Rarely seen health-preserving ancient formulas. “Food therapy” is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine. Utilizing food for health and disease treatment has been widely circulated among the people. Food and medicine share the same source, and using food for health and disease treatment is simple, effective, safe, and inexpensive, allowing for self-treatment without leaving home.
1. Treating Edema: 30 grams each of watermelon rind, winter melon rind, and adzuki beans, decocted in water for oral administration.
2. Stopping External Bleeding: Dried watermelon leaves, ground into powder, sprinkled on the affected area to stop bleeding immediately.
3. Treating Lumbar Sprain: Dried watermelon rind, ground into powder, mixed with a little salt and wine, taken in 9 grams each time, twice daily.
4. Treating Burns: 30 grams of dried watermelon rind, ground into powder, mixed with sesame oil and applied to the affected area.
5. Treating Hematuria: 6 grams each of grape root and white sugar, decocted in water for oral administration.
6. Treating Cough: One large pear, washed and chopped with skin, stewed with rock sugar for rapid effect.
7. Treating Red Eye Pain: Soak Huanglian (Coptis chinensis) in pear juice and apply to the eyes several times a day.
8. Treating Conjunctivitis: 15 grams each of mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum, decocted in water, strained, and used to wash the affected eye twice daily.
9. Treating Asthma: 6 grams each of peach kernel, apricot kernel, and white pepper, with 10 grains of glutinous rice, ground together, mixed with egg white, and applied to the palms and soles.
10. Treating Hemiplegia: Peach kernels (peeled) soaked in wine for one week, dried and ground into powder, mixed with honey to form pills (size of a wutong seed), taken twice daily, 15 pills each time, with yellow wine or warm water.
11. Treating Dysentery: 30 grams each of pomegranate peel and hawthorn, decocted in water for oral administration.
12. Treating Otitis Media: Dried pomegranate flowers, ground finely, mixed with a little borneol, blown into the ear.
13. Treating Ingestion of Metal Objects: Leeks, any amount, washed and not cut, boiled in water until soft and eaten, expelling the metal with stool.
14. Treating Fish Bone Stuck in Throat: Hang a live duck upside down, let it spit saliva, and place the fish bone at the affected area to dissolve.
15. Treating Frostbite: Boil dried chili peppers in water, wash the affected area once in the morning and evening for several days until healed.
16. Treating Frostbite: Boil dried chili pepper water, wash once in the morning and evening for several days until healed.
17. Treating Hair Loss: Soak red chili peppers in wine for a week, apply the wine to the affected area several times a day to promote hair regrowth.
18. Treating Arthritis: Chili powder. Use wine in winter and vinegar in summer to mix and apply to the affected area for quick effect.
19. Treating Prolapse of the Rectum: Take river snails, remove the shell, sprinkle alum powder on the meat, and apply to the affected area for miraculous effect.
20. Treating Nosebleeds: Mash garlic into a paste, apply to the soles of both feet for rapid and safe effect.
21. Treating Urinary Retention: 5 heads of garlic, 50 hemp seeds, mashed together, apply a suitable amount to the soles every night, remove in the morning, and reapply at night until urination is restored.
22. Treating Urinary Blockage: 1 head of garlic, 60 grams of salt, 6 grams of gardenia, ground together, mixed with water and applied to the navel for several hours until urination is restored.
23. Treating Joint Sprains: Appropriate amount of green onion leaves, mashed and applied to the affected area, several times until healed.
24. Treating Sores and Boils: Whole green onion, mashed, mixed with vinegar, heated and applied to the affected area.
25. Treating Acute Purulent Infections: White onion and honey in equal parts, mashed and applied to the affected area.
26. Treating Blood in Stool: 15 grams of ginkgo and 15 grams of lotus root, ground together, taken in three doses in one day.
27. Treating Numbness in Limbs: 60 grams of ginger, 100 milliliters of aged vinegar, decocted and used to wash the affected area.
28. Treating Chronic Bronchitis: 7 slices of ginger, 250 grams of white radish, decocted for oral administration.
29. Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis: 9 grams each of ginger, green onion, and chili, cooked with noodles, eaten hot until sweating, for 10 days, twice daily, mainly treating lower back and leg pain.
30. Treating Stomach Pain: 30 grams of ginger, 1 egg, 30 milliliters of sesame oil. Chop ginger, beat into the egg, fry in oil, taken three times a day for 3-5 days. Also treats cough due to wind-cold invasion.
31. Treating Abdominal Pain from Cold: 3 slices of fresh ginger, 7 grains of white pepper, 1.5 grams of brown sugar, decocted for oral administration. Expels cold and relieves pain.
32. Treating Nocturnal Enuresis: A piece of old ginger, mashed, soaked in 1000 milliliters of white wine, rubbed on the skin below the navel before bed until slightly red, for 5-7 days.
33. Treating Malaria: Appropriate amount of ginger, mashed, wrapped and applied to both knees 4 hours before a malaria attack to prevent it. Remove if the skin itches.
34. Treating Dog or Rat Bites: 1 cup of ginger juice taken orally, and the remaining ginger and brown sugar mashed and applied to the affected area.
35. Treating Insects in the Ear: Drop 1-2 drops of ginger juice into the ear, and the insect will come out immediately.
36. Treating Menstrual Pain: 15 grams of fresh ginger, 30 grams of brown sugar, decocted for oral administration to expel cold and relieve pain.
37. Treating Head Lice: When there are head lice, wash hair with water mixed with vinegar several times to eliminate them.
38. Treating Itchy Scalp and Hair Loss: 130 milliliters of good vinegar and 200 milliliters of hot water, wash hair while hot once a day. Effective for itchy scalp, dandruff, and hair loss.
39. Treating Mumps: Loofah and burnt ash, ground into powder, mixed with egg white for application, twice daily.
40. Treating Night Blindness: One beef liver or sheep liver, cut open with bamboo sticks, add 16 grams of night shining sand and 9 grams of stone decision bright, steam until cooked and eat in two doses for three days to cure.
41. Promoting Lactation: 15 grams of lettuce seeds and 2 pig front hooves, boiled together, drink the soup and eat the hooves for miraculous effect.
42. Treating Pinworms: Fresh pumpkin seeds, ground, mixed with boiling water for oral administration, twice daily, one spoon each time, for one week.
43. Treating Hookworm Disease: 120 grams each of pumpkin seeds and betel nut, ground together, taken 15 grams each morning and evening.
44. Treating Edema, Ascites, and Urinary Retention: Burned pumpkin stems, ground into powder, taken with warm water. 1.5-2 grams each time, three times a day.
45. Treating Habitual Miscarriage: 30 grams of old pumpkin daily, decocted for 15 days, has a calming effect on the fetus.
46. Treating Postpartum Edema: 30 grams of roasted pumpkin seeds, decocted for oral administration once a day.
47. Treating Impotence: 60 grams of fresh shrimp, half a cup of hot yellow wine, after blanching the shrimp, eat the shrimp and drink the wine once a day for 7 days.
48. Treating Impotence: Fresh shrimp and leeks, cooked with oil and salt, and consumed with wine.
49. Treating Impotence: For impotence or weak erection, or premature ejaculation: 100 grams of fresh shrimp, 20 grams of yangqi stone ground into powder, dip the fresh shrimp in the yangqi stone and drink white wine, miraculous effect.
50. Treating Impotence: Fresh shrimp soaked in wine, stewed and consumed in appropriate amounts every morning and evening for 7 days.
51. Treating Frequent Urination in the Elderly: 250 grams of turtle meat, 2 grams of earth bone skin, and an appropriate amount of rooster meat, stewed together for consumption.
52. Treating Nocturnal Enuresis in Children: 250 grams of turtle meat, boiled until soft, with a little salt, divided into two meals in one day.
53. Treating Post-Concussion Symptoms, Headaches, and Dizziness: Dried turtle head ground into fine powder, taken twice daily with yellow wine for one week.
54. Treating Chronic Nephritis and Proteinuria: 3 live turtles, cut into small pieces, 1 pig stomach, boiled until thick, with little or no salt. Taken morning and evening. Combined with the Chinese patent medicine “Zhuang Yao Jian Shen Wan” taken twice daily, one pill each time. Not suitable for pregnant women.
55. Treating Anemia and Jaundice: Bait shell, calcined, ground into powder, taken 6 grams each time, twice daily, mixed with an appropriate amount of brown sugar.
56. Treating Otitis Media, Bleeding, and Pus: Pig bile and alum. Grind alum into powder, soak in pig bile overnight, dry and grind again, after cleaning the ear of pus and blood, blow the medicine into the ear twice daily.
57. Treating Schizophrenia: 2 fresh pig hearts, 3 grams of pure vermilion, use bamboo chopsticks to poke several holes in each pig heart, add 1.5 grams of vermilion to each heart, stew in a sand pot until cooked. Eat the heart and drink the soup, continue for 20-30 hearts to restore normalcy.
58. Treating Epilepsy: 2 pig trotters, 1 pig heart, and 30 grams of fresh earth elm. Boil until soft, remove the medicine, eat the meat and drink the soup for one week.
59. Promoting Lactation: 2 pig trotters and 6 grams of Tongcao, stewed and consumed.
60. Treating Deafness and Tinnitus: 100 grams of fresh pig skin and 100 grams of green onion, chopped and mixed with a little salt, steamed and eaten all at once for three days. Effective for fatigue-induced or heat-induced deafness and tinnitus.
61. Treating Elderly Deafness: 250 grams of dog meat and 60 grams of horse beans, stewed until soft, divided into two meals in the morning and evening, continue for several weeks until cured.
62. Treating Lower Back Pain, Weak Legs, and Cold Sensitivity: 1 dog kidney, first fry talcum powder in a pot, then put in the dog kidney until it swells, remove the talcum powder, cut and grind into powder. Take 3 grams twice daily with warm water.
63. Treating Bruises and Injuries: 30 grams of sheep blood, ground into powder, taken twice daily, 1 gram each time, with wine.
64. Treating Tuberculosis and Bronchitis: 500 grams of lamb, 60 grams of wheat kernels, and 9 grams of ginger, boiled into a porridge, taken morning and evening for one month.
65. Treating Hernia: 2 sheep eggs and 2 chicken eggs, boiled and consumed, twice daily for several days, effective for hernia due to qi deficiency.
66. Treating Malnutrition in Children: 95 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves and 2 chicken inner golden, decocted for oral administration.
67. Treating Constipation: 250 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves, stir-fried with oil and salt, consumed all at once, once in the morning and evening on an empty stomach.
68. Treating Generalized Edema: Roasted wheat bran, mixed with an appropriate amount of brown sugar, mixed well, and taken with jujube soup. 60 grams each time, twice daily, for 15 days.
69. Treating Insomnia: 60 grams of wheat kernels, 15 jujubes, and 15 grams of licorice, boiled in 3 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl, taken before bed.
70. Treating Anemia: 125 grams of lean pork, 15 jujubes (pitted), and 60 grams of black alum, chopped and fried into a paste, mixed with honey into pills the size of a wutong seed. Take 9 grams each time, 2-3 times daily, with warm water. This formula is particularly effective for anemia.
71. Treating Persistent Cough: 1 dog lung, 1 white radish, and 9 almonds, cut into pieces and stewed until soft, consumed with the soup for miraculous effect.
72. Treating Eczema and Dermatitis: Apply fresh eel blood to the affected area.
73. Treating Facial Nerve Paralysis: 1 live eel, cut to extract blood, apply to the affected side of the face, then use dry straw to ignite and dry. If the patient feels normal, wash with warm water; if not, continue treatment.
74. Treating Kidney Deficiency and Lower Back Pain: 250 grams of yellow eel, cut, and 100 grams of pork, steamed and consumed.
75. Treating Stomach Cold Pain: 60 grams of Sichuan pepper, fried until charred and ground into powder, taken three times daily, 3 grams each time, with rice soup. Effective for chronic stomach pain due to cold, especially when pain occurs after exposure to cold.
76. Treating Skin Itching: 15 grams each of Sichuan pepper and alum, decocted in water to wash the affected area.
77. Treating Scrotal Eczema (Ball Wind): Equal parts of Sichuan pepper and alum, ground into powder, mixed with egg yolk and applied to the affected area.
78. Treating Hand Fungus: 250 grams of fresh ginger and 500 milliliters of white wine. Chop ginger and soak in wine, apply after 3 days. Rub the affected area several times in the morning and evening.
79. Treating Gallbladder Ascaris: 30 grams of fresh ginger, juice extracted, mixed with 200 milliliters of water for oral administration. Take once every 4 hours; if no effect after the first dose, take again after 1 hour.
80. Treating Measles: 500 grams of coriander, boiled in water, first used for fumigation, then for washing, to treat rashes that do not come out smoothly.
81. Treating Swelling: Mash banana after peeling and apply to the affected area, twice daily.
82. Treating Cracked Hands and Feet: Heat one banana by the stove, wash hands with hot water, then rub the affected area with a little banana and massage for a while, generally healing after several applications.
83. Treating Burns: Peel the banana, mash the pulp into a paste, and apply to the affected area, twice daily.
84. Treating Indigestion: One pineapple, squeezed for juice, taken once each time.
85. Treating Bronchitis: 120 grams of pineapple and 30 grams of honey, decocted for oral administration.
86. Treating Jaundice Type Liver Fire: 250 grams of jujubes and 60 grams of yinchen (Artemisia capillaris), boiled together and consumed, morning and evening.
87. Treating Dizziness and Pain: 250 grams of small red dates and 150 grams of wintergreen branches, taken morning and evening.
88. Treating Persistent Cough: Ground sour jujube seeds, taken 5 grams each time, five times daily.
89. Treating Loss of Appetite and Indigestion: Dried jujubes, pitted and roasted, ground into powder, taken 9 grams each time, mixed with 3 grams of ginger, three times daily with warm water.
90. Treating Blood in Stool: 5 grams of ginkgo and 15 grams of lotus root, ground together, taken in one day.
91. Treating Pinworm Disease: Fresh ginkgo, mashed into a paste, applied to the anus for 5-7 days.
92. Treating Nocturnal Enuresis: Roast ginkgo until fragrant, children aged 5-10 eat 5-7 each time, adults eat 8-10 each time, chew slowly until no enuresis.
93. Treating Cough with Phlegm and Wheezing: 9 grams of ginkgo nuts, 6 grams each of ephedra and licorice, decocted for oral administration, particularly effective.
94. Treating Cough and Wheezing: 1 walnut and 1 slice of ginger, chewed on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, continued for several days.
95. Treating Cough: 9 grams of walnut kernels, mashed and mixed with an appropriate amount of sugar, taken with warm water in the morning and evening.
96. Treating Kidney Issues: 9 grams of walnut kernels and 1 snake skin, roasted and ground, taken with yellow wine.
97. Treating Urinary Stones: 120 grams of walnut kernels, 120 grams of rock sugar, and 50 milliliters of sesame oil, boiled together for 15 minutes, cooled and taken, one dose daily, morning and evening.
98. Treating Loss of Appetite and Lack of Desire to Eat: 9 grams of raisins, chewed before meals, three times daily.
99. Treating Asthma: 10 grams of apricot kernels, 30 grams of ephedra, and 125 grams of tofu, boiled for 1 hour, remove the residue, eat the tofu and drink the soup, twice daily for one week to eliminate the condition.
100. Treating Chronic Bronchitis in the Elderly: 100 grams of bitter apricot kernels, 100 grams of rock sugar, and 30 grams of Chuanbei (Fritillaria), ground into powder. Taken 9 grams each morning and evening, for 10 days as a course of treatment, particularly effective.
101. Eating Persimmons Cannot Be Combined with Alcohol: These two foods conflict and can easily form stones in the stomach.
102. Eating Green Onions Cannot Be Combined with Honey: Mixing these two substances forms a highly toxic substance.
103. Method to Quit Smoking: Use 1 betel nut, drill a small hole, inject smoke oil into the hole, soak in water, carry with you, and smell when wanting to smoke, will quit in a week.
104. Method to Quit Drinking: Use 50 larvae, dry and grind into powder, take with white wine three times a day, will quit in 3 days.
105. Not Getting Drunk After a Thousand Cups: Drink tea made from kudzu root or kudzu flowers while drinking alcohol.
106. Treating Hypertension: (1) 30 grams of banana peel, dried and decocted, taken three times a day, effective in one month. (2) 15 grams of traditional Chinese medicine Luobuma, taken with boiling water, effective in half a month.
107. Treating Hypotension and Coronary Heart Disease: 30 grams each of old tea tree roots and elm tree roots, and 20 grams of kudzu root, decocted for oral administration, one dose daily, for three courses of treatment. (Note: 4 days per course)
108. Treating Low Blood Pressure: 20 grams of licorice, 40 grams each of cinnamon twig and cassia, mixed and taken as tea for one week.
109. Treating Angina Pectoris: Dried gourd seeds ground into powder, taken 10 grams three times daily.
110. Treating High Blood Lipids: (1) 10 grams of goji berries, 15 grams each of He Shou Wu, grass decision bright, and hawthorn, and 20 grams of Dan Shen, decocted for oral administration, twice daily, for 7 days as a course of treatment, cured in 4 courses. (2) 15 grams each of hawthorn, ginkgo leaves, and jiaogulan, brewed as tea, for half a month as a course of treatment, cured in 4 courses.
111. Treating Prostatitis: (1) 30 grams of fresh pumpkin seeds, shelled and taken after meals, three times daily. (2) 200 grams of rhubarb, mixed with 2000 milliliters of hot water, for washing the genital area.
112. Treating Prostate Enlargement: (1) 100 grams of costus root, decocted for oral administration, twice daily, cured in half a month. (2) 30 grams each of fritillary bulb, ginseng, and bitter gentian, decocted for oral administration, twice daily, cured in 7 days as a course of treatment, for two courses.
113. Treating Hepatitis B: 30 grams each of corn silk, yinchen, mung beans, and jujubes, decocted for oral administration, three times daily, for one month as a course of treatment, cured in 3 courses.
114. Treating Jaundice Type Hepatitis: 30 grams of corn silk, decocted for oral administration, 2-3 times daily, cured in one month.
115. Treating Facial Freckles (Lentigines): Appropriate amount of coriander, boiled for soup, washed three times a day, cured in one month.
116. Treating Sweaty Feet and Foot Odor: Boil radish in water, soak both feet for 30 minutes every night, cured in half a month.
117. Treating Athlete’s Foot: 1 pound of leeks, boiled in water for foot soaking, add 50 grams of white sugar, wash once every night, cured in three days.
118. Treating Insomnia: Boil half a pound of dried peanuts in water, add 50 grams of white sugar, taken once every night, cured in half a month.
119. Treating Insomnia Disorder: Insomnia lasting 2-3 years is classified as insomnia disorder. Use 10 grams each of persimmon leaves and hawthorn, decocted for oral administration, twice daily, cured in one month.
120. Treating Neurasthenia: 50 grams of floating wheat, 24 grams of licorice, 20 grams of jujubes, and 30 grams of sour jujube seeds, mixed and decocted for oral administration, once daily, cured in half a month.
122. Rooting Out Toothache: 1 tailed wasp nest and 50 grams of brown sugar, mixed with two bowls of water, boiled down to one bowl for the patient to drink, will not hurt for thirty years.
123. Special Effect for Tooth Extraction: 1 fish weighing 200 grams, remove the internal organs, fill with half a penny of red alum, hang in a cool place without sunlight, after 5 days, the fish surface will exude a large amount of white frost (also called bone grass), apply to the tooth root, and it will fall out painlessly in three minutes.
124. Treating Oral Inflammation: Dried watermelon rind, fried with honey, mixed with a little borneol, ground into powder, mixed with honey and applied to the affected area, particularly effective.
125. Treating Mouth Ulcers: Strong tea water with a little salt, gargled 3-5 times a day, cured in three days.
126. Treating Fish Bone Stuck in Throat: Use duck saliva to drop into the mouth, it will dissolve.
127. Treating Pharyngitis: 1 pound of kelp, scalded, taken out, marinated with 1 pound of white sugar for 2 days, eaten three times a day, one dose is light, two doses are good, three doses will eliminate it completely.
128. Treating Hard Objects Stuck in Throat: (1) 200 grams of leeks, eaten raw to expel hard objects. (2) Mash water chestnuts, mix with juice, and take to expel hard objects.
129. Treating Insects in the Ear: Use cat urine to drop into the ear, the insect will come out, human milk can also be used. (When the cat does not urinate, use garlic to smear the nose.)
130. Treating Otitis Media: 1 tael of leek roots, mashed, squeezed for juice, mixed with a little borneol, dropped into the ear, particularly effective.
131. Treating Elderly Deafness: (1) Use a straw to drop turtle urine into the ear once a day, 2 drops each time, cured in half a month. (Note: Use a mirror to shine on the turtle head to make it urinate.) (2) Crab mashed into paste, squeezed for juice and dropped into the ear, three times a day, for 7 days as a course of treatment, cured in four courses.
132. Treating Tinnitus and Deafness: 1 male black chicken, 4 pounds of sweet wine, cooked and eaten hot, continue for 5 chickens, particularly effective.
133. Treating Skin Itching: Equal parts of cypress leaves, locust leaves, willow leaves, and mugwort stems, boiled in water for washing, twice daily for seven days, cured.
134. Treating Eczema: (1) Yam (sweet potato) or potato mashed into paste, applied to the affected area, mixed with pig bile, applied to the affected area, cured stubborn eczema in seven days.
135. Treating Psoriasis: Garlic mashed into paste, wrapped in cloth, squeezed for juice and applied to the affected area, freshly squeezed is best. Three times a day, for seven days as a course of treatment, cured in two courses.
136. Treating Burns: 10 earthworms, placed in a bowl with one tael of sugar dissolved in water, applied to the affected area, cured in three days without scarring.
137. Treating Frostbite: 500 grams of winter melon rind and eggplant roots, boiled in water to wash the affected area, twice a day for three days until healed.
138. Treating Motion Sickness: (1) Chew pine branches while riding, will not get dizzy for three minutes; (2) A slice of ginger with a warm adhesive on the navel, cured in three minutes.
139. Treating Mastitis: 50 grams of leeks and 10 grams of apricot kernels, peeled and mashed together, applied to the affected area twice daily, cured in seven days.
140. Treating Menstrual Irregularities: 10 rose flowers, decocted with 20 grams of brown sugar, taken twice daily, cured in half a month.
141. Treating Impotence: Burn and grind wasp nests, take two qian with fresh spring water for miraculous effect.
142. Treating Premature Ejaculation: 500 grams of leek seeds, lightly fried and ground into powder, taken 10 grams before meals, continued for two courses.
143. Treating Various Muscle and Joint Pain: 200 grams of impatiens root, soaked in 1 jin of white wine, then used to wash the affected area.
144. Treating Sciatica: 30 grams each of raw Chuanwu and Cao Wu, 15 grams of cinnamon twig, ground into powder, mixed with 130 grams of salt, fried until yellow, then mixed with a little white wine, immediately wrapped in cloth and applied to the painful area, twice daily for 10 days as a course of treatment.
145. Treating Lower Back and Leg Pain: 9 grams each of Xu Duan, Niu Xi, and Du Zhong, decocted for oral administration, one dose daily, cured in seven days. (Pregnant women should omit Niu Xi and add Sang Ji Sheng.)
146. Treating Bone Hyperplasia: 10 live earthworms and 10 grams of white sugar, wrapped in cloth, heated and applied to the affected area. Twice daily, for 2 minutes each time, cured in one month.
147. Treating Shoulder Arthritis (Frozen Shoulder): 100 grams of asarum and 35 grams of ginger, placed in 1 jin of 60-degree white wine, after seven days, used to wash the affected area three times daily, for 7 days as a course of treatment, cured in 4 courses.
148. Treating Numbness in Limbs: 20 grams each of ginger and garlic, chopped and mixed with 100 grams of aged vinegar, added to one bowl of water, boiled and used to wash the affected area.
149. Method to Kill Rats: 50 grams each of cement and flour, and 5 roasted peanuts, ground together and placed in areas where rats are common, will cause them to die within three days.
150. Treating Snoring: 15 grains of Sichuan pepper, brewed in a cup of tea, taken before bed for 15 days, do not use a high pillow while sleeping, will never snore.
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