明·刘诚意伯言∶药不对症，枉死者多。余曾祖若谷公《秘集》云∶痈疽无一死症。
而诸
书所载，患生何处，病属何经。故治乳岩而用羚羊、犀角，治横 而用生地、防己，治瘰
、恶核而用夏桔、连翘。概不论阴虚阳实，惟多用引经之药，以致乳岩、横 ，患成不救；
瘰、恶核，溃久转怯。竟不知为引经之药所误，反诿咎于白疽本不可救，不亦谬欤！夫红
痈乃阳实之症，气血热而毒滞；白疽乃阴虚之症，气血寒而毒凝，二者俱以开腠理为要。腠
理开，红痈解毒即消，白疽解寒立愈。若凭经而不辨症，药虽对经，其实背症也。世之患阴
疽而致毙者颇多，苟其阴阳别治，何至有死症乎？余曾祖留心此道，以临危救活之方，初起
立消之药，一一笔之于书，为传家珍宝。余幼读之，与世间诸书迥别。历症四十余年，临危
者救之，初起者消之，痛痒者止之，溃烂者敛之，百治百验。凭经治症，天下皆然；分别阴
阳，惟予一家。是以将祖遗秘术，及予临症将药到病愈之方，并精制药石之法，尽登是《集
》，以待世之留心救人者，根据方修合，根据法法制，根据症用药，庶免枉死。使天下后世，知痈
疽果无死症云尔。
时乾隆五年，岁在庚申仲春朔日。洞庭西山王维德洪绪氏书
明代刘诚意伯曾说：药物不对症，枉死的人很多。我的曾祖若谷公在《秘集》中说：痈疽没有一种病证是必死的。
而各种医书所载，只说患生于身体何处，病属于哪条经络。所以治疗乳岩（乳腺癌）用羚羊角、犀角，治疗横痃（腹股沟淋巴结结核）用地黄、防己，治疗瘰疬（颈部淋巴结结核）、恶核（皮下结节）用夏枯草、桔梗、连翘。一概不论阴虚还是阳实，只是多用引经药，导致乳岩、横痃，患病后无法救治；瘰疬、恶核，溃烂日久反而更加虚弱。竟然不知道这是被引经药所误，反而推卸罪责于白疽本来不可救，这难道不是荒谬吗！
那红痈是阳实的病证，气血热而毒邪滞留；白疽是阴虚的病证，气血寒而毒邪凝结，这两种病都以开通腠理（皮肤毛孔及纹理）为关键。腠理开通，红痈解毒即可消散，白疽散寒立即痊愈。如果只凭经络而不辨别症状，药物虽然对应经络，其实却违背了症状。世间患阴疽而死的人很多，假如能阴阳分别治疗，怎么会必有死证呢？
我的曾祖留心于此道，将临危救活的方剂、初起立消的药物，一一记录在书中，作为传家的珍宝。我幼年读这些书，与世间其他书籍截然不同。历经四十多年的病症诊治，对临危者予以抢救，对初起者予以消除，对痛痒者予以止住，对溃烂者予以收敛，百治百验。凭借经络治疗病症，天下都是如此；分别阴阳辨证，只有我们一家如此。因此将祖传的秘术，以及我临症时药到病愈的方子，并精心制药的方法，全部收录在这部《集》中，以等待世上留心救人的人，根据方剂调配，根据方法制作，根据症状用药，从而避免枉死。让天下后世知道，痈疽确实没有必死的病证罢了。
时乾隆五年，岁在庚申年仲春初一。洞庭西山王维德洪绪氏书写。
Ming Dynasty's Liu Chengyi Bo stated: "When medicine does not match the syndrome, many die in vain." My great-grandfather, Rugu Gong, in his *Secret Collection* (Miji), said: "There is no fatal case among carbuncles and sores (yongju)."
However, various medical texts only record where the lesion arises and which meridian the disease belongs to. Thus, when treating breast cancer (ruyan) with Antelope Horn (Lingyangjiao) and Rhinoceros Horn (Xijiao); when treating bubo (hengxuan) [inguinal lymphadenitis] with Rehmannia Root (Shengdi) and Stephania Tetrandra (Fangji); and when treating scrofula (luoli) [cervical lymphadenitis] and subcutaneous nodules (ehe) with Prunella Vulgaris (Xiakucao), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), and Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiao). They generally do not differentiate between Yin deficiency and Yang excess, but merely use more drugs that guide the action to specific meridians (jingzhi zhi yao). This leads to untreatable cases of ruyan and hengxuan once the disease has formed; and for luoli and ehe, prolonged ulceration leads to increasing debility. They fail to realize they were misled by guiding drugs, instead blaming the inherent incurability of white gangrene (baiju). Is this not absurd?
Red carbuncle (hongyong) is a syndrome of Yang excess, characterized by hot Qi and Blood with stagnant toxin; White gangrene (baiju) is a syndrome of Yin deficiency, characterized by cold Qi and Blood with coagulated toxin. Both require opening the interstices (colili) [skin pores and tissue spaces] as the key. Once the interstices are opened, the toxin of red carbuncle dissipates upon resolution; the cold of white gangrene resolves immediately upon warming. If one relies solely on meridians without differentiating symptoms, although the medicine may correspond to the meridian, it actually contradicts the symptom. Many in the world die from Yin gangrene; if Yin and Yang were treated differently, how could there be fatal cases?
My great-grandfather paid close attention to this field, recording in writing all the formulas for saving lives in critical conditions and medicines for eliminating diseases at their onset, making them family treasures. I read these in my youth and found them completely different from other books in the world. Having treated syndromes for over forty years, I have saved those in critical condition, eliminated those at the onset, stopped pain and itching, and promoted healing of ulcers. It has been hundred percent effective. Relying on meridians to treat syndromes is common worldwide; differentiating Yin and Yang is unique to our school. Therefore, I have included the ancestral secret techniques, my own formulas that cure diseases upon administration, and methods for carefully preparing medicinal materials in this *Collection*. This is to await those in the world who care about saving lives, so they may compound according to the formulas, prepare according to the methods, and medicate according to the symptoms, thereby avoiding death in vain. Let the world and future generations know that indeed, there are no fatal cases among carbuncles and sores.
Written by Wang Weide Hongxu of Dongting West Mountain, on the first day of mid-spring in the Gengshen year, the fifth year of Qianlong.