治凡所食不消方。
取其余类烧作末,酒服方寸匕,便吐去宿食,即瘥。(《外台》卷十二)
治宿食不消,大便难,练中丸方。
大黄(八两) 葶苈 杏仁(去皮尖) 芒硝(各四两)
上四味,捣筛,蜜和丸如梧子,服七丸,日三。不知稍加至十丸。(《外台》卷十二)
治症坚,心下大如杯,食则腹满,心腹绞痛方。
葶苈(二两) 大黄(二两) 泽漆(四两洗)
上三味,捣筛,蜜和,捣千杵,服如梧子二丸,日三。不知稍加。(《外台》卷十二)
治心腹宿症,及卒得症方。
取雄鸡一头,饲之令肥,肥后饿二日,以好赤朱泄饭,极令朱多以饲鸡,安鸡着板上取
粪燥末,温清酒服五分匕,可至方寸匕,日三,若病困急者,昼夜可五、六服。一鸡少,
更饲余鸡取足。(《外台》卷十二)
治卒暴症,腹中有物坚如石,痛如刺,昼夜啼呼,不治之百日死方。
取牛膝根(二斤 咀曝令极干)
上一味,酒一斗浸之,密器中封口,举着热灰中温之,令味出,先食服五、六合至一升,
以
又方
用蒴 根,亦准此大良。(《外台》卷十二)
又方
商陆根捣蒸之,以新布籍腹上,以药铺布上,以衣覆,冷即易,取瘥止,数日之中,晨
夕勿息。(《外台》卷十二)
又方
牛膝酒神验也。(《肘后方》卷四)
治鳖症,伏在心下,手揣见头足,时时转者,并心腹宿症及卒得症方。
白雌鸡一双,绝食一宿,明旦以膏熬饭饲之,取其屎,无问多少,以小便和之,于铜器
中火上熬令燥,捣筛服方寸匕,日四、五服,消尽乃止。常饲鸡取屎,瘥毕,杀鸡单食之。
(《外台》卷十二)
熨症法。
茱萸三升碎之,以酒和煮熟,布裹熨症上,冷更炒,更番用之,症移走逐熨之,候消乃
止
Formula for treating indigestion of any food consumed.
Burn the feces of similar animals into powder, take one *cunbi* (a measure roughly equivalent to a teaspoon) with wine; vomiting out the retained food will occur, and the illness will be cured. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Lianzhong Wan (Refined Grain Pill) for treating retained food not digesting and difficulty in defecation.
*Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang, 大黄) (8 liang), *Descurainiae Semen seu Lepidii Semen* (Tinglizi, 葶苈子), *Pruni Armeniacae Semen* (Xingren, 杏仁) (dehulled and tips removed), *Natrii Sulfas* (Mangxiao, 芒硝) (each 4 liang).
Crush and sieve the above four ingredients, mix with honey to form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 7 pills per dose, three times daily. If ineffective, gradually increase to 10 pills. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Formula for treating hard masses (*Zheng*), where the area below the heart is as large as a cup, abdominal fullness after eating, and severe cramping pain in the heart and abdomen.
*Descurainiae Semen seu Lepidii Semen* (Tinglizi, 葶苈子) (2 liang), *Rhei Radix et Rhizoma* (Dahuang, 大黄) (2 liang), *Phytolaccae Radix* (Zeqi, 泽漆) (4 liang, washed).
Crush and sieve the above three ingredients, mix with honey, and pound for a thousand strokes. Form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 2 pills per dose, three times daily. If ineffective, gradually increase the dosage. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Formula for treating old masses in the heart and abdomen, and sudden onset of *Zheng* disease.
Take one male chicken, fatten it well, then fast it for two days. Feed it rice mixed with high-quality cinnabar (red ochre), ensuring a large amount of cinnabar. Place the chicken on a board to collect its feces, dry them, and grind into fine powder. Take half a *cunbi* with warm clear wine, up to one full *cunbi*, three times daily. If the condition is critical, take five or six doses day and night. One chicken may be insufficient; raise more chickens to obtain enough material. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Formula for treating sudden explosive *Zheng*, where there is a hard mass in the abdomen like stone, pain like stabbing, crying and calling day and night; if untreated, death occurs within one hundred days.
Take *Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix* (Niuxi, 牛膝根) (2 jin, chopped and sun-dried until extremely dry).
Soak this single ingredient in one dou of wine. Seal the container tightly, place it in hot ashes to warm it, allowing the medicinal properties to extract. Take before meals, starting from 5-6 he to 1 sheng, until effective.
Another Formula
Use *Acalyphae Herba* (Shuobi, 蒴藋) root, prepared in the same manner; it is highly effective. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Another Formula
Pound *Phytolaccae Radix* (Shanglu, 商陆根) and steam it. Place new cloth on the abdomen, spread the medicine on the cloth, cover with clothing. Replace when cold. Continue until cured, without interruption morning and evening for several days. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Another Formula
*Niuxi* (Achyranthes Root) wine is divinely effective. (From *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*, Vol. 4)
Formula for treating "Turtle Zheng" (Bie Zheng), where the mass lies under the heart, head and feet can be felt by hand, and it moves occasionally; also for old masses in the heart/abdomen and sudden onset of Zheng disease.
Take two white female chickens, fast them overnight. At dawn, feed them rice fried with fat. Collect their feces, regardless of quantity. Mix with urine, boil in a copper vessel over fire until dry. Crush and sieve. Take one *cunbi* per dose, four to five times daily, until the mass dissipates. Regularly raise chickens to collect feces. After cure, slaughter the chicken and eat it alone. (From *Waitai Miyao*, Vol. 12)
Method of Hot Compress (*Yi*) for Zheng masses.
Crush 3 sheng of *Evodiae Fructus* (Zhuyu, 吴茱萸). Mix with wine and cook thoroughly. Wrap in cloth and apply hot compress to the Zheng mass. When cool, reheat and alternate applications. Follow the movement of the mass with the compress until it dissipates.