The World’s Best Formula for Blackening the Beard

The World’s Best Formula for Blackening the Beard,

Formulas Name : The World’s Best Formula for Blackening the Beard

Chinese Name : 天下乌须第一方

Drug Formulation

Gallnuts (any amount; crush them, remove the ash, and stir-fry in an earthenware pot until all smoke has dissipated; wrap them in a damp, wrung-out blue cloth, then press into a cake with your foot; grind into a powder for later use). Use 1.5 qian per dose. Black Frost (i.e., 4 liang of finely ground, stir-fried yellow flour; 1 liang of Angelica sinensis root tips ground into powder; 1 liang of Bletilla striata powder;mix all three ingredients thoroughly) 1 fen and a half per dose; red copper powder (any amount; heat in a fire until extremely red-hot, drop into a bowl of water, remove and reheat, then repeat; collect the naturally formed powder from the water, rinse thoroughly with water, boil in good vinegar until dry, then stir-fry until black for later use) 1 fen and a half per dose; alum powder 1 fen and a half; rock salt 1 fen and 2 li; gallnut 2 li and a half;2.5 li of chebulic myrobalan (wrap both ingredients in flour, place in an earthenware pot, and stir-fry with firewood charcoal until charred and dry).

Source

*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.

Instructions for Use

Mix the above ingredients with fine tea brine to form a paste, then cook in a porcelain vessel over a double boiler. Wash the affected area, apply the paste, and once dry, wash it off.

The World’s Best Formula for Blackening the Beard,*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.,

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