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[Treatment for Vomiting, Purple Powder Pill] Take Zhen Sha (Magnetite) and soak it in vinegar overnight. Discard the vinegar, then stir-fry it with the remaining vinegar until the clay pot (Yao Zi) turns red and no smoke rises, then stop. After cooling, grind it finely. Mix with vinegar to form a dough, burn it in fire until it turns red-hot, take it out, let it cool, and grind it again to an extremely fine powder. Make pills with paste, sized like sophora seeds. Take 40 pills per dose, swallowed with rice gruel broth. After taking, drink about one cup of rice gruel; vomiting will cease. If not stabilized, take another dose. For children, make smaller pills and adjust the dosage according to the child's age and size; the effect is miraculous. There are various causes of vomiting; *Liang Fang* contains several methods that have been repeatedly verified as effective, which can be consulted and used.

[Formula] Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 5 qian), Xin Pi (Arsenic Trioxide, slightly more than 0.5 qian), Ba Dou (Croton Seed, 7 seeds, use the oil-free residue/rub), Yan Zhi (Rouge, 1 qian).
Add a small amount of melted wax and one or two drops of oil to the above ingredients, mix into pills, and wrap them in oiled paper. Adult pills are sized like mung beans; pediatric pills are sized like mustard seeds. Administer one pill with warm strong decoction of Sophora flower and Licorice root. Avoid hot food. Half an hour later, this medicine treats human vomiting; only one dose is usually required. Often give people one pill; occasionally when two people are sick, treat them separately. [This method is for] treating vomiting and regurgitation where even gruel and medicine cannot be taken down.

[Another Method] Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterus Dung) mixed with Dog Bile to form pills, sized like Chinese chestnuts. Take one pill per dose. Grind the pill in hot Ginger Wine, then steam over boiling water until extremely hot. First, cook half a sheng of warm rice gruel, hold it in hand, and have the patient drink it all at once while the medicine is hot, then follow immediately with the gruel.

[Treatment for Mouth Ulcers and Toothache] Huang Bo (Phellodendron Bark, 0.5 liang), Luo Zi Dai (Indigo Naturalis/Lapis Lazuli Pigment, 2 qian).
Grind the above two ingredients together until they resemble the color of jasper. Before going to bed, place a "yi" (a traditional measure approx. 0.3-0.5g) of powder under the root of the tongue. Swallowing saliva is permissible. By dawn, the illness will heal. Those suffering from mouth ulcers must not lose sleep. If one night is lost to insomnia, depending on whether the lesion is on the left or right side, locate the point slightly behind the shoulder tip near the posterior bone seam. Raise the arm slightly to find the depression between the bones. Moxibustion with five moxa cones should be applied. I have personally witnessed several people cured by this method. After moxibustion, there is severe pain in the neck which subsides after a long time, and the condition never recurs. My relative suffered from toothache; all other treatments failed, but this moxibustion method cured him.

[Blackening Hair Formula] The fat/grease produced in Zhending is considered superior. Place it in a fine cloth bag and boil in rolling water. Scoop out the grease that floats on the surface using a new bamboo sieve/strainer and immerse it in fresh water. Any grease that does not float after prolonged boiling should be discarded. Add raw Bai Fu Ling (Poria Cocos) powder. Do not process specially; simply peel off the skin, crush, and sift into a fine powder. Mix well. Every morning, take three "qian bi" (approx. 3 grams) and place it in the mouth. Stir and rinse with a little warm cooked water. Then brush teeth carefully with fingers as usual. Finally, swallow with warm water and spit out the rinsing water as normal. It can...