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(Tooth-Fortifying Powder) Use pig bones and sheep bones, pickle them in the twelfth lunar month, then grind into powder. Bones can tonify the skeletal system; the salty flavor enters the Kidney to tonify the Kidney, strengthening teeth and enhancing mastication, with particularly remarkable effects for the elderly. (Use pig and sheep bones pickled in the twelfth lunar month, calcine over fire, grind finely, and use to brush teeth every morning without interruption. By old age, its efficacy becomes even more pronounced, benefiting even the upper teeth.)

(Foot-Fragrance Formula) Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fangfeng), and Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xixin) are these four herbs, ground into a frost-like powder. Sprinkle lightly into shoes for long journeys. The feet will feel no needle-like pain, and foot sweat will be fragrant. (Saposhnikoviae Radix, Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, Chuanxiong Rhizoma, and Asari Radix et Rhizoma, each 2.5 qian, ground into powder. Travelers on long journeys sprinkle a small amount inside their shoes, making steps light and agile, preventing needle-like pain, and keeping foot sweat fragrant.)

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(Varicella-Thinning Formula) Cinnabar (Dan), three types of beans, and licorice root (Gancao) are ground into fine powder and packed into bamboo tubes. Soak in a latrine during the twelfth lunar month, wash clean, air-dry, and combine with plum blossoms for good effect. Decoct and drink silk from loofah vines; once a year for three years is sufficient. (Use Adzuki Bean (Chi Xiaodou), Black Soybean (Heidoudou), Mung Bean (Lvdoudou), and Licorice Root (Gancao), each 1 liang, grind finely, place in a bamboo tube. Peel the bamboo but retain the nodes, drill a hole to insert the medicine, plug tightly with fir wood, seal with melted wax, and soak in a latrine during the twelfth lunar month. After one month, take out, wash and soak again, then air-dry. For every 1 liang of medicine, add 3 qian of plum blossom pieces from the twelfth lunar month. It is best to use flowers that have fallen on snow, avoiding human touch; using a needle to collect them is even better. If urgent use is needed, place in a paper sleeve and slightly bake until dry. Older children take 1 qian, younger children take 0.5 qian. Decoct small vine tendrils from loofah vines after the Frost Descent solar term, and take on an empty stomach. Avoid meat and fish for twelve days. Expelling black feces indicates efficacy. Take once a year; the second time reduces varicella occurrence, and the third time prevents it permanently.) Another formula: Honey-mixed Polygoni Multiflori Folium (Jinyinhua) powder, (created by Gu Xiangyu.) Continuous consumption yields strong effects. (Polygoni Multiflori Folium ground into powder, mixed with sugar, taken continuously.) Furthermore, Scrophulariae Radix (Xuanshen) and Cuscutae Semen (Tusizi), (created by Prime Minister Wang of Loujiang.) Form honey pills like bullets, take on an empty heart. Dissolve in white wine, twice daily. [Cuscutae Semen 0.5 jin (soaked in wine for two nights, boiled dry, peeled), Scrophulariae Radix 4 liang, both ground into fine powder, formed into honey pills the size of bullets, taken with white wine, twice daily.] Or add Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xijiao), Ophiopogonis Tuber (Maidong), and Rehmanniae Radix (Shengdihuang). (Another formula: add Rehmanniae Radix and Ophiopogonis Tuber 4 qian, Cornu Rhinocerotis 2 liang.) These are all verified methods for thinning varicella, offering simple and effective power to avoid panic.