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Loquat Leaf (Pipae Folium, brushed to remove hairs, roasted) Tangerine Peel (Chenpi, soaked in decoction, white pith removed, dried, 1 liang) Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang, 0.5 liang)
All the above medicines are boiled with two and a half large bowls of water until reduced to one and a half large bowls. Strain the dregs. Take warm in three divided doses at any time.

Treating dysphagia where voice cannot be produced.
Bamboo Skin (Zhupi; another version uses Bamboo Leaves Zhuye) Asarum (Xixin) Tetrapanacis Medulla (Tongcao) Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) Poria (Fuling) Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang) Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guixin) Fresh Ginger (Shengjiang) Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) (each 1 liang)
Coarsely crush the herbs. Boil with one *dou* of water, first boiling the bamboo skin and then adding the other herbs. Decoct to obtain three *sheng*. Divide into three doses.

Chicken Crop (Jisu, four pieces, including undigested food residue. Wrap in wet paper, seal firmly with yellow mud, roast over charcoal fire. Remove when smoke ceases, discard mud. Do not discard any food inside the crop) Costusbark Root (Muxiang) Clove (Dingxiang) Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum (Chenxiang) (each 1 qian)
Grind all into fine powder. Cook large jujubes until soft, remove skin and pits, grind and mix with the powder to make pills the size of golden dew drops (Wutongzi). Take 30 pills per dose before meals, washed down with rice drink.

Kelp (Kunbu, 2 liang, wash away salty seawater) Wheat (Xiaomai, 2 he)
Boil the above medicines with three large bowls of water until the wheat is thoroughly cooked. Strain the dregs. Drink one small bowl at any time without restriction. Simultaneously, keep picking up pieces of kelp to hold in the mouth and swallow saliva continuously. Extremely effective.

The above method involves wrapping the bran from the head of a rice mortar pestle in a towel and frequently wiping the teeth. For sudden onset of dysphagia, scrape fine bran from the head of a rice mortar pestle, hold it in the mouth, or decoct it and sip the liquid.

A monk from Jiangzhou suffered from dysphagia and could not eat. He told his disciples, "After I die, you may open my chest and throat to see what object is there." Upon finishing speaking, he died. The disciples followed his instructions and found an object in his chest, shaped like a fish but with two heads, covered entirely in fleshy scales. The disciple placed it in a vessel where it jumped incessantly. When various flavors were playfully added, it dissolved completely. During summer, indigo plants were often used to make indigo dye. A certain monk put indigo dye into the vessel; the creature ran around the plate for a moment and then turned into water. Thus, it is said that indigo dye is effective in treating dysphagia. Another prescription treats Qi stagnation in the diaphragm, sensation of obstruction in the throat, and inability to swallow food.

Treating dysphagia where food cannot be swallowed, throat obstruction, and mental restlessness in the chest and heart
Fresh Ginger Juice (Shengjiang Zhi) White Honey (Baimi) Ox Butter (Niusu) (each 5 liang) Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen, rhizome tips removed, ground into powder) Lilii Bulbus (Baihe, ground into powder) (each 2 liang)
Place all medicines in a copper pot. Decoct slowly over low heat until forming a paste. Hold one spoonful in the mouth at any time, swallowing saliva like a piece of half a date. Alternatively, mix one tea spoonful with Ginseng decoction and take orally.