Huai’an Dog-Skin Plaster，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，Effective for all types of swelling and pain, trauma from falls and blows, and boils and abscesses on the back.
Huai’an Dog-Skin Plaster
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Formulas Name : Huai’an Dog-Skin Plaster
Chinese Name : 淮安狗皮膏
Drug Formulation
Chuanxiong 5 qian, Bai Zhi 5 qian, Sheng Di 5 qian, Shu Di 5 qian, Dang Gui 5 qian, Bai Zhu 5 qian, Chen Pi 5 qian, Xiang Fu 5 qian, Zhi Ke 5 qian, Wu Yao 5 qian, Ban Xia 5 qian, Qing Pi 5 qian, Xi Xin 5 qian, Zhi Mu 5 qian, Xing Ren 5 qian, Sang Bai Pi 5 qian, Huang Lian 5 qian, Huang Qin 5 qian,Phellodendron 5 qian, Gardenia 5 qian, Atractylodes lancea 5 qian, Rhubarb 5 qian, Bupleurum 5 qian, Peppermint 5 qian, Red Peony Root 5 qian, Akebia 5 qian, Peach Kernel 5 qian, Scrophularia 5 qian, Poria 5 qian, Alisma 5 qian, Platycodon 5 qian, Peucedanum 5 qian, Cimicifuga 5 qian, Ephedra 5 qian,Achyranthes root 5 qian, Eucommia bark 5 qian, Chinese yam 5 qian, Polygala root 5 qian, Dipsacus root 5 qian, Galangal 5 qian, Polygonum multiflorum 5 qian, Licorice root 5 qian, Forsythia fruit 5 qian, Ligusticum root 5 qian, Artemisia capillaris 5 qian, Sanguisorba root 5 qian, Saposhnikovia root 5 qian, Schizonepeta 5 qian, Notopterygium root 5 qian, Angelica pubescens 5 qian, Honeysuckle 5 qian,White Tribulus 5 qian, Sophora flavescens 5 qian, Dried Silkworm 5 qian, Gastrodia elata 5 qian, Pinellia ternata 5 qian, Aconitum carmichaeli 5 qian, Clematis chinensis 5 qian, White Fresh Bark 5 qian, Acanthopanax bark 5 qian, Clematis chinensis 5 qian, Leonurus japonicus 5 qian, Two-headed Spear 5 qian, Gallnut 5 qian, Large Maple Seed 5 qian, Croton tiglium 5 qian, Pangolin Scale 5 qian,5 qian of Coriandrum sativum, 20 centipedes, 7 Xanthium seeds, 30 peach twigs, 30 willow twigs, 30 locust twigs, 30 mulberry twigs, 30 Chinese toon twigs, and 30 paper mulberry twigs.
Source
*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.
Processing
Cut each of the above herbs into coarse pieces. Soak them in 12 jin of pure sesame oil; soak for 3 days in summer and half a month in winter. Simmer until the mixture turns a black, charred color. Filter out the residue through a hemp cloth. Weigh the oil again; if it is 12 jin, add 5 jin of sifted orpiment; if it is 8 jin, add 4 jin. Weigh the orpiment according to the required amount. Return the oil to the pot to boil,gradually add the orpiment while stirring continuously with a locust or willow stick. Start with a gentle heat and gradually increase it; boil until a drop of oil forms a bead when dropped. The consistency should be firmer in spring and summer and softer in autumn and winter. Additionally, add 3 liang each of frankincense, myrrh, dragon bone, and mercury oxide, grind them into an extremely fine powder, store in a porcelain container, and add as needed.
Benefits
Effective for all types of swelling and pain, trauma from falls and blows, and boils and abscesses on the back.
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Huai’an Dog-Skin Plaster,Effective for all types of swelling and pain, trauma from falls and blows, and boils and abscesses on the back.