Eight-Ingredient Wax-Alum Pills

Eight-Ingredient Wax-Alum Pills,For boils and abscesses.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Wax-Alum Pills

Chinese Name : 八味蜡矾丸

Drug Formulation

Alum 1 liang, beeswax 1 liang, ox bile 1 qian, pearl 1 qian, frankincense 1 qian, myrrh 1 qian, cinnabar 1 qian, realgar 0.5 fen.

Source

From *Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 18.

Processing

First, melt the beeswax; remove from heat, add all the other ingredients, and mix thoroughly. Quickly shape into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For boils and abscesses.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine; take 3 doses daily. Increase the dose to 20 pills.

Eight-Ingredient Wax-Alum Pills,From *Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 18.,For boils and abscesses.

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