Oil-soaked Knots

Oil-soaked Knots,Fatty sores on the head and face.

Formulas Name : Oil-soaked Knots

Chinese Name : 结子油

Drug Formulation

White alum (ground into powder, spread on cotton paper, rolled into long strips, tied into several knots, soaked in vegetable oil until thoroughly saturated; place the oil-soaked knots on an iron sieve and heat over a fire; collect the oil dripping from the knots back into the soaking bowl; continue heating until the knots are charred and dry, then grind the charred knots into powder) and processed rosin (powder) in approximately equal parts.

Source

*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.

Processing

Mix these ingredients into the oil.

Benefits

Fatty sores on the head and face.

Instructions for Use

Apply to the sores twice daily, morning and evening. Heals in 5–6 days.

Note

Avoid pork, shrimp, and crab, as well as fried, stir-fried, or oil-simmered foods that produce toxins; consuming these will prolong the condition and make it difficult to heal.

Oil-soaked Knots,*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.,Fatty sores on the head and face.

More Herbs Formulas

Jujube and Aconite Decoction

Jujube and Aconite Decoction,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For malaria caused by qi deficiency of the five viscera, regardless of whether chills or fever occur first, or whether the attacks are isolated, repeated, or intermittent.

Three-Ingredient (Shuchong) Worm Pills

Three-Ingredient (Shuchong) Worm Pills,From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.,Stagnation of dried blood internally, blurred vision, abdominal pain, and menstrual obstruction with pain in women.

Decoction for Resolving Accumulations and Stopping Dysentery

Decoction for Resolving Accumulations and Stopping Dysentery,*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 33.,Persistent diarrhea following smallpox.

Blood-Nourishing and Stabilizing Pills

Blood-Nourishing and Stabilizing Pills,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.,For men with blood deficiency, a sallow and withered complexion, and inability to conceive.

Formula for Steaming the Navel with Seeds

Formula for Steaming the Navel with Seeds,From *Extensive Collection of Clinical Experience*, Volume 3.,For men with cold-induced impotence and weakness, accompanied by cloudy white discharge and nocturnal emissions; for women with a cold and deficient uterus, accompanied by red or white vaginal discharge.

Four Bones Powder

Four Bones Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 309.,For all types of fractures in the legs, arms, and joints.

Seven-Jujube Decoction

Seven-Jujube Decoction,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6.,Weakness of the spleen and stomach, internal invasion by cold qi, diarrhea or profuse loose stools, undigested food and water in the stool, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, pain around the navel and abdomen, qi rising against the chest, hollow rumbling in the abdomen, vomiting … Read more

Blood-Nourishing and Tendon-Relaxing Decoction

Blood-Nourishing and Tendon-Relaxing Decoction,From *Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 1.,Blood deficiency fails to nourish the tendons, leading to cramping.

Seven-Ingredient Motherwort Decoction

Seven-Ingredient Motherwort Decoction,From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.,Postpartum fever.

Skin-Nourishing Ointment

Skin-Nourishing Ointment,*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.,Chronic eczema.

Lamb Wine

Lamb Wine,From *Nourishing the Elderly for a Long Life*, Volume 3, citing *Formulas from the Huacheng Hall of the Xuanhe Era*.,

Modified Tongsheng Powder

Modified Tongsheng Powder,*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 6.,Epidemic wind.

Fennel and Chinese Toon Fruit Pills

Fennel and Chinese Toon Fruit Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 247.,Various hernia conditions.

Stewed Kidney Powder

Stewed Kidney Powder,Formula from *Zhun Sheng: Lei Fang* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Jing Yue Quan Shu* (Vol. 54).,Lower back pain.

Astragalus Powder

Astragalus Powder,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 403.,For children with persistent high fever and skin rashes…

Medicinal Paste Cake

Medicinal Paste Cake,*Shenghui*, Volume 97.,For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, deficiency and cold of kidney qi, pain in the lower back and knees, and dribbling of urine.

Remedy for Tooth Decay Caused by Worship

Remedy for Tooth Decay Caused by Worship,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 70.,

Kidney-Tonifying Diamond Pills

Kidney-Tonifying Diamond Pills,From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).,For kidney deficiency with depletion of essence, weakness of tendons and bones, heaviness in the lower back and knees, unbearable pain, weakness in the limbs, and difficulty walking.

Fu Tu Pills

Fu Tu Pills,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).,For deficiency of heart qi, excessive worry, deficiency of the kidney meridian, instability of true yang, residual urine after urination, cloudy white urine, and frequent nocturnal emissions.

Jade Maiden’s Flying Flower Powder

Jade Maiden’s Flying Flower Powder,From *Wei Ji Bao Shu*, Volume 2.,For boils and abscesses.

Spleen-Regulating Decoction

Spleen-Regulating Decoction,*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.,Dysregulation of the zang-fu organs; the liver overpowers the spleen, causing dampness to descend, resulting in chronic, persistent diarrhea.

Chi Tou Pills

Chi Tou Pills,From *Jisheng*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 100.,For wind-induced epilepsy, regardless of age, characterized by increasingly frequent seizures accompanied by vomiting and foaming at the mouth. A severe form of epilepsy.

Alum and Scorpion Powder

Alum and Scorpion Powder,*Puji Fang*, Volume 294.,Neck swelling, also known as goiter.

Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction

Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 6.,For persistent cough due to cold damage accompanied by restlessness; and for wind-heat headaches with mental confusion and drowsiness.

Toseng Powder

Toseng Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 299.,For mouth and tongue sores that do not heal.