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Cortex Moutan (Mu Dan Pi), Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae Gui Xin (each 2 liang); Rhizoma Aconiti Kusnezoffii Chuan Wu (processed, skin and tips removed); Semen Persicae Tao Ren (each 1 liang, stir-fried with bran until yellow, skin and tips removed, separately ground).

The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Using a paste made from wine and flour as a binder, form pills the size of *Koelreuteria paniculata* seeds (Wu Tong Zi). Take 30 pills per dose, swallowed with warm wine.

It treats all diseases of the lower body. Even if swelling and pain have subsided but persisted for many years, taking this medicine will permanently eradicate the root cause.

Fructus Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi (take 1 jin of purified flesh; take 4 liang, stir-fry together with 1 he of bran and 49 Meloides Ban Mao until the bran turns yellow, then discard the bran and Ban Mao; take another 4 liang, stir-fry until the bran turns yellow, then discard the bran and Radix Morinda Officinalis Ba Ji Tian; take another 4 liang, stir-fry together with 1 liang salt and 1 liang Fructus Foeniculi Hui Xiang until yellow, then discard the salt and Hui Xiang); Lignum Aucklandiae Mu Xiang; Semen Cistanches Suo Yang (also known as Po Gu Zhi, stir-fried until fragrant, each 1 liang).

The above ingredients are ground into fine powder. Using a paste made from wine and flour as a binder, form pills the size of *Koelreuteria paniculata* seeds. Take 50 pills per dose, swallowed with salt water. For severe cases, take three to two doses daily, on an empty stomach or before meals.

Jin Suo Dan (Golden Lock Pill) for treating turbid urine, added to Hu Gongshi's formula.

Real Cornus Officinalis Shan Zhu Yu (choose red and plump ones, quantity as needed).

Cut off the green calyx of a large radish, hollow it out like a small urn, fill it with Shan Zhu Yu, cover it with the calyx, and secure it with bamboo nails. Steam it in rice until the radish is soft and rotten. Remove the radish, dry the Shan Zhu Yu, grind it into powder, and use flour paste to form pills the size of *Koelreuteria paniculata* seeds. Take 30-40 pills per dose, on an empty stomach.

Carbuncles, sores, swellings, scrofula (Luo Li), tinea (Suo Xuan), head sores, fistulas (Lou Chuang), tumors/warts (Liu Zhui), soft boils (Ruan Jie), wound contraction, donkey saliva, horse sweat entering wounds, carbuncle (Ding Chuang), venereal abscess (Bian Du), mastitis (Ru Yong - see Women's Section), miscellaneous sores, beard sores, fox thorn (Hu Ci), kidney carbuncle (Shen Yong), breast carbuncle (Nai Yong), and all kinds of sores and swellings. This prescription was passed down by Judge Zhan.

Lepidium Apetalum Lu Pu (locally, people collect its leaves, crush them to extract juice, and throw it into streams to intoxicate fish; in Jiangxi, it is called Yu Zui Cao; in Shaoxing, it is called Lu Mu).

In the twelfth lunar month, harvest the roots, crush and chop them into coarse pieces. Take 3-4 da qian per dose, with one large cup of unadulterated wine. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 of the cup volume, strain, and take hot on an empty stomach or before meals. Avoid onions, soy sauce, alcohol, etc. Do not use copper or iron vessels during decoction. For deep-seated diseases, take three to four doses daily. Do not use plaster patches. Regardless of gender, age (old or young), duration of illness (long-standing or recent), constitution (deficient qi or excess qi), it treats all sores and swellings on the body, regardless of their diverse types. For those already ulcerated with pus, the pus will discharge spontaneously; for those not yet ulcerated, the toxin will dissipate spontaneously. It does not consume true essence nor disturb the zang-fu organs. Adding a small amount of Radix Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao and Rhizoma Sparganii Shi Chang Pu for simultaneous decoction yields even better results. Pregnant women...