宣、通窍溃痈。
辛温。搜风杀虫。功同皂荚。其锋锐直达病所。溃散痈疽。治肿毒妒乳。（乳痈、汁不
出、
内结成肿、名妒乳。）风疠。（疠风、乃营气热风寒客于脉而不去也、经曰∶脉风成为疠、
脉与营皆血也、蒸晒为末、大黄汤调下。）癣疮。（米醋熬嫩刺涂之。）胎衣不下。为痈疽未
溃之神药。已溃勿服。孕妇亦忌。叶、洗风疮。
肥皂荚（泻热毒。）
辛温微毒。除风湿，去垢腻。（澡身盥面多用之。）疗无名肿毒。有奇功。（不拘奇疡恶
毒、
用生肥皂去子弦及筋、捣烂、醋和敷、立愈、不愈再敷、奇验、此方方书未载、若贫人僻地
、仓卒无药者、用之甚便。）
宣、行气血。
苦平。痘疮顶陷。浆滞不起。煎汤浴之。（此因气凝血滞、或风寒外束而然、宜用水杨
枝叶
、无叶用嫩枝五斤、流水一釜、煎汤温浴、如冷添汤、良久照见累起有晕丝者、浆行也、如
不满、再浴之、虚人只洗头面手足、屡浴不起者死、初出及痒塌者、皆不可浴、若内服助气
血药、其效更速、此方有燮理之妙、盖黄钟一切而蛰虫启户、东风一吹而坚冰解冻之义也。
）
一名赤柽柳。宣、解毒。
甘咸而平。消痞解酒。利小便。疗诸风。解诸毒。近又以治痧疹热毒不能出外。用为发散。
末服四钱、治痧疹不出、喘嗽闷乱。砂糖调服、治疹后痢。
Gleditsiae Spina (Spine of Gleditsia sinensis): Promotes circulation, opens orifices, and resolves abscesses.
Acrid and warm in nature. It searches out wind pathogens and kills parasites. Its efficacy is similar to that of Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus). Its sharp action reaches the disease site directly, causing carbuncles and sores to suppurate and disperse. It treats swelling toxins and Du Ru (breast abscess, where milk stasis forms a lump internally). It treats Feng Li (leprosy-like conditions caused by wind-cold invading the vessels and stagnating with hot Ying Qi; as stated in the classics: "Vessels affected by wind become Li"; since vessels and Ying are both related to blood, it is steamed, dried, powdered, and taken with Dahuang Decoction). It treats tinea corporis (apply paste of tender spines boiled in rice vinegar topically). It treats retention of the placenta. It is a divine medicine for carbuncles and sores before they have ulcerated. It should not be used after ulceration. Pregnant women should also avoid it. The leaves can be used to wash wind-related skin sores.
Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus): Drains heat and detoxifies.
Acrid, warm, and slightly toxic. It dispels wind-dampness and removes grease and dirt (commonly used for bathing the body and washing the face). It treats unnamed swellings and toxins with miraculous effects. (For any strange ulcers or malignant toxins, take raw Zaojiao, remove the seeds, rind, and tendons, pound into a paste, mix with vinegar, and apply externally for immediate cure; if not cured, reapply. This prescription is not recorded in medical books but is very convenient for poor people in remote areas who lack medicines urgently.)
Shuiyang Zhuye (Branches and Leaves of Salix integra): Promotes circulation of Qi and Blood.
Bitter and neutral in nature. It treats smallpox lesions that are depressed at the apex with stagnant pus that fails to rise. Boil in water for bathing. (This condition arises from Qi stagnation and Blood stasis, or external constraint by wind-cold. Use Shuiyang branches and leaves; if leaves are unavailable, use five jin of tender branches with one fu of running water, boil for a warm bath. Add hot water if it cools down. After some time, observe if the lesions rise with a halo, indicating pus flow. If not sufficient, bathe again. For deficient patients, only wash the head, face, hands, and feet. If lesions do not rise after repeated baths, the prognosis is fatal. Do not bathe during the initial eruption or when lesions are itchy and collapsed. Internal administration of Qi- and Blood-nourishing herbs will accelerate efficacy. This method has the subtlety of regulating Yin and Yang, akin to the principle that when the Huangzhong pitch-pipe blows ash, hibernating insects emerge, and when the east wind blows, hard ice thaws.)
Xihe Liuye (Leaves of Tamarix chinensis), also known as Chichengliu: Promotes circulation and detoxifies.
Sweet, salty, and neutral. It dissipates masses, resolves alcohol toxicity, promotes urination, treats various wind disorders, and resolves various toxins. Recently, it has been used to treat sand-rash (sha zhen) heat toxins that fail to vent outward. Used as a dispersing agent. Take four qian of powder orally to treat sha rash that does not erupt, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, and restlessness. Mix with rock sugar and take orally to treat dysentery following the eruption of rash.