Phoenix-Qilin Ointment，*Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，For cataracts, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision; or long-standing cloudiness obscuring the eyes, rendering one unable to walk—seeing only silhouettes, such as a person in white walking by, or experiencing a sensation of blood pulling at the eyes.
Phoenix-Qilin Ointment
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Formulas Name : Phoenix-Qilin Ointment
Chinese Name : 凤麟膏
Drug Formulation
8 liang of top-quality sheep’s brain calamine (crushed to the size of a lotus seed, with 1 fen as the standard weight). Place it in a new copper pot filled with a child’s urine, soak for 49 days, filter out the old urine, add fresh urine, and simmer for the duration of one incense stick. When it develops a salty-sour taste, there is no need to simmer further; do not overcook it. Grind into a fine powder. Place the medicine on a large piece of earthenware shard and calcine it over a hard charcoal fire.for the duration of one incense stick. The zinc oxide will gradually turn the color of pine pollen. Carefully and cautiously remove it, weigh and divide the total into four equal portions. For one portion, use 1 liang of Asarum, 1 liang of Schizonepeta spikelets, and 1 liang of Peppermint; boil to a concentrated decoction of half a zhong, repeating this process three times).
Source
*Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.
Processing
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, sift it, and store it in a separate porcelain jar.
Benefits
For cataracts, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision; or long-standing cloudiness obscuring the eyes, rendering one unable to walk—seeing only silhouettes, such as a person in white walking by, or experiencing a sensation of blood pulling at the eyes.
Instructions for Use
Apply to the eyes.
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Phoenix-Qilin Ointment,For cataracts, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision; or long-standing cloudiness obscuring the eyes, rendering one unable to walk—seeing only silhouettes, such as a person in white walking by, or experiencing a sensation of blood pulling at the eyes.