雄黄丸 治瘟不相染。
明雄（一两，研） 丹参 赤小豆（炒熟） 鬼箭羽（各二两）
共为末，蜜丸梧子大。每日空心，温水下五丸。
避瘟丹 烧之能避一切秽恶邪气。
苍术 乳香 甘松 细辛 芸香 降真香（等分） 糊为丸豆大。每用一丸焚之，良久又焚
一丸，略有香气即妙。
福建香茶饼 能避一切瘴气瘟疫，伤寒秽气，不时噙化。
沉香 白檀（各一两） 儿茶（二两） 粉草（五钱） 麝香（五分） 冰片（三分）
共为细末，糯米汤调，丸黍米大，噙化。
透顶清凉散 凡遇时令不正，瘟疫流行，人各带之，或嗅鼻，可免侵染。
白芷 细辛 当归 明雄 牙皂（等分）
共为细末，瓷瓶贮，勿泄气。用时令病者噙水口内，将药 鼻，吐水取嚏，不嚏再吹，嚏
方止。已患未患者皆宜用。
神圣避瘟丹
苍术（君，倍） 香附 羌活 独活 甘松 山奈 白芷 赤箭 大黄 雄黄（各等分）
共为末，糊丸弹子大，黄丹为衣，晒干。正月初一平旦，焚一炷避除一岁瘟疫邪气。
老君神明散 避瘟疫。
苍术（一钱） 桔梗（二钱五分） 细辛 附子（炮，去黑皮，各一两） 乌头（四两，
去皮、尖）
共为细末，带于身边，可免瘟疫。不可服。
藜芦散 一名赤散，避瘟疫。
藜芦 踯躅 干姜（各一两） 丹皮 皂角（各一两六钱） 细辛（十八铢） 桂枝（一作桂心）
附子 朱砂（一作真珠，另研，各六两）
共为粗末，绛囊系臂上，男左女右，觉病作，取药末少许，纳鼻中。嫌分量多，和时四分之
一亦可，后皆仿此。
务成子萤火丸 主避瘟疾恶气，百鬼虎野狼，蛇虺蜂虿诸毒。五兵白刃盗贼凶害，皆避之。
萤火虫 鬼箭羽（去皮） 蒺藜 矾石（各一两， 枯） 雄黄 雌黄（各二两） 羚羊角
锻灶灰 锤柄（入斧头木，烧焦，各两半）
共为粗末，以鸡子黄、雄鸡冠一具，和之如杏仁大。红绸缝三角囊盛五丸，带左臂上，仍可挂
于门户。
屠苏酒
大黄（十五铢） 白术（十铢） 桔梗（十五铢） 川椒（十五铢，炒出汗） 防风（六铢）
乌头（六铢，炒） 桂枝（十五铢） （六铢，乃今之二钱半，廿四铢为一两）
入红囊中，于腊月晦日，悬井中。毋着水，元旦出药入酒中，煎数沸，于东向户中饮之。先
自小者饮起，饮三朝。若每年饮，可代代无病。内外井中，宜悉着药，忌猪、羊、牛肉，生葱、
桃、李、雀肉。
避瘟丹
苍术 红枣
和丸烧之。
又方 时瘟疫流行，水缸内每早投黑豆一握，全家无恙。五更潜投黑豆大握于井中，勿令人
见，饮水，家俱无恙。
入病家不染方 香油和雄黄、苍术末，涂鼻孔，既出，纸条探嚏。如无黄、
术，即香油亦可。饮雄黄酒一杯，或止抹雄黄于鼻孔即妙。
瘟病不染 五月五日午时，多采苍耳嫩叶阴干收之。遇疫时，为末，冷水服二钱。或水煎，
举家皆饮，能避邪恶。
避瘟良方 瘟疫盛行，车前子隔纸焙为末，服即不染。
瘟疫不染方 将初病患贴身衣服，甑上蒸过，合家不染。
又避瘟方 入瘟家，以麻油涂鼻孔，出再取嚏，则不染。
避瘟方 以桃叶上虫，捣烂，凉水调服，瘟疫不染。（一方止用桃虫蠹尿。）
又方 以赤小豆、糯米，浸水缸中，每日取水用。
又方 以贯众浸水用之，或苍术浸水用。
断瘟法 密以艾灸病患床四角，各一壮，勿令人知，不染。凡入瘟家，常以鸡鸣时，默念四
海神名三七遍。百邪不犯。
东海神呵明 西海神巨乘 南海神祝融 北海神禺强
每入病室，存心念三遍，勿退场门。
雄狐屎（在山中石上或竹木上，尖头者。）烧之，避恶去瘟疫。
茵陈乌梅汤 治瘟疫。
九九尽日，茵陈连根采，阴干。遇瘟疫起，每一人用茵陈五分，乌梅二个，打碎，水二盅，
煎八分，热服，汗出即愈。
赤豆避瘟法（正月七日。）用新布囊盛赤小豆，置井中，三日取出。举家皆服，男十粒，
女廿粒，瘟则远避。
姜酒避瘟法 凡遇瘟疫行时，出门须先饮烧酒一杯，回家时仍再饮一杯，然后食别物，但勿至
醉。不能饮者，出入可食姜蒜，或以塞鼻。
神砂避瘟丸 神砂一两，研细，白蜜和丸麻子大。以太岁日或平旦，一家皆向东方，用井花冷
水各吞廿一丸，永无疫患。忌荤一日。
一方 元日五更，以红枣祭五瘟毕，合家食之吉。
一方 正月上寅日，取女菁草末三合，绛袋盛，挂帐中，能避瘟。
避瘟杀鬼丸 （如要少做，或四分之一，或改两作钱皆可。一方有空心青鳖甲作龟甲。）
雄黄 雌黄（各三两） 山甲 龙骨 鳖甲 皮（各二两） 川芎（二两） 禹余粮（二两）
真珠（酌加） 羚羊角（七两） 虎头骨（七两） 樗鸡（十五枚，如无，以芫青十五枚代）
东门上雄鸡头（一枚）
共为末，蜡溶为丸，弹子大。每正旦，病家门口烧一两丸，并每人带一丸，男左女右。避疫
杀鬼。并吊丧问疾，皆吉。
太苍公避瘟丹 凡官舍旅馆，久无人到，积湿积邪，容易侵人，焚之可以远此。五六月，
终日焚之，可以避瘟。
苍术（一斤） 台芎 黄连 白术 羌活（各八两） 川芎 草乌 细辛 柴胡 防风 独
活甘草 本 白芷 香附 当归 荆芥 天麻 官桂 甘松 干姜 山奈 麻黄 牙皂 白芍
（各四两） 麝香（三分）
共为细末，□点之。
一方 除夜，将家中所余杂药（调和成一处者。）焚之，并焚苍术，可避瘟疫。
一方 除夜有行瘟疫使者，降于人间。以黄纸朱书“天行已过”四字，贴于门额，吉。
一方 悬挂马尾松枝，可免瘟疫。
一方 天行时气，宅舍怪异，并烧降真香有验。
一方 兜木香烧之，去恶气，除病瘟，产兜渠国。
一方 烧青木香、薰陆、安息胶香，可避瘟疫。
烧香避瘟 枢密王博文，每于正旦四更，烧丁香避瘟。
入病家不染 用舌顶上额，努力闭气一口，使气充满毛窍，则不染。
避瘟丹 烧之避瘟邪气。
乳香 苍术 细辛 生草 川芎 降真 白檀
枣肉丸，焚烧。
不染瘟方
雄黄（五钱） 赤小豆（一两） 苍术（一两，泔浸去皮，壁土炒）
共为细末，水调。每服一钱。
又方 姜豉和白术浸酒，举家常服。（一方无术。）
又方 初伏，采黄花蒿阴干，冬至日研末收存，至元旦蜜调服。
又方 六月六日，采马齿苋晒干，元旦煮熟，盐醋调食之。
又方 元日，用麻子三七粒，赤豆七粒，共撒井中，避瘟。
又方 元日，吞赤小豆七粒，服椒酒一杯，却病避瘟。
又方 立春后庚子日，温蔓菁汁，合家并服，不拘多少，可避瘟。萝卜汁亦可。（蔓菁亦云
芜菁。）
麻豆投井方 除夜四更时，取麻子、赤小豆各廿七粒，并佳人发少许，同投井中，终岁无伤
寒瘟疫。
发泥投井 除夜，以合家头发烧灰，同脚底泥包，投井中。咒曰∶我家眷属，不害伤寒，瘟
魔远遁，四季平安。急急如九天金轮王敕令。
避瘟方 于病患出汗时，身下舒一挑担，则不传染，须舒于褥底下，不得近身，恐挑担凉，
冰汗不出。
杀鬼丹
虎头骨（真者，酥炙） 桃（枭系桃之干在树上者） 斧头木（系斧柄入斧头中之木）
雄黄（明亮者，另研） 桃仁（去皮、尖，麸炒黄） 朱砂（光明者，另研，各一钱五分） 犀角屑
木香 白术 鬼箭羽（各一钱） 麝香（七分五厘）
共为粗末，带之，可避瘟疫。
一方 于春分日，用远志去心，水煎。日未出时，东面饮二盅，探吐，则疾疫不生。
一方 于谷雨以后，用川芎、苍术、白芷、 本、零陵香各等分，煎水沐浴三次，以泄其汗，
汗出臭者无病。
□吐免疫。
桃汤 元日，服桃汤，压邪气，制百鬼。
纳椒井中 腊日之夜，令人持椒卧井旁，无与人言，纳椒井中，可除瘟病。一方，除夜取椒
廿粒行之。
又方 元日，饮苍术汤并用汤沐浴及焚烧，可避终岁疫。
逐蝇祛疫法 忆昔年，入夏瘟疫大行，有红头青蝇千百为群，凡入人家，必有患瘟疫而亡者。
后传一法，用铁盆不拘大小，纳白矾四两，用滚水倾入盆内，令满，将矾化开，次以口含火酒，
连喷三口于盆内，又取桃核一枚，割两头，令通去仁，用纸包枪药少许，塞桃核空壳内，用红线
绳一根，穿入核内，将红线为弦，取桃枝缚作一弓，安于铁盆中。凡水内，弓背在下，弓弦向上。
再用桃木作箭三枝，插于盆外，青蝇自当远避，举家即免瘟病。其盆随便安于宅之僻处，经岁莫
动，相传极效。松峰记。
避瘟方 新布盛大豆，纳井中，一宿取出，每服七粒。
避疫椒柏酒 除日，用椒三七粒，东向侧柏七枝，浸酒一瓶，元日饮之。
通治疫疠方 常以东行桃枝煎汤浴之。（未病已病皆治。）
避瘟方 以绛囊盛马蹄屑佩之，男左女右。
预防热病（兼治急黄贼风。）
葛粉（二升） 生地（一升） 豉（半升）
食后，米饮服三钱，日三服，已病则日五服。
避瘟不染 米为末，顿服之。
又方 三月三日，取黍面和菜作羹食。
预解疮疹 茜根煎汁，入少酒服。（时行疹子正发时，服此则可无患。）
李子建杀鬼丸 避瘟疫，杀一切魑魅魍魉。
藜芦（三两） 虎骨头（两半） 雄黄 鬼臼 天雄 皂荚 芜荑（各五钱）
共为末，揉入艾绒中，用壮纸二层卷作筒。遇瘟疫时点着，薰病患房中。
七物虎头丸 （避瘟杀鬼。）
虎头 朱砂 雄黄（各两半） 鬼臼 皂荚 芜荑 雄黄（各一两）
为末，熔蜡丸弹子大。红绢袋盛一丸，系男左女右臂上，又悬屋四角，晦望夜半各当户烧一
丸，晨起各人吞小豆大一丸，则不传染。
太乙流金散 （大避瘟疫。）
雄黄（两半） 羚羊角（一两） 雌黄 白矾 鬼箭羽（各七钱半）
共粗末，三角绛囊盛一两，带心前，并挂户上，又青布包少许，中庭烧之。腊月鼠烧之避瘟
气。又于正旦所居处埋之，避瘟疫气。
Xionghuang Wan (Realgar Pill): Treats plague without infection.
Ming Xionghuang (Realgar, 1 liang, ground) Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) Chixiaodou (Vigna angularis, roasted) Guijianyu (Periploca sepium, each 2 liang)
Grind all into fine powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of a Chinese quince seed. Take five pills daily on an empty stomach with warm water.
Biwen Dan (Plague-Avoidance Pill): Burning this can ward off all kinds of filth and evil qi.
Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea) Ruxiang (Frankincense) Gansong (Nardostachys jatamansi) Xixin (Asarum) Yunxiang (Ruta graveolens) Jiangzhenxiang (Aquilaria agallocha, equal parts)
Make pills the size of beans using paste. Burn one pill at a time; burn another after a while. It is ideal if there is a faint fragrance.
Fujian Xiangchabing (Fujian Incense Tea Cake): Can ward off all kinds of miasma, plague, typhoid, and foul qi. Chew and swallow as needed.
Chenxiang (Agarwood) Baitan (White Sandalwood, each 1 liang) Ercha (Kino) Fencao (Licorice, 5 qian) Shexiang (Musk) Bingpian (Borneol)
Grind into fine powder, mix with rice glutinous soup, and form pills the size of millet seeds. Hold in the mouth to dissolve.
Touding Qingliang San (Top-Penetrating Cooling Powder): Whenever seasonal abnormalities occur and plague spreads, carry it personally or sniff the nose to avoid infection.
Baizhi (Angelica dahurica) Xixin (Asarum) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Ming Xionghuang (Realgar) Ya Zao (Gleditsia sinensis, equal parts)
Grind into fine powder, store in a porcelain bottle, preventing gas leakage. When used, have the patient hold water in the mouth, blow the powder into the nose, spit out the water, and induce sneezing. If no sneeze occurs, blow again until sneezing happens. Suitable for both infected and uninfected individuals.
Shensheng Biwen Dan (Divine Plague-Avoidance Pill)
Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea, Sovereign herb, doubled amount) Xiangfu (Cyperus rotundus) Qianghuo (Notopterygium incisum) Duhuo (Angelica pubescens) Gansong (Nardostachys jatamansi) Shannai (Kaempferia galanga) Baizhi (Angelica dahurica) Chijian (Cornus kousa) Dahuang (Rheum palmatum) Xionghuang (Realgar, equal parts)
Grind into powder, make pills the size of bullets using paste, coat with Huangdan (Litharge), and dry in the sun. On the first morning of the first lunar month, burn one incense stick to ward off plague evil qi for the year.
Laojun Shenming San (Old Lord Divine Clarity Powder): Ward off plague.
Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea, 1 qian) Jiegeng (Platycodon grandiflorus, 2.5 qian) Xixin (Asarum) Fuzi (Aconitum carmichaelii, processed, black skin removed, each 1 liang) Wutou (Aconitum kusnezoffii, 4 liang, skin and tip removed)
Grind into fine powder, carry on the body to avoid plague. Do not ingest.
Lilü San (Veratrum Powder): Also known as Chi San (Red Powder), wards off plague.
Lilu (Veratrum nigrum) Zhizhu (Daphne odora) Ganjiang (Zingiber officinale, each 1 liang) Danpi (Moutan cortex) Zaojiao (Gleditsia sinensis, each 1.6 liang) Xixin (Asarum, 18 zhu) Guizhi (Cinnamon twig, alternatively Guixin/Cinnamon heart) Fuzi (Aconitum carmichaelii) Zhusha (Cinnabar, alternatively Zhenzhu/Pearl, separately ground, each 6 liang)
Grind into coarse powder, tie in a crimson silk pouch on the arm: left for men, right for women. When feeling illness onset, take a small amount of powder and insufflate into the nose. If the dosage seems too much, use one-quarter according to the season; subsequent prescriptions follow this pattern.
Wuchengzi Yinghuo Wan (Wuchengzi Firefly Pill): Mainly avoids plague diseases and evil qi, ghosts, tigers, wild wolves, snakes, scorpions, bees, wasps, and various poisons. Avoids weapons, white blades, thieves, and凶害 (fatal harm).
Yinghuochong (Firefly) Guijianyu (Periploca sepium, skin removed) Jili (Tribulus terrestris) Fanshi (Alumen, dried, each 1 liang) Xionghuang (Realgar) Cihuang (Orpiment, each 2 liang) Lingyangjiao (Antelope horn) Duzaohui (Forging stove ash) Chuibing (Hammer handle, specifically wood from axe head, burnt, each half liang)
Grind into coarse powder, mix with egg yolk and one rooster comb, forming pills the size of almonds. Sew five pills into a red silk triangular pouch, wear on the left arm, or hang on the door.
Tusu Jiu (Tusu Wine)
Dahuang (Rheum palmatum, 15 zhu) Baizhu (Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 zhu) Jiegeng (Platycodon grandiflorus, 15 zhu) Chuanjiao (Sichuan pepper, 15 zhu, stir-fried until sweat appears) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata, 6 zhu) Wutou (Aconitum kusnezoffii, 6 zhu, stir-fried) Guizhi (Cinnamon twig, 15 zhu) [Missing character, 6 zhu, equivalent to 2.5 qian today, 24 zhu equals 1 liang]
Place in a red pouch, hang in a well on the last day of the twelfth lunar month. Do not let it touch water. On New Year's Day, take the medicine out and put it in wine, boil briefly, and drink facing east. Start drinking from the youngest, continue for three days. Drinking annually ensures generations free from disease. Put medicine in internal and external wells. Avoid pork, mutton, beef, raw green onions, peaches, plums, and sparrow meat.
Biwen Dan (Plague-Avoidance Pill)
Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea) Hongzao (Jujube)
Mix and form pills for burning.
Another Prescription: During plague epidemics, throw a handful of black soybeans into the water vat every morning; the whole family remains safe. At dawn, secretly throw a handful of black soybeans into the well, ensuring no one sees. Drink the water; the whole family remains safe.
Ru Bingjia Buran Fang (Formula for Entering Sickrooms Without Infection): Mix Sesame Oil with Realgar and Cangzhu powder, apply to nostrils. After exiting, use paper strips to induce sneezing. If Realgar and Cangzhu are unavailable, Sesame Oil alone works. Drink a cup of Realgar wine, or simply apply Realgar to nostrils.
Wenbing Buran (Plague Disease Non-Infection): On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month at noon, collect many young leaves of Xanthium sibiricum, dry them in shade. During epidemics, grind into powder, take 2 qian with cold water. Or decoct in water, drink by the whole family to ward off evil.
Biwen Liangfang (Good Plague-Avoidance Formula): During severe plague, bake Plantago seeds between papers, grind into powder, and take to avoid infection.
Puyi Buran Fang (Plague Non-Infection Formula): Steam the贴身 (close-fitting) clothes of early-stage patients in a steamer; the whole family will not be infected.
You Biwen Fang (Another Plague-Avoidance Formula): Enter the plague patient's home, apply Sesame Oil to nostrils, exit and sneeze immediately to avoid infection.
Biwen Fang (Plague-Avoidance Formula): Crush insects found on peach leaves, mix with cold water, and take to avoid plague. (One method uses only peach insect excrement.)
Another Method: Soak Vigna angularis and glutinous rice in the water vat; use the water daily.
Another Method: Soak Guanzhong (Cyrtomium fortunei) in water for use, or soak Cangzhu in water.
Duanwen Fa (Method to Cut Off Plague): Secretly moxa-ignite the four corners of the patient's bed, one moxa cone per corner, without others knowing, to avoid infection. Whenever entering a plague house, silently recite the names of the Four Seas Deities 37 times during cockcrow. Hundred evils will not attack.
Donghai Shen Heming (East Sea Deity Heming) Xihai Shen Jucheng (West Sea Deity Jucheng) Nanhai Shen Zhurong (South Sea Deity Zhurong) Beihai Shen Yuqiang (North Sea Deity Yuqiang)
Each time entering a sickroom, focus mind and recite three times, do not retreat past the doorway.
Xiong Hu Shi (Male Fox Excrement) (Found on rocks or bamboo/wood in mountains, pointed ones.) Burn it to ward off evil and remove plague.
Yinchen Wumei Tang (Artemisia Capillaris and Smoked Plum Decoction): Treats plague.
On the day the "Nine Nines" cold period ends, harvest Yinchen (Artemisia capillaris) with roots, dry in shade. When plague arises, use 5 fen of Yinchen and 2 smoked plums per person, crush, add 2 bowls of water, decoct to 0.8 bowl, drink hot. Recovery occurs with sweating.
Chidou Biwen Fa (Red Bean Plague-Avoidance Method) (Seventh day of the first lunar month.) Place fresh Vigna angularis in a new cloth bag, put in the well, retrieve after three days. The whole family takes them: men take 10 grains, women take 20 grains; plague will stay away.
Jiangjiu Biwen Fa (Ginger-Wine Plague-Avoidance Method): When plague spreads, drink a cup of distilled liquor before going out, and another cup upon returning, then eat other foods, but do not get drunk. Those who cannot drink may eat ginger and garlic when going out/in, or stuff them in the nose.
Shensha Biwen Wan (Divine Cinnabar Plague-Avoidance Pill): Grind 1 liang of Shensha (Cinnabar) finely, mix with white honey to form pills the size of hemp seeds. On Tai Sui day or at dawn, the whole family faces east, swallows 21 pills each with well water. Eternal protection from plague. Fast from meat for one day.
One Method: On New Year's Day at dawn, sacrifice five Red Dates to the Five Plague Gods, then the whole family eats them for good luck.
One Method: On the Yin day of the first lunar month, take 3 he of female Jingcao (Polygonum aviculare) powder, store in a red bag, hang in the tent to avoid plague.
Biwen Sha Gui Wan (Plague-Avoidance Ghost-Killing Pill) (To make less, use 1/4 quantity, or change liang to qian. One method uses hollow green softshell turtle shell instead of turtle shell.)
Xionghuang (Realgar) Cihuang (Orpiment, each 3 liang) Shan Jia (Pangolin scale) Longgu (Fossilized bone) Biejia (Softshell turtle shell) Pi (Skin, each 2 liang) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong, 2 liang) Yuyuliang (Halloysitum Rubrum, 2 liang) Zhenzhu (Pearl, add as needed) Lingyangjiao (Antelope horn, 7 liang) Hutou Gu (Tiger skull, 7 liang) Chu Ji (Blister beetle, 15 pieces, substitute with Yuanqing/Blister beetle if unavailable) Dongmen Shang Xiongji Tou (Rooster head from East Gate, 1 piece)
Grind into powder, melt wax to form bullet-sized pills. On New Year's Day, burn 1-2 pills at the patient's door, and each person carries one pill: left arm for men, right for women. Avoids plague and kills ghosts. Auspicious for mourning and visiting the sick.
Taicanggong Biwen Dan (Lord Taicang's Plague-Avoidance Pill): For official quarters or inns long uninhabited, accumulating dampness and evil qi which easily invade people. Burning it keeps these away. Burning all day in May and June avoids plague.
Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea, 1 jin) Taixiong (Ligusticum wallichii) Huanglian (Coptis chinensis) Baizhu (Atractylodes macrocephala) Qianghuo (Notopterygium incisum, each 8 liang) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong) Caowu (Aconitum brachypodum) Xixin (Asarum) Chaihu (Bupleurum chinense) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata) Duhuo (Angelica pubescens) Gancao (Licorice) Bencao (Ligusticum jeholense) Baizhi (Angelica dahurica) Xiangfu (Cyperus rotundus) Danggui (Angelica sinensis) Jingjie (Schizonepeta tenuifolia) Tianma (Gastrodia elata) Guanzi Gui (Cinnamon bark) Gansong (Nardostachys jatamansi) Ganjiang (Zingiber officinale) Shannai (Kaempferia galanga) Mahuang (Ephedra) Ya Zao (Gleditsia sinensis) Baishao (White Peony Root, each 4 liang) Shexiang (Musk, 3 fen)
Grind into fine powder, [missing character] point it.
One Method: On New Year's Eve, burn remaining mixed household medicines and Cangzhu to avoid plague.
One Method: On New Year's Eve, plague messengers descend to the human realm. Write "Tianxing Yi Guo" (Heavenly Path Has Passed) in vermilion ink on yellow paper, paste on the door lintel for good luck.
One Method: Hang pine branches to avoid plague.
One Method: During epidemic seasons, strange occurrences in houses, burning Jiangzhenxiang (Aquilaria agallocha) is effective.
One Method: Burning Doumuxiang (Costus root), removes evil qi, cures plague, produced in Douqu Country.
One Method: Burning Qingmuxiang (Aquilaria sinensis), Xunlu (Olibanum/Frankincense), Anxi Jiaoxiang (Benzoin Resin) avoids plague.
Shaoxiang Biwen (Burning Incense to Avoid Plague): Privy Wang Bowen burned Dingxiang (Clove) at the fourth watch of New Year's Day to avoid plague.
Ru Bingjia Buran (Entering Sickroom Without Infection): Press tongue against palate, hold breath forcefully, filling pores with qi, then avoid infection.
Biwen Dan (Plague-Avoidance Pill): Burn to ward off plague evil qi.
Ruxiang (Frankincense) Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea) Xixin (Asarum) Sheng Cao (Raw Licorice) Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong) Jiangzhen (Aquilaria agallocha) Baitan (White Sandalwood)
Form pills with jujube flesh, burn.
Buranyin Fang (Non-Infection Formula)
Xionghuang (Realgar, 5 qian) Chixiaodou (Vigna angularis, 1 liang) Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea, 1 liang, soaked in rice wash, skin removed, stir-fried with wall soil)
Grind into fine powder, mix with water. Take 1 qian per dose.
Another Method: Steep Ginger, Fermented Soybean, and Baizhu in wine, drink regularly by the family. (One method excludes Baizhu.)
Another Method: Collect Huanghua Hao (Artemisia annua) at Early Summer Solstice, dry in shade, grind into powder on Winter Solstice, store, and take with honey on New Year's Day.
Another Method: On June 6th, collect Portulaca oleracea, dry in sun, cook on New Year's Day, eat with salt and vinegar.
Another Method: On New Year's Day, scatter 21-27 hemp seeds and 7 red beans into the well to avoid plague.
Another Method: On New Year's Day, swallow 7 red beans, drink a cup of pepper wine to expel disease and avoid plague.
Another Method: On Gengzi day after Start of Spring, warm turnip juice, drink by the whole family, any amount, to avoid plague. Radish juice also works. (Turnip is also called芜菁/Wujing.)
Madou Toujing Fang (Hemp and Bean Well-Dropping Formula): At 4 AM on New Year's Eve, take 27 hemp seeds and 27 red beans, plus a little beautiful woman's hair, throw into the well. No typhoid or plague all year.
Fani Toujing (Hair and Mud Well-Dropping): On New Year's Eve, burn the whole family's hair to ash, wrap with sole mud, throw into the well. Mantra: "My family members, spared from typhoid, plague demons flee far, peace in four seasons. Hurry like the Edict of the Nine Heavens Golden Wheel King."
Biwen Fang (Plague-Avoidance Formula): When the patient sweats, place a carrying pole under the body to prevent transmission. Must place under the mattress, not near the body, lest the pole's coolness prevents sweating.
Sha Gui Dan (Ghost-Killing Pill)
Hutou Gu (Tiger skull, genuine, fried with butter) Tao (Xiao/Dried peach branch hanging on tree) Futo Mu (Axe handle wood) Xionghuang (Realgar, bright, separately ground) Taoren (Peach kernel, skin and tip removed, bran-roasted) Zhusha (Cinnabar, bright, separately ground, each 1.5 qian) Xijiao Xie (Rhinoceros horn shavings) Muxiang (Aquilaria agallocha) Baizhu (Atractylodes macrocephala) Guijianyu (Periploca sepium, each 1 qian) Shexiang (Musk, 0.75 qian)
Grind into coarse powder, carry on body to avoid plague.
One Method: On Spring Equinox, use Yuanzhi (Polygala tenuifolia) dehearted, decoct in water. Before sunrise, face east, drink two bowls, induce vomiting, then epidemics will not arise.
One Method: After Grain Rain, use Chuanxiong, Cangzhu, Baizhi, [Missing Character] Ben, Linglingxiang (Lingeraea acuminata) in equal parts, decoct for bathing three times to release sweat. Odorous sweat indicates no disease.
[Missing Character] Vomiting Immunity.
Tao Tang (Peach Soup): On New Year's Day, drink Peach Soup to suppress evil qi and control hundred ghosts.
Na Jiao Jingzhong (Putting Pepper in Well): On La Day night, have someone lie by the well holding pepper, speak to no one, put pepper in the well to remove plague disease. One method: On New Year's Eve, take 20 peppercorns and perform this.
Another Method: On New Year's Day, drink Cangzhu decoction, bathe with it, and burn it to avoid plague for the whole year.
Zhuying Quyi Fa (Fly-Chasing Epidemic-Expelling Method): Recalling past years, summer plague spread greatly, red-headed green flies gathered in thousands. Entering homes meant death from plague. Later transmitted a method: Use an iron basin of any size, put 4 liang of Bai Fan (Alum), pour boiling water to fill, dissolve alum. Then hold fire wine in mouth, spray three times into the basin. Take one peach pit, cut both ends, remove kernel, wrap gunpowder in paper, stuff into hollow pit. Thread a red string through the pit, use the string as a bowstring, bind peach branch into a bow, place in the iron basin. In water, bow back down, string up. Make three peach wood arrows, insert outside the basin. Green flies will stay away, family spared from plague. Place basin in a remote corner of the house, do not move for a year. Traditionally very effective. Recorded by Songfeng.
Biwen Fang (Plague-Avoidance Formula): Put fresh cloth with large soybeans in the well, leave overnight, retrieve. Take 7 grains per dose.
Biyan Jiaobai Jiu (Plague-Avoidance Pepper and Cypress Wine): On New Year's Eve, steep 21-27 peppercorns and 7 eastern-facing cypress branches in a bottle of wine, drink on New Year's Day.
Tongzhi Yili Fang (General Epidemic Formula): Frequently decoct eastward peach branches for bathing. (Treats both pre-symptomatic and symptomatic cases.)
Biwen Fang (Plague-Avoidance Formula): Wear Hoof Dust in a crimson pouch, left arm for men, right for women.
Yufang Rebing (Preventing Heat Diseases) (Also treats acute jaundice and thief wind.)
Ge Fen (Arrowroot Starch, 2 sheng) Sheng Di (Rehmannia glutinosa, 1 sheng) Chi Dou (Fermented Soybean, 0.5 sheng)
After meals, take 3 qian with rice drink, three times daily. If already ill, take five times daily.
Biwen Buran (Plague Non-Infection): Rice powder, take in one dose.
Another Method: On March 3rd, make soup with millet flour and vegetables to eat.
Yu Jie Chuangzhen (Preemptively Resolving Sores and Rashes)
Qian Gen (Rubia cordifolia) decoct juice, add a little wine and drink. (Effective when epidemic rash is erupting, prevents disaster.)
Li Zijian Sha Gui Wan (Li Zijian's Ghost-Killing Pill): Avoids plague, kills all demons and spirits.
Lilu (Veratrum nigrum, 3 liang) Hutou Gu (Tiger skull, 1.5 liang) Xionghuang (Realgar) Guijiu (Podophyllum emodi) Tianxiong (Aconitum kusnezoffii root) Zaojiao (Gleditsia sinensis) Wanyi (Coriander fruit, each 5 qian)
Grind into powder, mix with mugwort floss, roll into tubes with two layers of strong paper. Light during plague to fumigate patient's room.
Qi Wu Hutou Wan (Seven-Ingredient Tiger Head Pill) (Avoids plague, kills ghosts.)
Hutou (Tiger head) Zhusha (Cinnabar) Xionghuang (Realgar, each 1.5 liang) Guijiu (Podophyllum emodi) Zaojiao (Gleditsia sinensis) Wanyi (Coriander fruit) Xionghuang (Realgar, each 1 liang)
Grind into powder, melt wax to form bullet-sized pills. Store one pill in a red silk bag, tie to left arm for men, right for women. Also hang in four corners of the house. Burn one pill facing the door at midnight on dark and full moon nights. Swallow a bean-sized pill each morning to avoid infection.
Taiyi Liujin San (Supreme Flowing Gold Powder) (Greatly avoids plague.)
Xionghuang (Realgar, 1.5 liang) Lingyangjiao (Antelope horn, 1 liang) Cihuang (Orpiment) Baifan (Alum) Guijianyu (Periploca sepium, each 0.75 qian)
Grind into coarse powder, store 1 liang in a triangular crimson pouch, wear over the heart, hang on doors. Wrap a little in blue cloth, burn in the courtyard. Burn rat in the twelfth lunar month to avoid plague qi. Bury at residence on New Year's Day to avoid plague qi.