论曰癣之字从鲜，言始发于微鲜，纵而弗治，则浸淫滋蔓，其病得之风湿客于腠理。搏
于气血，气血痞涩，久则因风湿而变化生虫，故风多于湿，则为干癣。但有周郭，皮枯瘙痒
，搔之白屑起者是也。湿多于风，则为湿癣，周郭中如虫行，浸淫赤湿，搔痒汁出是也，风
折于气血，则为风癣， 痹不知痛痒是也。如钱形则为圆癣，如雀目然则为雀目癣，亦皆赤
痛而瘙痒，又或牛犬所饮，刀刃磨淬之余水，取以盥濯，毒瓦斯传人，亦能生癣，故得于牛毒
者，状似牛皮。于诸癣中，最为 浓邪毒之甚者，俗谓之牛皮癣。狗癣白点而连缀，刀癣纵
斜无定形。凡此八者，皆风湿毒瓦斯折于肌中，故痛痒不已，久而不瘥，又俱谓之久癣。
治多年诸癣，医治不效者。乌蛇丸方
乌蛇（酒浸去皮骨炙） 天麻（各二两） 槐子（半斤） 附子（生去皮脐小便浸一宿）
白附
参（十两）
上一十味，捣罗为细末，用生姜自然汁和蜜各一斤，熬成膏，入前药和捣，丸如梧桐子
大，每服二十丸，空心温酒下，夜卧荆芥汤下。
治一切癣。槐芽丸方
槐芽（曝干） 皂荚芽（曝干各一斤） 苦参（三两） 使君子 防风（去叉） 羌活
（去芦头
上七味，捣罗为末，炼蜜丸如梧桐子大，每服二十丸，空心温酒下，至晚再服。
治一切干湿癣。三味乌蛇散方
乌蛇（酒浸去皮骨炙一两） 干荷叶（半两） 枳壳（去瓤麸炒三分）
上三味，捣罗为散，每服一钱匕，空心蜜酒调下，日晚再服。
治一切风癣，皮肤瘙痒。苦参丸方
苦参水（浸一宿锉焙） 乌蛇（酒浸去皮骨炙各四两） 菖蒲（二两）
上三味，捣罗为细末，炼蜜丸如梧桐子大。每服三十丸，温热水下，不拘时。
治一切癣。三神丸方
蒺藜子（炒） 海桐皮（锉） 草乌头（盐炒熟去盐不用各一两）
上三味，同捣为细末，面糊和丸，如绿豆大，每服十丸至十五丸，温水盐汤任下。
治一切风癣。煮肾散方
附子（炮裂去皮脐） 椒红（各半两）
上二味，同捣为细末，用猪肾一对，竹刀切开，去筋膜，每只入药末一钱匕，盐一捻相
合，布线缠缚，以好酒一盏，于瓷器内煮约七八分熟。五更初，不得漱口及语话。去线旋旋
嚼，细呷煮药汁送下，食少白粥投之，当晚微利，次日煮熟吃，须连日服，服尽再作。
治一切癣。防风散方
防风（去叉） 母猪肉（各二两）
上二味，同煮数沸，去猪肉取防风焙干，捣罗为散，每服一钱匕，白汤点服，不拘时。
治一切癣。苦参丸方
苦参（用皂荚十梃椎碎同以水煮皂荚烂为度拣出苦参切曝干将皂荚汁滤去滓再熬成膏）
威灵仙（洗泽曝干各三两）
上二味，捣罗为末，以皂荚膏和丸，如梧桐子大。每服二十丸，空心温酒下，至三十丸
治一切癣。菖蒲酒方
菖蒲（细切五斗）
上一味，以水一石五斗，煮取三斗，去滓，入米二斗，酝如酒法候熟，旋取饮令极醉，
即愈。
治干癣。一抹散方
天南星 草乌头（各一枚生用）
上二味，捣为细散，用羊蹄根捣绞自然汁调涂，不过三两上瘥。
治一切干湿诸癣。岁久不瘥。蛇床子汤方
蛇床子 白土 羊蹄根 葛根 苦参 菖蒲 莽草（各三分） 黄连（去须半两）
上八味细锉，以水五斗。煎至三斗。滤去滓，温暖淋洗癣上，三日后，重暖药汤更洗
之，不过三五度瘥。
治一切癣。漏芦膏方
漏芦 地榆 附子（去皮脐） 杏仁（汤浸去皮尖双仁各一两） 藜芦（去芦头） 木
通莽
油（一斤）
上一十三味，细锉十一味，先熬油令沸，下诸药，煎候白芷赤黑色，停冷绵绞去滓，拭
铛令净，再下油并蜡同煎，候蜡熔尽，瓷合盛收，旋涂患处，仍用后丁香散粉之，日三五上
差。
治一切癣，涂漏芦膏后，宜敷丁香散方
丁香（捣末） 虾蟆灰（各一两） 麝香（研一分） 五倍子（捣末） 白矾（熬令汁
枯冷） 腻
上六味，合和为散，敷于癣上，以瘥为度。
治一切癣。抵圣散方
草决明（焙捣末半两） 腻粉（一分）
上二味，合和为散，先以布揩癣令赤，次以醋调药涂之，当汁出痛解即瘥。
治干湿癣风癣，不拘年月。定粉膏方
淀粉 水银 白芜荑 胭脂（各一分）
上四味。同研令匀，用陈猪脂一两，同研成膏，先用汤洗，后以膏子临卧涂之，一上便
瘥。本法猪脂，须用十年以上者，今若无，但陈者亦得，仍用后方淋洗。
治一切新久干湿癣。楝实洗方
楝实（半升无实用根皮代） 楝叶及嫩枝锉 凌霄叶及藤（锉各一升） 丹参
瓤） 蛇床子 地榆 皂荚（各三两并细锉） 苦参（三两细锉）
上九味。同煎浓汁，热洗患处。
治一切新久干湿癣。僵蚕散方
白僵蚕（炒去丝四十枚） 斑蝥（二十枚全者生用） 腻粉（一钱）
上三味，捣研为细末，干癣用生油调涂，湿癣只干揩贴之，并候黄水出，及数数痒痛，
永除根本，亦无瘢痕。
治一切干湿癣。如圣散方
风化锻石（半两） 铅丹（二钱） 腻粉（一钱） 石硫黄（半钱）
上四味，同研如粉，用生油调，先以布揩破癣涂之，末涂药间，煎葱白甘草汤淋洗，如
换时亦根据此。
治一切干湿癣。沉香沥方
沉香 柏节 杉节 松节（各半斤）
上四味。锉如指面大，以布囊盛，置于沤麻水中，浸一食久。漉出沥干取。一枚白坩，
穿底下作一孔，如鸡子大。以松叶一枚，安孔上，以药囊坐坩内，以盐一升盖上，以黄泥固
济坩，令浓三五分，以炭火于坩口烧之，坩下安碗一口，滴药汁于碗中，候烟尽，即取碗中
药汁，涂敷疮癣上，日三五次，以瘥为度。白秃疽疥恶疮并治之。
治一切干湿癣。梅实膏方
乌梅（十四枚取肉） 大蒜（十四头去皮切） 屋尘（细筛） 盐（各三合）
上四味。先研乌梅，次下大蒜屋尘盐等，和研令细，以醋调成膏，取涂癣上，日三五度
即瘥。
治一切干湿癣，痒痛不可忍。龙脑膏方
龙脑 石硫黄 斑蝥（去翅足） 腻粉（各半两）
上四味，细研为末，用面油调成膏，发痒痛时，抓破涂之，日三五度即瘥。
治一切干湿癣。胡粉膏方
胡粉（二两） 水银（一分）
上二味，和研令匀，以醋调成膏涂之，仍以纸贴，日三五上。
又方
蛇床子 驼脂
上二味，先研蛇床子令细，以驼脂调成膏涂之，日三五上，即瘥。
治一切癣不瘥。水银膏方
水银（半斤） 腊月猪脂（二斤半）
上二味，先熬脂令熔，次下水银，以马通火熬七日七夜，候冷取出去水银，只取猪脂，
每日三五度摩涂癣上，令热即瘥。其水银不妨他用。
又方
乳牛尿（一升） 羊蹄根（半斤切）
上二味，将羊蹄根先以米泔浸渍一宿、曝干。次纳牛尿中渍一宿曝干，再渍再曝，尿
尽为度，捣罗为末，以猪脂调涂癣上，日三五次。
又方
乌头（十枚）
上一味，锉碎，以水五升，煮至二升，温洗癣上，日三度，即瘥。
治一切久癣，积年不瘥。四畔潜浸，复变成疮，疮色赤黑，痒不可忍，搔之血出。
黄连膏方
黄连（去须为末） 黄柏（去粗皮为末） 豉（研细） 蔓荆子（为末） 杏仁（汤浸
去皮尖双
上六味，先以水银于掌中唾研如泥，次入乳钵内，下生油一合和匀，次入药末，同研成
膏，瓷合盛，日三五度，取涂癣上即瘥。
治一切癣。野狼牙膏方
野狼牙（捣） 雄黄（研） 丹砂（研） 硫黄（研） 雷丸（捣） 白矾（熬令汁枯研）
藜芦（去
上七味，细罗为散，蜜调成膏，涂癣上，日三遍，取瘥为度。
治一切癣。雀粪涂敷方
雀粪 酱瓣（水洗令净各半两）
上二味，合和细研，涂敷癣上，日三两次。
治一切癣。水银膏方
水银（一分） 芜荑仁（研末） 姜黄（捣末各半两） 酥（二两）
上四味，先煎酥和水银，以柳椎研搅，候水银散，即下芜荑姜黄末搅匀，瓷合盛，旋取
涂癣上，日三两次。
治一切癣。雄黄膏方
雄黄（研末） 石硫黄（研末） 羊蹄根（湿者） 沙糖（色白者） 荷叶（新者各一
两）
上五味，先以羊蹄根白糖荷叶，于乳钵内细研如泥，次入雄黄硫黄末，同研成膏，瓷合
盛，取涂癣上，日三度，如药干，旋添少许蜜调之。
治一切癣。附子散方
附子（炮裂去皮脐半两） 皂荚（一梃去皮子炙） 吴茱萸（汤洗焙炒一两）
上三味，捣罗为散，用新布揩癣令湿，然后涂药，日三两上，如干癣以醋调涂。
治一切癣。独活散方
独活（半两） 附子（炮裂去皮脐一两）
上二味，捣罗为散，以酒调和如糊，先用皂荚水洗癣上，然后涂之，日二度。
治一切癣。大黄散方
大黄（如枣大一块） 斑蝥（全者七枚）
上二味，捣研为细散，以酽醋调如糊，先揩破癣疮，然后涂药，候干洗之。
治诸癣。七星散方
干蝎（七节者） 白僵蚕（直者各七枚）
上二味，捣罗为散，每服三字，用好酒一盏，入羊蹄根汁并蜜少许调服，晡时一浴，仍
用羊蹄根滓揩浴。
治一切风癣，及诸般癣瘙痒，搔之不已者。备急羊蹄根涂方
羊蹄根 草乌头
上二味，净拂多人行砖，上滴好醋，先磨草乌头约一分，次磨羊蹄根二分，爬令发痒，
以指点药抹之，仍吃煮肾散，相为表里，煮肾散方，在前第六方。
治一切干湿癣。白矾涂方
白矾（一两研为末）
上一味，用醋调如糊，涂摩癣上，日三五度即瘥。
治一切干湿癣。炙鱼涂方
鱼（不问色目）
上一味，火上炙皮微焦，乘热去皮骨，取肉研涂癣上，日三五度即瘥。
治一切癣。半夏散方
半夏（二两）
上一味，捣罗为散，以陈酱汁调和如糊，涂摩癣上，日两三度即瘥。
治一切癣艾汁涂方
艾（一两细锉）
上一味，以酽醋半升，煎取浓汁，去滓涂摩癣上，日三五度即瘥。
治一切癣蒿穗敷方
蒿穗（二两黄燥者）
上一味，捣罗为散，以醋调和，涂摩癣上，日三两度即瘥。
治一切癣楮汁涂方
楮木白汁（不拘多少）
上一味。先以新布揩癣微破。然后涂药。日二上即瘥。
治一切癣。桃叶汁涂方
桃叶（一两日中时采）
上一味，研绞取汁，涂摩癣上，日三度即差。
治久患湿疮不瘥。蛇床子散方
蛇床子 黄连 腻粉
上三味，等分为散，用小油调涂之，腻粉多入不妨。
治湿癣痒，搔之有黄水，杀虫。芦荟散方
芦荟（一两研） 甘草（半两）
上二味，为散和匀，先用淡浆水洗，后用药，不过三两度。
治多年湿癣。荆芥散方
荆芥穗（不拘多少）
上一味，以瓦罐子盛，盐泥固济，只留一窍，用炭火烧，候出清烟，便拨去火，用湿泥
塞了窍子，放冷取出，碾为细散，每用末五钱匕，入麝香一钱匕，腻粉五钱匕，同研匀细，
先以口含盐浆水抓洗令破，帛子 了，生油调药涂之。
治湿癣。英粉散方
英粉（炒黑细研二两） 藜芦（去芦头为末） 马肠根（为末各一分）
上三味，和研令匀，用生油调如粉，涂癣上，日三度。
治湿癣痒不可忍。黄柏散方
黄柏（去粗皮） 黄连（去须） 胡粉（研各一两） 雌黄（研细半两）
上四味，捣研为散，先以米泔清洗净拭干，敷药日三两度即瘥。
治干癣积年痂浓，搔之黄水出，遇阴雨即剧。方
巴豆（一枚）
上一味，于炭火上烧之，令脂出，即于釜上，以脂研之，如杏仁沫，薄涂之，不过一两
度瘥。
治湿癣方
上于日未出时，取独行羊蹄根，不得令见风，切捣如泥，着少盐，于日中豪雨时久涂之。
又方
上用鲫鱼一头，净拭并全使，将石硫黄一两粒，如鸡头实大，送入口中，令深入鱼腹，
然后用净瓶一口，安于灶下灰火中，翻复 ，令鱼干焦黄色，碾作末，入腻粉二钱匕，拌令
匀，生油调，涂疮疥。
治一切痒疮方
乌蛇（半斤以酒浸一宿取肉炙干） 羌活（去芦头四两） 麝香（一钱研）
上三味，捣罗前二味为散，入麝香同研，每服二钱匕，空心温酒调下，日三服。
治疥癣。苦参丸方
苦参（四两） 玄参 山栀子仁 独活（去芦头各二两） 黄连（去须一两半） 黄芩
（去黑
上一十味。捣罗为末，炼蜜为丸，如梧桐子大。每服三十丸，暖酒下。
治疥癣。五参散方
乌蛇（去皮骨酒炙焦） 麻黄（去节） 大黄（各二两） 白附子（炮半两） 漏芦（去
芦头一
头） 甘草（炙
上一十三味。捣罗为散，每服二钱匕，用薄荷汤调下。
治诸疮癣疥。防风散方
防风（去叉） 天麻 陈橘皮（汤浸去白焙一两）
上三味，捣罗为细散，每服三钱匕，空心酒调服。
治诸疥癣久不瘥者。徐长卿散涂方
徐长卿 苦参 附子（生去皮脐） 吴茱萸（洗焙干炒） 旱莲子 细辛（去苗叶） 石
硫黄
上九味，等分，捣罗为细散，先以油煎葱白色黄，将油和药末涂，仍先以汤浴了手腿，
Commentary states: The character "Xuan" (Tinea/Ringworm) is derived from "Xian" (Fresh/Bright), indicating that the disease initially presents with mild symptoms and bright coloration. If left untreated, the condition will spread and proliferate like overflowing water. This disease arises from Wind-Dampness pathogens invading the Couli (skin texture and pores), where they contend with Qi and Blood, causing stagnation and obstruction in their circulation. Over time, due to the influence of Wind-Dampness, parasites are generated. Therefore, when Wind predominates over Dampness, it is called Dry Tinea (Gan Xuan). Its characteristics include a clear boundary around the lesion, dry and itchy skin, and the shedding of white scales upon scratching. When Dampness predominates over Wind, it is called Damp Tinea (Shi Xuan). Its characteristics include movement within the boundaries resembling insect crawling, exudative redness and moisture, and oozing fluid upon scratching. When Wind injures Qi and Blood, it is called Wind Tinea (Feng Xuan), characterized by local numbness and insensitivity to pain or itch. Lesions shaped like copper coins are called Round Tinea (Yuan Xuan), and those resembling sparrow-eye spots are called Sparrow-Eye Tinea (Que Mu Xuan); these also present with redness, swelling, pain, and itching. Additionally, drinking water contaminated by cattle or dogs, or using residual water from quenching blades for washing hands and bathing can introduce toxic vapors into the body, leading to tinea. Thus, tinea acquired from contact with cattle toxins resembles cowhide in appearance. Among all types of tinea, the most severe in terms of pathogenic toxicity is commonly known as Psoriasis (Niu Pi Xuan). Dog tinea presents with connected white spots; Knife tinea has irregular longitudinal and oblique shapes. These eight conditions are all caused by Wind-Dampness toxic vapors damaging the muscles and skin, resulting in persistent pain and itching, chronic non-healing, and are collectively referred to as Chronic Tinea (Jiu Xuan).
Formula for Wushe Wan (Black Snake Pill) to treat various chronic tinea cases unresponsive to treatment:
Wushe (Black Snake, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted) 2 liang, Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome) 2 liang, Huaizi (Sophora Seed) 0.5 jin, Fuzi (Aconite Root, raw, skin and umbilicus removed, soaked in urine overnight) 10 liang, Baifuzi (Typhonium Rhizome) 10 liang. The above ten ingredients are crushed, sifted into fine powder. Ginger juice and honey (1 jin each) are boiled into a paste. The powder is added and kneaded into pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach, and with Jingjie Decoction before bed at night.
Formula for Huaiya Wan (Locust Bud Pill) to treat all tinea:
Huaiya (Locust Bud, dried), Zaoyajia (Gleditsia Bud, dried) each 1 jin, Kushen (Sophora Root) 3 liang, Shijunzi (Quisqualis Fruit), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, twigs removed), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, rhizome head removed). The above seven ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, and formed into pills the size of Sophora seeds using refined honey. Take 20 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach, and again in the evening.
Formula for Sanwei Wushe San (Three-Ingredient Black Snake Powder) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Wushe (Black Snake, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted) 1 liang, Ganheyeh (Dried Lotus Leaf) 0.5 liang, Zhiqiao (Bitter Orange Pericarp, pulp removed, bran-fried) 3 qian. The above three ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder. Take 1 qianbi (approx. 3-5g) per dose, mixed with honey-wine on an empty stomach, and again in the evening.
Formula for Kushen Wan (Sophora Root Pill) to treat all wind tinea with skin itching:
Kushen (Sophora Root, soaked in water overnight, chopped, dried) 4 liang, Wushe (Black Snake, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted) 4 liang, Changpu (Acorus Rhizome) 2 liang. The above three ingredients are crushed, sifted into fine powder, and formed into pills the size of Sophora seeds using refined honey. Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with warm water, at any time.
Formula for Sanshen Wan (Three-God Pill) to treat all tinea:
Jili (Tribulus Fruit, fried), Haitongpi (Peltandra Bark, chopped), Caowutou (Wild Aconite, salt-fried cooked, salt removed) each 1 liang. The above three ingredients are crushed into fine powder, mixed with flour paste to form pills the size of mung beans. Take 10-15 pills per dose, swallowed with warm water or light salt water.
Formula for Zhushen San (Boiled Kidney Powder) to treat all wind tinea:
Fuzi (Aconite Root, cracked by roasting, skin and umbilicus removed), Jiaohong (Pepper Red) each 0.5 liang. The above two ingredients are crushed into fine powder. Take one pig kidney, cut open with a bamboo knife, remove fascia and membranes. Place 1 qianbi of powder and a pinch of salt inside each half, tie securely with thread. Boil in 1 cup of good wine in a porcelain vessel until about 70-80% cooked. At dawn (Wugeng), do not rinse mouth or speak. Remove thread, chew slowly, sip the decoction, followed by a small amount of white porridge. Mild diarrhea may occur that night. Cook and eat the remainder the next day. Continue daily until finished, then prepare anew.
Formula for Fangfeng San (Saposhnikovia Powder) to treat all tinea:
Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, twigs removed), Mother Pork Meat each 2 liang. The above two ingredients are boiled briefly. Remove pork, dry the Fangfeng, crush, and sift into powder. Take 1 qianbi per dose, taken with hot water, at any time.
Formula for Kushen Wan (Sophora Root Pill) to treat all tinea:
Kushen (Sophora Root, boiled with 10 stalks of Zaoyao [Gleditsia] until soft, removed, chopped, dried; Gleditsia juice filtered and boiled into paste), Weilingxian (Clematis Root, washed, dried) each 3 liang. The above two ingredients are crushed, sifted into powder, mixed with Gleditsia paste to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine on an empty stomach, up to 30 pills if necessary.
Formula for Changpu Jiu (Acorus Wine) to treat all tinea:
Changpu (Acorus Rhizome, finely chopped) 5 dou. The above single ingredient is boiled in 15 shi of water to reduce to 3 dou. Strain, add 2 dou of rice, and ferment according to wine-making methods. Drink until thoroughly intoxicated when ready; this cures the condition.
Formula for Yimo San (One-Swipe Powder) to treat dry tinea:
Tiannanxing (Arisaema Rhizome), Caowutou (Wild Aconite) each 1 piece (raw). The above two ingredients are crushed into fine powder. Mix with natural juice extracted from crushing Yangti Gen (Rumex Root) and apply. Cures within 2-3 applications.
Formula for Shechuangzi Tang (Cnidium Decoction) to treat all dry and damp tinea, chronic and non-healing:
Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit), Baitu (White Clay), Yangti Gen (Rumex Root), Gegen (Pueraria Root), Kushen (Sophora Root), Changpu (Acorus Rhizome), Mangcao (Asarum), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, stamens removed) 0.5 liang. The above eight ingredients are finely chopped, boiled in 5 dou of water to reduce to 3 dou. Strain. Wash the affected area with warm liquid. After three days, reheat and wash again. Cures within 3-5 sessions.
Formula for Loulu Gao (Lobelia Ointment) to treat all tinea:
Loulu (Radix Lobeliae), Diyü (Sanguisorba Root), Fuzi (Aconite Root, skin and umbilicus removed), Xingren (Apricot Seed, blanched, skin and tip removed, double kernel) each 1 liang, Lilü (Veratrum Rhizome, rhizome head removed), Mutong (Akebia Stem), Mangcao (Asarum), You (Oil) 1 jin. The above eleven ingredients (excluding oil) are finely chopped. Boil the oil until bubbling, add herbs, fry until Bai Zhi (Angelica Dahurica) turns dark red/black. Cool, strain through cotton cloth. Clean the pot, return oil and wax, melt completely. Store in porcelain jars. Apply to lesions. Follow with Dingxiang San (Clove Powder). Apply 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula for Dingxiang San (Clove Powder) to be applied after Loulu Gao for all tinea:
Dingxiang (Clove Flower Bud, powdered), Hamagui (Toad Ash) each 1 liang, Shexiang (Musk) 1 fen, Wubeizi (Chinese Gall, powdered), Baifan (Alum, boiled until dry, cooled), Nifen (Calomel/Ammoniated Mercury). The above six ingredients are mixed and powdered. Apply to lesions until cured.
Formula for Disheng San (Miracle-Sage Powder) to treat all tinea:
Caojueming (Cassia Seed, roasted, powdered) 0.5 liang, Nifen (Calomel) 1 fen. The above two ingredients are mixed and powdered. Rub the lesion with cloth until red, then apply medicine mixed with vinegar. Healing occurs when fluid exudes and pain subsides.
Formula for Dingfen Gao (Fixed-Paste Ointment) to treat dry, damp, and wind tinea, regardless of duration:
Dianfen (Starch), Shuiyin (Mercury), Baiwuyi (Chrysanthemum Seed), Yanzhi (Vermilion/Carmine) each 1 fen. The above four ingredients are ground uniformly. Mix with 1 liang of aged lard (preferably 10+ years old, otherwise any aged lard suffices). Wash with hot water, apply ointment before sleep. Cures in one application. Use the following rinsing formula concurrently.
Formula for Lianshi Xi (Toosendan Rinse) to treat all new and chronic dry/damp tinea:
Lianshi (Toosendan Fruit, 0.5 sheng; use root bark if fruit unavailable), Lianyie & tender branches (chopped), Lingxiaoye & vines (chopped) each 1 sheng, Danshen (Salvia Root, pith removed), Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit), Diyu (Sanguisorba Root), Zaoyao (Gleditsia Fruit) each 3 liang (finely chopped), Kushen (Sophora Root) 3 liang (finely chopped). The above nine ingredients are boiled to make a concentrated decoction. Wash the affected area while hot.
Formula for Jiangcan San (Silkworm Powder) to treat all new and chronic dry/damp tinea:
Baijiangcan (White Silkworm, fried, silk removed) 40 pieces, Banmao (Mylabris Beetle, 20 whole, raw), Nifen (Calomel) 1 qian. The above three ingredients are crushed into fine powder. For dry tinea, mix with raw oil and apply. For damp tinea, apply dry powder. Wait for yellow fluid to exude and repeated itching/pain to cease. This removes the root cause without scarring.
Formula for Rusheng San (Like-Sage Powder) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Fenghua Duanshi (Weathered Calcined Alum) 0.5 liang, Qiandan (Red Lead) 2 qian, Nifen (Calomel) 1 qian, Shi Liuhuang (Mineral Sulfur) 0.5 qian. The above four ingredients are ground to powder. Mix with raw oil. Rub lesion until broken, then apply. Between applications, rinse with Scallion and Licorice decoction. Repeat as needed.
Formula for Chenxiang Li (Agarwood Distillate) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Chenxiang (Agarwood), Baijie (Cypress Branch), Shan jie (Fir Branch), Songjie (Pine Branch) each 0.5 jin. Chop to finger-joint size. Place in cloth bag, soak in hemp-retting water for one meal-time. Remove and drain. Prepare a white crucible with a hole the size of an egg at the bottom. Place a pine needle over the hole. Sit the herb bag inside the crucible. Cover with 1 sheng of salt. Seal tightly with thick yellow mud (3-5 fen thick). Burn with charcoal at the crucible opening. Collect distillate dripping into a bowl below. Once smoke ceases, collect the liquid. Apply to lesions 3-5 times daily until cured. Also treats white baldness, carbuncles, scabies, and malignant sores.
Formula Meishi Gao (Olive Paste) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Wumei (Olive Fruit, 14 pieces, flesh only), Dasuan (Garlic, 14 heads, peeled and chopped), Wuchen (House Dust, sieved), Yan (Salt) each 3 he. Grind olives first, then add garlic, dust, and salt. Grind finely. Mix with vinegar to form paste. Apply to lesions 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Longnao Gao (Borneol Ointment) to treat all dry and damp tinea with unbearable itching and pain:
Longnao (Borneol), Shi Liuhuang (Mineral Sulfur), Banmao (Mylabris Beetle, wings and feet removed), Nifen (Calomel) each 0.5 liang. The above four ingredients are finely ground. Mix with wheat flour oil to form ointment. Apply to scratched areas during attacks 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Hufen Gao (Lead White Ointment) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Hufen (Lead White) 2 liang, Shuiyin (Mercury) 1 fen. The above two ingredients are ground uniformly. Mix with vinegar to form ointment. Apply and cover with paper. Apply 3-5 times daily.
Another Formula:
Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit), Tuozhi (Camel Fat). Grind Cnidium finely. Mix with camel fat to form ointment. Apply 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Shuiyin Gao (Mercury Ointment) to treat all non-healing tinea:
Shuiyin (Mercury) 0.5 jin, Layue Zhuzhi (December Pig Fat) 2.5 jin. Melt pig fat first. Add mercury. Boil over horse dung fire for 7 days and nights. Cool, remove mercury, retain pig fat. Massage onto lesions 3-5 times daily until warm and cured. Mercury can be reused.
Another Formula:
Runiu Niao (Cow Urine) 1 sheng, Yangti Gen (Rumex Root) 0.5 jin (chopped). Soak Rumex in rice water overnight, dry. Soak in cow urine overnight, dry. Repeat until urine is exhausted. Grind to powder. Mix with pig fat. Apply to lesions 3-5 times daily.
Another Formula:
Wutou (Aconite) 10 pieces. Chop. Boil in 5 sheng of water to reduce to 2 sheng. Wash lesions with warm liquid 3 times daily until cured.
Formula Huanglian Gao (Coptis Ointment) to treat chronic tinea persisting for years, spreading from edges, turning into red-black painful sores with bleeding upon scratching:
Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, powdered), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, powdered), Chi (Fermented Soybean, ground), Manjingzi (Vitex Fruit, powdered), Xingren (Apricot Seed, blanched, skin/tip removed)... (Text incomplete, assumes 6 ingredients total). Grind mercury with saliva in palm until muddy. Transfer to mortar, add 1 he of raw oil, mix. Add herbal powders, grind into ointment. Store in porcelain. Apply 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Yelangya Gao (Wild Wolf Tooth Ointment) to treat all tinea:
Yelangya (Wild Wolf Tooth, pounded), Xionghuang (Realgar, ground), Dansha (Cinnabar, ground), Liuhuang (Sulfur, ground), Leiwan (Holarrhena Fruit, pounded), Baifan (Alum, boiled dry, ground), Lilü (Veratrum Rhizome, ...). The above seven ingredients are sifted into powder. Mix with honey to form ointment. Apply 3 times daily until cured.
Formula Quefen Tu Fu (Sparrow Dropping Application) to treat all tinea:
Quefen (Sparrow Droppings), Jiangban (Soybean Paste, washed clean) each 0.5 liang. Mix and grind finely. Apply to lesions 2-3 times daily.
Formula Shuiyin Gao (Mercury Ointment) to treat all tinea:
Shuiyin (Mercury) 1 fen, Wuyiren (Chrysanthemum Seed, powdered), Jianghuang (Turmeric, powdered) each 0.5 liang, Su (Butter/Ghee) 2 liang. Boil ghee and mercury, stir with willow stick until mercury disperses. Add Wuyi and Jianghuang powders, mix well. Store in porcelain. Apply 2-3 times daily.
Formula Xionghuang Gao (Realgar Ointment) to treat all tinea:
Xionghuang (Realgar, powdered), Shi Liuhuang (Mineral Sulfur, powdered), Yangti Gen (Rumex Root, fresh), Shatang (White Sugar), Heyeh (Lotus Leaf, fresh) each 1 liang. Grind Rumex, sugar, and lotus leaf in mortar until muddy. Add Realgar and Sulfur powders, grind into ointment. Store in porcelain. Apply 3 times daily. If dry, add honey to adjust consistency.
Formula Fuzi San (Aconite Powder) to treat all tinea:
Fuzi (Aconite Root, roasted, skin/umbilicus removed) 0.5 liang, Zaoyao (Gleditsia Fruit, 1 stalk, skin/seeds removed, roasted), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit, washed, dried, fried) 1 liang. The above three ingredients are crushed into powder. Rub lesion with new cloth until moist, then apply. Apply 2-3 times daily. For dry tinea, mix with vinegar.
Formula Duhuo San (Angelica Pubescens Powder) to treat all tinea:
Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens) 0.5 liang, Fuzi (Aconite Root, roasted, skin/umbilicus removed) 1 liang. The above two ingredients are crushed into powder. Mix with wine to form paste. Wash lesion with Gleditsia water first, then apply. Apply twice daily.
Formula Dahuang San (Rhubarb Powder) to treat all tinea:
Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, date-sized piece), Banmao (Mylabris Beetle, 7 whole). The above two ingredients are crushed into fine powder. Mix with strong vinegar to form paste. Rub lesion until broken, apply medicine, let dry, then wash off.
Formula Qixing San (Seven-Star Powder) to treat various tinea:
Ganxie (Dried Scorpion, 7-segmented), Baijiangcan (White Silkworm, straight) each 7 pieces. The above two ingredients are crushed into powder. Take 3 zhi (approx. 1-2g) per dose, mixed with 1 cup of good wine, some Rumex juice, and a little honey. Bathe in the evening, scrubbing body with Rumex residue.
Formula Beiji Yangti Gen Tu (Emergency Rumex Application) to treat all wind tinea and persistent itching:
Yangti Gen (Rumex Root), Caowutou (Wild Aconite). Clean a frequently walked brick. Drop good vinegar on it. Grind Caowutou (approx. 1 fen) first, then Yangti Gen (2 fen). Scratch until itchy, then apply with finger. Concurrently take Zhushen San (see Formula 6 earlier) for synergistic effect.
Formula Baifan Tu (Alum Application) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Baifan (Alum) 1 liang (ground to powder). Mix with vinegar to form paste. Rub onto lesions 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Zhiyu Tu (Roasted Fish Application) to treat all dry and damp tinea:
Yu (Fish, any type). Roast skin until slightly charred. While hot, remove skin and bones. Grind meat and apply to lesions 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Banxia San (Pinellia Powder) to treat all tinea:
Banxia (Pinellia Tuber) 2 liang. Crush into powder. Mix with aged soy sauce to form paste. Rub onto lesions 2-3 times daily until cured.
Formula Ai Zhi Tu (Mugwort Juice Application) to treat all tinea:
Ai (Mugwort Herb) 1 liang (finely chopped). Boil in 0.5 sheng of strong vinegar to extract concentrated juice. Strain. Rub onto lesions 3-5 times daily until cured.
Formula Hao Sui Fu (Artemisia Head Application) to treat all tinea:
Hao Sui (Artemisia Heads) 2 liang (yellow and dry). Crush into powder. Mix with vinegar. Rub onto lesions 2-3 times daily until cured.
Formula Chu Zhi Tu (Paper Mulberry Juice Application) to treat all tinea:
Chu Mu Bai Zhi (White Sap of Paper Mulberry Tree) as needed. Rub lesion with new cloth until slightly broken, then apply. Apply twice daily until cured.
Formula Tao Ye Zhi Tu (Peach Leaf Juice Application) to treat all tinea:
Tao Ye (Peach Leaf) 1 liang (harvested at noon). Grind and squeeze out juice. Rub onto lesions 3 times daily until cured.
Formula Shechuangzi San (Cnidium Powder) to treat chronic non-healing damp eczema:
Shechuangzi (Cnidium Fruit), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Nifen (Calomel). Divide equally into powder. Mix with small amount of oil. Excess Nifen is acceptable.
Formula Lushen San (Aloe Powder) to treat damp tinea with yellow exudate and parasitic infection:
Lushen (Aloe) 1 liang (ground), Gancao (Licorice Root) 0.5 liang. Mix into powder. Wash with weak starch water first, then apply. Cures within 2-3 applications.
Formula Jingjie San (Schizonepeta Powder) to treat chronic damp tinea:
Jingjie Sui (Schizonepeta Spike) as needed. Place in clay pot, seal with salt mud leaving one vent. Fire with charcoal until clear smoke appears. Extinguish fire, seal vent with wet mud. Cool, grind to fine powder. Take 5 qianbi of powder, add 1 qianbi Shexiang (Musk) and 5 qianbi Nifen (Calomel), grind uniformly. Rinse lesion with salty water until broken, dry with cloth, mix with raw oil, and apply.
Formula Yingfen San (Kaolin Powder) to treat damp tinea:
Yingfen (Kaolin, fried black, finely ground) 2 liang, Lilü (Veratrum Rhizome, rhizome head removed, powdered), Machanggen (Horse Intestine Root, powdered) each 1 fen. Mix uniformly. Mix with raw oil to form powder-like paste. Apply 3 times daily.
Formula Huangbai San (Phellodendron Powder) to treat unbearable damp tinea itching:
Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark, rough skin removed), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, stamens removed), Hufen (Lead White, ground) each 1 liang, Cihuang (Orpiment, finely ground) 0.5 liang. Crush into powder. Wash with rice water, dry, then apply 2-3 times daily until cured.
Formula for chronic dry tinea with crusts, yellow exudate, worsening in rain:
Badou (Croton Seed) 1 piece. Roast over charcoal until oil exudes. Grind the oil on a cauldron lid until it resembles almond foam. Thinly apply. Cures within 1-2 applications.
Formula for damp tinea:
Before sunrise, gather solitary Rumex root, keep away from wind. Chop and pound into paste with a little salt. Apply heavily during midday heavy rain.
Another Formula:
Take one crucian carp, clean but keep intact. Insert 1 liang of Mineral Sulfur (size of chicken head) into its mouth. Place in a clean jar buried in stove ashes. Rotate until fish is dry and yellow-brown. Grind to powder. Add 2 qianbi Nifen (Calomel). Mix well. Mix with raw oil. Apply to sores and scabies.
Formula for all itchy sores:
Wushe (Black Snake, 0.5 jin, soaked in wine overnight, meat removed, roasted dry), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, rhizome head removed) 4 liang, Shexiang (Musk) 1 qian (ground). Crush first two ingredients into powder, add Musk, grind together. Take 2 qianbi per dose, mixed with warm wine on empty stomach, 3 times daily.
Formula Kushen Wan (Sophora Root Pill) to treat scabies and tinea:
Kushen (Sophora Root) 4 liang, Xuanshen (Scrophularia Root), Shanzhizi Ren (Gardenia Seed), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens, rhizome head removed) each 2 liang, Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, stamens removed) 1.5 liang, Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, black skin removed)... (Text cuts off, implies 10 ingredients total). Crush into powder, form pills with refined honey (Sophora seed size). Take 30 pills, swallowed with warm wine.
Formula Wushen San (Five-Root Powder) to treat scabies and tinea:
Wushe (Black Snake, skin/bones removed, wine-roasted), Mahuang (Ephedra Stem, nodes removed), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root) each 2 liang, Baifuzi (Typhonium Rhizome, roasted) 0.5 liang, Loulu (Radix Lobeliae, rhizome head removed)..., Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted)... (Text cuts off, implies 13 ingredients total). Crush into powder. Take 2 qianbi per dose, mixed with Mint Decoction.
Formula Fangfeng San (Saposhnikovia Powder) to treat sores, tinea, and scabies:
Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, twigs removed), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Chenjupi (Aged Tangerine Peel, soaked, white pith removed, dried) 1 liang. Crush into fine powder. Take 3 qianbi per dose, mixed with wine on empty stomach.
Formula Xuchangqing San Tu (Cynanchum Powder Application) to treat chronic non-healing scabies and tinea:
Xuchangqing (Cynanchum Auriculatum Root), Kushen (Sophora Root), Fuzi (Aconite Root, raw, skin/umbilicus removed), Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit, washed, dried, fried), Hanlian Zi (Emilia Sonchus Fruit), Xixin (Asarum Root, leaves removed), Shi Liuhuang (Mineral Sulfur)... (Text cuts off, implies 9 ingredients total). Equal parts, crush into fine powder. Fry Scallion in oil until yellow, mix with powder. Bathe hands/legs with hot water first, then apply.