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Green Thousand-Hammer Ointment

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Green Thousand-Hammer Ointment,Eel-head ulcer.

Formulas Name : Green Thousand-Hammer Ointment

Chinese Name : 绿千锤膏

Drug Formulation

5 Tumu Biezi (shelled), 125 g fresh pine resin, 3 g copper green (finely ground), 6 g frankincense, 6 g myrrh, 21 g castor seeds (shelled), 15 g croton seeds, 3 g apricot kernels.

Source

From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.

Processing

Place the above ingredients in a mortar and pound 1,000 times until a thick paste forms. When ready to use, warm the paste over a water bath, scoop it up with a bamboo skewer, and spread it onto oiled paper to form a medicated plaster.

Benefits

Eel-head ulcer.

Instructions for Use

Gently warm the plaster and apply it to the sore; change it once every 3 days until healed.

Green Thousand-Hammer Ointment,From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.,Eel-head ulcer.

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