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Miraculous Formula for Blackening Beards and Mustaches

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Miraculous Formula for Blackening Beards and Mustaches

Formulas Name : Miraculous Formula for Blackening Beards and Mustaches

Chinese Name : 乌须神妙方

Drug Formulation

Gallnut (roasted until black; ground into powder), copper powder 1 qian, Bletilla striata powder 8 fen, table salt 3 fen, chebulic myrobalan powder 3 fen, malachite powder 3 fen, white alum 3 fen, black alum 3 fen, Asarum powder 3 fen.

Source

From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with hot tea to form a thin paste. Simmer in a double boiler; add black alum and continue simmering until a film forms on the surface. Apply to the beard, wrap with oiled paper, and the beard will turn black immediately.

Miraculous Formula for Blackening Beards and Mustaches,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.,

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