Shuiwengpi is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the bark of the plant *Cleistocalyxoperculatus* (Roxb.) Merr. et Perry, belonging to the Myrtaceae family. It is distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, and other regions. It has the therapeutic effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, drying dampness, and killing parasites. It is used to treat damp-heat foot sores, eczema, scabies, skin ulcers caused by malnutrition, abscesses of the scrotum, and burns and scalds.
Jujube, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the ripe fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill., a plant of the genus Ziziphus in the Rhamnaceae family. It has the effects of tonifying the middle burner and boosting qi, as well as nourishing the blood and calming the mind. It is primarily used to treat spleen deficiency syndrome, restlessness, and insomnia.
Winter melon is a name used in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the outer rind, mature seeds, leaves, and pulp of Benincasa hispida (Thunb.), a plant in the genus Benincasa of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is produced in most regions of China.Winter melon rind has diuretic and anti-edematous properties and helps clear heat and relieve summer heat; it is primarily used to treat edema and abdominal distension, difficulty urinating, thirst caused by summer heat, and scanty, reddish urine. Winter melon seeds help clear heat, resolve phlegm, expel pus, and promote diuresis; they are primarily used to treat phlegm-heat cough, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, leukorrhea, dysuria, and edema.Winter melon leaves have the effects of clearing heat, draining dampness, and detoxifying; they are primarily used to treat diabetes insipidus, summer-heat-induced diarrhea and dysentery, malaria, toxic sores, and bee stings; while winter melon pulp has the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, promoting urination, and reducing swelling; it is primarily used to treat feverish conditions with restlessness and thirst, diabetes insipidus, dysuria, edema, and abscesses.
White Lotus Flower Dew is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is a fragrant water obtained by distilling the flower buds of Nelumbo nucifera Gacrtn., a plant of the genus Nelumbo in the Nymphaeaceae family. It has the effects of dispelling summer heat and cooling the body. It is primarily used to treat heatstroke, restlessness, fever, thirst, wheezing, coughing, and sputum mixed with blood.
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[Formula] Calcined needle iron (first stir-fry until red, then soak in vinegar overnight, and stir-fry again until dry) 15 g, barley flour 15 g, buckwheat flour 15 g [Usage] Roast each of the above herbs separately. First, wash the beard and hair thoroughly with starch water until very clean. Mix the above three herbs with … Read more
[Formula] Chebulae Fructus (deseeded) 30g, Angelicae Sinensis Radix 30g, Galla Chinensis (used with rind) 30g, Massa Medicata Fermentata 30g, Punicae Granati Pericarpium Vinegar-Processed 15g, Galla Rhois 7.5g [Usage] Grind the above into fine powder. First, mix 15g of buckwheat flour and 15g of barley flour with vinegar to form a paste, then add 48g of … Read more
[Formula] Chebulae Fructus (deseeded) 5 pieces, Gallae Chinensis Processae 24g, Galla Turcica 3g, a small amount of Calomelas. [Usage] Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix the powder with an equal amount of stir-fried buckwheat flour. Add water to make a paste with an appropriate consistency. Apply the paste to the hair and … Read more
[Formula] Calamine 60g, Vinegar 660ml, Buckwheat Flour 24g [Usage] Place the first two ingredients in an iron pan and simmer together for over 10 boils (after the water boils, let it roll for a dozen or so times). Add 24g of buckwheat flour to make a paste with an appropriate consistency. Apply it to the … Read more
[Formula] Pomegranate (both peel and seeds are used), fresh walnut (used with green peel), fresh green persimmon, equal parts of each. [Usage] Pound the above herbs in an iron mortar until they become a paste. Take a small-mouthed porcelain jar, place 1500g of well-prepared black tin inside, and pound it into leaf-shaped pieces the size … Read more
[Formula] Baiyao Jian 30g, Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis) 15g, Hezipi (Terminaliae Chebulae Pericarpium) 30g, Langba 30g, Heye (Folium Nelumbinis) 30g, Dingfen (starch) 9g, Lvfan (Melanteritum) 15g [Usage] Grind the above into fine powder. Take a bowl of iron filings decoction, boil it down to half a bowl, filter it through cotton, and then simmer it over … Read more
[Formula] Liqing (Castanea mollissima Blume leaf) and Colla Corii Asini 30g each [Usage] Grind the above ingredients into powder, use paper to twist into a wick for smoking a tile basin, collect the soot, and grind it together with walnut kernel into a paste to apply to the beard and hair. [Efficacy] Blackens the beard … Read more
[Formula] Chalcanthitum, Galla Chinensis, Indigo Confectio, Chebulae Fructus, Walnut Peel, Pomegranate Rind (vinegar-processed), Chaenomelis Fructus Cortex, Chinese Honeylocust Spine, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Asari Radix et Rhizoma in equal parts [Usage] Grind the above into an extremely fine powder, refine honey to make pills as large as small coins. Always nurture them in charcoal ash and … Read more
[Formula] Galla Chinensis 30g, Pomegranate Rind 30g, Dried Lotus Leaf (pounded separately) 30g, Chinese Gallnut (stir-fried) 15g, Chebulic Myrobalan Rind 15g, Chinese Gallnut Extract 15g, Copperas (ground separately) 15g [Usage] Grind the above into fine powder, add 5 – 6 spoons of stir-fried flour, and make it into a paste with good-quality vinegar. Mix the … Read more
[Formula] 250 g each of fine needle sand (not a traditional herb, possibly a local or specific ingredient, keep as is if it’s a specific term in a certain context) and buckwheat flour, 500 g of concentrated vinegar [Usage] Mix the above two medicinals with concentrated vinegar into a paste. First, wash the hair with … Read more
