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For each digit with nail ulceration, melt yellow beeswax (Cera Flava) and pine rosin (Pini Resina), mix them to form a tube-shaped cover for the fingertip; it will heal naturally after a prolonged period.

Mash dried plum flesh (Semen Pruni Mume) with fish into a paste and apply as a poultice; this is extremely effective.

Take mulberry leaves (Folium Mori) harvested after the Frost Descent solar term, decoct in water, and wash frequently; this is effective.

Soak the affected area in warm soy sauce supernatant (Jiang Qing) mixed with honey (Mel); pain will cease.

Crush cocklebur fruit (Fructus Xanthii) to extract juice for soaking, and apply the dregs as a compress; immediate effect is observed. Use cocklebur sprouts in spring and seeds in winter.

Equal parts of Astragalus Root (Radix Astragali), Angelica Root (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), and Gentian Stem (Caulis Gentianae) are soaked in wine and drunk; this is effective.

To treat conditions caused by wind-cold invasion, such as pain, numbness in the hands, feet, arms, and legs, and hernia (testicular swelling). Use four taels of locust tree branches (Cacumen Sophorae), two taels of Sichuan pepper (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli), one tael of bone-penetrating grass (Herba Centellae Asiaticae or similar local herb known as Tou Gu Cao), one tael of One-Branch Artemisia (Herba Artemisiae Unidentatae), one quince (Fructus Chaenomelis), twenty green onion heads with roots (Scallion Bulb), and half a string of garlic cloves (Bulbus Allii Sativi). Boil these seven ingredients together in water for hot washing. After washing, retain the original water, reheat, and wash again; add more water if necessary. Wash two to three times a day; one dose can be used for several days. Continue until healed.

Take a large handful of mulberry twig (Ramulus Mori), chop finely, add three sheng of water, and decoct until two sheng remain. Drink all within one day. Xu Shuwei often suffered from arm pain, which did not respond to various medicines, but was cured after taking a few doses of this prescription.

Two taels of asphalt (Asphaltum) and one tael of yellow beeswax (Cera Flava) are boiled into an ointment and applied.
Another prescription: Ox marrow (Medulla Bovis) (any amount) and gallnut (Galla Chinensis) (roasted and powdered) are mashed together and packed into the fissure to promote immediate healing.
Another prescription: Take a large handful of human hair and one bowl of tung oil (Oleum Verniciae), boil in a ceramic vessel. When the oil boils and the hair dissolves completely, remove from fire and store in a ceramic container, preventing ash from entering. For use, wash the cracked area with boiling water to soften it, dry it, and apply the mixture; it heals immediately.
Another prescription: Powder gallnut (Galla Chinensis) and ox nose strap (corresponding to leather/tendon material) together, and pack the powder into the crack to achieve immediate closure.

Wash first with a decoction of radish greens (Herba Raphani Sativi) and orange peel (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae), then apply a paste made from crab shell ash (Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis pulverized) mixed with sesame oil (Oleum Sesami Nigri).
Another prescription: Hollow out a radish slightly, fill it with sesame oil (Oleum Sesami Nigri), heat thoroughly on fire, cool, and rub onto the affected area.
Another prescription: Decoct winter melon rind (Exocarpium Benincasae) and eggplant root (Radix Solani Melongena) to wash the area.
Another prescription: Decoct pigeon droppings (Columbae Excrementum) to wash the area.

Sudden swelling of the palms and soles indicates wind pathogen. Equal parts of Sichuan pepper (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli) and salt (Sal) are powdered, mixed with vinegar, and applied as a poultice.
To treat swelling at the tip of fingernails, crush dried plum (Semen Pruni Mume), remove the pit and skin, take only the kernel, grind it into a paste, mix with rice vinegar (Acetum Oryzae), and apply; even if ulcerated, it will heal.
Additionally, to treat itching between fingers leading to sores with bleeding from orifices that does not stop, apply ash from bamboo strips of old manure buckets (Bamboo strip ash) as a dressing.