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Saponariae Fructus (Feizao) is calcined to retain its properties, and Alum (Fan) is calcined until dry. Both are taken in equal parts, ground into powder, mixed with Sesame Oil (MAYOU), and applied externally.

For sores the size of a cherry exhibiting five colors, once the sore breaks, the skin of the neck may rupture.
Drinking yellow cow's milk daily will lead to recovery over time.

Sores arising on the fourth finger of the hands or feet initially cause extreme pain; if prolonged, they ulcerate and cause joint separation.
Chew Licorice Root (Gancao) thoroughly and apply it thickly to the affected area; replace when dry, day and night without stopping, for several days.

Olive pits (those with salt should be boiled to remove saltiness), cut open and ground. Apply using a chicken feather brush; the swelling will subside after twenty days.

This condition is named "Zhu Jie" (Worm-eaten Joint).
Apply chewed raw soybeans to the affected area; this also treats sores growing under the fingernails/toenails (named "Zhu Jia").

Powdered Tetrapanacis Medulla (Tongcao) mixed with egg white for external application. Applying chewed soybeans is also effective. (See the Limbs section for formulas).

If one foot is spasmodic and the breath has a foul odor:
Calcined Tortoise Shell (Biejia) retained in its original state, ground into powder, mixed with water, and taken orally (one qian), three times a day. Alternatively, use the feathers from the crest of a rooster...
Burn the string from a spinning wheel into ash and apply as a poultice.

For those occurring on the right hip:
At the initial stage, take a handful of soap pits, slightly roast them, pound them until extremely fine, add green onions with roots intact, and pound until very mushy. Form into a cake and apply to the lesion. If it becomes dry and hard, add vinegar or honey, mix again, pound, and apply; it will dissipate after several applications (also treats all types of swellings and toxins).
Another prescription: Roast seven walnuts, grind into powder, and take with yellow rice wine; efficacy is seen after three doses. For established cases, take one pig kidney, slice it open, insert five qian of Cinnabar (Yinzhu), and apply to the affected area; it will subside overnight. Alternatively, stir-fry Phaseoli Semen (Huluba) until fine, make into powder, and take with yellow rice wine (also dissipates various toxins). External treatment: Use thousand-year-old lime (Qiannian Duanshi) with a piece of Alum (Fan) and a little salt, mixed with rice gruel for external application.

(Any sore growing on the top of the head, resembling a cherry in shape and color, which splits naturally upon breaking, peeling off the skin down to the feet, is named "Rou Ren".) Regular consumption of cow's milk will cause it to subside spontaneously.

Apply petals of white lotus flowers. (Refer to the Mouth and Nose section).

Three liang of Scorpion (Quanxie), remove hooks and legs, bake dry, and grind into powder. Mix with pounded oil walnut meat to form pills the size of mung beans. Take twice daily, morning and evening, each dose being six fen, washed down with distilled liquor (Shaojiu); full recovery in seven days. Sores inside the female vagina: Burn Almond (Xingren) to ash retaining its properties, add a small amount of Musk (Shexiang), grind together into powder, and insert into the affected area.