牡蛎粉(炒) 良姜(锉。各一两)
为末津调敷偏处,须臾如火痛即安。
淋洗方 治阴疝肿痛不能忍,及阴肿大。
雄黄(研) 甘草(各一两) 白矾(研,二两) 为细末,每用一两,热汤五升,通手
洗肿处,良久再暖洗之,候汗出瘥。
(严氏)盐熨法∶用食盐半斤炒极热,以故帛包熨痛处。
一法 用布帛扎圈置脐上,用盐填入一寸浓,用熨斗熨之,或上铺艾灼之,妙。
(《经验》)苍术散∶治下元虚损,偏坠、肾茎痛楚。
茅山苍术(六斤。一斤老米泔水浸二日夜。一斤酒浸三日夜,切作片晒干。一斤斗子青盐半斤同
炒黄色,不用盐。一斤小茴香四两同炒黄色,去茴不用。一斤桑椹二斤取汁制过晒干。上共为细
末,每服三钱,空心酒下。)
一方∶丝瓜架上初结者,直待满架结尽,叶落方取下,烧灰存性,为末炼蜜调,临晚好酒调下
一匙。如病右则右睡,病左则左睡。
一方∶治小儿偏坠,用双蒂茄子悬于房门上,出入用目视之,茄淹其患亦淹,茄干亦干矣。又
云用双茄悬门上,每日抱儿视之二三次,铁钉于上,十余日消。
《太平圣惠方》∶治小肠气,脐腹缓痛,阴中疼闷,不省人事。用小茴香(盐炒) 枳壳(麸炒)
各一两、没药半两,为末,每服一钱,热酒调下。
又方∶治寒疝阴中引痛,汗出欲死,丹参(一两)为散,热酒调服二钱。
又方∶治寒疝心痛,四肢逆,全不思食,用桂枝(二两) 去皮捣罗为散,不计时候,每服一
钱,热酒调下。
《肘后方》∶治小肠气痛不可忍者,用乌药捣碎酒浸一宿,良姜、茴香、青皮各一两为末,每
服二钱,发时热酒调下。
又方∶五灵脂、蒲黄(炒。各等分)为末,每服二钱,先以醋一盏将药熬为膏,水一盏煎服。
亦治妇人血痛。
《本事方》∶治疝气痛,有盗汗,用延胡索、小茴、胡椒等分为末,炼蜜为丸,梧桐子大,
每服二十丸,葱白煎酒食前下。
又方∶茴香、乳香、猪苓、桔梗、木通、甘草等分,灯心、淡竹叶各一握,水盏半煎七分食
前服。
又方∶用苦楝子炒黄为末,每服二钱,热酒下。
《外台秘要》∶治多年疝气诸药不效者,用腊月八日活麻雀一个,肚中割一小孔,填白矾令
满,用线缝合。以筒瓦合定盐泥固济,炭火内 ,存性,取出为末。每服二钱,空心酒调服,
甚效。
一方∶用芜荑捣,和盐末,二物等分,以绵裹如枣大,内下部,去恶水汁,并效。
Oyster Shell Powder (Stir-baked) and Galangal Rhizome (Chopped). Each one tael.
Grind into fine powder, mix with saliva to apply on the affected area. The burning pain will subside shortly.
Lavage Formula: Treats painful swelling of the yin hernia that is unbearable, and enlargement of the scrotum.
Realgar (Ground), Licorice Root (Each one tael), Alum (Ground, two taels).
Grind into very fine powder. Use one tael per dose, add five sheng of hot water. Wash the swollen area when the temperature is suitable. Re-warm and wash after a while, until sweating occurs, then it heals.
(Yan's) Salt Moxibustion Method: Stir-fry half a jin of edible salt until extremely hot. Wrap in an old cloth and apply heat compress to the painful area.
Another method: Tie a circle of cloth around the navel, fill with salt to a depth of one cun. Apply heat with a moxibustion iron, or place mugwort on top for moxibustion. This is excellent.
(Cangzhu San from "Experience"): Treats deficiency of the lower yuan, testicular descent (ptosis), and penile pain.
Maoshan Atractylodes Rhizome (Six jin. One jin soaked in old rice washing water for two nights; one jin soaked in wine for three days and nights, sliced and sun-dried; one jin stir-fried with half a jin of Douzi green salt until yellow, discard salt; one jin stir-fried with four liang of Fennel Fruit until yellow, discard fennel; one jin processed with juice from two jin of Mulberry Fruit, then sun-dried. Grind all together into fine powder. Take three qian per dose, taken with wine on an empty stomach.)
Another prescription: Use young loofah fruits just formed on the trellis. Wait until the entire trellis is full and leaves have fallen before harvesting. Burn to ash but retain its medicinal property. Grind into powder, mix with refined honey. Take one spoonful mixed with good wine late in the evening. If the disease is on the right, sleep on the right side; if on the left, sleep on the left side.
Another prescription: For pediatric testicular ptosis, hang a double-stemmed eggplant on the door frame. Look at it every time you enter or exit. As the eggplant absorbs moisture, the condition improves; as the eggplant dries out, the condition resolves. Another saying: Hang two eggplants on the door, hold the child to look at them twice or thrice daily, and drive iron nails into them. It will disappear in ten-plus days.
Taiping Shenghui Fang: Treats intestinal qi disorder, dull pain in the umbilical and abdominal region, pain and stifling sensation in the yin, and fainting/unconsciousness. Use Fennel Fruit (Salt-stir-baked) and Aurantium Fruit (Bran-stir-baked), each one tael, plus Myrrh half a tael. Grind into powder. Take one qian per dose, mixed with hot wine.
Another formula: Treats cold hernia causing radiating pain in the yin, profuse sweating, and feeling like death. Use Salvia Miltiorrhiza Root (one tael) ground into powder. Take two qian mixed with hot wine.
Another formula: Treats cold hernia with heart pain, cold limbs, and complete loss of appetite. Use Cinnamon Twig (two taels), remove bark, crush and sieve into powder. Take at any time, one qian per dose, mixed with hot wine.
Zhouhou Fang: Treats unbearable pain from intestinal qi disorder. Crush Lindera Root, soak in wine overnight. Grind Galangal Rhizome, Fennel Fruit, and Tangerine Peel (each one tael) into powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with hot wine during attacks.
Another formula: Trogopterus Dung and Polygonum Multiflorum Seed (Stir-baked. Equal parts). Grind into powder. Take two qian per dose. First, boil the medicine in one cup of vinegar until it becomes a paste. Add one cup of water and decoct. Also treats blood pain in women.
Ben Shi Fang: Treats hernia qi pain with night sweats. Use Corydalis Rhizome, Fennel Fruit, and White Pepper in equal parts. Grind into powder, make pills with refined honey, size of Sophora seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, administered with wine decocted with Scallion Stalks before meals.
Another formula: Fennel Fruit, Frankincense, Polyporus, Platycodon Root, Akebia Stem, Licorice Root in equal parts. Add one handful of Juncus Effusus and Lophatherum Herb. Decoct in half a cup of water until reduced to seventy percent. Take before meals.
Another formula: Stir-fry Melia Toosendan Fruit until yellow, grind into powder. Take two qian per dose with hot wine.
Waitai Miyao: Treats chronic hernia qi where various medicines have failed. Use one live sparrow caught on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Cut a small hole in the belly, fill with Alum, and suture with thread. Cover with a tile, seal with salt mud, and calcine over charcoal fire until the substance retains its nature. Remove and grind into powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with wine on an empty stomach. Very effective.
Another prescription: Pound Trogopterus Dung and mix with salt powder in equal parts. Wrap in cotton like a date pit, insert into the lower part (genital area), to discharge foul fluid. Also effective.