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Ointment for Scrofula

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Ointment for Scrofula,Scrofula. Initial symptoms include chills, stiffness, swelling, and pain.

Formulas Name : Ointment for Scrofula

Chinese Name : 敷瘰丹

Drug Formulation

Frankincense, myrrh, blood-red resin, musk, cinnabar, catechu, dragon bone, white angelica root, turtle shell fragments, hundred-herb ash, realgar, and carp gallbladder—each in equal parts.

Source

*Classified Diagnoses and Treatments*, Volume 8.

Benefits

Scrofula. Initial symptoms include chills, stiffness, swelling, and pain.

Instructions for Use

Grind into a powder, apply topically, and use an ointment patch. Take the “Immediate-Effect Powder” internally.

Ointment for Scrofula,*Classified Diagnoses and Treatments*, Volume 8.,Scrofula. Initial symptoms include chills, stiffness, swelling, and pain.

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