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Regardless of age, gender, including pregnant women and children, whether it is unilateral tonsillar hypertrophy (Dan E), bilateral tonsillar hypertrophy (Shuang E), throat wind (Hou Feng), throat obstruction (Hou Bi), as well as winding throat (Chan Hou), locked throat (Suo Hou), throat abscess (Hou Yong), throat tinea (Hou Xuan), and other major dangerous conditions, including epidemic white throat (Bai Hou) caused by seasonal pestilence, as well as yin deficiency with fire dryness (Yin Xu Huo Zao), wind-heat redness and swelling, all seventy-two types of diseases in the throat department can be treated by insufflation. It has been tested hundreds of times with certainty and saved ten thousand lives with efficacy; it is truly a supreme treasure and miraculous elixir that can bring the dead back to life.

Refined Yuan Ming Fen (Mirabilite) 5 qian (refined according to method, must select bright and clean Glauber's salt/Ya Xiao), washed Cinnabar (Zhu Sha) 1 qian (washed clean with water, dried in the sun).

Every winter month, when the weather is extremely cold and about to freeze, use 4–5 jin of crude mirabilite (Pi Xiao), place it in a large earthenware bowl, and dissolve it by soaking in boiling water. Prepare another large clay pot or large copper pot, cover the mouth with a layer of new cloth, and filter the dissolved mirabilite solution through the cloth into the pot to remove mud and sand impurities. Then take several large white radishes, cut them into pieces, and add them to the pot. Simmer over low heat until the radishes are cooked and soft, then remove the radishes. Use more radishes to continue boiling until the salty taste of the mirabilite solution is absorbed and removed by the radishes. Cover the earthenware bowl again with new cloth (must be cleaned of mud and sand), and slowly pour the boiled mirabilite solution from the pot onto the cloth to filter into the earthenware bowl, then remove the cloth. In this way, mud, sand, and salty taste are all removed. Place the bowl in an open-air location to freeze overnight under the dew. When bright and clear crystals form in the bowl, these are Ya Xiao (Glauber's salt). Take them down, spread on paper to air-dry, and store in porcelain bottles for use. The sediment at the bottom of the bowl containing mud and sand cannot be used. If the weather is slightly warm and does not freeze, the best condition is severe freezing weather.

Throat swelling (Hou Zhong) and throat closure (Hou Bi) and other dangerous throat conditions can all be generally treated. Mylabris (Ban Mao) (remove wings and feet, stir-fry with rice flour until yellow, remove rice) 4 qian, genuine Dragon's Blood (Xue Jie) 6 fen, Frankincense (Ru Xiang) [amount omitted], Musk (She Xiang) [amount omitted]. [Grind into fine powder and insufflate into the affected area for rapid effect.]

For cases where there is unilateral swelling of the cheeks and jaw, soreness and swelling of the throat, accumulation of phlegm and saliva causing blockage, making it impossible to swallow even a drop of water: Use 2 jin of Portulaca oleracea (Ma Chi Xian), do not touch raw water, crush it and mix with 8 liang of white wheat flour (Bai Mian) and 1 liang of aged vinegar (Chen Cu). Mix evenly and apply to the swollen area; hold Sheng Jiang San (Ascending and Descending Powder) in the mouth, which will allow swallowing. The swelling will disappear within half a day. Subsequently, take Sheng Jiang San (Ascending and Descending Powder) as appropriate to clear residual heat.