Esoteric Meanings of the Grotto Heavens, Vol. 5

...n conditions dissipate on their own. Moreover, as the sores have persisted for a long time, leaking discharge and fluid, the Vital Energy and Blood Qi and Blood must be deficient. How can heat still reside here? This is the miraculous reason for removing dampness The author argues that chronic, weeping sores are caused by "dampness" combined with "deficiency" rather than active "heat" or inflammation..

Damp-Removing and Toxin-Resolving Decoction

An ancestral tradition for treating damp-toxin sores of the feet.

Atractylodes 5 mace approx. 18.7 grams; original: 白术 (Báizhú)
Chinese Yam 5 mace original: 山藥 (Shānyào)
Job's Tears 5 mace original: 薏仁 (Yìrén)
Honeysuckle 1 tael approx. 37.5 grams; original: 金銀花 (Jīnyínhuā)
Cinnamon Bark 0.3 mace original: 肉桂 (Ròuguì)
Water Plantain 2 mace original: 澤瀉 (Zéxiè)
One handful of Chinese Tallow Tree root original: 烏桕根 (Wūjiù gēn)

Decoct in water and take ten doses; the ailment will heal of its own accord. If it has not yet healed, then use the marvelous Dragon-Horse Pellet transmission.

Dragon-Horse Pellet

Heavenly Master Qi’s Likely referring to Qi Bo, a mythological figure in Chinese medicine tradition for treating all damp-toxin sores.

Purslane 2 mace original: 馬齒莧 (Mǎchǐxiàn)
Phellodendron Bark 5 mace original: 黃柏 (Huángbǎi)
Aged Lime 2 mace original: 陳年石灰 (Chénnián shíhuī)
Calomel 1 mace original: 輕粉 (Qīngfěn); a mercurous chloride mineral used historically for skin diseases, though now known to be toxic.
Earthworm Castings 3 mace original: 地龍糞 (Dìlóng fèn); literally "Earth Dragon manure."
Oven-Earth 2 mace original: 伏龍肝 (Fúlónggān); literally "Hidden Dragon's Liver," refers to the earth from the center of an old wood-burning stove.
Red Lead 3 mace original: 黃丹 (Huángdān)
Red Halloysite 3 mace original: 赤石脂 (Chìshízhī); a medicinal clay.

Grind each into a fine...