（论一首六条 方二十首）
论曰∶蛊毒千种，种种不同，或下鲜血，或好卧暗室，不欲光明，或心性反常，乍嗔乍
喜，或四肢沉重，百节酸痛，状貌说不可尽。亦有得之三年乃死，急者一月或百日即死。其
死时，皆从九孔中或于胁下肉中出去，所以出门常须带雄黄、麝香、神丹诸大辟恶药，则百
蛊、猫鬼、狐狸、老物精魅永不敢着人。养生之家大须虑此。俗亦有灸法，国中蛊于心下捺
便大炷灸一百壮，并主猫鬼亦灸得愈。又当足小趾尖上灸三壮，当有物出。酒上得者有酒出，
饭上得者有饭出，肉菜上得者有肉菜出，即愈，神验，皆于灸疮上出。
凡中蛊毒，令人心腹绞痛，如有物啮，或吐下血皆如烂肉，若不即治，蚀人五脏尽乃死
矣，欲验之法，当令病患唾水。沉者是蛊，不沉者非蛊也。
凡人患积年，时复大便黑如漆，或坚或薄或微赤者，是蛊也。
凡人忽患下血，以断下方治更增极者，此是中盅者也。凡卒患血痢或赤或黑，无有多少
，此皆是蛊毒。粗医以断痢药处之，此大非也。
世有拙医，见患蛊胀者，遍身肿满，四肢如故，小便不甚涩，以水病治之。延日服水药
，经五十余日望得痊愈，日复增加，奄至殒殁，如此者不一。学人当细寻方意，消息用之，
万不失一。医方千卷，不尽其理，所以不可一一备述。
凡人中蛊，有人行蛊毒以病患者，若服药知蛊主姓名，当使呼唤将去。若欲知蛊主姓名
者，以败鼓皮烧作末，饮服方寸匕，须臾自呼蛊主姓名者，可语令去则愈。又以蛇涎合作蛊
药着饮食中，使人得瘕病。此一种积年乃死，疗之各自有药。江南山间人有此，不可不信之。
（论述一首，共六条；方剂二十首）
论述说：蛊毒有上千种，种类各不相同。有的患者排出鲜血，有的喜欢躺在昏暗的房间里，不喜欢光亮；有的性情反常，时而愤怒时而喜悦；有的四肢沉重，全身关节酸痛，其状貌之怪异难以尽述。有的感染后三年才死亡，急性的一个月或一百天就会死亡。他们死亡时，尸体往往从九个孔窍中或胁下的肌肉里分解消散出去。因此，出门时常须携带雄黄、麝香、神丹等能够辟除邪恶的大药，这样百蛊、猫鬼、狐狸、老物精魅就永远不敢侵扰人。注重养生的人对此必须深思熟虑。民间也有用灸法治疗的，如果国中有人中了蛊毒，感觉心下不适，按压时疼痛，就在心下部位用大艾炷灸一百壮，这种方法也能治愈猫鬼病。另外，在足小趾尖上灸三壮，通常会有异物排出。如果是通过饮酒感染的，会排出酒液；如果是通过吃饭感染的，会排出饭粒；如果是通过吃肉菜感染的，会排出肉菜残渣，这样就能痊愈，非常灵验，这些异物都是从灸疮中排出的。
凡是中了蛊毒，会让人心腹剧烈绞痛，好像有东西在啃咬，或者呕吐、排泄出血便，都像是腐烂的肉块。如果不立即治疗，蛊毒会侵蚀人的五脏，直到五脏被蚀尽才会死亡。想要验证是否中蛊的方法，是让病人吐口水在水中。沉入水底的是蛊毒，不沉的不是蛊毒。
凡是有人患病多年，时不时大便黑色如漆，或者大便干结或者稀薄或者微带红色的，这是蛊毒。
凡是突然患上便血，使用断下（止泻止血）的方剂治疗后病情反而加重至极点的，这是中了盅毒。凡是突然患上血痢，无论颜色红还是黑，无论量多量少，这全都是蛊毒。庸医只用止痢的药物来治疗，这是非常错误的。
世间有愚笨的医生，见到患蛊胀病的患者，全身肿胀满闷，但四肢正常，小便不是很涩滞，就当作水气病（水肿）来治疗。拖延时日服用利水药物，经过五十多天希望得到痊愈，结果病情日复一日加重，最终导致死亡，像这样的情况不止一例。学习医学的人应当仔细探究方剂的用意，斟酌使用，才能万无一失。医书有上千卷，无法穷尽其原理，所以不能一一详细叙述。
凡是有人中了蛊毒，是因为有人施行蛊毒使人生病。如果服药后知道了施蛊者的姓名，应当派人去呼唤并带走施蛊者。如果想要知道施蛊者的姓名，可以用破旧的鼓皮烧成粉末，用水送服一方寸匕的量，片刻之后病人就会自己说出施蛊者的姓名，告诉病人让施蛊者离开，病就能痊愈。另外，有人将蛇涎混合做成蛊药放入饮食中，使人患上瘕病（腹内结块的疾病）。这种蛊毒要经过多年才会致死，治疗它各自有相应的药物。江南山区的人中有这种情况，不可不相信。
(One treatise, six articles; twenty prescriptions)
The treatise states: There are thousands of types of Gu poison (Gu toxin), each varying significantly. Some patients pass fresh blood; some prefer to lie in dark rooms and avoid light; some exhibit abnormal mental states, alternating between anger and joy; some suffer from heavy limbs and soreness and pain throughout all joints; their appearances are so bizarre that they cannot be fully described. Some die three years after infection, while acute cases may result in death within one month or one hundred days. Upon death, the body often decomposes and exits through the nine orifices or from the flesh under the hypochondrium. Therefore, when going out, one should always carry realgar (Xionghuang), musk (Shexiang), Shendan (Divine Cinnabar Pill), and other major herbs for repelling evil spirits. This ensures that various Gu poisons, Cat Ghosts (Maogui), fox spirits, old object demons, and other malevolent entities will never dare to afflict humans. Those who practice health preservation must give this matter serious consideration. Folk medicine also employs moxibustion. If one has contracted Gu poison in the capital region and feels discomfort below the heart with tenderness upon pressure, apply large moxa cones for one hundred burns (zhuang) at the epigastric region; this method can also cure Cat Ghost disease. Additionally, apply three burns at the tip of the little toe of the foot. Typically, foreign substances will emerge. If contracted via wine, liquid resembling wine will discharge; if via rice, rice grains will discharge; if via meat and vegetables, remnants of meat and vegetables will discharge. The patient will then recover. This is highly effective, as these substances all exit through the moxibustion wounds.
Anyone suffering from Gu poison experiences severe colicky pain in the chest and abdomen, as if being bitten by something, or vomits and passes bloody stools resembling rotting flesh. If not treated immediately, the poison will erode the five Zang organs until death occurs upon their complete destruction. To verify Gu poisoning, have the patient spit into water. If the saliva sinks, it is Gu poison; if it floats, it is not.
If a person suffers from a chronic illness over many years, occasionally passing black stools like lacquer, which may be hard, loose, or slightly reddish, this indicates Gu poison.
If a person suddenly develops hematochezia (blood in stool) and treatment with antidiarrheal/hemostatic formulas exacerbates the condition severely, this is Zhong poison (a specific type of Gu). Any sudden onset of bloody dysentery, whether red or black, regardless of volume, is invariably caused by Gu poison. Incompetent physicians treating this solely with antidiarrheal drugs commit a grave error.
There are incompetent physicians in the world who, seeing patients with Gu distension characterized by generalized swelling and fullness but normal limbs and relatively unobstructed urination, treat them as Water Disease (Edema). They delay treatment by administering diuretic herbs for over fifty days, hoping for recovery, but the condition worsens day by day, leading to premature death. Such cases are numerous. Students of medicine must carefully study the intent of the prescriptions and apply them judiciously to ensure success without failure. Medical texts number in the thousands and cannot exhaustively explain all principles; thus, they cannot be fully detailed here.
When someone contracts Gu poison due to malicious sorcery performed by another, if medication reveals the name of the sorcerer, one should send someone to summon and remove the sorcerer. To ascertain the sorcerer's name, burn old drum skin to ash, take one Fangcun Bi (a traditional measure, approx. 2-3 grams) with water, and shortly thereafter, the patient will spontaneously call out the sorcerer's name. Informing the patient to let the sorcerer go results in recovery. Furthermore, some mix snake saliva into food or drink to create Gu poison, causing Jia disease (abdominal masses). This type of Gu poison takes years to cause death and requires specific treatments. This phenomenon exists among people in the mountainous regions of Jiangnan and should not be disregarded.