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Treating Chong She (Double Tongue), which indicates heat in both the Heart and Spleen. The Heart manifests in the tongue, governing blood, while the meridians of the Spleen emerge from under the tongue. If there is heat in the Heart and Spleen, with flourishing Qi and Blood, a new growth may form attached to the root of the tongue, resembling a tongue but shorter and smaller; this is Chong She. If it appears on the inner cheek or upper palate, it is called Chong Tan; if it appears at the gum margin, it is called Chong Duan. In all cases, the stagnant blood should be pricked out. Apply genuine Puhuang (Corydalis Rhizome) powder, or hair ash, or Macha Xiaos (Natrii Sulfas Crystallinus), or apply Yan Xiao (Saltpeter) soaked in Zhuli (Bamboo Juice) with Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex). (Other methods are found in the Major Department of Prescriptions.)

Zixue (Purple Snow)
Treating Mu She (Wooden Tongue). The tongue is the manifestation of the Heart, and the meridians of the Spleen connect to it. When Zang-Fu organs are obstructed and heat accumulates in the Heart and Spleen, hot Qi rushes upward, causing the tongue to swell, gradually enlarging until it fills the mouth; this is termed Mu She. If not treated urgently, it will become fatal. Take one zi (a traditional unit of weight) of finely ground Zixue, and take it mixed with Zhuli (Bamboo Juice). (Prescription found in *Heji Jufang*.)
Another Prescription
Grind Huangshu Kuihua (Hibiscus Mutabilis Flower) into fine powder, add half that amount of Huangdan (Minium), grind them together, and apply it seven times.
Another Prescription
Mix 2 fen of Chuan Pu Xiao (Mirabilite), 1 fen of Zixue (Purple Snow), and 0.5 fen of Baiyan (White Salt). Grind them together. Take 0.5 qian each time, mixed with Zhuli (Bamboo Juice) and well water for topical application.

Wenpi Wan (Spleen-Warming Pill)
Treating Zhi Yi (Drooling), where saliva flows out and soaks the cheeks. Saliva is the fluid of the Spleen; due to deficiency-cold in the Spleen and Stomach, saliva flows freely and cannot be controlled. Its function is to warm the Spleen.
Ingredients: Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma), Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos) (each 0.5 liang); Chuan Baijiang (Raw Ginger), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium) (each 1.5 qian).
Grind the above into powder, make pills using rice cake paste, sized like hemp seeds. For a one-year-old infant, administer ten pills; for a two-year-old, twenty pills, washed down with rice soup.

Tongxin Yin (Heart-Unblocking Drink) (Prescription seen previously.)
Prescription for Ulcerated Corners of the Mouth
Grind hair ash into fine powder, mix with pig fat, and apply. Mud from swallow nests is also effective.

Shegan Tang (Belamcanda Decoction)
Treating swelling and pain caused by Wind-Heat
Ingredients: Shegan (Belamcandae Rhizoma), Chuan Shengma ( Cimicifugae Rhizoma) (each 1 liang); Macha Xiaos (Natrii Sulfas Crystallinus), Ma Bo (Leucogaster Mycetium) (each 0.5 liang).
Grind the above into powder. Take 1 qian each time, decoct with one sheng of water, and take warm after meals.
Prescription for Bi Syndrome (Throat Obstruction) Swelling and Pain
Shetui (Ophichthidis Corneum): Burn until carbonized but retaining its nature, then grind into powder.
Take 0.5 qian each time, taken with milk. Alternatively, burn Fengfang (Vespa Nidus) until carbonized, grind into powder, take 0.5 qian each time, and take with milk.