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Treatment for Scrofula (Luo Li): Burn walnut kernels until black, mix with pine resin, pound into a paste, and apply externally.

Another prescription: Collect hemp flowers before sunrise on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and collect leaves on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Form these two materials into moxa cones. Apply moxibustion (Jiu) to the affected area for one hundred "zhuang" (units of moxa cone).

Another prescription: Burn wild wolf feces into ash and apply externally.

Treatment for Scrofula, whether ulcerated or not: Take four liang of Oyster Shell (Muli) and two liang of Licorice Root (Gancao), grind into fine powder. Take one large qian per dose, mixed with aged tea after meals, three times daily.

Treatment for internal resolution of Scrofula: Take one liang of Mylabris (Banmao), remove wings and feet. Stir-fry together with one sheng of millet until the millet turns yellow. Discard the millet. Grind Mylabris finely, add four liang of Mint Powder (Bohe Mo), and mix evenly. Take daily.

Treatment for swollen, hard, painful Scrofula that persists: Take the head and hoof bones of a civet cat, coat with butter, roast until yellow, and grind into powder. Take one qian bi on an empty stomach, mixed with porridge water.

Treatment for Scrofula: Stir-fry Polygonum hydropiper seeds (Shuiliao Zi), grind into powder. Take two to three qian mixed with wine each time; efficacy appears over time.

Another prescription: Dry Purslane (Machixian) in the shade, grind into powder, and mix with lard from the twelfth lunar month. First wash the wound with warm rice-washing water, dry it, and apply the ointment. Change three times daily.

Treatment for Scrofula complicated by sudden severe throat pain (Hou Bi): Freshly pound Phytolacca root (Shanglu Gen), shape into cakes, place on the wound, and apply moxibustion for three to four zhuang.

Treatment for Scrofula swelling and hard nodules: Grind one liang of Dill Weed (Mangcao) into powder. Mix with egg white, spread on silk cloth, and apply as a patch. Change twice daily until healed. This is also suitable for applying to unruptured carbuncles and sores.

Treatment for Scrofula persisting for years: Pound Prunella vulgaris (Xuanshen) until soft and apply externally. Change twice daily.

Treatment for Scrofula and sores: Take any amount of Spurge (Maoyancao), crush to extract juice, and slowly boil in a non-oily pot until it becomes a paste. Add half a liang of roasted Red Lead (Huandan) and Frankincense (Ruxiang), mix well, and take orally. *(Note: The original text structure here is fragmented; this translation follows the literal sequence provided).*

Treatment for Scrofula: Take any amount of Asphalt (Qingli) and shell-out Castor Seeds (Bimazi), grind together into a paste. First wash the wound clean with scallion and pepper water, spread the paste on red silk, and apply to the affected area.

Another prescription: Take a piece of Calcined Alum (Duanshi), sun-dry it from morning to noon. Place asphalt on the stone and beat it fine. Take forty peeled almond kernels and fourteen Castor Seeds. *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Grind soot from chimney cores into powder, mix with oil, and apply.

Another prescription: Grind Ochre Stone (Jiangshi) into powder, mix with egg white, and sweep onto the wound using a chicken feather. Also treats back carbuncles and malignant sores.

Another prescription: Burn deer skull cap ash retaining its properties, grind into powder. First wash the wound clean with scallion and pepper water, dry it, and sprinkle the medicine; or mix with oil and apply to promote tissue regeneration.

Another prescription: Take Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua/Zuochanteng) and Forsythia (Lianqiao), half a jin each, and four liang of large Licorice nodes (Gancao Jie). Grind all three into powder. Take one large spoon per dose, mixed with wine.

Another prescription: Drink Asparagus tuber (Tianmendong) infused in wine; apply the medicinal dregs to the sore.

Another prescription: Decoct Schizonepeta (Jingjie) in water. After cooling, wash the wound clean. Pick out dark purple areas, prick them with a needle, then apply powder of Realgar (Xionghuang) and Camphor (Zhangnao) mixed with sesame oil.

Another prescription: Take one and a half qian of Firmiana seed (Wutongzi), one qian of Gleditsia sinensis kernel (Zaojiaoren), and one qian of Croton seed (Badou) without skin/membrane/oil. Grind finely. Do this in a clean room where no one can see. *(Text fragmentary regarding preparation method)*.

Another prescription: Grind dried ginger into powder. Make a paste using fresh ginger juice and form into pills. Coat with Red Lead (Huandan). Once daily, insert the medicine into the wound according to its size. *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Use Atractylodes macrocephala (Baizhu), Areca nut (Binglang), and Licorice (Gancao) raw. Use half raw and half stir-fried Black Pepper Vine fruit (Qianniu). Soak Apricot kernel (Yuliren) in water and remove skin. Stir-fry Mylabris (Banmao) with glutinous rice and remove skin. *(Text fragmentary regarding dosage/formulation)*.

Another prescription: Remove head, feet, and wings from Mylabris (Banmao). Equal parts of Adzuki bean (Chixiaodou), White Silkworm (Baijiangcan), Bitter Clove (Kudingxiang), White Clove (Baidingxiang), and whetstone mud are ground into fine powder. For children over ten years old... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Melt one liang of Gelatin (Baijiao) in a porcelain vessel, remove impurities, and melt again. Mash sixty-four Castor Seeds into a paste, mix into the gelatin, and add small amounts of oil... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Use cat feces from the twelfth lunar month. Seal between two new tiles with salt mud, burn to ash, and mix with small amounts of oil to apply to the wound.

Another prescription: Equal parts of Calomel (Qingfen), Frankincense (Ruxiang), Myrrh (Moyao), Pinellia (Banxia), Calomel (Qingfen - repeated in source), and Red Kaolin (Chishizhi) are ground into powder. Form pills like wattle seeds using glutinous rice flour. Take ten pills... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Take one qian of Frankincense (Ruxiang) and one qian of Arsenic Trioxide (Pishuang), one and a half qian of Calomel (Qingsha), half a qian of Red Lead (Huandan), and fourteen Red Ladybugs (Hongniangzi) without feet/wings. Grind into powder, mix with glutinous rice porridge... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: To close wounds and regenerate tissue, take any amount of Phellodendron bark (Huangbai), grind into powder, and apply mixed with wheat paste to the affected area. This is excellent.

Treatment for Scrofula nodules without distinct head/tail, and all malignant sores and swellings: Take three qian each of Agarwood (Chenxiang), Costus root (Muxiang), and Clove bud (Jitixiang), and one [unit missing] each of Olibanum (Xunluxiang) and Musk (Shexiang)... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for heat-toxin Scrofula where swelling/pain has subsided and pus drains: Take one liang each of Codonopsis (Zican) and Sophora root (Kushen), and two liang each of Forsythia (Lianqiao) and Talc (Huashi). Strain the decoction... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for wind-toxin, nodules, and Scrofula swelling/pain: Take two liang each of lightly stir-fried Burdock seed (Niubangzi) and Polygonum multiflorum (Heshouwu), and one liang each of Mint (Bohe) and Realgar (Xionghuang), plus Musk (Shexiang) and Cow Bezoar (Niuhuang)... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for chronic draining Scrofula located in the neck/axilla, with itching, pain, aversion to cold, and high fever: Take two liang of White Snake (Baihuashe) soaked in wine until soft, skin removed, and baked dry. Take half a liang of Black Pepper Vine fruit (Hei Qianniu)... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: After the above medication induces purging, take this formula to tonify: Wash Seaweed (Haizao), Halite (Shijueming), Notopterygium root (Qianghuo), and Agrostemma seed heads (Qumai Sui) in equal parts, grind into powder. Take two qian per dose... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for Scrofula: Take fifty cloves (Dingxiang), ten Mylabris (Banmao), and one qian of Musk (Shexiang), grind separately into powder. Soak fifty fermented soybeans (Yanchi) in water, mash into a paste... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Take two qian each of Schizonepeta spike (Jingjie Sui), Silkworm (Jiangcan), and Black Pepper Vine fruit (Hei Qianniu). Take twenty Mylabris (Banmao), remove head/wings/feet, stir-fry with glutinous rice, and grind into powder. Before sleep... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for ruptured Scrofula sores: Burn dung beetle (Dujiaoxian) into powder and apply. Highly effective.

Treatment for sudden onset of nodular sores behind/in front of the ear, varying in size like apricot pits, named Machang Chuang (Knife-shaped Sore), which is the root of Scrofula: Apply inner bark of peach tree (Taoshu Baipi) to the sore... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for all Scrofula sores: Take three qian of Realgar (Xionghuang), one qian of Frankincense (Ruxiang), and half a qian of Arsenic (Xinshi). Grind into fine powder, mix with glutinous rice dough to form cakes the size of a coin hole. If ulcerated... *(Text fragmentary)*. If not... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for all malignant Scrofula sores, to detoxify, relieve pain, invigorate blood, resolve suppuration, dispel wind, and regenerate tissue; especially for stick-wound pain: Take half a jin each of Peach, Locust, and Willow branches. Slow fire... *(Text fragmentary)*. With Locust... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Treatment for Scrofula nodules: Mix dried Violet powder (Jincai) with oil, boil into a paste, and massage the nodule three to five times until healed.

Treatment for Biao Ju (Phagedenic Ulcer), where lesions on hands, feet, shoulders, and back resemble white grains, exuding fluid when scraped and causing fever: Cook and pound Turnip seeds (Wujingzi), apply to stop symptoms immediately.

Treatment for Scrofula and wind-toxin red swelling: Crush Groundsel (Dischisma/Disonson - likely referring to a specific local herb 'Disong') and apply. Replace when dry.

Treatment for Scrofula, whether ulcerated or not: Take a hen's egg, make a hole at the top, mix yolk and white evenly. Tie one Mylabris (Banmao) without head/wings/feet with a thread... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Bundle thirty non-moth-eaten Gleditsia sinensis pods (Zaojiao), wrap in palm fiber, tie securely, and soak in a latrine pit for one month. Take out and soak again in running water... *(Text fragmentary)*. Grind... *(Text fragmentary)*.

Another prescription: Take five qian each of Realgar (Xionghuang) and Turmeric (Yujin), half a qian of Croton oil (Badou Qu), and seven Mylabris (Banmao) without wings/beaks, stir-fried with glutinous rice until color changes. Grind into powder, form pills with flour paste... *(Text fragmentary)*.