冷尸者,由是身内尸虫与外邪相接引为病。发动亦心腹胀满刺痛,气急,但因触冷即发
,故谓之冷尸。
寒尸者,由身内尸虫与外邪相引接所成。发动亦令人心腹胀满刺痛。但以其至冬月感于
寒气则发,故谓之寒尸。
人有年命衰弱,至于丧死之处,而心意忽有所畏恶,其身内尸虫,性既忌恶,便更接引
外邪,共为疹病。其发亦心腹刺痛,胀满气急。但逢丧处,其病则发,故谓之丧尸。
人有触值死尸,或临尸,其尸气入腹内,与尸虫相接成病。其发亦心腹刺痛,胀满气急
。但闻尸气则发,故谓之尸气。
凡注之言住也,谓邪气居住人身内,故名为注。此由阴阳失守,经络空虚,风寒暑湿、
饮食劳倦之所致也。其伤寒不时发汗,或发汗不得真汗,三阳传于诸阴,入于五脏,不时除
瘥,留滞宿食;或冷热不调,邪气流注;或乍感生死之气;或卒犯鬼物之精,皆能成此病。
其变状多端,乃至三十六种,九十九种,而方不皆显其名也。
又有九种注∶一曰风注。皮肉掣振,或游易不定,一年之后,头发堕落,颈项掣痛,骨
立解鸣,两目疼,鼻中酸切,牙齿虫蚀。又云∶其病患欲得解头却巾,头痛,此名温风。病
人体热头痛,骨节厥强,此名汗风。或游肿在腹,或在手脚,此名柔风。或啖食眠卧汗出,
此名水风。或脑转肉裂,目中系痛,不欲闻人语声,此名大风。或不觉绝倒,口有白沫,此
名绝风。或被发狂走,打破人物,此名颠风。或叫呼骂詈,独语谈笑,此名狂风。或口噤面
戾,四肢不随,此名寄风。或体上生疮,眉毛堕落,此名纠风。或顽痹如蚝螫,或疮
或痒或痛,此名蚝风。或举身战动,或鼻塞,此名罩风。又云∶人死三年之外,魂神因作风
尘,着人成病,则名风注。
二曰寒注。心腹懊痛呕沫,二年之后,大便便血,吐逆青沫,心懊痛硬,腹满,腰
脊疼强痛。
三曰气注。走入神机,妄言,百日之后,体皮肿起,乍来乍去,一年之后,体满失颜色
,三年之后,变吐作虫,难治。
四曰生注。心胁痛,转移无常,三日之后,体中痛,移易牵掣,冲绞心胁,一年之后,
颜目赤,精泽青黑,二年之后,咳逆下痢,变作虫,难治。
五曰凉注。心下乍热乍寒,一年之后,四肢重,喜卧噫酢,体常浮肿,往来不时,皮肉
黑,羸瘦,生 ,目黄,爪甲及口唇青。
六曰酒注。体气动,热气从胸中上下,无处不痛,一年之后,四肢重,喜卧,喜哕噫酸
,体面浮肿,往来不时。
七曰食注。心下硬痛懊 彻背,一年之后,令人羸瘦虚肿,先从脚起,体肉变黑,
脐内时绞痛。
八曰水注。手脚起肿,百日之后,体肉变黄,发落,目失明,一年之后难治。三年身体
肿,水转盛,体生虫,死不可治。
九曰尸注。体痛牵掣非常,七日之后,体肉变白驳,咽喉内吞如有物,两胁里硬,
时痛。
凡欲知是注非注,取纸覆痛处,烧头发令焦,以簇纸上,若是注,发粘着纸,此注气引
之也。若非注,发即不着纸。
诊其注病,脉浮大可治,细而数难治。
《养生方》云∶诸湿食不见影,食之成卒注。
Cold Corpse Disease (Leng Shi) arises from the interaction between internal corpse worms (Shi Chong, parasitic entities associated with decay or miasma) and external pathogenic factors. Upon onset, it also causes abdominal distension, fullness, stabbing pain, and rapid breathing. Since it is triggered merely by contact with cold, it is termed Cold Corpse.
Cold Corpse Disease (Han Shi) is formed by the connection between internal corpse worms and external pathogens. Onset similarly induces abdominal distension, fullness, and stabbing pain in the heart region. However, because it manifests upon contracting cold qi during winter months, it is called Cold Corpse.
When a person’s life force is weak and they enter places of death and mourning, their mind may suddenly feel fear and aversion. The internal corpse worms, whose nature is inherently averse to such conditions, further attract external pathogens, jointly causing a rash-like disease (Zhen Bing). Its onset involves stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, distension, and rapid breathing. The illness flares up whenever one encounters a funeral site, hence it is called Corpse of Mourning (Sang Shi).
When individuals come into contact with dead bodies or stand near corpses, the miasma of the corpse enters the abdomen and connects with corpse worms to cause disease. Onset similarly presents with stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, distension, and rapid breathing. It flares up upon smelling the odor of a corpse, thus it is named Corpse Qi (Shi Qi).
The term "Zhù" (Infectious Disease/Stationing Disease) implies staying or lodging, referring to pathogenic qi residing within the human body. This condition results from the loss of yin-yang balance and emptiness of the meridians, caused by wind, cold, summer-heat, dampness, improper diet, and overexertion. For instance, if exterior syndrome due to cold damage is not properly induced to sweat, or if sweating fails to produce genuine perspiration, the pathogen may transmit from the Three Yang channels to the Yin channels, entering the Five Zang organs. If not cured promptly, residual food stagnation remains; or if cold and heat are unbalanced, pathogenic qi flows and lodges; or if one suddenly contracts the qi of life and death; or if one abruptly offends the essence of ghosts and spirits, all can result in this disease. The variations are numerous, ranging from thirty-six to ninety-nine types, though medical texts do not always explicitly name them.
There are nine types of Zhù:
1. Wind Zhù (Fēng Zhù): Muscle twitching and trembling, or wandering unpredictably. After one year, hair falls out, neck and nape suffer pulling pain, bones become emaciated with joint sounds, eyes ache, nose feels sour and cutting, and teeth are eaten by worms. Also stated: Patients desire to remove head coverings due to headache, named Warm Wind (Wēn Fēng). Patients with body heat and headache, stiff and rigid joints, named Sweat Wind (Hàn Fēng). Wandering swelling in the abdomen or limbs, named Soft Wind (Róu Fēng). Sweating during eating and sleeping, named Water Wind (Shuǐ Fēng). Dizziness and sensation of muscle tearing, pain in eye connections, aversion to hearing voices, named Great Wind (Dà Fēng). Sudden collapse without awareness, foaming at the mouth, named Severed Wind (Jué Fēng). Disheveled hair, manic running, breaking objects, named Topple Wind (Diān Fēng). Shouting, cursing, talking and laughing alone, named Wild Wind (Kuáng Fēng). Jaw locked, face distorted, limbs immobile, named Entrusted Wind (Jì Fēng). Sores on the body, eyebrows falling out, named Twisted Wind (Jiū Fēng). Stubborn numbness like a mussel sting, or sores, itching, or pain, named Mussel Wind (Háo Fēng). Whole-body trembling or nasal congestion, named Covered Wind (Zhào Fēng). Also stated: Three years after death, the soul transforms into wind and dust, attaching to people to cause disease, named Wind Zhù.
2. Cold Zhù (Hán Zhù): Abdominal discomfort and pain, vomiting froth. After two years, blood in stool, vomiting green froth, abdominal hardness and pain, distension, and stiff backache.
3. Qi Zhù (Qì Zhù): Pathogen enters the spirit mechanism, causing delirium. After 100 days, skin swells, symptoms come and go. After one year, complexion loses luster. After three years, vomiting produces worm-like substances, difficult to treat.
4. Living Zhù (Shēng Zhù): Pain in the heart and hypochondrium, shifting location. After three days, internal body pain, migrating and pulling, piercing the heart and hypochondrium. After one year, face and eyes turn red, essence luster turns dark blue-black. After two years, cough, regurgitation, and dysentery occur, transforming into worms, difficult to treat.
5. Cool Zhù (Liáng Zhù): Alternating hot and cold sensations below the heart. After one year, heavy limbs, preference for lying down and belching with sour taste, frequent edema, dark skin and muscles, emaciation, development of skin lesions, yellow eyes, and cyanosis of nails and lips.
6. Wine Zhù (Jiǔ Zhù): Restless body qi, hot qi moving up and down from the chest, pain everywhere. After one year, heavy limbs, preference for lying down, hiccups, and sour belching, facial and bodily edema, intermittent symptoms.
7. Food Zhù (Shí Zhù): Hard and painful epigastrium with distress radiating to the back. After one year, emaciation and vacuous swelling starting from the feet, blackening of flesh, and colicky pain inside the umbilicus.
8. Water Zhù (Shuǐ Zhù): Swelling of hands and feet. After 100 days, flesh turns yellow, hair falls, blindness occurs. Difficult to treat after one year. After three years, severe whole-body edema, excessive water accumulation, generation of worms in the body, leading to untreatable death.
9. Corpse Zhù (Shī Zhù): Unusual pulling pain in the body. After seven days, white patches appear on the flesh, sensation of a foreign object in swallowing within the throat, hardness in the hypochondrium with intermittent pain.
To distinguish Zhù disease from others, place paper over the painful area, burn hair until charred, and press it onto the paper. If it is Zhù, the hair will stick to the paper due to the attraction of Zhù qi. If not, it will not stick.
Diagnosing Zhù disease: A floating and large pulse indicates ease of treatment; a fine and rapid pulse indicates difficulty.
The *Yangsheng Fang* states: Foods affected by dampness that cast no shadow, if consumed, cause sudden Zhù disease.