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Chew the white ginkgo nut (Bai Guo, *Seminaris Ginkgo Semen*) into a paste and apply it to the affected area; this is highly effective. Alternatively, chewing peach kernel (Tao Ren, *Persicae Semen*) into a paste for application is also acceptable.

This condition is named Xin Shan (Heart Hernia). Use chive juice (Jiu Cai Zhi) mixed with the powder of Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria), as referenced in *Nei Wai Bei Yong Zhu Fang*, and take it by dissolving the powder in a decoction prepared from small fennel (Xiao Hui Xiang, *Foeniculi Fructus*).
Another prescription: Take four taels of genuine Yun Ling (Poria Cocos with Hostwood) and four taels of Xiao Hui Xiang (Small Fennel Fruit). Grind them together into a powder, make pills the size of wutong seeds using water. Take three qian per dose, washed down with boiled water. The course of treatment is complete when the dose is finished, with miraculous efficacy.

This condition is named Heng Liang Shan (Beam-like Hernia), which is difficult to treat and most common among women. Take one jin of Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus) and two liang of Hei Zhima (Black Sesame Seed). Mix them and stir-fry, then sift out the sesame seeds. Only grind the Buguzhi into powder (avoid iron utensils). Make pills using wine as a binder. Take three qian per dose, washed down with boiled water. It is even more effective to refer to the subsequent Luffa fruit prescription or the formula by Zhu Danxi.

This disease is named Shan Qi (Hernia Qi). Use old Luffa fruit (Lao Si Gua, also known as Shui Gua or Xian Gua). Roast it on a tile until charred, grind it into powder, and take it with hot wine. For severe cases, no more than three doses are needed.
Another prescription: Whenever hernia first appears, accompanied by alternating chills and fever, pain, and tendency to develop into Nang Yong (Scrotal Abscess), use fresh Digupi (Cortex Lycii Radicis, root bark of Lycium chinense) and fresh Ginger (Sheng Jiang, *Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens*), each four taels.
Another prescription: Take Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Lizhi He (Litchee Seed, stir-fried until scorched), and Liu Huang (Sulfur, melted in fire and then plunged into water to remove its toxicity) in equal proportions. Grind them into powder and form pills using rice as a binder.
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Another prescription: Take one liang of Huai Zi (Sophora Seed), stir-fry it into powder, add three fen of salt, and take it on an empty stomach with hot wine. Swelling will subside and pain will cease.
Another prescription: Take five fen of Xiong Huang (Realgar), purified by levigation, grind it into fine powder, and take it with ginger soup. It stops pain miraculously.
Another prescription: Bind the second toes of both feet together. Apply moxa cones the size of a soybean to the seam at the head of the second toe and burn it; cure is immediate. Alternatively, burn the spot midway between the nail and skin on the outer side of the big toe. Treat the left side for men and the right side for women.
Another prescription: Locate the Sanyinjiao (SP6) acupoint, situated four finger-widths above the medial malleolus on the inner side of the left foot. Burn moxa there seven times; it stops pain miraculously and can eradicate the root cause.
Another prescription: Take five qian of Hanlian Cao (Ecliptae Herba, also known as Mo Tou, Mo Dou, or Mo Dong). Decoct it in wine and take it orally. It is effective regardless of age or duration of the disease.
Another prescription: Heat charcoal made from chestnut until red-hot, place it in a bowl, add half a bowl of good liquor, cover the bowl, and drink it. Even if the pain is unbearable, it will stop immediately.
Another prescription: If the disease is on the left, use Lizhi He (Litchee Seed)—one seed per year of age—roast it on a new tile until charred, grind it into powder, and take it on an empty stomach with good wine. If the disease is on the right, use Xiao Hui Xiang... [Text fragment]
Another prescription: Take four taels of Lizhi He (Litchee Seed, soaked in salt water and stir-fried) and one tael of Xiao Hui Xiang (Small Fennel Fruit, stir-fried with salt water). Grind them extremely finely, mix well with brown and white sugar, and make pills.
Another prescription: Use tree leaves (harvested on the third day of the third lunar month or the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, strung on thread to dry in shade, selecting those resembling cloud patterns). Use four qian each time, decoct in water... [Text fragment]
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Another prescription: Take half a jin of Ku Chu Shu Ye (Leaves of Ailanthus altissima). Boil them, place them in a jar, fumigate first and then wash afterward. Do this several times a day; the effect is very rapid.
Another prescription: Take raw Shi Chang Pu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Gan Zi Ye (Citrus Leaf), and Xiao Hui Xiang (Small Fennel Fruit), each one tael. Pound them until thoroughly mashed. Place them in a wine pot, add one bowl of boiled water, and heat the pot in a larger pot of boiling water over a water bath. Frequently apply the hot compress through clothing to the affected area; it stops pain miraculously.
Another prescription: Take three qian of Qing Fan (Alum). Take it with boiling water; it stops immediately, and three doses eradicate the root cause.
Another prescription: Take one liang of Huluba Zi (Trigonellae Semina). Stir-fry them black in an iron wok, grind into powder. Take three qian per dose, washed down with boiling wine. Mild sweating indicates resolution.
Another prescription: Take seven Bi Ma Zi (Castor Seeds), mash them with rice into pills, and apply to the sole of the foot. Apply to the left foot for left-sided pain, to the right foot for right-sided pain, and to both for bilateral pain.
Another prescription: Take three qian of Dang Shen (Codonopsis Root), two qian of Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis Root, washed with wine) and Zhi [Gan Cao?], one qian each of Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Chuan Lian (Toosendan Fruit), Xiao Hui (Small Fennel), Ju He (Tangerine Seed), and Li He (Litchee Seed), five fen each of Fu Zi (Aconite Lateral Root) and Rou Gui (Cinnamon Bark, peeled, taken in divided doses), and five fen of Chuan Jiao (Sichuan Pepper). Take one or two doses. This addresses left-sided ptosis... [Text fragment]
Another prescription: Take four taels of Qiao Mai Mian (Buckwheat Flour), four taels of Huluba (Fenugreek Seed, soaked in wine, dried, not fried), and one tael of Xiao Hui Xiang (Small Fennel Fruit, fried). Grind them together into powder, and use wine paste... [Text fragment]
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Another prescription: Whenever suffering from ptosis (Pian Zhui), if prescriptions containing Lizhi He (Litchee Seed) and Xiao Hui Xiang (Small Fennel Fruit) are ineffective, this indicates a Heat syndrome. Take the root of Furong Hua (Hibiscus Mutabilis Flower), remove the center, and use the bark... [Text fragment]