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Prescription for treating various tinea (fungal skin infections):
Use fresh leaves of *Oxyria sinensis* (Yangti), quantity not limited, pound them into a paste. Add Sichuan pepper (*Chuanjiao*), white sugar, and a little salt. Wrap the mixture in cloth, soak it in aged vinegar for half a day, then take out the cloth (to apply to the affected area).

Prescription for treating damp tinea: When tinea develops into a weeping sore, spreading and worsening until other medicines are ineffective.
Use two taels of Aloe (*Luhui*) and one tael of roasted Licorice root (*Zhigancao*). Grind both into extremely fine powder. First, wash the tinea clean with warm fermented rice water, then apply the powder. It dries immediately and heals; truly a miraculous prescription.

Prescription for treating tinea:
Use one large honeycomb of *Vespa mandarinia* (Dalu Fengfang). Fill the holes inside with raw alum (*Shengfan*). Place it in a broken jar, mouth facing up. Heat with charcoal fire until the white alum melts (and penetrates the comb).

Another prescription:
Fire saltpeter (*Huoxiao*), calcined alkali (*Duanshi*), calomel (*Qingfen*), sulfur (*Huang*), and vermilion (*Yinzhu*).
Grind all ingredients in equal proportions into fine powder. Mix with old ginger juice, mulberry tree sap (*Gushu zhi*), garlic juice, honey juice, and *Rumex japonicus* (*Tudahuang*) juice to make one cup's worth. Put the aforementioned powders into the juice mixture and stir well.

Another prescription: Named Jiu Xun Dan (Nine-Fumigation Pill).
Take two or three taels of high-quality copper verdigris (*Tongqing*), grind it finely. Mix with high-quality distilled liquor (*Shaojiu*) until the consistency is neither too dry nor too wet. Apply this mixture to the bottom of a rough worker's bowl, invert it over the ground, and process it (text incomplete: "yi..."). Then grind it finely again, mix with distilled liquor to form pills. When using, grind with vinegar and apply to the skin. Apply three to five times daily. After three to five days, if cracking occurs, moisten with a little rapeseed oil. It will heal in seven days.

Another prescription:
Raw Pinellia tuber (*Sheng Banxia*, 3 grains), refined alum (*Mingfan*, 1 qian), *Impatiens balsamina* flowers (*Fengxianhua*, 20 blooms, stems and leaves also acceptable), *Rumex japonicus* root (*Tudahuang gen*, quantity not limited).
Pound all together into a paste. Mix with a little vinegar. First, scrape the affected area with pangolin scales (*Chuanshanjia*), then rub the medicine on. It will heal immediately.

Another prescription:
Vermilion (*Yinzhu*), *Picrasma quassioides* resin (*Tenghuang*) (each 1 qian).
Mix with mulberry tree sap (*Gushu zhi*) and apply. It will heal in one or two applications.

Another prescription:
*Hibiscus mutabilis* bark (*Chuanjinpi*), *Erythrina variegata* bark (*Haitongpi*), sharp betel nut (*Jianbing*), borneol (*Zhangbing*), *Sophora flavescens* root (*Kushen*), *Phellodendron amurense* bark (*Huangbai*), Bletilla striata (*Baiji*) (each 2 qian), *Wanliu* (Leiwan, 1.5 qian), maple seed apricot kernel (*Fengzi Xingren*).
Soak in fire wine (*Huojie*) for seven days. Scrape the tinea slightly with pangolin scales (*Chuanshanjia*), then apply with wine. It will heal immediately.

Another prescription:
*Hamamelis mollis* bark (*Tujinpi*, 2 liang), *Sophora flavescens* root (*Kushen*, 1 liang), *Mylabris phalerata* (*Banmao*, 1 qian, remove head, feet, tail, and stir-fry until yellow), *Metapolybia choui* meat (*Tumiebei zi rou*, 3 qian), sharp betel nut (*Jianbinglang*), raw alum (*Shengfan*).
Use one bowl each of river water, well water, and fire wine. Soak the first six ingredients overnight. Before decocting, add Arisaema (*Nanxing*) and Pinellia (*Banxia*), then add another bowl each of river water, well water, and fire wine (text incomplete).

Another prescription: Named Wu Huang San (Five-Yellow Powder).
Chicken-foot rhubarb (*Jijiao Dahuang*), sulfur (*Huang*), realgar (*Xionghuang*), turmeric (*Jianghuang*), *Picrasma quassioides* resin (*Tenghuang*).
Grind all in equal proportions into fine powder. Mix with rapeseed oil and apply to the affected area. Do not bathe for seven days to achieve complete cure.

Another prescription:
Sulfur (*Huang*, 1 liang, ground fine), *Cnidium monnieri* fruit (*Shechuangzi*, 1 liang, lightly stir-fried until crisp, removed while hot, and mixed into sulfur powder to absorb heat), raw alum (*Shengfan*), calcined alum (*Kufan*).
Grind all together into fine powder. Use raw pork back fat (*Shengzhu ban you*), remove fascia, and pound into a paste. Mix with a small amount. First, scrape the affected area, then use fingers to dip the medicine and rub it on. The medicine does not (text incomplete).

Prescription for treating scabies-like sores (Laijie Chuang):
Raw alum (*Shengfan*), calcined alum (*Kufan*), mercury (*Shuiyin*) (each 2 qian), realgar (*Xionghuang*, 3 qian), sharp betel nut (*Jianbinglang*, 5 qian, avoid fire), *Cnidium monnieri* fruit (*Shechuangzi*, 5 qian, stir-fried), *Mylabris phalerata* (*Banmao*... text incomplete).
First, place mercury in a jar, then add 2 qian of lead (*Qingqian*). Wait until the lead and mercury melt into a single amalgam, then remove. Next, grind the betel nut finely. Then process the *Mylabris* (text incomplete).
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Another prescription:
*Cnidium monnieri* fruit (*Shechuangzi*), *Sophora flavescens* root (*Kushen*), *Melia azedarach* seeds (*Wuyi*) (each 1 liang), realgar (*Xionghuang*, 5 qian), calcined alum (*Kufan*, 1.2 liang), sulfur (*Huang*, 5 qian), calomel (*Qingfen*, 2 qian).
Grind all into fine powder. Mix with raw pork lard and apply.