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Treats lung consumption with heat, regardless of season or age, where white dandruff grows on the head causing unbearable itching. Since the Lung is the canopy of the five zang organs, consumption damages the Lung, causing qi to rush to the top of the head, resulting in head itching and abundant production of white dandruff that falls off upon scratching. Many people suffer from this condition, all originating from the Lung.

Formula: Cannabis Fructus (Damaizi), Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Fruit (Qinjiao) (3 sheng each), Gleditsia Sinensis Pod Powder (Zaojia Xie) (0.5 sheng; absent in *Zhouhou Fang*).
Grind the above three ingredients thoroughly, soak them in rice washing water overnight, remove the dregs, stir a hundred times with a wooden comb, and use the liquid to wash the hairline. Additionally, wash with a Gleditsia Sinensis Pod decoction.

Another formula: Chrysanthemum Morifolium Flower (Juhua), Angelica Pubescens Root (Duhuo), Ilex Rotunda Leaf (Yinyu), Saposhnikovia Divaricata Root (Fangfeng), Asarum Sieboldii Root (Xixin), Sichuan Pepper (Shujiao), Gleditsia Sinensis Pod (Zaojiao), Aristolochia debilis Root (Duhen), Polygonum Aviculare Herb (Mangcao), Cinnamon Twig (Guixin) (equal parts).
Make a decoction of the above ten ingredients for washing the head and applying hot compresses.

Another formula: Zanthoxylum Bungeanum Root (Zhujiao Gen) (3 liang), Ephedrae Herba Root (Mahuang Gen), Saposhnikovia Divaricata Root (Fangfeng) (2 liang each), Asarum Sieboldii Root (Xixin), Ilex Rotunda Leaf (Yinyu) (1 liang each).
Boil the above five ingredients in 3 dou of water until reduced to 1 dou, remove the dregs, and use the warm liquid to wash the head.

Another formula: Boil 2 sheng of Sichuan Pepper in water to wash the hair; it is excellent.

Another formula: Boil Lepidium Apetalo Seed (Tinglizi) to make a decoction for washing the head; cure within three or four treatments.

Another formula: Wash the head with ash juice from mulberry branches to remove dandruff; it is miraculously effective.

Formula for treating stiffness of the head and neck preventing turning the head to look back:
Steam 1 dou of good soybeans until they change color, place them in a cloth bag, and use as a pillow.

Another formula: Collect Chrysanthemum Morifolium flowers on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month to make a pillow; sleeping on it is beneficial.

Another formula: After the eighth lunar month, collect Schizonepeta Tenuifolia Herb (Jingjie) to line the bed and make pillows; remove them on the Day of Beginning of Spring.

Another formula: Dig a small pit, heat it until red-hot, pour water on it to cool slightly, spread fresh Peach Leaves (Taoye) fully over the mat, lie down so that the neck is directly above the herbs, cover both sides of the neck with clothing, allow the steam to rise onto the diseased area, and wait for prolonged sweating for recovery. If the condition is severe, dig a larger pit.

Formula for treating swelling of the head and face due to wind-toxin-heat:
Rhinoceros Horn (Xijiao), Fresh Ginger Shengjiang (2 liang each), Sophora Flavescens Root (Kushen), Trichosanthes Radix (Gualou Gen), Saposhnikovia Divaricata Root (Fangfeng) (1 liang each), Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) (6 liang), Indigo Naturalis Root (Qingmuxiang), Scutellaria Baicalensis Root (Huangqin), Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang) (3 liang each), Stephania Tetrandra Root (Fangji) (1.5 liang), Bamboo Leaves (Zhuye) (two handfuls).
Chop the above eleven ingredients, boil in 7 sheng of water until reduced to 2 sheng, divide into three doses, taken at intervals equivalent to walking one li (approx. 500 meters); if internal resolution is not facilitated [note: text implies efficacy depends on proper administration/intervals].