Five Shedding Powder

Five Shedding Powder,Effective for long-standing corneal opacities and cataracts.

Formulas Name : Five Shedding Powder

Chinese Name : 五蜕散

Drug Formulation

1 fen of fingernail, 5 li of processed pangolin scales, 5 li of cicada molts, half a fen of snake molts, and 2 fen of the white membrane from a chicken eggshell.

Source

From *Li Ye*.

Processing

Stir-fry with human milk and grind into a powder.

Benefits

Effective for long-standing corneal opacities and cataracts.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 li each time, mix with water, and instill into the unaffected nostril. After instilling into one nostril, cover the affected eye with a tin template. After three treatments, bloodshot eyes and corneal opacities will both disappear. Alternatively, add 3 fen of Goose-Does-Not-Eat-Grass, 3 fen of roasted hedgehog skin, 4 fen of Platycodon root, and 3 li of musk.

Five Shedding Powder,From *Li Ye*.,Effective for long-standing corneal opacities and cataracts.

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