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A handful of salt is rubbed on the anterior chest, posterior back, waist, and hypochondrium; if many purple spots appear, the condition resolves. Alternatively, crushed garlic may be applied to the soles of both feet.

In cases of apparent death:
Ginger juice is dripped into the inner canthi of both eyes for immediate effect. In severe cases, applying it to all four corners (both eyes and both ears) will revive the patient.

Two jin of salt is stir-fried until hot, wrapped in two bundles of green cloth, and used to iron the back; replace when cool. Ironing above the umbilicus is also effective. (Also treats abdominal pain caused by cholera-like disease).

Urgently surround the umbilicus with hot earth from the road, have someone urinate into the umbilicus, then use hot earth again. Crush garlic, filter out the dregs, mix with hot water, and administer orally.
Another prescription: Drink one sheng of "earth slurry" (prepared by digging a pit three chi deep, pouring in freshly drawn water, stirring until turbid, and allowing it to clarify).

Abdominal pain accompanied by fainting, with a sensation of the waist being bound by a rope:
Administer one cup of genuine rapeseed oil orally; recovery occurs after vomiting.

Acupuncture and grain food are contraindicated. If leg cramps occur during an attack and six hours pass without treatment, it is untreatable.
Eight liang of Polygonum hydropiper (Laliao Cao), which has sorghum-like flower spikes, stems several chi high with nodes, commonly found by water (also known as red smartweed, tasting pungent when licked), is crushed. Four liang of fresh Chaenomelis Fructus (Mu Gua) (dried form is acceptable) and two jin of yellow wine are added, decocted with river water into a soup. While hot, wipe the numb hands/feet and areas of tendon contraction. Apply the residue to the chest and heart region for immediate relief.

Fainting, falling down, with breath nearly extinguished:
Urgently take a piece of hot earth from the road, four or five cloves of garlic (peeled), crush them together, mix with freshly drawn water, filter out dregs, and administer. Alternatively, grind garlic cloves in cold water and administer (if able to chew, chew and swallow with cold water). If no water is available and thirst is extreme, urgently chew two cun of raw scallion and swallow with saliva (this applies while traveling).

For dry cholera and all other sudden, violent conditions:
One cup of ginger juice and two cups of child's urine are mixed with
juice extracted from Persicaria hydropiper (Shuiliao) and administered. Or, sesame seeds ground with well water and administered. Or, crushed garlic mixed with water using hot earth from the road and drunk.

Juice extracted from Dolichos lablab leaves is drunk, or several bowls of earth slurry are drunk.

Do not pour cold water on the body, nor drink cold water.
Urgently place a coiled straw rope on the umbilicus, fill it with hot earth from the road, and have everyone...

Entering cold rooms or alleyways in summer easily leads to Yin-Shu (Yin Summerheat):
This syndrome presents with cold extremities, cyanosis of nails, lips, and tongue, and unconsciousness.
Urgently take ten eggs, boil them, peel them, insert a good silver hairpin into each egg, and while hot, place them on the abdomen. Rotate the eggs with hand; replace when the egg and pin turn black. Ten replacements yield effectiveness.