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Crush two liang of pine resin (Pini Resina) into powder, place it inside a scallion tube, tie it securely with thread, and boil in water until melted. Remove the scallion, and allow the residue to dry. External application: one liang of lead tetroxide (Lithargyri Pulvis, processed by water flotation), one qian of fried pyrolusite (Pyrolusitum), one qian of fried zinc oxide (Zinci Oxidum), and three fen of fried calomel (Calomelas). Grind them together into fine powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply; this is highly effective.

Take a piece of fermented dough, dilute it with water, and apply it to the boil, leaving a small hole in the center; this is highly effective.

After the Start of Autumn, take one large toad, remove its head, feet, and intestines, coat it with clarified oil, bake it on a tile until dry, and consume it.

One bowl of purslane juice (Jus Portulacae Oleraceae, extracted by crushing), five qian of rock sugar (Saccharum), three qian of lard (Suis Adeps), five qian of raw mung bean powder (Phaseoli Radiati Semen Pulvis), and five qian of adzuki bean powder (Vigna Angularis Semen Pulvis). Mix the herbs with purslane juice, simmer in a clean pot until a paste forms, and apply to the affected area.

Grind cuttlebone (Sepiae Endoconcha) into powder, lightly fry it, and apply to the lesion.

One qian of cinnabar (Cinnabaris), five li of musk (Moschus), and thirty-six seeds of castor bean (Ricini Semen), shelled and pressed to remove oil. Grind them together into a paste. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, apply pieces the size of a chess coin to the vertex, anterior chest, posterior chest, and flexures of the hands and feet of children, allowing them to fall off naturally.

Ephedrae Herba (Mahuang, 麻黄), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qianghuo, 羌活), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng, 防风), Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma, 升麻), Phellodendri Cortex (Huangbai, 酒炒), Rehmanniae Radix (Disheng, 生地) each at five fen; Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong, 川芎), Ligustici Sinensis Rhizoma (Bencao, 本), Puerariae Radix (Gegen, 干葛), Atractylodis Rhizoma (Cangzhu, 炒), Scutellariae Radix (Huangqin, 酒炒), Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, 生) each at two fen; Carthami Flos (Honghua, 红花), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin, 细辛), Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu, 土炒), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi, 陈皮) each at one fen; Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Guishen, 归身), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gancao, 生), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huanglian, 黄连) each at three fen; Forsythiae Fructus (Lianqiao, 连翘) one fen; Evodiae Fructus (Wuzhuyu, 炮) one fen. On the days of Start of Spring, Start of Summer, Start of Autumn, and Start of Winter, decoct and take one dose of this medicine, leave it exposed overnight, and take it warm the next morning. If taken for a full year, then...

Burn old cedar wood to ash but preserve its medicinal properties, add zinc oxide (Zinci Oxidum), and mix with clarified oil for external application. This also treats adult "embroidered ball wind" (a type of scrotal eczema or edema).

Another prescription: Cnidii Fructus (Chuanshenzi, 蛇床子), Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Guiwei, 归尾), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Weilingxian, 威灵仙), Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (Kushen, 苦参) each one qian. Decoct and wash the affected area.

Have a woman rinse her mouth with hot water, then suck the anterior chest, posterior chest, and area below the umbilicus of the child several times.

Place one toad in a bottle for seven days. Then add any amount of cleaned maggots from manure into the bottle, allowing the toad to eat them. Roast the toad over charcoal fire, preserving some of its medicinal nature, grind into powder, and form pills with honey for oral administration.