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Garlic Plaster,Mastalgia.

Formulas Name : Garlic Plaster

Chinese Name : 蒜贴膏

Drug Formulation

Calcined stone swallow and Pinellia, each in equal parts.

Source

*Comprehensive Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 13.

Benefits

Mastalgia.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Pound one head of garlic into a paste, spread it on a piece of old crimson silk fabric, cut it into a patch the size of the child’s affected area, sprinkle the powder over it, and apply the patch to the affected area. When the child begins to smell the garlic odor from their mouth and nose, remove the silk patch. If effective, the child must not take any medication thereafter.

Garlic Plaster,*Comprehensive Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 13.,Mastalgia.

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