This is *nao lou* (Brain Leakage, a condition characterized by the discharge of turbid nasal mucus resembling brain matter).
Dried gourd (*Lagenaria siceraria*), dried and ground into powder, should be sniffed into the nostrils from time to time. Alternatively, it can be soaked in wine or mixed with porridge for consumption; both methods are effective.
Apricot kernel (*Armeniacae Semen Amarum*), skin and tip removed and ground into a paste, should be applied mixed with milk.
Known as *jiu cao bi* (Rhinophyma, chronic inflammation of the nose with redness and thickening).
Every morning, brush teeth with salt, rinse mouth with water, spit onto the palm, and wash the face. It will heal naturally after more than a month. Alternatively, burn buckwheat flour until carbonized.
Take four large copper coins, grind them on a stone, and frequently rub with lard.
Inula flower (*Inulae Flos*), processed to retain its medicinal properties, ground into powder, and applied mixed with sesame oil. (Sunflower seeds may also be used).
Swallow's nest, including mud and feces, ground into powder, and applied mixed with sesame oil. Alternatively, apply powder from roasted amomum shell, or use rice vapor water for application.
Pine needles boiled with tofu (for half a day); take the tofu and apply it to the affected area, changing frequently.
Known as *jun chun* (Fungus Lip, ulcers on the lips resembling fungi), also called *chen chun*.
Roll new white cloth (size of a wine cup), burn it, place over a knife edge, collect the dripping juice, and apply it. Apply more than ten times a day. Also, consume wine mixed with ash from burnt green cloth. Alternatively, mix equal parts of Chinese gall (*Galla Chinensis*) and chebula fruit flesh (*Terminaliae Chebulae Fructus*) into powder, and apply mixed with sesame oil.
Tile moss (*Wusong*). Crush with ginger juice, add a little salt, and apply.
Extract juice from indigo leaf (*Isatidis Folium*) and wash repeatedly.
Sprinkle powder of Chinese gall (*Galla Chinensis*); healing occurs when saliva is expelled.
Additionally, Phellodendron bark (*Phellodendri Cortex*), honey-fried and ground into powder, should be applied.
Aged soybean paste from three or four years ago, dissolved in water, should be swished in the mouth from time to time.
Scrophularia root (*Scrophulariae Radix*), two or three slices, held in the mouth.
Heat an old chamber pot over fire, and fumigate the nose with the heat; the discharge stops immediately. Alternatively, drink half a bowl of fresh juice from Chinese chives.
Hair ash rolled in paper, inserted into the nostril; bleeding/discharge stops immediately.
Green tangerine peel (*Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride*), burned to ash, taken two qian per dose with wine. Externally, this ash mixed with lard is applied.
Rhubarb (*Rhei Radix et Rhizoma*), burned and ground into powder, used to brush teeth.
Chicken gizzard lining (*Galli Gigerii Endothelium Membranaceum*), do not wash, ground into powder and insufflated into the throat. Alternatively, make pills the size of tung tree seeds using soot from the bottom of a cooking pot, and administer one or two pills with fresh well water. (This treats swelling and obstruction, highly effective for stagnation of water and food).
Iron scale weight, heated red-hot and quenched in one cup of Acorus root juice (*Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma*); drink it. Alternatively, boil peach tree bark (*Pruni Persicae Cortex*) to obtain three bowls of decoction and drink it.
Chicken gizzard lining (*Galli Gigerii Endothelium Membranaceum*), do not wash, burn dry and grind into powder, insufflate into the throat with a bamboo tube; immediate cure. Alternatively, wrap one seed of croton nut (*Crotonis Fructus*) securely and insert into the nostril: left side for males, right side for females.