Five-Ingredient Licorice Paste

Five-Ingredient Licorice Paste,Newborn infants have delicate skin and are prone to being affected by wind pathogens, resulting in high fever; or they may suffer from severe wind, causing convulsions in the hands and feet.

Formulas Name : Five-Ingredient Licorice Paste

Chinese Name : 五物甘草生摩膏

Drug Formulation

1 liang of licorice, 1 liang of Fangfeng, 20 zhu of Atractylodes macrocephala, 2.5 liang of Leiwan, and 20 zhu of Platycodon grandiflorus.

Source

From *Qianjin*, Volume 5.

Benefits

Newborn infants have delicate skin and are prone to being affected by wind pathogens, resulting in high fever; or they may suffer from severe wind, causing convulsions in the hands and feet.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients, then simmer them in 1 jin of pork fat from a pig that has never consumed water until it becomes a paste. Simmer the mixture over low heat, adjusting the heat as needed based on the consistency and cloudiness of the mixture; once the paste is ready, strain out the residue. Take a piece the size of a marble, warm it in your hands, and rub it on the child’s body one hundred times—apply warmth to areas that are cold, and coolness to areas that are hot.Even if a child is not ill, rub this ointment onto the fontanelle and the palms and soles of the feet upon waking each morning; this is highly effective in warding off cold winds.

Five-Ingredient Licorice Paste,From *Qianjin*, Volume 5.,Newborn infants have delicate skin and are prone to being affected by wind pathogens, resulting in high fever; or they may suffer from severe wind, causing convulsions in the hands and feet.

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