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Sheep’s-ear Chrysanthemum

Sheep’s-ear Chrysanthemum, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the roots and whole plant of Inulacappa (Buch.-Ham.) DC., a member of the Asteraceae family.It is distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, and other regions. It has the therapeutic effects of dispelling wind and cold, regulating qi and promoting diuresis, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and reducing swelling and alleviating pain. It is commonly used for wind-cold colds, coughs, nervous headaches, stomach pain, rheumatic pain in the lower back and legs, swelling and pain from trauma, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, and schistosomiasis.

Horse-tooth Polygonatum

Ma Ya Guan Zhong is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the rhizome of Athyrium pachyphlebium C.Chr., a plant in the family Athyriaceae. It is distributed in North China, as well as in Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, and other regions. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, stopping bleeding, and expelling parasites. It is commonly used to treat toxic sores and boils, dysentery, nosebleeds, and ascariasis.

Tamarind

Tamarind is a name used in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the fruit of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica Linn.), a plant in the legume family. It is distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, harmonizing the stomach, and eliminating food stagnation. It is commonly used to treat heatstroke, loss of appetite, malnutrition in children, morning sickness, and constipation.

Chinese Tulip Tree Root

Liriodendron root is the name of a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the root of Liriodendron chinensis (Hemsl.) Sarg., a plant belonging to the genus Liriodendron in the family Magnoliaceae. Liriodendron chinensis is distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.Its roots are effective in dispelling wind-dampness and strengthening tendons and bones. It is primarily used to treat rheumatic joint pain and muscle weakness.

Black Beard Restoring Spring Powder

[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

Aconite medicine

[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

Dark Clouds Dispersed

[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

Wuyun Ointment

[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

Wu Zi San Sheng Ointment

[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

Han Shilang’s Miraculously Effective Beard-Twiddling Prescription

[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

Recipe for Blackening Beard and Sideburns

[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

Xuan Sai Wu Yun Ointment

[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

Zihe Black Decoction

[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

Zhang Zihe’s Aconitum-containing Medicine

[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