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Raw watermelon seeds, two sheng (approx. 1 liter), washed clean of mud and ash, decocted strongly in a large clay pot, the clear liquid strained out, with a little rock sugar added, taken as tea substitute; frequent administration without interruption can eradicate the root cause. Trivial and common substances can yield significant efficacy and verification.

Four whole black pig trotters, from pigs having no black hairs on their bodies, combined with *Hedyotis diffusa* (Liu Yue Xue Cao), boiled in a clay pot with fresh water without salt for consumption; extremely effective.

Twenty-one lotus seeds (*Nelumbinis Semen*) ground into powder, mixed with wine and taken after meals; long-term use leads to spontaneous recovery.
Another prescription: Seven lotus plumule (*Nelumbinis Plumula*), twenty-one glutinous rice grains (*Oryzae Glutinosi Semen*), ground into powder, mixed with wine and taken. Alternatively, made into pills with ink juice and taken.

Cuttlebone (*Sepiae Endoconcha*) ground into powder, taken with rice drink, one qian (approx. 3-5g); alternatively, lotus node rhizome (*Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node*), Polygonum multiflorum stem (*Polygoni Multiflori Caulis*, here referring to Puhuang/Huafen or similar hemostatic, but text says Pu Huang which is Typha pollen, so *Typhae Pollen*), and hair charred to ash (*Capillus Carbonisatus*), equal parts ground uniformly, mixed with boiling water and taken.
Another prescription: Guang Chenpi (*Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium*), raw licorice root (*Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma*), ground into fine powder, one and a half qian per dose, mixed with wine and taken.

Bletilla striata tuber (*Bletillae Rhizoma*), several liang, stir-fried until yellow and ground into fine powder, one to two qian per dose, taken early morning with rice gruel.

This blood originates from the stomach. Chinese chive (*Allii Tuberosi Rhizoma et Bulbus*), reed rhizome (*Imperatae Rhizoma*), lotus node rhizome (*Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node*), biota leaf (*Biotae Cacumen*), and lotus leaf (*Nelumbinis Folium*). The above five herbs may be used entirely or arbitrarily selected; extract their juices, mix with five fen (approx. 1.5-2.5g) of aged ink, three spoons of ginger juice, taken cold; in cold weather, warm it by placing in hot water. If aged ink is unavailable, use hair shaved from a young boy, wash clean, grind finely on a tile, sieve, mix with juice and take.

Chinese holly fern rhizome (*Cyrtomii Rhizoma*), five qian, ground into powder; black human hair, five qian, ground finely on a tile; biota leaf (*Biotae Cacumen*) used in larger quantity, crushed to obtain one bowl of juice; add the powders to the juice, simmer over water for the time it takes to burn one incense stick, remove, add one cup of child's urine (*Pueris Urina*), one small cup of yellow wine, and drink slowly.

Wood ear mushroom (*Auriculariae Auricula-Udae Fructus Corneus*), one liang; sophora flower bud (*Sophorae Flos*), one liang (specifically those not yet bloomed); schizonepeta spike (*Schizonepetae Spica*), one liang; typha pollen (*Typhae Pollen*), one liang; all stir-fried until black and ground together into fine powder, every morning... [Text cuts off]

Large dried persimmon steamed on rice until cooked, split open, filled with one qian of genuine indigo naturalis (*Indigotidis Folium*), taken as one piece before sleep; effective.

One male pig lung, kept dry (not wetted), soaked in child's urine for one day and night, then removed; add lotus node rhizome juice, human milk, child's urine, pear juice (pear crushed with skin), radish juice, and almond juice, one bowl each, without adding water; boil until soft in a clay pot using charcoal fire, avoid iron vessels; absorb moisture with stir-fried glutinous rice flour and make into pills. Take three to four qian early every morning for cure.
Another prescription: Crack one egg, mix with one qian of Panax notoginseng powder (*Sanqi Powder*), one small cup of lotus node rhizome juice, half a small cup of aged wine; stew over water until cooked and take; cured within three to five doses.
Another prescription: Use messy hair from a vigorous young person, wash clean with soap water, dry, char to ash retaining its properties, wrap in silk gauze, decoct in water and take.
Another prescription: Biota leaf (*Biotae Cacumen*) stir-fried with child's urine until black; loquat leaf (*Eriobotryae Folium*) brushed clean of hairs and stir-fried with honey; lotus node rhizome (*Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node*); decoct together in water and take several times.
Another prescription: Motherwort juice (*Leonuri Herba*), one cup; child's urine, one cup; heat by stewing and take. If fresh motherwort is unavailable, decoct three liang of dried motherwort (*Leonuri Herba*) in water, mix with child's urine and take.
Another prescription: Qixingcao (Seven Star Grass, likely *Patrinia villosa* or similar), leaves have spots resembling domino dots on the back; use thirty-two complete leaves, decoct in water and take.
Another prescription: Ash from old sock soles, flushed down with yellow wine, filter dregs.
Another prescription: Lotus node rhizome (*Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node*), stir-fried Typha pollen (*Typhae Pollen*), biota leaf (*Biotae Cacumen*), moutan bark (*Moutan Cortex*), and white cogon grass rhizome (*Imperatae Rhizoma*), one qian each; decoct in water, mix with child's urine, take on an empty stomach, avoid fried and roasted foods.
Another prescription: Charred black ginger (*Zingiberis Rhizoma Carbonisatum*) ground into powder, mixed with child's urine, apply/take one qian.
Another prescription: Biota leaf (*Biotae Cacumen*) decocted in water, mixed with child's urine, taken as tea, frequent use.
Another prescription: Ash from new silk cotton, five fen, mixed with wine and taken.
Another prescription: Lotus node rhizome (*Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Node*) crushed and decocted into thick soup, mixed with Bletilla powder (*Bletillae Rhizoma*) and taken; bleeding stops immediately.
Another prescription: One rabbit head, roasted whole until carbonized (retaining properties), ground into powder, two qian per dose, taken with yellow wine.