1. Treat dysentery: decoct the stems and roots of abacus in water and sugar and take it. ("Illustrated Research on Plant Names and Facts")

2. To treat diarrhea that persists after drinking for a long time: five ounces of abacus root bark. Mix the boiled water with wine and take it three times a day, one cup each time. ("Guizhou Folk Medicine")

3. To treat persistent cough: half a pound of abacus root. Eat stewed pig trotters. ("Guizhou Folk Medicine")

4. Treat testicular enlargement: one to two taels of wild pumpkin root. Serve with lean pork stew. ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine")

5. To treat menstrual arrest: one or two pieces of Abacus root. Steamed soju and eaten. ("Guizhou Folk Medicine")

6. To treat joint pain in limbs: eight cents to one tael of fresh abacus roots and stems. Wash and chop, fry in water or stew with pig trotters. ("Southern Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")

7. To treat initial onset of carbuncle swelling and pain: one or two fresh abacus roots and stems. Wash, chop and decoct in water. ("Southern Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")

8. To treat early-stage scrofula: fresh abacus root, 3 liang each time. Pork stew served. ("Quanzhou Materia Medica")

9. Treat bruises and bruises: Abacus roots range from five to one tael. Decoction in water. ("Hunan Medicine Chronicles")

10. To treat snake bites: 2 taels of abacus root, 1 tael of Qianjin root, and 8 taels of white-haired deer antler grass. Decoction in water, one dose per day. ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")

11. Treat excessive leucorrhea: one to two taels of Abacus root. Decoction in water. ("Commonly Used Herbal Medicines in Zhejiang Folk Medicine")

12. To treat weakness: five to six liang of Abacus root. Eat stewed meat or steamed chicken. ("Guizhou Herbal Medicine")

13. Treat urethritis: Abacus root costs five to one tael. Decoct and take. ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai")

14. To treat vomiting of blood and bleeding: one or two pieces of abacus root. Decoction in water. ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")

15. Treat malaria: 2 liang of Abacus root and 1 liang of Artemisia annua. Decoct in water and take it two hours before onset of malaria.

16. To treat jaundice: take 2 taels of abacus root and 1 to 2 taels of white rice. Fry till brown, decoct in water and drink.

17. Treat migraine: 3 liang of wild pumpkin root, stir-fry five times with sweet wine, and drink half and half of the wine and water.

18. Treat external hemorrhoids: boil wild pumpkin roots in water, smoke them first and then wash them, which can eliminate them internally.

(⒂The following is from Jiangxi's "Herbal Medicine Handbook")