Main Treated Disease Name：Sore Throat and Swelling

Song Formula
For a sore and swollen throat with discomfort in qi flow, dry cough, hoarseness, and difficulty in speaking, one should prick the acupoints of Yemen, Yuji, Guanchong, and Shaoshang. Letting out blood from Guanchong and Shaoshang can lead to recovery.

Introduction of Acupoints
Yemen: Located in the depression between the metacarpal bones of the little finger and the ring finger of the hand. It can be located by making a fist.
Yuji: Located in the depression on the inner side of the white flesh area behind the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb of the hand.

Guanchong: Located on the outer side of the ring finger of the hand, at a distance from the corner of the fingernail as wide as a chive leaf.
Shaoshang: Located on the inner side of the thumb of the hand, at a distance from the corner of the fingernail as wide as a chive leaf.

Analysis of Etiology and Pathology
[Analysis 1]: According to the annotation in the Golden Mirror: When there is wind-heat in the chest and diaphragm, the throat will be sore and swollen. If the pathogenic factors of wind-heat are severe, single or double tonsillitis will occur. It gets its name because there are high and swollen areas resembling tonsils on both sides of the epiglottis. When the heat is extremely intense, the throat will be swollen and blocked, making it impossible to swallow soup or water, difficult to speak, and blocked in breathing. This is called throat blockage. If the extreme heat is accompanied by excessive phlegm, the phlegm will surround the throat, affecting the throat, causing internal and external swelling and blockage, and making it impossible to swallow soup or water. This is called encircling throat wind, and both are critical diseases. Sometimes, pricking to let out pus and blood can lead to recovery. If after ulceration, no pus and blood are discharged and the swelling and blockage still persist and soup or water cannot be swallowed, it will lead to death.

Medical Cases
[Case 1]: Mr. Chen is from Shandong Province and lives on Zhongxing Road, Zhonghe Township, Taipei County, Taiwan Province. His wife, 42 years old, had a sore throat that felt like something was stuck, neither able to spit it out nor swallow it. She had difficulty eating for several days. On January 7, 1964 (the fifty-third year of the Republic of China), she came to seek treatment. After pricking the acupoints of Yemen, Yuji, Guanchong, and Shaoshang and letting out blood three times, she recovered completely.
[Case 2]: Mr. Sun, 41 years old, from Hunan Province, lives on the third section of Keelung Road, Taipei City. He suffered from a sore throat for half a year, had difficulty eating, and kept having a dry cough, which became more severe when coughing. On September 19, 1967 (the fifty-sixth year of the Republic of China), he came to me for diagnosis and treatment. After pricking the above-mentioned acupoints four times, he was cured.