Take equal parts of Ancient Calcined Stone (Gu Duanshi, 古锻石) and Alum (Danfan, 胆矾), pack them inside scallion tubes, roast until cooked, then mash and apply externally.

Take one jin of Small Garlic (Xiaosuan, 小蒜), crush to extract three he of juice, take warm in two or three doses for recovery.

For the condition where eyes cannot close for sleep and the person does not respond to calls but can still eat: Take three liang of garlic, crush to extract juice, mix with wine, and ingest.

Pound raw Apricot Kernel (Xingren, 杏仁) until pasty, blend evenly with egg white, shape into thin pancakes. Apply after washing face at night, wash off early in the morning; recover after several applications. Alternatively, apply Deer Horn Ash (Lujiao Hui, 鹿角灰) mixed with sesame oil.

If nodules appear like mustard seeds and spread over the whole body, it is fatal. Burn Deer Horn (Lujiao, 鹿角) to ash, mix with pig lard, and apply.

Whenever the head and face feel hot and shiny, and others feel heat like being roasted when approaching: Take five qian of garlic juice, mix with wine, and ingest. Vomiting snake-like substances indicates recovery. Scallion juice is also excellent.

Apply powder of Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou, 赤小豆) mixed with honey, or adding powder of Hibiscus Leaf (Furong Ye, 芙蓉叶) is also effective. Alternatively, burn Loofah (Sigua, 丝瓜) until carbonized but retaining efficacy, grind into powder, mix with clear water, and apply. For epidemic mumps (Shixing Saizhong, 时行腮肿), apply earthworm mud mixed with Cinnabar Leaf (Baiye, 柏叶) juice.

Hold one Mume Fruit (Wumei, 乌梅) in the mouth to stop symptoms. Alternatively, mash and paste onto the junction of teeth.

Grind Adzuki Bean (Chixiaodou, 赤exiaodou) into powder, add egg white and Ramie Root (Zhugen, 苎根). Another prescription: Apply Indigofera Tinctoria Leaf Extract (Dianqing, 靛青).

Chew fresh Mulberry Leaf (Sangye, 桑叶).

Neither sore nor wart, neither painful nor itchy: Take Mume Fruit (Wumei, 乌梅) (remove pit, burn until carbonized but retaining efficacy), grind into powder, mix with clear water, and apply.

Apply hot cow dung to the head, wrap tightly with white cloth, walk briskly for ten li. If the head itches, continue walking briskly; do not stop or rub. When itching stops, remove the dung; if fine white worms appear on the dung, recovery is indicated.

Headache accompanied by nodules, or a sensation of thunder rumbling inside the head: Take Goat Dung (Shanyang Fen, 山羊粪) (stir-fry until dry and crumbled, grind), take two qian each time, swallow with wine for extreme efficacy.

Women suffering from Blood Wind (Xuefeng, 血风), severe dizziness as if dying, collapsing unconscious: Take tender heart of Xanthium Herb (Canger Cao, 苍耳草), dry in shade, grind into powder, take one qian each time mixed with wine.

Red sores arise on both temples; upon rupture, bleeding continues like threads: Apply Powder of Pangolin Scale (Chuanshanjia, 穿山甲) (scales from the tail are best, stir-fry and grind finely).

Take a large handful of tender Jujube Tree Bark (Zaoshu Pi, 枣树皮), cut into lengths of about one chi, insert fully into a clean porcelain bottle (do not let it touch the bottom). Ignite the top; collect the dripping juice from the bottom. First wash hair with warm water, then apply this juice to stimulate hair regrowth.

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