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Slice radishes, dip them in honey, and hold them in the mouth to slowly swallow. If juice is swallowed, replace with a new slice when the taste becomes bland. After a long time, appetite will naturally return, at which point thin rice gruel can be consumed slowly.

Another prescription: One cup each of granulated sugar, white honey, and radish juice. Steam until dissolved over rice and take one or two times.

Yet another prescription: One tael of Stone Lotus Seed Flesh (Shi Lian Zi Rou) with the heart removed, and three qian of Guang Mu Xiang (Aucklandia Root). Grind together into powder. Take two qian per dose, washed down with rice soup.

Additionally, use half raw and half stir-fried Chinese Yam (Shan Yao), taken with decoction prepared from Radish (Lai Fu).

Furthermore, regarding the previously mentioned Wugu Chong (Grubworms): Roast until yellow, grind into powder, mix with black granulated sugar, and take. This treats Jin Kou Li (Dysentery with inability to eat/vomit), showing frequent miraculous effects.

Another prescription: Use one pod of Soap Fruit (Fang Zi Jiao). Fill it with salt, burn until "preserving nature" (charred but retaining efficacy), and grind into powder. Mix a small amount into rice porridge and eat.

Decoct a handful of Qian Cao (Rubia Cordifolia Root) in water, and soak the soles of both feet.

Additionally, decoct three to four jin of Wu Tong Ye (Firmiana Simplex Leaves) and wash the feet with the liquid.

Another miraculous prescription: Three days after onset, use five fen of Chuan Jiao (Sichuan Pepper) and five fen of She Xiang (Musk). Grind together into powder. Take one date, remove skin and pit, sprinkle the powder onto the date flesh, and place it into the umbilicus (Shenque acupoint). Apply any type of plaster over it; all cases are completely cured.

External treatment for Jin Kou Li: Five cloves of Ding Xiang (Clove), one fen of Ba Shuang (Croton Seed Frost/Resin), five kernels of Xing Ren (Apricot Seed), five grains of Sha Ren (Amomum Fruit), three li of Mo Yao (Myrrh), and one red date (pitted). Pound together into a paste. Divide into two pills. Apply one pill to the umbilicus and ingest the other; this enables the patient to consume food.

Five qian of Huang Qi (Astragalus Root) roasted with wine; three qian of Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) fried with salt water; two qian of Po Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit); five qian of Walnut Meat. Decoct with water and wine, then take. For lumbar pain caused by sprain or strain with qi stagnation, remove Huang Qi and add two qian each of Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Hong Hua (Carthamus Flower), and Yuan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome).

Three qian of Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark) fried with salt water; eight fen of Mu Gua (Chaenomeles Fruit); three qian of Po Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit); one qian of Bi Xie (Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome); 1.5 qian of Xu Duan (Dipsacus Root); one qian of Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis); 1.5 qian of Jin Mao Ming Ji (Cibotium Barometz - remove all hair); one qian of Zhi Cao (Licorice Root roasted with honey); one tael of Walnut Meat; one spoonful of salt; one cup of sweet wine. [Note: Original text appears incomplete here regarding preparation method].

Another prescription: One pig kidney. Do not touch water or iron. Cut open the inside using a bamboo knife, remove the membrane. Insert one qian of Mu Ding Xiang (Female Clove). Wrap the pig kidney well with paper, roast in fire until cooked, take out, and swallow with yellow wine. Must be eaten at night. Seven doses can eradicate the root cause.

Additionally, equal parts of Du Zhong (stir-fried, skin removed) and Ju He (Tangerine Seed, stir-fried, shell removed). Decoct and take.

Another miraculous prescription for lumbar pain: Five qian of Shan Zha He (Hawthorn Pit). Char on a tile until "preserving nature," grind into powder. Mix with aged wine and take. Within no more than three doses, the pain will vanish.