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Mercury Ointment

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Mercury Ointment,For infants between seven days and half a month old who exhibit twitching of the hands and feet.

Formulas Name : Mercury Ointment

Chinese Name : 水银膏子

Drug Formulation

1 liang of mercury (store it in a green bamboo tube; on the Day of the Waxing Moon, place it in the latrine; seal it tightly with a lead lid to prevent contamination; remove it on the Dragon Boat Festival—the mercury will be on top, resembling snow), 3 fen of indigo powder, 3 fen of calcium carbonate, 1 fen of yellow hibiscus flower, and 6 fen of Coptis chinensis.

Source

From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 13), citing *The Immortal’s Water Mirror*.

Processing

Grind lead frost into an extremely fine powder and mix with white sheep bone marrow to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For infants between seven days and half a month old who exhibit twitching of the hands and feet.

Instructions for Use

Administer 2 pills per dose, ground with water and administered orally.

Mercury Ointment,From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 13), citing *The Immortal’s Water Mirror*.,For infants between seven days and half a month old who exhibit twitching of the hands and feet.

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