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Treats upper vomiting and lower diarrhea, heart and abdominal pain, and inability to take in food and water.
Glutinous Rice (120 grains) Fresh Ginger (one piece)
Grind the above ingredients together into a fine powder, and take with fresh well water. If medicines are unavailable in an emergency, dig a pit, pour in water and stir it; wait for the water to clarify, then drink the clear supernatant. This is called "Earth Slurry" (Di Jiang).

For cholera-like illness where the patient appears dead but warmth remains in the abdomen.
Place salt in the umbilicus and moxibustion for fourteen applications (two cycles of seven), followed by moxibustion on Qihai (CV6).

Treats cholera-like illness with muscle spasms (tetany/cramps).
Use one handful of Polygonum multiflorum vine (Liao), removing the head and tail, decoct in water for fumigation and washing. Another prescription uses aged Polygonum multiflorum vine.

Treats cholera-like illness with spasms extending into the abdomen.
Use a large amount of salt, decoct in water, and soak the affected area.

Discussion: Various deficiencies and damages refer to the "Five Damages" described in the Nan Jing (Classic of Difficult Issues), which result from weakness. The first damage affects the skin and hair, manifesting as gathered skin and falling hair; the second damage affects the blood vessels, resulting in deficient and scanty vessels unable to nourish the five zang and six fu organs; the third damage affects the muscles, leading to emaciation where food intake fails to build flesh; the fourth damage affects the sinews, causing flaccidity and inability to hold or control; the fifth damage affects the bones, resulting in bone atrophy and inability to rise from bed. Conditions contrary to these are diseases of the pulse. If the disease progresses from top to bottom, death occurs when bone atrophy prevents rising from bed; if it progresses from bottom to top, death occurs when skin gathers and hair falls out. For damage to the Lung, benefit its Qi; for damage to the Heart, regulate Ying and Wei (Nutritive and Defensive Qi); for damage to the Spleen, regulate diet and adapt to cold and heat; for damage to the Liver, soothe its interior (emotions/tension); for damage to the Kidney, benefit its Essence. Among the five zang organs, the Heart and Kidney are paramount. Why? The Heart belongs to Fire; when Fire descends, blood flows freely, and the four limbs are harmonious. The Kidney belongs to Water; when Water ascends, Essence is full, Shen (Spirit) and Qi are robust, and the body is harmonious, thus disease does not arise. The Su Wen (Basic Questions) states: "With tranquility and emptiness, True Qi follows; with spirit kept within, how can disease arise?" If one cherishes and preserves this, one understands the way of consolidating and nurturing. Neglect of regulation, or deficiency of Heart and Kidney, may cause Left Yang to fail to ascend and Right Yin to fail to descend. Constitutional weakness, exposure to cold and heat, overwork, or excessive sexual activity can all deplete True Qi, leading to emaciation, weak waist and knees, frequent and difficult urination, dizziness, deafness, seminal emission, spontaneous sweating, and in severe cases, deficient fire attacking upward, red face, panting and chest fullness, intolerance to heat, or invasion by damp-heat in the lower jiao, generating various syndromes. These are all diseases of consumptive fever (Xu Lao). Over-striving damages the Liver, corresponding to Sinew Extremity (Jin Ji); mental exertion damages the Heart, corresponding to Pulse Extremity (Mai Ji); excessive worry damages the Spleen, corresponding to Flesh Extremity (Rou Ji); anticipatory anxiety damages the Lung, corresponding to Qi Extremity (Qi Ji); rigid adherence to principles damages the Kidney, corresponding to Bone Extremity (Gu Ji). These five labors correspond to the extremities of labor in the five zang organs. Regarding Essence Extremity (Jing Ji), the Qi of the five zang and six fu organs declines, the form is extremely exhausted, vision is unclear, teeth are scorched, hair falls out, the body feels heavy, hearing is impaired, gait is unsteady, evil qi enters the six fu organs and rebels against the five zang organs, thus forming Essence Extremity. Generally, the pulse in deficiency and exhaustion extremes is often wiry (Xian). The treatment method involves regulating according to deficiency, excess, cold, and heat. For Essence Extremity, one must tonify the Essence. As stated in the Su Wen: "For those with insufficient form, warm them with Qi; for those with insufficient essence, tonify them with Flavor." Listed by year categories, this is the general principle. If one can preserve oneself, avoid reckless exertion, and maintain abundant spirit, one may reach a natural lifespan of a hundred years before passing. If one cannot guard carefully and does not know how to maintain fullness, preserving the natural lifespan will be difficult. When facing illness, careful examination is essential.