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Formula for treating alternating chills and fever, scrofula (tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes), with lumps in the neck vessels resembling apricots or plums:
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Rhizome), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Gan Cao (Licorice Root) (each 1 liang).
The above four herbs are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Take one fang cun bi (square-inch spoonful) before meals, dissolved in water, three times a day. For children, take half a bi; increase the dosage as appropriate.

Another formula:
Li Gu (Fox Bone, roasted), Wu Tou (Aconite Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, peeled), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex) (5 fen, 7 fen, 1 liang respectively).
The above three herbs are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Take one qian bi (coin-sized spoonful) before meals, dissolved in wine, three times a day.

Another formula:
Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructum), Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix), Ku Shen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix), Tu Gua Gen (Trichosanthes Radix), Long Dan (Gentianae Radix), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) (each 0.5 liang).
The above seven herbs are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Take five qian bi before meals, dissolved in warm wine, three times a day, gradually increasing to one fang cun bi. (In *Qian Jin Yao Fang*, Dang Gui is absent, while Gua Lou and Heng Shan are present, making eight herbs.)

Another formula: Take fruits from peach branches that have not fallen off, crush them into powder, mix with strong vinegar, and apply topically.

Formula for treating shu ru (filiform warts):
Chang Si Gen (Moutan Cortex root? Note: Chang Si usually refers to Moutan or similar, but contextually often implies a specific root used for warts, likely *Moutan* or *Shanglu*. Given "Chang Si", it might be a typo for "Chang Shan" or refer to *Moutan*. However, strictly translating "Chang Si Gen" as "Root of Chang Si". In TCM, "Chang Si" is not a standard single herb name, often referring to *Moutan Cortex* (Mu Dan Pi) or potentially *Shang Lu* (Phytolaccae Radix). Let's stick to literal translation with pinyin if ambiguous, but "Chang Si" is often associated with *Moutan* in some contexts or a local name. Actually, *Chang Si* is likely a variant name or typo. Let's use *Chang Si Gen* (Root of Chang Si)). Wipe off the soil without washing. Tie it with the root of Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix). After one day and night, the lesion will detach and disappear.

Group of Formulas Eight:
Secret formula for treating biao ju (acute suppurative infection), unknown to the world, extremely effective.
Sheng Ma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma), Gan Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), Zhi Shi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, roasted), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 2.5 liang), Qian Hu (Peucedani Radix), Xi Jiao (Rhino Ceratostigma - note: substitute with Buffalo Horn/Shui Niu Jiao in modern practice, but translate original term), She Xiang (Moschus).
The above nine ingredients are boiled in nine sheng of water until reduced to three sheng. Divide into three doses. Continue until cured, regardless of the number of doses.

Formula for treating biao ju and various other ju diseases, where the tips of the ten fingers are red, painful, itchy, and already ulcerated:
Zhu Ti (Swine Trotter, prepared as food), Da Huang, Bai Zhi, Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Huang Lian, Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Dang Gui, Ben Cao (Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizoma), Li Lu (Veratrum Nigrum Rhizoma, roasted - absent in some versions), Mang Cao (Polygoni Multiflori Caulis), Gan Cao (each 1 liang).
The above twelve ingredients are boiled with three dou of water and one Zhu Ti until the liquid reduces to one dou. Then add the herbs and boil until reduced to five sheng. Use this decoction to wash and soak the wound.

Formula for treating biao ju spreading diffusely, about to form but not yet fully formed, presenting as lumps like apricot/plum pits or eggs, red and swollen:
Huang Qin, Huang Lian, Da Huang, Dang Gui, Mang Xiao (Mirabilite), Gan Cao (each 1 liang).
The above six ingredients are boiled in six sheng of water until reduced to three sheng. Remove the dregs, return the liquid to the pot, add Mang Xiao, and boil once. Soak a cloth in the hot liquid and apply it to the swollen area, repeating hundreds of times.

Formula for severe, progressively enlarging biao ju spreading diffusely:
Hu Fen (Lead Carbonate, roasted), Huang Lian, Ru (Ru Cao/Rubi Radix or similar, literally "Ru"), Gan Cao (each 2 liang).
The above four ingredients are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Apply the powder to the lesion, three times a day.

Formula for biao ju occurring on hands, feet, shoulders, and back, appearing as clustered white bumps like rice grains, oozing fluid when scraped, recurring after healing:
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, 1 liang), Kuan Dong Hua (Farfarae Flos), Sheng Ma (each 1 liang), Chi Xiao Dou (Adzuki Bean), Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix, processed, peeled), Ku Shen (each 1 fen).
The above six ingredients are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Take half a qian bi with wine, gradually increasing to one qian bi, three times a day.

Another formula:
Take white tiger feces, mix with horse feces, dry in the sun, burn to ash, and apply the ash powder to the lesion.

Another formula:
Long Gu (Fossilized Bones), Hu Fen (Roasted), Hua Shi (Talcum) (each 0.5 liang), Qing Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 2 liang).
The above four ingredients are crushed, sifted, and made into a powder. Mix with one sheng of rice flour. Apply the powder sparingly, four to five times a day.

Formula for biao ju:
Zao Shi Chen (Ash from stove room), Zao Tu Zhong Mo (Soot from chimney flue), Zao Fu Xia Tu (Soil under stove pot) (each 1 sheng).
The above three ingredients are boiled in nine sheng of water for three boils. Take the juice and wash the wound, three to four times a day.