（即鬼疰。）
薛立斋治锦衣杨汞兴，举家避眚，有仆沉醉失避，既而神思昏昧，遍身青伤，令煎金银藤汤，灌之即愈。
一妇人忽昏愦，发谵语，自云为前谋赖某人银两，某神责我，将你起解到城隍理问。两脚踝膝肾处皆青肿，
痛不可忍，口称苦楚。次日方苏，痛尚不止。用金银藤两余，水煎服即愈。
一妇人入古墓，患前症，以紫金锭灌之即苏。通政余子华太常汪用之，皆因往吊而卒死丧家。（雄按∶
余治邵氏子、屠氏女，皆以送殡患此，并以苏合丸愈之。）
谢士泰《删繁方》治尸疰，或见尸，或闻哭声者，取死人席弃路上者，一虎口长三寸，水三升，煮一升，
服立效。按此即用死人枕之遗意也。（《本草纲目》。）
庚申予家一妇人，梦中见二苍头，一前一后，手中持一物，前者云∶到也未？后应云∶到也。击下爆然有
声，遂魇，觉后心一点痛不可忍，昏闷一时许。予忽忆神精丹有此一症，取三粒，令服之，少顷已无病矣。云
服药觉痛止神醒，今如常矣。日后相识，稍有邪气，与一二服，无不应验。方在《千金》中，乃治中风之要药。
但近世少曾青磁石，为难合耳。（《医学纲目》。）
窦材治一妇人，因心气不足，夜夜有少年人附着其体。诊之，六脉皆无病。令灸上脘穴五十壮，至夜鬼来
离床五尺不能近。服姜附汤、镇心丹，五日而愈。
一贵人妻为鬼所着，百法不效。有一法师，书天医符奏玉帝，亦不效。窦令服睡圣散三钱，灸巨阙穴五
十壮，又灸石门穴三百壮。至二百壮，病患开眼如故，服姜附汤、镇心丹而愈。
一妇人病虚劳，真气将脱，为鬼所着，窦用大艾火灸关元，彼难忍痛。乃令服睡圣散三钱，复灸至一百五
十壮而醒。又服又灸，至三百壮，鬼邪去，劳病亦瘥。
越民高十二歉岁无食，挈妻儿至德清， 妻于秀州仓德李深家为乳媪。高得钱还越而死。李仆许八随直在
秀，以官归德清。及再来之日，媪患恍惚谵语，作厥夫声，责骂故妻，不为资荐。李问何以得至此？曰∶我随
许仆船便，是以得来。李命巫遂，未至。谩烧苍术烟熏燎，鬼遽云∶我怕烟气，不敢更留。遂无语，媪病亦瘥。
今人冲恶者，必 术，盖邪鬼所畏也。（《类编》出《医说》。）
李行简外甥女适葛氏而寡，次嫁朱训，忽得疾如中风状。山人曹居白视之，曰∶此邪病也。乃出针刺其足
肿上二寸许，至一茶久，妇人醒曰∶疾平矣。始言每疾作时，梦故夫引行山林中。今早梦如前，而故夫为棘刺
刺足胫间，不可脱，惶惶宛转，乘间乃得归。曹笑曰∶适所刺者，八邪穴也。（《脞说》。）
(Also known as Gui Zhu disease.)
Xue Lizhai treated Yang Gongxing of the Jin Yi Wei (Embroidered Uniform Guard). The entire family was avoiding a disaster, but one servant failed to take shelter due to drunkenness. Soon after, the servant's mental state became confused and dull, with blue bruises covering his whole body. Xue Lizhai ordered decoction of Lonicerae Japonicae Herba (Jinyin Teng) soup, which cured him immediately upon administration.
Another woman suddenly fell into a coma, speaking deliriously. She claimed that because she had previously plotted to default on a debt to someone, a deity blamed her and was having her arrested and taken to the City God Temple for interrogation. Her ankles, knees, and kidney areas were all swollen and bruised blue; the pain was unbearable, and she cried out in agony. She regained consciousness the next day, but the pain persisted. Xue Lizhai prescribed over one tael of Lonicerae Japonicae Herba (Jinyin Teng), decocted in water. She recovered immediately after taking it.
A woman who entered an ancient tomb suffered from the aforementioned symptoms. She was revived immediately after being administered Zijin Ding (Purple Gold Pill). Yu Zihua, Commissioner of Communications, and Wang Yongzhi, Grand Secretary of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, both died while attending funerals at mourning households. (Note by Xiong: I treated the son of the Shao family and the daughter of the Tu family, who both contracted this illness while attending funerals, and cured them both with Suhexiang Wan (Styrax Pill).)
Xie Shitai’s *Shanfan Fang* treats Shi Zhu (Corpse Transmission) characterized by seeing corpses or hearing crying sounds. It prescribes taking discarded mats belonging to the dead found on roadsides. Cut a piece three cun long (approximately the width of a tiger's mouth), boil in three sheng of water until reduced to one sheng, and administer orally for immediate effect. Note: This follows the tradition of using "dead man's pillows." (From *Bencao Gangmu* / Compendium of Materia Medica.)
In the Gengshen year, a woman in my household dreamed of two dark-skinned servants, one ahead and one behind, holding an object. The front one asked, "Have you arrived?" The back one replied, "Yes." Then a blow struck with a cracking sound, causing her to be pinned down by a nightmare (Ya Mo). Upon waking, she felt sharp, unbearable pain at a specific point in her heart region and remained faint and dizzy for about an hour. I suddenly recalled that Shenjing Dan (Divine Spirit Pill) treats this specific symptom. I took three pills and had her ingest them. After a short while, she was free of illness. She reported that after taking the medicine, the pain stopped and her spirit cleared, returning to normal. In subsequent years, if acquaintances showed slight signs of evil qi invasion, administering one or two doses proved invariably effective. This formula is found in *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) and is a key remedy for wind-stroke. However, in recent times, Cengqing (Azurite) and Citrigyri Magnetitum (Magnetite) are scarce, making preparation difficult. (From *Yixue Gangmu* / Outline of Medical Knowledge.)
Dou Cai treated a woman whose Heart Qi was deficient, causing young men to attach to her body every night. Pulse diagnosis revealed no abnormalities in the six pulses. Dou Cai ordered moxibustion on the Shangwan (CV13) acupoint, fifty moxa cones. At night, when the ghosts came, they could not approach within five chi of the bed. She then took Jiangfu Tang (Ginger and Aconite Decoction) and Zhenshen Dan (Heart-Calming Pill) and recovered in five days.
The wife of a nobleman was possessed by a ghost; various methods failed. A Daoist priest wrote a Tianyi Fu (Heavenly Physician Talisman) and presented it to the Jade Emperor, but it also failed. Dou Cai ordered her to take Shuisheng San (Sleeping Sage Powder), three qian, followed by moxibustion on the Jueque (CV14) acupoint, fifty cones, and further moxibustion on the Shimen (CV5) acupoint, three hundred cones. By the time two hundred cones were applied, the patient opened her eyes normally. She then took Jiangfu Tang and Zhenshen Dan and recovered.
A woman suffering from Xu Lao (Deficiency Consumption) had her True Qi nearly depleted and was possessed by a ghost. Dou Cai used large moxa fires on the Guanyuan (CV4) acupoint. The patient found the pain intolerable. Therefore, he had her first take Shuisheng San, three qian, before continuing moxibustion up to one hundred and fifty cones, after which she woke up. Through repeated administration and moxibustion, totaling three hundred cones, the evil spirits departed, and the consumption disease improved.
Gao Shier, a commoner from Yue, lacking food due to poor harvests, brought his wife and children to Deqing. His wife worked as a wet nurse in the household of Li Shen in Xiuzhou Cangde. Gao Shier received money and returned to Yue, where he died. Li's servant, Xu Ba, was traveling in Xiuzhou and later returned to Deqing via an official boat. When Li Shen visited again, the wet nurse exhibited trance-like states and delirious speech, imitating her deceased husband's voice, scolding her late self for not providing spiritual offerings for her husband. Li Shen asked how she came to be in this state. She said, "I came back conveniently following Servant Xu's boat." Li Shen summoned a shaman, but before he arrived, they casually burned Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu) smoke to fumigate. The ghost hastily said, "I fear the smoke and dare not stay," and then fell silent. The wet nurse's illness also subsided. Nowadays, when people encounter malignant influences, they must use Cangzhu, as it is feared by evil ghosts. (From *Leibian*, citing *Yishuo*.)
Li Xingjian's niece, widowed from the Ge family, remarried Zhu Xun. She suddenly fell ill with symptoms resembling wind-stroke. The recluse Cao Jubai examined her and said, "This is an evil disease." He then used acupuncture needles to prick approximately two cun above the swelling on her foot. After the duration of brewing a cup of tea, the woman woke up and said, "The illness has ceased." She explained that whenever the illness occurred, she dreamed of her deceased husband leading her through forests. That morning, the dream recurred, but her deceased husband was pricked by thorns between his calves and could not escape. Panicking and tossing about, he managed to return. Cao Jubai smiled and said, "The acupoint I just needled was Baxie (EX-LE5)." (From *Suoshuo*.)