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Black Cloud Powder

Formulas Name : Black Cloud Powder

Chinese Name : 黑云散

Drug Formulation

Gallnut (roasted), Baiyao Decoction, raw walnut peel, green pomegranate peel, chebulic myrobalan pulp, green papaya peel, green persimmon peel, Polygonum multiflorum, pig’s-tooth soapberry (roasted until black), green alum, Asarum, and mercury—all in equal parts.

Source

*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 8.

Processing

First, place the mercury inside the pomegranate peel for over a month; then dry the pomegranate peel in the sun. Grind all the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a small coin, and constantly bake them in charcoal ash—do not remove them from the ash.

Instructions for Use

To darken the beard and hair, first wash them thoroughly with soapberry water, then apply a mixture of hot wine and the powder; hot vinegar may also be used.

Black Cloud Powder,*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 8.,

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