Fumigation Cake for Scabies,From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.,Scabies.
Fumigation Cake for Scabies
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Formulas Name : Fumigation Cake for Scabies
Chinese Name : 熏疥饼子
Drug Formulation
1 qian of mercury, 1 liang of rue, the flesh of 10 red dates, and 1 qian of fine tea powder.
Source
From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.
Processing
Grind all ingredients together until uniform and divide into 6 cakes.
Benefits
Scabies.
Instructions for Use
Each morning, place charcoal in a brazier, add one cake of the mixture, and use it to fumigate the bedding; in the evening, remove the brazier and sleep on the bedding. Use three cakes over three days; complete recovery will occur in ten days. If Chinese citrus is unavailable, substitute with 20 sticks of high-quality benzoin.
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Fumigation Cake for Scabies,Scabies.