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Han Shilang’s Miraculous Mustache-Twisting Formula

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Han Shilang’s Miraculous Mustache-Twisting Formula

Formulas Name : Han Shilang’s Miraculous Mustache-Twisting Formula

Chinese Name : 韩侍郎神验捻髭方

Drug Formulation

1 liang of “Hundred Herbs Decoction,” half a liang of gallnut, 1 liang of chebulic myrobalan bark, 1 liang of wolf’s-bane, 1 liang of lotus leaf, 3 qian of starch, and half a liang of green alum.

Source

From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Use one bowl of iron-infused water and simmer until reduced to half a bowl. Filter through cotton, then simmer over low-to-medium heat until it becomes a paste.

Instructions for Use

The night before, rinse the mustache and sideburns with a solution of white alum; in the morning, apply the paste.

Han Shilang’s Miraculous Mustache-Twisting Formula,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.,

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