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Eighteen-Combination Plaster

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Eighteen-Combination Plaster,Parasitic Masses

Formulas Name : Eighteen-Combination Plaster

Chinese Name : 十八反膏药

Drug Formulation

Asarum, Scrophularia, Lepidium, Bletilla, Pinellia, Aconite, Aconite Root, Euphorbia, Datura, Licorice, Euphorbia, and Cynanchum.

Source

From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Combine with 1 liang of raw scallion, ginger juice, honey, and Guang gelatin, and simmer together into a paste. Spread the paste onto dog skin and apply it to the affected area.

Benefits

Parasitic Masses

Instructions for Use

If there is slight diarrhea, there is no need to take the following medicine; if no bowel movement occurs within 1–2 days, take the following: 6 qian of powdered black pharbitis root and 4 qian of areca nut, ground into a powder. Adjust the dose according to the patient’s constitution—4 qian for deficiency and 5 qian for excess. Take it on an empty stomach on the first morning of the lunar month after drinking 2–3 mouthfuls of sugar water. Wait until 2–3 bowel movements have occurred, and it is best to expel everything completely; to stop the process, eat a few mouthfuls of warm congee.

Note

Avoid heavy meat dishes for one or two days.

Eighteen-Combination Plaster,From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.,Parasitic Masses

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