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Bovine tooth (Niuyá) is burnt to ash, ground into fine powder. Take one tael per dose, mixed with yellow wine for administration. It heals after one or two doses.

Pine rosin (Songxiang) and Gongfen (Lead carbonate, a traditional cosmetic/medical ingredient) in equal proportions are placed inside a scallion tube, dried on a tile over fire, then ground into powder. Mixed with pure sesame oil (Mahu You), apply topically. It heals after one or two applications, with miraculous efficacy.

Honeycomb (Fengqiao) is burnt to ash while preserving its medicinal properties, then ground into powder. Mix with a small amount of real borneol (Bingpian). Sprinkle the powder on the affected area once or twice; it heals immediately.

Mercury (Shuiyin), Calomel (Qingfen), Camphor (Chaonao, each 1 qian), Semendryobalanops aromatica seed meat (Dafengzi Rou, 10 seeds), Almond (Xingren, 1 seed, skin and tip removed), Cnidium fruit (Shechuangzi, 1 qian). All are ground together into fine powder. Blend with asphalt candle wax oil. First wash the body with soap water, then apply to the affected area; it heals immediately.

Take hair from pig heads and cat heads, one tuft each, burn to ash. Grind one mouse excrement into powder. Mix with clear oil and apply; it heals instantly.

Apply powder of Adzuki bean (Chixiaodou) externally. Simultaneously, boil the beans for consumption and drink the juice.

For protruding bone from an orifice (indicative of osteomyelitis or bone abscess), dig a pit in the ground, narrow at the mouth and wide at the bottom, three chi deep. Place two sheng of dry chicken manure, along with mugwort leaves (Aiye) and Chinese tallow tree leaves (Jingye), crushed together, into the pit. Burn them to produce smoke, fumigate the affected area with the patient positioned over it, and cover with clothing to prevent smoke leakage. Within half a day, worms will be expelled.

Chew glutinous rice flour (Nuomici Fen) mixed with salt and apply to the affected area.

Burn the bamboo hoop from the oldest, dirtiest chamber pot to ash, grind finely. Mix with sesame oil or peanut oil and apply to the affected area; it heals immediately.

Chew lychee flesh (Lizhi Rou) with sesame oil and apply as a poultice.

Dry sheep manure (Yangfen), grind finely and sieve. Mix with oil rendered from mice and apply three times; it heals. It also promotes hair growth.

Buckwheat flour (Qiaomai Mian, 1 tael, stir-fried until yellow and ground fine) and Sulfur (Liuhuang, 5 qian, ground fine). Mix evenly. Alternatively, mix with sheep fat or sheep marrow oil and apply.

Achyranthes root (Niuxi, 3 qian), Aragonite (Hanshuishi, 3 qian), Alum (Baifan, 2 qian, refined), Sichuan pepper (Huajiao, 1.5 qian). Grind all into powder. Mix with fat from a vigorous pig and egg white, then apply; it heals immediately.

Tobacco paste (Yangan), specifically scraped from cured cowhide, purchased from pharmacies. Mix with vegetable oil and apply; it heals immediately.

Four eggs (Jizi), stir-fried with sesame oil, scallions, and pepper into cakes. Apply hot to the affected area; effective.

Take one pair of the oldest, most filthy shoes, and two types of old silk wadding/floss, burn all to ash. Let cool. Then, grind Semendryobalanops aromatica seed meat (Dafengzi Rou) into powder and mix with the ash. Blend with sesame oil and apply. Complete healing occurs within two days. If any areas remain un-dried, sprinkle with ash powder. The efficacy is like magic.