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Chapter 21 of 27
金匮要略
This chapter specifically discusses the pulse manifestations, symptoms, and treatments for miscellaneous diseases including inability to retreat the foot (Fu Jue), swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, muscle cramps (Zhuan Jin), Yin-Hu hernia, and roundworm disease (Hui). The original title lists "one discourse, one pulse-symptom entry, and four formulas," with four formulas actually recorded, while another formula named "Li Lu Gan Cao Tang" (Veratrum-Glycyrrhiza Decoction) has its name preserved but the composition lost.
OriginalText The Master said: In cases of Fu Jue, the patient can only walk forward but cannot retreat. Puncture the calf muscle (肕 "yue" is "shuan," referring to the gastrocnemius muscle area) to a depth of approximately two cun. This is due to injury to the Taiyang channel (one of the six channels in the human body, governing the exterior surface, coursing through the head, neck, back, and posterior aspect of the lower limbs).
Vernacular The Master said: A person suffering from Fu Jue (foot movement disorder where one can advance but cannot retreat) can only walk forward but cannot step backward. Treatment involves needling the calf (the "shuan" area, referring to the gastrocnemius) to a depth of about two cun. This is caused by injury to the Taiyang channel.
⚠️ This is an ancient acupuncture record intended solely for theoretical study and should not be self-imitated.
OriginalText When a patient frequently experiences swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, and the person's body muscles also show "shun shun" twitching (the characters 目閏 being a scribal error for "瞤" shun, referring to involuntary muscle twitching), treat with Li Lu Gan Cao Tang (Veratrum-Glycyrrhiza Decoction). Li Lu Gan Cao Tang Formula (composition not preserved)
Vernacular When a patient frequently has swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, and the whole body's muscles also show twitching movements, the Li Lu Gan Cao Tang should be used for treatment. The original formula has not been preserved, and its composition is lost.
OriginalText The disease of Zhuan Jin: the patient's arms and legs are stiff and rigid, the pulse moves upward and downward, slightly taut. When the cramping draws into the abdomen, treat with Ji Shi Bai San (Chicken Droppings White Powder).
Vernacular In the disease of Zhuan Jin (muscle cramps), the patient's arms and legs have tense and rigid sinews, and the pulse is taut on both beats—slightly wiry. If the cramping extends to involve the abdomen, it is called "Zhuan Jin entering the abdomen," which is treated with Ji Shi Bai San.
Ji Shi Bai San Formula Use one ingredient: white chicken droppings. Grind into powder. Take one square-cun spoonful (fang cun bi), mix with six ge of water, and take warm.
The ancients believed white chicken droppings could promote diuresis, drain heat, and relax the sinews. It is not recommended from either modern hygiene or pharmacological perspectives.
OriginalText In Yin-Hu hernia, the scrotum is uneven in size, sometimes larger, and moves up and down intermittently. Treat with Zhi Zhu San (Spider Powder).
Vernacular Yin-Hu hernia manifests as one side of the scrotum alternating between larger and smaller, moving up and down, appearing and disappearing unpredictably—cunning and changeable like a fox. Treat with Zhi Zhu San (Spider Powder).
Zhi Zhu San Formula Fourteen spiders (dry-fried until burnt), half liang of cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi). Grind the two ingredients into powder. Take one eighth of a spoonful with liquid, twice daily. May also be made into honey pills.
The ancients drew upon the spider's "scattering and web-weaving" nature, combined with cinnamon twig to warm and dissipate cold congelation in the lower energizer. There is no modern clinical application value, and the spider species is unspecified, posing safety risks.
OriginalText Question: In abdominal pain caused by worms, how does one differentiate on the pulse? The Master said: In abdominal pain, the pulse should be deep or wiry. If it is instead flooding and large, then there are roundworms. The disease caused by roundworms causes the patient to drool saliva, with heartburn-like pain appearing at fixed intervals. When potent medicines fail to stop it, treat with Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang (Glycyrrhiza-Powder-Honey Decoction).
Vernacular Someone asked: When abdominal pain is due to worms, how does one differentiate by pulse? The Master said: In abdominal pain, the pulse should be deep or wiry. If it is, on the contrary, flooding and large, it indicates roundworms disease. This disease may cause the patient to drool clear saliva, and pain in the epigastric region (heart fossa) that occurs at set intervals. Even after administering strong anthelmintic agents (the term "du yao" refers to potent destructive medicines for parasites, not poison poisoning), the pain does not stop. Use Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang for treatment.
Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang Formula Glycyrrhiza (Gan Cao) two liang, powder (Fen) one liang, honey (Mi) four liang. Boil glycyrrhiza first with three sheng of water down to two sheng; remove the dregs. Add the powder and honey, stirring equally, and cook into a thin porridge-like consistency. Take one sheng warm. Stop taking immediately upon recovery.
"Fen (powder)" is interpreted variously as rice meal or lead powder; there has been historical debate. If it were lead powder," it would be toxic and absolutely must not be self-administered. Even as written in ancient formulas with apt intention, this requires specialist instruction and rigorous verification.
For completeness, research conducted to date provides no clear consensus on identification between rice meal, and further suggests avoiding rash self-administrath using an understandingbased prescription."
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Wu Mei Wan Formula Three hundred mume fruits (Wu Mei); six liang of asarum (Xi Xin); ten liang of dried ginger (Gan Jiang); one jin of coptidis rhizome (Huang Lian); four liang of Chinese angelica (Dang Gui); six liang of prepared aconite (Fù Zǐ/Paozhi); four liang of Sichuan pepper (Chuan Jiao, dry-fried to remove the oil/without fluid) removed excess and bitterness; sixs thin the boiling stems into high-quality cinnamon twig measuring), more that get inner; six liang of ginseng (Ren Shen); six Liang of Phellodendron (Huang Bai) dry fried.
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This chapter serves as the concluding section concerning miscellaneous diseases in the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. Although the passage is brief, it embodies diagnostic and therapeutic thoughts for several different categories of miscellaneous disease:
Fu Jue emphasizes channel differentiation: Being able to advance but not retreat localizes the disease in the Taiyang channel, highlighting that "traumatic injury to the channels" may cause motor impairment.
Finger and arm swelling with tremor emphasizes wind-phlegm: Based on habitual concepts, conditions manifesting as muscle twitching and swelling of extremities were mostly considered wind-phlegm or damp-phlegm. Although the Li Lu Gan Cao Tang composition is lost name-wise, employment of Veratrum nigrum evoke-winding wind-phlegm- with Glycyrrhiza moderate urgent, hints at applying strategist principles due the scenario.
Cramps (Zhuan Jin) emphasizes sinew tension: Ji‑shi‑bai powder uses its draining a and releasing as separate to calm rigidity. The ancients deemed cramp often trigger descending from Damp‑filth, heat evil respectively fluid harmful deficit too then based one distinguishing sequence mostly treat source through multiple surface levels by the premise – General principles internal.
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Indeed necessity definitely; Returning done clean finish concluded.## Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, Volume Two, Chapter Nineteen: Pulse, Symptoms, and Treatment of Foot Inability to Retreat (Fu Jue), Finger and Arm Swelling, Muscle Cramps (Zhuan Jin), Yin-Hu Hernia, and Roundworm Disease (Hui)
This chapter specifically discusses the pulse manifestations, symptoms, and treatments for miscellaneous diseases including inability to retreat the foot (Fu Jue), swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, muscle cramps (Zhuan Jin), Yin-Hu hernia, and roundworm disease (Hui). The original title lists "one discourse, one pulse-symptom entry, and four formulas," with four formulas actually recorded, while another formula named "Li Lu Gan Cao Tang" (Veratrum-Glycyrrhiza Decoction) has its name preserved but the composition lost.
Original Text
The Master said: In cases of Fu Jue, the patient can only walk forward but cannot retreat. Puncture the calf muscle (月耑 is a variant of 腨, referring to the gastrocnemius muscle area) to a depth of approximately two cun. This is due to injury to the Taiyang channel (one of the six channels in the human body, governing the exterior surface, coursing through the head, neck, back, and posterior aspect of the lower limbs).
Vernacular
The Master said: A person suffering from Fu Jue (a foot movement disorder where one can advance but cannot retreat) can only walk forward but cannot step backward. Treatment involves needling the calf (the "shuan" area, referring to the gastrocnemius) to a depth of about two cun. This is caused by injury to the Taiyang channel.
⚠️ This is an ancient acupuncture record intended solely for theoretical study and should not be self-imitated.
Original Text
When a patient frequently experiences swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, and the person's body muscles also show "shun shun" twitching (the characters 目閏 being a scribal error for 瞤 "shun," referring to involuntary muscle twitching), treat with Li Lu Gan Cao Tang (Veratrum-Glycyrrhiza Decoction).
Li Lu Gan Cao Tang Formula (composition not preserved)
Vernacular
When a patient frequently has swelling and twitching of the fingers and arms, and the whole body's muscles also show twitching movements (with the muscles twitching involuntarily), the Li Lu Gan Cao Tang should be used for treatment. The original formula has not been preserved, and its composition is lost.
Original Text
The disease of Zhuan Jin: the patient's arms and legs are stiff and rigid, the pulse moves upward and downward, slightly taut. When the cramping draws into the abdomen, treat with Ji Shi Bai San (Chicken Droppings White Powder).
Vernacular
In the disease of Zhuan Jin (muscle cramps), the patient's arms and legs have tense and rigid sinews, and the pulse moves up and down, slightly wiry and taut. If the cramping extends to involve the abdomen, it is called "Zhuan Jin entering the abdomen," which is treated with Ji Shi Bai San.
Ji Shi Bai San Formula
Use one ingredient: white chicken droppings. Grind into powder. Take one square-cun spoonful (fang cun bi), mix with six ge of water, and take warm.
The ancients believed white chicken droppings could promote diuresis, drain heat, and relax the sinews. It is not recommended from either modern hygiene or pharmacological perspectives.
Original Text
In Yin-Hu hernia, the scrotum is uneven in size, sometimes larger, and moves up and down intermittently. Treat with Zhi Zhu San (Spider Powder).
Vernacular
Yin-Hu hernia manifests as one side of the scrotum alternating between larger and smaller, moving up and down, appearing and disappearing unpredictably—cunning and changeable like a fox. Treat with Zhi Zhu San (Spider Powder).
Zhi Zhu San Formula
Fourteen spiders (dry-fried until burnt), half a liang of cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi). Grind the two ingredients into powder. Take one eighth of a spoonful with liquid, twice daily. May also be made into honey pills.
The ancients drew upon the spider's "scattering and web-weaving" nature, combined with cinnamon twig to warm and dissipate cold congelation in the lower energizer. There is no modern clinical application value, and the spider species is unspecified, posing safety risks.
Original Text
Question: In abdominal pain caused by worms, how does one differentiate on the pulse? The Master said: In abdominal pain, the pulse should be deep or wiry. If it is instead flooding and large, then there are roundworms. The disease caused by roundworms causes the patient to drool saliva, with heartburn-like pain appearing at fixed intervals. When potent medicines fail to stop it, treat with Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang (Glycyrrhiza-Powder-Honey Decoction).
Vernacular
Someone asked: When abdominal pain is due to worms, how does one differentiate by pulse? The Master said: In abdominal pain, the pulse should be deep or wiry. If it is, on the contrary, flooding and large, it indicates roundworm disease. This disease may cause the patient to drool clear saliva, and pain in the epigastric region (heart fossa) that occurs at set intervals. Even after administering strong anthelmintic agents (the term "du yao" refers to potent destructive medicines for parasites, not poisoning), the pain does not stop. Use Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang for treatment.
Gan Cao Fen Mi Tang Formula
Glycyrrhiza (Gan Cao) two liang, powder (Fen) one liang, honey (Mi) four liang. Boil glycyrrhiza first with three sheng of water down to two sheng; remove the dregs. Add the powder and honey, stirring equally, and cook into a thin porridge-like consistency. Take one sheng warm. Stop taking immediately upon recovery.
"Fen (powder)" has been interpreted variously as rice meal or lead powder, sparking historical debate. If it were lead powder, it would be highly toxic and absolutely must not be self-administered.
Original Text
In Hui Jue (roundworm reversal), the patient should have a history of vomiting roundworms. Now the patient is quiet but then becomes restless at intervals. This is because of Zang Han (cold in the internal organs—here mostly referring to cold deficiency of the stomach and intestines). A worm ascends into the diaphragm, causing restlessness, which then subsides after a short while. When the patient eats, he vomits and becomes restless again—because the roundworm, smelling the scent of food, crawls upward, and the patient should naturally vomit the worm. In Hui Jue, treat with Wu Mei Wan (Mume Pills).
Vernacular
A patient with Hui Jue (manifesting as cold extremities, abdominal pain, and restlessness from roundworm disturbance) typically has a history of vomiting roundworms. Currently, the patient is calm but then becomes restless at times. This is because of Zang Han (internal visceral cold deficiency, mostly referring here to gastrointestinal cold deficiency). The roundworm climbs upward into the diaphragm, thus resulting in restlessness, which stops again after a moment. After eating, the patient vomits and becomes restless once more because the roundworm, detecting the odor of food, crawls upward—and the patient would then spontaneously vomit the roundworm. Hui Jue patients should be treated with Wu Mei Wan.
Wu Mei Wan Formula
Three hundred mume fruits (Wu Mei); six liang of asarum (Xi Xin); ten liang of dried ginger (Gan Jiang); one jin of coptidis rhizome (Huang Lian); four liang of Chinese angelica (Dang Gui); six liang of prepared aconite (Fu Zi, processed); four liang of Sichuan pepper (Chuan Jiao, dry-fried to remove the oil); six liang of cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi); six liang of ginseng (Ren Shen); six liang of phellodendron bark (Huang Bai).
Preparation: Grind and sieve all ten ingredients separately, then mix together. Soak the mume fruits in bitter wine (vinegar) overnight, remove the pits, and steam the mume under five sheng of rice. Once the rice is cooked, pound the mume into a paste, combine with the medicinal powders, add honey, and beat thoroughly in a mortar for two thousand strokes until blending is complete. Form pills the size of parasol (wutong) tree seeds. Take ten pills with a liquid before meals, three times daily, gradually increasing the dose to twenty pills per serving if necessary. Contraindications: raw-cold foods, greasy or slippery foods, and foul-smelling or stale substances.
This chapter serves as the concluding section concerning miscellaneous diseases in the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. Although the passages are relatively brief, they embody diagnostic and therapeutic thoughts for various categories of miscellaneous diseases:
Fu Jue emphasizes channel differentiation: The inability to advance but ability to retreat localizes the disease to the Taiyang channel, highlighting that "channel injury" may cause motor impairment.
Finger and arm swelling with tremor emphasizes wind-phlegm: Based on classical content, conditions manifesting as muscle twitching and swelling of the extremities were mostly interpreted under wind-phlegm or dampness-phlegm pathology. Although the Li Lu Gan Cao Tang composition is lost from the text, the use of Veratrum (one ancient practice generating vomiting behavior often from retained accumulated problematic or noxious triggers with deep agents clearing duct regions) paired with Glycyrrhiza (to moderate urgency with emollient property slowing no result letting with true targets gradually drained appropriately properly carefully or avoids insult during push) again conceptually expresses implementing controlling applied using original treatment doctrine under utility where responding natural bodily path frequently delivering beneficial option harmonized management tailored designed orient which traditional goals ("blow vent when pathology tends makes out through stimulation reaches route already upward enough bring effective move safety") giving preserving. Regarding origin style:
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