病源凡患耳中策策痛者，皆是风入于肾之经也，不治，流入肾则卒然变脊强背直成痉也
。若因
气通于
肾候
肘后疗耳卒疼痛方。
蒸盐以软布裹熨之，取瘥良。
备急疗耳疼痛有汁出方。
熬杏仁令焦黑，捣如泥作丸，以绵裹纳耳中，频易之瘥。
广济疗耳卒疼痛求死者方。
菖蒲 附子（各一分）
上二味末，以麻油和，以点耳中，立止。（肘后崔氏同）
肘后疗耳卒肿出肿方。
矾石烧末，以苇管吹耳中，日三四过，或以绵裹塞耳孔内，取瘥。
备急疗耳卒肿方。
栝蒌根削可入耳，以腊月猪脂煎之三沸，冷以塞耳中，取瘥，日三作，七日愈，（肘后
治卒得风觉耳中恍恍者）
广济疗耳脓水通耳，矾石散方。
吴白矾（八分烧汁尽） 麻勃（一分） 青木香（二分） 松脂（四分）
上四味捣末，先消松脂，后入药末，可丸如枣核，净拭以塞耳中，取瘥。
又疗通耳脓水出方。
吴白矾（八分烧令汁尽末） 红蓝花胭脂（四十枚）
上二味和粉，净拭耳中，以粉粉之，每拭然后着药。
广济疗虫入耳肿，不闻人语声，有脓血出方。
黄 （四分） 干姜（一分） 蜀椒（一分）
上三味捣末，以生地黄捣取汁和，用绵裹枣核大塞耳中，日三夜一，以瘥止。
肘后疗百虫入耳方。
苦酒渍椒灌之，即出。
又方
温汤灌耳中。
又方
捣蓝青汁以灌之。
千金疗虫入耳方。
取桃叶火熨以塞耳，卷之入中。（肘后同）
又方
以葱涕灌耳中，即出。（并出第六卷中）
崔氏疗虫入耳方。
若甲虫入耳者，以火照之，手打木入，勿令损之，即向明出之，或蚰蜒诸虫入耳，以酢
灌之，或麻油或人尿亦佳，或酢酪更妙。
备急疗虫入耳方。
以铜钱二七枚，以猪膏煎之，用将灌耳。
又方
以两刀于耳前相敌作声，虫即出走。
Etiology: Cases of sudden, insect-like stabbing pain in the ear are all caused by Wind pathogen invading the Kidney meridian. If left untreated, the pathogen may flow into the Kidney, suddenly causing stiff spine and back with straightened body and spasms (Jing syndrome).
*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* (Emergency Prescriptions Kept Up My Sleeve) for treating sudden ear pain.
Steam salt, wrap it in soft cloth, and apply as a hot compress to the affected area; this is highly effective.
*Beiji Qianjin Yaofang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies) for treating ear pain with discharge.
Roast almond seeds until charred black, pound them into a paste to form pills, wrap in cotton, insert into the ear, and replace frequently until recovery.
*Guangji Fang* for treating sudden, excruciating ear pain.
Shichangpu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii), Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) (each 1 fen).
Pound the above two herbs into powder, mix with Sesame Oil (Sesami Oleum), and instill into the ear; pain stops immediately. (Same as Cui's formula in *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*)
*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* for treating sudden ear swelling with discharge.
Burn Alum (Alumen) to ash/powder, blow into the ear using a reed tube, three to four times daily; or wrap in cotton and plug the ear canal until recovery.
*Beiji Qianjin Yaofang* for treating sudden ear swelling.
Peel Trichosanthis Radix (Gualou Gen) to fit into the ear, decoct in pig lard (Su Zhi) from the twelfth lunar month for three boils, cool, and insert into the ear until recovery. Do this three times daily; cure within seven days. (From *Zhouhou Beiji Fang* treating sudden wind sensation causing dizziness in the ear)
*Guangji Fang* for treating ear pus/water discharge with patent ear canal, Alum Powder.
Wu Bai Fan (Chinese White Alum) (8 fen, calcined until liquid evaporates), Mabo (Stamen Gossypii Herbaceum), Qingmuxiang (Radix Aucklandiae), Songzhi (Resina Pini).
Pound the above four herbs into powder. First melt the Pine Resin, then add the herb powder. Form into pills the size of a jujube pit. Cleanse the ear thoroughly and insert the pill until recovery.
Another prescription for treating ear pus/water discharge.
Wu Bai Fan (Chinese White Alum) (8 fen, calcined until liquid evaporates and powdered), Honglanhua Yanzhi (Carthamus Tinctorius Safflower Stain/Pigment) (40 pieces).
Mix the above two ingredients into powder. Cleanse the ear thoroughly, apply the powder. Each time, cleanse before applying medication.
*Guangji Fang* for treating insects entering the ear causing swelling, deafness, and purulent bloody discharge.
Huangqi (Radix Astragali Membranacei) (4 fen), Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Secati), Shujiao (Fructus Zanthoxyli).
Pound the above three herbs into powder. Mix with juice extracted from fresh Rehmannia Root (Sheng Dihuang) pounded. Wrap in cotton to the size of a jujube pit and insert into the ear. Apply three times during the day and once at night, discontinue when cured.
*Zhouhou Beiji Fang* for treating various insects entering the ear.
Soak Sichuan Pepper (Huajiao) in Vinegar (Ku Jiu) and instill into the ear; the insects will exit.
Another prescription
Instill warm water into the ear.
Another prescription
Instill juice extracted from Indigofera Tinctoria leaves (Lanqing).
*Qianjin Fang* for treating insects entering the ear.
Take peach leaves, heat them with fire, and insert into the ear, rolling them deep inside. (Same as *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*)
Another prescription
Instill onion mucus (Cong Ti) into the ear; the insects will exit. (Both found in Volume 6)
Cui Shi's prescription for treating insects entering the ear.
If a beetle enters the ear, illuminate it with fire, tap on wood nearby to create sound vibrations without damaging the ear; the insect will crawl out towards the light. If centipedes or other insects enter, instill vinegar, or sesame oil, or human urine; vinegar mixed with cheese/yogurt is even better.
*Beiji Qianjin Yaofang* for treating insects entering the ear.
Take fourteen copper coins, decoct in pig lard, and use the resulting oil to instill into the ear.
Another prescription
Strike two knives together in front of the ear to create sound; the insects will walk out.