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Jinshajia (Chrysosplenii Herba), Huashi (Talcum), and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) are taken as pills made with rice gruel. Separately, a decoction is prepared to swallow fifty pills of Jianggong Wan (Crimson Palace Pill) [this method is the same as that for treating Luoli / Scrofula]. The formula for Jianggong Wan: Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus, 1 liang), Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 1 liang), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 1 liang, washed with wine), Maiya (Hordei Fructus Germinatus), Shanzha (Crataegi Fructus, each 1 liang), Taoren (Persicae Semen, 1 liang), Lvhui (Aloe, 1 liang), Gancaojie (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma with nodes, 1 liang), Yuntaizi (Brassicae Pekinensis Semen, 1 liang), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, 1.5 liang, fried with wine), Nanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma Praeparatum, 1.5 liang), Pianqin (Scutellariae Radix, 1.5 liang), Shengma (Bupleuri Radix, 1.5 liang), Haizao (Sargassum, 1.5 liang, washed with wine), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 5 qian), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix, 5 qian), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, 0.5 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 2 liang), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang, steamed three times with wine). These are ground into powder and formed into pills using malt paste. If the wound is already ulcerated, add Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 liang); for external plaster, use Gancaojie and Jiangcan (Bombyx Batryticatus) decocted in water.

Apply cooked Tung oil (Verniciae Folium Oil) mixed with Miduoseng (Litharge) powder topically.

Another method: Use Gafen (Concha Meretricis et Cyclinae), Lacha (Tea Leaves from the twelfth lunar month), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), and Miduoseng. First, wash the wound clean with river water, then apply a mixture blended with lard from the twelfth lunar month. Another prescription: Wash hair with salt water to remove grease, then rinse with hot water, dry, and burn to ash. First, clean the wound with clear water or rice washing water, then apply finely ground hair ash; scabs will form immediately. A patient with a chronic chancre (Xiagan / Genital Ulcer) developed spontaneous diarrhea in early summer with slight chest oppression. After taking Zhizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction), he fell into a coma resembling death. Both pulses were choppy and heavy, slightly wiry and seemingly rapid. This was a severe case of chancre. He was given Danggui Longhui Wan (Angelica and Gardenia Pill) five doses; after purgation, symptoms subsided. Then, Xiaochaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) with Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma) removed, and Huanglian, Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), and Chuanxiong added, was decocted and taken for five to six doses until recovery.

Apply lard from the twelfth lunar month to Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), bake until dry, grind into powder, and apply topically. Another method: Grind Kuzhang (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) into powder, mix with water, and apply. Another method: Apply persimmon lacquer with a goose feather brush several times.

To treat metal wounds and dog bites: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month at noon, use one jin of Duanshi (Calcined Iron Oxide) and one jin of Jiucai (Allium Tuberosum), pound and grind finely to extract juice, form into cakes, dry, grind into powder, and apply. Another method: For metal wounds, use Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis) and Zisu (Perillae Folium) in equal parts, grind into powder, and apply. Another method: Baijiaoxiang (Colophonium, 3 qian) and Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi, 1 qian), grind into powder and apply. Another method: Burn Wubeizi and Dengxincao (Junci Medulla) to ash while retaining their properties, mix in equal parts, grind into powder, and apply. Another method: Cut Dafengcao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) into pieces, soak in a green bamboo tube immersed in a manure pit, dry, grind into powder, and apply (details are under the section on Dongwen / Winter Warmth).