Primary Medicines for the Hundred Diseases, Part 1

(1) Strikes the Viscera, strikes the Bowels, strikes the Meridians, strikes the Qi; also (2) Phlegm-syncope, (3) Wind-arthralgia, Tetanus, and Paralysis.

Various Wind Disorders (I)

Insufflation into the Nose
【Powdered Gleditsia, powdered Asarum, powdered Pinellia, dust from roof beams】 【Stems of Welsh onion】 Insert into the nose and ears.

Fumigating the Nose
【Croton smoke, Castor bean smoke, Atractylodes decoction】

Rubbing the Teeth
【Flesh of salted plums, powdered Arisaema, powdered Centipede, Storax pills, Alum, Salt, Borneol, Arisaema】

Ejecting Phlegm
【Veratrum】 Either decocted or as a powder. 【Powdered Gleditsia】 Take with wine. 【Common salt】 Decocted in hot water.

【Ginseng rhizomes】 Either decocted or as a powder. 【Melon stalks, Azuki beans】 Mix with pickled vegetable juice and take. 【Radish seeds】 Grind into juice. 【Tung oil】 Brush into the throat. 【Platycodon rhizomes】 Take three qian of the powder with hot water. 【Gleditsia, Radish seeds】 Powder and decoct for irrigation. 【Aconite tips】 Grind into powder and take with tea. 【Powdered Burdock seeds】 Take with Notopterygium wine. 【Powdered Dichroa】 Take with water. 【Vinegar and honey】 Blend and take. 【Powdered Blue Vitriol】 Blend with vinegar and irrigate. 【Gleditsia, powdered Bitter Alum】 Take with water.

【Large shrimp】 Boil until cooked; eat the shrimp and drink the broth, then probe the throat to induce vomiting. 【Bitter tea】 Probe the throat to induce vomiting. 【Mineral vinegar】

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(1) Wind is said to be a formless pathogenic Qi.
(2) Phlegm-syncope is a sudden loss of consciousness where there is a croaking sound in the throat.
(3) Wind-arthralgia refers to disorders of the joints, muscles, bones, and the like.
(4) Bitter Alum is White Alum produced in Cangdi.