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Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) in any quantity. On the noon of the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, store it well in a cloth bag and soak it in an east-facing toilet that is not exposed to the sky. After forty-nine days, take it out, sweep off the filth, hang it in the air to dry thoroughly, and then grind it into powder. For those who have been ill for two years, use three fen of ginger powder; for those ill for one year, use two fen of ginger powder, add one to two li of Moschus (Shexiang), and mix with boiling white water for the patient to drink. One dose is sufficient for recovery. After taking the medicine, do not lightly allow the patient to eat. First, drink rice soup for one day; on the second day, one may eat a small amount of thin porridge. After five or six days, gradually resume normal eating, with the general principle being to eat sparingly. Avoid meat, fish, salt, soy sauce, and pickled vegetables for fifty days; thereafter, the disease will never recur. This prescription is extremely effective. Those with means should prepare it in advance to save others, which is most efficacious.

One Swamp Eel (Huangshan), cooked with unadulterated yellow wine (Huangjiu). The amount of wine should be adjusted according to the size of the eel, boiled until the wine is dry. Then, bake the eel, including skin and bones, in a clean clay pot until its medicinal properties are preserved (Cunxing), and grind it into fine powder. For severe cases, take three qian per dose; for mild cases, take two qian and five fen per dose, and do not exceed this amount. Mix with yellow wine for administration. If taken in the first half of the month, the effect is particularly rapid; if taken in the second half, the effect is relatively slower. Three doses show results, and five doses lead to complete recovery. After recovery, light diet is recommended; thin porridge can be consumed gradually. Avoid all kinds of worry, planning, anger, and indignation. Meat, fish, chili peppers, alcohol, and sexual indulgence should be especially avoided. In case of dysphagia (Yeshi) or regurgitation (Zhuan Shi), the medicine can be taken with Indigo Naturalis (Dianhua) water. To counteract the potential excessive cold nature of the medicine after ingestion, drinking ginger soup regularly is excellent.

Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (Fuzi) 1 qian, Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian) 1 qian, Radix Paeoniae Alba (Baishao) 5 qian.
Decoct in water and take orally; the illness will be cured. When cold and heat pathogens contend between the Heart and Stomach, attacking each other, pain occurs. In this formula, Huanglian pacifies Heart Fire, Fuzi dispels Stomach Cold, and Baishao enters the Liver to calm Wood, preventing Wood from overacting on Earth (Stomach), while also resolving stagnation and generating Heart Blood. It is like having a peacemaker in a dispute between two people, causing the conflict to naturally resolve. Therefore, when other medicines fail, this formula yields miraculous effects.

Magnetitum (Qiannian Duanshi) 1 liang, Alum Crude (Sheng Baifan) 5 qian, Alum Calcined (Shu Baifan) 5 qian.
Grind together into powder. Form pills using Ginger Juice (Jiangzhi), sized like Sophora japonica seeds (Wutongzi). Take seven pills delivered with ginger soup or distilled liquor (Shaojiu); the illness will be cured. Benevolent individuals with resources should compound this remedy to aid the world, accumulating boundless merit.