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Green horse and white horse milk, squeezed and consumed immediately morning and evening, is very effective. Alternatively, soak fresh Chinese cabbage in freshly drawn cold water and eat it with white sugar.

Burn *Manihot esculenta* (Cassava/Taro root - note: context implies water chestnut *Eleocharis dulcis*, commonly known as荸荠) until "preserving its nature" (carbonized but retaining efficacy), grind into powder, and apply to the affected area.

A cluster of sores grows under the mouth, resembling sheep's whiskers.
Take fourteen red dates (*Ziziphus jujuba*), burn until "preserving its nature," mix with sesame oil, and apply topically. Alternatively, burn sheep's whiskers to ash, grind into powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply.

Forty-nine castor beans (*Ricinus communis*), pounded into a paste, mixed with water to form a plaster, applied to the vertex (Baihui GV20), yields immediate results. Alternatively, take two taels of lard, refine to remove dregs, add one tael of *Polygonum multiflorum* flower powder (Puhuang), mix, and apply.

Decoct peppermint (*Mentha haplocalyx*) and raw licorice root (*Glycyrrhiza uralensis*) for juice, mix with earthworm mud, and apply. Alternatively, decoct five qian of cicada slough (*Boletus/Cicadae Periostracum*) in one cup of water, wash the area two to three times daily.

Four taels of honeysuckle flower (*Lonicera japonica*) (fresh ones dried without stir-frying, then ground to powder), mixed with two taels of premium white sugar, stored in a porcelain bottle, and taken as needed. Alternatively, make into cakes or pastries, or dip items to eat; this is excellent (and can also attenuate smallpox/dispel toxin).

Pounded rapeseed greens (*Brassica napus*) applied topically.

Clean "five-grain insects" (larvae found in grains), bake on tiles until yellow, grind into powder, mix with brown sugar, and swallow with freshly drawn cold water.

Seven apricot kernels (*Prunus armeniaca*), seven peach kernels (*Prunus persica*), and seven garden balsam seeds (*Cardamine hirsuta* or specifically *Gardeniae Fructus* Huang Zhizi - context implies Gardenia fruit given later usage, but text says Huang Zhizi which is Gardenia), all pounded together. Add rice wine, egg white, and plain wheat flour. Form pills according to the child's age, sized like Yuanxiao (glutinous rice balls). Place on the palms and soles (males on left, females on right, do not err), tie tightly with cloth strips. After one week, when the palms and soles turn blue-green, the illness will be cured.

Seven gardenia fruits (*Gardenia jasminoides*), seven red dates with stems, seven almonds with skins, seven scallion roots, a pinch of yellow millet, an unspecified amount of fine sifted wheat flour, and one egg white. Pound together into a paste, spread on cloth, place around the umbilicus, and tie tightly above and below with a wide belt. Change every three days; severe cases may require three applications to cure.

Cold limbs, phlegm stagnation, sawing sound in the throat, black lips and cyanotic face, faint breath from mouth and nose, lethargy with eyes half-open revealing the whites indicate this condition. Avoid cooling medicines.
Seven peppercorns (*Zanthoxylum bungeanum*), seven raw gardenia fruits (*Gardenia jasminoides*), seven scallion heads, seven cloves (*Syzygium aromaticum*), and a pinch of fine sifted wheat flour. Grind uniformly, mix with a little egg white, and spread.

One mother clove (*Syzygium aromaticum*), ground with water and taken orally.

Equal parts of cauldron heart earth (*Fuliginis Caulis Carbonis*), pot bottom coal, and Sichuan pepper (*Zanthoxylum bungeanum*), ground into powder, mixed with vinegar, and applied topically.