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Treatment for hematemesis and consumptive disease:
Longan aril (7 pieces), Red dates (14 pieces), Lotus seeds (21 pieces), Small black soybeans (49 grains).
Add two bowls of water, decoct to one bowl. Take on an empty stomach in the morning. It is best to consume the fruit pulp as well.
For consumptive cough with hematemesis, lung abscess (Fei Yong) or lung atrophy (Fei Wei) presenting with expectoration of pus and blood in a critical condition, this prescription brings about immediate recovery.
Take the fine roots of Zizania latifolia (Jiaobai), approximately three to four liang, crush them, boil in genuine aged wine, and squeeze out the juice. Take once or twice daily. Recovery occurs within ten to twenty days.
For hemoptysis, hematemesis, and chronic cough due to consumption that does not cease:
Take sixty Sydney [Note: Likely a textual variant or specific local herb name, retained as per source], extract twenty cups of juice; extract ten cups each from Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix), Maogen (Imperatae Rhizoma), and Ou (Nelumbinis Rhizoma); extract five cups each from Luobo (Raphani Fructus) and Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix). Decoct and concentrate these six juices,
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Treatment for alcoholic consumption with hematemesis:
Use Jiju Zi (Callicarpos fructus) one liang, add two zhong of water, decoct to one zhong. Take at any time. Decoct the dregs again and take. Continue for dozens of days until cured.

Prescription for night sweats:
Lotus seeds (7 grains), Black dates (7 pieces), Floating wheat (Yi He), Ma liao dou (Glycine max var. ussuriensis).
Use one large bowl of water, decoct to eight-tenths full. Take three doses for recovery.
Another method:
Huang [Text incomplete, likely Huang Qi or similar] and Ma liao dou, decoct and take. Recovery in half a month.
Yet another:
Remove insects from Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis), grind into powder, dry by roasting. For men, mix with female saliva; for women, mix with male saliva. Form a thick paste, fill into the umbilicus, and cover with an old plaster externally. Do not allow leakage.
Antihidrosis prescription:
Black soybeans (3 qian), Floating wheat (1 qian), Dark plum (1 piece).
Decoct in water and take.

Miraculous and effective prescription for phlegm-cough and various deficiencies:
Ou juice, Pear juice, Radish juice, Human milk, Ginger juice, White sugar, Brown sugar, Tong Bian (Child's urine) (each 4 liang).
Place the eight ingredients in a porcelain bottle, simmer over charcoal fire until only one jin remains. Take 4 qian daily on an empty stomach with plain boiling water. Complete course leads to cure.
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Repeatedly effective prescription for pediatric stridor/cough and adult cough:
Kua Dong Hua (Descurainiae Herba) (3 qian), Crystal sugar (5 qian).
Place both ingredients in a teapot, steep in hot water, and drink as tea. Gradual recovery will occur naturally.
Treatment for pediatric Tian Xiao (severe asthma/laryngitis), all wind-dampness, dryness-heat causing cough, phlegm, and wheezing, also treating adults:
Hai Fu Shi (Pumex) (purified powder, 4 qian), Fei Hua Shi (Talcum) (purified powder, 4 qian), Tian Xing Ren (Prunus armeniaca seed) (purified powder, 4 qian), Bo He (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) (purified powder, 4 qian).
Grind into extremely fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, washed down with decoction of Bai Bu (Stemonae Radix).
For symptoms of bone-steaming fever and continuous hematemesis due to phlegm-fire, severe cases recover after ten or eight doses:
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Tian Dong (Asparagi Radix), Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix) (remove hearts, each 1.5 qian), Fu Ling (Poria) (0.5 qian), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen) (remove skin and tips, 2 kernels), Hong Zao (Ziziphi Jujubae Fructus) (remove heart, 2 pieces).
Crush the aforementioned herbs, place inside a pear, replace the pear lid, seal tightly with cotton paper, and steam thoroughly over rice. Consume the medicinal contents during the day, and eat the steamed pear before retiring.
Prescription for phlegm-fire: For cough with expectoration and redness of face and nose, one dose brings cure.
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis) (water-ground to extreme fineness, dried, ground again, use 3-4 qian), Ge Fen (Dinoflagellate Shell Powder) (3 qian).
Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of a finger joint. Hold three pills in the mouth before sleep. The effect is miraculous.
"Divine Water" prescription for phlegm-fire: Also known as Xuan Shuang.
One jin of Black Lead (Galena), melt into a thin cake, pierce a hole in the center, tie with a rope. Prepare half a jar of good rice vinegar. Suspend the lead cake in the vinegar jar, leaving it [distance missing] above/below the vinegar surface.
Prescription for phlegm-fire:
Fifty leaves of Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf), remove hairs completely. Add fifty cups of water, decoct to five or six cups, then double-boil to three or four cups. Take three teaspoons of medicine per dose, with honey [mix/take].
For elderly patients with upper jiao qi rebellion causing shortness of breath and inability to lie flat due to cough:
Five liang of Ginger Juice, four liang of Black Sugar. Decoct in water for twenty boils. Take half a spoonful occasionally, swallowing slowly.
Treatment for wheezing/asthma:
One Gua Lou (Trichosanthis Fructus), one piece of Ming Fan (Alumen) the size of a date. Roast together until carbonized but retaining nature, grind into powder. Dip cooked radish in the powder and eat. Disease resolves when the medicine is finished.