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Precious Amber Pills,Eye diseases involving corneal opacities.

Formulas Name : Precious Amber Pills

Chinese Name : 至宝琥珀锭子

Drug Formulation

Zinc oxide (calcined 7 times with children’s urine) 4 liang,Fudan 4 liang (water-floated), Borax 4 qian, Amber 4 qian, Realgar 4 qian, Pearl 4 qian, Cinnabar 4 qian, Alum 4 qian, Bear Bile 4 qian, Mercury Oxide 4 qian, Sea Squid 4 qian, Purified and Ground Realgar 4 qian, Frankincense 4 qian, Myrrh 4 qian, Borneol 5 fen, Musk 4 fen.

Source

*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 20.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder. Additionally, take Coptis, Phellodendron, Scutellaria, Tribulus terrestris,Gardenia seeds, Eupatorium, and Chrysanthemum flowers—each 1 liang 5 qian—and 3 Chebulic myrobalan fruits. Soak them in boiling water for one day and one night, then simmer in a copper vessel until reduced to a thick paste. Separately, take 1 jin 6 liang of honey and simmer until it forms a thick paste that forms beads when a drop is placed in water; remove from heat when this consistency is reached. Mix this honey paste thoroughly with the previous paste, then add the powdered ingredients from above and blend until uniform. Extract the juice from 3 pears and mix it thoroughly with the previous mixture to form pills.

Benefits

Eye diseases involving corneal opacities.

Instructions for Use

Dip a silver hairpin in breast milk and apply it to the eye.

Precious Amber Pills,*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 20.,Eye diseases involving corneal opacities.

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