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Elixir for Treating Jaundice: Decoct Yinchen Cao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba) into a thick decoction. It is advisable to drink it several times a day. One must avoid greasy, fishy, and meat foods, as well as salt; consuming bland food will lead to recovery.

Formula for Treating Jaundice:
Male Crucian Carp (one fish, remove head and bones, use only two pieces of back meat) Hu Jiao (Black Pepper Fruit, one grain per year of age up to ten grains, ground into fine powder) She Xiang (Moschus) (3 fen)
Pound the first two ingredients together until smooth. Add She Xiang separately; do not pound it with the others to prevent it from sticking to the mortar. Fill a clam shell with this mixture and apply it over the patient's umbilicus, securing it with silk cloth.

Good Formula for Treating He Bai:
Mix Zhi Zi Huang (Gardeniae Fructus) with Ji Zi Bai (Ovi Albumen) and Fei Mian (sifted flour), pound into a paste, and apply to the umbilicus. Additionally, decoct Yin Chen Cao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba), Tong Cao (Tetrapanacis Medulla), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), and Deng Cao (Junci Medulla) in water for oral administration. This is named [Name missing in original text].

Emergency Formula for Heatstroke Causing Dizziness, Oppression, and Near-Death State:
Take dry soil from fields and form a ring around the patient's abdomen. Have a young, strong person urinate into the center of the ring at the umbilicus. The patient will revive within moments. After revival, [content missing].
Another method:
Dig a pit three chi deep, draw fresh well water, pour it into the pit, stir, and drink several bowls. Recovery will follow.
Method for Treating Heatstroke: Take a handful of Da Suan (Allii Sativi Bulbus), pound it thoroughly with fresh yellow earth, mix with fresh well water, filter out the dregs, and administer via enema or drinking to save life. For all cases of heatstroke and summerheat injury, [content missing].

Divine Formula for Summerheat Injury Complicated by Cholera Morbus:
Si Gua Ye (Luffae Folium) (one leaf) Bai Shuang Mei Rou (White Frost Plum Flesh) (one plum, including the kernel)
Pound these together until extremely smooth. Mix with fresh well water and ingest. Recovery occurs immediately upon entry into the mouth. Do not drink hot soup immediately afterwards.
Another method:
Crush Bian Dou Ye (Dolichoris Lablabis Folium) to extract one bowl of juice. Drink it for immediate recovery.

Formula for Acute Cholera Morbus with Vomiting and Diarrhea due to Summerheat Injury:
Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) Huo Xiang (Agastaches Herba) (each 5 qian)
Decoct these in two cups of clarified well water until one cup remains. Ingest for immediate recovery.

Emergency Formula for Critical Symptoms of Cholera Morbus with Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Muscle Cramps:
Regardless of whether it involves muscle cramping (Zhuan Jin), have the patient lie supine. Dip hands in warm water and gently but rapidly slap the area below the knees and inside the wrists until purple-red veins appear. Then prick the veins with the edge of a porcelain shard to release blood.

Decoction for Dry Cholera Morbus: Characterized by inability to vomit or defecate, cold sweat on the body, and imminent danger.
Shi Yan (Halitum) (1 liang) Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) (5 qian, sliced)
Stir-fry together until the color changes. Decoct in one large bowl of water and ingest. Recovery occurs after vomiting. Do not take it hot. After recovery, do not eat solid food immediately; wait until extreme hunger before eating.

Formula for Dry Cholera Morbus: Only abdominal pain is present, with unbearable colicky pain. Do not take any medicine or hot water/soup; ingestion leads to death.
Take one bowl of cold water, mix with 2-3 qian of Shi Yan (Halitum), and ingest. If vomiting occurs, take more. Frequent vomiting disperses the pathogenic factor, leading to recovery.