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Formula for Preventing Spasms

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Formula for Preventing Spasms

Formulas Name : Formula for Preventing Spasms

Chinese Name : 预备夹棍方

Drug Formulation

Frankincense 1 qian, myrrh (oil removed) 1 qian, castor beans (roasted) 5 qian, Sichuan aconite 5 qian, wild aconite 5 qian.

Source

From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 soap bars, remove the strings and inner and outer membranes, then pound them with the herbs until extremely fine. One day before use, form the mixture into four cakes and apply them to both metatarsal bones overnight. Wash them off the next day; the splint may remain in place. To treat women’s “lotus feet,” apply the mixture to the affected foot bones overnight; wash it off the next day, and the bones will be as soft as cotton.

Formula for Preventing Spasms,From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.,

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