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Grind "Bitter Clove" original: "苦丁香" (Kǔdīngxiāng), a common synonym for the melon stalk (Cucumis melo L.) due to its bitter taste. into a fine powder. Mix with the flesh of jujube dates and form into pills the size of a parasol tree seed. For each dose, take thirty-nine pills with a jujube decoction. This is extremely effective.
Take a "one-character" dose One-character (Yizi): A small measure of powder, roughly the amount that would cover the character on a lead coin. of melon stalk powder and blow it into the nostrils. Hold a mouthful of cold water in the mouth. Once yellow fluid is discharged from the nose, the patient will be cured.
From the Book of Living People
Take two melon stalks and soak them in half a cup of water overnight. Drink the infusion all at once to induce vomiting; the illness will then be cured.
From the Thousand Gold Formulas
Take melon stalk powder with well water.
Grind seven melon stalks into powder, wrap the powder in silk or cotton, and insert it into the nostrils. If inserted into the "lower parts" The rectum/anus., it will immediately open the bowels. This is certain to be effective.
From the Sheng-hui Formulas
The Sheng-hui Formulas use this Use the powder of aged melon stalks. Blow it onto the affected area three times a day until the itching ceases.
Take equal parts (half a qian each) of melon stalk powder and white alum powder. Wrap in cotton and plug the nostril, or mix with lard.
Shape into a plug and insert; change it once daily
Take two green "sweet melon" Muskmelon stalks, and half a fen Fen: A traditional unit of weight, approximately 0.37 grams. each of realgar and musk. Grind into a powder. First, lightly scratch the surface of the polyp, then apply the powder. Do this three times a day.
The Decoction and Materia Medica uses fourteen melon stalks, one clove, and forty-nine grains of broomcorn millet
Grind seven melon stalks into powder and hold it in the mouth. Simultaneously, hold water in the mouth and sniff it into the nose. Once the fluid is discharged, the pain will stop.
Stir-fry and grind with a small amount of musk; wrap in cotton and bite down firmly
Take melon vines with the stalks attached (any quantity) and soak them in water overnight. Use a sandpot... Text breaks off here.
From the General Record of Holy Benevolence