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Ta Yi Gao (Supreme One Ointment) for treating all kinds of malignant sores, transmitted by Vice Minister Li, is extremely effective.

Herbs: Chishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Xiang Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Guanzi Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Sheng Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens siccata) (each 1 liang).

All the above herbs are chopped. First, decoct 2 jin of refined sesame oil until fragrant. When the foam disappears, add the herbs and decoct until the mixture turns black. Remove the residue and filter the oil. Then add Huang Dan (Lithargyrum/Lead Monoxide) and bury it in a Hu Ke Zi (burial vessel) to process. Apply as an ointment patch; if taken internally, swallow one pill with warm water. For chronic Luoli (scrofula/cervical lymphadenitis), apply the patch and swallow one pill with warm water. For various ulcers, wash with salt water before applying the patch, and swallow one pill with wine. For contusions and injuries, apply the patch and swallow one pill with tangerine peel decoction. For pain in the waist and knees, swallow one pill with salt water. For women's blood qi disorders, swallow one pill with Mutong (Akebiae Caulis) and Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) decoction. For leukorrhea (red and white discharge), swallow one pill with wine. For swelling, wrap one pill in cotton and let it dissolve in the mouth. For all wind-lao (chronic fatigue/wasting) diseases, swallow one pill with Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix) decoction. For all types of carbuncles, furuncles, painful swollen sores, and various scabies/tinea, refine separately, add a little oil to the ointment to mix evenly, and apply to the affected area. Use appropriately for various ailments; it is very effective. This formula was obtained from a monk and is quite miraculous. It is vowed not to be passed on to those who seek profit. If used for profit, one will encounter tigers in mountains and dragons in waters. Those applying it must be cautious. The Ge Chancellor family inherited it. Zheng Zhixian Heng Lao obtained it from a monk in Kunshan, compounded it frequently to give to people, and found it extraordinarily wonderful!

Continuation added by Palace Envoy Hua:
Good white oil-paper sheets (10 sheets, each cut into 8 pieces), Yingzhua Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma with sharp claws, 1 liang, remove roots, finely chopped).

Use about two bowls of water, place in a clay pot, and decoct together with Huanglian until reduced to one and a half bowls. First add five sheets of oil paper, then continue adding the remaining five sheets. Decoct together for five to seven hundred boils. Add water as needed when the liquid reduces. Do not allow contact with iron vessels. Strain and wipe off Huanglian residues, then dry by baking. If the sore is broken with pus, apply the drug flower loosely as a patch. For cane-blow sores, cut to fit exactly according to size, not too large. First trim the edges neatly. Burn the oil paper to ash, mix with hot wine, chew ginger and swallow, then apply the patch. Strictly avoid contact with women's hands. This medicine effectively treats Dingchuang (carbuncle/furuncle), Beiju (back abscess), Liuju (tumor abscess), Naispi (breast lump), Naiju (breast abscess), Guimian Dandu (facial erysipelas), and Heiyong (black carbuncle). After applying the patch, avoid meat and fish for one to two shichen (2-4 hours). If used early upon feeling the onset of disease, the effect is particularly rapid.