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The *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) treats the condition of black, swollen, painful, and intolerably itchy lips:
Take four large copper coins, grind them on a whetstone using lard rendered in the twelfth lunar month, collect the juice, and apply it to the affected area.

Another prescription:
Flick the affected area with a bamboo bow to expel evil blood; this will also lead to recovery.

The *Yimen Fang* (Medical Gate Prescriptions) treats the condition where the oral lip skin is black, hardens into scabs, cracks causing bleeding, causes constant pain, the lip skin falls off and regenerates repeatedly, remaining unhealed for years:
Take yellow mud from mountains, mix with water, and grind until fine and smooth. Apply to the lips. Hair will grow out; pluck and burn it. Continue applying until no more hair grows, then the condition resolves.

The *Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions by Ge Shih) treats dry lips with bleeding in winter:
Roast peach kernels, crush them, mix with lard, and apply. (The *Qianjin Fang* adopts the same method.)

It also states: For sudden injury, defect, or decay of the lips:
Carefully cut open the wound with a blade, take meat from a freshly killed roe deer or sika deer, mince it, and use it to patch the wound. If it is a harelip, treat it similarly. Prohibit loud speaking and laughing for one hundred days.

The *Qianjin Fang* treats cracking of the lips, mouth, and face due to long journeys:
Boil lard until fully rendered. Apply to the face nightly before traveling. Even after traveling ten thousand li and camping in the wild, there will be no damage.
The *Bencao* (Materia Medica) states that applying butter (su) is excellent.

The *Bingyuan Lun* (Treatise on the Origins and Manifestations of Diseases) states: The Hand-Shaoyin Heart Meridian is the meridian of the heart; heart qi connects to the tongue. The Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian is the meridian of the spleen; spleen qi connects to the mouth. Internal organs with heat...

The *Ge Shi Fang* treats sores and ulceration in the throat, mouth, and tongue:
Hold good, strong vinegar in the mouth until healed.

Another prescription:
Chop Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), hold it constantly in the mouth.

It also states: For sores both inside and outside the mouth:
Crush Baihegen (White Lotus Root Rhizome - *Note: Text says 'Bai He Gen', likely referring to lotus root or similar aquatic plant rhizome, but literally White Lotus Root*), soak in wine, and hold the juice in the mouth.

The *Luyan Fang* (Verified Record Prescriptions) treats twelve diseases of the mouth, some swelling; some with pus and blood; some resembling rice grains, appearing green, white, or black; some resembling mouse teats; some with roots broken off...
Gancao (Licorice Root), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Xixin (Asarum) (each 1 liang).
These four ingredients are boiled in 3 sheng of strong vinegar to obtain 1 sheng. Hold in the mouth at a suitable temperature.

The *Qianjin Fang* treats mouth sores caused by heat:
Shengma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma) (6 fen), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (2 fen).
Sift these two ingredients, wrap in cotton, hold in the mouth, swallow the juice, or spit it out.

It also states: For mouth sores that do not heal for a long time, spreading to the chest, or sores persisting for three years without healing:
Concentrated decoction of Qiangweigen (Rose Root juice), cooled, swallowed slowly in small amounts. Use roots in winter, stems and leaves in summer.

The discussion states: For any mouth or tooth sores, prohibit oil, flour products, alcohol, soy sauce, salty foods, sour foods, greasy foods, and dried dates. It is best to be even more cautious for seven days after healing. Qiangweigen...
Add 2 he of raw honey, hold in the mouth slowly and spit out.)

It also states: For sores on the tongue:
Zhigao (Pork Fat) (1 jin), Honey (2 sheng), Gancao (Licorice Root) (3 cun long as a finger).
Chop these three ingredients, combine and boil until mixed well. Hold a date-sized amount in the mouth, swallow slowly, three times a day.

The *Jingxin Fang* (Heart-Reflecting Prescriptions) treats chronic mouth sores:
Zaogao (Date Paste) 3 jin, boiled in 3 dou of water to obtain 1.5 dou. Wash multiple times to cure.

The *Suishi Yingyan Fang* (Timely Effective Prescriptions) for mouth sores:
Roast Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) over fire, hold in the mouth. Spit out hot water until clean, then it heals.

The *Longhua Miaofang* (Dragon Flower Miraculous Prescriptions) for mouth sores:
Hold Fanshi (Alumen) in the mouth, spit out the water, which is effective. (Current note: *Boji Anzhong Fang*: Apply Baimo Duan Shi [Calcined White Alum] to the area.)

Another prescription:
Rinse with well water, three times a day, which is better.

The *Cui Yuxi Shijing* (Cui Yuxi's Food Classic) for mouth sores: Eating Shi... is effective.

The *Boji Anzhong Fang* (Universal Relief and Public Safety Prescriptions) treats mouth sores with stiff tongue and inability to speak:
Baifanshi (White Alum) (1 fen), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig) (1 fen).
Grind into powder, place on the tongue, and speech returns.

The *Fan Wang Fang* (Fan Wang's Prescriptions) treats mouth sores:
Xingzi (Apricot Seed) (1 piece), Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (1 segment), Gancao (Licorice Root) (1 cun). (Current note: *Bencao* states that a 1 chi long Gancao weighing 2 liang is standard...)
These three ingredients are crushed and sifted, wrapped in cotton wadding, placed in the mouth to hold, swallowing the juice slightly. Already verified as effective.

The *Jiyan Fang* (Collected Verified Prescriptions) treats mouth sores:
Take Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), peel it, shape it like a duck's tongue, and hold it in the mouth, swallowing the juice, which is very good. Soaking in honey and holding is also excellent.

The *Xiaoyan Fang* (Effective Verification Prescriptions) treats rotten mouth sores with loss of skin:
Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) (3 fen), Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) (1 fen), Yupi (Ulmus Bark) (3 fen).
These three ingredients are crushed and sifted, mixed with honey, wrapped in cotton like an apricot seed, and held in the mouth. Spit out when the medicinal flavor is exhausted, then hold again.