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[Prescription Verse] If a bug accidentally enters the ear, do not panic; roast meat and place it near the ear to attract it out; sit alone by a night lamp to guide the bug out; drip sesame oil into the ear to kill the bug.

[Annotation] When various insects accidentally enter the ear (such as flies or mosquitoes), drip several drops of Sesame Oil (Semen Sesami) into the ear canal; the insects will die and can be removed. If creatures like slugs enter, roast meat until fragrant and place it beside the ear; the insects will emerge on their own upon smelling the fragrance. If they enter at night in the dark, do not panic or shout loudly, as this may force the insects deeper into the ear. Instead, sit upright and shine a light towards the ear canal; the insects will exit on their own seeing the light. If there is someone opposite, the insects may not come out; everyone should move aside for it to be effective.

[Prescription Verse] When fetal toxin first manifests as Red Roaming Carbuncle (Chi You Dan), it affects the abdomen and limbs, internally and externally. Internal medication, external application, and bloodletting with stone needles are used; red indicates mildness, purple indicates severity, and black is difficult to cure.

[Annotation] The syndrome of pediatric Red Roaming Carbuncle (Chi You Dan) is caused by fetal toxin. Before onset, there is initial fever, crying, restlessness, and convulsions. Then red rashes appear, starting small and gradually enlarging, colored like cinnabar, wandering without fixed location. Starting from the back and abdomen and spreading to the limbs is a favorable course; starting from the limbs and flowing into the chest and abdomen is an unfavorable course. This condition may also arise after birth due to bathing with hot water and drying clothes with fire, which stirs up internal toxins. Treatment should begin with bloodletting using stone needles; red blood indicates a mild case, purple indicates severe, and black indicates death. Next, apply slices of beef or mutton over the red rash area; replace when slightly dry. When the meat slices are no longer dry, apply Ruyi Jinhuang San (Ruyi Golden Yellow Powder) mixed with clear juice of Indigofera tinctoria Leaf (Qing Dai). Internally, administer Da Lianqiao Yin (Large Forsythia Decoction) initially, followed by Xiaodu Xijiao Yin (Detoxifying Rhinoceros Horn Decoction). For constipation, add raw Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Da Huang) 3-5 fen. For irritability, scorched lips, and flushed face, Wufu Huadu Dan (Five Blessings Toxin-Dissolving Pill) is suitable. If treatment is delayed and toxin enters the interior causing abdominal distension and hardness, hoarseness, and inability to swallow milk, Zixue San (Purple Snow Powder) should be administered to purge. If within one or two days, the body becomes light, abdomen soft, fever subsides, skin cools, flesh at the needle sites recovers vitality, and feeding returns to normal, the patient will survive; otherwise, it is incurable.

Formula: Da Lianqiao Yin (Large Forsythia Decoction)
Composition: Forsythiae Fructum (Lianqiao, heart removed)
Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui)
Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao)
Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng)
Akebiae Caulis (Mutong)
Talcum (Huashi, water-ground)
Arctii Fructum (Niubangzi, stir-fried and ground)
Cicadae Periostracum (Chantui, feet and wings removed)
Dianthi Herba (Qumai)
Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao, calcined)
Schizonepetae Spica (Jingjie)
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, raw)
Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu)
Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin)
Gardeniae Fructus (Zhizi, raw and ground)
Plantaginis Semen (Cheqianzi) (Each 5 fen)
Boil 2 zhong of water with 20 roots of Juncus effusus (Dengxincao) until reduced to 8 fen. Take together with the mother.

[Prescription Verse] Da Lianqiao Yin treats Chi You Dan,
With Danggui, Chishao, Fangfeng, Mutong, Huashi, Niubangzi, Chantian.
Qumai, Shigao, Jingjie, Gancao,
Chaihu, Huangqin, Zhizi, and Cheqian together.

Another Formula: Xiaodu Xijiao Yin (Detoxifying Rhinoceros Horn Decoction)
Composition: Rhinocerotis Cornu (Xijiao, shaved)
Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng) (Each 1 qian)
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, raw, 5 fen)
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian, raw, 3 fen)
Boil 2 zhong of water with 20 roots of Juncus effusus (Dengxincao) until reduced to 4 fen. Take slowly.

[Prescription Verse] Xiaodu Xijiao Yin contains Huanglian,
Fangfeng and Gancao boiled together.
For Chi You Dan toxicity with crying, convulsions,
Coarse breath and fever, taking it brings peace.

Another Formula: Wufu Huadu Dan (Five Blessings Toxin-Dissolving Pill)
Composition: Ginseng Radix (Renshen)
Poria Cocos (Chifuling)
Platycodonis Radix (Jiegeng) (Each 2 liang)
Natrii Sulfas (Yanxiao)
Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai)
Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian)
Gentianae Radix (Longdancao) (Each 1 liang)
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, raw, 5 qian)
Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen)
Cinnabaris (Zhusha) (Each 3 qian)
Borneolum Syntheticum (Bingpian, 5 fen)
Grind all into fine powder, mix with refined honey to make pills, size similar to Euryale Seed (Qianshi), coated with Gold Foil.
Take one pill per dose, dissolved in decoction of Mentha Haplocalyx (Bohe) and Juncus effusus (Dengxincao).

[Prescription Verse] Wufu Huadu Dan clears heat quickly,
Eliminating sores, tumors, and carbuncles upon ingestion.
Renshen, Fuling, Jiegeng, Gancao, Yanxiao, Bingpian, Qingdai,
Huanglian, Longdancao, Xuanshen, and Zhusha.

Another Formula: Ruyi Jinhuang San (Ruyi Golden Yellow Powder) (See Chapter on Ulcers)
Zixue San (Purple Snow Powder) (See Chapter on Tongue, Double Tongue)