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Pestilential wind

疠风 〔癘風〕lì fēng

Also leprosy; great numbing wind; numbing wind; great wind; malign disease of great wind; lài great wind; pestilence. A transmissible disease that is characterized by localized numbing and subsequent appearance of red patches that swell and rupture without suppuration and that may spread to other parts of the body, causing loss of the eyes, collapse of the nose, fissuring of the lips, and boring of holes in the soles of the feet. Pestilential wind is attributed to pestilential wind toxin stagnating in the skin and flesh.

Medicinal therapy: Dispel wind and transform dampness; quicken the blood and kill worms. First use Safeguard Unlimited Efficacy Elixir (保安万灵丹 bǎo ān wàn líng dān) to cause sweating and then use Wondrous Response Wind-Dispersing Powder (神应消风散 shén yìng xiāo fēng sǎn).

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