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The patient's Qi and blood must be regulated to achieve robustness before administering this medicine.

Jinyu (Curcuma aromatica Rhizome) 5 qian; Zaocis Spina (Saposhnikoviae Radix spine, specifically from solitary plants with tips removed) 1 liang; Dahuang (Rheum palmatum Radix et Rhizoma, stir-fried) 1 liang; Bai Chou (Pharbitidis Semen, head powder, 6.5 qian, half raw and half processed). The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Each dose is 5 qian, taken at dawn before sunrise, mixed with non-grain alcohol (wine without sediment), facing east. On the day of administration, foul matter, putrid pus, or parasites will definitely be discharged. If the mouth of the discharged parasite is black, it indicates a long-standing accumulation; if red, it indicates a recent formation. After a few days, administer another dose. Discontinue when no parasitic accumulation remains.

Another method: Use five branches—Tao Zhi (Peach Twig), Liu Zhi (Willow Twig), Sang Zhi (Mulberry Twig), Zhi Zi Zhi (Gardenia Twig), and Chu Zhi (Paper Mulberry Twig)—decocted strongly in water. Sit in a large vat so that the liquid submerges up to the neck for one day. The treatment is effective when an oily film forms on the surface of the decoction.

Yet another method: Decoct Zi Bei Fu Ping (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba, specifically the purple-backed variety) for bathing, which yields excellent results.

Prescription 1:
Harvest Cang Er Cao (Xanthii Herba) on the fifth day of the lunar month, doubling the amount on the sixth day. Collect with dew at the hour of Yin (3–5 AM), crush to extract juice, and boil down into a paste to form pills. Take one carp weighing approximately 1.5 jin, cut open, insert the herbal preparation along with the entrails, sew shut with thread, and simmer in two bowls of wine until dry. Have the patient consume the entire fish. Recovery typically occurs after consuming four or five fish. Salt must be avoided for one hundred days.

Prescription 2:
For treating "Da Feng" (Leprosy-like syndrome) characterized by insensibility and numbness of the skin and muscles, pruritus, generalized scabies, tinea versicolor, urticaria, wandering wind on the face (sensation of insects crawling), vitiligo (Zi Bai Feng Pian), and sores on the legs and feet caused by thief-wind invasion.

Chuan Wu (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Kushen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Huma (Sesami Fructus), Jingjie (Schizonepetae Herba), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) (each 3 liang); Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Baji Li (Tribuli Fructus), Chi Shaoyao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Baifuzi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Shanzhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) (each 1 liang); Heshouwu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix), Dafengzi (Chaulmoograe Semen, shell removed), Weilingxian (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma), Dilong (Pheretima) (each 2 liang); Manjingzi (Vitalbae Fructus) (1.5 liang). Grind all into powder. First, take one Wushe (Agkistrodon), soak in good wine, cook thoroughly, remove bones, take the meat, dry or bake, then grind together with the other powders. Mix with wine paste to make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 40 pills per dose, washed down with tea water.

Prescription 3:
To treat Da Feng Chuang (Leprous ulcers) and promote the regrowth of eyebrows and hair. Use Bai Ye (Platycladi Cacumen), steamed nine times and sun-dried nine times, ground into powder. Form pills with honey, size of wutong seeds. Take three doses daily and one at night, washed down with plain boiled water. Each dose consists of 50–60 pills. Eyebrows and hair will regenerate after one hundred days.