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**Cold-Induced Back and Leg Pain: A Proven Remedy Works Wonders!** **Enthusiastic Netizen (Cosmic Heart, QQ: 1277115835):** I’d like to share a family remedy for cold-induced back and leg pain, passed down from my grandmother. Many patients have tried it, and those with mild symptoms often recover after just one treatment. Even the most severe cases typically heal after three sessions. The last time I used this remedy was in 1978, on an elderly woman who suffered from severe back and leg pain due to postpartum cold exposure in her youth, making it difficult for her to move. After three treatments, she was completely cured. **Recipe:** – **Vinegar (undiluted vinegar from a vinegar factory or high-quality aged vinegar):** 3-5 pounds – **Yeast starter (or high-proof grain alcohol, must be 60% ABV or higher):** 3-5 pounds – **New bricks (red bricks fresh from the kiln, untouched by rain):** 4 pieces **Instructions:** 1. Lay a plastic sheet on the bed, followed by a bedsheet. The patient should lie down wearing only shorts, covered with a bedsheet, then a plastic sheet, and finally one or two layers of quilts, leaving only the head exposed. 2. In a large stainless steel pot, boil the vinegar, alcohol, and bricks until the mixture is bubbling vigorously. Quickly remove two bricks, wrap each in a dry towel (to prevent burns), and place one under the patient’s lower back and the other under their feet. When the bricks cool down, replace them with the other two. Return the cooled bricks to the pot to reheat. Repeat this process until the patient sweats profusely (the cold will be expelled through sweat). 3. Immediately move the patient to a pre-prepared dry bed to prevent re-exposure to cold. The plastic sheet and bedsheet are used to protect the bedding from sweat stains. If this is not a concern, bedding can be used directly. **Precautions:** 1. Since this treatment induces heavy sweating, provide the patient with several cups of lightly salted water after each session. 2. Do not use this treatment consecutively. Allow at least one week between sessions. The medicinal solution can be reused as long as it does not spoil. However, additional vinegar and alcohol must be added in proportion to ensure that the red bricks are fully submerged in the solution during boiling. When reusing, the red bricks must be replaced with new ones. Contributor: Teacher Cai Fengcheng.
