[Dissertation] The so-called "Chuan Shi Lao" (Lao Disease transmitted from corpse) is a type of Gu Zheng (Bone-steaming disease), where the pathogenic factor spreads through the Five Zang Organs. Its symptoms include: lying half-reclined and half-sitting; waking up clear-headed in the morning but experiencing slight fever in the afternoon; frequent dissatisfaction in mood, with much palpitations and fright in the heart; night sweats; dreaming of sexual intercourse with ghosts; redness on both cheeks; lips resembling blood color; desire to sleep but inability to do so; desire to eat but inability to swallow; sometimes rapid panting and coughing, fullness and oppression in the chest and heart, vexatious pain in the back and shoulders; bright eyes (but lacking spirit); weakness in the four limbs; stiffness and tension in the spine; soreness and pain in the knees and shins; emptiness and distension in the two hypochondria; occasional mild diarrhea; dry nose and mouth; gradual emaciation and wasting. Although death may occur at any moment, the spirit remains clear. This is its clinical manifestation. If treatment is delayed, it is like water drying up, leading to death imperceptibly.

[Formula 1] For treating Chuan Shi Fu Lian (Hidden transmission Lao), Gu Zheng, Pi Leng Qi (Cold qi in masses), Wu Shi Zhu (Five Corpse Infections) that are contagious, as well as Gu Zhu (Poison infection), Wen Nue (Warm Malaria), Zhu Wu (Infection by malicious influence), sudden heart pain, sudden death, and epidemics, this formula is highly effective. Otter Liver and Gold Tooth Powder Formula:
Otter Liver (one piece, dried by roasting), Jin Ya (Gold Tooth, crushed), Dan Sha (Cinnabar, levigated and crushed), Li Gu (Fox bone, roasted, pounded and crushed), Niu Huang (Calculus Bovis, crushed), She Xiang (Musk, crushed), Long Dan (Gentianae Radix), Bai Wei (Cynanchi Atrati Radix), Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, skin and umbilicus removed), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, washed, sliced, dried by baking), Pu Huang (Pollen Typhae, stir-fried), Gui Du You (Dichroae Radix), Tong Zhao Bi (Copper mirror nose, fired and quenched in vinegar), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) (each half liang), Han Shui Shi (Halloysitum Rubrum) (one liang).
The above twenty-nine ingredients are pounded and ground into a fine powder, mixed and re-ground until uniform like flour. Each dose is one qian bi (a small spoonful), taken with boiled water, once on an empty stomach and once before bed. Gradually increase the dose to one and a half qian bi.

[Formula 2] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing rapid panting, coughing, chest fullness and oppression, and gradual emaciation. Benzoin Decoction Formula:
An Xi Xiang (Benzoin), She Xiang (Musk, crushed, each one qian), Tian Ling Gai (Skull cap of human, roasted with butter to yellow, two liang), Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix, remove seedlings and soil), Bie Jia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, remove skirt edge, roasted with butter until brittle) [Other ingredients missing in original text].
The above seven ingredients are coarsely pounded and sieved. Each dose is four qian bi, added with one and a half bowls of urine from a young boy, five cun of white part of green onion, seven cun each of peach branch and willow branch, and two slices of ginger. Simmer together until reduced to eight parts, strain, and take at any time. Re-decoct before going to bed and place near the patient's head; by the fifth watch (5-7 AM), the patient may experience dream reactions indicating the drug's efficacy.

[Formula 3] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing emotional dissatisfaction, frequent palpitations, night sweats, and emaciation. Spirit-Penetrating Pill Formula:
Tu Fen (Rabbit feces, 7x7 grains), Tai Fa (Fetal hair from 21 infants), Human Finger Nails (7x7 pieces), Human Toe Nails (7x7 pieces), Tian Ling Gai (Human skull cap) [Text interrupted here].
The above eight ingredients are placed in a clay vessel, sealed tightly with salt mud. Dig a pit one chi square, place the vessel inside, surround it with firewood from locust trees, and burn for one day. Remove and grind finely, then add the following:
Xiong Huang (Realgar, crushed), Gui Jiu (Podophylli Peltati Rhizoma et Radix, stir-fried and pounded to powder), Gui Jian Yu (Eucommiae Cortex? Or specific herb, stir-fried and pounded to powder), She Xiang (Musk, crushed), Dan Sha (Cinnabar, each one liang, crushed).
The above thirteen ingredients: mix the powders of the last five with the previously burned medicine, grind uniformly, and form pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Coat with Cinnabar. Take ten pills per dose, gradually increasing to twenty pills, with rice drink. Take twice daily, before morning and evening meals. Prepare on a Yin day, ensuring no women or chickens/dogs see it.

[Formula 4] For treating Wu Lao (Five Exhaustions) causing emaciation and Chuan Shi Lao, ominous dreams, gradual wasting, body fatigue, joint pain, and loss of appetite. Turtle Shell Decoction Formula:
Bie Jia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, remove skirt edge, roast with butter to yellow, one liang), Tian Ling Gai (Skull cap, roast with butter to yellow, half liang), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix, remove seedlings), Chi Fu Ling (Poria with Red Host, remove black skin) [Heart/Ginseng?], Tao Ren (Persicamidis Semen, remove [skin and tip]), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, remove stamens, half liang) [Text has gaps here].
The above sixteen ingredients are coarsely pounded and sieved. Each dose is four qian bi, added with one and a half bowls of urine from a young boy, five cun of white part of green onion, seven cun each of peach and willow branches, and two slices of ginger. Simmer to eight parts, strain, and take warm at any time. Decoct at night, place near the patient's head; abnormal dreams by the fifth watch indicate efficacy.

[Formula 5] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing flaccidity and emaciation, constant redness on both cheeks, rapid panting, coughing, chest fullness, limb weakness, and dreaming of intercourse with ghosts. Hookworm-Fishing Pill Formula:
Ci Shi (Magnetitum, finely ground, raw use), Zhu Sha (Cinnabar, boiled in water until cooked, each two liang), Long Gu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi, three liang), Ni Fen (Calomelas, half liang), She Xiang (Musk, extract powder, seven liang) [Note: Original text likely contains typographical errors regarding quantities, especially for Musk, but translated as written].
[Procedure]: Tie a copper coin to one end of a string, thread the pill onto the other end. Have the patient swallow the pill with fresh water on an empty stomach. When the coin is outside the mouth and nausea arises, pull the string to vomit out the pill along with any worms. Immediately fry the worms in oil to kill them; this brings immediate effect.

[Formula 6] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing chest fullness, shortness of breath, emaciated and weak body, and incessant coughing. Asarum Powder Formula:
A Wei (Asari Resina, crushed), An Xi Xiang (Benzoin, mixed with Walnut Kernel and crushed, each one fen), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, stir-fried and cut, each half liang), Zhu Ya Zao Jia (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus, coated with butter and roasted until [crisp]) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above eight ingredients: except for those already crushed, pound and sieve into powder, mix uniformly with the crushed drugs. Take five qian bi per dose, with one and a half bowls of urine from a young boy and three cun of white part of green onion. Decoct until reduced to one bowl by the fifth watch of the next day. Take freely on an empty stomach, and again after midnight meal. After some time, vomiting is beneficial. Discharge of worm-like substances resembling hair or foul accumulations indicates the removal of the disease root. Dreaming of parting and crying with people after several days of medication signifies recovery. For severe cases, take one dose every three days; three doses cure. Simply placing the medicine near the patient's bed can also induce such dreams and cure.

[Formula 7] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing dark face, hot and painful head, qi stagnation in chest and back, sticky phlegm in expectoration, poor appetite, cough, rapid panting, chest fullness, hypochondriac distension, pain below waist and navel, steaming heat in four limbs, flaccidity, restlessness, and discomfort. Coptis Pill Formula:
Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma, remove stamens, two and a half liang), Ta Gan (Otter Liver, dried by roasting), Bei Mu (Fritillariae Bulbus, remove heart), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, cut and stir-fried), Long Dan (Gentianae Radix, remove rhizome, each one and a half liang), [Bin?] Lang (Arecae Semen, slightly roasted and cut, each two [liang?]) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above ten ingredients are pounded and sifted into fine powder, formed into pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills after meals with fermented grain water, and another dose at noon. For women with amenorrhea, add Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix) one liang.

[Formula 8] For treating Gu Zheng Chuan Shi, expelling worms and foul accumulations. Realgar Powder Formula:
Xiong Huang (Realgar, crushed), Ci Huang (Orpiment, crushed), Dai Zhe Shi (Haematitum, crushed, each one liang), Dan Sha (Cinnabar, crushed, two liang).
The above four ingredients are mixed with vinegar, stir-fried until dry, then levigated with water to remove the vinegar taste, dried, and ground to powder. Mix with the following:
Xia Ma (Bufo Toad, roasted), Tian Ling Gai (Skull cap, roasted yellow and pounded to powder), She Xiang (Musk, crushed), Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis, each half liang, crushed), Ba Dou (Crotonis Fructus, seven seeds, boiled in water for one hour, skin, tip, core, and membrane removed, crushed).
The above nine ingredients: pound and grind the last five into powder, mix with the first four, and grind uniformly. Form pills with millet rice the size of paulownia seeds. Take seven pills on an empty stomach with boiled water. To expel worms, take two pills with sugar water. After three days of medication, worms will be expelled. Bathe in decoction made from two jin of Mao Xiang (Costi Rhizoma) overnight. Check if worms float or sink in the water to verify.

[Formula 9] For treating Chuan Shi Bing, Dun Zhu (Escaping infection), Gu Zheng, Fu Lian. This disease often results from weeping over corpses, allowing corpse qi to enter the abdomen, persisting for three to five years. Some patients can eat but do not gain flesh; others flare up after minor exertion every few days. Typically, the bone between the forehead bones feels constantly hot. After death, others in the household may contract it, potentially wiping out the family. Otter Liver Pill Formula:
Ta Gan (Otter Liver, one piece, dried by roasting), Bie Jia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, one piece, remove skirt edge, soak in vinegar and roast to yellow), Ye Hu Tou Gu (Wild Fox Skull, one piece, roast to yellow), Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, one [liang?]) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above eight ingredients are pounded and sifted into fine powder, formed into pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills with rice drink, and another dose at noon.

[Formula 10] For treating Chuan Shi caused by excessive intake of cold medicines, lasting weeks or months without cure, damaging the Spleen, leading to poor appetite, indigestion, abdominal fullness, and diarrhea. Warm Spleen and Aged Qu Pill Formula:
Chen Qu Mo (Aged Qu Powder, stir-fried to yellow, five liang), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, one liang), Fu Zi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, skin and umbilicus removed, three liang), Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus, remove pulp and stir-fry with bran to yellow) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above nine ingredients are pounded and sifted into fine powder, formed into pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills on an empty stomach with rice drink, and another dose before bed. Gradually increase to thirty pills.

[Formula 11] For treating Chuan Shi Lao fatigue, Gui Zhu (Ghost infection), and emaciation. Cinnabar Pill Formula:
Dan Sha (Cinnabar, crushed, one liang), She Xiang (Musk, crushed, three fen), Tao Ren (Persicamidis Semen, soaked in water, skin and tips removed, double-kernel ones used raw, crushed, ten seeds).
The above three ingredients are mixed and ground finely, formed into pills with refined honey the size of paulownia seeds. Take seven pills on an empty stomach with millet drink, and another dose before bed.

[Formula 12] For treating Chuan Shi Lao causing abdominal fullness, panting, coughing, constipation, emaciation, and weakness. Evil-Expelling Drink Formula:
Bing Lang (Arecae Semen, baked), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, cut and stir-fried, each one liang), A Wei (Asari Resina, crushed, one qian), Dan Sha (Cinnabar, crushed), She Xiang (Musk, crushed), Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix, remove seedlings and soil, each [liang?]) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above six ingredients: except for Musk and Cinnabar, cut finely like hemp seeds, mix uniformly, and divide into five doses. For each dose, use seven tips each of Southeast Peach and Willow branches (about one fist length each, finely cut), one fist of Qing Hao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba). Soak overnight in one and a half sheng of urine from a young boy. Decoct together until boiling vigorously for more than ten times, pour out, filter through fine silk, and divide into two doses. Take on an empty stomach sequentially. By morning, foul matter resembling hair, horse tails, or fish brains will be discharged. Stop when discharge ceases. Consume soft rice and porridge for recuperation. After seven days, tonify with tonic medicines.

[Formula 13] For treating Chuan Shi Lao wasting, Gu Zheng, Fu Lian, life hanging by a thread, yet spirit remaining clear. Uncaria Decoction Formula:
Gou Teng (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix, remove black heart), Sheng Ma ( Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, roasted to reddish-brown and cut, each one liang), Bie Jia (Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum, remove skirt edge, soak in vinegar and roast to yellow) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above seven ingredients are coarsely pounded and sieved. Use five qian bi per dose, simmer in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to one bowl, strain. Take divided into two warm doses after meals, spaced by the time it takes a person to walk seven or eight li.

[Formula 14] For treating all deficiency Lao, Chuan Shi, Gu Zheng, and night sweats. Oyster Shell Powder Formula:
Mu Li (Ostreae Concha, roasted and ground to powder), Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba, ground to powder without removing joints, three liang), Bai Mi Fen (White Rice Flour, each three he), Ji Li Zi (Tribuli Fructus, stir-fried, thorns removed, ground to powder, two liang) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above six ingredients are mixed and ground uniformly, stored in a raw silk bag. At night when sweating occurs, apply powder to the body. Using it occasionally is very good.

[Formula 15] For treating Fei Wei (Lung Flaccidity), Ke Wu (Guest Malevolence), Gui Qi (Ghost Qi), Chuan Shi, Fu Lian, as well as sudden heart pain, Huo Luan (Cholera-like disorder) with vomiting and diarrhea, seasonal fevers, various Malarias, Blood Stasis, Amenorrhea, Pi Zhong (Masses and Carbuncles), Jing Xie Qi (Startling Evil Qi), Hu Mei (Fox Charm), Zhang Li (Miasma) and other diseases. Su He Xiang Pill Formula:
Su He Xiang (Styrax), Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Dan Sha (Cinnabar, crushed), Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, cut), He Li Le Rou (Terminalia Chebulae Fructus flesh), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Sha Cao Gen (Cyperi Rotundii Rhizoma), Bai Tan Xiang (Santal Album Wood), Ru Xiang (Olibanum) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above fifteen ingredients are pounded and ground to powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of Job's tears. Take one pill per dose, chewed down with warm wine or Ginseng Decoction. Also known as Bai Zhu Wan. This medicine greatly stabilizes Qi and Blood, repels external pathogens. For internal diseases of unknown name, it is often effective. It is particularly miraculous for Qi Injection, Qi Syncope, Qi Rebellion, disharmony of Qi with vomiting and diarrhea, and obstruction of Ying and Wei. Every household should keep this medicine for emergencies and epidemic prevention. If Ginseng is unavailable, plain water is acceptable. Do not use wine; although ancient formulas suggest wine, excessive wine is ineffective. Once, a person with consumption became increasingly emaciated, with bone-standing appearance, muscle heat, night sweats, and all signs of Lao. Taking eight or nine liang cured all suffering. Another version adds Ban Xia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) half a liang. This was not in the ancient formula but added by later generations.

[Formula 16] For treating Chuan Shi Lao and various Cold/Hot Lao diseases lasting long, with sallow complexion and gradual emaciation. Otter Liver Pill Formula:
Ta Gan (Otter Liver, one piece, raw use), Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix, remove seedlings), Qing Hao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba), Rou Cong Rong (Cistanches Herba, remove wrinkled skin, soak in wine, slice, bake), Huang [Qi?] (Astragali Radix, cut, each two and a half liang) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above twenty ingredients are pounded and sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take forty pills with wine on an empty stomach.

[Formula 17] For treating Chuan Shi Shi Zhu, mental confusion, wild speech, palpitations, and dreaming of intercourse with ghosts. Asarum Pill Formula:
A Wei (Asari Resina, dissolved in vinegar, remove sand/stones, mix with flour to make cake, roast, half liang), An Xi Xiang (Benzoin, soaked in wine, ground to powder, one liang), Gan Cao (Licorice Root, roasted and cut), Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Bing Lang (Arecae Semen), She Xiang (Musk, crushed) [Subsequent ingredients missing].
The above ten ingredients are pounded and sifted into powder, mixed with refined honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills with decoction of urine from a young boy, three crushed plums soaked in it, and three chopped stalks of white part of green onion. Take early in the fifth watch (around 5 AM).