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Crush the meat of the walnut, and take it with boiling wine.

Boil the wood ear fungus growing on willow trees (Liushu Mu'er) in water and drink it one or two times.

Apply horse manure to the affected area. Alternatively, burn the dried fruit shell of the loofah (Sigualuo) until the carbon remains but the medicinal property is preserved, grind it into powder, and take it with wine to induce sweating.

Chop the Chinese chives (Jiucai) finely, put them in a pot, pour in hot vinegar, seal the lid, and hold the spout far from the nose to inhale the steam. Or, take a small amount of raw Pinellia ternata powder (Sheng Banxia),

Calcined alumen (Duanshi) three sheng, stir-fry until yellow, pour a basin of water into it, let it settle, and inhale the steam while hot. Or, smoke with burning male rat feces.

Burn the melon seed (Beigudui) into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply externally. (Also treats carbuncle between the shoulder blades)

Burn the wood used for piercing cattle's noses (Niuchuanbi Mu) (quantity not restricted) into charcoal, grind into powder, and take it mixed with rock sugar. (Cattle nose rope can also be used; also treats lockjaw due to cold damage)

One qian of Cordyceps sinensis (Dongchongxiacao) and two liang of [Bu Liu] (Note: likely a typo for Wangbuliuxing or similar, translated literally as 'Bu Liu'), grind together into fine powder. Take four qian each time, add a little lard and white flour, plus several bowls of clear water, place in a pot, sprinkle the medicine powder on top, mix well to make a soup. If not finished at once, it can be taken again later; this is most effective.

About five liang of loofah (Sigualuo) and about five liang of lotus seeds (Lianzi), burn them together into ash while preserving their medicinal properties, grind into powder, and take it mixed with yellow wine. Cover with a blanket and sleep to induce sweating, which will restore patency (using lotus seeds is optional).

If there is no infant to nurse and one wishes to wean:

Fried malt (Maiya) one liang (stir-fried until cooked), boil in water to replace tea; drinking it will naturally stop lactation. Alternatively, apply an old foot-wrapping cloth previously used by the husband to the breast; it will subside overnight. The wife wearing her current shoes to wrap the breast also works.

One bowl of good yellow wine and three qian of Rehmannia glutinosa juice (Dihuang Zhi), decoct together and take.

Five lotus pod shells (Lianpeng Ke) and two liang of Cyperus rotundus rhizome (Xiangfu) (processed), burn each until the carbon remains but the medicinal property is preserved, grind into powder, and take it mixed with rice water, two to three qian each time.

One liang of aged tangerine peel (Chenpi) and one qian of licorice root (Gancao), decoct in water and take.

Remove the white pith from one liang of aged tangerine peel (Chenpi), grind into powder, and take it with warm wine on an empty stomach, two qian each time.

Decoct Achyranthes bidentata root (Niuxi) in water and take frequently.

Take one chi of yellow silk fabric (boiled rotten in lye from charcoal ash, washed extremely clean with clear water), boil until very fine, and mix with one qian each of White Peony Root (Baimudan Gen) and Bletilla striata rhizome (Baiji) into powder. Boil two zhong of water until the silk rots, add sugar, and eat. Do not make noise while taking this medicine. (Named Bu Pao San / Bladder-Reinforcing Powder)

This worm is about one cun long. Bury it in the soil for several days, and it will swell to the size of a fist, named Zimu Chong (Mother-Child Worm). It produces one pair every month thereafter.

Soak one liang of Sophora flavescens root (Kushen) in rice washing water overnight, steam until cooked, dry in the sun. Mix with five qian of Quisqualis indica fruit (Shijunzi), grind into powder, make pills with refined honey, and take three qian on an empty stomach daily. After finishing one dose, if another pair grows, finish two doses to eradicate the root.