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Wu-Bai Lai (a severe stubborn skin disease, divided into Wu-Lai and Bai-Lai) is caused by the invasion of malignant wind pathogens; touching taboos or suffering injuries can also induce this condition. Its symptoms include numbness and itching penetrating to the bone, yet painless upon needle pricking. Recovery can be achieved by employing methods to dispel wind and nourish blood.

[Note] Both syndromes are formed due to the invasion of malignant wind pathogens between the skin and blood level, causing fire pathogen stagnation and consuming blood, as well as resulting from touching taboos or suffering injuries. They are divided into two types: Wu and Bai. Wu-Lai initially presents with blackening of the skin and hair, rashes resembling urticaria, itching sensation like insects crawling, persistent numbness in hands and feet, insensitivity to needle pricking, blurred vision as if seeing hanging threads, frequent palpitations and delirious speech, and a hissing sound emitted when opening the mouth during eating or speaking. It is suitable to take Pi Wan (Skin Pill), and externally apply Da Hei Shen Gao (Great Black Divine Ointment). Bai-Lai presents with skin gradually turning white, hoarseness, blurred vision, persistent pain in limbs, high fever, frequent mental restlessness and vexation, flaccidity of hands and feet, stiffness and tension of the back and spine, muscle sensation like needle pricks, nasal polyps, and white foam around the pupils. It is suitable to take Bai Hua She San (White Snake Powder), and externally apply Ban Mao Gao (Mylabris Ointment). Both syndromes should frequently drink Ku Shen Jiu (Sophora Root Wine). If Bai-Lai patients suffer from constipation, it is first suitable to take Zui Xian San (Intoxicating Immortal Powder), followed by Tong Tian Zai Zao San (Heaven-Penetrating Rebirth Powder); expelling foul matter brings immediate effect.

Pi Wan (Skin Pill)
Ingredients: Digupi (Cortex Lycii Radicis, burnt until carbonized but retaining nature), Ranshe Tou (Head of Python bivittatus, burnt until carbonized but retaining nature), Kui Ge (Shell of Mercenaria mercenaria, each one piece), Hong Niang Zi (Epicauta hirtella, remove head, legs, wings), Qicao (Larva of Phytodecta olivacea, baked dry), Meng Chong (Blue bottle fly larva, remove head, legs, wings), Shui Zhi (Leech, stir-fried with glutinous rice until cooked), Zhizhu (Spider, baked), Ban Mao (Mylabris phalerata, remove head, legs, wings, three pieces each), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig Heart), Dahuang (Rhubarb Root), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Longgu (Fossilized Mammal Bones, ground), Shexiang (Moschus, ground), Gong (Mercury), Chuanjiao (Sichuan Pepper, stir-fried, five qian each for these), Mangxiao (Mirabilite), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, calcined, one liang each for these), Chuanshanjia (Pangolin Scales, roasted, three slices), Ku Baifan (Alumen Exsiccatum), Huashi (Talcum, ground and washed with water), Gansui (Kansui Root, stir-fried with Sesame Indicum until sesame is cooked, discard sesame, use only Gansui, 2.5 qian each), Wugong (Centipede, roasted, one and a half pieces), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateralis Radix, peeled and de-navelled, two pieces), Badou (Croton Seed, remove shell, membrane, heart, and oil), Leiwan (Omphalia Lapida, fifty grains each for these).
Preparation and Administration: Grind all ingredients into fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of small beans. Take one pill per dose, swallowed with boiling clear water, once on an empty stomach and once before sleep. If no improvement is felt, increase the dose by one pill; if pain occurs in the urethra, it indicates worms are being expelled; observe closely that they are dead. If pain is severe, reduce the dose by one pill; if pain is mild, take two pills. Continue until cured. This medicine is a potent formula for attacking toxins and eliminating parasites. It should not be taken lightly unless there is certainty of intestinal parasites and the patient's spirit and strength can withstand purgative treatment.

[Fang Ge - Formula Song] Skin turns black forming Wu-Lai, heart startles and vision blurs like seeing hairs, itching like insects crawling causing limb numbness, Hongniangzi, Kui Ge, Mercury, Baifan, Qicao, Qicao, Guixin, Mangxiao, Dahuang, Meng Chong, Shui Zhi, Chuanshanjia, Huanglian, Longgu, Shexiang, Zhizhu, Shigao, Chuanjiao, Huashi, Fuzi, Wugong, Badou, Xueli Hua, Gansui, and Ban Mao together.

Da Hei Shen Gao (Great Black Divine Ointment)
Ingredients: Hair (a ball the size of a chicken egg), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome), Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark), Fangji (Aristolochia Root, peeled), Chuanwu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateralis Radix Preparata), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), Lilu (Veratrum Nigrum Rhizome, five qian each for these), Badou (Croton Seed), Xingren (Apricot Seed, fourteen grains each for these).
Preparation and Administration: Use two jin of lard, fry the herbs until the hair completely dissolves, then strain out the dregs. Mix Cu Huang (Realgar), Xiong Huang (Orpiment), Baifan (Alumen), Qianfen (Lead Carbonate) each five qian, and a piece of Songzhi (Rosin) the size of a chicken egg into fine powder. Add to the oil and stir evenly. First wash the affected area with hot salt water, then apply the ointment, three times a day. Do not allow ingestion.

[Fang Ge - Formula Song] Da Hei Shen Gao applied for Wu-Lai, contains Hair, Chuanxiong, Huanglian, Huangbai, Fangji, Chuanwu, Cu Huang, Xiong Huang, Badou, Baifan, Songzhi, Qianfen, Shengma, Xingren, Lilu.

Bai Hua She San (White Snake Powder)
Ingredients: Baihua She (Deinagkistrodon Acutus, soaked in wine, roasted), Huaizi (Styphnolobium Seed), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Zhike (Bitter Orange, stir-fried with bran), Manjingzi (Vijaya Fruit), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Weilingxian (Salvia Miltiorrhiza Root? Note: Usually Cibaomao/Siegesbeckia Herba in this context, but literal translation of name is Spirit Grass), Baixianpi (Dictamnus Root Bark), Wancang E (Silkworm Moth, remove head, legs, wings, one liang each), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted, five qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind together into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with warm wine, at any time, sometimes taking two doses.

[Fang Ge - Formula Song] Bai Hua She San treats body heat, stabbing pain, hoarse voice, and Bai-Dian Feng, contains Huaizi, Tianma, Baixianpi, Zhike, Manjingzi, Fangfeng, Qianghuo, Weilingxian, Gancao, Wancang E.

Ban Mao Gao (Mylabris Ointment)
Ingredients: Ban Mao (Mylabris phalerata, fourteen pieces), Dafushe (Large Viper, whole head and tail, sun-dried, one piece).
Preparation and Administration: Place seven bowls of yellow wine with the herbs in a bottle. Simmer over chaff fire until reduced to one bowl. Strain out dregs and store. Apply thinly to the affected area each time.

[Fang Ge - Formula Song] Ban Mao Gao rubbed for Bai-Lai Feng, put Vipera and yellow wine in a bottle, simmer wine with chaff to apply to lesions, using poison to attack evil leprosy will naturally subside.

Ku Shen Jiu (Sophora Root Wine)
Ingredients: Kushen (Sophora Flavescens Root, five jin), Lufengfang (Honeycomb, five liang), Ciji Pi (Bark of Aristolochia Contorta? Or similar thorny plant bark, prepared with butter/oil, one set).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into coarse powder. Use three dou of water, decoct until reduced to one dou. Strain dregs. Soak five jin of Qu (fermentation starter) and three dou of steamed millet. Mix according to normal brewing methods. When wine is ready, press out the lees. Drink a small cup warm before meals.

[Fang Ge - Formula Song] Ku Shen Jiu treats Wu-Bai Lai, contains Lufengfang and Ciji Pi, decoct soup to soak Qu and steam millet, brew wine and drink to distance evil diseases.

Zui Xian San (Intoxicating Immortal Powder) and Tong Tian Zai Zao San (Heaven-Penetrating Rebirth Powder) (Both seen in the section on Leprosy/Ma Feng)