49 almonds, 49 castor beans, 0.9 g each of amber (ground with rush pith) and borneol, 1.8 g each of pearl (cooked wrapped in tofu), dragon's blood, musk, frankincense (de-oiled), myrrh (de-oiled), verdigris, yellow lead, dragon bone, and calomel, 3 pieces of benzoin (size of longan flesh), 24 g of rosin (melted in a pot over low heat, filtered through linen to remove dregs, cooled, boiled several times in tofu water, then boiled three times in mung bean soup, and finally dried with 200 ml each of scallion, leek, and ginger juice, then ground into fine powder).

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First, pound the almonds and castor beans into a paste, then grind the remaining ingredients into a fine powder. Gradually add the powder to the paste and pound it over a thousand times. Spread the mixture onto a large piece of red satin and apply it, avoiding exposure to fire. For initial stages of scrofula, applying this will naturally reduce the swelling. If applied when the condition is about to ulcerate, the toxins will be drawn out through the pores, preventing rupture. If there is a sensation of unripe pus inside, fearing that rupture may hinder recovery, add seven shelled Momordica cochinchinensis seeds and 1.5 grams of finely ground black donkey hoof to the paste, which can extract the pus through the skin.

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Scrofula.