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Treat according to the first prescription for treating lateral and frontal headache (Pian Zheng Tou Feng).

It also treats headache where the pathogen attacks the eyes. This refers to cases of headache accompanied by lumps or nodules in the head, or a sensation of thunder rumbling within the head. Treat with Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma), Chrysanthemi Flos (Ganju), Menthae Haplocalycis Herba (Bohe), and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao). If there is no effect, use Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma), each 1 qian, along with one large fresh lotus leaf, decocted and taken orally. If the patient loses consciousness, grind Kochia Scoparia Herb (Difuzi) together with fresh ginger into a paste, mix with hot wine, and take orally; sweating will lead to recovery.
Another prescription: Roast goat manure until charred, grind into powder, take 2 qian per dose, washed down with wine. For cases where all other medicines fail, this prescription brings about a cure. This is an empirical formula from Linwu Shanren.

One Trichosanthis Fructus (Gualou), four liang of Bursae Fructus (Niuzi) (roasted), grind together into powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with wine after meals. Avoid foods that stir wind or generate heat.

Spring tea leaf powder, mix with water to form a paste, spread inside a bowl and invert it. Burn forty seeds of Croton Tiglium (Badou) twice to produce smoke and fumigate the paste. Dry in the sun and grind finely. Take 2 fen per dose, washed down with boiling water, after meals.
Another prescription: The previous prescription containing Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Wutou) and Typhonii Rhizoma (Nanxing) is most effective.

This is indicated by a wiry liver pulse. Treat with Qingzhang Jiujing San (see Eye Section); the effect is incredibly miraculous. It is ineffective if the liver pulse is not wiry.

Processed Cyperi Rhizoma (Zhi Xiangfu) two liang, Agastaches Herba (Huoxiang) and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao) each 2 qian, grind together into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, washed down with warm salt water.

This is caused by insufficiency of Kidney Water, with Fire Evil rushing upward causing pain. Use Prepared Rehmanniae Radix (Shudi) and Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma (Yuzhu) each 1 liang, Corni Fructus (Shanzhuyu) 4 qian, True Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Zhenshanyao), Scrophulariae Radix (Yuanshen), Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), and Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) each 3 qian, Schisandrae Fructus (Wuweizi) and Ophiopogonis Radix (Maidong) each 2 qian. Decoct in water and take orally. After taking the medicine, the headache may temporarily worsen, but two doses can eradicate the root cause; tested repeatedly with miraculous results. The ingredients must not be added to or subtracted from; any modification renders it ineffective. Someone suffered from this condition for years without success from various medicines, but was relieved after two doses, never to recur. Truly a miraculous prescription.

This is caused by Wind Evil invading the Kidney Meridian. Use Prepared Rehmanniae Radix (Shudi) 5 qian, True Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Zhenshanyao) (stir-fried), Poria (Yunling), and Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) each 3 qian, Chuanxiong Rhizome (Chuanxiong), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi), and Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Zhigancao) each... [text cuts off].

The appearance resembles insect borings, named Tianbaiyi (Heavenly White Ants). Grind spring tea seeds into powder (other tea seeds are acceptable, except those used for oil pressing), blow into the nasal cavity.
Another prescription: Boil pork with Smilax Glabra Rhizome (Tufuling) and eat it; the effect is miraculous. Avoid tea for ten days before and after.