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Melon Seed Eye Remedy,For sudden-onset eye inflammation characterized by blurred vision, redness, swelling, pain, itching, tearing, photophobia, external opacities, and redness and erosion around the eyes.

Formulas Name : Melon Seed Eye Remedy

Chinese Name : 瓜子眼药

Drug Formulation

1 jin of calamine (prepare by boiling 1 liang of Coptis in water, filtering the liquid, soaking the calamine in it, sifting to remove impurities, and sun-drying; mix 10 liang of calamine powder with the following ingredients), 1 liang of borneol, 2 fen of musk, and 2 qian of bear bile (dissolved in water).

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into an extremely fine powder and mix thoroughly. Squeeze the juice from 6 liang of water chestnuts, dissolve 2 liang of rock sugar in water, and shape the mixture into watermelon seed-shaped pellets, each weighing 1 fen when dry.

Benefits

For sudden-onset eye inflammation characterized by blurred vision, redness, swelling, pain, itching, tearing, photophobia, external opacities, and redness and erosion around the eyes.

Instructions for Use

Dip the medicine in cool water and apply it to the corner of the eye.

Melon Seed Eye Remedy,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).,For sudden-onset eye inflammation characterized by blurred vision, redness, swelling, pain, itching, tearing, photophobia, external opacities, and redness and erosion around the eyes.

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