病源鬼击者，谓鬼疠之气击着于人也，得之无渐，猝着如人以刀矛刺状，胸胁腹内绞急
切痛，不可抑按，或即吐血，或鼻中出血，或下血，一名为鬼排，言鬼排触于人也，气血虚
弱，
二
十三
肘后鬼击之病，得之无渐，猝着如人以刀矛刺状，胸胁腹内绞急切痛，不可抑按，或即
吐
血，或鼻中出血，或下血，一名鬼排，治之方。
灸脐上一寸七壮，及两踵白肉际瘥。（千金翼同）
又方
熟艾如鸭子大三枚，以水五升，煮取二升，顿服之。（并出第一卷中）
文仲疗鬼击方。
盐一升，以水二升和搅饮之，并以冷水 之，须臾吐即瘥。（备急肘后同）
又方
粉一撮于水中搅饮之。（备急肘后同）
又方
以淳苦酒吹令入两鼻孔中。（肘后同并出第一卷中）
备急疗鬼击方。
烧鼠至末如黍米许，水和服，不能饮，以水和少许纳喉中。（肘后文仲同）
又方
升麻 独活 桂心（各等分）
上三味为末，酒服方寸匕，立愈。（肘后同）
又有诸丸散，并在备急条中，今巫觋实见人忽被神鬼所击刺摆KT 者，或犯其行伍，
或遇
相触突，或身神散弱，或愆负所招，轻者获免，重者多死，犹如周宣燕简辈事，不为虚也，
必应
删繁仓公散方。
特生矾石（烧半日研） 皂荚（炙去皮子） 雄黄（研） 藜芦（熬）
上四味等分，捣为末，主疗猝鬼击鬼排，鬼刺心腹痛，下血便死，不知人，及卧魇，啮
脚踵不觉者，诸恶毒瓦斯病，取前散如大豆许，以管吹入鼻中，得嚏则气通便活，若未嚏，复
更吹
不若
千金翼疗鬼击方。
灸脐下一寸三壮。（出第二十七卷中）
[Background Information]
Book: *Waitai Miyao* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies)
Author: Wang Tao
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty, Tianbao 11th Year
Chapter: Ten Formulas for Ghost Strike (Guiji)
Category: Formulas
[Translation]
According to the etiology of disease, "Ghost Strike" refers to the sudden invasion of the human body by the pathogenic qi of ghost plagues. The onset is insidious without warning; upon striking, it feels as if one has been pierced by a knife or spear. There is severe twisting pain and cramping in the chest, hypochondrium, and abdomen, which cannot be tolerated or pressed upon. Some patients immediately vomit blood, some have epistaxis (nosebleed), and some have hematochezia (blood in stool). This condition is also called "Ghost Push," implying that ghosts push and touch the person. It occurs due to deficiency and weakness of Qi and Blood.
From *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* (Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up the Sleeve):
Regarding the disease of Ghost Strike, the onset is insidious without warning; upon striking, it feels as if one has been pierced by a knife or spear. There is severe twisting pain and cramping in the chest, hypochondrium, and abdomen, which cannot be tolerated or pressed upon. Some patients immediately vomit blood, some have epistaxis, and some have hematochezia. This condition is also called "Ghost Push." The treatment formulas are as follows:
Moxibustion at one cun above the umbilicus, seven moxa cones, and at the junction of the white flesh on both heels will cure the disease. (*Qianjin Yifang* records the same.)
Another formula:
Take three pieces of prepared mugwort (Ai Ye, Artemisiae Argyi Folium Preparatum) the size of a duck. Boil them in five sheng of water until two sheng remain. Take this decoction in one dose. (All from Volume I)
Wen Zhong's formula for treating Ghost Strike:
One sheng of salt, mixed and stirred with two sheng of water, drink it. Also spray the whole body with cold water. If vomiting occurs after a short while, the disease will be cured. (Same as *Beiji Zhouhou Fang*)
Another formula:
Take a pinch of rice powder, stir it in water, and drink it. (Same as *Beiji Zhouhou Fang*)
Another formula:
Use pure sour vinegar and insufflate it into both nostrils. (Same as *Zhouhou Fang*, all from Volume I)
*Beiji Fang*'s formula for treating Ghost Strike:
Burn mice to ash, grinding them to a powder the size of millet seeds. Mix with water and take orally. If unable to swallow, mix a small amount with water and apply to the throat. (Same as *Zhouhou Fang* and Wen Zhong's formula)
Another formula:
Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Guixin (Cinnamomi Cortex) — equal parts.
Grind these three herbs into powder. Take one fangcun bi (a measure of volume approx. 2-3 grams) with wine. Recovery will be immediate. (Same as *Zhouhou Fang*)
There are also various pills and powders, all listed under the *Beiji Fang* section. Nowadays, shamans and mediums indeed report seeing people suddenly struck or pierced by spirits or ghosts. This may happen because they offended the spirits' ranks, encountered collisions, suffered from dispersion and weakness of their own spirit, or attracted misfortune through transgressions. Those with mild cases escape, but those with severe cases often die. This is no different from the stories of King Xuan of Zhou and Jian Gong of Yan; it is not false. We must delete the superfluous content and retain the Cang Gong Powder formula.
Te Sheng Fanshi (Alumen, burnt for half a day and ground), Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus, roasted, peeled, and seeded), Xionghuang (Realgar), Lilu (Veratrum nigrum, processed/stir-fried).
Equal parts of the above four ingredients, pounded and ground into powder. This primarily treats sudden Ghost Strike, Ghost Push, and Ghost Stabbing causing heart and abdominal pain, death or unconsciousness due to bleeding, sleep terrors (Yan), biting the heel without awareness, and various diseases caused by evil toxic vapors. Take an amount of the aforementioned powder equivalent to a soybean, insufflate it into the nose using a tube. If sneezing occurs, Qi flows freely and the patient revives. If no sneeze, insufflate again.
*Qianjin Yifang*'s formula for treating Ghost Strike:
Moxibustion at one cun below the umbilicus, three moxa cones. (From Volume XXVII)