Amber, Wax, and Alum Pills

Amber, Wax, and Alum Pills,Boils and carbuncles, back abscesses, sebaceous cysts, scrofula, phlegm nodules, hemorrhoids with fistulas, and syphilitic sores. For boils and carbuncles—whether or not pus has formed—where there is concern that toxic qi cannot escape and will inevitably attack the body internally. Sores all over the body resembling snake heads, and nasal moles. Spotted measles and smallpox rashes.

Formulas Name : Amber, Wax, and Alum Pills

Chinese Name : 琥珀蜡矾丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang 2 qian of white alum, 1 liang of beeswax, 1 qian 2 fen of realgar, 1 qian of amber (ground separately to a very fine powder), 1 qian 2 fen of cinnabar, and 2 qian of honey (added at the last moment).

Source

*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.

Processing

First, grind the first four ingredients into a very fine powder. Separately, melt the beeswax in a copper ladle; remove from heat for a short while, and when the edges of the wax have slightly solidified, add the powdered ingredients and stir until well blended. Form the mixture into a single mass. Have one person gently warm the mixture over a low flame while others quickly roll it into pills the size of small black beans. Coat the pills with cinnabar and store them in a porcelain jar.

Benefits

Boils and carbuncles, back abscesses, sebaceous cysts, scrofula, phlegm nodules, hemorrhoids with fistulas, and syphilitic sores. For boils and carbuncles—whether or not pus has formed—where there is concern that toxic qi cannot escape and will inevitably attack the body internally. Sores all over the body resembling snake heads, and nasal moles. Spotted measles and smallpox rashes.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with plain hot water after meals; for severe cases, take twice daily, morning and evening.

Amber, Wax, and Alum Pills,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.,Boils and carbuncles, back abscesses, sebaceous cysts, scrofula, phlegm nodules, hemorrhoids with fistulas, and syphilitic sores. For boils and carbuncles—whether or not pus has formed—where there is concern that toxic qi cannot escape and will inevitably attack the body internally. Sores all over the body resembling snake heads, and nasal moles. Spotted measles and smallpox rashes.

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