石菖蒲（一两） 良姜（半两，等分亦得）
上为细末，醋糊为丸，如绿豆大，每服二十丸，菖蒲汤下。或作散，米饮调下亦得。
又方，良姜（一两，实者，只如骰子大） 巴豆（二钱，去壳）
上二味同炒令黄色，去巴豆，只取良姜一味，碾细，热酒或汤调下二钱。
又方，五灵脂（一钱） 干姜（一字）
上为细末，热酒调下。
治脾痛手拈散，此药极奇，孟公实传。
草果 玄胡索 五灵脂 没药
上等分为细末，每服三钱，温酒调下。叶石林游山至一小寺，颇整洁，学徒亦众，问僧
所以，仰给者答云∶素无田产，亦不苦求于人，只货数药，以赡其间，脾疼药最流
云∶草果玄胡索，灵脂并没药，酒调三二钱，一似手拈却。
妇人之疾。
玄胡索不以多少，新瓦上炒微黄不可焦，碾为细末，每服三钱，酒一盏，煎至七分服。
不能饮者，以陈米饮调下，不拘时候；以酒调亦得，二者不若酒煎快，此药屡验。王执中《既
效
口齿 咽喉 牙痛 牙宣 齿衄 齿不生 口气 口疮 齿漏 重舌 失音 噎
山豆根洗净，新水浸少时，每用一块，入口中咽下苦汁即宽，痛亦止，未愈更一、二块。
又方，生甘草 生白矾。
上等分为细末，每服半钱，入口中咽下，亦治喉闭。
汉椒为末，以巴豆一粒同研成膏，饭为丸，如绿豆大，以绵裹安在 牙孔处，立效。昔
有为乐清簿者， 牙痛不可忍，号呼之声彻于四邻，用药不效，有丐者献此方，用之即安。
Acorus Tatarinowii Rhizome (1 liang) and Galangal Rhizome (0.5 liang; equal parts are also acceptable).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with vinegar paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with Acorus decoction. Alternatively, prepare as a powder and take with rice water.
Another prescription: Galangal Rhizome (1 liang, select solid pieces, cut into dice-sized cubes) and Croton Seed (2 qian, husked).
Stir-fry the two ingredients together until yellow, then remove the Croton Seeds. Grind the remaining Galangal Rhizome into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with hot wine or boiling water.
Yet another prescription: Trogopterus Dung (1 qian) and Dried Ginger (1 zi amount).
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take with hot wine.
Shou Nian San (Hand-Pinch Powder) for treating spleen pain is extremely effective, transmitted by Meng Gongshi.
Cardamom Fruit, Corydalis Rhizome, Trogopterus Dung, Myrrh.
Grind the above ingredients in equal proportions into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with warm wine. When Ye Shilin visited a small temple during his mountain tour, which was quite tidy with many students, he asked the monks how they sustained themselves. The reply was: "We have no land ownership nor do we beg from others; we simply sell a few medicines to support ourselves. The medicine for spleen pain is the most popular." The verse goes: "Cardamom fruit, Corydalis rhizome, Trogopterus dung, and myrrh; taken with wine, two or three qian, the pain feels as if it has been pinched away by hand."
For women's diseases.
Corydalis Rhizome, regardless of quantity, stir-fry on an old tile until slightly yellow but not burnt, then grind into a fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decocted in one cup of wine until reduced to seventy percent, then consume. For those who cannot drink alcohol, mix with aged rice water; time is not restricted. Mixing with wine is also acceptable, but neither method is as rapid as decocting with wine. This prescription has proven effective repeatedly. From Wang Zhizhong's *Ji Xiao Fang* (Prescriptions of Proven Effectiveness).
Oral cavity, teeth, throat, toothache, gingival bleeding, failure of teeth eruption, halitosis, oral ulcers, dental fistula, double tongue, aphonia, dysphagia.
Vetiveria Radix (Dougen), washed clean and soaked in fresh water for a short while. Use one piece at a time, place in the mouth, and swallow the bitter juice to achieve relief and stop pain. If not cured, use one or two more pieces.
Another prescription: Raw Licorice Root and Raw Alum.
Grind the above ingredients in equal proportions into a fine powder. Take half a qian per dose, place in the mouth and swallow. It also treats throat closure (Hou Bi).
Zanthoxylum Pericarpium (Sichuan Pepper) ground into powder, mixed with one Croton Seed and ground into a paste. Form pills the size of mung beans using rice paste. Wrap in cotton and insert into the tooth socket for immediate effect. In the past, a clerk serving in Yueqing County suffered unbearable toothache, crying out so loudly that neighbors could hear. Medications were ineffective until a beggar offered this prescription, which brought immediate relief.