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The Fang of Fushen Lingxia was transmitted by Shen De, the Secretary of State.
Miduoeng (2 liang, separately ground into an extremely fine powder) Chuan Huanglian (1 liang, ground into a fine powder)
Take the above two ingredients and make pills using steamed dough, sized like paulownia seeds. Take 5 pills per dose, administered with a decoction made from boiled silkworm cocoons and eggplant roots, taken before retiring to bed. Increase the dosage to 10 pills the next day, and thereafter increase by 5 pills daily until reaching 30 pills. After taking the medicine, stop when drinking water induces nausea; no further administration is needed. Effectiveness is usually achieved within five or six doses. If nausea occurs, suppress it by eating dry food daily; the condition will stabilize naturally after ten days. This prescription is remarkably effective, truly remarkable. "Jiankong" refers to the cocoon shell left after the silkworm moth emerges.

The Fang of Qian Youwen, Prefect.
Niubimu (2 pieces, washed clean, finely chopped; use female for male patients, male for female patients) Gancao (Licorice Root) Renshen (Ginseng Root) [each 0.5 liang] Baimei (10 large white plums)

The Fang of Guo Duxun.
Take the scale/sediment from a thermos flask, in any quantity, grind into a powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with boiling water or morning well water, at any time.
Another prescription: Gualougen (Trichosanthes Root) Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome)
Grind the above ingredients in equal parts into a fine powder. Mix with natural juice extracted from Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber) to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 15 to 20 pills per dose, swallowed with warm water.

Passed down by Ge Cheng to Zheng Hengla; both ailments were cured after consumption!
Decoct fresh ginger with honey water; drinking several cups continuously is excellent!

Zheng Qixian stated.
Take 7 river snails, keep in water to remove mud, crush them, extract the snail heads, chop finely, soak in hot wine, and take frequently; this is excellent!
Another prescription: [Missing Character] Ye (Half liang, burnt to ash) Shenqu (Medicated Leaven) [half liang, stir-fried]
Grind the above into a fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with wine or rice drink, taken before meals; this is excellent!

Foot Sores, Ulcers, Ingrown Toenails, Fissures on Hands and Feet

Mr. Zhao, courtesy name Zigu, had a mother named Liu who was nearly eighty years old. There was a sore on the dorsum of her left foot, extending downwards to connect with the big toe, upwards to the lateral malleolus, and even to the fibula. It recurred several times each year, lasting for dozens of days or months each time. The itching was severe at dusk, causing bleeding like a spring flow upon scratching, accompanied by groaning pain that was almost unbearable. Symptoms gradually subsided after midnight, only to recur the next day. Every change of medication caused the sore to enlarge and worsen; hundreds of attempts proved ineffective. This persisted for over twenty years. In late mid-winter of the Jiachen year of Chunxi (1184), while Mr. Zhao served as Vice Director of the Ministry of Revenue, his illness flared up severely one night. They wept together in despair. Exhausted, he fell asleep and dreamed of four divine monks sitting silently in a room with a long couch nearby; Mr. Zhao also sat down and sighed. One monk asked the reason, and Mr. Zhao answered truthfully. The monk said one could take Niuhuang Jinhudan (Calculus Bovis and Golden Tiger Pill); another monk said Cinnabar (Zhusha) was also good. Upon waking, feeling quite surprised, he tried taking slightly more than half a pill. After a while, severe abdominal pain ensued, causing the whole family to worry and regret. Soon, he passed several sheng (a unit of volume) of hard, iron-like masses. That night, the ulcer merely itched slightly without pain or bleeding. Within a few days, a scab formed, and he was subsequently cured. The suggestion regarding Cinnabar was never tested again. Mr. Zhao then drew portraits of the monks as seen in his dream and recorded the event. Jinhudan originates from Heji Jufang (Prescriptions of the Imperial Medical Bureau), originally intended for treating stroke with phlegm-fluid obstruction. Ingredients such as Calculus Bovis, Borneolum Syntheticum, Er Fen (likely referring to specific mineral powders), and Gold Foil are generally not suitable for the elderly. However, its efficacy was utilized here. It is hypothesized that this disease stems from accumulated heat in the zang-fu organs manifesting on the skin; due to its chronic nature and deep-rootedness, it is difficult to cleanse. Thus, cold-natured medicines were borrowed to attack the pathogen, and it cannot be treated as a common sore. The dream of the divine monks was likely induced by filial piety.