食盐烧红，河水煎。饮过片时，用手指入喉抵住舌根，使用呕吐，呕出热痰，数次即愈
菜叶放口中，青草亦可，立时苏醒，仍照前橄榄膏服之，可以断根。
鲜猪心一具，辰砂一钱，甘遂二钱，二味合研为末，藏猪心中，外用牛粪煨热，取出药
末，和作二丸，将猪心煮汁，和丸吞下，即愈。
三消汤∶真台党、白术、当归、茯苓、生地各一钱，黄柏、知母、黄连、麦冬、天花粉
、黄芩各七分，甘草五分，水煎服，神效，三消皆治。
天池膏∶天花粉、黄连、真台党、知母、白术、五味各三两，麦冬六两，生地汁、藕汁
各二两，人乳、牛乳各一碗，生姜汁二碗，先将天花粉七味切开，用淘米水十六碗、桑柴火
慢熬出汁尽五、六碗，沥清，入生地等汁，慢慢煎熬，加白蜜一斤，煎去沫，熬如膏，由入
瓷罐，用水浸三日，去火毒。每用二三匙，白滚水送下，甚效，三消通治。
菟丝丸∶菟丝子（酒浸、洗净，焙干）十两，茯苓、莲肉各三两，五味子一两，共为末。
另研真山药末六两，酒煮，捣数百杵，丸如梧子大。每服五十丸，空心米汤下，三消皆治。
又方∶绿豆煮汁，并作粥食，最妙。
又方∶好梨日日食之，多食必效。或多食萝卜，更妙。
又方∶蚕茧壳七个（丝绵亦可），煎汤当茶饮之，神效。缫丝水，饮一二碗，更佳。
又方∶党参一两，蜜炙，研末，开水泡透，蒸熟为丸如梧子大。日服五丸，酒下，或茄
根煎汤下，日加五丸，加至三十丸为止，不可多服。服五六次后，以饮水恶心为度，恶心时
，干物食之，其渴自止，奇效。
又方∶五倍子煎水饮之，或作丸服之，久则生津止渴。
又方∶牛膝五两（研末），生地黄五斤，捣融，蜜丸梧子大，空心酒下三十丸。下元虚
损
又方∶苦楝树根新白皮五钱，切片，瓦上焙干，入麝香少许，水煎，空心饮之。有人口
渴不止，遇道人传此方服之，下虫三四条而愈。愈后，人必困顿，用党参二两，煎水饮之。
又方∶如一日饮水至一石者，浮萍捣汁服之。
又方∶如饮水多而小便不利者，葵花根五两煎汤，清早服之。
Salt is heated until red-hot and decocted in river water. After drinking for a short while, insert a finger into the throat to press against the root of the tongue to induce vomiting; expelling hot phlegm several times will result in recovery.
Place vegetable leaves in the mouth to chew; green grass is also acceptable, leading to immediate revival. Subsequently, administer Lingolian Gao (Olive Paste) as described previously to eradicate the root cause.
Take one fresh pig heart, Chen Sha (Cinnabar, 辰砂) 1 qian, and Gan Sui (Kansui Root, 甘遂) 2 qian. Grind the two herbs into powder, store them inside the pig heart, and heat it externally by baking with cow dung. Remove the powder, mix it into two pills, and swallow them using the decoction of the boiled pig heart. The illness will be cured.
Excessive thirst with continuous water intake characterizes Upper Xiao (Upper Wasting-Thirst); excessive water intake leading to diarrhea characterizes Lower Xiao (Lower Wasting-Thirst); excessive eating with easy hunger characterizes Middle Xiao (Middle Wasting-Thirst).
Sanxiao Tang (Three Xiao Decoction): Zhen Tai Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix, 真台党), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白术), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归), Fu Ling (Poria, 茯苓), and Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地) each 1 qian; Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex, 黄柏), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, 知母), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 黄连), Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 麦冬), Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthis Radix, 天花粉), and Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩) each 0.7 qian; Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 甘草) 0.5 qian. Decoct in water and take orally. It is highly effective for all three types of Xiao.
Tianchi Gao (Tianchi Paste): Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthis Radix, 天花粉), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 黄连), Zhen Tai Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix, 真台党), Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, 知母), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白术), and Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, 五味) each 3 liang; Mai Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix, 麦冬) 6 liang; Sheng Di Huang Juice (Rehmanniae Radix Juice, 生地汁) and Ou汁 (Nelumbinis Nelumbo, 藕汁) each 2 liang; Ren Ru (Human Milk, 人乳) and Niu Ru (Bovine Milk, 牛乳) each 1 bowl; Sheng Jiang汁 (Zingiberis Recens Juice, 生姜汁) 2 bowls. First, slice the seven ingredients including Tian Hua Fen. Slowly simmer with 16 bowls of rice-washing water over mulberry wood fire until reduced to 5-6 bowls. Filter the clear liquid, add the juices of Sheng Di Huang etc., and slowly simmer again. Add 1 jin of white honey, skim off foam, and boil into a paste. Store in a porcelain jar and soak in water for three days to remove "fire toxicity." Take 2-3 spoons per dose, washed down with plain boiling water. It is very effective for all three types of Xiao.
Tusi Wan (Cuscuta Pill): Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen, 菟丝子) (soaked in wine, washed, dried) 10 liang; Fu Ling (Poria, 茯苓) and Lian Rou (Nelumbinis Semen, 莲肉) each 3 liang; Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, 五味子) 1 liang. Grind together into powder. Separately grind Zhen Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, 真山药) powder 6 liang, boil in wine, and pound hundreds of times. Form pills the size of wu-tzu seeds. Take 50 pills per dose with millet soup on an empty stomach. Effective for all three types of Xiao.
Another prescription: Boil mung beans to make juice and porridge; this is excellent.
Another prescription: Eat good pears daily; consuming more is definitely effective. Alternatively, eat more radishes, which is even better.
Another prescription: Use seven silkworm cocoons (silk floss is also acceptable), decoct in water, and drink as tea. It is miraculous. Drinking 1-2 bowls of silk-reeling water is even better.
Another prescription: Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix, 党参) 1 liang, honey-fried, ground into powder. Soak thoroughly in boiling water, steam until cooked, and form pills the size of wu-tzu seeds. Take 5 pills daily, washed down with wine, or with eggplant root decoction. Increase by 5 pills daily up to 30 pills; do not exceed this. After 5-6 doses, stop when drinking water induces nausea. When nauseous, eat dry food; thirst will cease spontaneously. This has miraculous effects.
Another prescription: Decoct Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis, 五倍子) in water to drink, or form into pills. Long-term use generates fluids and relieves thirst.
Another prescription: Niu Xi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, 牛膝) 5 liang (ground into powder), Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix, 生地黄) 5 jin. Pound and blend, form honey pills the size of wu-tzu seeds. Take 30 pills with wine on an empty stomach. Indicated for deficiency and damage of the lower origin.
Another prescription: Slice 5 qian of fresh white bark from the root of Liushan Tree (Meliae Toosendan Cortex, 苦楝树根新白皮), bake on tiles until dry, add a small amount of She Xiang (Moschus, 麝香), decoct in water, and drink on an empty stomach. A person with unceasing thirst was cured after taking this formula transmitted by a Daoist priest, expelling 3-4 worms. Post-cure fatigue can be treated by decocting 2 liang of Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix, 党参) in water and drinking it.
Another prescription: For those who drink up to one shi of water a day, crush floating fern (Fu Ping, 浮萍) to extract juice and take it.
Another prescription: For those who drink excessively and have difficult urination, decoct 5 liang of sunflower roots (Kui Hua Gen, 葵花根) in water and take it early in the morning.