使用矾石（二两）这一味药，用浆水一斗五升煎煮至沸腾三五次，用来浸泡双脚，效果良好。此法可治疗香港脚（足部湿毒肿痛之症）冲心（病邪上攻心胸）。
使用矾石、硝石、滑石、硫黄（各一两），用无根水（如雨水、露水等未接触地面的水）滴入调和制成丸剂，可治疗各种暑热毒邪及伏暑引起的腹胀疼痛，疗效显著。
使用矾石、雄黄、滑石（各半两），硝石、舶上硫黄（各一两），白面（四两）。将以上五味药研成细末，加入面粉搅拌均匀，滴水泛丸，大小如梧桐子。每次服用三十丸，用新汲取的井水送服。据管见云，若遇中暑导致昏厥者，灌服后可立即苏醒。此方主治中暑引起的身体发热、头痛，症状类似脾寒，或伴有呕吐、昏闷、食欲不振等症状。
将矾石枯烧后碾成细末，半夏用汤洗后也碾成细末，各取十两；寒水石烧红以去除火毒，再用水飞法处理二十两。将上述药物研磨混合均匀，制成如梧桐子大小的丸剂。每次服用三十丸，饭后用生姜汤送服。此方主治风壅（风邪壅滞），能化痰涎，利咽膈，清目，止咳嗽，除烦热。
治疗伤寒引起的热性痢疾，表现为下坠感重者：
白头翁（二两）、黄连、黄柏、秦皮（各三两）。
将以上四味药用水七升，煎煮至剩余二升，滤去药渣，温服一升。
Use Alumen (Lumeng, 矾石) [2 liang] alone. Decoct it in Jiangshui (fermented grain water, 浆水) [1 dou 5 sheng] until it boils for three to five times. Soak the feet in this decoction; it is highly effective for treating Hongjiaojiao (Hong Kong foot/foot edema with damp-heat toxicity, 香港脚) attacking the heart (pathogenic factors ascending to the chest and heart).
Use Alumen (Lumeng, 矾石), Nuxstibium (Xiaoshi, 硝石), Talcum (Huashi, 滑石), and Sulfur (Liuhuang, 硫黄) [each 1 liang]. Mix with Wugenshui (water not touching the ground, such as rain or dew, 无根水) to form pills. This treats all types of summerheat toxicity and latent summerheat causing abdominal distension and pain, with excellent efficacy.
Use Alumen (Lumeng, 矾石), Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄), and Talcum (Huashi, 滑石) [each half liang]; Nuxstibium (Xiaoshi, 硝石) and Overseas Sulfur (Boshang Liuhuang, 舶上硫黄) [each 1 liang]; and Wheat Flour (Baifan, 白面) [4 liang]. Grind the above five herbs into powder, mix evenly with flour, and use water drops to form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds (Wutongzi, 梧桐子). Take 30 pills per dose with fresh well water. According to Guan Jianyun, if a patient suffers from heatstroke leading to syncope, administering this remedy can restore consciousness immediately. It treats heatstroke symptoms including fever, headache resembling spleen-cold, vomiting, dizziness, fullness, and loss of appetite.
Calcine Alumen (Lumeng, 矾石) and grind into fine powder; wash Pinellia Rhizome (Banxia, 半夏) with decoction and grind into fine powder; take each [10 liang]. Calcine Halloysitum Rubrum (Hanshuishi, 寒水石) until red-hot to remove fire toxicity, then process by water flotation (Shuifei, 水飞); take [20 liang]. Grind and mix uniformly, form pills the size of Sophora japonica seeds. Take 30 pills per dose after meals, delivered with Ginger Decoction (Jiangsheng Tang, 生姜汤). It treats wind obstruction (Fengyong, 风壅), resolves phlegm-fluids, benefits the throat and diaphragm, clears the eyes, stops coughing, and removes irritability and heat.
To treat cold damage (Shanghan, 伤寒) resulting in hot dysentery with a sensation of heaviness in defecation:
Pulsatilla Root (Baitouweng, 白头翁) [2 liang], Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian, 黄连), Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai, 黄柏), and Privet Bark (Qinpi, 秦皮) [each 3 liang].
Decoct the above four herbs in 7 sheng of water until reduced to 2 sheng. Strain the dregs. Warm and take 1 sheng.
This is Baitouweng Tang (Pulsatilla Decoction, 白头翁汤) plus Licorice Root (Gancao, 甘草) and Donkey-hide Gelatin (Ejiao, 阿胶) [each 3 liang]. It treats postpartum dysentery in patients who are extremely deficient.