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Treats urticaria (urticaria, a skin condition characterized by red or white wheals) caused by external invasion of wind-cold, summer-heat, and dampness into the skin and muscles. Symptoms include aversion to cold with fever, generalized pruritus (itching), and depending on the deficiency or excess of zang-fu qi, the rash may be red or white. Accompanying symptoms include mental confusion and restlessness, bitter taste in the mouth, and dry throat.

Prescription: Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Qianhu (Peucedani Radix) (each 1 liang); Renshen (Ginseng Radix), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix), Zhi Gancao (Prepared Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Mai Fu Chao Zhike (Bran-fried Aurantii Fructus), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma), Fuling (Poria) (each 0.5 liang); Chantui (Cicadae Periostracum, heads and feet removed), Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) (each 3 qian).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take 2 da qian per dose, add 1 zhan of water and 3 slices of fresh ginger, decoct until reduced to 7 fen. Take at any time.

Treats urticaria attacking the head and face, causing redness, swelling, and itching. Scratching leads to skin peeling and ulceration. The area may itch or hurt, with exudate flowing like insects crawling.

Prescription: Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix, washed with hot water and soaked 3-5 times, peeled, de-seeded, dried and weighed), Jingjie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica) (each 0.5 jin); Du Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, soaked in water for 3 days, washed, dried and weighed, 1 jin); Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) (5 liang).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use good vinegar and rice flour paste as a binder to form pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine or clear tea.

Treats generalized urticaria and dizziness with vomiting caused by exposure to wind-cold after bathing. Scratching causes immediate swelling.

Prescription: Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) (1 liang); Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata) (2 liang, stir-fried); Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (1 fen).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with mi yin (rice drink). Another method: use Tuzhu (Earth Cinnabar) ground and stir-fried, taken with cold wine (2 qian); if alcohol is not consumed, mix with tea.

Take 1 jin of Jingtian (likely referring to a specific local herb or preparation, contextually applied topically), finely pound, extract the juice, and apply to the affected area. Heat the hands and massage repeatedly until cured.

Fox odor (Huchou, axillary osmidrosis) and axillary leakage (Louye), while not life-threatening, affect personal hygiene and social interactions, making them unsuitable for serving parents, daily living, or socializing. Those who cultivate themselves and value cleanliness should seek remedies if afflicted. Fox odor often results from sweat accumulation due to labor or idleness; touching and sniffing introduces stale filth into the clear pathways, leading to disease. Although some theories suggest it is congenital ("born with odor"), this is likely incorrect, as person-to-person transmission is commonly observed. The odor may be inhaled into the upper yuan palace (head/chest region) and disseminate through the collaterals, facilitating mutual contamination. Avoidance is advisable. Axillary leakage involves sweat soaking through multiple layers of clothing but does not necessarily cause odor. These two conditions have distinct etiologies; grouping them as one disease in ancient formulas is not a precise argument.