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Cnidium Powder,Malignant sores.

Formulas Name : Cnidium Powder

Chinese Name : 蛇床散

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Cnidium seeds (ground into powder), half a liang of sulfur (finely ground), and half a liang of mercury (ground with a small amount of roasted jujube pulp until all flecks are removed).

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

Malignant sores.

Instructions for Use

Mix lard refined in the twelfth lunar month until it has the consistency of face cream. First, wash the sore with a strong decoction of paper mulberry root, pat it dry, and then apply the ointment.

Cnidium Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.,Malignant sores.

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