🌿 Folk Prescriptions

【Folk Remedy One】Take one fresh pig heart (removed during slaughter, kept dry), slice the top off a pomelo like a lid, scoop out the pulp to form a bowl. Place the pig heart inside, add a bit of Shao wine, cover with the pomelo peel, steam over water until fully tender. Squeeze out the liquid from the steamed peel (including the white part), mix with the sliced pig heart, and eat continuously until cured—this remedy has repeatedly proven effective.
【Folk Remedy Two】Twelve fresh eggs, separate yolks (discard whites), mix with ten taels of fine sugar and one large bottle of sorghum wine. Combine thoroughly in a clean glass jar, seal tightly, let sit for five days. Consume first batch immediately. After finishing one bottle, prepare the second the next day, then the third the following day. Take one small teacup each morning, noon, and evening. Complete the course in about sixteen to seventeen days to achieve full recovery.
【Folk Remedy Three】In folk therapy, egg oil is considered a miracle drug for heart disease, but also effective for dyspnea where breathing is labored. To make egg oil, boil about twenty eggs, remove yolks, place them in a thick-bottomed pan. Start with low heat, constantly stir and press the yolks with a spatula. After about ten minutes, increase heat to medium. The yolks will turn tea-brown to dark brown, emitting black smoke and pungent odor. Continue stirring until oil begins to emerge. Cook until yolks are half-charred. Store the finished oil in a glass bottle, keep in a ventilated, shaded area away from sunlight. Since egg oil tastes unpleasant, encapsulate it—take two capsules after each meal, up to six per day, but do not exceed to avoid diarrhea. This remedy shows efficacy in treating dyspnea and irregular heartbeat (not necessarily due to heart disease), worthy of clinical trial.
【Folk Remedy Four】Grind the shell of cuttlefish into powder, take nine grams mixed with appropriate sugar.
【Folk Remedy Five】Mix one-third lemon and two-thirds honey, stir with cold boiled water and drink to treat dyspnea.
【Folk Remedy Six】Twelve grams of roasted radish seeds, twelve grams of almonds (remove tips and skin), combine with one cup of water, boil down to half a cup. Drink the decoction. Both radish seeds and almonds have expectorant and antitussive properties, thus beneficial for dyspnea with excessive phlegm.
【Folk Remedy Seven】Five grams each of perilla leaf, aged tangerine peel, and white mulberry bark (roasted), five grams each of ginseng and poria, three grams each of costus root and ginger. Use four cups of water to decoct down to one cup, divide into three doses, drink gradually. One dose shows effect, two doses lead to recovery.
【Folk Remedy Eight】Use two qian ephedra, five fen fine cinnamon, three qian purple perilla, three slices of pinellia, three slices of ginger, five qian schisandra berries, and three jujubes. Decoct and drink. Effective for dyspnea.
【Folk Remedy Nine】For cold-induced dyspnea: eight fen aconite, three qian white mulberry bark, two qian ephedra, one qian aged tangerine peel, one qian alpinia, one qian angelica, eight fen dry ginger, eight fen magnolia bark, eight fen citrus aurantium, eight fen white peony, seven fen pinellia, seven fen angelica, five fen platycodon, five fen licorice, five fen cinnamon, five fen poria, five fen codonopsis, four fen ligusticum, three slices of ginger, three pieces of green onion. Use two cups of water, decoct to one cup, divide into two doses. Avoid raw and cold foods.
【Folk Remedy Ten】For severe cold-induced dyspnea: two qian atractylodes, two qian fried licorice, two qian dry ginger, two qian ginseng, one qian aconite, three qian white mulberry bark. Use two and a half cups of water, decoct to one cup, divide into two doses.
【Folk Remedy Eleven】Three taels white mustard seed, three qian white芷, three qian light powder. Grind all three into fine powder, mix with honey to form two medicinal cakes. Use one whole plant of balsam flower as a guide—wash roots and leaves, boil in two bowls of water until reduced to one bowl. Drink half, use the other half to rub the third vertebra below the neck until pores open. Apply the prepared cakes to the third vertebra. Both cakes should be heated in an electric rice cooker, not wetted. Use alternately while hot, avoiding burns. Use multiple times until cakes are completely dry. For those experiencing early signs of breathing difficulty before attacks, apply until breathing becomes smooth. Some users report no recurrence within ten years. If balsam flower unavailable, substitute with old ginger. This method also effectively treats phlegm-induced asthma.
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