and powder. Add a small amount of strong wine to the original soaking wine, make paste pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 20 pills on an empty stomach with wine.

Treating sudden onset of abdominal pain: Grind Velvet Bean Seed (Shan Dou Gen) with water, take half a qian.

Treating sudden onset of lower back pain with inability to turn or move: Roast one deer antler (Lu Jiao), 5 cun long, until red-hot, immerse in 2 sheng of wine overnight, and drink the wine.

Treating pain in the waist and feet: Fry 1 dou of new Sesame Seeds (Hu Ma) until fragrant, powder it. Eat about 1 sheng per day; after consuming 1 dou, the condition will be permanently cured. Can be taken with wine, soup, or honey water.

Treating colic at the umbilicus: Use 2 slices of Quince (Mu Gua), 7 mulberry leaves, and 3 crushed jujubes. Add 1 sheng of water, boil to 0.5 sheng, and take in one dose.

Treating abdominal pain: Crush one sour pomegranate including seeds, extract juice, and take in one dose.

Treating lower back pain: Use 5 liang of Cyperus Rhizome (Xiang Fu), 3 liang of fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang) to extract juice. Soak Cyperus overnight, stir-fry until yellow in a pot, powder it, and mix with 2 qian of Green Salt (Qing Yan). Rub teeth several times; pain will cease spontaneously.

Another prescription: For severe pain making lifting impossible, have the patient lean against an object to stand still, and moxa the Weizhong Acupoint (BL-40) three cones.

Treating abdominal distension and urgency, Qi rushing to the heart and attacking the hypochondrium, or mass protrusion pulling on the lower back: Use 1 liang of Realgar (Xiong Huang) powdered, and 1 liang of garlic pounded into paste. Mix and make pills the size of a bullet.

Treating sudden onset of spinal pain with inability to bend or extend: Remove spines from Tribulus Fruit (Ji Li Zi), powder raw, and make pills the size of pea seeds using refined honey. Take 5–7 pills each time, with warm wine at any time, three times a day. Do not interrupt; cure in three days.

Treating migratory pain: Use roots and tips of Chi Jian Gen, dry in shade, and powder. Take 3 qian each time, mixed with warm wine, at any time.

Treating pain in the waist and feet: Use 1 jin of Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Zao Jiao), remove skin and strings, pound. Simmer in 2 bowls of wine until reduced to 1 bowl, remove dregs, and boil in a silver/ceramic vessel to form a paste. Apply topically.

Another prescription: Use 2 liang each of Gastrodia Rhizome (Tian Ma), Asarum Root (Xi Xin), and Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia). Place 3 liang of each herb into two silk bags, boil, and apply alternately to painful areas as hot compresses. Cure upon sweating.

Treating kidney injury by wind-cold, causing lower back pain with inability to flex or extend: Use 1 jin of Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong), processed with ginger and roasted until fibers break. Soak in 3 sheng of unadulterated wine for ten days. Take 2–3 he per dose, four to five times a day. Another method: powder the herb, take 1 qian mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Treating deficiency-cold of the Kidney channel, with heavy and painful waist and legs: Stir-fry 1 jin of Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong) and 10 liang of Ginger (Sheng Jiang). Powder 1.5 jin of Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zhi). Peel and grind 120 Walnut Kernels (H Tao Rou) into paste. Mix with a little cooked honey to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills each time, with salt, wine, or ginger tea as desired. Regular use strengthens sinews and tonifies deficiency.

Treating pain in both hypochondria: Use 1 liang of Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi), stir-fried White Peony Root (Bai Shao Yao), and 0.5 liang each of Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuan Xiong) and Ginseng Root (Ren Shen). Powder them. Take 2 qian on an empty stomach mixed with ginger and jujube tea; wine may also be used.

Treating stabbing pain in the left hypochondrium, unbearable: Use 0.5 liang each of stir-fried Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi) and Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), and 2.5 qian of roasted Licorice Root (Fen Cao). Powder them. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with ginger and jujube tea or wine.

Treating lower back pain due to cold Qi flow: Use 2 liang each of Corydalis Rhizome (Yan Hu Suo), stir-fried Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zhi), and stir-fried black Morning Glory Seed (Hei Qian Niu). Powder them, mix with roasted garlic to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills each time, with scallion white and salt water as desired.

Treating lower back pain: Use Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong), coarse bark removed, chopped and roasted until fibers break, and stir-fried Citrus Reticulata Peel (Ju Fu Xuan Ren), equal parts. Powder them. Take 2 qian bi each time, add a little salt, and mix with warm wine before meals.

Treating unpredictable wandering pain in the abdomen: Roast Wild Cat Bone (Ye Li Gu) until yellow, powder it. Take one fang cun bi each time, mixed with warm wine, at any time. Also treats skin pain.

Treating unbearable internal abdominal pain: Use equal parts of Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) and White Peony Root (Shao Yao). Powder them. Take 2 qian bi each time, decoct in 1 bowl of water to 0.5 portion, and take warm. Highly effective.

Treating unbearable lower back and leg pain without cause: Use 3 liang of Sweet Melon Seed (Tian Gua Zi), soak in wine for ten days, dry in sun, stir-fry, and powder. Take 3 qian each time, mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach, three times a day.

Treating hypochondriac pain due to liver injury from fright: Use 1 liang of Aurantium Fruit (Zhi Ke) and 0.5 liang of Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi). Powder them. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with ginger and jujube tea.

Treating lower back pain: Use equal parts of Corydalis Rhizome (Yan Hu Suo), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), and Cinnamon Heart (Gui Xin). Powder them. Take 3 qian each time, decoct in wine and take warm.

Another prescription: Stir-fry Black Soybeans (Hei Dou) until hot, wrap in silk cloth, and bind around the waist. Mash ginger, drink wine until intoxicated, aiming for sweating. If no sweat occurs, repeat 2–3 times; highly effective.

Treating unbearable lower back pain, applicable to all men, women, old, and young: Use 0.5 liang of Clematis Root (Wei Ling Xian), 1 liang each of stir-fried Chrysanthemum Fruit (Jin Ling Zi, pitted), stir-fried Aconite Root (Chuan Wu), and Aniseed (Ba Jiao Hui Xiang). Powder them, make pills the size of paulownia seeds using wine paste. Take 50 pills each time, with salt water or wine as desired.