Jinbao Ointment

Jinbao Ointment,Scrofula.

Formulas Name : Jinbao Ointment

Chinese Name : 金宝膏

Drug Formulation

5 bowls of mulberry wood ash (prepare by pouring 10 bowls of boiling water over the wood to extract the juice; place a layer of straw paper and two layers of rice paper on a sieve, then pour the ash over them); 2 liang of pangolin scales (roasted until plump),2 qian of arsenic trioxide (ground separately), 7 apricot kernels (peeled and ground into a fine powder with the arsenic trioxide and Pangolin scales), 2 liang of raw Rehmannia root, 1 qian of cinnabar (ground separately), powdered mercury (ground separately), and 5 fen of musk.

Source

Formula by Cheng Shixiang, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.

Processing

First, filter the lye solution until clear; then simmer it in a pot until concentrated. Add the ground pangolin scales; when the mixture has reduced by half, add the musk, followed by the powdered gypsum. When the mixture is 90 percent dry, add the cinnabar. Once it forms a paste, add the roasted lime powder to form lumps. Immediately place them in small jars and keep them away from drafts.

Benefits

Scrofula.

Jinbao Ointment,Formula by Cheng Shixiang, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.,Scrofula.

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