Library

Vitiligo and purpura wind are generally caused by wind pathogen; Fuzi (Aconite Lateralis Radix Preparata) and Liuhuang (Sulfur) are most effective. Rub the affected area with eggplant stalks mixed with ginger juice; if the lesion is itchy, there will be no trace. First, wipe and wash the affected area clean with coarse cloth, then rub it with eggplant stalks. One theory states that white eggplant stalks should be used for vitiligo, and purple eggplant stalks for purpura wind.

Zhui Feng Wan (Wind-Chasing Pill), treats vitiligo.
Ingredients: Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba), Cangzhu (Atractylodis Rhizoma, soaked in rice water), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) (equal parts).
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Use high-quality large soap, remove skin and strings, chop finely, boil in water to extract juice, filter out dregs, add a little flour, make paste, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills each time, swallowed with clear tea on an empty stomach.
Avoid all foods that stir up wind.

To treat sweat spots: Grind Miduoseng (Litharge) into fine powder, mix with strong vinegar from the previous year, and apply to the spots; it heals immediately.

To treat black vitiligo:
Liuhuang (Sulfur, 1 qian), Miduoseng (Litharge, 1 qian), Xinshi (Arsenic Trioxide, 6 fen). All three ingredients are ground into fine powder, mixed with aged vinegar from the previous year, and rubbed on the affected area. It heals in one or two applications. Apply at night, wash off early the next morning.

Wind is a disease inflicted by Heaven. The austere and killing qi of Yin and Yang pierces the skin and muscles, damaging the limbs. In the initial stage, it presents as white scales, cloud-head shaped lesions, or purple-black nodules with pus discharge; in severe cases, the nose collapses and flesh sinks, leading to death, which is critical. When cloud-head lesions appear and the skin feels numb, treatment should be initiated immediately. Patients must abstain from desires and maintain a bland diet; only one or two out of ten may survive, otherwise, it is difficult to cure.

Tongtian Zaoyin (Sky-Penetrating Rebirth Drink)
Ingredients: Yujin (Curcumae Radix, 5 qian), Zaojiaoci (Gleditsiae Spina, large black ones), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, roasted, 1 liang each), Baiqianniu (Pharbitidis Semen, head and tail total 6 qian, half raw and half fried).
Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Take 5 qian each time. Before sunrise, swallow with wine without ash, facing east. On that day, foul matter will definitely be discharged through defecation, possibly with an unbearable stench, or worms or pus resembling worms may be passed. If the excrement is black, it indicates a long-standing condition; if red, it indicates a recent onset. After a few days, take another dose until no more worms are discharged.

Xi Dafeng Fang (Wash Great Wind Prescription)
Ingredients: Digupi (Lycii Cortex), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba), Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Cang'erzi (Xanthii Fructus).
Cut the ingredients into slices, decoct in water, and fumigate and wash the whole body. Bleeding indicates efficacy. When washing, ensure ample liquid for prolonged soaking for best results; washing multiple times is advisable.

Moxibustion Method, a root-removing prescription for Great Wind Disease. Moxibustion with three incense sticks' worth of moxa should be applied to the tendon-bone gap of the great toe, approximately half cun away, to expel toxic vapors.