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Burn *Bie Jia* (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, tortoise shell) to ash while retaining its medicinal properties. Mix with oil and apply topically.
Another method: Use equal parts of *Gui Ban* (Chini Plastrum, turtle shell) and *Bie Du Gu* (tortoise belly bone). Burn to ash while retaining properties. Mix with sesame oil (*Ma You*) and apply.
Another prescription: Use shoots of *Bian Sun* (bamboo shoots) or winter bamboo shoots.
Good white beeswax (1 liang), scrape into thin slices, and take with boiling wine. Even after severe beating with a heavy stick, there will be no pain.
Another prescription: *Mu Er* (Auricularia auricula-judae, wood ear fungus) (burned to ash and ground into powder, 5 qian). Take with yellow wine. Even severe beating is not a hindrance.
Apply beef marrow to the affected area.
Burn goose web skin to ash, grind finely, and apply.
For extremely severe cases: First, dig a pit on the ground as long as a person, approximately two chi deep. Heat the bottom of the pit thoroughly with charcoal. Immediately mix the excavated loose soil into the pit. Bury the patient in the pit, covering them with hot earth, leaving only the head exposed. The patient should first be drunk to sleep soundly. Upon waking, the illness/pain will vanish as if lost.
Wash the affected area with decoction of *Chen Sha* (Agarwood) wood shavings. Alternatively, burn to ash while retaining properties, mix with sesame oil for application, and effect is immediate.
*Xiao* (Natrii Sulfas, mirabilite). It is particularly excellent if dried and preserved before the Dragon Boat Festival.
Five jin of good aged wine, boil several times, add five liang of *Xiao*. Add one branch of burning mulberry wood (willow wood is used in the north, not mixed woods). The wind stove should also be new. Pour the medicine over the affected area.
Treats injuries from beating, and also treats ulcerating sores and swelling/toxins.
*Tu Bie Chong* (Eupolyphaga seu Steleophaga, ground beetle) (1 liang), *She Xiang* (Moschus, musk) (2 fen). For beaten injuries, take 8 li with wine. Apply this powder to broken areas. For ulcerating sores, take internally and apply externally. For swelling/toxins, take internally.
Treats falls and blows causing injury, severed tendons, and shattered bones.
*Wu Zhu Qian* (five coins, quenched forty-nine times in fire and vinegar, weighing 1 qian), *Tian Gua Zi* (Benincasae Semen, melon seed) (5 qian), *Zhen Zhu* (Margarita, pearl) (2 qian, boiled until rotted, wrapped in cloth and crushed), *Gou Tai Gu* (dog fetal bone).
Grind all medicines into an extremely fine powder. Take 2.5 li each time. Depending on the location of the injury (upper or lower), take with wine whether hungry or full.
As long as there is a trace of qi/breath, they can be saved. After taking the medicine, trembling may occur; do not be afraid.
*Niu Huang Hua* (i.e., *Nao Yang Hua*, Nerii Radix/Flower).
Collect flowers on the Dragon Boat Festival, any amount. Remove the heart and stem, dry in shade, and grind into powder. For extremely severe cases, take 4-5 fen with yellow wine; for mild cases, 2-3 fen. For elderly people with declining strength...
Break old green onions, insert white sugar inside, heat over charcoal fire, cut open. There will be exudate; take this to compress the injured area. Continue heating onions frequently. If it cools, replace it.