用双红纸卷好指甲,烧灰存性,研末。
又法,将指甲入无名异中同炒,至指甲松脆,去无名异,研用。
将 砂研至无声,水飞过,醋煮干,如霜用,然 砂能烂五金,化人心为血,细阅本草
,消食破瘀滞 瘕,不可多服。
须五月间,取活蝼蛄一个,将抱退鸡子软白皮裹,入大蛤蟆口内,草缚泥固, 过取出
,研末听用。
又法,将蝼蛄置瓦上, 存性,不用大蛤蟆,亦可。
将食盐入清水中,烊尽去泥脚,取水煎炼,再倾罐内,炭火 透,白如霜者佳,留久听
用。
专治急喉风,痰涌气逆,吹之立效。
真西黄 珍珠 当门子(各一钱) 辰砂(四钱) 枪硝(一两五钱,即牙硝) 月石(五钱) 僵蚕(一
钱) 雄精(二钱) 人中黄(一钱)
九味各研细末,瓷瓶收储,勿泄气。如遇急喉风,痰声辘辘,呼吸气促者,急吹此丹二
三管
之,其症必痰潮上涌,气短欲绝。有初起寒热,至三四日后发者,有一二日发者,有朝发夕
死,夕发旦死者,总以痰涌气促为的候。如见此症,急用此丹,景华亲试之,果验。或用臭
花娘根,打汁灌之,亦妙。修园附刻急救方,有一方与此相类,其可异处,亦用枪硝一两五
专治烂喉痧。
辰砂(二钱) 元寸 西黄 月石(各三分) 琥珀(五分) 珍珠 元明粉(各二分) 冰片(一钱) 皂
荚(五
分,此味肉灰可疑,未知何等肉灰,姑存之)
Roll the fingernails well with double-red paper, burn them to charcoal while preserving their medicinal properties (burning to ash but retaining efficacy), and grind into powder.
Another method: stir-fry the fingernails with Hematite (Wumingyi) until the nails become brittle, remove the Hematite, and grind for use.
Grind Cinnabar (Shasha) until no sound is heard, process by water levigation (water flying), boil dry with vinegar, and use as if it were frost. However, Cinnabar can corrode metals and transform the human heart into blood; carefully consulting materia medica, Cinnabar can aid digestion and break up blood stasis and masses (zheng jia). It should not be taken in large doses.
In May, take one live mole cricket (Lougu), wrap it in the soft white membrane of a hen's egg that has just hatched chicks, place it inside the mouth of a large toad, bind tightly with grass, seal with mud, leave for a period, then take out, grind into powder, and set aside for use.
Another method: place the mole cricket on a tile, preserve its medicinal property by mild heating, without using the large toad, which is also acceptable.
Put table salt into clear water, dissolve completely, remove sediment, take the supernatant liquid, and refine by boiling. Pour back into a jar, heat thoroughly over charcoal fire. The best result is white like frost. Store for long-term use.
Specially treats acute throat wind (Ji Hou Feng), characterized by surging phlegm and rebellious qi. Blowing the powder into the throat yields immediate effect.
True Tibetan Musk (Zhen Xihuang), Pearl (Zhenzhu), Portulaca Seed/Dangmenzi (Dangmenzi) (each 1 qian), Cinnabar (Chensha) (4 qian), Saltpeter/Sodium Nitrate (Qiangxiao, i.e., Yaxiao) (1 liang 5 qian), Rock Crystal/Alum (Yueshi) (5 qian), Silkworm/Gangcan (Gangcan) (1 qian), Realgar/Xiongjing (Xiongjing), Human Waste Yellow/Ren Zhonghuang (Ren Zhonghuang) (1 qian).
Grind each of the nine ingredients into fine powder, store in a porcelain bottle, preventing leakage of air. When encountering acute throat wind, with rattling phlegm sounds and rapid breathing, urgently blow two or three tubes of this pill/powder. The symptoms will likely manifest as surging phlegm and shortness of breath approaching death. Some cases begin with chills and fever, appearing after three or four days, or within one or two days. Some appear in the morning and cause death by evening, or appear in the evening and cause death by morning. In all cases, surging phlegm and rapid breathing are the definitive signs. Upon seeing these symptoms, urgently use this pill/powder. Jinghua personally tested it, and it was indeed effective. Alternatively, crush the root of Chouhuaniang (Stink Flower Lady Root), extract the juice, and administer orally, which is also excellent. Xiuyuan's appended emergency prescription includes a formula similar to this, differing mainly in the use of 1 liang 5 qian of Saltpeter.
Specially treats rotting throat sand (Lan Hou Sha, a type of scarlet fever-like illness).
Cinnabar (Chensha) (2 qian), Yuan Cun (likely referring to Musk or similar precious substance), Western Musk (Xihuang), Rock Crystal/Alum (Yueshi) (each 3 fen), Amber (Hupo) (5 fen), Pearl (Zhenzhu), Mirabilite/Yuanmingfen (Yuanmingfen) (each 2 fen), Borneol (Bingpian) (1 qian), Soap Pod (Zaojia) (5 fen, noting that "meat ash" here is suspicious and unknown, so retained tentatively).