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Dou's addition of miraculous prescriptions for various throat, mouth, and tongue conditions.

Ox gall nitre (Niu Dan Xiao), raw Coptis Rhizome (Sheng Huang Lian), black Gardenia Fruit (Hei Shan Zhi), raw Scutellaria Root (Sheng Huang Qin), white Borax (Bai Peng Sha) (each 3 qian), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (processed by water levigation, dregs removed, dried in sun), dried green plum (Qing Mei Gan) (preserved nature), human bone ash (Ren Zhong Bai) (calcined, each 5 qian), chicken gizzard lining (Ji Nei Jin) (i.e., the yellow skin inside the chicken gizzard), realgar (Xiong Huang) (each 1 qian), calcined alum (Ku Fan) (2 qian). All ingredients are ground into fine powder and mixed evenly. Add 3 fen of real musk (Zhen She Xiang) and 6 fen of borneol (Zhen Bing Pian), grind again and mix, then place in a small jar. Seal the jar mouth tightly with Wujin paper. Each time use a reed tube to blow the medicine into the affected area. Blow more than ten times a day and night. As phlegm and saliva flow out slowly, the condition gradually improves. If there is putrid odor, immediately rinse clean with clam water, or crush pig's tooth soapwort (Zhu Ya Cao) and biota seeds (Bian Bai Zi), add water, remove dregs, and rinse clean. In this case, add to the previous five qian of medicine: 2 fen of calomel (Niu Huang - *Note: Context implies Calomel or similar, but Niu Huang is Ox Gallstone; standard text often varies, here following literal translation of Niu Huang*), 5 fen of copper green (Tong Qing), bear bile (Xiong Dan), pearl (Zhen Zhu), and 8 fen of catechu (Er Cha), grind fine and blow in. Modern throat specialists often extort money, and there are many who administer drugs. Those with means should compound and distribute them to others to accumulate merit for their descendants.

Appendix: Method for preparing Ox gall nitre: In winter, place Glauber's salt (Pu Xiao) inside the gallbladder of a black ox, hang it in a ventilated place for 120 days, remove and peel off the outer layer for storage.

Appendix: Method for preparing dried green plum: Take one jin of large green plums, remove pits, mix with 5 qian of alum (Bai Fan) and 5 qian of table salt. Add centipedes (Wu Gong) as needed, layering them. After one day and night, take out the plums and dry them in the sun. Collect the juice, dry again, calcine until preserved nature remains, and add when using. In summer, it is suitable to take cold Elsholtzia Decoction (Leng Xiang Ru); for rinsing the mouth, use juice crushed from Chinese cabbage greens grown in snow (Xue Li Hong).

Bingpeng San (Prescription of Grand Tutor Dou)
Real borneol (Zhen Bing Pian), chicken gizzard lining (Ji Nei Jin) (burned to preserved nature), raw Licorice Root (Sheng Gan Cao), calcined alum (Ku Fan) (each 1 qian), Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian), mirabilite (Xuan Ming Fen), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) (honey-fried), realgar (Xiong Huang) (each 2 qian), deer antler frost (Lu Jiao Shuang) (1 liang), borax (Peng Sha) (5 qian), paper ash (Chao) (ash from three sheets), indigo flower (Dian Hua) (2 qian).
Grind all into fine powder and mix evenly. Blow into the mouth. If there is bad breath, add 3 fen of human bone ash (Ren Zhong Bai) and slightly less than 5 fen of copper green (Tong Qing), not too much.

Zi Xue (Prescription of Grand Tutor Dou)
Vitriol (Qing Fan) (as needed, calcined red hot, taken out and placed on ground to remove fire toxicity), borax (Peng Sha), mirabilite (Yuan Ming Fen), borneol (Bing Pian), musk (She Xiang).
Grind into extremely fine powder. Place under the tongue or in the throat.

Xionghuang Huadu Wan (Prescription of Grand Tutor Dou)
Croton Seed kernel (Ba Dou Ren) (35 grains), realgar (Xiong Huang) (water-levigated), mung bean starch (Lv Dou Fen), licorice root tips (Gan Cao Jie), Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome (Yu Jin) (if unavailable, use Turmeric from cicada belly, each 1 qian).
Grind into powder. Make pills the size of millet grains using vinegar paste. Take seven pills each time, washed down with clear tea. Vomiting phlegm and saliva leads to immediate awakening. If no vomiting occurs, take another seven pills. If a person appears dead but the heart is still warm, grind into powder and administer.

Niuhuang Qingxin Wan (Prescription of Grand Tutor Dou)
Arisaema with Bile (Dan Nan Xing) (1 liang), Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng), Sichuan Coptis Rhizome (Chuan Huang Lian), realgar (Xiong Huang) (each 2 qian), Chinese Bayberry Fruit (Wu Bei Zi), Scrophularia Root (Yuan Shen), Himalayan Beechwood Tallow Tree exudate (Tian Zhu Huang), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng), Poria (Bai Fu Shen), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), black rhino horn (Wu Xi Jiao) (sliced thin), Schizonepeta Spike (Jing Jie) (each 1 qian), real borneol (Zhen Bing Pian), pearl (Zhen Zhu), real musk (Zhen She Xiang) (each 5 fen), calomel (Qing Fen) (3 fen).
Grind all into fine powder and mix evenly. Make pills the size of longan fruits using licorice paste. Coat with cinnabar (Chen Sha). Dry in the sun, store in a porcelain bottle, seal tightly to prevent air leakage. Before use, grind one pill with mint decoction and take.

Bingpeng San For any new or chronic throat and oral swelling/toxicity, as well as chronic cough with phlegm-fire, hoarseness, and pain.
Mirabilite (Xuan Ming Fen), borax (Peng Sha) (each 5 qian), cinnabar (Zhu Sha) (6 fen), borneol (Bing Pian) (5 fen).
Grind into extremely fine powder. Blow into the affected area. For severe cases, blow 5-6 times a day.

Liuhua San Treats throat ulcers, mouth and tongue sores, gangrenous stomatitis (Zouma Yagan), and throat swelling/pain.
Polygonum bistorte pollen (Pu Huang) (stir-fried), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) (stir-fried), human bone ash (Ren Zhong Bai) (calcined), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (each 1 liang), borneol (Bing Pian) (5 fen), borax (Peng Sha) (5 qian).
Grind into fine powder. Blowing into the throat is extremely effective.

Rinsing Medicine
Sophora Root (Shan Dou Gen), Prunella Vulgaris (Xia Ku Cao), aged pine tea (Song Luo Cha), tender chrysanthemum leaves (Nen Ju Ye), Mentha haplocalyx (Su Bo He) (equal parts). Decoct and rinse frequently.

Sanhuang Jiedu Tang
Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian) (2 qian), Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin), black Gardenia Fruit (Hei Shan Zhi), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) (each 1.5 qian). Decoct in water and take.

Qingwei Tang
Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di) (2 qian), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Sheng Ma), Forsythia Fruit (Lian Qiao), Moutan Cortex (Mu Dan Pi), Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian). Decoct in water and take.

Yinhuo Tang (Prescription of True Lord Lei)
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di), Scrophularia Root (Yuan Shen) (each 1 liang), White Poria (Bai Fu Ling) (5 qian), White Mustard Seed (Bai Jie Zi) (2 qian), Cornus Fruit (Shan Zhu Yu), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) (each 4 qian), North Schisandra Berry (Bei Wu Wei) (2 qian), Cinnamon Bark (Rou Gui) (1 qian). Decoct in water and take.

Shengji San Treats mouth ulcers and rot caused by measles/chickenpox toxins.
Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian) (soil-stir-fried), Groundsel Root (Di Gu Pi), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo), Chinese Bayberry Fruit (Wu Bei Zi), raw Licorice Root (Sheng Gan Cao) (equal parts).
Grind fine and apply dry powder. If heat and pus persist without healing, internal toxins remain. Continue using Dalianqiao Yin to resolve.

Ersheng San Treats throat swelling and pain from measles/chickenpox, whether at onset or after resolution.
White Silkworm (Bai Jiang Can) (2 qian), Sophora Root (Ku Shen) (3 qian).
Grind fine. Blow in 3-4 times; swelling subsides and pain stops.

Baidu San Treats bad breath, mouth ulcers, lip rot, and throat pain after rash eruption.
Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di) (1.5 qian), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng), Forsythia Fruit (Lian Qiao), Burdock Fruit (Niu Bang Zi), Trichosanthes Root (Tian Hua Fen), Scrophularia Root (Yuan Shen), Honeysuckle Flower (Jin Yin Hua) (each 0.8 qian), Red Peony Root (Fen Dan Pi), Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu) (each 0.7 qian), raw Licorice Root (Sheng Gan Cao) (0.3 qian), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) (honey-water stir-fried), Mint (Bo He), Red Peony Root (Chi Shao Yao) (each 0.5 qian), Calcined Gypsum (Shu Shi Gao) (1 qian).
Add 1 qian light bamboo leaves (Dan Zhu Ye) and 50 cun of rush pith (Deng Xin) to decoct. Add juice from fresh rhino horn (Sheng Xi Jiao) ground and mixed with the medicine. Wash with rice water more than ten times daily. If not washed frequently and medicine not taken, intense internal heat will transform into gangrenous stomatitis (Zouma Yagan).

Throat swelling growing like a melon stem should not be punctured; puncturing harms people. Salt, finely ground, applied with a chicken feather eliminates it.
Various swellings below the throat: Crush snail (Wo Niu) with flour, apply to swollen/painful areas.

Zipao San (Prescription of Zhou Hexian) Treats eighteen types of throat conditions.
Gypsum (Shi Gao), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai), cinnabar (Zhu Sha), white Borax (Bai Peng Sha) (each 1 liang), human bone ash (Ren Zhong Bai) (calcined), mirabilite (Yuan Ming Fen), blue vitriol (Dan Fan), Sophora Root (Shan Dou Gen), real borneol (Zhen Bing Pian) (3 fen).
Grind into extremely fine powder. Store tightly in a porcelain bottle. In emergencies, blow 2-3 li into the throat for cure.

Hot pain in throat: Hold and swallow 3 he of child's urine (Tong Bian).

Broken/ulcerated throat: Hanging dust (Daogua Chen) (calcined on yin-yang tiles, 7 fen), alum (Ming Fan) (3 fen). Grind fine and blow.

Huisheng Jiuku Shangqing Dan (Prescription of Xu E'feng) Treats eighteen acute throat conditions miraculously.
White Silkworm (Bai Jiang Can) (baked to preserved nature, 1 qian), sharp tip of raw nitre (Sheng Xiao Jian), sharp tip of nitre (Xiao Jian), white Borax (Bai Peng Sha) (each 5 fen), alum (Ming Fan), calcined alum (Shu Fan) (each 2 fen), cuttlebone (Hai Piao Xiao) (3 fen), borneol (Bing Pian) (1 fen).
Grind into extremely fine powder. Store in porcelain bottle. Use a small amount to blow into the affected area. Spit out phlegm/saliva, and it heals.

Critical throat conditions: Wild buckwheat (Ye Qiao Mai) (early spring red-beaked shape like crabapple, grows 4-5 chi in June-July, stems/leaves resemble crabapple, nodes have red rings, leaves palm-sized). Collect fresh leaves, crush for juice, add one spoon of vinegar, dip cotton and sweep. Saliva flows out, patient lives.

Kui Guang Secret Transmission Method for Throat and Dental Compound Medicine:
Yu Dan (Prepare this in advance; the older, the better.) Put thumb-sized chunks of alum (Ming Fan) in a jar, melt over charcoal fire. When no lumps remain at the bottom tested by chopsticks, add saltpeter (Huo Xiao) equivalent to 3 qian per 1 liang of alum. Borax (Peng Sha) ratio is also 3 qian per 1 liang of alum. Add alum again when melted, then saltpeter and borax as before, layer by layer. When the jar mouth piles up like a steamed bun, use strong fire to refine until dry. Cover jar mouth with clean tile, wait one shichen, remove. Mix fine powder of ox gallstone (Niu Huang) with 5-6 spoons of water, drip onto the pill using a spoon. Return jar to fire to dry, then remove. Invert jar on clean ground, pad with paper, cover with tile for seven days. Store for use.

Method for processing Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo): Select good Huang Bo slices, use Schizonepeta spikes (Jingjie Sui) as main ingredient, Licorice (Gan Cao) as assistant, decoct thick liquid, soak slices until soft, spread on tiles, slow-roast until yellow, do not burn. Dry with wine and white honey water, grind to powder.

Method for processing rush pith ash (Deng Xin Hui): Take white rush pith, moisten with water, stuff tightly into thick brush pipe, seal ends with paper, burn slowly in fire. Remove pipe and paper. If not burnt through, it is raw; if burnt too much, it disappears. Method must be correct.

Method for processing pig's tooth soapwort (Zhu Ya Zao Jiao): Take hard, small, non-borer soapwort, roast on tile until crisp, remove ends, grind to powder. Store tightly in porcelain bottle.

Method for processing nitre: For Jin Dan, use fire nitre. Dip in warm water, wipe dry with cotton paper, wrap, place in stove hole for 5-6 days to absorb moisture. Not needed for Yu Dan.

Method for combining Bi Dan: Use 3 fen of Yu Dan, mix with half spoon of soot (Baicao Shuang). Add 1 li of rush pith ash, 3 spoons of licorice powder, 3 fen of Mentha powder. Grind fine. Then add 5 fen of good borneol (more is better). Mix well, store in small porcelain bottle, do not leak air. Combine just before use, do not keep more than 3 days, do not make on cloudy days. Spring/Summer: add more Mentha powder (green color). Autumn/Winter: add more Yu Dan (white color). To induce phlegm expulsion, add a little soapwort.

Method for combining Jin Dan: Use 1.8 qian of refined nitre, add 4 fen of raw Polygonum bistorte pollen (Pu Huang) fine powder. Grind fine. Add 1 fen of silkworm powder, 1 fen of soapwort powder. Mix to pale yellow. Add 1 fen of borneol, grind again. This medicine can be stored long-term; add borneol before use.

Note: Jin Dan's main function is reducing swelling and expelling phlegm, treating tooth biting, tongue licking, and penetrating tooth carbuncles. Use exclusively for these. For throat conditions, combine with Bi Dan, adjusting based on severity. For severe cases, add ox gallstone (Niu Huang). For throat swelling/wind, add silkworm and soapwort. For mild cases, use only nitre and Polygonum bistorte pollen. Bi Dan resolves phlegm, clears heat, detoxifies, and dispels wind; it is a good but mild formula. Jin Dan is more miraculous for reducing swelling/toxicity, clearing wind-heat, opening throat closure, and expelling phlegm. However, at the initial stage of throat disease, Jin Dan should not be used excessively because it penetrates deeply and disperses quickly; excessive use in mild cases may cause rejection. For throat diseases and single/double tonsillitis, use only Bi Dan. For other severe cases, combine Jin and Bi Dan, distinguishing sequence and quantity. Initial stage: Bi Dan (9 parts), Jin Dan (1 part). After blowing 5 times: Bi Dan (8 parts), Jin Dan (2 parts). Then blow: Bi Dan (7 parts), Jin Dan (3 parts). For severe cases: Bi Dan and Jin Dan equal halves. After 3-5 times, phlegm rises. Then Jin Dan (6 parts), Bi Dan (4 parts). Insert tube straight into throat, blow heavily once, withdraw tube to draw out phlegm. Alternatively, use Jin Dan (8 parts), Bi Dan (2 parts).

Paste Medicine Method: Mentha (Jun/Emperor), Yu Dan (Chen/Minister), Fritillaria Bulb (Zuo/Assistant), rush pith ash, soot, licorice, borneol (Shi/Messenger). First grind Yu Dan and soot, add rush pith ash and grind, add Mentha, licorice, Fritillaria and grind fine, finally add borneol and grind. Mix with honey and take. For throat abscesses/fungi, hold and swallow frequently. Severe cases require decoctions and blowing medicines.

Main Prescription for Throat Disease
Burdock Fruit (Niu Bang Zi) (stir-fried/grinded), Peucedanum Root (Qian Hu), Forsythia Fruit (Lian Qiao) (stir-fried), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng), black Gardenia Fruit (Hei Shan Zhi), Trichosanthes Root (Gua Lou Gen), scorched Scutellaria Root (Ku Huang Qin), Scrophularia Root (Yuan Shen), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (add Honeysuckle if fever; add Bupleurum if headache; add Ophiopogon and Anemarrhena if thirsty; add Aurantium if chest fullness; add Peony and Fritillaria if stagnant heat). Decoct in water and take.

Sanhuang San Formula: Rehmannia Root (Jun/Emperor), Polygonum bistorte pollen (Chen/Minister), ox gallstone (Zuo/Assistant), borneol (Shi/Messenger). Grind to fine powder. Apply with banana root juice or biota leaf juice mixed with honey. Treats head/face carbuncles. If swelling/hardness persists due to qi stagnation/blood stasis or phlegm nodules, it involves yin syndrome. Use ginger juice and scallion juice. Also treats infant erysipelas.

Yusuo Chi Formula: Croton oil pressed on paper, rolled into strips, lit lamp extinguished, smoke blown into nose. If runny nose occurs, orifice opens.

Xijiao Jiedu Wan
Rhino Horn (Xi Jiao) (sliced, 1 qian), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng) (1 liang), Red Poria (Chi Fu Ling), Burdock Fruit (Niu Bang Zi), Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di) (each 5 qian), Scrophularia Root (Yuan Shen), Forsythia Fruit (Lian Qiao) (each 6 qian), Glauber's salt and Licorice (Pu Xiao Gan Cao), Indigo Naturalis (Qing Dai) (each 2 qian).
Grind fine. Make pills with refined honey, size of longan. Dissolve in mint decoction. For convulsions, coat with cinnabar. Treats all pediatric sores/toxins and residual toxins from measles/chickenpox affecting throat/teeth.

Kougan Medicine (also promotes flesh growth)
Mint 3 fen, catechu 1.5 fen, processed Phellodendron Bark ~1 fen, dragon bone 2 fen, Angelica Dahurica Root 2.5 hao. If swollen/painful, use 3-4 fen total. Licorice and pearl 5 fen each. Grind separately, mix, grind again. Add borneol 3 fen, grind uniform. Store in porcelain jar. Use for mouth cracks/gangrene. If initial swelling/heat is severe, use more mint. If not swollen/mild heat/chronic, focus on flesh growth: add more catechu, pearl, dragon bone. For purple color/general throat ulcers, also use for flesh growth. For gangrenous stomatitis, penetrating tooth carbuncle, heavy tongue, infant toxin/mouth gangrene, add ox gallstone, double pearl. Effective. Black/rotten cases are incurable. Yellow infant gangrene like dry orange pulp is incurable. For post-measles mouth gangrene, remove Phellodendron and dragon bone, add ox gallstone, double pearl to 5 fen each (more is better). Generally, for critical/refractory cases or rapid effect, add ox gallstone and pearl 5 fen each (more is better). Post-varicella gangrene requires this. Other conditions benefit greatly. When using Bi Dan, increase borneol for severe cases, increase licorice for recovery. Blow for throat pain.

Wall nests (Bi Wo) (20), olive pits (Gan Lan He) (3).
Roast on yin-yang tiles to preserved nature, grind fine, blow.

Bing Mei Treats hundred diseases of the throat.
Half-ripe large plums (100 pieces). On May 5th noon, soak in jar with 4 liang table salt, 4 liang Glauber's salt, 3 bowls water (water level 3 fingers above plums) overnight. Add pig's tooth soapwort (eyebrow-sized, deseeded/deveined), Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng), Licorice (Gan Cao), Alum (Bai Fan) (each 4 liang), fresh Arisaema (Xian Nan Xing) (sliced), fresh Pinellia (Xian Ban Xia) (sliced, 35 pieces each), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng) (2 liang).
Grind fine and mix. Soak 7 days, take plums, dry in sun. Repeat soaking/drying until juice is absorbed and white frost forms on plums. Store in porcelain bottle. Use one plum wrapped in silk, hold in mouth. Swallow first saliva/water 5-6 times, then spit out phlegm until only clear water remains. Remove plum, eat porridge. One plum treats two illnesses.

Chilin Dan (Prescription of Wu Zhenhua) Treats seventy-two types of throat obstruction, wind, tonsils, abscesses miraculously. Use an ingot-shaped jar. Add 2 liang alum, 2 qian blood dragon's blood (Xue Jie). Place 21 croton kernels inside the alum. Roast over charcoal until smoke ceases. Cool, add 2 qian white borax, 1 qian borneol. Grind fine. Store tightly in porcelain bottle. Use small amount to blow.