Pine Needle Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 41).，For failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow due to blood and qi deficiency or wind-heat.
Pine Needle Ointment
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Formulas Name : Pine Needle Ointment
Chinese Name : 松叶膏
Drug Formulation
Half a jin of pine needles, half a jin of lotus seed grass, half a jin of horse-mane ointment (refined into a paste), half a jin of Chinese chive roots, 2 liang of Schisandra berries, 1 liang of Fangfeng (with the root tip removed), 1 liang of Angelica dahurica,half liang of Magnolia Flower, half liang of Sichuan Cimicifuga, half liang of Indigo, half liang of Ligusticum, half liang of Angelica Pubescens, half liang of Mulberry Parasite, half liang of Patchouli, half liang of Agarwood, and half liang of Linglingxiang.
Source
*Shenghui* (Volume 41).
Processing
Finely chop the above ingredients. First, take 2 jin of white mulberry root bark and boil it in 8 sheng of water until reduced to 5 sheng; strain out the residue. Then add 1 sheng of bamboo sap to moisten the herbs. After leaving it overnight, add 2 sheng of lard and simmer until the Angelica dahurica turns yellow, forming a paste. Strain out the residue and store the paste in a porcelain container.
Benefits
For failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow due to blood and qi deficiency or wind-heat.
Instructions for Use
Apply topically 3–5 times daily.
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Pine Needle Ointment,For failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow due to blood and qi deficiency or wind-heat.