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[Discussion] The so-called "Zhu disease" (Note Disease) refers to illness caused by the stagnation and infusion of pathogenic factors. These conditions often arise from mental exhaustion and emptiness of the meridians, exposure to wind, cold, summer-heat, and dampness, improper diet, overexertion, or infection with qi of death or essence of ghosts. Initially, they resemble sudden collapse due to evil invasion, external obstruction, sudden death, or corpse rigidity. Although symptoms may temporarily subside, pathogenic factors inevitably remain latent in the meridians, spreading to the fu organs, penetrating deep into the bone marrow, and persisting for a long time, ultimately forming Zhu diseases. Their manifestations are diverse, fluctuating between onset and remission, causing dizziness and confusion, affecting the entire body. If caused by wind, cold, summer-heat, or dampness, they are classified as Wind Zhu, Cold Zhu, Cool Zhu, Cold Zhu, Warm Zhu, and Damp Zhu. If caused by dietary indiscretion or overexertion, they are classified as Food Zhu, Drink Zhu, Wine Zhu, and Water Zhu. If caused by infection with the qi of death, they are classified as Mourning Zhu, Crying Zhu, and Transfer Zhu. If caused by the essence of ghosts, they are classified as Ghost Zhu, Evil Zhu, Corpse Zhu, and Calamity Zhu. Those resulting from violating earth taboos are called Earth Zhu; those occurring postpartum are called Postpartum Zhu; those arising from deficiency consumption are called Deficiency Zhu; and those from external pathogenic invasion are called External Evil Zhu. All these types of Zhu diseases are named according to their etiology.

Furthermore, if pathogenic factors infuse into the Lung, it is called Qi Zhu; if into the Ying (Nutrient) level, it is called Blood Zhu; if prolonged without resolution, damaging the bone marrow, it is called Bone Zhu. These are named according to the location of the pathology. Additionally, Stone Zhu describes a condition firm and hard like stone; Walking Zhu describes pain that wanders unpredictably. These are named according to the morphological changes of the disease. Although there are many categories with specific syndromes, collectively they all belong to Zhu diseases. To treat Zhu diseases, one must distinguish true from false. A piece of white paper can be placed over the painful area, hair burned until charred and dripped onto the paper. If the hair adheres to the paper, it indicates traction by Zhu qi; if not, it is not a Zhu disease. After determining the cause, treatment should follow the syndrome. If no specific formula exists for a particular type, general methods for treating Zhu can be used. Regarding the pulse of Zhu diseases, a floating and large pulse is treatable, while a fine and rapid pulse is difficult to treat.

[Another Discussion] Zhu disease refers to illness caused by the stagnation of pathogenic factors. It arises from empty meridians, injury by wind-cold-summer-heat-dampness, dietary indiscretion, overexertion, qi deficiency after severe illness leading to pathogenic flow, infection with death qi, or encounter with ghostly evils. Symptoms vary, and treatment should address the root cause.

[Da Huang Yin Decoction] Treats Five Zhus, including sudden attack by thief-wind, hiding corpse, and ghostly evils, manifesting as stabbing pain and distending urgency in the heart and abdomen.
Ingredients: Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome, baked), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, bark removed, 1.5 liang each), Chishao Yao (Red Peony Root), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut, 1 liang each), Wutou (Aconite Root, processed, skin and umbilicus removed, 5 pieces).
Usage: The five ingredients are cut like hemp seeds. Take 5 qian bi per dose, add 1.5 zhan of water, 1 fen of crushed fresh ginger, and one spoonful of honey. Decoct to 0.7 portion, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach.

[Wu Zhu Wan Pill] Treats Zhong E (Sudden Evil), Five Zhus, Five Corpses entering the abdomen, chest and hypochondriac urgency/pain, ghost strike, external obstruction, and dying due to stagnant corpse qi. This medicine cures upon entry. If the mouth is clenched, pry it open; if impossible, break a tooth and administer via bamboo tube. First give a little soup or water, then push the medicine down the throat with the tube.
Ingredients: Dansha (Cinnabar, ground), Gansui (Kansui Root, slightly baked), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Child Root, skin and umbilicus removed), Xionghuang (Realgar, ground, 1 liang each), Douchi (Fermented Soybean, dried), Badou (Croton Seed, skin and heart removed, oil pressed out, 60 seeds each).
Usage: Except for Badou, grind the six ingredients into powder. Mix with Badou evenly. Form pills with refined honey, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Store in a sealed container. Take 20 pills with rice drink. Adjust dosage based on effect. If no diarrhea occurs, use porridge drink to induce it. If diarrhea persists, stop with one spoonful of vinegar-rice.

[Chishao Yao Wan Pill] Treats Five Corpses Zhu.
Ingredients: Chishao Yao (Red Peony Root, cut, 1 liang), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit, soaked in water, dried and fried), Dansha (Cinnabar, ground), Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper, remove eyes and closed ones, fry until sweat appears), Wutou (Aconite Root, processed, skin and umbilicus removed, 0.5 liang each), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, processed, 3 fen), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, bark removed, 1 liang).
Usage: Grind the seven ingredients into powder. Form pills with refined honey, size of small beans. Take 10 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach, three times daily.

[Dansha Wan Pill] Treats Five Zhus, emaciation, Fu Lian (latent transmission), and various ghostly qi.
Ingredients: Dansha (Cinnabar, ground, 1 liang), Shexiang (Musk, ground, 3 fen), Taoren (Peach Kernel, soaked in water, skin and尖 removed, fried, ground, 70 seeds).
Usage: Grind each ingredient finely, mix evenly, add a little refined honey, form pills size of small beans. Take 10 pills with rice drink, three times daily.

[Beiji Tagan San Powder] Treats various Zhus causing silence and unknown suffering, lasting years, potentially infecting the whole family.
Ingredients: Tagan (Hyena Liver, one piece, dried in shade).
Usage: Grind into powder. Take 1 qian bi mixed with cooked water, three times daily.

[Formula for Treating Five Zhus, Fu Lian, and Malignant Qi from Contact with Dead Bodies]
Ingredients: Awei (Asafoetida, ground, 1 fen).
Usage: Mix Aw ei with half a liang of flour and first vinegar, wrap into small wonton shapes, boil, and swallow in three doses within one day. Continue for 21 days for permanent cure.

[Shexiang Wan Pill] Treats chronic heart pain from Five Zhus, ghostly qi, gu poison, and hundred diseases.
Ingredients: Shexiang (Musk, ground, 3 fen), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, ground), Lilü (Veratrum Root, roasted), Chizhu (Vermilion), Guijiu (Podophyllum Root, de-haired and roasted, 0.5 liang each), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis, sliced and roasted, 3 fen), Geng (Stem?, fried), Jinya (Gold Tooth?, crushed), Guanzhong (Cyrtomium Rhizome, 0.5 liang each), Dansha (Cinnabar, ground, remove head and feet, 1 piece), Tagan (Hyena Liver, roasted, one piece).
Usage: Grind the twenty-two ingredients into powder. Form pills with refined honey, size of small beans. Take 5 pills with rice drink on an empty stomach, twice daily, gradually increasing to 7 pills.

[Sha Gui Wan Pill] Treats Five Zhus, Fu Shi (Hidden Corpse), etc., killing ghosts.
Ingredients: Hutougu (Tiger Skull Bone, wine-roasted, 3 liang), Lilü (Veratrum Root, 6 liang), Zhuya Zaojia (Gleditsia Sinensis Pod, roasted), Guijiu (Podophyllum Root), Xionghuang (Realgar, ground), Wuyiren (Chrysanthemi Fructus?, text unclear, likely Prunus seed?), Tianxiong (Aconitum Carmichaelii Root, processed).
Usage: Grind the seven ingredients into powder. Form pills size of bullet with refined honey. Burn one pill nightly. Best prepared at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

[Wanbing Wan Pill] Treats Five Labors, Seven Injuries, Corpse Zhu invasion, heart/abdominal pain, indigestion, hypochondriac distension, skin contraction.
Ingredients: Yuanzhi (Polygala Root, heart removed), Zexie (Alisma Rhizome), Shihu (Dendrobium Stem, roots removed), Baiziren (Biota Seed, ground separately), Yunmu (Muscovite, water-floated), Shiwei (Pyrrosia Leaf, de-haired), Duzhong (Eucommia Bark, ...text missing...), Weizi (Schisandra?, text unclear), Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit, ...text missing...), Zi (Seed?, processed, skin and umbilicus removed, 4 pieces).
Usage: Grind the twenty-seven ingredients into powder. Mix with refined honey and pound a thousand times. Form pills size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 20 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach. Spring/Autumn: twice daily; Summer: once daily; Winter: three times daily. For long-term use, reduce Tianxiong and Fuzi by half.

[Shexiang San Powder] Treats various Zhus.
Ingredients: Wu Ciji (Female Black Chicken, one, covered for three days without food, only water; from fourth day, feed live dung beetles until full, collect feces, dry and roast to obtain 1 liang), Shexiang (Musk, 1 fen), Tagan (Hyena Liver, roasted and dried, 1 liang).
Usage: Grind Tegan into powder, add Musk and chicken feces, grind extremely fine. Take 3 qian bi mixed with rice drink, three times daily.

[Yehu Wan Pill] Treats Five Zhus, contact with ghosts, fox spirits, and Gui Zhu (Ghost Transmission).
Ingredients: Yehu Bi (Wild Fox Nose, 7 pieces), Bao Bi (Leopard Nose, 7 pieces, roasted), Li Tougu (Cat Skull Bone, 1 piece, roasted), Xionghuang (Realgar, 1 liang), Aw ei (Asafoetida, 2 liang), Gui Jianyu (Eucommia Bark?, text unclear, likely Epimedium or similar arrow-feather herb), ...text incomplete...
Usage: Grind fifteen ingredients into powder. Boar pine resin until melted, mix carefully without hand stirring. Add tiger claw and mix into pills. Grind one pill with water, divide in half. Coat half with Realgar powder. Burn under bed fire, cover with clothes to prevent smoke escape. If no sweat, take two more pills ground in water, drink half. Walk ten li. Warm remaining dose. Sit then lie down, cover warmly. Keep in warm room without wind. Check fingers/joints for hair growth: green/yellow/white indicates efficacy after one dose; red requires three doses; black indicates fatal prognosis. Wipe sweat with blue silk, wash in black lacquer basin at sunrise. Presence of bran-like insects confirms diagnosis. Passage of black water, purple-dark foul yellow-white pus/saliva confirms efficacy. Follow with Heqi (Harmonizing Qi) medicine.

[Fangji San Powder] Treats Corpse Zhu transmission, tonifying deficiency after purging medicines.
Ingredients: Fangji (Aristolochia Root), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Bai Fuling (Poria, black skin removed), Guijiu (Podophyllum Root), Gui Jianyu (Arrow Feathers), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Child Root, skin and umbilicus removed), Qu (Medicated Leaven, roasted, 1 fen each).
Usage: Grind seven ingredients into powder. Take 2 qian bi, decoct with ground Tao Ren (Peach Kernel) in 1 zhan of rice water to 0.6 portion. Take warm, five times daily.

[Zaojia Wan Pill] Treats various Zhus.
Ingredients: Zhuya Zaojia (Gleditsia Sinensis Pod, black skin removed,酥 roasted and ground), Baima Yeye (White Horse Night Eye?, roasted black and ground), Anxi Xiang (Benzoin, roasted black and ground), Banmao (Mylabris, fried with glutinous rice until rice turns black, remove rice/wings/legs, grind), Wugong (Centipede, one, roasted yellow), Shetui (Snake Slough, one, roasted black and ground), Fen shuang (Calomel, 2 qian, mixed with 2 qian flour and water, baked yellow and ground, weigh 2 qian each), Xionghuang (Realgar, ground), Dansha (Cinnabar, ground), Sha (Sand?, ground).
Usage: Grind thirteen ingredients evenly. Form pills with yellow dog bile, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Coat with Dansha powder. Take 50 pills at the end of the fourth watch, with Tao Ren decoction.