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Swallowing gold or silver objects. Severe pain in the chest and diaphragm. Calcinate sheep tibia bone to ash. Administer two qian with rice water decoction. The object will be expelled immediately via stool.

Foreign body stuck in the throat, unable to swallow. Death may occur within moments.
Take one live duck. Pour water into its mouth. After a short while, hang the duck upside down. Allow it to vomit saliva. Administer this saliva to the patient. The conch or foreign body inside will dissolve.

Treating nine types of heart pain (Jiu Zhong Xin Tong). Prepare on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Zhi Qiao (Bitter Orange Peel) (1 liang), Hong Hua (Safflower), Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterus Dung) (each 3 qian), Gao Liang Jiang (Galangal Root), Mu Xiang (Aucklandia Root), Ba Dou (Croton Seed), Mu Ding Xiang (Clove), Hu Jiao (Black Pepper), Xiong Huang (Realgar) (each 5 qian).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. Take on an empty stomach.
Chen Nian Kui Shan (Old Sunhat Leaf) (remove veins, calcine to preserve nature, 1 qian), Ru Xiang (Olibanum) (0.5 qian), Chen Xiang (Aquilaria Wood) (0.3 qian), Yu Jin (Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome) (0.5 qian).
Grind each into fine powder separately. Use "Jin Yin Tang" (water used for boiling gold/silver vessels) mixed with half zhong of wine. Mix and take orally; recovery is immediate.

Xiang Fu Zi (Cyperus Rotundus) (1 liang), Bai Fan (Alum) (2 qian).
Grind into powder. Form pills using wheat paste, sized like beans. Take seven pills on an empty stomach. Administer with warm wine. Sleep immediately after ingestion. Induce sweating. This cures the root cause. Avoid green vegetables, fresh ginger, and fish.

Hu Jiao (Black Pepper) (7 grains), Zao Zi (Jujube) (14 pieces, pitted).
Boil together in water until dry. Remove the pepper and consume the jujubes.
Another prescription:
Treating illness caused by excessive hunger or overeating. Acid regurgitation occurs with each pain episode.
Stir-fry aged Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven) until yellow, then grind into powder. Take five qian with wine early in the morning. Sleep for a short while. Complete recovery after more than ten doses. Cures the root cause.

This medicine eliminates phlegm and kills parasites.
Qing Se Ya Dan Ke (Green Duck Eggshell) (four pieces). Calcine to preserve nature. Grind into powder. Administer with yellow wine; recovery is immediate.
Another prescription:
Slow-fire roast Lychee He (Lychee Seed) to preserve nature. Grind into powder. Mix with wine and take; recovery follows.

Treating acute heart and abdominal pain, incessant vomiting, or worm bites. Recovery is immediate upon taking this prescription.
Fen Gan Cao (Licorice Root) (raw, 3 qian). Grind into powder. Decoct Ai Ye (Mugwort Leaf) and Wu Mei (Chinese Plum) in water. Slowly administer the powder with this decoction.

A patient suffered from heart pain for eight or nine years. All other medicines failed. Recovery occurred after taking this prescription.
Hu Ma (Sesame Seeds) (one to two liang). Stir-fry and grind. Administer three qian with yellow wine. Take several times daily for recovery. It did not recur subsequently.

Treating acute heart and stomach pain leading to fainting. Jaw stiffness and lockjaw.
Lao Cong Bai (Old Scallion White) (five stalks). Remove skin and roots, pound into paste. Insert into the throat with a spoon. Infuse four liang of sesame oil. Awakening occurs upon slight swallowing. After a short while, accumulated worms dissolve.