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**Stabbed into flesh, various remedies fail:** Pine resin flows out like a nipple; apply the fragrant kind to the wound, wrap with cloth for three to five days. When roots emerge, there will be no itching or pain, and recovery will occur unnoticed. (*Bingbu Shouji*)

**Needle stuck in flesh:** Mash one ground beetle (Loufu), apply to the puncture site; the needle will come out. (*Jingyan Liangfang*)

**Needle broken inside flesh:** Scrape human fingernails into powder, mash sour jujube seeds, apply the paste; the needle will definitely come out the next day. (*Shenghui Fang*)

**Extract arrowheads and bamboo/wood splinters from flesh:** Huarui stone from Shanzhou, selecting those resembling sulfur with white spots (2 liang, processed seven times), grind into powder, rub on the area; the splinter will come out spontaneously. (*Yiliang Li Shi Kan Fang*)

**Bamboo/wood splinters in flesh:** Mix fresh crab roe with sparrow droppings, mash into a paste, apply to the site for immediate extraction. Alternatively, chew ox-knee herb (Achyranthes bidentata) into a paste and apply; this is also excellent. (*Qifang Zuan Yao*)

**Bamboo/wood skewer in flesh:** Grind sheep manure into powder, mix with water to form a paste, apply over the splinter. Wait until it hurts and scratch it; the splinter will come out naturally. (*Lingyuan Fang*)

**Bamboo splinter in flesh:** On the Dragon Boat Festival, place live late-season silkworm moths into a bamboo tube, let them dry and die naturally, then grind into powder. Take a small amount, mix with saliva, and apply. (*Bianmin Tuzuan*)

**Remove bamboo splinters:** Grind castor beans, apply to the splinter site; it will come out immediately. (*Jingxiu Zhai Fang*)

**Wood splinter in flesh:** Burn dried sheep dung to ash, mix with lard, apply; the splinter will come out without sensation. (*Qianjin Fang*)

**Reed splinter in flesh:** Chew raw chestnuts and apply as a poultice. (*Waitai Mi Yao*)

**Snake bone splinter in flesh:** Burn dead mice to powder, apply to the site. (*Weishi Dexiao Fang*)

**Iron object in flesh:** Use thirty chestnuts; each person chews one and applies it intermittently to the wound. After applying thirty chestnuts, the object will come out. This has been tested and proven effective. (*Huo Ren Shu*)

**Iron sand in flesh:** Apply pumpkin heart to the mouth of the wound to extract it. If a lead bullet enters the flesh and migrates, pour mercury into the wound opening to immobilize it, then attempt removal by other means. (*Sisheng Bencao*)

**Iron arrow in flesh:** Scrape ivory into powder, mix with water, apply to the site; it will come out immediately. (*Jianyao Jizhong*)

**Arrowhead embedded deeply, unable to pull out:** Grind together one mantis and half a seed of croton (Badou), apply to the injury. Endure slight itching; when intense itching occurs, shake and pull it out. Then apply Huanglian Guan Zhong Tang (a heat-clearing decoction) mixed with calcined gypsum to the wound. (*Tao Shi Bie Lu*)

**Another method:** Take a horn of Tian Shui cattle (selecting one horn), place it in a small bottle, add one qian of cinnabar/sand, add a few drops of water, wait for it to naturally dissolve into liquid. Apply drops to the wound; the object will come out. (*Bencao Gangmu*)

**Porcelain shard embedded in foot:** Remove shell and skin from triangular white ginkgo nuts, soak the kernel in vegetable oil until saturated, mash into a cake, and apply to the site. Change dressings repeatedly until healed. For chronic wounds lasting years, four or five applications will cure it. (*Jingyan Liangfang*)

**Snake entering the seven orifices:** Cut off a sow's tail, drip blood into the orifice; the snake will exit. (*Qianjin Fang*)

**Snake entering the mouth:** Caused by seeking coolness on the ground in summer. If a snake enters the mouth and cannot exit, use a sharp knife to cut open the snake's tail, insert two or three raw peppercorns, wrap tightly, and within moments, the snake will withdraw itself. (*Shenghui Fang*)

**Insects entering the ear:** Drip human milk; the insects will exit. (*Shengji Zonglu*)

**Another formula:** Mix verdigris with raw sesame oil, drip into the ear; they will exit. (*Weisheng Jiabao Fang*)

**Another formula:** Roar realgar until red-hot, smoke the ear with it; the insects will come out on their own. (*Shibian Liangfang*)

**Flying insects entering the ear:** Mix powder of raw Pinellia ternata with sesame oil, apply to the outside of the ear; they will exit. (*Xu Xueshi Benshi Fang*)

**Fly entering the ear:** Grind soap pod and woodworms into a paste, mix with fresh fish blood, and instill into the ear. (*Weishi Dexiao Fang*)

**Centipede entering the ear:** Fry chicken meat in oil, place in a hot vessel, cover with a lid leaving a small hole. Have the patient position their ear against the hole so the chicken aroma fumes into the ear; centipedes will gather on the chicken meat, and the condition will resolve. (*Tongshou Tang*)

*Collection of Precious Gatherings:* In summer, placing jasmine flowers by the bed can attract centipedes.

**Slug entering the ear:** Drip sheep milk into the ear; it will turn into water. (*Jianyi Liangfang*)

**Ant entering the ear:** Roast a piece of lean pork until fragrant, place near the ear; the ants will come out. (*Baiyi Xuanfang*)

**Maggot entering the ear:** Mash almonds, extract the oil, and drip it in. The maggot will either exit or die. (*Fushou Jingfang*)

**Another formula:** Add green vitriol (Ferrous Sulfate); it will dissolve into water. (*Zhaixuan Fang*)

**Tick entering the ear:** Decoct rice straw ash into juice, irrigate into the ear; the tick will die and drain out with the fluid. (*Jianghu Jiwen*)

**Fleas/Lice entering the ear:** Stir-fried Acorus tatarinowii powder, placed in a bag, used as a pillow; healing follows. (*Puji Fang*)

**Soybean entering the ear:** Use a goose quill tube, cut to about two cun length, remove the inner membrane but leave a small portion at one end. Insert the membranous end into the ear, inhale through the mouth to create suction, and the bean will come out. (*Sa Shi Ruizhutang Fang*)

**Foreign body in ear, unable to extract:** Cut one end of a hemp rope, dissolve beef glue onto the frayed end, probe into the ear to adhere the object, and slowly pull it out. Effective. (*Sunshi Mibao Fang*)

**Wheat awn entering the eye:** Cover the eye with blue cloth, hold a cockchafer larva (Qicao), and rub it over the cloth; the awn will stick to the cloth and be removed. (*Qianjin Fang*)

**Dust/Ash entering the eye:** Chop a mulberry tree, collect the exuding sap/water, apply to the eyes; immediate healing. (*Yansheng Yishu*)

**Sand/Dust entering the eye:** Take one live dung beetle, hold its claws, and wave them over the shadow of the eye; the sand will exit. (*Xu Shi Milu*)

**Spider silk/Fine thread entering the eye:** Crush Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii (Shichangpu). Plug the right nostril with the crushed herb for the left eye, and the left nostril for the right eye; highly effective. Alternatively, make pills from comb scale/dirt, place at the corner of the eye; the thread will exit. (*Chengshi Xu Jide Fang*)

**Flying thread entering the eye:** Use a new brush to stir gently inside the eye; the thread will collect on the brush. (*Huaidetang Fang*)

**Rabbit hair entering the eye:** Take a piece of alum the size of a fist, wash off dust with water, lick the alum with the tongue. After some time, the hair will emerge from the root of the tongue. (*Li Xishun Jingyan Fang*)

**Smoke irritation entering the eye:** Common among smokers who accidentally get smoke in the eyes. Washing with other liquids increases pain and may lead to blindness. Must use loose hair or fabric tassels to gently rub the area; it will heal. (*Danfang Yaoyao*)

**Miscellaneous objects entering the eye:** Boar fat, boil and skim the oil-like substance from the surface. Lie supine without a pillow, instill into the nose. Within a few doses, the object will exit along with the fluid. (*Shenghui Fang*)

**Eye injured by foreign object:** Mix two carp gallbladders and three chicken gallbladders evenly. Instill daily. (*Guangji Fang*)

**Swelling and pain from contact with "Crane Poison":** *Xianhe* (likely referring to a toxic plant or insect residue, context implies contact dermatitis/toxicity from vegetation) leaves residue toxicity on trees or grass where it scratches itself. Touching or stepping on these causes sudden redness, swelling, and severe pain. Immediately mash pine needles with glutinous rice, apply as a poultice; healing is immediate. (*Linquan Beiyong*)