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Silk-like filaments emerge from the tongue. For all types of carbuncles, ulcers, swelling, and toxic sores, use 2 qian of raw alum powder, mixed with warm wine for oral administration; immediate effect is expected. In a case of cholera morbus with vomiting and diarrhea, dizziness, vertigo, convulsions of the hands and feet, and cold extremities, use 1 qian of calcined alum powder, taken orally with boiling water. For snakebite injuries, soak raw alum in boiling water and wash the injured area. For a sore/ulcer, apply calcined alum powder mixed with aged strong vinegar around the periphery of the lesion; replace when the healthy skin becomes dry, gradually applying as it converges. For all swelling, toxic sores, and boils, dissolve raw alum in water, dip paper into the alum solution, and frequently apply to the affected area for immediate resolution. For various carbuncles and back abscesses, as well as all malignant sores, collect white alum on the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), grind into powder. When a sore or toxin first appears, take 3 qian each time, mixed with chopped scallion bulbs, blended well, and taken with good wine. For tonsillar hypertrophy (Ru'e) and throat obstruction (Douhou), stir-fry calcined alum and whitish silkworm (Bai Jiangcan) in equal parts, grind into powder, and insufflate into the throat for immediate cure.

Wen Ge San (Clam Shell Powder)
For various painful swellings and toxic sores, stir-fry Chinese gallnut (Wu Bei Zi) into fine powder, mix with vinegar, and apply to the affected area for immediate resolution. For spontaneous sweating and night sweats that do not cease, grind Chinese gallnut into powder, mix with saliva to fill the umbilicus, bind with silk cloth, and stop after one night. For unilateral testicular swelling and descent (Pian Zhui Qi), use 5-6 Chinese gallnuts, burn until carbonized but retaining efficacy (Cun Xing), grind into powder, mix with good wine, and take on an empty stomach until intoxicated. For otorrhea (pus discharge from the ear base, commonly called "ear bottom pus"), burn Chinese gallnut until carbonized, grind into powder, and insufflate into the ear. For fiery eye pain and redness/swelling/ulceration due to wind-heat, use equal parts of Chinese gallnut and Vitex fruit (Man Jing Zi), decoct strongly in water, and wash the eyes with the warm liquid. For chronic dysentery with abdominal pain, day and night without limit, and loss of appetite, use equal parts of Chinese gallnut and calcined alum, grind into powder, make pills with vinegar paste, take 30-40 pills on an empty stomach with rice soup. For rectal prolapse, use half a jin (approx. 500g) of Chinese gallnut, boil until extremely soft, place in a bucket for fumigation, and once warm, manually push it back up slowly. Another method: apply Chinese gallnut powder to the area and frequently push it back. For cracked hands due to frostbite, grind Chinese gallnut into powder, mix with ox marrow, apply to the cracks, and bind with cloth. For women with red and white leukorrhea, stir-fry Chinese gallnut with peach kernel (Tao Ren), stir-fry until skin and tips are removed, grind equal parts into powder, and take on an empty stomach with distilled liquor. For infantile nocturnal crying, grind Chinese gallnut into powder, mix with saliva, and insert into the umbilicus to stop crying immediately. For back carbuncle and ulcer, mix good vinegar, Chinese gallnut, and pig brain marrow, pound into a paste, and apply as a plaster. If the sore is on the left, use the left side of the pig's brain. For fish-mouth sore (inguinal lymphadenitis), within 3-5 days of onset, stir-fry Chinese gallnut into powder, add Baicao Shuang (soot from burning various herbs), mix with vinegar, and apply to the affected area; resolve within one day and night. For poisoning from ingesting toxic substances, grind 2 liang (approx. 75g) of Chinese gallnut finely, mix with clear wine (without ash residue) for oral administration; if the toxin is upper, induce vomiting; if lower, induce diarrhea; highly effective.