Anti-Swelling and Pain-Relieving Tincture

Anti-Swelling and Pain-Relieving Tincture,Pain from joint sprains, rheumatic joint pain, and boils.

Formulas Name : Anti-Swelling and Pain-Relieving Tincture

Chinese Name : 消肿止痛药水

Drug Formulation

20g Aconite Root, 20g Pinellia Tuber, 20g Pinellia Rhizome, 10g Snow-on-a-Branch Wormwood, 20g White-flowered Clematis Seeds, 20g Two-faced Thistle Seeds, 20g Paris Polyphylla, 20g Asarum, and an appropriate amount of Borneol.

Source

*Yunnan Provincial Standards for Rural Chinese Herbal Medicinal Preparations*.

Processing

Coarsely grind the ingredients, place them in an airtight container, add 500 milliliters of 95% ethanol, and cold-infuse for 7 days, shaking several times daily. Decant the supernatant; cold-infuse the residue twice more, using 300 milliliters of 95% ethanol each time. For the final infusion, filter through double-layered gauze, combine the three filtrates, add 95% ethanol to a total volume of 1,000 milliliters, mix thoroughly, and bottle for future use.

Benefits

Pain from joint sprains, rheumatic joint pain, and boils.

Instructions for Use

Apply topically to the affected area 3–4 times daily.

Note

Highly toxic; do not take internally.

Anti-Swelling and Pain-Relieving Tincture,*Yunnan Provincial Standards for Rural Chinese Herbal Medicinal Preparations*.,Pain from joint sprains, rheumatic joint pain, and boils.

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