Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 105.，For wind-heat affecting the eyes, causing red veins, pterygium, blurred vision, pain, and dryness.
Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment
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Formulas Name : Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment
Chinese Name : 摩顶明目膏
Drug Formulation
2 sheng of raw sesame oil, 5 liang of pure ghee, half a liang of plantain leaves, half a liang of bamboo leaves (washed and chopped), 1 fen of indigo, 1 fen of Isatis indigotica, 1 fen of Coptis (stems removed), 1 fen of gardenia seeds, 1 fen of Scutellaria (black core removed), 1 fen of licorice (roasted), 1 fen of Ophiopogon (core removed),1 fen of white acacia bark, 1 fen of white willow bark, 1 fen of purslane seeds (ground), 1 fen of raw rhinoceros horn (chipped), 1 fen of horse-tooth stone (ground separately), 1 fen of magnolia bark (ground separately), and half liang of salt flowers (ground).
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 105.
Processing
Except for the calcium carbonate, salt, oil, and ghee, finely chop the above herbs, wrap them in cotton, and place them in an oil-coated porcelain jar. Cover the opening with cotton, and simmer in a double boiler for three cycles. Strain out the residue, replace the cotton, and filter the liquid through fresh cotton; then transfer it to a cast-iron vessel.
Benefits
For wind-heat affecting the eyes, causing red veins, pterygium, blurred vision, pain, and dryness.
Instructions for Use
Apply the medicine to the crown of the head daily after meals and before bedtime, then massage the scalp with a cast-iron ironing board 1,000 to 2,000 times.
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Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment,For wind-heat affecting the eyes, causing red veins, pterygium, blurred vision, pain, and dryness.