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The manifestations of Bai Lai (White Leprosy) include hoarseness of voice, blurred vision, numbness and paralysis of the four limbs, hot pain in the joints as if burning, stiffness and spasm of the spine and back muscles as if cut by a knife, stubborn weakness of the hands and feet, urticaria on the body, nasal polyps, white opacities in the eyes, skin sensation like needle pricks, or the appearance of urticaria with mottled white patches. Hence it is called Bai Lai.

Formula:
Wushe San (Urotheca Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai, manifesting as hoarse and damaged voice, numbness and paralysis of the four limbs, itching, and ulceration.
Ingredients: Wushe (Water Snake, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted); Gegen (Kudzu Root, crushed, each 1 liang); Kushen (Sophora Root); Zishen; Shashen; Renshen (Ginseng); Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome); Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome, soaked in wine); Suodiao (Akebia Stem, ...); Binglang (Areca Nut, roasted and crushed); Shu Gan Dihuang (Prepared Rehmannia Root, sliced and dried); Weirui (Polygonatum Rhizome); Shaoyao (Peony Root); Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig, coarse bark removed); Xuanshen (Scrophularia Root, hard ones selected); Longgu (Fossilized Bones, ground); Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome); Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower, unopened buds slightly roasted); Jili Zi (Tribulus Fruit, roasted and thorns removed); Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root, seedlings and soil removed); Xixin (Asarum Root, seedlings and leaves removed); Tianxiong (Aconitum Lateral Root, cracked by roasting, skin and navel removed, each 2 qian); Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root, sliced and dried); Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted and crushed); Yuanzhi (Polygala Root, heart removed); Bajitian (Morinda Root, heart removed); Cang'erhua (Xanthium Flower, dried by roasting, each 2 qian); Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit, washed in water, dried and roasted); Shexiang (Musk, ground, each half liang). The above are processed into a fine powder. Take 2 qianbi per dose, mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach. Gradually increase to 3 qianbi, and take again at dusk.

Fushetou Wan (Viper Head Pill, also known as Pi Wan, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai.

Linglijia Wan (Pangolin Scale Pill, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai.
Ingredients: Linglijia (Pangolin Scales, 3 jin, sliced and roasted until slightly yellow); Fusheshe (Viper, half a snake, soaked in wine and roasted until slightly yellow); Banmao (Mustard Beetle, stir-fried with glutinous rice until slightly yellow, wings and legs removed); Mengchong (Blue Bottle Fly Larva, ...); Xiaoshi (Niter, slightly roasted, ...).

Baihuashe San (White-spotted Snake Powder, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai, manifesting as hoarseness, blurred vision, numbness and paralysis of the four limbs, hot joint pain, urticaria, and nasal polyps.
Ingredients: Baihuashe (White-spotted Snake, soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, roasted, 2 liang); Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome); Huaizi (Sophora Seed, slightly roasted); Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, rhizome head removed); Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, rhizome head removed); Wancan Sha (Silkworm Frass, ...). The above are processed into a fine powder.

Kushen Jiu (Sophora Wine, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for white spots all over the body, which shed scales when scratched, accompanied by itching or pain, with white patches gradually spreading. Known in the world as Bai Lai.
Ingredients: Kushen (Sophora Root, dirt, outer bark, and heart removed, crushed, 5 jin); Lufengfang (Honeycomb, crushed, 5 liang); Pi (Bark/Skin, crushed, one piece). Boil the above in 6 dou of water until reduced to 3 dou, then filter out the dregs. One variation excludes Tianma.

Tianma Jian (Gastrodia Decoction, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai Feng (Wind).
Ingredients: Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome, raw use, 1.5 jin); Tianliaomu (Polygonum Multiflorum Vine, raw use, 3 jin). Crush the above into soybean-sized particles. Boil in 3.5 dou of water until reduced to 1 dou, then filter out the dregs. Effective.

External Application Formula for Bai Lai (from *Shenghui Fang*)
Ingredients: Ge Shang Ting Chang (Ground Beetle, 4-7 pieces, wings and legs removed, stir-fried with glutinous rice until the rice is cooked, using no rice is better); Gan Fusheshe (Dried Viper, one piece, complete head and tail, roasted until yellow).

Shanglu Jiu (Phytolacca Wine, from *Shenghui Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai Da Feng (Great Wind/Leprosy), manifesting as loss of eyebrows and beard, Ba Feng (Eight Winds) and Shi Er Bi (Twelve Obstructions), pathogenic factors lodging in the meridians causing stiffness, and weakness of limbs and joints with numbness.

Aiye Jiu (Mugwort Wine, from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Indicated for Bai Lai. Also treats Da Feng Lai (Great Wind Leprosy).
Method: Boil dry Aiye (Artemisia Argyi Leaf) thickly to extract the juice. For every 1 dou of Mi Qu (Rice Ferment), use 5 liang of Aiye. Depending on the amount of rice ferment, mix and soak with the concentrated decoction, and brew according to standard methods.

Treatment for Bai Lai (from *Shenghui Fang*)
Method: Use Mabiancao (Verbena Officinalis Herb) in any quantity, grind into powder. Before meals, take 1 qian mixed with Jingjie (Schizonepeta) and Bohe (Mint) decoction. It is effective.

Treatment for Bai Lai (from *Bencao*)
Method: Take one large Fusheshe (Viper), do not injure it. Soak in wine. For a large snake, use 1 dou of wine; for a small one, use 5 sheng. Warm slightly over mild fire. Take a slice of the snake about 1 cun long... (Text cuts off)