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Chives, including the roots, are crushed and mashed, then juice is extracted and applied to the affected area. Alternatively, use leaves of Kalanchoe pinnata (if no leaves are available, use the root), wash off the mud, crush and extract juice for application; replace when dry.

(To prevent conditions such as neonatal tetanus), if white blisters appear on the hard palate and gums, gently puncture them with a silver ear pick, then grind good-quality ink and apply it. If the mouth cannot open, and there are objects resembling snails or white insects about the size of soybeans, wipe with thin slices of lard.

Twenty-four seeds of Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis), crushed into powder, mixed with vinegar and frequently applied. Alternatively, boil the bark of Mulberry Root (Morus alba) to make a decoction for application.

Place powder of Alum (Alumen) inside a Chinese Gall (Rhus chinensis), seal and burn until powdered, then apply.
Another prescription: Burn sugar cane peel, grind into powder, and sprinkle on the lesion.
Another prescription: Grind Acorus tatarinowii (Acorus calamus) in water, rinse and gargle frequently. Or chew Sesame (Sesamum indicum) oil seeds and apply as a poultice.

Collect the steam-condensed water dripping from the edges of the steamer lid used for steaming glutinous rice, catch it in a dish, and apply as a poultice. For sores resembling yaws, which are broken and porous, also consume roasted persimmon cakes.

One Smoked Plum (Prunus mume), three slices of old ginger, ten Torreya nuts (Torreya grandis), fourteen Sichuan peppercorns (Zanthoxylum bungeanum), and a small amount of brown sugar, decocted and taken orally.

For lesions originating from the head and back:
Crush Allium macrostemon (Chinese chive) and apply the juice.

Cat feces (preferably those dried on tiles that are white; black or yellow ones should not be used), decocted in water and taken orally (also treats unruptured rashes and consumption tuberculosis). Alternatively, wrap in yellow earth, roast in fire until charred, remove and cool, discard the earth, grind into powder, form pills with sugar, and take orally; this method is particularly effective.

For lesions at the gum base, commonly known as "horse teeth" (epstein pearls):
Five fen of chicken gizzard lining (burned and ground), mixed with milk and taken orally. Or use "horse tooth" powder (ground keratin/debris) and apply to the tongue. Alternatively, half a bowl of human breast milk and one cun of scallion white, decocted together, divided into four doses for oral administration.

Crush chive roots, extract juice, and decoct with lard for oral administration.

Dry earthworm excrement (grind into powder), mix with phlegm and saliva for topical application.

Frequently massage the chest and back with turtle urine; recovery occurs after a long period.

Lightly fermented soybean (Douchi), fresh ginger, and white scallions, all finely chopped, stir-fried with half a bowl of salt until hot. Wrap in a hand towel and apply as a hot compress to the abdomen.
Another prescription: Crush Ramie root (Boehmeria nivea), moisten with boiling water, and apply to the umbilicus.

Extract bile juice from a toad (Bufo bufo gargarizans), apply drops to the tip of the tongue; speech will resume shortly.

For swelling caused by sitting on the ground and being "breathed upon" by an earthworm, apply saliva from a male duck.