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All are treated with this prescription.
Take a piece of crimson silk to wrap the medicine, limiting the size to one circumference. Place a clump of tangled hair the size of a chicken egg on cloth, add rhinoceros horn (Niu Huang) the size of a Chinese walnut seed, twenty-one hooked thorns (Ji Zhen), and seven adzuki beans (Chi Xiao Dou), grind them together into powder, and spread this mixture onto the hair. Roll the crimson silk into a ball, tie it tightly in a cross shape with a rope made of hair, burn it quickly to ash in an ironing pan, grind and sieve until fine. Use goji berry (Gou Qi Zi) or its root bark, leaves, and branches as available, grind into powder. Take two level scoops of goji berry powder and one level scoop of crimson silk ash, totaling three level scoops, mix evenly. Divide into two doses, taken orally with wine on an empty stomach.

This is a miraculous prescription for treating all types of ding sores and swellings.
Cang Er (Xanthii Fructus; roots, stems, leaves, and fruits may be used, provided they are of uniform color).
Burn these to ash. Mix with vinegar and rice wash sediment to form a paste, apply topically, and replace when dry. Within ten applications, the root of the sore will be extracted.

Yong Ju (Carbuncles and Ulcers) have no fixed location initially; they are named according to their site of occurrence. On the exterior, they are called Fa Bei (Back Carbuncle) or Fa Nao (Head Carbuncle); within the interior, they are termed Chang Yong (Intestinal Abscess), Nei Yong (Internal Abscess), Xin Yong (Heart Abscess), Shen Yong (Kidney Abscess), Fei Yong (Lung Abscess), Qi Yong (Umbilical Abscess), etc. If treated correctly, life is preserved; if treated incorrectly, death ensues. Exterior manifestations are easy to identify, while interior manifestations are difficult to clarify; therefore, they must be described in detail.

Chang Yong (Intestinal Abscess) presents with rough, scaly skin (Shen Jia Cuo), tense abdominal wall, softness upon palpation despite a swollen appearance, absence of abdominal masses, lack of fever, and a rapid pulse (Mai Shu). This indicates pus within the intestines, formed by long-standing accumulation of yin-cold. Hence, *Jin Gui Yao Lue* employs Fu Zi (Aconite Lateral Root) to warm. If there is swelling and hardness in the lower abdomen, pain upon palpation resembling strangury, normal urination, fever, anhidrosis, aversion to cold, and a slow-tight pulse (Mai Chi Jin), the pus has not yet formed; purgation may be used, and blood should be expelled. If the pulse is surging-rapid (Hong Shu), the pus has already formed; purgation is contraindicated. This condition arises from internal heat accumulation; hence, *Jin Gui Yao Lue* employs Da Huang (Rhubarb Rhizome) to promote drainage. In severe cases, the abdomen becomes distended, water sounds may be heard during movement, ulcers may form around the umbilicus, pus may discharge from the umbilicus, or pus and blood may appear in stool; without treatment, death is inevitable. For ulcers within the five zang organs, differentiation of yin and yang and promotion of drainage suffice, unlike external carbuncles which require adherence to the sequence of "four sections and eight matters."

*Qian Jin Fang* cites a case of an official's wife: her pulse was slippery-rapid (Hua Shu). Slippery indicates excess; rapid indicates heat. Slippery relates to Ying (Nutritive Qi); rapid relates to Wei (Defensive Qi). When Wei qi descends rapidly and Ying qi ascends slipperily, they interfere with each other, causing blood to become turbid and敗坏 (ruined). This leads to hardness in the lower abdomen, occasional urinary difficulty, sweating, or aversion to cold, indicating that pus has formed. If the pulse were slow-tight, it would indicate blood stasis; expulsion of blood would lead to recovery. Furthermore, referring to the "Ji" (Accumulation) disease described in *Nei Jing*: recently, patients suffering for two or three years presented with generalized mild edema, followed by daily pus discharge connecting the large intestine and umbilicus, leading to fatal outcomes. This is also a category of Chang Yong (Intestinal Abscess) and must be carefully examined.