凡有此症，大便燥结，切不可用香燥药取快一时，破气而耗血，只好用稠牛乳入白糖少
许，时时炖热咽服，自然渐渐而愈。
又方∶佛手于、荸荠、莲子肉、红枣、柿饼、橄榄、桂圆、苡仁各一两，浸大麦烧酒五
斤。每日饮三次，即愈。
又方∶柿饼三枚，连蒂捣烂，酒调服，甚效。切勿以他药杂入。如无柿饼，或用干柿亦
可。
又方∶石莲肉为末，入肉豆蔻末少许，米汤调服之。
又方∶甘蔗汁七碗，姜汁一碗和匀，日日服之。
又方∶白豆蔻，白檀香，郁金各二钱，研细末。每服一钱，用姜汁，热酒调服。
猫胞衣，用新瓦放火上焙燥，研末，入朱砂末少许。每服一二分，放舌上，以温汤徐徐
服下，数服即愈。
取猫胞衣法∶猫将产，以人看守，须急急取之，稍迟则猫食矣！
又方∶用抱出鸡子壳，瓦上焙燥研末。每服二钱，热酒送下。
又方∶大橘子一个，入胆矾一钱，将橘子顶上切去一片，以胆矾纳入，仍以切下之片盖
上，外用盐和黄泥裹一大球，以炭火 之，候冷取出，去泥将橘肉灰研末。每服三分，滚水
调下。
又方∶鸡肫外黄皮（名鸡内金）取三个，用新瓦焙燥研末，用烧酒调服。
又方∶皂矾五两，用面馒头顶上开口挖空，将矾填满，以新瓦合住，外用盐和黄泥包裹
封固，放文武火内烧半日，取出去泥，枣肉为丸梧子大。每服二十丸，空心酒汤送下。
又方∶取螺蛳数斗，清水浸之，俟螺蛳吐出泥砂，去螺蛳，取水底之泥晒干。每服一钱
，酒调下。仍将螺蛳送入水中放生。立效。
又方∶蒲公英一梗两花高尺许者，掘下数尺，根大如拳旁有人形拱抱，捣法酒服，治膈
噎，其验如神。
For those suffering from this condition, with dry and hard stools, one must absolutely avoid using aromatic and drying herbs for temporary relief, as such herbs deplete Qi and consume Blood. Instead, one should use thick cow's milk mixed with a small amount of white sugar, warming it frequently before swallowing slowly; the condition will naturally heal gradually.
Another prescription: *Foshou* (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis), *Biqi* (Dioscorea esculenta), lotus seeds, red dates, dried persimmons, olives, longan fruit, and coix seed, each 1 liang, soaked in 5 jin of barley liquor. Drink three times daily until cured.
Another prescription: Three dried persimmons, including the calyx, pounded into a paste, taken with wine. This is very effective. Do not mix with other medicines. If dried persimmons are unavailable, dried persimmon slices may be used instead.
Another prescription: Stone lotus seeds (*Shelianrou*) ground into powder, mixed with a small amount of nutmeg powder, taken with rice gruel.
Another prescription: Seven bowls of sugarcane juice mixed with one bowl of ginger juice, taken daily.
Another prescription: White cardamom, white sandalwood, and turmeric, each 2 qian, ground into fine powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with ginger juice and hot wine.
Cat placenta (*Maobaoyi*), baked dry on a new tile over fire, ground into powder, mixed with a small amount of cinnabar powder. Take 1-2 fen per dose, place on the tongue, and swallow slowly with warm water. A few doses will cure the condition.
Method to obtain cat placenta: When a cat is about to give birth, keep watch and retrieve the placenta immediately; otherwise, the cat will eat it.
Another prescription: Eggshells from hatched chicks, baked dry on a tile and ground into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, sent down with hot wine.
Another prescription: Take one large tangerine, insert 1 qian of alum into it. Cut off the top of the tangerine, put the alum inside, and replace the top. Wrap the whole thing tightly with salt and yellow mud into a ball. Roast it over charcoal fire. Once cool, remove the mud and grind the charred tangerine flesh into powder. Take 3 fen per dose, mixed with boiling water.
Another prescription: Take three pieces of the inner lining of the chicken gizzard (known as *Jineijin*), bake them dry on a new tile, grind into powder, and take with liquor.
Another prescription: 5 liang of green vitriol (*Zaofan*). Make a hole in the top of a steamed bun, fill it with the vitriol, cover with a new tile, wrap securely with salt and yellow mud, and roast over mild and strong heat for half a day. Remove, discard the mud, and form pills with jujube pulp, sized like wu-tzu (walnut seeds). Take 20 pills per dose, with wine or broth on an empty stomach.
Another prescription: Take several dou of river snails, soak in clear water until they expel mud and sand. Remove the snails, dry the sediment at the bottom. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with wine. Release the snails back into the water afterward. Immediate effect.
Another prescription: Select a dandelion plant with flowers about one chi high. Dig deep (several chi) to find the root. If the root is as large as a fist and resembles a human figure embracing something, pound it and take with wine. This treats dysphagia/esophageal obstruction (*Yege*) with miraculous efficacy.