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Apply turtle urine frequently to the affected area. Over time, it will naturally flatten. (Place a turtle in a copper basin with a mirror facing it; upon seeing its reflection, the turtle will urinate.)

In both adults and children, red and white scrofulous blisters may appear on both sides of the chest. These lesions are moist, ulcerated, painful, and itchy. Each cluster grows in a straight line, with more than ten consecutive nodules, resembling hanging curtain pearls. If left untreated for a long time, they become difficult to cure, and various medicines prove ineffective. Use calamus (Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma) hung under eaves by households on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Chop the rhizomes and leaves together, dry them over a tile, and apply mixed with sesame oil. Effect is usually seen after five or six applications.

For pain and stifling sensation in the chest and back caused by wind-cold-dampness, use the method of warming the back. Ingredients include: Cinnamon Twig Heart (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Prepared Aconite Root (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Notopterygium Rhizome and Root (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Aconite Root (Aconiti Radix), Asarum Root and Rhizome (Asari Radix et Rhizoma), Sichuan Pepper Pericarp (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium). [Dosages not specified].

This condition is named Jingquan Ju (Well Spring Carbuncle), also known as Manxin Ruidu (Slow Heart Sharp Toxin). Initially, if a mass appears inside the heart region and gradually enlarges, causing the epigastrium to bulge, toxin sinking inward leads to death, and physicians have no medicine to treat it. Only the secret prescription of Linwu Shanshirecords one method: Measure the length of all ten fingers of the patient using a thread. Place this thread at the center of the trachea, looping it around to the middle of the spinal column. The point where the two ends of the threads meet is marked as the central acupoint. Then, measure one cun (using the width of the patient's middle fingernail) to the left and right of the central point, marking these positions with ink to establish three acupoints arranged in a "pin" character shape. Moxibustion is applied simultaneously to all three points. After moxibustion, complete recovery occurs.

One person had a bowl-sized patch on the chest without skin, ulcerated into a fistula with continuous discharge of pus and blood, which failed to heal for a long time. Apply powder made from water chestnut (Eleocharis Tuberosa) to the lesion. Several applications yield results.

Cut one Trichosanthes cucumerina fruit (Wagua) in half, remove the flesh and seeds, fill with alum powder, tie it back together with thread, and hang it in a shady place to dry. Scrape off the dried surface, grind into fine powder, store in a porcelain vessel, and seal tightly. For acute cases of severe heart pain approaching death, provided there is still faint breath, apply the melon frost powder to the eyes four times, then immediately boil water until it boils vigorously one hundred times. Soak hands and feet in this hot water, replacing it when it cools.

Grind white mustard seed (Sinapis Semen) into powder, mix with water, and apply to the painful area. Alternatively, mix Evodia Fruit (Evodiae Fructus) with vinegar and apply. Alternatively, stir-fry Citrus Green Peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride) with vinegar and apply heat (ironing). Alternatively, stir-fresh chives (Allium Tuberosum) with roots and vinegar and apply heat. Alternatively, stir-fry fennel shell (Foeniculi Fructus) with salt and apply heat.