Library

Take a handful of *Daphne genkwa* (Yuanhua) with roots, cut it up, and sun-dry it thoroughly. Let the patient wrap the medicinal root in a straw mat and grind it themselves, allowing the dust to rise and enter the seven orifices (eyes, ears, nose, mouth). After a short while, tears will flow, and the mouth and nose will feel spicy and irritating; stop when the *Daphne genkwa* root is exhausted, and the illness will be cured. (From *Gujin Luyan*)

For cold-pathogen condensation in the chest (Jie Xiong syndrome), or if one feels blocked qi when eating and fullness in the epigastrium, take good distilled liquor (Baijiu), heat it thoroughly, dip two pieces of cloth into the hot liquor, and wipe from below the chest upwards. Replace the cloth with hot ones as they cool down. Repeat several times until stool passes freely, bringing great relief; this is highly effective. (From *Chuanjia Bao*)

*Long pepper* (Bibo), *Asarum* (Xixin), and *Borneolum Syntheticum* (Zhangnao): grind these three herbs into powder. Dip a finger into the powder and rub the teeth. One will immediately feel a cooling sensation in the mouth accompanied by salivation. Rinse the mouth with warm tea water, ensuring not to swallow the remaining saliva. Repeat three to four times for a cure. (Ibid.)

Burn the bark to ash, make it into powder, mix with raw oil, and apply externally. (From *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*)

Dig a small pit in the ground and heat it until red-hot. Sprinkle wine onto the hot pit, place *Evodiae Fructus* (Wuzhuyu) inside the pit, and have the patient sit over it. It will be cured in no more than three sessions. (From *Waitai Miyao*)

(To ward off all miasma, seasonal wind-cold pathogens)
Select *Sichuan Pepper* (Hong Chuanjiao) (discard those with closed shells), store them in a crimson gauze pouch, weighing approximately one tael. Hang it close to the inner clothing; all evil pathogens dare not invade. (From *Jingyue Quanshu*)

(Treating wind-phlegm obstruction leading to aphonia or unconsciousness)
*Mentha haplocalyx* (Bohe), *Indigo Naturalis* (Qingdai), *Borax* (Pengsha) (each 2 qian), *Calculus Bovis* (Niuhuang), *Borneolum* (Bingpian) (each 3 fen). Grind all into fine powder. First wash the tongue with honey water, then wipe the tongue with ginger water. Next, dilute the powder with water and apply it to the base of the tongue. (Ibid.)

(Treating various wind-damp freckles, acne rosacea, pityriasis versicolor/white scale wind, and pruritus)
*Vigna radiata* seed powder (Lüdoufen) (half jin), *Angelica dahurica* (Baizhi), *Talcum* (Huashi) (each 1 liang), *Fuzi processed* (Baifuzi) (5 qian). Grind into powder. Take a few spoonfuls daily, wash the affected area morning and evening. (From *Qifang Leibian*)

(Treating freckles, acne rosacea, and rough skin in men and women)
*Nardostachys chinensis* (Gansong), *Kaempferia galanga* (Shannai), *Asarum* (Xixin), *Angelica dahurica* (Baizhi), *Bletilla striata* (Baiji), *Ampelopsis japonica* (Bailian), *Saposhnikovia divaricata* (Fangfeng), *Schizonepeta* (Jingjie), *Bombyx Batryticatus* (Jiangcan), *Gardeniae Fructus* (Shanzhi), *Ligusticum chuanxiong* (Ben - note: text says 'Ben', likely referring to Ligusticum or similar aromatic root), *Gastrodia elata* (Tianma), *Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix* (Qianghuo), *Angelica pubescens* (Duhuo), *Turcicus* (Tuoseng - likely Calamine or similar mineral), *Alumen Exsiccatum* (Kufan), *Santalum Album* (Tanxiang), *Sichuan Pepper* (Chuanjiao), *Chrysanthemi Flos* (Juhua) (each 1 qian), flesh of red dates (7). Grind into fine powder. Use about one jin of pitted soap, beat together with the powder to form pills. In autumn and winter, add 5 qian of raw honey. Wash face/body morning and evening. (Ibid.)