有一贵人病疽疾，未安而渴作，一日饮水数升，愚遂献此方，诸医失笑云∶此药若能止
渴，我辈当不复业医矣！诸医尽用木瓜、紫苏、乌梅、参、苓、芍药等生津液、止渴之药，服多
而渴愈甚，数日之后，茫无功效，不得已用此药，服之三日，渴止。因此相信，遂久服之，不
惟渴疾不作，气血益壮，饮食加倍，强健过于少壮之年。盖用此药，非愚敢自执鄙见，实有
源流。自为童儿时，闻先君言∶有一士大夫病渴疾，诸医遍用渴药，治疗累载，不安，有一名
医诲之，使服加减八味丸，不半载而疾痊，因疏其病源云∶今医多用醒脾、生津、止渴之药，
误矣！而其疾本起于肾水枯竭，不能上润，是以心火上炎，不能既济，煎熬而生渴。今服八
味丸，降其心火，生其肾水，则渴自止矣。后疏其药性云∶内真北五味子最为得力，此一味独
能生肾水、平补、降心气，大有功效。家藏此方，亲见有验，故敢详着之，使有渴疾者信其
言，专志服饵而取效，无为庸医所惑，庶广前人制方济惠之意。
痈口将收之际，最忌用急涩敛口之药，只宜用神异膏贴。多见昧者立说，破此一段，不
过病者厌于将理，医者急欲获利，不思毒瓦斯发泄未尽，其疾再来，人命自此不救。
一、治痈久而疮口不合，其肉白而脓血少，此为疮口冷滞，乃病患气血枯竭不潮，于
疮遂致如是，合用白北艾汤洗，神异膏贴，多服排脓内补散。每日用好北艾叶一把，入瓦器
内浓煎汤。避风处乘热用艾汤浇洗疮口四围净肉，以旧绢帛兜艾叶乘热沃浇，一日一次，
洗了须避风；仍烧松香，以烟熏疮口良久，用神异膏贴之。其疮不可与厌秽之人见，若不能
禁忌，疮口难安，药亦无效。
一、病痈疽之人，适被庸医用毒药掩 ，或以针刀伤割，不能生肌肉，疮口不合，切不
可用急涩敛口药，当只用猪蹄汤、北艾汤相间洗，以神异膏贴之，并服排脓内补散。
一、前方但是居于州县间、有力者能及之，若适在乡原、与夫无力以市药者，只可用
鹭藤酒一方，终始服饵，俟其疽破，即以神异膏贴之，盖神异膏所用药材，皆非贵细难得
之药。前后用此以医，田夫野老，百发百中。
大川乌丸 治发背，活经络，生肌肉。
大川乌（生，去皮、尖） 当归 赤芍 苏木（锉，炒） 没药（生用，一两，别碾） 乳香
（一两，别碾） 穿山甲（用蚌粉炒脆，去粉，二两） 独活（合用老羌活。今铺中所卖独活乃土
当归，不可用，二两）
上为细末，和匀，酒煮面糊为丸，梧桐子大。温酒下三十丸，空心下。
二乌丸 治发背，托里定痛，驱风毒，凉血。
羌活（去苗） 薄荷叶（各三两） 川芎（以上各不见火） 元参 地榆 麻黄（去节） 防
风（去芦） 天麻 白芷 白僵蚕（用直者，去丝、足、口） 牛蒡子 炒蔓荆子（去蒂并白
膜） 旋覆花（去萼） 荆芥穗（各二两） 甘菊花（三两） 何首乌（四两） 甘草（炙，四两半） 蝉蜕
（去足，半两）
上为细末，炼蜜丸如弹子大。每服一丸，细嚼，茶清任下，食后服。
退毒下脓漏芦汤 治疽作二日后，与五香连翘汤相间日服之。
黄 （生用） 连翘（各一两） 大黄（一分，微炒） 漏芦（一两，有白茸者） 甘草（半两，生用）
沉香（一两）
上为末，姜枣汤调下。此二方连日相间服，乃宣毒之药，觉毒尽住服。
参苓顺气散 治病痈疽人，进饮食，降气，健脾。
乌药（一两半） 人参（一分） 茯苓（一分，白者） 青皮（去白，半两麸炒，半两蜜炙） 真紫苏子
（二钱半，微炒）
上为细末。每服，末二钱，水一盏，姜、枣煎至八分，早晨空心温服。煎药不用紫姜，能
发热、动气；当用老姜，连皮使。
栀子黄芩汤 治发背疮溃后，因饮食有伤，调摄不到，发热不住，用以退热。
漏芦 连翘 山栀子仁 黄芩（去心。各二两半） 黄 （生用，一两） 防风 石韦（合使桑白
皮自取者） 甘草（生） 犀角（生用） 人参 苦参 白茯苓（各二钱半）
上已上为粗末。每服四钱，水一中盏，煎至六分，去滓，温服。
蚣蝎散 治痈疽疮口小而硬，贴膏药而脓不来。此为风毒所胜。
赤足蜈蚣（一条，去头足，生用） 全蝎（三个，去爪，要有尾者，生用） 木香（一钱重）
上为细末。每用时，先以猪蹄汤药洗疽了，以此药一匙许，糁于膏药面上，近疮口贴，
其效如神。每用神异膏，合先量疽大小，涂在纸花上了，却用此药糁于膏药上，要使先到疮
故也。若疮口阔大及不硬，则不必用此。
内托黄 丸 治因用针砭伤其经络，白脓、赤汁逗流不止。
黄 （八两，生用） 当归（二两，洗、焙） 肉桂（去粗皮） 木香 乳香（别研） 沉香（以上四味
各一两）
上为细末，用绿豆粉四两、生姜自然汁煮糊，丸如梧桐子大。每服五十丸，温热水下，不
拘时候。
沉麝汤 治发背疽之人，敛口生肌。不得用躁急之药，合用麦饭石膏涂，续用好膏药贴
之，疮口自然敛合。如医治后，时为庸医用毒药掩 、或刀割伤内血重者，兼服此。
木香 麝香 沉香 藿香叶 连翘
上等分，为细末。每服二钱，水一盏，煎至七分，温服无时。疽疾既已，先服取毒之药，又
用麦饭石膏涂贴，五、七日之后，病渐减退，合服大川乌丸、二乌丸驱除余毒，活气血，生肌
肉，排宿脓，去风邪，又合服洪氏内补散，多服为妙。
立效散 治发背及诸痈疽并瘰 有效。
皂角刺（半斤，拣去枯者，细锉，炒赤色为度，须耐久妙） 甘草（二两，合生用） 栝蒌（五个，去皮
取肉并仁，捣研，炒黄，干者不必炒） 乳香（半两，别研和入） 没药（一两，别研和入）
上五味为末，每服二钱，酒调下。乳痈与前方间服，神妙、神妙！
忍冬丸 疗病既愈，须预防发痈疽宜。
忍冬草（左缠藤是也。不拘多少，根、茎、花、叶皆可用）
上以酒于瓶内浸，以糠火煨一宿，取出晒干，入甘草少许，为末，以所浸酒为糊丸，如梧
桐子大。每服五十丸至百丸，酒、饮任下，不拘时。
治一切疖毒痈疽，将结则散，已聚则破，已破痛不可忍者，贴之则宽，止痛神效，不可
具述（按∶以下所制方，皆不另立方名）。
无盐桃末 皂角末 白芷末 荆芥末 草乌头末
上等分，用米醋调，贴四围，留中。蜜调亦得。
There was a nobleman suffering from a carbuncle (Ju disease), whose condition was not yet stabilized when thirst appeared; he drank several sheng of water in one day. I then presented this prescription. The other physicians laughed and said, "If this medicine can stop thirst, we shall no longer practice medicine!" All the physicians had used herbs such as Chaenomelis Fructus (Mu Gua, 木瓜), Perillae Folium (Zi Su Ye, 紫苏), Mume Fructus (Wu Mei, 乌梅), Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Ren Shen, 人参), Poria (Fu Ling, 茯苓), and Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chi Shao, 芍药) to generate fluids and stop thirst. After taking large amounts, his thirst became even worse. Several days passed with no effect. Reluctantly, they used my medicine. After three days of administration, the thirst stopped. Consequently, they believed it completely and took it for a long time. Not only did the thirst cease, but their Qi and Blood became stronger, their food intake doubled, and their physical strength exceeded that of their youth. The use of this medicine was not due to my stubbornness, but indeed has a historical source. Since childhood, I heard my father say: A scholar-official suffered from thirst. Physicians universally used medicines for thirst, treating him for years without relief. A famous physician instructed him to take Jiajian Bawei Wan (Modified Eight-Ingredient Pill). Within half a year, the disease was cured. The physician analyzed the pathology, stating: "Current physicians mostly use herbs to awaken the Spleen, generate fluids, and stop thirst, which is a mistake! This disease originates from the depletion of Kidney Water, which cannot moisten upwards, causing Heart Fire to flare up and fail to descend (Heart-Kidney non-interaction), scorching fluids and generating thirst. Now, by taking Bawei Wan, the Heart Fire is lowered, and Kidney Water is generated, so the thirst will naturally stop." He further analyzed the properties, saying: "Among them, Schisandrae Fructus (Wu Wei Zi, 五味子) is the most effective. This single herb alone can generate Kidney Water, tonify evenly, and descend Heart Qi, yielding great efficacy." My family treasured this prescription and witnessed its effectiveness personally, so I dare to record it in detail, enabling those with thirst to believe these words, take it diligently for results, and not be confused by mediocre physicians, hoping to promote the intent of predecessors in creating prescriptions to benefit others.
When an abscess wound is about to heal, it is most taboo to use astringent medicines that hastily close the wound. One should only apply Shenyi Gao (Divine Variation Plaster). It is common to see ignorant people making false claims, disrupting this principle, merely because patients are weary of care or physicians are eager for profit, failing to consider that if toxins are not fully expelled, the disease will return, leading to untreatable death.
1. To treat chronic abscesses where the wound does not heal, with white flesh and little pus or blood, this indicates cold stagnation at the wound site, caused by the patient's depletion of Qi and Blood and lack of circulation. The appropriate treatment is to wash with White Northern Mugwort Decoction, apply Shenyi Gao, and take Painong Neibu San (Pus-Discharging and Internal-Nourishing Powder) frequently. Take one handful of good Northern Mugwort leaves daily, decoct strongly in a clay vessel. In a wind-sheltered place, while hot, pour the mugwort decoction over the clean flesh around the wound. Use old silk to hold the leaves and pour hot liquid over it once a day. Avoid wind after washing. Also burn pine resin and smoke the wound for a long time, then apply Shenyi Gao. The wound must not be seen by people who dislike foul odors; if this taboo is not observed, the wound will not settle, and the medicine will be ineffective.
2. For patients with abscesses who have been mistakenly covered with toxic drugs by incompetent physicians, or injured by needles and knives, preventing muscle growth and wound closure, absolutely do not use astringent closing agents. Instead, wash alternately with Zhu Ti Tang (Pig Trotter Decoction) and Northern Mugwort Decoction, apply Shenyi Gao, and take Painong Neibu San.
3. The previous prescriptions are suitable for those living in towns or counties with financial means. If one lives in the countryside or lacks funds to buy medicine, one may only use Luteng Jiu (Egret Vine Wine). Take it continuously until the abscess ruptures, then apply Shenyi Gao. The ingredients in Shenyi Gao are not rare or expensive. Having treated many farmers and villagers with these methods previously, the success rate has been high.
Da Chuan Wu Wan (Major Aconite Pill): Treats back carbuncles, unblocks collaterals, and generates muscle.
Da Chuan Wu (Raw Aconiti Radix, skin and tip removed) Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix) Chi Shao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra) Su Mu (Sappan Wood, sliced and stir-fried) Moyao (Myrrha, raw, 1 liang, separately ground) Ruxiang (Olibanum, 1 liang, separately ground) Chuanshanjia (Pangolin Scale, fried with clam powder until crisp, powder removed, 2 liang) Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, specifically old Qiang Huo; modern market Duhuo is often Tu Dang Gui, do not use, 2 liang)
Grind all into fine powder, mix well, and make pills using flour paste boiled in wine, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach.
Er Wu Wan (Two Aconites Pill): Treats back carbuncles, supports the interior, relieves pain, expels wind-toxin, and cools blood.
Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, stems removed) Bo He Ye (Menthae Haplocalycis Folium, each 3 liang) Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizoma, above two not exposed to fire) Yuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix) Di Yu (Sanguisorbae Radix) Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba, joints removed) Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix, awn removed) Tian Ma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma) Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix) Bai Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus, straight ones, remove silk, legs, mouth) Niu Bang Zi (Arctii Fructus) Chao Man Jing Zi (Viticis Fructus, roasted, remove stem and white membrane) Xuan Fu Hua (Inulae Flos, calyx removed) Jing Jie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica, each 2 liang) Gan Ju Hua (Chrysanthemi Flos, 3 liang) He Shou Wu (Polygoni Multiflori Radix, 4 liang) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, honey-fried, 4.5 liang) Chan Tui (Cicada Slough, legs removed, 0.5 liang)
Grind into fine powder, make pills with refined honey, size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, swallow with clear tea water after meals.
Tuidu Xiannong Lulu Tang (Detoxifying and Pus-Draining Arnebia Decoction): For abscesses two days after onset, alternate days with Wuxiang Lianqiao Tang (Five-Spice Forsythia Decoction).
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, raw) Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructus, each 1 liang) Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen, lightly roasted) Lu Lu (Arnebiae Radix, 1 liang, those with white fuzz) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, 0.5 liang, raw) Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 1 liang)
Grind into powder. Mix with Ginger and Jujube decoction to take. These two formulas taken alternately for consecutive days are detoxifying agents; stop when toxins are exhausted.
Shenling Shunqi San (Ginseng and Poria Qi-Regulating Powder): For patients with abscesses, promotes appetite, descends Qi, and strengthens the Spleen.
Wu Yao (Linderae Radix, 1.5 liang) Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, 1 fen) Fu Ling (Poria, 1 fen, white variety) Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, pith removed, 0.5 liang bran-fried, 0.5 liang honey-fried) Zhen Zi Su Zi (Perillae Fructus, 2.5 qian, lightly roasted)
Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian of powder per dose, add 1 cup of water, decoct with Ginger and Jujube to 0.8 cup. Take warm on an empty stomach in the morning. Do not use purple ginger for decoction as it causes heat and moves Qi; use old ginger with skin.
Zhizi Huangqin Tang (Gardenia and Scutellaria Decoction): For back carbuncles after ulceration, caused by dietary injury and poor care, resulting in persistent fever, used to reduce heat.
Lu Lu (Arnebiae Radix) Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructus) Shan Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus, kernel) Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix, heart removed, each 2.5 liang) Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, raw, 1 liang) Fang Feng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) Shi Wei (Pyrrosiae Folium, preferably Sang Bai Pi/Morus Alba Bark obtained personally) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, raw) Xi Jiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu, raw) Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) Ku Shen (Sophorae Flavescentis Radix) Bai Fu Ling (Poria, each 2.5 qian)
Grind into coarse powder. Take 4 qian per dose, add 1 cup of water, decoct to 0.6 cup, strain, and take warm.
Gong Xie San (Centipede and Scorpion Powder): For small, hard abscess wounds where pus does not drain despite plaster application. Caused by wind-toxin dominance.
Chi Zu Wu Gong (Scolopendra, 1 strip, head and feet removed, raw) Quan Xie (Scorpio, 3 pieces, claws removed, tails required, raw) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix, weight 1 qian)
Grind into fine powder. Before use, wash the abscess with Zhu Ti Tang (Pig Trotter Decoction). Take about one spoonful of this powder, sprinkle onto the surface of the plaster, and apply near the wound. Effect is miraculous. When using Shenyi Gao, first measure the abscess size, spread on paper flower, then sprinkle this powder on the plaster so it reaches the wound first. If the wound is wide and not hard, this is unnecessary.
Neituo Huangqi Wan (Internal-Pushing Astragalus Pill): For injuries to collaterals from acupuncture/scarification, resulting in continuous flow of white pus and red fluid.
Huang Qi (Astragali Radix, 8 liang, raw) Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 2 liang, washed and dried) Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, bark removed) Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Ruxiang (Olibanum, separately ground) Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, above four each 1 liang)
Grind into fine powder. Use 4 liang of Mung Bean Starch and natural juice of fresh Ginger to boil into paste, make pills size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 50 pills per dose with warm water, anytime.
Chenshe Tang (Agarwood and Musk Decoction): For back carbuncles, to close wounds and generate muscle. Do not use irritating medicines. Apply Maifan Shi Gao (Maifan Stone Paste), then continue applying good plasters for natural closure. If after medical treatment, incompetent physicians cover with toxic drugs or cut deeply causing heavy internal bleeding, take this concurrently.
Mu Xiang (Aucklandiae Radix) She Xiang (Moschus) Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) Huo Xiang Ye (Pogostemonis Folium) Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructus)
Equal parts, grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, add 1 cup of water, decoct to 0.7 cup, take warm anytime. Once the abscess disease subsides, first take detoxifying medicine, then apply Maifan Shi Gao. After 5-7 days, as symptoms gradually subside, take Da Chuan Wu Wan and Er Wu Wan to expel residual toxins, invigorate Qi and Blood, generate muscle, discharge old pus, and dispel wind-pathogens. Also take Hongshi Neibu San (Hong's Internal-Nourishing Powder); taking more is better.
Lixiao San (Immediate-Efficacy Powder): Effective for back carbuncles and various abscesses and scrofula.
Zao Jiao Ci (Gleditsiae Sinensis Spina, 0.5 jin, remove dry ones, finely slice, stir-fry until reddish-brown, must be durable) Gan Cao (Licorice Root, 2 liang, raw) Gua Lou (Trichosanthis Fructus, 5 pieces, remove skin, flesh, and seeds, pound and grind, roast until yellow, dry ones need not be roasted) Ruxiang (Olibanum, 0.5 liang, separately ground and mixed) Moyao (Myrrha, 1 liang, separately ground and mixed)
Grind the five herbs into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with wine to swallow. For mastitis, alternate with the previous formula; miraculous!
Rendong Wan (Honeysuckle Pill): For prevention of abscesses after recovery.
Ren Dong Cao (Lonicerae Japonicae Caulis et Flos, left-twining vine. Amount不限, root, stem, flower, leaf all usable)
Soak in wine in a bottle, simmer with rice husk fire overnight, take out, dry, add a little Gan Cao, grind into powder, use the soaking wine to make paste pills, size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 50-100 pills per dose, with wine or drink, anytime.
To treat all boils, toxins, and abscesses: disperse before formation, rupture after gathering, relieve unbearable pain after rupture, and provide immediate pain relief upon application (Note: The following prescriptions do not have separate names).
Wu Yan Tao Mo (Salted Peach Kernel Powder) Zao Jiao Mo (Gleditsiae Spina Powder) Bai Zhi Mo (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix Powder) Jing Jie Mo (Schizonepetae Spica Powder) Cao Wu Tou Mo (Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix Powder)
Equal parts, mix with rice vinegar, apply around the perimeter, leaving the center open. Honey mix is also acceptable.