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A prescription for treating myriad diseases, including carbuncles and sores (Yong Ju), leprosy-like rashes and tinea (Lai Zhen Xuan), wind-induced flaccidity (Feng Wei), necrosis of bone and muscle (Gu Rou Ju Bai), pain in all joints, loss of eyebrows and hair, generalized itching and tingling sensations, painful and ulcerating eyes, deafness, and dental caries.

Tianxiong (Aconitum lateral root prepared), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite lateral root), Yinyu (Daphne genkwa bark, noted as "Cao" in *Waitai Miyao*), Zhizhu (Rhododendron molle flower), Xixin (Asarum root), Wutou (Prepared Aconite main root), Shinan (Pyracantha fortuneana leaf), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) — each 1 liang; Shujiao (Sichuan Pepper), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia root), Changpu (Acorus tatarinowii rhizome) — each 2 liang; Baizhu (Atractylodes macrocephala rhizome), Duhuo (Angelica pubescens root) — each 3 liang.
Grind the above thirteen ingredients into a fine powder. Take one *cunbi* (a square-inch measure of powder) with wine, three times daily. Do not increase the dosage.

Prescription for treating severe malignant diseases.
Yelangdu (Stellera chamaejasme root), Qinjiao (Gentiana macrophylla root) — equal parts.
Grind the above two ingredients into a fine powder. Take one *cunbi* with wine, three times daily. Cure is expected after fifty days of administration.

Another prescription: Refine Pine Resin by immersing it in cold water twenty times. Form pills with honey. Take two pills when hungry, three times daily. For nasal bridge collapse/dislocation, take for two hundred days to recover. Abstain from salt, miscellaneous foods, and sexual intercourse. Additionally, consume Asparagus cochinchinensis wine for one hundred days to achieve cure.

Prescription for promoting growth of hair, beard, and eyebrows, and expelling severe wind pathogens.
Duanshi (Calcined alum stone, 1 dan, moistened with water and steamed until fully heated); Lian Songzhi (Refined Pine Resin, 10 jin, powdered); Shangqu (Premium yeast starter, 1 dou 2 sheng); Shumi (Broomcorn millet, 1 dan).
First, stir-fry the Duanshi in a large pot. Insert wooden slats into the ashes until heat permeates them. Chop five dou of Goji root (*Lycium barbarum* root), add one dan 5 dou of water, and boil down to nine dou. Strain the dregs. Use this liquid to wash the Duanshi three times, then clarify. Soak the Shangqu in the clarified Duanshi liquid, using an amount of liquid consistent with standard brewing methods. Seal tightly for seven days and nights before opening. Maintain a state where the aroma of wine is perceptible. There are no dietary restrictions, but avoid exposure to wind. Any rice washing water or grain residue must be buried deeply to prevent consumption by humans, livestock, dogs, or rats. This wine should be brewed in the ninth lunar month and stopped in the second. For those prone to upper jiao heat, take three to five mouthfuls of cold rice after drinking to suppress the heat. For women suffering from inability to eat, chronic emaciation with yellowish complexion, and postpartum wind syndrome, a total of one dan of this wine will suffice for recovery. Add the Pine Resin powder at the beginning of brewing, spreading it evenly over the steamed rice while it is still hot, but only add it to the fermentation vessel once the rice has cooled. The wine and rice mixture should remain cool; otherwise, it will turn sour. Be aware of this.

Prescription for treating severe wind pathogens, causing loss of eyebrows and hair, red and white leprosy, eight winds and twelve bi syndromes (rheumatic pains), tendon tightness, limb and joint weakness, flying corpse and darting injection syndromes (acute migratory conditions), edema, carbuncles, sores, tinea, malignant ulcers, foot spasms, hand fractures, blurred vision, diarrhea, phlegm-fluid retention, and chronic cold accumulation.
Qu (Yeast starter, 25 jin); Shanglu Gen (Phytolacca acinosa root, 25 jin, cut into horse-ear shapes).
Place the above two ingredients in a jar, soak with one hu of water, and steam one dan of broomcorn millet. Brew according to household methods, ensuring the yeast and rice are submerged together until fermentation is complete. Seal tightly for twenty-one days (three sevens). Upon opening, if the yeast floats and the wine is ripe, clarify and take three sheng warm, or two sheng for mild cases. Vomiting or purging after administration is considered auspicious. Consume soft-cooked rice and beef, mutton, or venison broth. Avoid raw, cold, sour, and slippery foods, as well as pork, dog, chicken, and fish.

Prescription for treating wind pathogens causing a sensation of insects crawling on the body.
Take one dou of salt and one st of water, boil until reduced by half, clarify, and use the warm liquid to bathe three to four times. This also treats all types of wind disorders.

Another prescription: Wash the face with pure ash lye within one month.

Yet another prescription: Soak soybeans in rice washing water. Warm wash the face and hair every morning and evening. If unclean, add a small amount of flour. Do not rinse with plain water. Ten applications are sufficient.

Another prescription: Mix refined Realgar (Xionghuang) and Pine Resin in equal parts, bind with honey to form pills. Size of *Wutouzi* (Chinese parasol tree seeds). Take ten pills with water, three times daily. Continue for one hundred days to cure. Avoid alcohol, meat, salt, and fermented soybeans (Chidou).