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Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Washed with Wine) 5 qian, Coptidis Rhizoma (Washed with Wine) 5 qian, Elephas Maxillaris Os Pulvis 5 qian, Purified Flos Sophorae 2 qian, Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Washed with Wine) 2 qian, Olibanum Resina (Droplet type) 2 qian (Grease removed using Phyllostachys heterocycla var. pubescens leaf), Vespa Nidus 1 piece (Best from elm trees, next best from pepper trees, stir-fried over mild heat). All ingredients are finely ground into powder. Two liang of beeswax is melted, and the aforementioned medicinal powder is added to form pills, sized like sophora seeds. Take 50-60 pills per dose, administered on an empty stomach with a decoction of Radix Agrimoniae (Loulu Tang). By the fifth day, a fleshy tube will be expelled from the sinus tract. When it grows two to three fingers long, cut it off with scissors. Repeat cutting as it re-emerges until the inner tube is completely expelled; new tissue will naturally regenerate, leading to cure. This method is extremely efficacious.

Flos Chrysanthemi Indici 4 liang, Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma 4 qian. Add two large bowls of water, decoct until one bowl remains, then take orally. If treating carbuncles with spreading red streaks, take one rush stem, dip in oil, and burn along the head of the red streak for more than ten times, while also burning the carbuncle head. Continue burning until pain ceases; if pain returns after stopping, cease treatment. Hu Xin San (See "Emergency Use for Carbuncle Seed"). In cases of sores where nausea upon seeing food indicates toxic invasion of the heart, administer this powder immediately. Mung Bean Powder 1 liang, Olibanum Resina 3 qian (Grease removed). Take 5 qian per dose, washed down with Licorice water. If palpitations occur, add Cinnabar 3 fen, which can also be mixed with wine.

At the purple vein in the popliteal fossa, pricking with a silver needle to release blood results in immediate cure.

Columbae Faeces (Sharp-pointed ones preferred) 1-2 qian (Stir-fried), Triticum Aestivum Farina 1 liang (Stir-fried), Cannabis Fructus (Amount unspecified, charred to retain properties). Grind the above three ingredients into powder. For tetanus presenting with head swelling as large as a dou, or near-death states, mix with good yellow rice wine and force-feed; the patient will recover. Repeatedly verified.

Collect fingernails and toenails from hands and feet, stir-fry in sesame oil until yellow, grind into powder, and take with yellow rice wine. Recovery occurs upon sweating. Truly a miraculous prescription.

Sophorae Fructus 1 he, stir-fried until yellow. Mix with one bowl of good wine, decoct until reduced to 8/10 volume, take hot. Recovery occurs upon sweating.

Specifically treats all forms of fish-mouth abscesses and groin buboes, as well as stubborn ulcers persisting for two to three years. Taking this formula makes removal as easy as picking them up by hand. Effective. Rheum Palmatum Radix (Chuan Dahuang) 1 liang, Angelicae Dahuricae Radix 3 qian, Angelicae Pubescentis Radix 3 qian, Arisaema Cum Bile 3 qian, Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum 3 qian, Typhonii Rhizoma 3 qian, Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus 5 qian, Manis Squama 5 qian. Finely grind into powder. For every 1 liang of medicinal powder, add Calomel 3 qian. Form pills using thick rice gruel, sized like garden balsam seeds. Coat with Cinnabar. Take 3 fen per dose, on an empty stomach with plain boiled water. Once daily. Simultaneously, rinse mouth with decoction of white bark from willow roots more than ten times. Cure is achieved within no more than ten doses. Toxins are expelled via feces, without vomiting or diarrhea. The remedy is extremely mild and balanced.