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Various sores and carbuncles are caused by the struggle between wind-dampness pathogens and the body's blood and qi. When blood and qi stagnate and accumulate, heat is generated, steaming the muscles to form sores. If left untreated for a long time, malignant flesh (necrotic tissue) often grows.

The skin at the edge of the sore rises, while healthy flesh fails to regenerate. This occurs because the toxic heat has not been fully cleared, the meridians remain obstructed, and thus blood and qi cannot reach the affected area.

To treat malignant flesh caused by carbuncles and sores, use the Lili San (Corydalis Rhizome Powder) formula:
Lili Rhizoma (Banliang), Zhenzhu Mo (Pearl Powder, Banliang), Liuhuang (Sulfur, Sanfen, finely ground), Mashi Fan (Alum, Sanfen, calcined until liquid evaporates), Xionghuang (Realgar, Sanfen, finely ground), Shexiang (Musk, Yifen, finely ground), Rucao (Artemisia ruji, Yi liang).
Crush the above ingredients and sift them through a fine sieve to make a powder. Apply a small amount of the powder to the sore two or three times daily.

Another prescription:
Xionghuang (Realgar, Yi liang), Fanshi (Alum, Yi liang, calcined until liquid evaporates), Rucao (Artemisia ruji).
Crush the above ingredients and sift them through a fine sieve to make a powder. Apply a small amount of the powder to the sore two or three times daily.

For sores that have healed but still have residual necrotic tissue in the scar, or conditions such as scrofula and wind-nodules, apply this Liupi Gao (Willow Bark Ointment):
Liubai Pi (Willow White Bark, Wu jin), Qiu Pi (Chaparral Bark, Wu jin), Mutong (Akebia Caulis, Yi jin), Zhike (Bitter Orange, Ban jin), Zaojia (Tamarix Twig, Yi jin), Muxiang Mo (Costus Root Powder, San liang).
Finely chop the above ingredients. Boil in eight dou of water until reduced to one dou of juice. Strain out the dregs, transfer to a small pot, add Muxiang, and simmer until reduced to seven sheng. Strain again, transfer back to a small pot, and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly without stopping. Cook until it reaches the consistency of maltose syrup and can be rolled into pills. Stop cooking. Wrap in fine silk cloth for storage. Apply the ointment on the silk cloth to the affected area daily until the wound heals flat.

For new granulation tissue protruding from sores:
Mash Wumei fruit pulp, mix with honey, and pound until uniform. Shape into cakes about the thickness of a coin. Apply to the sore until healed.

For malignant flesh growing from sores like a snake extending several inches:
Liuhuang (Sulfur, Yi liang, finely ground).
Apply thinly to the affected flesh. The tissue will shrink and flatten shortly after application.

Jū (Carbuncle/Deep Abscess) arises from dysfunction of the five zang organs. The zang organs govern the interior; qi circulates through the meridians and is deep-seated. If emotions are uncontrolled, diet is irregular, and yin and yang are disharmonious... [Text contains lacunae/corruptions regarding Ying-Wei and Yang Qi]. If thirst is caused by phlegm-dampness, vigorous individuals will develop jū due to deficiency-heat in the spleen and stomach. Elderly individuals also develop carbuncles due to organ deficiency and stagnant, sluggish blood and qi. Furthermore, swelling of one to two cun is called ji (boil); two to five cun is called yōng (abscess); five cun to one chi is called jū; one chi to three chi is called "Jing Ti" (whole-body infection), where pus discharges from nine orifices. This is generally caused by the accumulation of qi stagnation, unfulfilled desires, and the accumulation of blood and qi, leading to frequent occurrence of this disease. Diagnosis reveals a pulse that is wiry and surging, indicating exterior tension and interior heat... [Text ends abruptly, implying a poor prognosis].