Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Mantis Ointment

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Mantis Ointment,For vitiligo.

Formulas Name : Mantis Ointment

Chinese Name : 螌蝥膏

Drug Formulation

14 mantises, 1 large viper (whole, including head and tail, sun-dried).

Source

*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 72.

Benefits

For vitiligo.

Instructions for Use

Place 7 bowls of yellow rice wine and the ingredients in a bottle. Simmer the mixture over a rice-husk fire until the wine is reduced to 1 bowl. Strain out the residue and store the liquid. Apply a thin layer to the affected area each time.

Mantis Ointment,*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 72.,For vitiligo.

More Herbs Formulas

Xiao Xianxiong Decoction

Xiao Xianxiong Decoction,From *Shanghan Dabai*, Volume 3.,For heat pathogens affecting both the exterior and interior of the Shaoyang channel, accompanied by phlegm accumulation.

Kushen Decoction for Expelling Toxic Heat

Kushen Decoction for Expelling Toxic Heat,From *Shān Fán Fāng*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wài Tái*.,If the epidemic rash persists for 5 days without abating—and before reaching 7 days—toxic heat affects the skin and flesh, causing pain in the limbs.

Decoction to Calm Anger

Decoction to Calm Anger,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.,A febrile illness following intense anger, characterized by pain in all joints throughout the body, distension of the chest and abdomen, tightly closed eyes, chills, and blue-black fingernails.

Lotus Leaf Porridge

Lotus Leaf Porridge,*Guide to Dietary Therapy*.,Summer heat, edema, and blood stasis. For hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, as well as summer heat syndrome characterized by dizziness, mental fogginess, chest tightness, irritability, thirst, and scanty, reddish urine.

Fragrant Resin

Fragrant Resin,Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 30 of *Wai Tai*.,Effective for dry-damp tinea, scabies, various sores, alopecia, abscesses, scabies, and malignant sores.

Miraculous Ointment for Hemorrhoids

Miraculous Ointment for Hemorrhoids,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 183), citing *Ten Complete Formulas for Health Preservation*.,Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Baiying Dan

Baiying Dan,From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 1.,In warm diseases, the body fluids of the lung and spleen, as well as the essence and blood of the liver and kidney, are scorched by the “ministerial fire,” leading to dry heat, restlessness, and the depletion of organ yin; in Yangming fu disorders, symptoms include delirium, abdominal … Read more

Medium-Grade Pills

Medium-Grade Pills,*Explanations on Surgical Medicine*, Volume 5.,For the five types of discharge, as well as “flipping flower” tumors and qi nodules.

White Ointment of Eagle Droppings

White Ointment of Eagle Droppings,*Shenghui* (Volume 14).,For pea-sized sores resulting from typhoid fever, where the scars remain raised after recovery.

Cinnabar and Ox Bile Pills

Cinnabar and Ox Bile Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.,For childhood convulsions and epilepsy.

Xuanji Shenhua Powder

Xuanji Shenhua Powder,From *Compilation of Wu’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.,For abscesses and boils occurring in dangerous locations that have not yet ruptured.

Sour Jujube Decoction

Sour Jujube Decoction,From *Secret Records for Prolonging Life*, cited in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.,For restlessness due to deficiency and inability to sleep; qi rising from beneath the ribs to the heart.

Wind-Dispelling and Saliva-Reducing Pills

Wind-Dispelling and Saliva-Reducing Pills,*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 11.,For various forms of epilepsy in children.

Proven Formula for Removing Tubes

Proven Formula for Removing Tubes,*Comprehensive Guide to Medical Standards*, Volume 9.,Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Futa Decoction

Futa Decoction,*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.,Difficult labor.

Amber Calming Wisdom Pills

Amber Calming Wisdom Pills,From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 8, citing a formula by Minister Liu.,For conditions characterized by tremors, weakness, and shortness of breath.

Hazelnut Porridge

Hazelnut Porridge,From *New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 7.,

Bone-Healing Ointment

Bone-Healing Ointment,From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 13.,For contusions, injuries, and fractures.

Musk and Storax Pills

Musk and Storax Pills,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3.,Indicated for: post-mortem bone steaming syndrome, severe lung atrophy, pathogenic ghost qi, sudden heart pain, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, epidemic ghost-induced malaria, sudden red or white diarrhea, blood stasis causing amenorrhea, abdominal masses, boils, swelling, convulsions and epilepsy, possession by ghostly forces, infants vomiting milk, … Read more

Ginger and Soot Decoction

Ginger and Soot Decoction,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.,For cases of Rushi toxin causing severe heat, or intermittent vomiting or spitting of blood.

Clove Cakes

Clove Cakes,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 18.,For spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, phlegm-reversal with vomiting, reduced appetite, five types of dysphagia, and gastric reflux with nausea.

Zhishi Lizhong Decoction

Zhishi Lizhong Decoction,*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 19.,For spleen deficiency with cold stagnation, resulting in impaired transformation and transportation, with epigastric fullness and mass, pain around the navel and in the abdomen, reduced appetite, and a fine, slippery pulse.

Dragon-Egg Ointment

Dragon-Egg Ointment,*Shenghui*, Volume 68.,For thorn injuries.

Compound Ground Ivy Tablets

Compound Ground Ivy Tablets,Formula from Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutical Factory No. 1, cited in *Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*.,Bacterial dysentery, enteritis.

Qi Lin Decoction

Qi Lin Decoction,*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For qi-type dysuria, characterized by a constant sensation of heaviness and pain in the lower abdomen, frequent urination, and painful, scanty urination.