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In the past, a person drank water at night and accidentally swallowed a leech into their abdomen. After staying for a long time, it would inevitably give birth to small leeches, which would then consume the person's liver blood, causing unbearable abdominal pain, yellowish and emaciated complexion, and complete loss of appetite. If not treated early, it would lead to death.
Take one piece of dry mud from a field, mix it with three or four dead fish, melt them together with lard (Suinae Medulla Adiposum), stir evenly, add ten grains of Crotonis Fructus (Baidu Dou) with skin and membrane removed, mix into the mud, grind until rotten, and form pills the size of mung beans. Swallow ten pills with cold water from the field. Children take three to five pills. In a short while, all large and small leeches will be discharged through defecation. Subsequently, administer Siwu Tang (Four Substance Decoction) from *Ju Fang* (Standard Formulas of the Imperial Medical Bureau) with added Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) decocted in water, to generate blood and restore health.

Treats masses formed due to indigestion of raw fish slices, and the frequent craving for raw fish.
Leporis Os et Hepatopulmones (Rabbit bone, liver, and lungs), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) (each 8 fen), Luzhu Gen (Phragmitis Rhizoma), He Gu (Crane bone) (each 7 fen), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) (5 fen), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma), Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus) (each 4 fen), Banmao (Mylabris) (21 pieces, roasted).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills. Take ten to fifteen pills with wine, twice daily, until cured.

Treats indigestion of dog meat, leading to hardness in the epigastrium, abdominal distension, extreme thirst, anxiety, fever, delirious speech, or profuse diarrhea.
Take one sheng of Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum), remove skins, grind, mix with three sheng of boiling water, squeeze out the juice, and divide into three doses. The undigested pieces of dog meat will be completely expelled; this is highly effective.

Animal livers and viscera should not be eaten lightly; those that died naturally must certainly not be consumed.
Take Chidouchi (Fermented Soybean), soak in water, squeeze out the juice, and drink as needed.

Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis), Baifan (Alumen).
Grind the above ingredients equally into fine powder, mix with water, and take orally.

Take one qianbi (approx. 3-4 grams) of dirt from an old headscarf, dissolve in hot water, and take orally. This also treats sudden heart pain by decocting the water and drinking the juice. The headscarf refers to the cloth used to tie hair. Another prescription: drink several sheng of fermented soybean juice; this is beneficial.
Treats indigestion of dog meat, leading to hardness in the epigastrium, abdominal distension, dry mouth, fever, and inability to speak.
Decoct Luzhu Gen (Phragmitis Rhizoma) in water and drink the juice.

Mix human milk with concentrated fermented soybean juice and take orally; this is miraculous.

Once, a woman in a village shop was blowing fire with a bamboo tube, unaware that a centipede was hiding inside. When she blew, the startled centipede rushed up her throat and descended into her chest and abdomen, leaving rescuers helpless. Someone suggested: obtain a piglet, cut its throat to collect blood, feed it to the patient, then pour in clear oil to induce vomiting, after which the patient would recover.

Treats poisoning from eating mushrooms and fungi that can cause death, as well as excessive laughter caused by eating Fengjun (Maple mushroom). These conditions can all be treated. Mushroom species vary, often formed by the fumes of venomous snakes and insects.
Dig a pit in the ground, pour newly drawn water into it and stir. When the water becomes turbid, extract it, filter through silk, store in porcelain vessels. When taking, shake well, drink one to three zhan (cups); efficacy is expected.