Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Dīng Kangxi strokes: 7 Page 769, Entry 04 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced dīng. A type of sore or boil. Medical texts (Fangshu) state there are thirteen varieties of furuncles. For red-thread furuncles, one should immediately use a needle to pierce and break the swelling. For painful cases, take chrysanthemum leaves, crush them into a juice, and apply it to the affected area. In winter, using the roots of the chrysanthemum provides the same effect. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): An ancient variant form (zhòu) of the character for sickness. See the detailed entry for the character for sickness.