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Another prescription:
Chicken egg (one, broken).
Mix with hot wine and take orally; after five or six doses, it will be cured.

Diguo San (Lycium Bark Powder)
Treats malignant sores that have not healed for a long time, relieves pain, and promotes tissue regeneration (using this formula prevents pain; without it, there is pain; prolonged use promotes tissue growth. Another method is to decoct Goji root thickly and wash the sore while hot).
Lycii Cortex (Digupi, 地骨皮): Scrape off the outer floating skin first and set aside separately. Then take the greasy white powder beneath the floating skin and grind it into a fine powder. The reddish bark underneath should be finely chopped and mixed with the floating skin to make a coarse powder.
For each use, take approximately one he of the coarse bark, decoct in water to make a concentrated liquid. Wash the sore while hot until the liquid cools down. Dry with a soft cloth, then apply the fine powder. (In the past, someone treated bone-under sores with pus...)

Treating paronychia with severe swelling and pain:
Zigancaizi (Purple dried vegetable seeds, black ones, one he measure).
Pound one ingredient until paste-like. Add one large bowl of water, boil ten times. Dip the affected finger seven times while hot, or pour over the finger while hot. Finally, rinse once with cold water. Dry the finger and apply a plaster.

Another prescription:
Boiled pig trotter soup, quantity unrestricted.
Usage same as the previous prescription.

Douchi Gao (Fermented Soybean Paste)
Treats swelling and pain caused by moxibustion burns or foul odors.
Fermented soybeans (Douchi, 豆豉), quantity unrestricted.
Grind the ingredient into a fine powder, mix with oil, and apply to the sore.

Five prescriptions for treating malignant sores and extracting arrowheads:
Treating various malignant sores: Malvae Flower (Huangshukuihua, 黄蜀葵花), harvested while dewy.
Place the ingredient in a box, bury it under horse manure for more than ten days until it becomes a paste. Take out and apply to treat various sores.

Prescription for eliminating internal toxins:
Puerariae Radix (Gegen, 葛根) and Cimicifugae Rhizoma (Shengma, 升麻).
Grind equal parts into a fine powder. Mix with plain boiled water and take orally.

Treating centipede bites:
Grind the tip of Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata (Fuzi, 附子) with strong vinegar. Apply to the affected area for immediate recovery.

Extracting arrowheads (A miraculous prescription presented by Master Shenyings during the reign of Emperor Renzong):
Marmota bobak (Bishu, 壁鼠, specifically the one with a long tail).
Dry and grind the medicine into powder. First, let the patient drink one or two cups of wine. Then take three to four qian of the medicine mixed with wine, followed by more wine to induce slight intoxication. If itching occurs, do not scratch; the arrowhead will withdraw naturally like a needle being pulled out.

Treating herpes zoster (band-like rash around the waist):
Ophichus Skin (Shetuipi, 蛇蜕皮, complete with head and tail).
Burn the ingredient to ash, mix with rapeseed oil, and apply. It heals after one or two applications. Many folk prescriptions are rational, so they are recorded here.

Muxiang Gao (Costus Root Ointment)
Treats contusions and bruises.
Costus Root (Muxiang, 木香), quantity unrestricted.
Grind into a fine powder. For each use, mix with hot cooked water to form a paste. Apply a small amount on the hand and massage the painful area three to four times daily.

Prescriptions for treating all kinds of malignant sores:
Treating all malignant sores and back carbuncles with sinus tracts: Minium (Huandan, 黄丹).
Place two liang of Minium in an elephant-shaped container, seal it, wrap it with five layers of paper, and place it in charcoal fire until smoke disappears. Remove, place on bricks/stones, cover with a bowl, and let cool.

Treating burns with unbearable pain:
Burn dry yellow cow dung to ash. Mix with oil and apply. Pain stops shortly after, promoting tissue regeneration.

Treating non-healing sores that recur, where bone protrudes from the wound, known as osteomyelitis (Guju, 骨疽):
Mix Pig Bile (Zhudan, 猪胆) with Chinese Hackberry leaves (Qiuye, 楸叶), pound them, and apply as a compress.

Deep-seated abscesses (Fuguju, 附骨疽) have pus between bones, also called deep abscesses or carbuncles. Over time, pus transforms into bone and discharges from the wound. This is a severe type of abscess.
Take Hibiscus Mutabilis Bark (Furongpi, 芙蓉皮), grind into powder, and take orally. One may feel pus and bone emerging from the flesh.

Another prescription:
Pound Populus Densiflora (Baiyang, 白杨) end into powder and apply.

Another prescription:
Pound Mylabris Seeds (Wuqingzi, 芜青子) and apply. Wrap with cloth, change once daily.

Another prescription:
Burn the skin of [unspecified herb] to ash, take orally in a cun-bi dose.

Another prescription:
For malignant sores or moxa sores: If the upper part hurts, moxa until pain ceases; if no pain, moxa until pain arises. Use moxa cones the size of wheat grains.

Prescription for edema within sores:
Mix Carbonized White Ash (Tanbaigui, 炭白灰) and Lead Carbonate (Hufen, 胡粉) in equal parts. Blend with animal fat and apply to the wound opening. When fluid drains, pain stops immediately.

Prescription for wind-induced swelling in sores:
Decoct Quercus variabilis Root (Limugen, 栎木根, one jin) strongly. Add one handful of salt and soak the affected area.

Treating severe swelling and pain in sores that can lead to death in a few days:
Caused by wind-stroke, water toxicity, or fox urine thorns.
Burn Setaria italica straw, cattle/horse manure, or fresh mulberry branches. Use the smoke with abundant vapor to fumigate. Once juice appears, it heals.

Treating wind-induced swelling in sores:
Soak in warm Mulberry Ash Juice (Wensanghui Zhi, 温桑灰汁). Reheat when cool, keeping it warm. This is a mysterious prescription.

Treating malignant sores:
Non-healing for ten years, also known as horse scabies.
Burn one snake shed skin to fine powder. Mix with lard and apply. Mixing with vinegar is also acceptable.

Treating chronic cracking of human feet regardless of season:
Known as Corpse Foot Prescription (Shijiao Fang, 尸脚方).
Boil one sheng of chicken feces in two sheng of water for several boils. Let cool and soak for half a month for cure. Horse feces can also be used.

Another prescription:
Burn glue to powder, mix with saliva, apply, let dry, and cover with cloth.

Prescription for vitiligo:
Collect dew from leek heads at dawn. Apply to the affected area. Extremely effective.

Prescription for genital sores in men and women:
Grind Sulfur (Shiliuhuang, 石硫黄) into fine powder and apply to the sore.

Treating swollen and painful sores:
Grind Adzuki Beans (Chixiaodou, 赤小豆) into powder. Mix with egg white and apply.

Another prescription:
Mix Mung Bean Powder (Lvdoumo, 绿豆末) and Frankincense Powder (Ruxiangmo, 乳香末) in equal parts. Mix with fresh water and apply.

Treating scrofula sores:
Take one carp weighing over half a jin. Fill its belly with Cascarilla Bark (Badou, 巴豆) using a stick until full. Seal the mouth with paper...

Wu Wan (Five Pills)
Treating tetanus:
Take one whole dried Scorpion (Quanxie, 全干蝎). Wrap in Mentha Haplocalyx Leaves (Boheye, 薄荷叶). Roast over fire until slightly yellow. Grind finely. Mix with hot wine and take orally.

Treasing swellings, toxic abscesses, and furuncles:
Prevent rupture to resolve; promote rapid healing if ruptured.
Take Cuscutae Semen debris (Caowutouxie, 草乌头屑 - *Note: likely refers to Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root processing waste or similar toxic herb fragment, context implies caution*). Mix with water. Sweep onto the swelling using a chicken wing. For those with open sores, apply a plaster first to prevent direct contact. Severe cases show results quickly upon sitting/application.

Treating sudden redness and swelling of external genitals:
Enlarged and painful.
Grind Rheum Palmatum (Dahuang, 大黄) into powder. Mix with sour vinegar and apply.

Treating protruding flesh in all sores:
Burn Phoebe Zhennan (Wumei, 乌梅) to ash. Sprinkle dry powder onto the sore.

Another prescription:
Sprinkle Sulfur Powder (Liuhuangmo, 硫黄末) dry, then moisten with saliva.

Treating burns from hot oil or boiling water:
Grind Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao, 石膏) finely and sprinkle on the sore.

Treating stiff tongue base:
Inability to swallow. Prick the deep purple meridians at the tongue base with needles until purple blood flows.

Quan Xuan Gao (Ring Tinea Ointment)
Treating wet and dry tinea:
Prunella Vulgaris Root (Xiakucao Gen, 夏枯草根, commonly called Chita Ye).
Pound the ingredient, soak in strong vinegar, and apply to tinea sores. Effective.

Duoming San (Life-Rescuing Powder)
Treating chronic fistulas exposing bone:
Human feces, quantity unrestricted.
Wrap in clay balls, burn red in firewood. Remove clay. Grind feces finely. Add a little Musk (Shexiang, 麝香). Sprinkle dry powder. Promotes tissue growth in seven days.

Treating thermal burns:
Burn Xuanjing Stone (Xuanjingshi, 玄精石) to powder. Mix with water and apply. Immediate effect.

Jiyu Wan (Crab Fish Pills)
Treating scrofula:
Take a three-cun crucian carp. Remove intestines. Fill belly with Cascarilla Bark (Badou, 巴豆) and skin. Wrap with hemp rope. Burn in rice straw until smoke disappears. Grind finely. Form pills with glutinous rice porridge, size of mung beans. Swallow with water.

Treating moxa sores:
Take marrow from pig leg bones. Mix with Calomel (Nifen, 腻粉). Re-insert into bone mud. Wrap and roast in fire. After bathing in salt water, apply.

Wuyi San (Trogopterus Dung Powder)
Treating sores:
Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄, half liang), Trogopterus Dung (Baiwuyi, 白芜荑, one fen), Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu, 吴茱萸), Alum (Baifan, 白矾, a little).
(Note: Revised edition omits dosage for Evodia; Taiping Shenghui Fang uses two qian.)
Mix the above powders with Alum water and apply to the sore.

Prescription for pain from tinea and onychia:
Treating tinea:
Grind Cassiae Semen (Juemingzi, 决明子) powder with a little Calomel (Shuiyinfen, 水银粉). Rub the tinea until broken, then apply powder.

Treating onychia:
Flesh wrapping nail, pus bleeding, painful and non-healing.
Alum (Danfan, 胆矾, burnt to ash).
First remove the nail embedded in flesh. Apply medicine to the sore. Even if there is necrotic flesh, it dries and falls off after one application. Ding sores have thirty-six types, caused by wind-cold-dampness condensing in the pores.
Observe the person; all are suitable.

Miraculous Prescription for All Ding Swellings:
Use roots, stems, leaves, and seeds of Xanthium Strumarium (Canger, 苍耳), selecting one color. Burn to ash. Mix with vinegar rice wash water to form mud. Apply. Change when dry. Within ten applications, the root is extracted. Divine efficacy (Sun Simiao...).

Another prescription:
Burn mugwort stalks to ash. Leach through bamboo tube. Mix one or two he with calcined alum (Duanshi, 锻石) like flour slurry. Prick the sore until painful, then point three times. The root self-extracts.

Qianjin Duoming Biaoya Gao (Thousand Gold Life-Rescuing Turtle Bone Ointment)
Treating chronic malignant sores, chancre, fistula, and unnamed toxic sores unresponsive to other treatments. Divine efficacy.
Angelica Dahurica (Baizhi, 香白芷), Red Bark (Hongpi, 红皮), Atractylodes Macrocephala (Baizhu, 白术), Citrus Peel (Qingpi, 青皮), Asarum (Xixin, 细辛), Red Peony Root (Hongshaoyao, 红芍药), Typhonium Rhizome (Baifuzi, 白附子), Tortoise Plastron (Baigui, 败龟), Pubescent Angelica Root (Tongcao, 通草), Tiger Bone (Hugu, 虎骨), Drynaria Rhizome (Gusuibu, 骨碎补), Atractylodes Rhizome (Cangzhu, 苍术), Seeds (five pieces), (one qian half).
Grind all ingredients into fine powder. For each dose, use half a liang of powder. Boil three liang of clear oil in a pot. Add one liang of Minium (Huandan, 黄丹). Stir constantly with a willow branch until black. Take...