治腰痛 用杜仲(去皮炒断丝)、橘核(炒取仁)各等分。上为末,每服二钱,入盐少许,食前温酒调下。
又方 治腰痛并或时挫闪 用杜仲、破故纸、胡桃仁各等分,上用酒煎服,立效。
又方 用西瓜青为片,阴干为细末,以盐酒空心调服。
又方 用橘核炒,去壳,酒服。或用炒盐及炒茴香二包,不住手更换,热熨。
又方 用茴香茎叶,捣汁一碗,分三服,渣敷痛肿处。
又方 治腰脚软 用二蚕砂,炒热熨之。
治小肠疝气 用杉树子,一岁一粒,烧研灰。用好酒下,粒少者一二次服,粒多者数次服,立愈。试有神效。
又方 用橘核晒干,去浓薄壳两层,研细。每服五钱,用老酒一二盏,砂锅中煮四五沸,空心服。再用热酒一二
盏,罐盛,余药服尽。一切下部诸疾皆疗。
又方 用荔枝核,火烧存性,为末,酒调服。
又方 用杜茴香一斤,以老生姜二斤取自然汁浸茴香一夜,约姜汁尽入茴香内,以好青盐二两同炒赤,取出焙燥,
碾罗为末。无灰酒煮糊为丸,如梧桐子大。每日空心食前服三十丸或五十丸,温酒或米饮下。
又方 治疝气走入肾囊痛 用五月五日采 树叶,阴干为末,空心酒送下。
又方 用楝树叶,碎切,临发时,酒送下。
又方 于脚中趾下中节横纹上,灸二壮,愈。
又方 灸外踝穴,在两脚外罗拐骨下一指,乃圆骨下,灸三壮即愈。又云∶灸内踝穴,不再发。
治男子阴肿赤大如斗,人不能治者 以马鞭草捣烂涂之。
Treatment for lower back pain: Use equal parts of Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong, Du Zhong) (bark peeled and stir-fried until the silk threads break) and Citri Reticulatae Fructus (Juhe, 橘核) (stir-fried to extract the kernels). Grind the above into powder. Take two qian per dose, add a little salt, and take with warm wine before meals.
Another prescription: For lower back pain or occasional sprain/strain injuries: Use equal parts of Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong, 杜仲), Psoraleae Fructus (Poguzhi, 破故纸), and Juglans Semen (Hutaoren, 胡桃仁). Decoct with wine and take; effects are immediate.
Another prescription: Use the green rind of watermelon, cut into slices, dried in shade, and ground into fine powder. Take with salt and wine on an empty stomach.
Another prescription: Stir-fry Citri Reticulatae Fructus (Jihe, 橘核), remove the shell, and take with wine. Alternatively, use two bags of stir-fried salt and stir-fried Foeniculi Fructus (Xiaohuixiang, 小茴香), replacing them continuously while applying hot compresses to the affected area.
Another prescription: Use the stems and leaves of Foeniculum vulgare (Huixiangjingye, 茴香茎叶), crush to obtain one bowl of juice. Divide into three doses for oral administration. Apply the dregs to the painful and swollen area.
Another prescription: For weakness of the waist and legs: Use two sheng of Bombyx Batryticatus (Cansha, 蚕砂), heat by stir-frying, and apply as a hot compress.
Treatment for inguinal hernia (Xiaochang Shanqi, 小肠疝气): Use seeds of Torreya grandis (Shanshuizi, 杉树子). The number of seeds corresponds to the patient's age in years (one seed per year of age). Burn to ash. Administer with good wine. If the number of seeds is small, take one or two doses; if large, take several doses. Recovery is immediate. Proven to have miraculous efficacy.
Another prescription: Dry Citri Reticulatae Fructus (Juhe, 橘核) in the sun, remove the thick outer and thin inner shells, and grind finely. Take five qian per dose. Boil in one or two cups of aged wine in a clay pot for four or five boils. Take on an empty stomach. Then, place one or two cups of hot wine in a jar and drink the remaining medicinal residue while warm. It treats all diseases of the lower body.
Another prescription: Use Litchi Chinensis Seed (Lizhihe, 荔枝核), fire-roasted to retain its properties, ground into powder, and taken with wine.
Another prescription: Take one jin of Foeniculi Fructus (Huixiang, 小茴香). Soak it overnight in the natural juice extracted from two jin of fresh Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Laoshengjiang, 老生姜) until the ginger juice is fully absorbed. Add two liang of high-quality Qingyan (Qingyan, 青盐) and stir-fry together until red. Remove, dry by baking, and sieve into powder. Make pills using non-fermented wine paste, sized like Sophora japonica seeds. Take thirty or fifty pills on an empty stomach before meals, washed down with warm wine or rice water.
Another prescription: For hernia pain entering the scrotum: Collect leaves on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dry in shade, grind into powder, and take with wine on an empty stomach.
Another prescription: Use Melia Toosendan Leaves (Lianyeshu, 楝树叶), chop finely, and take with wine at the onset of symptoms.
Another prescription: Moxibustion at two Zhu points on the transverse crease of the middle joint of the middle toe of the foot. Cured.
Another prescription: Moxibustion at the lateral malleolus point, located one finger-width below the lateral malleolus bone (the round bone). Three Zhu moxa sessions lead to cure. It is also said that moxibustion at the medial malleolus point prevents recurrence.
For male patients with severe swelling and redness of the penis/scrotum resembling a dou (a unit of measure), which others cannot treat: Crush fresh Patrinia Scabiosifolia (Mabiancao, 马鞭草) and apply topically.