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Take the earth from the center of the home stove (earth purchased from pharmacies is not pure and thus ineffective), mix with water to form pills, and plug both nostrils; vomiting will cease immediately, with excellent efficacy.

Fry ten grains of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. (Chuanjiao) and decoct for oral administration. Alternatively, add Chuanjiao to antiemetic medicines for drinking.
Another prescription: Take two preserved salted plums (Chenyanmei), mix with powder of Talcum (Huashi), pound repeatedly into cakes, wrap in paper, and roast over fire until charred. Soak in boiling water and take orally; highly effective.

Take half a sheng of millet, grind into powder, and mix with water to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take seven pills each time, cook thoroughly, add a little salt, and swallow with the juice on an empty stomach. Alternatively, swallow with vinegar.
Another prescription: Remove the white pith from true Tangerine peel (Ju Pi), grind into powder. At dawn (Wugeng), place 0.5 fen of the powder in the palm of the hand; inhaling the scent induces sleep, and recovery occurs within three days.
Another prescription: Take one large crucian carp, remove internal organs but keep scales, fill with powder of Vitriol (Zaofan), wrap in mud, calcine to preserve nature, and grind into powder. Take 1 qian with rice water each time, twice daily.
Another prescription: A patient gradually developed vomiting due to excessive intake of cooling medicines. After ten days, anything ingested was vomited immediately, down to the point of being unable to eat even a grain of rice or drink soup or water, lasting for seven days. The physician examined the pulse, which was not scattered, and noted the patient still had spirit. Although obstruction was caused by cold and coolness, since fasting began, there was no bowel movement and urination was scanty and difficult. Immediately administer a decoction of Prepared Rhubarb (Zhi Dahuang) and Bitter Orange (Zhike), each 1 qian. Surprisingly, it was not vomited out, nor did the patient desire food. The next day, another dose was taken. One hour after swallowing, bowel movements and urination became smooth, and the patient desired food. Indeed, when medicine matches the syndrome, its efficacy is so remarkable.

See the section on Phlegm Diseases.

Insert a paper wick into the nose to induce sneezing; vomiting ceases immediately.

Decoct Pericarpium Kaki (Shidi) in water and drink; vomiting ceases immediately.

Mix 2 qian each of Frankincense (Ruxiang), Realgar (Xionghuang), and aged Mugwort leaf (Chen Ai) into fine powder. Add one cup of good wine, boil briefly, and let the patient inhale the hot vapor. Externally, rub fresh ginger on the chest; most effective.
Another prescription: Mix 2 qian of Xionghuang with one盏 of distilled liquor, decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Urgently let the patient inhale the hot vapor; vomiting ceases immediately.
Another prescription: Take 4 liang of Chuanjiao (remove seeds and closed-mouth peppers, fry), make pills with wheat paste the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take ten pills each time, send down with vinegar-infused water, long after meals.
Another prescription: Burn seven lychees (with shell and seed) until charred, grind into powder, mix with boiling water, and take orally, long after meals; stops immediately.
Another prescription: Burn yellow beeswax to produce smoke, fumigate the nose two or three times; vomiting ceases immediately.
Another prescription: Equal parts of Amomum villosum Lour. (Sharen) fried and ground, and fresh ginger with skin, pounded into a paste. Soak 2 qian in hot wine and take long after meals; miraculous effect.
Another prescription: Burn Canavalia gladiata (Bats.) DC. seeds (Daodouzi) to ash while preserving nature, mix with boiling water, and take 2 qian; vomiting ceases immediately.