Localized Pain
有人患背腿一点痛，不可忍者，此痰血也。芫花根为末，米醋调敷之。如不住，以帛束之。
A man had fixed and localised pain on hislegs and back, so severe that he could not bear it, which was caused by phlegm andblood stasis. The powdered root of daphne genkwa mixed with rice vinegar wasapplied externally as an ointment to relieve it. Silk fabrics were used as akind of dressing.
妇人产后尤多。
Postpartum women often suffer with thiskind of pain.
——何靖摘自《奇症汇》
Adapted from Collection of Strange Diseases
Translator: He Jing