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Mu Xiang (Costi Root), Hu Jiao (Black Pepper) (each 2.5 qian), Gan Xie (Dried Scorpion) (10, remove toxicity), Ba Dou (Croton Seed) (10, remove skin and heart, grind).
The above ingredients are made into a fine powder, moistened with rice water and steamed biscuit dough to form pills the size of hemp seeds, coated with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha). Take three pills per dose. For chest and diaphragm pain, take with decoction of Persimmon Calyx (Shi Di) and Centipede Grass (Deng Xin Cao); for abdominal pain, take with decoction of Persimmon Calyx (Shi Di) and baked ginger; for blood stasis pain, take with decoction of fried ginger and vinegar; for severe lung qi stagnation, mix Bai Fan (Alum), Ge Fen (Clam Shell Powder) each 3 fen, and Huang Dan (Red Lead Oxide) 1 fen, grind together into a powder, take with decoction of Mulberry Root Bark (Sang Gen Bai Pi) and glutinous rice.

Treats wind-pathogen accumulating in the hypochondrium forming masses, cold hernia attacks, radiating pain from the lower abdomen rushing up to the heart. This accumulation belongs to the Liver, located under the right hypochondrium. Therefore, upon onset, there is dizziness and pain in the right limbs, head, and face, with loss of appetite. This is a formula to stop head coldness.
Ge Gen (Kudzu Root) (1 liang), Ma Huang (Ephedra Herb) (3 fen, remove joints), Ce Zi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root) (1, processed, remove skin and navel), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) (wash), Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia Root) (remove twig-like parts), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) (roasted), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis Root) (wash, remove radicle).
The above ingredients are crushed into coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1.5 cups of water and 3 slices of ginger, decoct until 0.7 cup remains, strain, and drink warm. Take 3-4 times daily. If sweating occurs, avoid wind.

Realgar (Xiong Huang) has been used to treat sores and ulcers for a long time. The *Rites of Zhou* records that ulcer doctors use "five toxins" to attack sores. Zheng Kangcheng's annotation states: Current medical formulas combine five toxic drugs, placing Realgar (Xiong Huang) among Shidan (Stibnite), Dansha (Cinnabar), Ci Huang (Orpiment), Kong Qing (Chrysocolla), and Ci Shi (Magnetite), burning them for three days and nights. The smoke rises and adheres to objects; it is collected with a chicken feather and applied to the sore, covered with an inverted pot to promote suppuration and drainage. This is Cui Yuanliang's Hai Shang Fang. It treats all types of heart pain, whether new or old. Use raw Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) alone, extract juice according to the patient's food intake, mix with flour to make noodles or cold wheat jelly. After some time, worms about one chi long should be discharged, with heads resembling geckos, after which the disease will not recur. This is Liu Yuxi's *Zhuan Xin Fang*. In the tenth year of Zhenyuan, the daughter of Cui Kang, Tongshi Sheren, suffered from heart pain nearly causing death. She ate Rehmannia cold wheat jelly and vomited a substance about one cun square, resembling a toad, without eyes or feet, but seemingly having a mouth, likely caused by this creature. She recovered instantly thereafter. Salt must be avoided in the dough.

Wang Ji, Langzhong of Xiazhou in the Tang Dynasty, served as Judge for the Western Route Pacification Commissioner. Riding a mule into Luogu Valley, his chronic hemorrhoids flared up severely. The condition felt like a cucumber hanging at the end of the intestine, hot as embers. He collapsed at a relay station. The station master said: I once had this illness; moxibustion is required for cure. Decoct Sophora Branch (Huai Zhi) thickly, wash the hemorrhoids first, then apply moxa cones for 3-5 moxibustions. Suddenly, a stream of heat entered the intestine, leading to massive diarrhea, first blood then feces, extremely painful. After defecation, the cucumber-like mass disappeared, and he rode away swiftly.

Method of consuming Mulberry Branch (Sang Zhi): One sheng of Sang Zhi, finely cut and fried until fragrant, decocted in three sheng of water to obtain two sheng. Drink within one day. No fixed time. *Tu Jing Ben Cao* states: Sang Zhi is neutral in nature, neither cold nor hot, suitable for regular consumption. It treats wind-stroke itching and dryness, Hong Kong foot (gouty arthritis) wind-pathogen, limb spasms, upper jiao qi rebellion with dizziness, lung qi cough, aids digestion and promotes urination. Long-term use lightens the body, sharpens hearing and vision, and enhances complexion. It also treats dry mouth. *Xian Jing* states: All immortal medicines are ineffective unless decocted with Sang Zhi. From *Baopuzi*. During the Zhenghe era, I suffered from arm pain; various medicines were ineffective. Following this method for several doses cured my arm pain.

Formulas treating eye diseases using Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) are numerous, but Sheep Liver Pill (Yang Gan Wan) is particularly remarkable. Mix 1 liang of Huang Lian powder with one whole white lamb liver, remove membranes, grind extremely fine in a mortar. Form pills the size of wu zi (wu-tzu seeds). Take 30 pills with warm water per dose, continue for five courses. Effective for all eye diseases, nebulae, and blindness. Tested on various medicines... Due to... (Text fragment)

Prime Minister Zheng of Tang said: When I served as Military Commissioner of Nanhai, I was seventy-five years old. The land of Yue is low and damp, injuring both interior and exterior, causing multiple diseases to arise simultaneously, with decline and exhaustion of yang qi. Milk stone tonics... Regular use... Remove skin... Call... (Text fragment incomplete)

Military Commissioner of Jiangling Prefecture submitted a pill formula saying: My younger brother, aged thirty-one, suffered from wind-stroke, bedridden for five years, unresponsive to hundreds of physicians. A Daoist named Zhong Zhen saw this affliction and said: Taking certain pills will surely cure him. The medicine grows in fertile soil, harvested in May, washed clean of dirt, leaves and branch tips selected, nine steamed and nine sun-dried, not too dry, just steamed through. Grind into powder, refine honey to form pills the size of wu zi. Take 20-30 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine or rice water. If symptoms worsen temporarily, do not worry. At 40 pills, recovery will occur. At 50 doses, robust health will return. Submitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau for detailed record. Zhang Yong, Prefect of Yizhou, also submitted a memorial: While renovating Longxing Temple, I unearthed a stele describing qi cultivation techniques and two medicinal formulas. Sent personnel to investigate and collect; the herb is unusual. Golden edges, purple lines, white roots, purple... growing opposite nodes, known in Shu as Fire... stems and leaves similar to Xanthium. Who would expect such extraordinary efficacy from such humble origins? After taking 100 doses, eyes became clear. After 1000 doses, beard and hair turned black, tendons and muscles became strong. Many efficacies. Luo Shouyi, Du Ya Ya of my prefecture, suffered from wind-stroke and fell from a horse, losing voice. Ten doses cured him immediately. Monk Zhi Yan, aged seventy, suffered from hemiplegia with facial deviation and salivation. Seven doses cured him. Now preparing 100 doses, dispatched official Shi Yuan...

Liu Zongyuan of Liuzhou compiled *Jiu Si San Fang* saying: In February of the twelfth year of Yuanhe, I contracted Hong Kong foot (podagra/gout). At midnight, qi blocked completely, a mass as large as a stone formed in the hypochondrium, near death, throat blocked, unconscious for three days, family weeping. Zheng Xunmei of Xingyang transmitted Fir Wood Soup (Shan Mu Tang). After half a meal time, three massive bowel movements occurred, qi flowed, mass dispersed. Use Fir Wood Nodes... Boil together to obtain... Fear others may unfortunately have...

Official Cui, previously in Zeluo, served as judge with Li Baozhen. Prime Minister Li was playing ball; a military officer struck back with his club, unable to stop in time, injuring Prime Minister Li's thumb and splitting the nail. Urgently sought wound medicine to wrap it, sat firmly demanding wine, drank several cups, exceeding limit, face turned bluer, enduring pain. A military clerk suggested breaking fresh green onions, baking in ash fire, peeling while hot, opening to reveal exudate, applying to injury, wrapping with exudate...

Donkey urine treats regurgitation (fan wei). *Waitai Miyao* records: In youth, I suffered this disease, vomiting cakes and porridge shortly after eating. In the Zhenguan era, Xu Fengyu brothers and Chai Jiang, renowned physicians, were ordered by decree to treat, exhausting their skills, yet failing. Gradually becoming emaciated, death imminent. Suddenly a guard said: ...will settle. Until... Too much, collect urine...

Ge Hong said: Gui Zhu (Ghost Transmission) is one of the Five Corpse Wasting diseases, accompanied by various evil spirits. Its manifestations vary from 36 to 99 types, generally causing chills, fever, dribbling, lethargy, unknown specific suffering, aversion everywhere. Accumulating over years, leading to debility and death, transmitting to others, even wiping out families. Those sensing such symptoms...
Urgently treat one donkey liver, dry in shade, grind to powder, take one fang cun bi with water, three times daily. Unknown if repeated. *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang* presents this miraculous formula.