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First, wash the wound clean with urine. Slice Strychnos nux-vomica (Fanmu Die), roast it on a tile until carbonized but retaining its medicinal properties (Tan Cun Xing), grind it into powder, and sprinkle it on the wound for two to three days to achieve healing. If the wound becomes rotten and suppurative, accompanied by chest fullness, one should take Huxin San (Heart-Protecting Powder). The treatment principle should focus on clearing fire and resolving toxicity.

Ma said: The most excellent method is to use Qingcao (Qian Nian Qing / *Polygonum aviculare*), including the roots, crush them to extract juice for oral administration, and apply the dregs to the bite site. Even in cases of mad dog bites presenting with red eyes and abdominal pain, this remedy yields prompt and effective results.

Boil approximately one *jin* (approx. 500g) of Green Vitriol (*Lu Fan*) in water. Soak coarse straw paper thoroughly in the solution, wrap it around the injured area, and fumigate the paper using a burning rush pith cord. Replace the paper as soon as it warms up; repeated fumigation can restore normal function immediately. Alternatively, for wounds involving fractured bones or joints, bind the area with bamboo strips for seven days to achieve recovery. One may also use Lidong Wan (Lidong Pill), which is effective both internally and externally.

Ma said: This prescription is also efficacious; however, in terms of rescuing the critically ill, it falls far short of Huisheng Dan (Life-Restoring Pill).

Grind Borax (*Peng Sha*) into powder. Dip a bone awl in saliva, moisten it with the powder, and apply it to both eyes. When tears flow and relief is felt, repeat this three times consecutively for immediate recovery.

Blow ash from burning rush pith (*Deng Xin*) into the affected area three or four times; the bone will soften and heal. Alternatively, administer Shuangsha Tang (Double Sand Decoction) continuously until the foreign body is transformed into saliva and expelled.

Ma said: Ancient prescriptions can be used.

Capture more than twenty fat lice. Rub them between two fingers until cooked, pierce the abdomen of each louse with a needle, have the patient lie supine, and drip the louse blood into the eye. After a short while, the "sky thread" (eye worm) will be expelled along with the blood.

Salivate onto the rim of a stone bottle, grind human fingernails into a thick paste, dip a bone awl into the saliva, and apply it to the eye. Within moments, the foreign object can be wiped out.

Take Jnwu Tang (Golden Crow Decoction) orally, and repeat the dose after two days for complete recovery.

Ma said: Red eye is caused by heat in the Liver and Lungs; Du Zhong fermented wine (*Du Zhong Jiu Niang*) is likely inappropriate here.

Take Coptis Rhizome (*Huang Lian*) and Bupleurum Root (*Chai Hu*), one *qian* (approx. 3.7g) each, grind into powder, mix with human milk, and apply to Yongquan (KI1) acupoint. Apply to the left foot for males and the right foot for females to cure the condition.

When chickenpox/variola initially opens, if there are star-shaped opacities in the eye, soak Hangzhou rouge in water. Place paper on the water surface, dip a new brush into the water-soaked paper, and gently wipe the eye three times a day. Recovery occurs in three days; delayed treatment may result in residual disease.

Decoct and drink Shuijin San (Water Gold Powder); externally, blow Longgu powder (Fossilized Bone) into the wound to stop bleeding immediately.

Leprosy (For severe ulceration or early-stage non-ulcerated cases, the treatment method is the same and effective.)

Take a snake as thick as a wine cup, cut open its belly with a bamboo knife, remove viscera, and slice it into inch-long segments. Place a tile over charcoal fire, stand the snake segments vertically on the tile. Segments that fall down are non-toxic and should be discarded; those that remain upright are toxic. Roast the toxic segments until carbonized but retaining medicinal properties, grind into powder, and mix into rice for consumption. Find a white-feathered duck and feed it the mixture. The next day, all the duck's feathers will fall out. Kill the duck, boil it until tender in a clay pot, and divide the meat into portions for consumption over four to five days. On the first meal, swelling may increase; by the second and third meals, it begins to subside. Complete recovery follows finishing the duck.

Ma said: Leprosy patients must avoid snake meat and alcohol; this prescription must absolutely not be used. Another prescription is attached separately.