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Wash the affected area with scallion white (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) and rainwater collected from eaves, or rub with a paste made by grinding cherry pits (Prunus pseudocerasus Seed) with vinegar. Alternatively, mix extremely fine raw iron filings with vinegar, dry them in a copper pot, then mix with vinegar again; repeat this process three times, grind into an extremely fine powder, mix with vinegar to form a paste, and apply to the affected area. It will feel uncomfortable initially. Remove the paste after one night and reapply until the lesion becomes flat. (This is a secret prescription.)

Another prescription: Tie the base of the tumor tightly with silk from a large spider; it will fall off after three to four days. Or, take one "Ghost Mantou" (a type of plant fruit), cut it into four pieces, bake it dry on a new tile, grind into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply externally.

Another miraculous prescription: Mix equal parts of Sepia Echinoidea (Cuttlefish Bone) and coal ash, grind into an extremely fine powder, mix with water to apply to the affected area, cover with a piece of old window paper, secure the four corners, and the tumor will gradually become necrotic and fall off. For hemangiomas that rupture and bleed uncontrollably, sprinkle this dry powder on the wound and cover with old window paper for particularly rapid effect.

Wrap the affected area with spider webs, replacing with fresh webs daily; it will subside in four to five days. Small white powdery substances inside will be discharged without pain upon removal.

Soak calcined gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum Calcined) in vinegar for six to seven days, extract the juice, and drip frequently onto the affected area until it falls off naturally.

For lesions that have fibrous strands when removed, apply ginger juice mixed with vinegar, or smear with bovine saliva.

Drink decoction prepared from mulberry leaves frosted with frost (Folium Mori).

Apply ash derived from burning fetal hair to the affected area.

Use mud from shoe soles worn locally, mix with water, clarify, and drink.

Cotton seeds (soaked overnight in rice wine, slow-roasted until scorched, peeled to use the kernel, 3 qian before each craving), add 3 qian of brown sugar, brew with boiling water and drink (reduce smoking by one puff every few days, until the addiction is cured). Or use pumpkin (called "Wo Gua" in the North); at the time of initial flowering, pull up the whole plant including leaves, roots, and vines (small pumpkins on vines can also be used), crush in a stone mortar to extract juice, and drink regularly to gradually eliminate the addiction. If one liang of juice is mixed into ten liang of tobacco and smoked, the addiction can also be gradually broken. (For the next one to two years, continue to eat more pumpkin or roasted melon seeds.)

Burn pine needles to ash, wrap in cloth, and apply hot compresses to the affected area. (This is an immortal prescription.)

This is a divine prescription; do not underestimate it.

Take two chestnuts (also known as Castanea mollissima nuts; select those that are flat on both sides; if one side is flat and the other round, they are ineffective). At the end of the fourth watch (approx. 1-3 AM) and beginning of the fifth watch (approx. 3-5 AM), lie down on a pillow (no need to sit up). Take one chestnut, chew slowly and thoroughly, do not swallow immediately, keep mouth closed, do not drink tea or water, do not speak. Chew until it dissolves into a paste, gently guide qi to swallow it down to the Dantian (below the navel). Take another chestnut and repeat the chewing and swallowing process. Let it digest naturally during sleep. Do not take other medicines for half a month; mobility will gradually return. Within one hundred days, normal movement should be restored. Mr. Qian from Zhejiang and Mr. Wu from Fujian both suffered from this condition with no effect from long-term treatment; after taking over thirty chestnuts each, they were completely cured after more than one hundred days. Only two should be taken per night; do not take more.