宣、通窍溃痈。
辛温。搜风杀虫。功同皂荚。其锋锐直达病所。溃散痈疽。治肿毒妒乳。（乳痈、汁不
出、
内结成肿、名妒乳。）风疠。（疠风、乃营气热风寒客于脉而不去也、经曰∶脉风成为疠、
脉与营皆血也、蒸晒为末、大黄汤调下。）癣疮。（米醋熬嫩刺涂之。）胎衣不下。为痈疽未
溃之神药。已溃勿服。孕妇亦忌。叶、洗风疮。
肥皂荚（泻热毒。）
辛温微毒。除风湿，去垢腻。（澡身盥面多用之。）疗无名肿毒。有奇功。（不拘奇疡恶
毒、
用生肥皂去子弦及筋、捣烂、醋和敷、立愈、不愈再敷、奇验、此方方书未载、若贫人僻地
、仓卒无药者、用之甚便。）
宣、行气血。
苦平。痘疮顶陷。浆滞不起。煎汤浴之。（此因气凝血滞、或风寒外束而然、宜用水杨
枝叶
、无叶用嫩枝五斤、流水一釜、煎汤温浴、如冷添汤、良久照见累起有晕丝者、浆行也、如
不满、再浴之、虚人只洗头面手足、屡浴不起者死、初出及痒塌者、皆不可浴、若内服助气
血药、其效更速、此方有燮理之妙、盖黄钟一切而蛰虫启户、东风一吹而坚冰解冻之义也。
）
一名赤柽柳。宣、解毒。
甘咸而平。消痞解酒。利小便。疗诸风。解诸毒。近又以治痧疹热毒不能出外。用为发散。
末服四钱、治痧疹不出、喘嗽闷乱。砂糖调服、治疹后痢。
皂荚刺：宣通经络，开窍散结，溃破痈肿。
性味辛温。能搜剔风邪，杀灭寄生虫。功效与皂荚相同。其药力锋锐，能直达病灶部位，使痈疽溃散。治疗肿毒和妒乳（即乳痈，乳汁排出不畅，在体内凝结成肿块，称为妒乳）。治疗风疠（疠风，是由于营气热盛，风寒之邪客居经脉而久留不去所致，《黄帝内经》说：“脉受风邪成为疠病”，脉与营气都属于血的范畴，将皂荚刺蒸晒后研为细末，用大黄汤调服）。治疗癣疮（用米醋熬煮嫩刺外涂）。治疗胎衣不下。是治疗痈疽尚未溃破时的特效药物。已经溃破者忌服。孕妇也需禁忌。皂荚刺的叶，可用来清洗风疮。
肥皂荚：泻除热毒。
性味辛温，微有毒。能祛除风湿，去除污垢油腻（洗澡洗脸多用此物）。治疗无名肿毒，有奇效。（不拘何种奇难杂症或恶毒疮疡，取生肥皂去掉子弦及筋络，捣烂后用醋调和敷贴，立即痊愈；若未愈可再次敷贴，效果极佳，此方在医书中未见记载，若是贫苦之人身处偏远之地，仓促间无药可用，使用此法非常方便。）
水杨枝叶：宣通气血。
性味苦平。治疗痘疮顶部凹陷，浆液停滞不起。煎汤洗浴。（这是因为气滞血凝，或因风寒外束所致，宜用水杨枝叶，若无叶子则用嫩枝五斤，流水一釜，煎汤温热洗浴，若变冷则添加热汤，过一会儿观察，见痘疹隆起伴有晕丝者为佳，说明浆液运行通畅；若仍不满，再行洗浴。体虚者只洗头面手足。多次洗浴后痘疹仍不起发者预后不良。痘疹初出及瘙痒塌陷者，均不可洗浴。若内服补益气血的药物，疗效会更迅速，此方具有调理阴阳之妙，正如黄钟律管吹灰而蛰虫启户，东风吹拂而坚冰解冻的道理一样。）
西河柳叶：又名赤柽柳。宣通解毒。
性味甘咸而平。能消痞块，解酒毒，利小便，治疗各种风疾，解除各种毒素。近来又用于治疗痧疹热毒不能透发于外。将其作为发散药使用。研末服用四钱，治疗痧疹不出、气喘咳嗽、烦闷扰乱。用砂糖调服，治疗出疹后的痢疾。
Gleditsiae Spina (Spine of Gleditsia sinensis): Promotes circulation, opens orifices, and resolves abscesses.
Acrid and warm in nature. It searches out wind pathogens and kills parasites. Its efficacy is similar to that of Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus). Its sharp action reaches the disease site directly, causing carbuncles and sores to suppurate and disperse. It treats swelling toxins and Du Ru (breast abscess, where milk stasis forms a lump internally). It treats Feng Li (leprosy-like conditions caused by wind-cold invading the vessels and stagnating with hot Ying Qi; as stated in the classics: "Vessels affected by wind become Li"; since vessels and Ying are both related to blood, it is steamed, dried, powdered, and taken with Dahuang Decoction). It treats tinea corporis (apply paste of tender spines boiled in rice vinegar topically). It treats retention of the placenta. It is a divine medicine for carbuncles and sores before they have ulcerated. It should not be used after ulceration. Pregnant women should also avoid it. The leaves can be used to wash wind-related skin sores.
Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Fructus): Drains heat and detoxifies.
Acrid, warm, and slightly toxic. It dispels wind-dampness and removes grease and dirt (commonly used for bathing the body and washing the face). It treats unnamed swellings and toxins with miraculous effects. (For any strange ulcers or malignant toxins, take raw Zaojiao, remove the seeds, rind, and tendons, pound into a paste, mix with vinegar, and apply externally for immediate cure; if not cured, reapply. This prescription is not recorded in medical books but is very convenient for poor people in remote areas who lack medicines urgently.)
Shuiyang Zhuye (Branches and Leaves of Salix integra): Promotes circulation of Qi and Blood.
Bitter and neutral in nature. It treats smallpox lesions that are depressed at the apex with stagnant pus that fails to rise. Boil in water for bathing. (This condition arises from Qi stagnation and Blood stasis, or external constraint by wind-cold. Use Shuiyang branches and leaves; if leaves are unavailable, use five jin of tender branches with one fu of running water, boil for a warm bath. Add hot water if it cools down. After some time, observe if the lesions rise with a halo, indicating pus flow. If not sufficient, bathe again. For deficient patients, only wash the head, face, hands, and feet. If lesions do not rise after repeated baths, the prognosis is fatal. Do not bathe during the initial eruption or when lesions are itchy and collapsed. Internal administration of Qi- and Blood-nourishing herbs will accelerate efficacy. This method has the subtlety of regulating Yin and Yang, akin to the principle that when the Huangzhong pitch-pipe blows ash, hibernating insects emerge, and when the east wind blows, hard ice thaws.)
Xihe Liuye (Leaves of Tamarix chinensis), also known as Chichengliu: Promotes circulation and detoxifies.
Sweet, salty, and neutral. It dissipates masses, resolves alcohol toxicity, promotes urination, treats various wind disorders, and resolves various toxins. Recently, it has been used to treat sand-rash (sha zhen) heat toxins that fail to vent outward. Used as a dispersing agent. Take four qian of powder orally to treat sha rash that does not erupt, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, and restlessness. Mix with rock sugar and take orally to treat dysentery following the eruption of rash.