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Family-Transmitted Great Bright Ointment

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Family-Transmitted Great Bright Ointment,Indications: corneal opacities, corneal erosion, red opacities, pterygium, hemorrhage in the pupil, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision, and persistent pain.

Formulas Name : Family-Transmitted Great Bright Ointment

Chinese Name : 家传大明膏

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb, Atractylodes, Bupleurum, Gentiana, Ligusticum, Asarum, Red Peony Root, Chrysanthemum (double the amount), Safflower, Phellodendron, Scutellaria, Forsythia,Gardenia, Schizonepeta, Fangfeng, Eupatorium, Coptis, Tribulus, Peppermint, Notopterygium, Angelica pubescens, Ephedra, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, Gastrodia elata, Vitex, Scrophularia, Sophora flavescens, Angelica sinensis root tip, Akebia, Raw Rehmannia, Mulberry Bark, Plantain Seed, Fructus Aurantii, Poria, Licorice.

Source

*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.

Processing

Coarsely grind the above ingredients into 10 large doses. Decoct them in 5 bowls of children’s urine until thoroughly cooked. Take 1 jin of calamine, heat it over charcoal until red-hot, and quench it in the decoction 10 times. Grind the mixture to a fine powder, removing any coarse residue. Place the powder in a copper basin filled with water and simmer over a double boiler until it forms a cake. Sun-dry it and grind it over a thousand times. For every liang of the mixture, add 8 qian of flame-quenched calcite and 5 fen of orpiment, then grind it over a thousand times again. Store the final product in a porcelain jar.

Benefits

Indications: corneal opacities, corneal erosion, red opacities, pterygium, hemorrhage in the pupil, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision, and persistent pain.

Instructions for Use

Apply to the eyes.

Family-Transmitted Great Bright Ointment,*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.,Indications: corneal opacities, corneal erosion, red opacities, pterygium, hemorrhage in the pupil, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision, and persistent pain.

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