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The *Qianjin Yi Fang* (Supplement to the Formulas of a Thousand Golden Yuan) treats pain caused by tooth decay due to insects:
For the above method, hold your breath and write in small characters: "Southern red-headed insects fly here, enter the cracked teeth of [Name], now find the hole of the scorpion insect to settle and reside."
Execute immediately as per the decree. Place the small paper note into the scorpion hole on the north side of the house pillar, take one cup of water, perform the Yu Bu (Great Step) ritual as per incantation methods, recite the text above again, pour the water into the hole, seal it with clean yellow earth mud, do not let the qi escape, and it will be permanently cured.

Another formula for treating blackened gum tissue at the tooth root due to insect erosion:
For the above method, burn dried briar branches, collect the liquid, apply ten times; sprinkle powdered Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) and it will heal. If the teeth are black, rub them with pine wood ash, apply fine powdered Realgar to the gums twice daily for one hundred days, avoid oil and pork for seven days, and the effect is miraculous.

Another formula for treating dental caries (tooth decay):
For the above method, take a tile from the eaves, have the patient squat, place the tile horizontally on the knees, stretch both hands' fingers to the limit, stop stretching and extend the middle finger, apply three moxa cones (Zhuang, 壮) on the tile at the tip of the middle finger, ignite both ends simultaneously. The patient chants the spell: "Insect-eating-teeth name Hu Mo, eat teeth but not bone." The person applying moxibustion also recites it mentally.

Another formula for treating cracked teeth:
For the above method, use two hundred dried briar thorns, boil in two sheng of water until reduced to one sheng, gargle with the decoction four to five times daily, stop when healed.

Another formula:
Apply powder from dead Qu (fermented grain or dough) to the painful area, and the pain stops immediately.

*Rihua Zi Bencao* (Daily Life Substances Materia Medica) treats pediatric wind-heat causing gum swelling and pain:
For the above method, decoct Prunus japonica seeds (Yuliren, 郁李仁) strongly and gargle with the water.

*Jubao* Huanglong San (Yellow Dragon Powder) treats gingival gan erosion with non-healing perforations.
Longshi (Dragon Bone, 龙骨 - specifically the deep yellow, pale earth-yellow, or scorpion-colored pieces that adhere tightly to the tongue), Bai Fan (Alumen, 白矾 - calcined), Concha Cochlicopae (Snail Shell, 蜗牛壳), Nan Fen (Southern Starch, 南粉), Niuhuang (Calculus Bovis, 牛黄) (each 1 qian).
Grind the above five ingredients into powder. Use a small amount each time, apply inside the perforation, and use frequently.

*Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold):
For the above method, take fourteen soybeans from cow dung, slightly open the bean head, insert it into the tooth root area, and after several applications, new teeth will grow.

*Jingyan Fang* (Experience Formula) treats children and adults who have not grown teeth for many years.
For the above method, use thirty black beans, burn them in cow dung fire until smoke ceases, grind finely, add a small amount of Moschus (Shexiang, 麝香), and grind together uniformly. First, prick the area where teeth have not grown with a needle to induce bleeding, then rub with a small amount of the powder. Avoid exposure to wind, and refrain from sour and salty foods.

*Shenghui Fang* (Holy Grace Formulas) treats teeth that have fallen out and have not regrown for a long time:
For the above method, take rice grains left by the roadside, apply them to the area where the tooth fell out seven times three times (21 times), and the teeth will naturally grow, with miraculous effects.

*Lingyuan Fang* (Spirit Garden Formulas) treats a miraculous and effective formula for adults and children growing teeth:
For the above method, take fourteen pellets each of male chicken dung and female chicken dung, dry them by roasting, grind them together into a powder, add a small amount of Moschus (Shexiang, 麝香). Still, first prick the damaged gum base with a needle to induce bleeding, then apply the powder. For older individuals, it takes no more than twenty days; for younger individuals, ten days. This applies regardless of whether the loss was due to injury or natural shedding; they will all regenerate.