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Yellow Water Sore, also known as Dripping Pus Sore, refers to sores that form wherever pus fluid flows. The treatment method should be: internally administering herbs that remove dampness and clear heat, assisted by blood-cooling agents. The prescription is as follows:
Poria (Fu Ling) 3 qian, Atractylodes Rhizome (Cang Zhu), Schizonepeta Spike (Jing Jie), and Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying) each 2 qian; Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng), Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin), and Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia) each 1 qian; Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) 5 qian.
Decoct in water and take orally for four doses. External application:
Realgar (Xiong Huang) and Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng) each 5 qian; Schizonepeta Spike (Jing Jie) and Sophora Root (Ku Shen) each 3 qian.
Decoct in water to make a wash, take two bowls of the liquid, and wash the sore until it heals.

This sore tends to produce more than ten lesions at once and spreads easily. It is suitable to use:
Colocasia Esculenta Stem (Jian Wei Yu), Eggplant Leaf (Qie Zi Ye), Mugwort Leaf (Ai Ye) harvested in May, Scallion (Cong), and Ginger (Jiang).
Mash them together, boil with vinegar, and apply to the affected area.

This sore appears on the skin, resembling leprosy but not being leprosy, caused by bites from flower spiders in the grass. Treatment should involve internal medication.
Gentiana Macrophylla Root (Qin Jiao).
Decoct in water and drink. External application:
Centipede (Wu Gong) one piece.
Grind into powder, mix with pig bile, and apply to the lesion.

Resembling a spider web, with unbearable itching, first rub the sore with ramie fiber (Zhu Ma Si) to induce exudation. Then use:
Realgar (Xiong Huang) and Calcined Alum (Ku Fan).
Mix in equal parts, grind into powder, and dry-rub onto the lesion for excellent effect.

Named for its snake-like shape. Internal use:
Realgar (Xiong Huang).
Take with wine. External use:
Realgar (Xiong Huang).
Mix with sesame oil and apply; quite effective.

Named for its honeycomb-like shape. Use:
Lead Carbonate (Hu Fen) and Cinnabar (Zhu Sha).
Mix in equal parts, grind into powder, and apply mixed with white honey; extremely effective.

Occurs between the elbow pit and the calf, causing severe pain. In the first one or two days of onset, moxibustion should be used first, which can easily dissipate the condition. Internal medication:
Honeysuckle Flower (Jin Yin Hua) 1 liang; Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) and Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) each 5 qian; Raw Licorice Root (Sheng Gan Cao), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai), and Sanguisorba Root (Di Yu) each 2 qian; Alum (Bai Fan) 1 qian.
Decoct in water and take orally.

Often grows between muscles and bones, hard and painful. Initially appearing as small white blisters, they gradually grow into fish-spine shapes, and eventually ulcerate and discharge yellow fluid. At the initial stage, use:
Old Garlic (Lao Suan).
Slice to a thickness of about three San coins, place on the sore. Then place a ball of mugwort moxa, sized like a bean, on the garlic slice and burn it. Replace the garlic when burnt, stop when pain subsides.
Internal medication:
Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Poria (Fu Ling), Szechwan Lovage Rhizome (Chuan Xiong), Honeysuckle Flower (Jin Yin Hua), and Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) each 1 qian; Angelica Dahurica Root (Bai Zhi), Gleditsia Sinensis Thorn (Zao Jiao Ci), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng), and Licorice Root (Gan Cao) each 5 fen.
Decoct two bowls of water until reduced to eight-tenths, take after meals. For those with weak spleen, remove Angelica Dahurica Root (Bai Zhi) and double the dose of Ginseng Root (Ren Shen).