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106. Redness and swelling of the lower leg and calf: For redness and swelling of the lower leg and calf caused by *Jiaoqi* (Beriberi or foot qi), decoct fresh Impatiens balsamina leaves (Fengxianhua Ye) and Lycium chinense leaves (Gouqi Ye) together to make a strong decoction. Fumigate and wash the affected area with the hot decoction, and apply freshly mashed leaves topically. Another prescription uses large pond snails mashed and applied topically.

107. Rectal prolapse: For rectal prolapse where the large intestine protrudes and cannot be retracted, use snails found on mulberry trees (those with a shell resembling a snail's shell and two antennae on the head). Roast them on a tile until charred, grind into powder (one tael), mix with lard, and apply topically for immediate effect.

Another prescription: Use one large snail mixed with one fen of plum blossom Borneol (Meihua Bingpian). Water will exude immediately; apply this to the affected area for great efficacy.

Yet another prescription: Grind pericarpium cicadae (Chantui) into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply topically for unparalleled efficacy.

A child suffered from rectal prolapse unresponsive to various medicines. After eating chili peppers several times, the anus retracted and did not prolapse again. This has been tested repeatedly with miraculous results. This food is green pepper. It can also be taken for intestinal wind with bleeding.

108. Immortal prescription for eye-dropping in cases of venomous snake and mad dog bites: Mix five fen of purified fire niter (Shanghuoxiao), one qian of prepared calamine (Zhi Luganshi), five fen of real realgar (Shangxiongjing), three fen of musk (Dangmenshen), and three fen of big borneol (Da Bingpian). Grind all ingredients into an extremely fine powder. Apply a small amount of powder to both inner corners of the eyes. Observe if yellow fluid flows from the wound; once it flows clean, the patient will recover. The effect is very rapid; truly an immortal prescription. Do not underestimate it.

Another miraculous prescription for mad dog bites: Use three qian of genuine Luzhou Codonopsis (Ludangshen), three qian of Notopterygium root (Qianghuo), three qian of Angelica pubescens (Duhuo), three qian of Peucedanum root (Qianhu), three qian of red bupleurum (Hong Chaihu), two qian of stir-fried Aurantium fruit (Chao Zhike), two qian of Platycodon root (Jiegeng), three qian of Poria (Fuling), three qian of licorice root (Gancao), two qian of Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong), one liang of Sanguisorba root (Diyu), three qian of fresh ginger (Shengjiang), and a large handful of Zizyphus root bark (Zizigen). Decoct strongly and take warm. To determine if bitten by a mad dog: observe if the person panics at the sound of gongs or fears being fanned with a palm-leaf fan. Also, if chewing soybeans does not induce vomiting, it indicates a mad dog bite. Drinking water decocted from Patrinia scabiosifolia (Mabiancao) and Verbesina occidentalis (Boqi) is effective.

109. "Zhonghong" (Trauma during menstruation): When a woman engages in sexual intercourse during her menstrual period, it is called "Zhonghong". Physicians of the Five Tones have no standard formula. If not treated promptly, it will immediately develop into *Laozhai* (consumption/tuberculosis). The treatment method is to cook soup with a large silver carp and starfruit and eat it. Use cooling agents to resolve toxicity. Abstinence from sexual activity is required.

110. Lightning strike: Rescue prescription for lightning strikes. Lou Zichun, the Immortal, often said that ghosts struck by lightning transform into earthworms. Therefore, Tan Zi stated that applying earthworm juice to the umbilicus can save those struck by lightning. Alternatively, administering Huisheng Dan (Return-to-Life Pill) for trauma is also effective.

111. Leg ulcer (Linchuang): A wonderful prescription for leg ulcers transmitted by Lu Binbin: First, apply a mixture of hearth soil (Zaoshintu), Phellodendron bark (Huangbai), red kaolin (Chishizhi), lead monoxide (Huandan), calomel (Qingfen), frankincense (Ruxiang), myrrh (Moyao), pig bile, and clarified vegetable oil. Then use this prescription: One tael of calamine (Luganshi), three qian of lead monoxide (Miduoseng), and five fen of borneol (Bingpian). Mash with lard and apply, binding tightly externally; heals in seven days.

Another prescription: For chronic, stubborn leg ulcers with blackened, sunken, and foul-smelling skin, use centipede... [text implies combination]. The prescription uses one qian each of centipede (Wugong), licorice root (Gancao), Angelica pubescens (Duhuo), and angelica dahurica (Baizhi), and two liang of tung oil. Boil the herbs. First, wash the ulcer with rice water. Make a paste of flour to protect the surrounding skin, then apply yellow wax ointment containing three qian each of dragon's blood (Xuejie), calcined red kaolin (Duanchishizhi), and calcined fossilized wood (Duangulong), one liang of sesame oil, and a ball of hair the size of a millet seed. Burn until charred, remove dregs, add one liang of yellow wax and three qian of rosin (Biaojiaoxiang), melt completely. Off heat, add the powders of dragon's blood etc. Covering the muscle promotes regeneration and relieves pain; the effect is miraculous.

112. Sleep paralysis ("Sleep Demon"): If someone suffers from sleep paralysis, urgently blow about the size of a bean of raw pinellia tuber (Sheng Banxia) powder into both nostrils. Apply hen blood to the face; reapply when dry, and the person will wake up.

113. Nightmares/Dream demons: Wonderful prescription for nightmares. Wear realrealgar (Daming Xionghuang) and cinnabar (Zhusha) on the head, and tie them under the left armpit to avoid evil spirits and relieve nightmares.

Another method: Place one shoe upside down and one right-side up while sleeping. Or use red felt/cloth as a pillow for peace.

114. Leprosy/Huafeng: Some die from Huafeng. This condition often leads to death in bed. Check the Shenshu acupoint (BL23) below the waist on the back; if there is a red flat spot, it is treatable. If black, it is untreatable. Urgently place musk in the umbilicus, cover with a slice of ginger, and moxa-burn to revive.

115. Poisoning: For poisoning with bleeding from the seven orifices, calcinate skunk cabbage skin (Ciwei Pi) preserving its nature, grind into powder. Take three qian mixed with wine to stop bleeding immediately.

116. Opium: Wonderful prescription to detoxify opium. Urgently drink plenty of live duck blood for miraculous effect. An immortal prescription uses true southern halite (Nanlusha, yellow and gelatinous is authentic). Mix with cold water and ingest; inducing vomiting resolves toxicity immediately. Tested many times with miraculous results. Another prescription: Four qian each of angelica sinensis (Danggui), veratrum (Lilu), and alum (Danfan). Grind into powder, mix with egg white,冲 with boiling water, and take warm. Life is saved upon swallowing. Follow with mung bean soup to recover. (Note: Foreign new verified prescriptions are most effective: borax mixed with water).

117. Arsenic poison: To detoxify arsenic trioxide (Xinshi/Shuang), use four liang of saposhnikovia root (Fangfeng). Grind into powder, mix with cold water and ingest. Or crush with cold water into juice and force-feed. Tested repeatedly with miraculous results, foolproof.

118. Knockout drug: To antidote knockout drugs, dew collected at night dissolves the toxin. For severe cases, drinking indigo juice brings immediate recovery.

119. Leech: Leeches (Shuizhi) are toxic. If ingested, they breed in the abdomen, consume liver blood, cause unbearable abdominal pain, jaundice, and emaciation; untreated, it is fatal. Wrap longan flesh and lychee flesh around thick tobacco oil and swallow; the leech dies and passes in stool. Tested repeatedly with miraculous results. This is the first experiential prescription.

120. Centipede: For accidental ingestion of centipedes, using raw chicken vascular tissue is very effective. Another prescription: Eat two or three raw eggs. After about fifteen minutes, drink a cup of raw oil to vomit out the centipede. An excellent prescription.

121. Pufferfish: Prescription to detoxify pufferfish. Eat many raw olives and drink water made from grinding olive pits for extreme efficacy. Drinking one or two cups of sesame oil is also effective.

122. Partridge: Someone who loved eating partridge developed a throat abscess with continuous pus and blood, unresponsive to medicine. A physician instructed eating one jin of fresh ginger first, decocted and consumed gradually, followed by specific medication, resulting in cure. This bird eats veratrum toxins; thus, ginger is used to treat it.

123. Goose and Duck: Prescription to detoxify goose/duck. Wash half a jin of glutinous rice, discard the rice, and drink the starchy water warm; one bowl cures. Prescription to detoxify chicken: Drink earth slurry water.

124. Pork: Detoxify "Yu Rou" (meat sealed overnight) and "Lou Fu" (meat wetted by roof leaks). Both are toxic. Drink chive juice to resolve toxicity.

Detoxify self-dead animals: Grind phellodendron bark (Huangbai) into powder, mix with cold water, and ingest one or two qian to resolve toxicity.

125. Accidental ingestion of iron/gold/silver/copper/tin: For ingesting iron, grind charcoal skin into powder, mix with porridge, and eat two or three bowls. The charcoal powder wraps the iron for excretion. The number one miraculous prescription. Works for needles too.

For ingesting gold/silver/iron/tin/lead: Use sheep tibia bone (yang jing gu), roast until charred, grind to powder. Mix with rice drink, ingest two or three qian; expelled within a day. Someone swallowed a gold ring for three days; this prescription expelled it. Repeatedly tested, infallible.

126. Accidental ingestion of copper coins: Eat many water chestnuts to digest naturally, with unparalleled efficacy. Or decoct two liang of amomum fruit (Sharen) in water and drink to dissolve.

127. Alcohol intoxication: For fatal alcohol intoxication, soak the victim's hair well-water. Prescription: Decoct four qian of camphor tree seeds (Zhangshuzi) in three cups of wine until boiling. Cool and administer to wake the patient. Alternatively, decoct two liang of camphor wood (Zhangmu) in water. An immortal prescription, repeatedly tested. Another prescription: Decoct one sheng of black soybeans, strain, and administer three cups warm to wake.

128. Alcohol disease: In chronic drinkers, alcohol toxicity causes headache, dizziness, throat constriction, or profuse watery diarrhea, leading to exhaustion. Misdiagnosing as yin-cold diarrhea and using warming agents is wrong. Use five qian of tangerine peel (Chenpi), two qian of licorice (Gancao), and three qian of coptis (Chuanlian). Lightly stir-fry and grind. Mix with one liang of pine pollen. Take two qian morning and evening with boiled water. Resolves in two days.

129. Blood stagnation: A patient with generalized pain was misdiagnosed as wind-stroke or damp-wind. A later doctor diagnosed Qi and blood stagnation. Use equal parts Corydalis (Yuanhu), angelica sinensis (Danggui), and cinnamon twig (Rougui). Grind, mix with warm wine, take four qian to cure. Adding Gastrodia (Tianma) is better.

130. Soft bones: A person addicted to rich, fried foods developed generalized bone/joint pain and weakness, progressing to immobility. Eating two hundred jin of winter melon cured it.

131. Muscle contraction: For painful muscle contraction, use one liang of angelica sinensis (Danggui), five qian each of white peony root (Baishao), coix seed (Yiyiren), rehmannia (Shengdi), and scrophularia (Yuanshen), and one qian of bupleurum (Chaihu). Decoct in water for miraculous effect. Add five qian of papaya (Mugua) for calf cramps.

132. Stroke-like paralysis: Xi Tong Wan treats wind-dampness in men and women, or external wind/internal dampness blocking limb meridians, causing weak, sore legs unable to walk, or arms unable to raise. Common in laborers, mimicking stroke. Cheap and fast-acting secret recipe. Do not underestimate. Use one jin of powdered Ficus tikoua (Diwutong/Ouwutong) flowers/leaves/stems, dried and roasted. Mix with eight liang of Siegesbeckia orientalis (Xiqiancao) powder. Honey-pill. Take with hot water morning and night. Avoid pork liver, sheep blood, taro.

133. Wind-dampness: Gouji Yin treats Qi/blood deficiency with numb limbs and wind-dampness immobility. Divide one dose into five servings, one daily, cures in six days. If not cured, soak herbs in ten jin of wine. Tested on hundreds with miraculous results. Formula: One qian each of Cibotium rhizome (Jinmao Gouji), achyranthes (Chuanniuxi), vitex trunk vine (Haifengteng), quince (Xuan Mugua), mulberry branch (Sangshuzhi), pine joint (Songshujie), drynaria (Chuanxuduan), eucommia (Hei Duzhong), gentian (Jiu Qinjiao), rehmannia (Dashudi), and cinnamon twig (Guizhi). Two liang of large angelica root (Da Guishen). Decoct in two bowls river water to six parts, mix with one small cup of Shaoxing wine.

134. Paralysis: Medicinal wine for wind-damp paralysis. Formula: Two qian each of atractylodes (Cangzhu), angelica dahurica (Baizhi), neopterygium (Qianghuo), scutellaria (Huangqin), ligusticum (Chuanxiong), mint (Bohe), magnolia (Houpo), schizonepeta (Jingjie), taxillus (Sangjisheng), white asarum (Baixixin), papaya (Mugua). One and a half qian each of eucommia (Duzhong), achyranthes (Niuxi), drynaria (Xuduan), angelica (Danggui), spirit pepper (Weilingxian), ground pine vine (Zhandifeng), and solidago (Qiannianjian). One point two qian of saposhnikovia (Fangfeng). One qian each of aconite (Chuanwu), wild aconite (Caowu), eleutherococcus (Wujiapi), gentian (Qinjiao), and cinnamon twig (Guizhi). Four liang of pig tendon. One rooster (one jin). Scald, pluck feathers without water, remove guts. Steam with herbs and five jin of fermented rice wine in a clay pot. Eat chicken first. Drink wine freely morning/evening. Avoid cold/raw/greasy foods. Rest, avoid wind/damp, moderate sex. Mild cases cure after eating chicken; severe cases cure after finishing wine; critical cases need another course. Pain may increase initially; endure until pain stops.

135. Wind-Qi: Songdou Wine treats wind affecting joints and hemiplegia. Formula: Four liang of black soybeans and chopped pine joints, one jin white honey, fifteen jin good liquor. Steam for incense time, soak in water for fourteen days. Drink适量 morning/evening. Cured hemiplegia walking normally in half a month.

136. Wind-dampness: Er Miao Tang treats all wind-damp paralysis and bone/joint pain. Formula: One jin each of raw licorice (Sheng Gancao) and spirit pepper (Weilingxian). Decoct in one dan of water, boil five-six times, pour into large vat. Sit on stool over vat, surround with cloth, fumigate with heat. Wash body when water is warm. Induce sweating, avoid wind/cold to cure.

137. Stroke: Facial paralysis. Mash one live eel. Apply to the opposite side (left deviation to right, right to left). Clean blood once mouth straightens to prevent retraction. Repeatedly verified.

138. Stroke: Ancestral secret prescription for aphasia and hemiplegia. Formula: One jin of aconite (Caowu) and half a jin of mung beans. Cook until beans are done. Remove beans, peel/a slice/dry/grind aconite. Mix with burning wine. Cures elderly/chronic cases.

Sansheng Yin treats stroke with locked jaw/clenched hands. Contraindicated if mouth open/hands relaxed. Formula: Two qian of raw arisaema (Sheng Nanxing), one qian each of peeled raw aconite (Sheng Chuanwu) and peeled raw aconite with navel removed (Sheng Fuzi), four fen of costus root (Muxiang). Add one liang of Taiping Codonopsis (Tai Dang) for Qi deficiency.

Xixian San treats stroke with drunken stupor/open mouth/relaxed hands/salivation. Urgent administration induces vomiting for cure. Formula: Four strips of fresh soap pod (Xin Zaojiao) minus skin/fiber, one liang alum (Mingfan). Grind. Take one qian with warm water slowly. Do not induce excessive vomiting. Regulate afterwards.

Kaiguan San for acute stroke opening orifices. One qian raw pinellia (Sheng Banxia), two qian soap pod (Zaojiao), three fen northern asarum (Beixixin). Grind and insufflate into nose. Sneezing indicates treatability; no sneeze means death.

Baiye Yin for unconscious stroke. Take on day of onset to prevent disability. Formula: One handful of biota leaf (Cebaiye), one bunch of scallion white with roots. Mash. Decoct in one large bowl of pure wine, boil, strain, take warm in divided doses. Contraindicated in stroke collapse syndrome.

139. Damp-Wind: For painful damp-wind in waist/legs preventing walking. Formula: One jin of pine needles mashed, soaked in three jin of liquor for seven days. Drink适量.

Another prescription: Three peeled/shaved raw aconite heads (Sheng Chuanwutou), powder mixed with vinegar, applied via cloth patch for instant pain relief.

For wind-damp pain: Stir-fry ginger piece in Feng Liaoxing medicinal wine, apply heated wine-soaked ginger to gout area avoiding wind. Excellent.

140. Arrow Wind Pain (Ghost Arrow Strike): Pain in head/neck/shoulders/back/limbs. Formula: One qian stir-fried/pounded pangolin scales (Chuanshanjia), three qian eupatorium leaf (Zelan Ye). Decoct in wine. Moves blood, unblocks collaterals, disperses pathogen. Prevents recurrence.

Another prescription: One qian each of Corydalis (Yanhu), cinnamon (Rougui), trogopterus dung (Wulingzhi), angelica (Danggui), angelica dahurica (Baizhi), saposhnikovia (Fangfeng). Decoct in water. Separate one qian of costus (Muxiang), grind with water, mix. Linwu Shanren's experience.

141. Hand/Foot Tendon Pain: Four liang cooked rehmannia (Shudi) mashed, soaked in one jin good liquor, steamed, stirred, soaked in water for three days. Drink适量 daily until cured. Eat soaked rehmanna with wine. Linwu Shanren's prescription.

142. Shoulder/Back Tendon Pain: Five qian each of sophora flower (Huaihua), walnut (Hutao), sesame (Zhima), fine tea leaves (Xi Chaye). Decoct in five bowls water to half volume. Drink hot. Miraculous.

143. Dampness Accumulation: Prescription for dampness causing limb insensitivity. Verse: Three liang Ten-Triple-Laborer (Shida Gonglao), five qian Balian Ma root; Epimedium (Yinyanghuo) and Solidago (Qiannianjian); Safflower (Honghua), angelica (Danggui), eleutherococcus (Wujiapi); Six jin Chenpi, ten jin pure wine. Seal jar seven months, drink适量. Miracle after one month.

144. Shoulder Furuncle: Porter's shoulder boil unresponsive to treatment. Formula: Calcinate Chinese gall (Wubeizi) to ash, mix with washed lead monoxide (Huandan), apply with vinegar. Effective.

145. Snake Head Ulcer: Malignant ulcer on fingers/toes. Formula: Lower part of impatiens (Fengxianhua) with roots, mashed with sweet wine lees (no water wash). Reduces swelling/pain rapidly. Better than toad. Another prescription: Egg with hole, insert one fen realgar (Xinshi), fit on finger. Change when hot. Instant pain relief. Another prescription: Tea stain salt/rice + realgar mashed on lesion.

146. Snail Ulcer: Cold sensation in fingertips despite normal weather. Soak fingertips in vinegar-salt solution to self-heal.

147. Blood Remainder Syndrome: Finger joints broken, connected only by tendon, worm emerges meters long with green hair. Formula: One and a half qian each of red polyporus (Chi Fuling), white polyporus (Bai Fuling), and picrorhiza (Huhuanglian). Decoct.

148. Interdigital Eczema/Canker: Sores/swelling/ulcers in web spaces/tiger's mouth. Untreated spreads between thumb/index. Formula: Fresh dandelion mashed applied for days. Or three qian bletilla (Baiji) powder + one qian toad venom (Chansu) mixed with egg white. Or chew raw soybean, rinse mouth, chew more. Or tetrapanax powder with egg white. Or baizhi/huandan/huashi powder.

149. Palm Canker: Yellow-white blisters on fingers/palms, itching/pain, chronic, internal worms. Formula: Pig liver slices mashed with peach leaves applied. Effective.

Thick skin on hand/palm: Decoct sophora root (Kushen) in wine to drink. External: Kushen powder with wine. Miraculous.

150. Penetrating Palm: Sudden swelling/pain/ulceration on palms/soles. Named Chu Zhang, Qing Ju, Pan Tuo. Apply raw aconite (Sheng Fuzhi) slices or soak in decoction. Do not scratch. Raw aconite + calomel (Qingfen) cures. Unbroken: White salt + zanthoxylum (Huajiao) powder mixed with vinegar. Or chicken manure paste. Or fresh mulberry leaf mash. Note: Wild orchid grass + vinegar lees also works.

151. Duck Foot Wind: Purple/white spots on palm, peeling, hard/dry, eventually scaling/bleeding/itching/pain, chronic tinea. Method: Poke holes in paper covering bowl, layer rice bran, burn charcoal underneath until close to paper. Discard charcoal/bran, collect oil from bowl. Apply frequently. Cures root. Cured 10-year case permanently.

152. Arm Ulcer: Arm sore swollen like fist. Incise slightly or apply Da Dao San to break. Formula: One fen each of borax (Pengsha) and borneol (Bingpian), five li calomel (Qingfen). Powder sprinkled dissolves ulcer.

153. Hand Swelling: Heat-toxin attacking hand causing swelling/pain. Formula: Apply pig fat + sheep dung. Wash with boiled horse dung water.

154. Hand/Foot Pain: Often mistaken for spleen heat, but is liver wood depression. Dispersing liver qi resolves pain. Use Xiaoyao San plus three qian gardenia (Zhizi), three qian each of pinellia (Banxia) and white mustard seed (Baijiezi). Decoct. Two doses relieve pain. Liver qi distress overwhelms spleen; qi stagnates in limbs causing pain. Calming liver soothes spleen, curing pain.

155. Chronic Non-healing Ulcers on Hands/Feet: Take wooden board from busy intersection stained white by urine, calcine to ash, grind fine, add little borneol (Bingpian), sprinkle on wound to heal.

156. Infant Hand Weakness: Five qian each of coix seed (Yimi), wine-soaked angelica (Jiu Danggui), drynaria (Qinjiao), sour jujube kernel (Suanzaoren), soft saposhnikovia (Ruan Fangfeng), and neopterygium (Qianghuo). Grind, honey-pill size of euryale seed. Take with schizonepeta (Jingjie) decoction.