治小便不通 用蚯蚓捣碎，以冷水滤浓汁，服半碗，立通。
又方 治腹胀小便不通。用栝蒌仁不拘多少，为末。每服三钱，温酒调下。不饮酒以米汤调，温服，以通为度。
又方 用盐填满脐中，艾灸盐上。
又方 以乌梅肉为末，水调二钱服。或以麻皮一握，细切，入甘草少许，同煎服。
又方 用炒盐半斤，布裹乘热熨小腹。
又方 治小便难小肠胀 用葱白三斤，细切，炒令热，以布裹，分作两处，更替熨脐下，即通。
又方 用猪胆，投热酒中服，立通。
又方 用棕皮毛烧灰存性，以薄酒调下，即通利，累试甚验。
治大小便不通 关格不利 用皂荚烧，研末。粥饮下二钱。
又方 用连根葱一二茎带土，生姜一块，淡豆豉二十一粒，盐一撮，同研烂，捻作饼子，烘热掩脐中，以布绢扎
定，久之，气透自通。不然再换一剂。
又方 用明矾末一撮，安脐中，冷水滴湿，须臾，立通。
治大便不通 用猪脂二两，水一碗，煮三沸饮汁，立通。
又方 治大便秘结至极，昏不知人 用大田螺二三枚，以盐一小撮，和壳生捣碎，置病者脐下一寸三分，用宽帛紧
系之，即大通。未效，用乌 木根三寸，研烂调水服，亦效。就研烂敷脐下，亦妙。
又方 用独头大蒜，煨熟去皮，绵裹塞粪门内，即通。
又方 用不蛀皂荚，安瓦上烧着，置马桶内，坐上熏粪门，自通。
又方 用猪胆一个，入好醋少许，扎鹅毛管上，灌入粪门，效。
又方 用萝卜子一合，研碎，皂荚烧研末，冷水调二三钱服。
又方 用生麻子不拘多少，研烂，水调服之。
又方 用蜜四两，置铜勺内，微火煎之，凝如膏，以杖搅之，勿令焦，乘热取出，急捻作挺子，如指长，插入粪门
内，以手按住，大便来时去之。
To treat inability to urinate: Crush earthworms, filter the thick juice with cold water, and take half a bowl; urination will immediately resume.
Another prescription for treating abdominal distension with inability to urinate: Take Trichosanthis Semen (Gualou Ren) in any amount, grind into powder. Take three qian per dose, mixed with warm wine. For those who do not drink alcohol, mix with rice soup and take warm. Continue until urination resumes.
Another prescription: Fill the umbilicus with salt and apply moxibustion on the salt.
Another prescription: Grind dried plum flesh (Wumei Rou) into powder, mix with water, and take two qian. Alternatively, take a handful of hemp skin, cut finely, add a small amount of Licorice Root (Gancao), decoct together, and take.
Another prescription: Take half a jin of stir-fried salt, wrap in cloth, and apply hot compress to the lower abdomen while hot.
Another prescription for treating difficult urination and distension of the small intestine: Take three jin of white part of scallion (Congbai), cut finely, stir-fry until hot, wrap in cloth, divide into two portions, and alternately apply hot compress to the area below the umbilicus; urination will immediately resume.
Another prescription: Take pig gallbladder, immerse in hot wine, and take; urination will immediately resume.
Another prescription: Burn palm fiber to ash but retain its medicinal property (Cunxing), mix with thin wine, and take; urination will immediately become smooth. This has been tested repeatedly with great efficacy.
To treat inability to pass both urine and feces, and Guan Ge syndrome (obstruction of upper and lower orifices): Burn Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Zaojiao), grind into powder. Take two qian with millet gruel liquid.
Another prescription: Take one or two stalks of scallion with roots (including soil), one piece of fresh ginger, twenty-one grains of prepared soybean (Douchi), and a pinch of salt. Grind all together until paste-like, shape into cakes, heat them, and apply to the umbilicus. Secure tightly with cloth or silk. After a long time, Qi will penetrate and passage will naturally open. If ineffective, apply another dose.
Another prescription: Place a pinch of Alum (Mingfan) powder in the umbilicus, moisten with cold water drops; within a moment, passage will immediately open.
To treat constipation: Take two liang of lard (Zhuzhi), one bowl of water, boil three times, and drink the broth; defecation will immediately resume.
Another prescription for severe constipation leading to coma and unconsciousness: Take two or three large snails, add a small pinch of salt, crush raw along with shells, and apply to 1.3 cun below the patient's umbilicus. Tie tightly with a wide cloth strip; profuse defecation will occur. If ineffective, take three cun of Oroxylum indicum root (Wumu Gen), grind into paste, mix with water, and take; this is also effective. Applying the paste to below the umbilicus is also excellent.
Another prescription: Take a single-clove garlic, roast until cooked, peel, wrap in cotton, and insert into the anus; defecation will immediately resume.
Another prescription: Take non-boring Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Zaojiao), burn it on a tile, place inside a toilet bowl, sit on it to fumigate the anus; defecation will naturally resume.
Another prescription: Take one pig gallbladder, add a small amount of good vinegar, attach to a goose quill tube, and enema into the anus; effective.
Another prescription: Take one he of radish seeds (Luobozi), crush them, burn Gleditsia Sinensis Fruit (Zaojiao) and grind into powder, mix with cold water, and take two to three qian.
Another prescription: Take raw hemp seeds (Sheng Maziren) in any amount, grind into paste, mix with water, and take.
Another prescription: Take four liang of honey, place in a copper spoon, simmer over low fire until it solidifies like paste. Stir with a stick to prevent burning. Remove while hot, quickly roll into a suppository shape as long as a finger, insert into the anus, hold in place with hand, and remove when the urge to defecate arises.