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Face-Changing Powder,Epidemic wind.

Formulas Name : Face-Changing Powder

Chinese Name : 换容散

Drug Formulation

Half a jin of cicada exoskeletons, 1 jin of Guangdong gelatin.

Source

From *Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*, Volume 3, citing *Immortal Formulas from the Sea*.

Processing

Take 1 jin of lead, shape it into a small box, place the first two ingredients inside, and seal the edges tightly with lead droplets. Add 3 dou of skin-softening agent to a pot and boil the mixture. Remove it, discard the lead box, and grind only the first two ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

Epidemic wind.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 fen per dose, washed down with warm wine. For purplish-black wind, chop green pine branches into small pieces, decoct them into a broth, and use it for bathing; for white wind, decoct wheat husks into a broth and use it for bathing.

Face-Changing Powder,From *Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*, Volume 3, citing *Immortal Formulas from the Sea*.,Epidemic wind.

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