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Pus-Drawing Ointment for Boils

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Pus-Drawing Ointment for Boils,For carbuncles and boils.

Formulas Name : Pus-Drawing Ointment for Boils

Chinese Name : 疔疮呼脓膏

Drug Formulation

3 liang of sesame oil (place 49 seeds of the plant *Cnidium officinale* in the sesame oil, strain through a sieve, and remove the seeds), 8 qian of pine resin (prepared by boiling pine cones with scallions), 5 qian of camphor, the juice of 3 large pig gallbladders, and 1 liang of verdigris.

Source

From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 6.

Benefits

For carbuncles and boils.

Instructions for Use

First place the pine resin in a copper ladle and melt it over a fire. Then add the sesame oil, bile, and verdigris, and simmer until well blended. Pound the mixture over 1,000 times. Heat 2 qian of the mixture until it melts, pour it into the other ingredients, and stir with a wooden paddle; the more you stir, the greener the mixture becomes.

Pus-Drawing Ointment for Boils,From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 6.,For carbuncles and boils.

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