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[Names] Straw sandals (Bencao Gangmu), Qiao (pronounced qiāo), Bu Jie (Bencao Gangmu), Thousand-li Horse.
Li Shizhen stated: It is said in the world that the ministers of the Yellow Emperor first made "ju" (footwear), which are now straw sandals. Liu Xi's *Shiming* states: "Ju" means to restrain, used to secure the foot. "Qiao" means agile; wearing them makes one's steps light and nimble. "Bu Jie" means cheap and easy to obtain, not needing to be borrowed from others.

[Indications] Burn broken straw sandals mixed with human hair to ash, mix with vinegar, and apply to pediatric swelling caused by heat-toxin wandering (Chen Cangqi). Used for inducing labor and treating cholera (Li Shizhen).

[Prescriptions] Five new prescriptions.
Inducing labor in parturient women: Take one broken straw sandal from the roadside, wash it clean, burn it to ash, and take two qian with wine. If the left foot emerges first, it is a boy; if the right foot emerges first, it is a girl; if it is breech presentation, the infant will die.
Cholera with vomiting and diarrhea: An emergency prescription for travel or home use: Take a broken straw sandal from the roadside, remove both ends, wash three to four times, decoct in water to make one bowl of soup, boil and drink it, and it will cure immediately. (*Shi Hai Shan Wen*)
Body-wide bone pain: Burn broken straw sandals to ash, mix with sesame oil, and apply to the painful area; pain stops immediately. (*Jiuji Fang*)
Foot swelling from walking, injured by stepping on stones: Soak straw sandals in a urine vat for half a day. Heat a brick until red-hot, place the sandal on the brick, and step on it with the foot to make it hot.
Ulcerated sores: The poem from *Hai Shang Fang* says: "Pick up the left straw sandal with a stick, wash it in water, and burn it in fire. Grind finely into powder, add Calomel (Qingfen), wash the affected area with salt water, and apply; it will disappear."

(From *Bielu*, Lower Grade)
[Names] Wooden clogs.
Li Shizhen stated: "Ji" refers to wooden clogs with teeth on the sole; those fitted with iron teeth are called "Ju" (pronounced jú). Liu Xi's *Shiming* states: "Ji" means support, used to support the foot when treading on mud.
Records state: Another version's annotation says: "Ji Ti," in Jiangnan, the bottom is made of paulownia wood, the upper part woven from rush grass, with hemp strings passing through the nose holes; people in Jiangbei do not recognize this item. Only those that have been worn for a long time until broken and rotten can be used as medicine.

[Indications] Sensation of obstruction in the throat, heart pain, chest fullness, burn to ash and take with water (*Tang Bencao*).

[Prescriptions] One old prescription, five new prescriptions.
Difficult labor in women: Take the nose string of a broken straw sandal from the roadside, burn to ash, and take with wine. (*Jixuan Fang*)
Nocturnal enuresis: Take seven liang of the straps and nose root of hemp shoes (excluding the sole only), decoct in seven sheng of water until reduced to two sheng, divide into two doses. (*Waitai Miyao*)
Corpse-possession sore throat with itching, inability to speak: Burn shoe nose strings to ash, take with water. (Ge Hong, *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*)
Angular cheilitis (Swallow-mouth lip sores): Take the tail of a wooden clog, roast it in fire until hot, use it to press against both corners of the mouth, rubbing each corner fourteen times. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Pediatric head sores: Burn straw sandal nose strings to ash, mix with sesame oil, and apply. (*Shengji Lu*)
Tinea pedis/manuum: Burn old shoe laces to ash, apply. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Sores from fox urine irritation: Take hemp shoe straps the size of a jujube pit, a piece of women's underwear (with blood stains) the size of a hand, and fourteen hooked thorn needles, burn and grind together into powder. Use...