Donghua Detoxifying Ointment，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For unnamed swellings and toxic sores, various malignant boils and abscesses, back abscesses, smallpox toxicity, and wind-induced toxicity.
Donghua Detoxifying Ointment
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Formulas Name : Donghua Detoxifying Ointment
Chinese Name : 东华解毒膏
Drug Formulation
Five-Branch Ointment (peach branches, willow branches, locust branches, and mulberry branches—all tender branches, 5 sheng each; elm bark, 5 sheng; lycium bark, 5 sheng; simmer in 1 dan of running water until reduced to 5 fen; strain out the residue; add 4 liang of ground Angelica sinensis; simmer over low heat until it forms a paste that forms beads when a drop of water is added; set aside for use), purified asphalt, 1 jin,pine resin (purified) half a jin, frankincense 1 liang (ground separately), myrrh 1 liang (ground separately), mercuric oxide 2 qian (ground separately), copper carbonate 2 liang (ground separately), beeswax 2 liang, dragon’s blood 2 qian (ground separately), musk 1 qian (ground separately), benzoin 5 qian, realgar 1 liang (floated in water and ground to a fine powder).
Source
From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.
Processing
Take 2 liang each of Chuanxiong, Rhubarb, Safflower, and White Angelica Root; simmer in sesame oil until blackened, then strain out the residue. Use 4 liang of oil in spring and summer, and 6 liang in autumn and winter. Simmer according to the method until a drop of water does not disperse; then add the asphalt, rosin, and beeswax and melt them;add 2 liang of Wuzhi Ointment and stir with a locust branch over 100 times; add frankincense, myrrh, dragon’s blood, mercuric oxide, benzoin, and orpiment, and stir another 100 times; add musk and copper carbonate, and stir another 100 times. Stop when a drop of the mixture floats on the water’s surface like a green lotus leaf. Stir vigorously over 200 times, then let it steep for 100 days before removing and storing.
Benefits
For unnamed swellings and toxic sores, various malignant boils and abscesses, back abscesses, smallpox toxicity, and wind-induced toxicity.
Instructions for Use
To apply to toxic sores, boil a decoction of locust tree branches and green onion whites, wash the affected area with it, then apply the paste—mixed with saliva and spread on silk—changing it every 3–5 days.
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Donghua Detoxifying Ointment,For unnamed swellings and toxic sores, various malignant boils and abscesses, back abscesses, smallpox toxicity, and wind-induced toxicity.