病源足少阴肾之经，宗脉之所聚，其气通于耳，劳伤于肾，宗脉虚损，血气不足，为风
邪所乘。故成耳聋，劳伤甚者血气虚极，风邪停滞。故为久聋。（出第二十九卷中）
广济疗风聋三十年无所闻方。
蓖麻子（五分） 杏仁（四分熬） 桃仁（四分去皮熬） 巴豆（一枚去皮熬） 石盐
（三分）
附子（一分炮） 薰陆香（一分） 磁石（四分研） 菖蒲（四分） 腊（八分） 通草（二
分） 松脂
（二两半）
上十二味，先捣菖蒲石盐磁石通草附子薰陆香成末，别捣蓖麻子等四味，乃纳松脂腊捣
一千
（
肘后疗二三十年聋方。
取故铁三十斤，以水七斗渍之三宿，取其水以酿七斗米，用曲如常法，酒熟，出酒一斗
。取
酒
又方
茱萸 巴豆（去皮熬） 干姜（各等分）
上三味捣末，以葱涕和，以绵裹塞耳，食顷干去之，更和塞之，如此五日，当觉病去无
苦，八九日便闻人语，取差止，常以发塞耳。慎避风。
又方
柘根三十斤锉之，以水煮，用酿酒如常法，久而服之。甚良。
古今录验疗三十年聋方。
天雄（一分） 鸡子（一枚） 附子（一枚）
上三味捣末，取鸡子开一孔，取黄和药，却纳鸡子中，封合其头，还令鸡覆之，药成，
以绵裹塞所聋耳中，取瘥为度。
The Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian (Zu Shao Yin Shen Jing) is the convergence point of numerous vessels, and its Qi communicates with the ear. If the Kidneys are injured by overstrain, leading to deficiency and damage of the Zong Mai (Major Vessels), and insufficiency of Blood and Qi, one becomes susceptible to invasion by Wind Pathogens (Feng Xie). Thus, deafness develops. If the strain is severe, causing extreme deficiency of Blood and Qi, and stagnation of Wind Pathogens, chronic deafness results. (Excerpted from Volume 29)
Guangji Fang (Broad Relief Formulas) treats wind-deafness lasting thirty years where hearing is completely lost:
Ricini Semen (Bimazi, Castor Bean Seed) (5 fen)
Pruni Semen Armeniacae Amarum (Xingren, Bitter Apricot Seed) (4 fen, stir-fried)
Persicae Semen (Taoren, Peach Kernel) (4 fen, skin removed, stir-fried)
Crotonis Fructus (Badou, Croton Seed) (1 piece, skin removed, stir-fried)
Lapis Salis (Shiyan, Rock Salt) (3 fen)
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, Prepared Lateral Root of Chinese Aconite) (1 fen, processed)
Incense Frankincense (Xunluxiang, Olibanum) (1 fen)
Magnetitum (Cishi, Magnetite) (4 fen, ground)
Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Changpu, Tatarian Sweetflag Rhizome) (4 fen)
Animal Fat (La, rendered fat) (8 fen)
Tetrapanacis Medulla (Tongcao, Pith of Tetrapanax) (2 fen)
Pini Resina (Songzhi, Pine Resin) (2 liang 5 qian)
The above twelve ingredients: First, grind Changpu, Shiyan, Cishi, Tongcao, Fuzi, and Xunluxiang into powder. Separately, crush the four ingredients including Bimazi. Then add Songzhi and La, and pound together for one thousand strokes.
Zhouhou Beiji Fang (Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up My Sleeve) treats deafness lasting twenty or thirty years:
Take thirty jin of old iron, soak it in seven dou of water for three nights. Use this water to ferment seven dou of rice. Add yeast according to standard methods. When the wine is ready, extract one dou of wine. Take this wine...
Another formula:
Euonymi Fructus (Zhuyu, Euonymus Fruit)
Crotonis Fructus (Badou, Croton Seed) (skin removed, stir-fried)
Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang, Dried Ginger) (equal parts each)
Grind the above three ingredients into powder. Mix with juice from green onions. Wrap in cotton and insert into the ear. After a short while, remove the dried material. Re-mix and re-insert. Do this for five days; the illness should feel resolved and painless. By the eighth or ninth day, hearing of human speech should return. Continue until cured. Usually, plug the ears with hair. Avoid exposure to wind.
Yet another formula:
Roots of Torreya (Zhegen, Torreya Root) (30 jin), chopped. Boil in water and brew into wine as per standard method. Consume over a long period. Highly effective.
Gujin Lu Yan Fang (Recorded Experiences of Past and Present) treats deafness lasting thirty years:
Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix (Tianxiong, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii) (1 fen)
Ovi Galliformis Ovum (Jizi, Chicken Egg) (1 piece)
Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi, Prepared Lateral Root of Chinese Aconite) (1 piece)
Grind the above three ingredients into powder. Make a small hole in the Jizi. Mix the yolk with the medicine. Return the mixture to the eggshell. Seal the opening. Allow the hen to incubate it again. Once prepared, wrap in cotton and insert into the deaf ear. Stop when cured.