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Laxative Ointment,For red, dry, and gritty eyes, with a film obscuring vision and frequent hot tears.

Formulas Name : Laxative Ointment

Chinese Name : 通利膏

Drug Formulation

21 apricot kernels (remove skins and tips, chew finely), frankincense the size of a soapberry, and 1 fen of mercury oxide.

Source

From *San Yin*, Volume 16.

Processing

Place the ingredients in the mouth and chew thoroughly. Wait until saliva fills the mouth, then spit it into a porcelain vessel. Place the vessel over a fire until it boils around the edges. Filter through cotton into a separate bowl, add raw borneol the size of a soapberry, grind until uniform, and filter again.

Benefits

For red, dry, and gritty eyes, with a film obscuring vision and frequent hot tears.

Instructions for Use

Apply with a copper chopstick.

Laxative Ointment,From *San Yin*, Volume 16.,For red, dry, and gritty eyes, with a film obscuring vision and frequent hot tears.

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