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First, pluck out the white beard hairs. Apply pig bile (Sus scrofa domestica Bile) into the follicular pores; black beard hairs will grow immediately. Alternatively, apply white beeswax (Cera Flava) to the pores so that they will not turn white again.

Apply powder of Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis) mixed with honey. Adding Hibiscus Leaf (Hibisci Tiliacei Folium) is even more effective. Additionally, burn old loofah sponge (Luffa cylindrica) until it retains its medicinal properties (charred but carbonized internally), grind into powder, and apply after mixing with clear water.

Blow powder of Sichuan Soapberry Fruit (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) into the nasal cavity; healing occurs immediately after sneezing.

Mash true Chinese Plum (Prunus mume) into a paste and place it at the very end of the teeth. Open the mouth to allow saliva to flow out, then wipe it away. Alternatively, holding one Chinese Plum in the mouth is also effective.

Wash the area thoroughly with water boiled with green onion; swelling will subside. Alternatively, apply Adzuki Bean powder mixed with vinegar. Or, mix equal parts Gardenia Fruit (Gardeniae Fructus) powder and refined wheat flour (Tritici Vulgaris Farina), combined with half portions each of Pig Bile and vinegar, and apply thinly to the affected area.

Burn small red dates (Ziziphus jujuba) until charred but retaining medicinal properties, grind into powder, and apply mixed with sesame oil. Furthermore, if other medicines are ineffective, burn old cotton wadding to ash and apply mixed with sesame oil for cure.

Grind Acanthopanacis Senticosi Cortex (Acanthopanax Bark) into powder and apply mixed with wine on the vertex bone. Reapply when dry.

Steam black soybeans (Glycine max), put them in a bag, and use as a pillow. Alternatively, steam fresh peach leaves (Persicae Folium), put them in a bag, and iron/press onto the head. Applying mashed castor leaf (Ricini Communis Folium) is also effective. For tubercles behind the neck, especially if red, swollen, hard, and painful, apply a paste made by grinding together one piece of peeled Chinese Yam (Dioscoreae Rhizoma) and two castor seeds (Ricini Semen). This yields miraculous effects.

Grind real Borax (Borax) into powder. Dip rush pith (Junci Medulla) into the powder and dab it on the four corners of the eyes. Symptoms loosen upon tearing. Repeat three times for immediate cure.

(This condition was originally named Hairline Sore, occurring at the back of the head below the occipital bone where hair ends.)

Scrape the green crust from the inside of a copper lamp holder, grind it into a paste, and rub it on the affected area. This yields miraculous effects.

Take three qian of scalp oil/dirt from women, one black-backed crucian carp (Carassius auratus) weighing about one liang, and a pair of pig eye corners. Mash them together and apply. Alternatively, grind into powder and apply. Or, take three qian of male pig eye corner meat, mince it into a paste, add four qian of Talcum Powder (Talcum), mix evenly, and apply to the top of the lesion. This draws out necrotic flesh and releases yellow fluid, leading to cure.

Burn broken glass into ash and apply mixed with vegetable oil. This yields miraculous effects. Alternatively, mix equal parts castor pulp and young pine rosin (Pini Resina), beat repeatedly, and apply as a plaster. Or, grind centipede (Scolopendra) into powder and apply mixed with oil. Or, boil three liang of lead in an iron vessel for a long time until black-gray sediment resembling feet forms. Take this ash, mix with fat/oil, apply, and cover with old cloth. Change the cloth frequently, wipe away foul discharge, and reapply. Continue for about half a month without pain, breaking, or ulceration, thereby resolving internal phlegm nodules.