刘涓子 肿病方。
斑蝥（四十枚去足翅熬） 桂心（四分） 芫青（十枚去足翅熬） 葛上亭长（三十枚
熬）
上四味捣下筛，酒服半钱匕，日一，忌生葱。
又疗 方。
斑蝥（四十枚去足翅熬） 地胆（三十枚去首足翅熬） 蜥蜴（三枚炙）
上三味捣之千杵，蜜和如大豆，服二丸。
又疗 众方不瘥效验方。
牡蒙（数两）
上一味捣之，汤和适寒温，取一升许，敷疮上，冷易，经宿佳。
又疗 生肉膏方。
桑薪灰三升，水四升淋之，复重淋之，取三升锻石熬令黄，纳灰汁中，以两重帛裹绞去
滓，
更鱼目煎取二升，勿用急火煎，随 孔深浅，初时作服散而瘥，孔若深四寸，新药与孔里薤
白使濡，安药薤白，入药孔里。若深四寸，随 根而灸两处，每处与四十壮，唯勿灸 孔，
随深浅去脓，散与膏安着疮孔里十五过，少迁延日月，取瘥，肉满脓亦断，神良无比。（出
第六卷中）
肘后论此本在诸方疮条中，病类既多，今状出为别一篇。凡 病有鼠蛇蜂蛙蚓类似而小
异，皆从饮食中得其精气，入人肌体，变化成形，疮既穿溃，浸诸经脉，则亦杀人，而鼠蚁
最多，以其间近人故也。
通治诸 方。
以八月中多取斑蝥虫，即纳苦酒中半日许，出曝干，使十取六七枚，着铜器中，微火上
遥熬令熟，捣作屑，巴豆一粒去皮熬之，又拔取黄犬背上毛二七枚，亦熬作屑，好朱以钱五
分匕
都合和，以苦酒顿服之，虫当尽出。若一服未效，先时可预作三两剂，后日服，远不过三两
剂。（通按朱一作末）
又方
虎蓟根 杜蘅 枳根 酸枣根（各一把） 斑蝥（一枚一方云三分去头足翅熬） 猫蓟
根（
各一把）
上六味捣蜜丸，日一服，如枣一枚，以小丸着疮中。
又方
若先着下部边，或上出耳后颈项诸处者，苦参切五升，以苦酒一斗，渍三四日，宜服一
升，亦加之，但多作以知为度，不过三四度，必瘥。
又疗 方。
槲木皮长一尺，阔六寸，去黑皮细切，以水一斗，煮取五升，去滓，纳白糖十挺，煎取
一升，分三服，以铜器接吐出看视之。
又方
新生儿屎一百日以来，皆收置蜜器中，五十六十日，取涂疮孔中。
又方
鲤鱼肠切作五段，火上脱之，洗疮拭干，以肠封之，冷即易，自暮至旦，干止觉痒，开
看虫出瘥。
崔氏疗 方。
槲白皮（切取五升）
上一味，以水八升，煮令泣泣，绞去滓，重煎，令成膏，日服半枣，渐加至一枣许，亦
着疮上，无忌。患疮唯宜煮饭，苜蓿盐酱，又不得多食之。（出第五卷中）
备急疗 生肉膏方。
楝白皮（二两） 鼠肉（二两） 薤白（三两） 当归（四两） 生地黄（五两）
上五味，以腊月猪膏三升，煎薤白黄色，膏成，敷疮孔上，令生肉。（肘后文仲同）
又葛氏云苦着口裹方。
Liu Juanzi's prescription for treating swelling diseases (superficial purulent infections).
Mylabris (forty pieces, remove feet and wings, stir-fry) Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart, four fen) Mylabris phalerata (ten pieces, remove feet and wings, stir-fry) Ge Shang Ting Chang (thirty pieces, stir-fry)
The above four herbs are crushed and sifted. Take half a qianbi dose with wine, once daily. Avoid raw green onions.
Another prescription for treating swelling diseases.
Mylabris (forty pieces, remove feet and wings, stir-fry) Di Dan (Eleodes orientalis or similar beetle, thirty pieces, remove head, feet, and wings, stir-fry) Lizard (three pieces, roast)
The above three herbs are pounded for a thousand strokes, mixed with honey into pills the size of soybeans. Take two pills per dose.
Another effective prescription when other formulas fail.
Mu Meng (Dioscorea polystachya, several liang)
The above single herb is crushed, mixed with decoction to a suitable temperature, take about one sheng, apply to the sore. Change when cold; leaving it overnight is better.
Another prescription for generating flesh in swelling diseases.
Three sheng of mulch ash, leached with four sheng of water, leached again to obtain three sheng of liquid. Stir-fry Duan Shi (Calcined Alumen) until yellow, add to the ash liquid. Wrap in two layers of silk, squeeze to remove dregs. Further boil with fish eyes to obtain two sheng. Do not use high heat. According to the depth of the sore hole, initially administer as a powder to cure. If the hole is four cun deep, mix the new medicine with the white part of wild garlic (Xie Bai) inside the hole to moisten it, and place the medicine and Xie Bai into the hole. If four cun deep, moxa forty zhuang at two points along the root, but do not moxa directly on the hole. Drain pus according to depth. Apply powder and ointment alternately into the sore hole fifteen times. Delay slightly over days until cured, flesh fills up, pus stops. Extremely miraculous. (From Volume Six)
The *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang* discusses this disease originally in the sores section of various formulas. Since disease types are numerous, it is now presented as a separate chapter. Generally, swelling diseases resemble those caused by mice, snakes, bees, frogs, and earthworms, with slight differences. These arise from essence obtained through diet, entering the body's tissues, changing form. Once the sore perforates and invades the meridians, it can be fatal. Mice and ants are most common because they are close to humans.
General prescriptions for all swelling diseases.
In the eighth month, collect many Mylabris insects, put them in vinegar for half a day, take out and dry. Use six or seven out of ten. Place in a copper vessel, slowly cook over low fire until ripe, crush into powder. One Ba Dou (Croton seed), peeled and stir-fried. Also pluck fourteen hairs from the back of a yellow dog, also stir-fry into powder. Five fen bi of good Cinnabar (Zhu Sha),
Mix all together, take in one dose with vinegar. The parasites should be completely expelled. If one dose is ineffective, prepare three liang doses in advance, take on subsequent days. Do not exceed three liang doses. (Note: Zhu may refer to powder)
Another formula
Hu Ji Gen (Acanthospermum hispidum root) Du Heng (Peucedanum praeruptorum) Zhi Gen (Hovenia dulcis root) Suan Zao Gen (Ziziphus jujuba root) (each one ba) Ban Mao (one piece, another version says three fen, remove head, feet, wings, stir-fry) Mao Ji Gen (Acanthospermum hispidum root? Or similar thistle root) (each one ba)
Crush the above six herbs, mix with honey to make pills. Take one dose daily, size of a date. Place small pills into the sore.
Another formula
If it first appears on the lower body edges, or spreads upwards to behind the ears and neck, cut Ku Shen (Sophora flavescens root) five sheng, soak in one dou of vinegar for three to four days. Take one sheng orally. It can also be applied externally. Make enough until efficacy is seen. Not more than three or four times, must cure.
Another prescription for treating swelling diseases.
Hu Mu Pi (Quercus variabilis bark), one chi long, six cun wide. Remove black skin, cut finely. Boil in one dou of water to obtain five sheng. Remove dregs. Add ten ting of white sugar. Boil to obtain one sheng. Divide into three doses. Catch vomit in a copper vessel to inspect.
Another formula
Collect feces of newborn infants within one hundred days, store in a honey container for fifty-six to sixty days. Take out and apply to the sore hole.
Another formula
Cut carp intestines into five segments, roast over fire. Wash the sore and dry. Seal with the intestine. Change when cold. From evening to morning, if dry, only feel itching. Open to see parasites expelled, then cured.
Cui Shi's prescription for treating swelling diseases.
Hu Bai Pi (Quercus variabilis inner bark, cut to five sheng)
The above single herb, boil in eight sheng of water until bubbling. Strain dregs. Re-boil to form an ointment. Take half a date-sized amount daily, gradually increase to one date-sized amount. Can also be applied to the sore. No dietary restrictions. Patients with sores should only eat boiled rice, alfalfa salt sauce, and avoid eating too much. (From Volume Five)
Emergency treatment for generating flesh in swelling diseases.
Lian Bai Pi (Melia azedarach bark, two liang) Shu Rou (Rat meat, two liang) Xie Bai (Allium macrostemon white bulb, three liang) Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis, four liang) Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia glutinosa root, five liang)
The above five herbs, boil in three sheng of lard rendered in the twelfth lunar month. Fry Xie Bai until yellow. When the ointment is ready, apply to the sore hole to promote flesh growth. (Same as Wen Zhong's version in *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang*)
Also, Ge Shi says for bitter mouth wrapping prescription.