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Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Danpi (Moutan Cortex), Zhike (Aurantii Fructus), Da Ji (Cirsii Japonici Herba), Xiao Ji (Cirsii Herba) each 3 qian; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba), Shengdi Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) each 5 qian; Honghua (Carthami Flos) 1 qian; Taoren (Persicae Semen) 14 pieces. Decoct with half water and half wine, take when reduced to eight-tenths volume. For chronic pain or pain without skin/muscle breakage, crush Leech (Shuizhi, Hirudo), stir-fry over high fire until charred black, grind into powder, and add to the previous herbs. Take for a maximum of three doses; pain will definitely cease. The leech must be thoroughly charred; if half-raw, it may cause harm.

Burn Deer Antler Bone (Lujiao) to ash, grind into powder, mix with water, and apply topically to expel foreign bodies immediately. Even in long-standing cases, not more than one night is needed. Alternatively, burn dry Sheep Manure (Yangfen) to ash, mix with fat/oil, and apply. If the splinter has not emerged, reapply.

Sheng Cishi (Magnetitum) 1 liang, grind into powder, mix with Youcai Zi You (Brassicae Napus Seed Oil), and apply externally on the skin, about one cun away from the entry point of the needle. Gradually move closer to the wound opening until the object exits through the original injury site; this is extremely effective.

Use thin metal sheets such as silver, copper, lead, or tin. Frequently apply/iron them at the entry site. Mercury will naturally emerge and amalgamate with the metals. Replace the sheets when sufficient amalgamation occurs, continuing until all mercury is expelled.

Select triangular Ginkgo nuts (Yinxing Guo), remove shell and core, soak in Youcai Zi You (Brassicae Napus Seed Oil) overnight. Remove, pound into paste, and apply to the affected area. Change daily; heal after several applications.

Pound together Niuxi root and rhizome (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), apply to expel the foreign body. Even if the wound closes, the splinter will self-expel. Alternatively, apply thick Deer Brain (Lu Nao) densely; replace when dry. It will emerge within half a day.

Hua Tuo’s Divine Formula for Syphilitic Condyloma/Chancres

Sangpiaoxiao (Mantidis Oötheca) (stir-fried), Bailonggu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi).
Grind the above two ingredients into equal parts powder. Take 2 qian with salted water on an empty stomach, three times daily.

Tusizi (Cuscutae Semen), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix).
Grind into equal parts powder, make honey pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 70 pills per dose with salted water.

Shichangpu (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma), Bixie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma), Yizhiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus), Wuyao (Linderæ Radix).
Each of the above four ingredients 1 liang. Decoct with water, reduce to eight-tenths volume, take warm. Continue until cured.

Tufuling (Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma) 3 jin, Sheng Huangqi (Astragali Radix) 1 jin, Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) 8 liang.
First, decoct Tufuling in 30 bowls of water to make a soup. Mix Huangqi and Danggui evenly, stir-fry lightly, dry, and grind into powder. Make honey pills. Take 3 qian with plain boiled water, three times daily. One dose should show efficacy.