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Five-Exfoliant Powder

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Five-Exfoliant Powder,For long-standing corneal opacities.

Formulas Name : Five-Exfoliant Powder

Chinese Name : 五退散

Drug Formulation

Human nail (i.e., fingernail, stir-fried with breast milk and ground into a powder), Pangolin scale (stir-fried), Cicada exoskeleton (washed and stir-fried), Snake shell (stir-fried), Chicken eggshell membrane (stir-fried).

Source

From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 3.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into an extremely fine powder.

Benefits

For long-standing corneal opacities.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 li each time. Have the patient take a mouthful of water; if the left eye is affected, blow the mixture into the right nostril; if the right eye is affected, blow it into the left nostril. Then, make a tin mold shaped like the eye and place it over the affected eye. Repeat this three times, and the opacities or blood vessels will fall away.

Five-Exfoliant Powder,From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 3.,For long-standing corneal opacities.

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