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Cheek swelling, referring to the condition where a dental disease spreads outward, causing swelling of both cheeks and jaw areas.

Mountain dwelling treatment for cheek swelling: Use egg white (albumen) to mix with powder of Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis) and apply externally.

Mei Shi Formula: Treats sudden onset of red-black carbuncle on the face and head, resembling scabies. If not treated urgently, it will spread over the whole body leading to death. Burn deer horn (Cervi Cornus Degelatinati) into ash, grind into powder, mix with lard (Suis Cerebra) and apply topically.

Another formula: Treats ulcers on the head and face. Use Realgar (Realgar), Sulfur (Sulfur), and Alum (Alumen) ground into powder, mixed with lard (Suis Cerebra) for topical application.

Another formula: Take two liang of Wuqingzi (likely referring to a specific fruit or seed, contextually ambiguous but kept as proper noun), one liang of Almond (Armeniacae Semen Amarum), pound them together; chop one Trichosanthes Fruit (Trichosanthis Fructus); use five pig pancreases (Pancreas Porcinum). Soak in four cups of strong wine. At night, warm the mixture and apply to the affected area to make the skin smooth and white. If the area is red, add one liang of Tuguagen (Radix Citrulli Lanati) and seven large dates (Jujubae Fructus), and the skin will naturally turn white.

*Zhou Hou Fang*: Treats red spots on the face and body, or itching and swelling of lymph nodes (scrofula). If not treated immediately, the condition worsens daily. Burn antelope horn (Saiga Tataricae Cornu) to ash, grind extremely fine, mix with egg white (albumen), and apply topically for effectiveness.

Another formula: Treats facial discoloration resembling the color of a sparrow's egg. Take one sheep gallbladder (Ovis Fel), three cups of wine, boil together for three boils, and wipe/apply to the face three times a day until healed.

Another formula: Treats the above condition. Soak Atractylodes Rhizome (Atractylodis Rhizoma) in vinegar (Acetum), and frequently wipe the face with the juice to gradually improve.

Another formula: Treats rhinophyma (rosacea) of the face and nose. Pound Irises Bulb (Iridis Tectorii Rhizoma) until soft, mix with water, and apply topically.

*Sheng Hui Fang*: Treats black moles on the face. Use five liang of Veratrum Ash (Veratri Nigri Cinis), one bowl of water. Leach the ash to obtain juice, store in a copper vessel, and boil over a double boiler until it resembles a black paste. Gently prick the mole with a needle and apply the paste; this is effective, usually within three applications.

Another formula: Treats facial macules. Grind one liang of Lead Monoxide (Lithargyri) finely, mix with human breast milk (Homo Lac), and apply to the face nightly for effectiveness. Alternatively, boil for two or three boils before applying to make the face lustrous.

Another formula: To remove black moles, wash the face at night with warm starch water, rub the mole with cloth until red and painful, then apply thick juice of Sandalwood Powder (Santal Albae Lignum). In the morning, wash again with starch water and still apply Eagle Dropping Powder (Accipiter Guano) to the mole and wash; this is excellent.

Another formula: Treats facial macules and postpartum melasma resembling sparrow egg color. Use powder of Poria (Poria), mix with honey, and apply topically.

Cui Yuanliang's *Hai Shang Fang*: Scar Removal Ointment. Calcinate yellow alum (Alumen Flavaum) until liquid flows out, stir-fry lead carbonate (Cerussa) until yellow, take eight fen of each, grind extremely fine. Mix with lard from the twelfth lunar month (Suis Cerebra), grind into a paste. Wipe the affected area with raw cloth until it hurts, then apply the ointment. After five applications, take eagle dropping (Accipiter Guano) and grass from white bird's nest (Collocaliae Nidus), burn to ash, take equal parts, mix with human breast milk (Homo Lac) and apply; the scar will naturally disappear, leaving skin flat as before.

Ge Shi Formula: Treats black spots and improves complexion. Use equal parts of White Silkworm (Bombyx Batryticatus), White Morning Glory Seed (Ipomoeae Nil Semen), and Asarum (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), grind into powder. Form pills the size of mung beans using human breast milk (Homo Lac). When washing the face, dissolve in warm water and wash; this is effective.

*Sun Taoren's Dietary Taboos* states: Washing the face with cooking water that has been left overnight causes loss of complexion. Bathing with cooking water causes tinea (fungal infection), even if the water is not left overnight.

One formula: Treats extensive facial macules to make skin delicate. Take the tip of deer horn (Cervi Cornus Degelatinati), select the solid white part, grind thickly on a flat stone to obtain one he, one liang of dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Secatum) pounded to powder, sift through fine silk, and mix evenly with deer horn juice. Wash face with warm starch water first, then apply medicine two or three times nightly. Complexion improves in seven days. Avoid wind and sun when applying medicine; be cautious.

Another formula: Treats sudden sores on the face. Pound raw almond (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) until soft, mix with egg white (albumen) like pancake batter. Apply at night after washing the face, wash off with water in the morning. Repeat dozens of times to heal.

*Zi Mu Mi Lu*: Treats black moles on the face. Peel plum kernel (Pruni Armeniacae Semen), grind finely, mix with egg white (albumen) like syrup. Apply at night, wash off in the morning, then apply lead carbonate (Cerussa). Effective within five or six days; avoid wind.

*Yan Yi* Formula: Mix calcined potash (Lixivium) with one bowl of water to form a thick porridge consistency. Select intact good rice grains, place half in the ash and half outside. After one night, the rice in the ash turns transparent like crystal. If there are black spots or tattoos on hands or face, gently prick with a needle tip, place a small amount of the crystal-like substance on it. After about half a day, the spot fluid will exude naturally, then remove the medicine and do not use water for two or three days; effective.

Another formula: Treats facial scratches from fingernails. Mix fresh ginger juice (Zingiberis Recens Juice) with calomel (Calomelas) and apply to the broken area to leave no scar.

Another formula: Treats acne vulgaris. Take a small amount of alum (Alumen) powder, mix with wine and apply.

Another formula: For neck oil staining collars. After daily combing and washing, rub egg white (albumen) on the neck and hairline with hands; this prevents new clothes from getting stained, which is very clever.

*Qian Jin Fang*: Treats facial acne vulgaris. Crush Dodder Seed (Cuscutae Semen), squeeze out the juice, and apply topically; this is excellent.

Another formula: Treats facial comedones and blackheads. Slice one jin of Magnolia Bark (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex), soak in three-year-old sour juice for 100 days, dry in the sun, grind into powder. Take one cun bi (approx. 9-15g) mixed with starch water, taken three times a day; this is good.

Another formula: Treats rhinophyma wrinkles on the nose and face. Grind one he of cormorant feces (Phalacrocoracis Feces), mix with lard from the twelfth lunar month (Suis Cerebra), and apply nightly.

Another formula: Remove the skin of winter melon seeds (Benincasae Semen), pound into pills. Take thirty pills on an empty stomach to make the skin white and pure as jade.