Reversed-Flow Oil

Reversed-Flow Oil,Yellowish-white hair and beard.

Formulas Name : Reversed-Flow Oil

Chinese Name : 倒行油

Drug Formulation

1 liang of mercury; 7 leeches (ground into powder).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.

Processing

Take 3 liang of silver and fashion it into a small box; fill it with 1 liang of mercury. Grind 7 dried leeches into a fine powder and place it in the box along with the mercury. Seal the box with earthworm mud to a thickness of about half a finger, then bury it deeply in horse manure for 49 days. When removed, it will have transformed into black oil.

Benefits

Yellowish-white hair and beard.

Instructions for Use

Wrap a fingertip in fish bladder, dip it in the medicine, and rub it in.

Reversed-Flow Oil,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.,Yellowish-white hair and beard.

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