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【主治】坐马痈，烧灰敷之（时珍）。凡人逃走，取其发于纬车上逆转之，则迷乱不知
所
（《拾遗》）
【主治】失音不语，病吃者，刺手心令痛即语。男左女右（藏器）。
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【主治】转胞，小便不通，烧灰水服。（时珍。《千金方》）。
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【主治】肠痈已成，取少许烧灰，酒服，当作孔出脓血愈（思邈）。
（《拾遗》）
【释名】栉。
时珍曰∶刘熙《释名》云∶梳，其齿疏通也。篦，其齿细密相比也。栉，其齿连节也。
赫连氏始作之。
【主治】虱病，煮汁服之。虱病是活虱入腹为病如症瘕者（藏器）。主小便淋沥，乳汁
不通，霍乱转筋，噎塞（时珍）。
【附方】新八。
啮虱成症∶山野人好啮虱，在腹生长为虱症。用败梳、败篦各一枚，各破作两分。以一
分
霍乱转筋∶入腹痛。用败木梳一枚烧灰，酒服，永瘥。（《千金方》）
噎塞不通∶寡妇木梳一枚烧灰，煎锁匙汤调下二钱。（《生生编》）
小便淋痛∶多年木梳烧存性，空心冷水服。男用女，女用男。（《救急方》）
发哽咽中∶旧木梳烧灰，酒服之。（《集玄方》）
乳汁不行∶内服通乳药。外用木梳梳乳，周回百余遍，即通。（《儒门事亲方》）
犬咬伤∶故梳一枚（锉），韭根一两（切），水二升，煮一升，顿服。（《外台秘要》）
蜂虿叮螫∶油木梳炙热，熨之。（《救急方》）
(From *Bencao Gangmu*)
[Indications] Treats horseback riding-induced carbuncles (boils); burn to ash and apply externally (Shizhen). When a person flees, taking a comb from a weaver's shuttle and rotating it reversely on the loom causes the person to become confused and disoriented.
(From *Bencao Shiyi*)
[Indications] Treats aphonia (loss of voice) and hiccups; prick the palm until painful to restore speech. For males, use the left hand; for females, the right hand (Cangqi).
(From *Bencao Gangmu*)
[Indications] Treats zhuanbao (cystocele or urinary retention due to bladder compression); burn to ash and take with water. (Shizhen, citing *Qianjin Fang*).
(From *Bencao Gangmu*)
[Indications] For intestinal abscess (changyong) that has already formed; take a small amount, burn to ash, and take with wine. Pus and blood will be discharged from the anus, leading to recovery (Simiao).
(From *Bencao Shiyi*)
[Names] Zhi (comb and hairpick).
Shizhen says: Liu Xi in *Shiming* states: "Shu" (comb) refers to its sparse and open teeth; "Bi" (hairpick) refers to its fine and closely packed teeth; "Zhi" is the general term where the teeth are connected to the handle. Helian Shi was the first to make them.
[Indications] Treats pediculosis (lice disease); boil the juice and ingest it. The so-called lice disease occurs when live lice enter the abdomen and cause illness resembling zhengjia (abdominal masses) (Cangqi). It also treats strangury (linli), milk stasis (galactorrhea obstruction), cholera with muscle cramps (huoluan zhuanjin), and dysphagia (yesai) (Shizhen).
[Attached Prescriptions] Eight new prescriptions.
Lice-bitten forming a mass: People in mountainous areas like to bite lice, which grow in the abdomen forming a "lice mass." Use one broken comb and one broken hairpick, each split into two halves. Take one half... [Text appears incomplete here in source].
Cholera with muscle cramps: Patient suffers from abdominal pain. Burn one broken wooden comb to ash, take with wine, and it will be permanently cured. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Dysphagia obstruction: Burn one wooden comb used by a widow to ash, mix with two qian of decocted spoon-water (liquid boiled with iron spoons), and take orally. (*Shengsheng Bian*)
Strangury with pain: Burn an old wooden comb until it retains its nature (charred but not fully carbonized), take on an empty stomach with cold water. Males use a female's comb, females use a male's comb. (*Jiuji Fang*)
Hair stuck in throat: Burn an old wooden comb to ash, take with wine. (*Jixuan Fang*)
Milk flow obstruction: Internally administer galactagogues. Externally, comb the breast area with a wooden comb over a hundred times around the circumference, and milk flow will resume. (*Rumen Shiqin Fang*)
Dog bite: One old comb (chopped), one liang of leek roots (chopped), two sheng of water, boil down to one sheng, and take at once. (*Waitai Miyao*)
Bee or scorpion sting: Heat an oil-treated wooden comb and apply as a hot compress. (*Jiuji Fang*)